Kelly Park To Direct ‘JumpStart’ Comedy Pilot At CBS

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Park has been tapped to direct the pilot for Non-Evil Twin while Ruben Fleischer will helm the pilot for St. Denis Medical, both for NBC.

Judy Greer is set as a lead opposite Ellie Kemper in ABC’s Drop-Off (working title), a comedy pilot based on the British series Motherland, from writer Julieanne Smolinski, Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman Television, Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment, Lionsgate and ABC Signature. Karan Soni also stars.

canceled in January after one season. Last summer, Greer shot the Disney+ feature “Hollywood Stargirl” with Uma Thurman and Grace VanderWaal for director Julia Hart, which recently dropped on the streamer.

Mark Consuelos has high praise for his famous other half. He and his real-life wife, Kelly Ripa, are about to become an official work couple again when Consuelos takes over Ryan Seacrest's current chair as her  co-host. As fans will recall, news of Seacrest's departure from the daytime talk show after six seasons broke in February. It has since been announced his last day will be on Friday, April 14 and Consuelos will quickly fill the gap come Monday, April 17. «Yeah, it's happening,» Consuelos told ET's Denny Directo at the Oscars party on Sunday night.

Kelly Ripa! After it was revealed last month that Ryan Seacrest will be stepping down as her co-host on and her husband, Mark Consuelos, will be replacing him, the trio offered up more details as to when this will all be going down. On , they revealed for the first time that Seacrest's last day as co-host will be Friday, April 14. Consuelos will then step in as co-host starting Monday, April 17, and the show will be rebranded as .«Nothing will change between the three of us, it's just Ryan will get to have his coffee later,» said Ripa, who has hosted the show since 2001.While Ripa, Consuelos and Seacrest were all at the Oscars together, Consuelos posed solo at the Vanity Fair after-party and shared with ET's Denny Directo his excitement for joining .«It's an honor, it's such an iconic show,» he said.

EXCLUSIVE: If some of film executives have looked a bit distracted at the agency Oscar parties tonight, it’s because they were waging a rather breathtaking auction for I Am Not Alone, a 22-page short story that is an ideal template for a major genre film. The dust is just settling, but I am hearing that Netflix is closing up a high-six figure deal for an outright buy of the story, with mid-seven figures pledged to Lovecraft Country’s Misha Green to write the script and direct as a star vehicle for Oscar winner Jessica Chastain.

ABC has confirmed a pilot order for Drop-Off (working title) a comedy based on the British series Motherland, with Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) to star and executive produce. As we previously reported, Karan Soni (Deadpool franchise) also is set as a lead in the project, from writer Julieanne Smolinski, Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman Television, Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment, Lionsgate and ABC Signature. Michael Showalter (The Big Sick) will direct.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Anthony Anderson is set to star in the ABC comedy pilot “Public Defenders,” Variety has learned. In addition, Liz Astrof has joined the pilot as showrunner while Randall Einhorn has signed on to direct. The single-camera pilot, which was originally picked up at ABC in January, hails from writer Eddie Quintana. The official logline states: “Up to their earholes in student loan debt, four inexperienced public defenders work tirelessly to keep their clients out of jail. Along the way, they have to rely on each other to navigate their first defendants, the absurd court system, and the copy machine that always jams.”

EXCLUSIVE: The Match Factory has unveiled a slew of deals for German director Christian Petzold’s Berlin Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winner Afire.

A Scots mum who saved a child from drowning in a Glasgow park has been nominated for a prestigious award. The Record reported last year how Victoria Crane, 27, sprung into action after seeing the two-year-old girl face down in the pond in Victoria Park.

EastEnders actress Kellie Bright has given her verdict on the mystery murder plot that has captivated viewers since airing on Monday night (February 20). The actress, who portrays Linda Carter in the BBC soap, joined Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning to give her view on the much anticipated twist.

recent “South Park” episode that mocked the exiled royals.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to move across the pond in a desperate bid for privacy was mercilessly ridiculed in the show’s latest episode, titled “The Worldwide Privacy Tour.”“I feel this is a pronouncement that they have jumped the shark, they are not beloved and her hopes of running for president, reported hopes, are all but dashed,” Kelly, 52, said on “The Megyn Kelly Show” released Friday.“That’s not happening.

Kellie Pickler’s late husband, Kyle Jacobs, was proud of his career achievements before his tragic death.

Singer Kellie Pickler's husband Kyle Jacobs has died by suicide at the couple's Nashville home, police in the area have confirmed. A spokesperson for the Nashville Police Department said: "Officers and Nashville Fire Department personnel responded and located resident Kyle Jacobs, 49, deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office." The cops revealed that Kellie had been sleeping at the time but woke up just a short time before the incident, but was unable to find her husband.The singer and her assistant then contacted emergency services after they were unable to open a locked bedroom door. Kellie and Kyle married in 2011, and starred on the reality show I Love Kellie Pickler.

A heartbreaking loss. Kellie Pickler’s husband, Kyle Jacobs, was a behind-the-scenes country star in his own right prior to his tragic death at age 49.

Kellie Pickler‘s husband has died. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department told ET that Kyle Jacobs was found dead at the couple’s Nashville home on Friday. He was 49.

local fire department found the 49-year-old “deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office. His death is being investigated as an apparent suicide,” a statement shared with media reads.According to the statement, Pickler “reported that she awoke a short time earlier, did not see her husband, and began looking for him.

Kellie Pickler's husband has died. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department told ET that Kyle Jacobs was found dead at the couple's Nashville home on Friday.

Songwriter Kyle Jacobs was found dead at his Nashville home today in what police are calling a possible suicide. The husband of singer Kellie PIckler was 49.

co-wrote Garth Brooks’ 2007 No. 1 hit “More Than A Memory.” He also helped pen “Still” by Tim McGraw and “Dust” by the Eli Young Band.His songs have been recorded by the likes of Pickler, George Strait, Kelly Clarkson, Thompson Square and Jo Dee Messina, to name a few.He and Pickler eloped on Jan.