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Joe Otterson TV ReporterGina Rodriguez is set for the lead role of the ABC comedy pilot “Not Dead Yet,” Variety has learned.In the single-cam pilot, Nell Stevens (Rodriguez) is broke, newly single and feeling old. Nell – a self-described disaster – works to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago.

Former Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez is returning to broadcast television as the lead in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot Not Dead Yet from The Real O’Neals creators Casey Johnson and David Windsor, McG and 20th Television.

Ezra Miller in the early hours of Monday morning after an alleged incident at a bar in the town of Hilo, Hawaii.According to the police report, which authorities shared on Monday, the  star was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and harassment.«South Hilo patrol officers responded to a report of disorderly patron at a bar on Silva Street. During the course of their investigation, police determined that the man, later identified as Ezra Miller, became agitated while patrons at the bar began singing karaoke.»3-28-22 Vermont Visitor Arrested for Disorderly Conduct and Harassment in Hilo https://t.co/12RMQ3eckHPolice allege that Miller «began yelling obscenities and at one point grabbed the microphone from a 23-year-old woman singing karaoke (disorderly conduct offense) and later lunged at a 32-year-old man playing darts (harassment offense).»«The bar owner asked Miller to calm down several times to no avail,» the report states.

EXCLUSIVE: Reema Sampat (Orange Is the New Black) has been tapped as the female lead opposite Chris Sullivan in The Son In Law, ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot from 20th Television.

Jessie Wallace commended her 17 year old daughter Tallulah Lilac Morgan in her breastfeeding journey as she shared a heartfelt post on her Instagram on Monday. The Eastenders star became a grandmother at the age of 50 when grandson SJ arrived earlier this month. Now, she is beaming at how well daughter Tallulah had become accustomed to her new role as mum in a short space of time.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios is negotiating a feature deal on the Shipli Somaya Gowda novel Secret Daughter, with an impressive package that has Chinese helmer Anthony Chen (llo llo, Wet Season) attached to direct Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sienna Miller in the lead roles. Shruti Ganguly will adapt the novel.

Katherine Schwarzenegger is pregnant with her second child with her husband, Chris Pratt.  Schwarzenegger, 32, shared a first glimpse of her baby bump in an Instagram video posted Sunday morning.  In the video, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s daughter is modeling a Stanley reusable water bottle as she goes about her day-to-day life. She shows off her pregnant stomach throughout the video.  Katherine Schwarzenegger is pregnant with her second child with her husband, Chris Pratt. (Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for Disney) Her comment section is full of messages congratulating the author on her second pregnancy.  Schwarzenegger and the Marvel star, 42, welcomed their first child together, a baby girl named Lyla Maria Schwarzenegger Pratt, in August 2020.  Pratt confirmed the news with a photo on social media and two Bible verses.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterChris Sullivan is set to star in the ABC comedy pilot “The Son-in-Law,” Variety has confirmed.Sullivan will star as Jake, a divorced dad with one 21 year old daughter. Jake never thought he would love again, until Asha came along.

EXCLUSIVE: This Is Us star Chris Sullivan has been tapped as the lead of ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot The Son In Law, from 20th Century Television.

Wilson Chapman editorJo Koy’s ABC comedy pilot “Josep” is filling out its cast with three new series regulars.Kimee Balmilero, Tess Paras and Jason Rogel have been added to the series, which stars Koy as Jo, a divorced Filipino American father navigating dating, his career as a nurse and his complicated relationship with his mother.Balmilero will play Geraldine, Koy’s married sister who runs a Filipino restaurant with her white husband. Paras plays Cheryl, Jo’s ex-wife and mother to his son Miles.

Hulu is proceeding with a pilot order to Bammas, a comedy written, executive produced by and starring Opeyemi “Opey” Olagbaju & Biniam Bizuneh.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHulu has ordered the comedy pilot “Bammas” written by and starring Opeyemi Olagbaju and Biniam Bizuneh, Variety has learned.The show follows a pair of young Ethiopian- and Nigerian-American best friends as they struggle to overcome their loser reputations in a magical realist version of Washington DC.Olagbaju and Bizuneh serve as executive producers in addition to starring and writing. Danny Chun (“The Office” “The Simpsons”), who mentored the pair at the Sundance Lab in 2019, will serve as showrunner and executive producer.

Lucy Kitada has joined Lord Miller, the production company of Oscar winners Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, as EVP, Film. In this new role, she will find, develop and produce film projects, reporting to President of Film Aditya Sood.