Kim Godwin Walks Tricky Terrain in Early Tenure at ABC News

Warner Bros/Legendary’s Dune is off to an epic start at the box office in France. The Denis Villeneuve-directed adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic world-building 1965 novel grossed $1.55M in its first day on Wednesday (including Tuesday night previews). This is the market’s fourth best launch day of all time for the month of September.

reports that ABC tried — and failed — to mediate with both Crawford and Jill McClain, another staffer who is supporting Crawford with her own allegation of assault against Corn. Corn, who departed ABC for Nexstar in April, denies inappropriate behavior with either woman.Corn’s lawyer and Crawford’s lawyer have both provided statements and been responsive since the lawsuit was filed.

Kim Kardashian stepped out onto the 2021 Met Gala steps in a daring blacked-out ensemble. The outfit was designed by Balenciaga creative director Demna Gvasalia and featured black leggings that connected to black heels, a black tunic with bell sleeves, black gloves, a face obscuring headpiece, and a long black train.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO Max is developing a series about The Penguin that will be a spinoff of “The Batman” feature, Variety has learned from sources.Colin Farrell is set to play the notorious supervillain in “The Batman.” According to sources, Farrell has been approached to star in the spinoff series but no deal is currently in place.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA She-Ra live-action series is in the early development at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively.As the project is in the very early stages, no writer is currently attached.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor“America Strong” has been a long-running segment on ABC’s “World News Tonight.” Now it has become an editorial initiative across the news division.ABC News expects to take the segment, which showcases Americans who confront and persevere against obstacles, often in small towns and less covered spaces, to more of its programming across September, with profiles of people helping one another against challenges brought on by the pandemic.“After a very difficult year

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBC News is an enterprise built on 30-minute and 60-minute increments of TV journalism. Executives are starting to think about longer blocks of time.As the Toronto International Film Festival continues into this weekend, Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News, and Liz Cole, president of the still-young NBC News Studios, will be there.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSusan Zirinsky, the former CBS News chief and longtime leader of its “48 Hours,” is refashioning herself as a streaming-video maven.Zirinsky will lead the new See It Now Studios, a new production unit that will create news, documentary and unscripted programming for the Paramount Plus streaming-video hub, the CBS broadcast network and other networks owned by parent company ViacomCBS.

Derek Hough might be a two-time Emmy-winning pro dancer, but he didn’t always feel like a professional.

Derek Hough might be a two-time Emmy-winning pro dancer, but he didn't always feel like a professional. Hough joined as a guest instructor in season 4 before officially joining the cast in season 5. In a new interview for the podcast, the 36-year-old performer admits to struggling when first starting out on the show. «In my earlier seasons I was nervous, you know, and I was uncertain.

Ex On The Beach star Chloe Goodman has announced that she is expecting her second child with fiancé Grant Hall.The reality star, 28, who is set to give birth in March, has revealed that the baby will be the couple's last as she has been warned by doctors due to her high risk pregnancy. Chloe and Grant, 29, share one year old daughter Isla and were 'absolutely thrilled' at the prospect of welcoming another baby into the family.

Van Scott is returning to ABC News as vice president of communications after a brief stint at Vice Media Group.

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Nick Cassavetes is set to co-write Couture with Sean Glover, a contemporary drama set in the world of high fashion which The Notebook filmmaker is in early negotiations to direct.

reports that ABC tried — and failed — to mediate with both Crawford and Jill McClain, another staffer who is supporting Crawford with her own allegation of assault against Corn. Corn, who departed ABC for Nexstar in April, denies inappropriate behavior with either woman.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTom Llamas is ready to leap into an increasingly crowded field for evening news.The NBC News anchor, who previously led a streaming evening program at ABC News, is preparing for the launch of a digital evening endeavor for NBC News, a project he vows will have a kinetic feel and range a little further afield than the linear products that still represent the best-known examples of the format.“This is going to be a fast-paced, high-story-count nightly newscast,”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCBS News wants to spread some of its venerable newsmagazine “Sunday Morning” to other days of the week.Starting September 7, the entire CBS morning schedule will be treated as a larger franchise, with weekdays and Saturdays featuring some of the in-depth and longform features for which the Sunday show — a TV-news institution — is best known.The weekday program, which features Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and new co-host Nate Burleson, will be retitled “CBS

Dennis Harvey Film CriticThere have been plenty of horror films set in the Old West and the Old South, as well as eras of religious inquisition in the Old World.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorABC News will turn to an insider to lead its flagship morning program.Simone Swink, a longtime senior staffer at the show, has been named its senior producer, according to a memo sent to employees by Kim Godwin, president of ABC News Sunday.Swink takes a role which has been left vacant for months.

Kim Godwin, the new president of ABC News, said that she wants an independent investigation of how the network handled reports of sexual assault allegations against a former top producer for Good Morning America, according to a report.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAn ABC News producer who has worked for years at “Good Morning America” has alleged that the show’s former top executive sexually assaulted her and another female staffer, and she claims the network did little to reprimand or punish him.In a suit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kirstyn Crawford, a producer who works with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, alleges that Michael Corn, the former top producer at “Good Morning America,”