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The Morning Show executive producer and director Mimi Leder is sticking around Apple TV+. The Emmy-winning filmmaker (On The Basis of Sex, ER) has signed a multi-year, overall deal with the streamer.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ is staying in business with one of the men behind its latest sports docuseries The Dynasty: New England Patriots.

Jaden Thompson The seventh annual Women in Entertainment summit will take place on Feb. 28 at Los Angeles’ Skirball Cultural Center.

Tonight’s the big night for production design pros. The 28th annual Art Directors Guild Awards for film, TV and theaters are being handed out at Ovation Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom, and Deadline is updating the winners live as they are announced. See the winners list below, followed by the remaining nominees

The Art Directors Guild has a quartet of career honorees for its 2024 ADG Awards. David Lowery, Greg Papalia, Wynn P. Thomas and Francine West will be feted during its February 10 ceremony at Ovation Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom.

UBA should have broken this news. The Morning Show director and producer and two-time ER Emmy winner Mimi Leder will receive the Art Directors Guild‘s 2024 Cinematic Imagery Award.

Matthew Libatique, the Academy Award-nominated cinematographer most recently lending his talents to Bradley Cooper’s Netflix pic Maestro, has been set to receive the American Film Institute‘s Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal at the AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to Nicole Kidman, taking place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on April 27th.

Mimi Leder As part of Variety‘s 100 Greatest Television Shows of All Time issue, we asked 12 of our favorite creators of television to discuss the series that inspire and move them. Check out all the essays, and read our full list of the best TV shows ever made. “Reservation Dogs” reminds me of… absolutely nothing I’ve ever seen before. The series, created by Native American Sterlin Harjo and Native Kiwi Taika Waititi, is a brilliantly written, directed and acted coming-of-all ages story, a heartbreaking, and heart-soaring, spiritual comedy-drama.

Jennifer Aniston has come under fire following comments about intimacy coordinators.Speaking in an interview with Variety, Aniston detailed the preparation that went into a love scene from the third season of Apple TV’s The Morning Show between her character, Alex Levy, and Paul Marks played by Jon Hamm.“Having [director Mimi Leder] there, you’re protected,” Aniston said. “I never felt uncomfortable.

Jennifer Aniston is opening up about that buzzworthy sex scene she had with Jon Hamm in season three of The Morning Show.

SPOILER WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Morning Show’s Season 3 finale episode, “The Overview Effect”.

gone viral on X (formerly Twitter), is featured in the show’s third season.In the episode, news anchor Alex Levy (Aniston) can be seen lying naked on top of tech billionaire Paul Mark (Hamm) after the pair got intimate following an intense interview. Several users had some hard takes on the scene. “Jennifer Aniston hasn’t had an on-screen kiss like this since Ross and Rachel,” commented one user, referring to Aniston’s role in the sitcom “Friends.” “Okay.

Selome Hailu SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for “The Stanford Student,” the sixth episode of “The Morning Show” Season 3. Oh, Alex. After being embroiled in constant scandal throughout the first two seasons, Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) has spent Season 3 of “The Morning Show” on a moral high ground, from blowing off a glitzy broadcast from outer space in order to report on abortion rights in Texas to helping Chris (Nicole Beharie) stand up to the racism of network board president Cybil (Holland Taylor).

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the first two episodes of The Morning Show Season 3.

is almost back!On Thursday, Apple TV+ shared the first trailer for the anticipated third season of the Apple TV+ drama. Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon return for the new season, which premieres Wednesday, Sept. 13 with the first two episodes.

Change is afoot at “The Morning Show”.

Apple TV+ has unveiled a sneak peek of the highly anticipated third season of “The Morning Show,” featuring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston.

Apple TV+ has unveiled several first-look photos and set the premiere date for Season 3 of The Morning Show. The 10-episode third season will debut Wednesday, September 13, with the first two episodes.

has an official return date!Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are back for the anticipated third season of the Apple TV+ series, which premieres Wednesday, Sept. 13 with the first two episodes, it was revealed Thursday.

The Mother is a mutha of an intimately scaled action film, a violent female-centric drama about a hardened combat veteran who has great difficulty adapting to being anything other than a tough soldier, and that includes being a mother. Joining Kathryn Bigelow, Patty Jenkins, Gina Prince-Blythewood, Mimi Leder and the Wachowski siblings among women responsible for notable action features, Aussie director Niki Caro (Whale Rider, Mulan) has delivered a film that could easily have veered into sentiment at any moment but instead remains tough as nails and doesn’t go soft at the end. The film would surely have an even greater impact on the big screen but, as it is, launched Friday on Netflix.

's eagerly awaited return with season 3 in the fall, Apple TV+ renewed the hit drama starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon for a fourth season. The news comes as the two stars recently wrapped filming on the new episodes, which continues to follow the interconnected lives and personalities that make up the titular a.m. talk show's team at a TV network struggling to modernize with the times. Season 3, which is directed by Mimi Leder and led by showrunner Charlotte Stoudt, features several new additions to the sprawling ensemble cast, including Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie as well as Tig Notaro, Stephen Fry and Natalie Morales in recurring roles. The upcoming season also sees the return of season 2 newcomers Julianna Margulies and Greta Lee, who will appear alongside Emmy-winner Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman and others. While plot details are still under wraps, Witherspoon has dropped a few hints about season 3, teasing to ET that «it's really juicy and good» and that «there is lots of romance this year.» Not only that, but when it comes to all the new additions to the cast, she said they all «have just upped the game.» season 3 debuts in the fall on Apple TV+.

