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Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic“The End Is The Beginning” declares some rough graffiti scrawled on a wall in the just released trailer for Season 6 of Fear the Walking Dead – and the end is looking very rough.Kicking off the zombie apocalypse mega-panel at the virtual Comic-Con@Home today, the first TWD spinoff aimed to give the people what they want – even if the FearTWD and the fans weren’t packed into the San Diego Convention Center’s huge Hall H as usual.To that end, FearTWD

Dade Hayes Finance EditorMike Francesa, a pioneering figure in sports talk radio and host for 30-plus years on WFAN, said Friday will be his last regularly scheduled broadcast on the New York station.Francesa, who made his acting debut as Adam Sandler’s bookie in Uncut Gems, plans to continue making occasional appearances on the station but will discontinue “Mike’s On.”Although he has been a solo host for more that a decade, Francesa is best remembered by listeners for his longtime teaming with

Peter White Television EditorArmando Bó, the Oscar-winning co-writer of Birdman, has unveiled his first television slate since launching his own production company, About Entertainment, earlier this year.The writer and filmmaker is developing two series based on well-known Argentinian stories.About Entertainment has acquired the rights to Las Malas, the 2019 autobiographic novel by Camila Sosa Villada, and is developing Cromanon, based on true events of the tragedy that took place at the venue

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“Big Brother” is the latest production to resume, despite the still-raging coronavirus pandemic. CBS announced Thursday that the 22nd season will be another “All-Stars” edition, debuting Aug.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHBO Max has set five previously announced stand-up specials produced by Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco.

Leo Barraclough Senior International Correspondent“This has been a hell of a year,” Gary Davey, CEO of Sky Studios, the production arm of Comcast-owned European pay-TV operator Sky, said Wednesday, contemplating the carnage caused by COVID.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentWendy Williams is returning this fall — and not from her home, but from the purple chair in her Manhattan studio.The queen of daytime gossip announced on Tuesday that her long-running syndicated show will resume production in-studio on Sept.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorFilmmaker Ann Hui and actress Tilda Swinton are each to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 77th Venice International Film Festival (2 September – 12 September, 2020).The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia upon the recommendation of Venice Film Festival Director, Alberto Barbera.Accepting the award, Swinton said: “This great festival has been dear to my heart for three decades: to be honoured by her in

Stephen Curry and Ayesha Curry’s eldest daughter, Riley, has been stealing the show from the sidelines of her dad’s basketball games for years.The NBA player and The Seasoned Life author welcomed Riley in 2012. She became an older sister when her sister, Ryan, and her brother, Canon, were born in 2015 and 2018, respectively.“We’ve always said three kids,” the Family Food Fight host told Us Weekly exclusively in April 2016.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterApple has ordered an action-thriller series from Mark Boal straight to series, Variety has learned.The 10-episode series is titled “Echo 3,” based on the Israeli series “When Heroes Fly” created by Omri Givon and based on the novel of the same name by Amir Gutfreund.In the series, Amber Chesborough, a brilliant young scientist, is the emotional center of a small American family.

showed the first batch of virtual auditions amid the coronavirus pandemic — as well as the stunning last batch of performances done in-person. Among them was Australian singer Riley, who stunned the judges with his beautiful rendition of Billie Eilish's «idontwannabeyouanymore.» The Australian singer first had Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara and Howie Mandel (Heidi Klum was out sick) perplexed as he refused to answer Cowell's simple question about his name.

Glee actress wrote on Instagram yesterday while sharing a video of the mother-son duo singing "Skidamarink." In the clip, the two gleefully belt out the children's tune, "I love you in the morning and in the afternoon.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVBreak out your Xela kickball tee and kiss your Mandonna poster, “Happy Endings” will deliver a virtual reunion that includes the full, original cast performing new scripted material, Variety has learned exclusively.In order to raise money and awareness for Color of Change and José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen supporting Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 relief efforts, Sony Pictures Television (which produced the series that ran for three seasons on

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVMTV’s “Catfish” is making a return with its first-ever virtual season, Variety has learned exclusively.As the coronavirus pandemic pushed people across the globe to shelter in place and self-quarantine, many may have turned to the internet for social connections.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticKim Kardashian West has spent a fair amount of time at the White House the past few years, but now it looks likes she is seriously thinking about moving into the ultimate reality show as First Lady – at least if her husband has his wayKanye West let off a July 4th fireworks display of his own today by announcing that he is running for President this year.We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola urged his Manchester City players to show what they were made of against Liverpool - and is now more confident they can do the same against Real Madrid.Under Guardiola, City have been a trophy-winning machine and have scooped up eight of the last 10 domestic trophies with the chance to make it nine from 11 in the FA Cup this season.

In a recent “Actors on Actors” conversation with Hugh Jackman for Variety, Anne Hathaway dropped a revelation about what it’s like to work on a Christopher Nolan film.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAs the pandemic lockdown changes the landscape of film and TV, many are shifting the way they tell stories — and a lot of that is shooting remotely.

To All the Boys 3, and all for a good cause.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorSeries Mania has announced that it will take place on March 19-27 in Lille, France, next year after it was forced to move online this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.The celebration of international TV shows will stage the Series Mania Forum as part of the festival, with the formalities taking place at the Lille Grand Palais on March 23-25.Series Mania, which was first created in 2010, added that it intends to award shows a Series Mania Label next year to