By Mackenzie Nichols
08.04.2020 - 20:09 / deadline.com
By Peter White
Television Editor
EXCLUSIVE: Tara Duncan, the former Netflix exec who worked on series including Orange Is The New Black and Narcos, has struck an overall deal with Hulu and has set an adaptation of Zakiya Dalila Harris’ novel The Other Black Girl at the streamer.
Deadline understands that Hulu’s overall deal with Duncan helped it clinch the project, which it won in a highly competing bidding war.
The project, which is in development, will be co-written by Harris, who will serve
By Mackenzie Nichols
Kevin Hart, 40, wanted the world to see the “real” Regina Hall, 49! The two comedians joined forces for an epic appearance on BET’s Saving Our Selves COVID-19 fundraiser, which was televised on April 22.
“Sesame Street” has teamed up with CNN for “The ABC’s of COVID-19,” a town hall directed toward children and parents that aired on Saturday, April 25.
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Allie Goss, who made her mark as one of the earliest executives at Netflix, has joined Made Up Stories, the production banner run by Bruna Papandrea. Goss will be executive vp development and production, developing and producing television and film for the company.
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Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp has shared his first impressions of Manchester United skipper Harry Maguire, who came through the academy system at the Yorkshire club.
The WWE arena lost its legendary Hall of Fame ring announcer Howard Finkel. The news update on the ring announcer state that he died at the age of 69. Howard was fondly known as The Fink in the world of WWE. As per the latest news reports, Howard Finkel's cause of death has not yet been revealed. The iconic ring announcer was included in the Hall of Fame in the year 2009. Finkel had a career spanning many decades as a ring announcer.
is digging into the past.
On Thursday night (April 9), REVOLT TV will host a two-hour-long live town hall meeting at 11 p.m. ET moderated by Sean "Diddy" Combs to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting the African-American community at large.
By Denise Petski
Entertainment One has signed a multi-year distribution deal with fledgling U.K. scripted indie Three Tables Productions.
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Iron Man 3‘s Rebecca Hall is speaking up.