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The Hollywood Reporter, which means the show might not be televised on CBS/Paramount+ as planned, or even happen at all. “The Tony Awards is the biggest commercial for the industry at large, and for a show like mine, which is unbranded and just at the stage where we are finally starting to see some lifeblood, it would be devastating to not be able to be part of this,” Mike Bosner, the lead producer of “Shucked,” one of the five shows nominated for Best New Musical, told The New York Times on Friday.TheWrap has reached out to the Tony Awards PR company, as well as WGA, CBS and Paramount+ for comment.The Tony Awards are scheduled on June 11, but the televised ceremony is imperiled by the W.G.A.

Georgia born actress Neva Howell will portray Martha Kent, Clark Kent’s adoptive Earth mother, in Warner Bros/DC Studio’s Superman from filmmaker and studio co-Boss James Gunn.

Warner Bros/DC Studio’s Superman has cast Pruitt Taylor Vince as Jonathan Kent, the Earth citizen father of Krypton native Superman.

Wendell Pierce is looking back at the advice he gave Meghan Markle before she got engaged to Prince Harry.

EXCLUSIVE: CBS‘ Elsbeth will count on three additional guest stars for its Season 1 cast: Elizabeth Lail (Five Nights At Freddy’s), Arian Moayed (Succession) and Laura Benanti (The Gilded Age). Following a brief hiatus, the show returns on April 4 with two episodes.

Meghan Markle is about to make her BBC debut as Suits is set to stream on iPlayer. The broadcaster has bought the rights to all nine series of the US legal drama that made Meghan famous before she joined the Royal Family. Suits starred the Duchess of Sussex as paralegal Rachel Zane, but the US star gave up her acting career after marrying Prince Harry.This will be the first time that Suits has been available to watch on the BBC when it joins iPlayer as a box set along with two other US series, St.

Meghan Markle's pal from the TV show Suits, Wendell Pierce, has spoken up about how he feels sad that Meghan had to stop acting because she joined the Royal Family.

Wendell Pierce, best known for his role as Robert Zane in Suits, has opened up about his former co-star Meghan Markle. Meghan played Wendell's onscreen daughter Rachel Zane for 108 episodes of the show, before her departure in 2018.The Duchess, now 42, retired from acting upon her marriage to Prince Harry due to the rules forbidding senior royals from undertaking other careers. Discussing Meghan, now Duchess of Sussex, on the Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? podcast, Wendell said: "The one thing that bothers me the most right now for Meghan is the fact that I know she would love to act again.

DC‘s upcoming Superman movie has just added a new cast member!

Rachel Zane on the drama “Suits” propelled her to fame. The 42-year-old ex-actress made her infamous exit after seven seasons in 2018 when she married Prince Harry.Her former co-star Wendell Pierce — who played Rachel’s father, Robert Zane, on the USA Network series — recently divulged what he said to her on her last day of filming the show.In a clip for a forthcoming episode of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” obtained by People, the character actor, 60, shared a story from Markle’s final scene.“It was the last night of working and I said, ‘Meghan, your life is going to change, and you’re going to be in a bubble, but just always remember, no matter what, I’m your friend — you have lots of friends,'” he recalled to host Chris Wallace, 76.Pierce continued: “‘We’re always thinking about you, we’ll always be there for you.

Aramide Tinubu Amid an overstuffed television landscape, it takes a lot for a new show to stand out. But following their critically acclaimed series, “The Good Wife” and “The Good Fight,” Robert and Michelle King have long demonstrated they know what is needed to create quality programming. Now, in their new dramedy, “Elsbeth,” with the ingenious Carrie Preston reprising her role as the quirky attorney, the Kings are proving that network TV and the procedural drama, when well-written and perfectly cast, can be outlandish, witty and full of joy.

Elsbeth” star Carrie Preston welcomes comparisons to “Columbo” — which helped inspire series creators Robert and Michelle King to transplant Elsbeth Tascioni from Chicago to New York City.“Robert and Michelle King told me that during the pandemic that they started watching ‘Columbo’ reruns and just loved them and found it comforting,” Preston, 56, told The Post about the ’70s-era series starring Peter Falk as rumpled, trenchcoat-wearing Lt. Columbo, whose scattered appearance belied a brilliant deductive mind.“They thought, ‘Hey, that could be how we could create a new show for Elsbeth Tascioni,'” Preston said.

