FX Orders ‘The Bear’ Pilot From ‘Ramy’ Director Christopher Storer

EXCLUSIVE: Rising stars Jorge Lendeborg Jr. and Tosin Cole are in negotiations to lead New Line’s reimagining of the 1990 cult comedy House Party, produced by The SpringHill Company. Award-winning music video director Calmatic will be directing in his feature debut.

Major League Baseball announced today that the 2021 All-Star Game will be hosted this summer by the Colorado Rockies at Denver’s Coors Field. The decision comes following last week’s MLB announcement that the game and draft would be relocated from Atlanta due to Georgia’s newly passed restrictive voting law.

Major League Baseball will move the 2021 All Star Game and MLB Draft out of Atlanta after the state of Georgia passed a law that sets restrictions on voting that President Biden called "Jim Crow in the 21st Century." "Over the last week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with Clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and The Players Alliance, among others, to listen to their views," MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.

NBA Teams Take a Knee After Jacob Blake Police Decision and Capitol Riots MLB and WNBA Players Join NBA in Protests After Jacob Blake's Shooting Making a Voting Plan: All Your Questions, Answered  

Major League Baseball is making a huge move.

Major League Baseball will move this summer’s All-Star Game out of Atlanta in direct protest of Georgia’s recently passed voting laws.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterAfter the installation of restrictive new voting laws in Georgia, Hollywood seems fractured in response to new measures that affect marginalized voters in a state where dozens of film and TV projects are shot.Tyler Perry, who just spent $250 million on an Atlanta-based production facility, called for a Department of Justice investigation into the laws this week.

The pressure is on for Jason Sudeikis to out-do his viral Golden Globes sweater-moment at this Sunday night’s SAG Awards on Global.

Jamie Lang Actors Luke Evans (“Beauty and the Beast,” “The Alienist”), Jacob Tremblay (“Room,” “Wonder”) and Olga Kurylenko (“The Death of Stalin,” “Quantum of Solace”) are in talks to star in “Bear Season,” a new coming-of-age immigrant drama from director Simon Aboud (“This Beautiful Fantastic”).“Bear Season” will be produced out of Toronto by Branded Pictures Entertainment founder J.

"Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Kenya Moore and the Bravo network have issued apologies after the reality TV star was filmed wearing a Native American headdress that was deemed "offensive" and "racist." The 50-year-old Bravo personality took responsibility for her costume, which was shown during Sunday's Halloween-themed episode.

Kenya Moore is being accused of appropriating Native American culture after the Halloween episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta aired on March 21. Falynn Guobadia hosted a Halloween costume party during Sunday night’s episode, and Kenya drew attention from both her co-stars and Bravo viewers for showing up in a feather headdress and brown fringe dress. Kenya labeled the look “Warrior Princess,” but Bravo wrote “Native American” on the TV screen.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX has ordered a half-hour pilot from Christopher Storer, Variety has learned.“The Bear,” as the show is called, is about a young chef who returns to Chicago to run the family restaurant. Storer will write, direct, and executive produce the pilot.

Reality star Tinsley Mortimer, 45, quit The Real Housewives Of New York City midway through season 12 to pack up and move to Chicago to be with her fiance Scott Kluth. Now the 40-year-old Coupon Cabin CEO has announced that the pair is kaput! “After fourteen months of engagement, Tinsley and I have ended our relationship, and we have been living independently for the last few months,” Scott told PEOPLE in a Mar. 18 statement.

Haley Bosselman editorPorsha Williams has signed with UTA, Variety has learned.

After years of feuding, “Real Housewives Of Atlanta” star Vivica A. Fox has finally accepted an apology from co-star Kenya Moore after appearing on “Watch What Happens Live” on Sunday night.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorCanada-based actor Colm Feore, whose credits include Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” “My Salinger Year,” “The Amazing Spiderman 2” and multiple Oscar winner “Chicago,” is to star in post-apocalyptic Western “Six Guns for Hire,” which has just started principal photography in Toronto, Canada.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterGina Rodriguez and Damon Wayans Jr. will attempt to fight romantic fate in the upcoming Netflix movie “Players.”The actors are set to star alongside Tom Ellis in the romantic comedy, which centers on Chicago sportswriter Mack (Rodriguez), who has spent years devising successful hook-up “plays” with her best friend Adam (Wayans).

The Directors Guild of America on Tuesday announced the feature-film and first-time director nominees for the 2021 DGA Awards. The feature-film director nominees are Minari's Lee Isaac Chung, Promising Young Woman's Emerald Fennell, Mank's David Fincher, Trial of the Chicago 7's Aaron Sorkin and Nomadland's Chloé Zhao.