Jon M Chu to Direct ‘Wicked’ Adaptation at Universal

"Saturday Night Live" cast member Michael Che is in hot water after making a joke on this week’s "Weekend Update" segment that some have deemed anti-Semitic.  While most of the opening segment was dedicated to lambasting Texas Sen. Ted Cruz over his now-infamous trip to Cancun, one brief joke made by Che sparked intense reactions on social media.The star commented on a recent headline about Israel’s efforts to vaccinate against the coronavirus.

Wes Nelson has appeared to take a swipe at his exes Megan Barton Hanson and Arabella Chi as he opened up on what he's looking for in a girlfriend. Love Island star Wes, 22, said he “can’t deal with super, super intense craziness” as he was quizzed on what he’s looking for in a potential girlfriend and his past romances.The reality star, who previously revealed he’s a millionaire, dated Megan Barton Hanson, 26, after meeting in the Love Island villa and Arabella Chi, 29, last year.

Naman Ramachandran Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning actor Jim Broadbent (“The Duke”) will lead the cast of “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,” an adaptation of Rachel Joyce’s bestselling novel. Broadbent will play the eponymous Harold, who embarks upon a 450-mile walk across the U.K.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one out of Blighty. Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent is set to star in the movie adaptation of Rachel Joyce’s genuinely best-selling novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.

Fox Corp. has signed Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott to a multi-year contract extension.

A new Dracula movie is in the works!

Jeff Bezos, who built Amazon from a modest online bookseller to one of a handful of the most valuable companies in the world, said he would step down from his role and transition to executive chair of the company.

Saturday Night Live‘s Michael Che has been accused of transphobia over a joke he told during the show’s Jan.

Ramin Bahrani is set to adapt, direct and produce the film adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s latest novel, Amnesty, for Netflix. Bahrani also wrote, directed and produced the Netflix film The White Tiger, based on Adiga’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel.

After directing In the Heights, Jon M.Chu is set to direct anothermovie musical. The Crazy Rich Asians director will helm the feature adaptation of Wicked, replacing StephenDaldry, who has long been attached to the movie and exited the project in October after the production timeline was adjusted and he was unable to commit to the new schedule.

Jon M. Chu, who rose to fame after directing Crazy Rich Asians, will be directing the Wicked movie after the film’s previous director, Stephen Daldry, exited the movie a few months ago.

EXCLUSIVE: After adapting Lin Manuel-Miranda’s In the Heights for Warner Bros, Jon M. Chu has his sights set on adapting one of Broadway’s biggest hits. Sources tell Deadline that Chu will direct Universal’s Wicked, the feature-film adaptation of the record-breaking musical phenomenon that is in its 17th smash-hit year on Broadway.

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Jan Martin Scharf and Arne Nolting for representation in all areas. Scharf and Nolting are the creators, writers and showrunners of the German series Barbarians on Netflix.

Scandal fans had to do a double take when they watched President Joe Biden‘s White House press secretary Jen Psaki, 42, give her first daily briefings at the White House this week. The redhead’s resemblance to the television show‘s red-headed character, Abby Whelan, who was played by Darby Stanchfield, 49, was quickly brought up in tweets and other social media posts when she stood behind the podium.

Joe Biden’s new Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, is getting a lot of attention from “Scandal” viewers.

Love Island has spawned famous couples such as Olivia and Alex Bowen and Camilla Thurlow and Jamie Jewitt. But other couples, like Maura Higgins and Chris Hughes started off as friends on the show before their feelings developed back at home.