Greg Berlanti and Robbie Rogers on the First Time They Saw Each Other — and ‘Love, Simon’

endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign in his bid for the party’s nomination for New York’s 17th Congressional District, defeated seven other candidates, leading his closest challenger by a 2-1 margin.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are several thousand mail-in votes yet to be counted in the district. But as of Wednesday morning, Jones led the field with 45% of the vote, ahead of former federal prosecutor Adam Schleifer, who won 21% of the vote.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has put in development Outliers, an anthology series based on Malcolm Gladwell’s New York Times bestselling book. It hails from Brian Grazer, Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: In a big shot in the arm for the independent distribution game as Virtual Cannes gets underway, Open Road Films is back up and running. Funding is in place from New York-based private equity firm Raven Capital Management’s principal James Mascielli with key support from Matt Sidari.

Tony Award nominated director Michael Arden has created the first-ever immersive, drive-through, and socially-distanced theater piece!

New York Times put Jessica Grose in charge.By "One highlight of my week was crying in the car on my way to the grocery store."The line could have been a text from my best friend in Missouri. A Slack sent from a coworker staying in her in-laws' home in upstate New York.

Peter White Television EditorMGM has struck a first-look television deal with Israeli production company Tadmor Entertainment, founded by oil and gas entrepreneur Gideon Tadmor.The deal will see The Handmaid’s Tale producer develop and co-produce original scripted series for global audiences with the company, which has offices in LA, New York and Israel.

The New York Times, was that a huge number of the new state-ordered voting machines -- put in place after widespread claims of voter suppression in the 2018 governor's election -- were either missing or malfunctioning.That resulted in hours-long lines for many voters in the state, with predominantly black areas experiencing some of the worst problems, as evidenced by photos of some voters standing in two- to four-hour lines well into the night."#Georgia, y'all should be ashamed for conducting

Lizzo started YouTube's Dear Class of 2020 online graduation event on Sunday by playing "Pomp and Circumstance" on her flute.She was accompanied by members of the New York Philharmonic orchestra, who appeared with her remotely via video.Other celebrities appearing during the event included Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Michelle and Barack Obama, Katy Perry, and Justin Timberlake.Many students graduating in 2020 haven't been able to attend their graduation ceremonies because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Snoop Dogg will exercise his right to vote for the first time ever this year.In an interview with The Real 92.3, the rapper revealed that he’s never voted before because he thought past criminals were not eligible to do so.“For many years, it had me brainwashed thinking that you couldn’t vote because you had a criminal record,” he shared, according to the New York Post’s gossip column Page Six.However, the Drop It Like It’s Hot star added that this November he’s going to change that, and vowed

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Rogers & Cowan/PMK is the latest Hollywood firm to be hit with COVID-19-era layoffs. The venerable publicity, integrated marketing and communications agency let go of 35 publicists — or about 10 percent of its staff — in offices from Los Angeles and New York to London.

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Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas celebrated the second anniversary of their first date on Monday by sharing a throwback of the selfie they took the following day.

Breaking the rules! Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin) and Justin Bieber’s first kiss may not have gone down the way it did if she listened to her parents.

Hailey Bieber’s first kiss with husband Justin Bieber almost didn’t happen, after her parents tried to stop her attending the couple’s dinner date.

Hailey Bieber vividly remembers her first kiss with now husband Justin.