Nielsen, Under Pressure and Under Audit, Takes Hiatus From Industry Backing

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNina Dobrev, Jamie Chung, Michael Hitchcock and Chace Crawford will round out the cast of “Reunion,” an ensemble comedy from Artists Road. They join the previously announced Lil Rel Howery, Billy Magnussen and Jillian Bell in the film about a murder that takes place during a high school reunion party.

Jennifer Yuma editorShort films starring Taika Waititi, Jessica Chastain, Tiffany Haddish and those produced by Octavia Spencer and Leonardo DiCaprio are among highlights of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, running Sept. 23-Oct.

The Toronto Star, Canada’s largest online news site, has admitted the headlines fronting an article that spotlighted antipathy toward the unvaccinated was a mistake.

Queen have shared the untold story of how a drunken jam session resulted in their seminal David Bowie collaboration ‘Under Pressure. ’Since mid-March, Queen have been sharing a series of ‘Queen The Greatest’ videos on YouTube celebrating the 50 greatest moments of the band so far as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations.

“Under Pressure” is easily one of the most recognizable songs but it was nearly lost.

EXCLUSIVE: Shout Studios and Hideout Pictures’ Old Henry has been set for a U.S. theatrical release on October 1. This will follow the western’s world premiere as an out of competition official selection title at the Venice Film Festival on September 7. Check out the trailer above.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe TV industry has for decades relied on a single yardstick: Nielsen ratings.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTamron Hall is changing bosses.The news and talk-show veteran, whose current program has been syndicated by Disney since its launch in the fall of 2019, will now be part of ABC News, according to a person familiar with te matter, adding another daytime talk program to the news division’s portfolio.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor“The Walking Dead” has for more than a decade lured audiences with a unique focus on zombie violence and dystopian societies.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN mid-morning anchor Poppy Harlow is going to take a hiatus from working on her program to tend to a legal matter: studying the law at Yale University.Harlow, who has been with CNN since 2008, will be pursuing Yale Law School’s one-year Master of Studies in Law, a program aimed at people who are not attorneys but want to become more familiar with legal studies and apply knowledge of the law to the work they do. The degree is open to journalists.

Pat Hitchcock was the daughter of the legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock and an actor who appeared in several of her father’s films.Pat Hitchcock was the only child of Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, screenwriter Alma Reville. She was an actor who starred in two Broadway shows as a teenager including the title role in “Violet.” After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, she would appear in several of her famous father’s movies.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe months-long boxing-match between Nielsen and the TV networks over whose audiences it measures looks likely to enter another round.The media-industry body that measures the credibility of Nielsen’s ratings measurement suggested the company requested a hiatus from its industry accreditation Thursday knowing that its backing was already “threatened”  by “some deep-rooted, ongoing performance issues.”The Media Rating Council, an industry-backed organization that

Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell, the only child of Alfred Hitchcock and an actor herself who made a memorable appearance in her father’s Strangers On A Train and championed his work in the decades following his death, has died at age 93. Hitchcock died on Monday in her sleep at home in Thousand Oaks, California, her daughter Tere Carrubba said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK -- Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell, the only child of Alfred Hitchcock and an actor herself who made a memorable appearance in her father’s “Strangers on a Train” and championed his work in the decades following his death, has died at age 93.Hitchcock died Monday in her sleep at home in Thousand Oaks, California, her daughter Tere Carrubba said Wednesday.