The Morning Show continues.

William Earl One of Apple TV+’s biggest shows has been renewed early. “The Morning Show,” the newsroom drama starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, has received an early renewal for Season 4 on the streamer. Meanwhile, Season 3 is set to debut this fall. Witherspoon and Aniston are executive producers, with Mimi Leder directing and executive producing, and Charlotte Stoudt acting as showrunner and executive producer for Season 3. “The Morning Show” is produced by the Media Res, Hello Sunshine and Echo Films. Season 3 will introduce new cast members Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie, as well as the return of stars such as Julianna Margulies, Tig Notaro, Stephen Fry and Natalie Morales.

CAA has promoted eight trainees from its training program, CAA Elevate, to Agent. Those moving up at the agency are Pili Allen, Tara Anderson, Nicole Brookman, Ben Gelfand, Erica Drache Martelli, Jonathan Rodrigues, Lucas Ryan and Michael Taber.

Rick Tuber, a TV and film editor who won an Emmy and an ACE Eddie Award for his work on NBC’s classic medical drama ER, died January 7 of a heart attack at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 69.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+’s The Morning Show has booked another high-profile cast addition for Season 3. Stephen Fry (The Sandman, The Dropout) is set for a major recurring role alongside new series regulars Nicole Beharie and Jon Hamm. as well as fellow new recurring player Tig Notaro and Julianna Margulies, who signed a deal to reprise her Season 2 recurring role.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+’s The Morning Show has locked in another high-profile new addition to its Season 3 cast. Tig Notaro has been tapped for a major recurring role alongside new series regulars Nicole Beharie and Jon Hamm as well as Julianna Margulies, who signed a deal to reprise her Season 2 recurring role.

BreAnna Bell Nicole Beharie is joining Apple TV’s “The Morning Show” Season 3 cast, the streamer announced on Wednesday. The “Miss Juneteenth” actor will star in the upcoming installment as Christina Hunter, a new competitive and charismatic anchor on the series’ fictional morning show. Christina works hard, plays hard and navigates the Teacup with good-humored irreverence. In Season 2, viewers found “The Morning Show” team dusting themselves off following the havoc wreaked by Alex (Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley (Reese Witherspoon), and entering a new UBA and a world in flux, where identity is everything and the chasm between who we present as and who we really are comes into play.

EXCLUSIVE: Nicole Beharie (Miss Juneteenth) has been tapped as a new lead opposite Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in the upcoming third season of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show.

“The Good Wife” alum Julianna Margulies has booked her return to “The Morning Show.” The actress will return in a major recurring role as UBA news anchor Laura Peterson on the Apple TV+ drama.Marguiles rejoins a cast that includes Billy Crudup, Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. As TheWrap reported earlier this month, Jon Hamm has joined Season 3 in a key role.

Julianna Margulies is set to return for Season 3 of Apple TV+’s in the role of UBA news anchor Laura Peterson. Production on the new season is currently underway.

Don Draper is heading to UBA.

Jon Hamm's bringing a lot of joy this morning, with news that he's joining the cast of  in a key role.ET can confirm that the and star is set to portray Paul Marks, a corporate titan who sets his sights on United Broadcast Association, pulling network president Cory Ellison (Billy Crudup) and anchors Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) into his powerful orbit. Production for season 3 is set to begin later this month.The acclaimed Apple TV+ series earned three Emmy nominations: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Witherspoon, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Crudup and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Marcia Gay Harden.is executive produced by Witherspoon, Aniston, Mimi Leder and Michael Ellenberg.

Following her work on “The Morning Show,” Apple TV+ is locking up Emmy Award-winning director and filmmaker Mimi Leder to a multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, the growing streaming service will have a first-look on streaming features, as well as an exclusive deal for series developed by Leder, who currently serves as executive producer and director on the star-studded “The Morning Show.” The deal comes shortly after Apple TV+ renewed “The Morning Show” for a third season.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMimi Leder has signed a multi-year overall deal with Apple, Variety has learned.Leder is currently an executive producer on the Apple drama series “The Morning Show.” She has also directed multiple episodes of the series, including the pilot. The show was renewed for a third season earlier this year, which is currently in production.

After a seven-year run on The Good Wife, three-time Emmy winner Julianna Margulies is more selective than ever about where she lands. In joining The Morning Show as Laura Peterson, an anchor who, after being outed in the ’90s and losing her position at the titular show, re-emerges as one of the country’s top journalists, Margulies says the opportunity to portray an LGBTQ character at the top of her game was too good to pass up. Here, she discusses her chemistry with on-screen love interest Reese Witherspoon, a powerplay with Jennifer Aniston and the feeling of portraying extreme confidence.