FX Comedy Pilot ‘The Bear’ Gets Series Order; Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Abby Elliott, More Join Cast

EXCLUSIVE: Desmond Chiam (The Falcon and The Winter Soldier) and Tehmina Sunny (Chicago Med) have signed on to recurring roles in Partner Track, the Netflix drama series based on Helen Wan’s 2013 novel of the same name, from creator Georgia Lee.

Sarah Rafferty and Lily Harris have joined the cast of NBC’s Chicago Med.

It’s been 45 years and the victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy (above) are still being identified…

DEALSExceleration Music has acquired Chicago indie label Bloodshot Records. “Bloodshot is a vitally important part of American music history, a genre-defining label founded on passion and vision, dedicated to bringing a unique set of artists from its musical orbit to the world”, says Exceleration’s Dave Hansen.

EXCLUSIVE: Lawrence “LAW” Watford’s Divine Write Pictures has optioned film, television and digital rights to the book The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age by Patrick Parr.

Hollywood can’t stop buzzing about these purchases! From yoga classes to vodka to art, the stars are setting trends for consumers everywhere.

NBC’s Chicago Fire is saying goodbye to Jesse Spencer who departed the series after 10 seasons in the 200th episode which aired on Wednesday night.

Katie Couric, 64,  and her husband John Molner, 58, are one of the most solid couples in Hollywood. Learn more about the man Katie married in 2014, as well as her late husband Jay Monahan, who is the father of her daughters Ellie, 30, and Caroline, 25.

EXCLUSIVE:  Chicago P.D. writer/executive producer Gwen Sigan has been promoted to showrunner. She is taking the reins of the long-running NBC series as part of an overall deal with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, which produces the cop drama.

Netflix has made several announcements about the fourth and final season of Ozark!

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFor the first time in 10 years, Red Bull’s long-running SoundClash is back with a line-up in four cities that includes Rico Nasty, Danny Brown, Shelley (formerly known as Dram), Tang and the Bangas and more. The four shows will take place from November 30 – December 15 in Atlanta, Houston, Nashville and Chicago, and feature two artists competing across two opposite stages, with the audience deciding the winner.Red Bull SoundClash 2021 U.S.

Kanye West, 44, has been spending more time with his four kids amid his split from Kim Kardashian, 40. “Kanye and Kim have been communicating better than they have in months….He’s been seeing the kids a lot more, too,” an insider spilled to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY. “Because of this, they’re spending more time together. They’re finally in a good place,” they also added.

EXCLUSIVE: CBS, which has long tradition in drama procedurals, is currently the only major broadcast network without a successful first responders series as Fox has the 9-1-1 franchise, NBC has Chicago Fire and ABC has Station 19. CBS is hoping to remedy that with Rescue: MIA. The drama, which is in development at the network, is executive produced by a star of one of CBS’ hit procedurals, NCIS: Los Angeles‘ Eric Christian Olsen, via his Cloud Nine Productions.

Kim Kardashian, 40, and Kanye West, 44, still appear to be on good terms after he was spotted showing up to the Saturday Night Live studios last week to support her hosting debut, but their divorce is still happening and she’s reportedly walking away with one of their biggest possessions: their Hidden Hills mansion! The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, who filed for the divorce in Feb., is keeping the $60 million home that she and her four children, including North, 8, Saint, 5, Chicago, 3,

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX has greenlit the half-hour comedy series “The Bear,” Variety has learned.The series stars “Shameless” alum Jeremy Allen White as a chef who returns to Chicago to run his family’s restaurant. Along with White, the series also stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Abby Elliott, and Liza Colón-Zayas, with Edwin Gibson and Matty Matheson in recurring roles.

As the cast of Saturday Night Live underwent a bit of a shakeup ahead of its 47th season, fans were introduced to a new set of comics ready to take the stage, including Sarah Sherman. The hilarious comedian, who made a name for herself for her outlandish live shows in Chicago, joins the cast along with Aristotle Athari and James Austin Johnson. Find out more about Sarah, aka “Sarah Squirm,” and her journey to the SNL stage!