James Ellroy Adapting His ‘American Tabloid’ Novel Into Scripted Podcast Series With Audio Up

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorShondaland Audio, the podcast arm of Shonda Rhimes’ production company, announced casting for its first scripted podcast, “#Matter,” expected to be released early 2022.“#Matter” is written, produced and directed by Dylan Brown (pictured above), writer and producer on “Power” prequel “Raising Kanan.”The eight-episode scripted series is a retrospective look at a case of police brutality.

EXCLUSIVE: Wondery anthology podcast series Over My Dead Body profiled Joe Exotic before he became a breakout Netflix star.

Rihanna got a little help from James Corden while preparing for her “Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3” to launch on Prime Video Canada.

EXCLUSIVE: Yesterday producer Matthew James Wilkinson is teaming up with Poldark and Endeavour exec producer Tom Mullens on a TV adaptation of Scottish author Iain Banks’ thriller novel The Business.

James Marsden calls Christina Applegate «inspiring.»The actor praised his co-star's resilience amid her battle with multiple sclerosis, telling ET's Matt Cohen how strong of a person she is.«That is her character. It is just who she is.

“The Bachelor” star Rachael Kirkconnell supported her other half Matt James as he made his “Dancing With the Stars” debut Monday.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorJust in time for Halloween, supernatural comedy podcast series “Haunt the Johnsons” — starring Aisha Dee as a teen with paranormal powers who moves to the most-haunted town in America — is coming to Audible.The 16-episode scripted series launches exclusively as an Audible Original on Oct. 7.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorDisability rights advocate James LeBrecht is “furious” with CBS after it seems the network didn’t fulfill its promise to install a fully accessible, visible ramp on the Emmys stage.“They lied to me,” LeBrecht told Variety Sunday while watching the awards show.

If you’re a fan of horror films, you know the name James DeMonaco. He’s the writer, director, and overall creative mastermind behind “The Purge” franchise.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIn a new episode of the “No Time To Die: The Official James Bond Podcast,” Billie Eilish discusses her approach to the latest film in the franchise with critic James King, detailing how she wanted to add her own touch but also “honor Bond, the songs in the past and the original guitar riff.”Episode four of the podcast focuses on the music of Bond and features interviews with composer alum David Arnold, the film’s current composer Hans Zimmer, Eillish and her

EXCLUSIVE: The Purge franchise architect James DeMonaco has crafted a personal film, which is an ode to cinema, based in his hometown of Staten Island, entitled This Is the Night and the Blumhouse release has a one-week theatrical run starting this Friday, Sept. 17 at Angelika’s Village East in New York City before hitting PVOD on Sept. 21 via Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Congratulations are in order for James Middleton and his longtime love Alizee Thevenet – they got married on Saturday (September 11)!

EXCLUSIVE: Homecoming star Stephan James has been tapped as the male lead in Beacon 23, Spectrum Originals and AMC Networks’ psychological thriller series based on the book of the same name by author Hugh Howey.

Matt James, future Mirrorball Champion? Well, maybe not so, but at least the 29-year-old former The Bachelorstar is trying! Matt is among the star-studded cast of season 30 of Dancing with the Stars, and ahead of the ABC competition series’ premiere on Sept. 20, the New Yorker busted out a few moves that were hilariously caught on camera by his girlfriend, Rachael Kirkconnell.

EXCLUSIVE: Jake Brennan, host of the popular music series Disgraceland, and Audiochuck, the Crime Junkie producer run by podcaster Ashley Flowers have teamed up on an audio series about armored truck robberies.

Meghan Trainor is launching her own podcast series. The 27-year-old pop star is teaming up with her brother Ryan Trainor for a new series called 'Workin’ On It', which is set to set premiere on September 15.

Ferne McCann's new series of First Time Mum is in full swing and in tonight's episode (7 September 2021), she opens up to a familiar face about how she's feeling post breakup. In an exclusive sneak peek of the upcoming show released by ITV, the mum-of-one can be seen chatting to former TOWIE co-star James Argent – who recently opened up about his weight loss – about her emotional split from ex- boyfriend Jack Padgett.

EXCLUSIVE: Pultizer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham is working on a sports spin-off of his audio series It Was Said.