June Diane Raphael To Headline ‘Bewitched’-Inspired Comedy In Works At NBC, Teaming With ‘Dickinson’ Creator

2024 is shaping up to be quite the year for Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (“Suspiria”). Following on the heels of his new gay romance drama, “Separate Rooms,” which was announced yesterday and starred Josh O’Connor, the “Call Me By Your Name” director has yet another new project in the works, this one with A-lister Julia Roberts.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Trisha Yearwood will be the inaugural recipient of CMT’s June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award, as well as performing a new song, on the “CMT Music Awards” telecast, airing live April 7 on CBS. The singer will get the honor for her philanthropic work, which extends across many charities but most visibly includes two decades of involvement with Habitat for Humanity, which she’s long supported alongside husband Garth Brooks.

EXCLUSIVE: Wild Card Creative Group (WCCG), which has recently worked on such campaigns as Dune, The Bikeriders, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon and American Fiction, is joining forces with BlueMoon AI to develop a pioneering AI innovation tailored for advertising materials creation, harnessing cutting-edge technology.

Could Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson be taking Mama June Shannon to court? If her momma doesn’t cough up the money she allegedly stole, that could be the case!

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Walt Disney Co. is teaming up with two big programmatic sellers in a bid to broaden the ad base for Hulu and Disney+.

EXCLUSIVE: Reba McEntire‘s Untitled NBC Comedy pilot has added three to its expanding cast including Tokala Black Elk (Yellowstone), Rex Linn (Young Sheldon) and Pablo Castelblanco (Alaska Daily).

EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Peterman is reuniting with Reba McEntire in the latter’s as-yet-untitled NBC multi-cam comedy pilot alongside Blue Beetle star Belissa Escobedo.

Veteran producer and sales agent Rosa Bosch has joined the Madrid-based distributor and international sales agency Begin Again Films. Bosch will serve as part of the company’s international department. 

EXCLUSIVE: John De Mol’s Talpa has been on a run in the U.S. recently with The Floor and The Quiz With Balls both landing at Fox.

Banijay Germany has taken another step into the scripted market by launching a joint venture with the executive producers behind Helgoland 513.

EXCLUSIVE: Following her breakout role in the A24 horror hit, Sophie Wilde has found her follow-up project as she is in talks to star in New Regency‘s Watch Dogs, an adaptation of the popular UbiSoft hit video game. The film is set within the universe of Ubisoft’s blockbuster video game franchise of the same name, with over 50 million players.

You can tell it’s spring.

All of the major news networks carried Donald Trump‘s Super Tuesday victory speech live, but MSNBC was the first to cutaway, reflecting an debate at news outlets over how to cover the former president’s fusillade of false claims and unfounded accusations.

Candice King has been cast in a brand new show!

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Television has optioned Liza Mundy‘s nonfiction book The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA to develop as a a scripted series, with Tony winner Scott Delman attached to executive produce.

EXCLUSIVE: At 94 years old, June Squibb may not be the most conventional of action heroes. But by gum, she’s the one we need. The Nebraska Oscar nominee is poised to save the summer with Thelma, the nonagenarian action comedy marking the first feature of writer-director Josh Margolin, which Magnolia Pictures has set for a wide release in North America on June 21.

EXCLUSIVE: Frank Whaley has signed with TalentWorks for theatrical representation. Since his acclaimed debut opposite Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson in 1987’s Ironweed, Whaley has appeared in over 80 films including, Pulp Fiction, Field of Dreams, Swimming With Sharks, Swing Kids, Career Opportunities, Born on the Fourth of July, The Doors, Broken Arrow, J.F.K., Red Dragon, School of Rock, World Trade Center, The Freshman, Hoffa, Vacancy, among many others. Recent features are Hustlers opposite Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu and Cardi B and Monster Trucks for Paramount. On television, he has recurred on Ray Donovan, Interrogation and Luke Cage. He has also appeared on The Blacklist, Gotham, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Empire, Psyche, Sneaky Pete and recently recurred on the Netflix series The Good Cop and on Amazon’s Jack Ryan. Whaley was previously with A3 and continues to be managed by Karen Forman.

sixth cousin, three times removed is none other than .Ancestry first revealed this information to before sharing their findings in an Instagram post laden with Taylor Swift references. “We need to calm down…but how can we when we have BIG news,” the post began.

Ancestry.com has claimed that Taylor Swift is related to Emily Dickinson.The news of the ‘Blank Space’ singer’s relation to the legendary American poet was shared in an exclusive report with NBC’s Today. According to research done by Ancestry.com, Swift and Dickinson are allegedly sixth cousins, three times removed.“Swift and Dickinson both descend from a 17th Century English immigrant (Swift’s 9th great-grandfather and Dickinson’s 6th great-grandfather who was an early settler of Windsor, Connecticut),” the genealogy company told Today.They continued: “Taylor Swift’s ancestors remained in Connecticut for six generations until her part of the family eventually settled in northwestern Pennsylvania, where they married into the Swift family line.”Born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts to a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson is regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.

Taylor Swift has a very famous relative and it seems like they have something in common: writing amazing works of art!