Oscar-nominated movie directed by Ava DuVernay follows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) during the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches.

Instagram post.The event was attended by a slew of Hollywood stars, including Anne Hathaway, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Chastain, Martin Scorsese, and Zac Efron.The star-studded soiree, hosted at Cipriani 42nd Street, honors and recognizes the best films released within the past year.Cooper received the NBR Icon Award for his role as composer Leonard Bernstein in the newly-released “Maestro.”The awards show, which was hosted by Willie Geist, was also attended by stars like Ethan Hawke, Mark Ruffalo, Michael J. Fox, Wendell Pierce, Elizabeth Olsen, Amy Sedaris, and Teyana Taylor.Other celebs include Laura Linney, Lily Gladstone, Andrew Scott, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph.This year’s top honorees include “Killers of the Flower Moon” for Best Film; Martin Scorsese for Best Director; Paul Giamatti for Best Actor in “The Holdovers,” and finally, Lily Gladstone for Best Actress.Actor Daniel Day-Lewis even came out from retirement for the evening to present Scorsese the award for best director.

EXCLUSIVE: Liv Symone will be making her debut on Power Book III: Raising Kanan this weekend in the recurring role of Iesha.

EXCLUSIVE: Aliyah Turner (Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.) has joined the Season 3 cast of the Starz drama Power Book III: Raising Kanan in a recurring role.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor In the midst of a great debate about the future of the U.S. news business, the British are coming. Katty Kay, the veteran BBC newscaster, is set to launch a new deep-dive interview program that will take her away — not permanently — from her usual role covering U.S.

Thomas Lennon “Reno 911!” star Thomas Lennon worked closely with Matthew Perry on the CBS remake of “The Odd Couple,” which aired for three seasons and 38 episodes from 2015 and 2017. Perry developed and executive produced the show (with Danny Jacobson and Joe Keenan) and starred as Oscar Madison, opposite Lennon as Felix Unger. Lindsay Sloane, Yvette Nicole Brown and Wendell Pierce also starred in the series, based of course on the Neil Simon play (later made famous as a TV sitcom in the 1970s). It was a reunion for Lennon and Perry, who also worked together on the 2009 film “17 Again.” In that comedy, Perry and Lennon play best friends. Variety asked Lennon to offer his memories of working with Perry over the years; below, he shares this tribute. Matthew Perry told me a lot of stories—none of which can be printed in Variety.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan is gearing up for its Season 3 premiere on December 1 with the official trailer release above.

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Yen (Little Fires Everywhere) is set to recur in the third season of Starz’s Power Book III: Raising Kanan in the role of Quân. The show returns with all new episodes on December 1.

Jaden Thompson Nathan Louis Jackson, a writer-producer on Netflix’s “Luke Cage” and the playwright behind “Broke-ology,” died on Aug. 22 at his home in Lenexa, Ks. He was 44.

Harrison Ford’s stunt double in Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, set himself ablaze on Monday (July 24) during a demonstration in Atlanta, Georgia.The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) union went on strike earlier this month, after negotiations broke down with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) over streaming residuals and safeguards against AI technology.At the end of the rally, Massa took to the stage in a flame-covered jacket. In the video’s caption on Instagram, he wrote: “We are tired of being burned by the AMPTP.”A post shared by Elena Sanchez (@theelenasanchez)In a follow-up post, Massa added: “We wanted to make a statement and I think we did! It was great to see such a great turnout from our local stunt community, local leadership, and actors who showed up to support us.

With enough famous actors to populate an awards show all gathered on one stage, the labor union representing them in an “existential battle” against film and television studios held a star-studded strike rally in the middle of New York’s Times Square on Tuesday morning. 

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Bryan Cranston delivered a fiery speech at a SAG-AFTRA strike rally in Times Square on Tuesday, which included a message directed at Disney head Bob Iger. “We’ve got a message for Mr. Iger,” Cranston said from the stage of the “Rock the City for a Fair Contract” rally.

SAG-AFTRA will hold a mass rally in Times Square on Tuesday morning. It’s expected to be the biggest rally in NYC since the strike began on July 14. Celebs scheduled to attend the “Rock the City for a Fair Contract” rally include Bryan Cranston, Steve Buscemi, Christian Slater, Lauren Ambrose, Christine Baranski, Matt Bomer, Tituss Burgess, Liza Colón-Zayas, Gregory Diaz, Jennifer Ehle, Nancy Giles, Danai Gurrira, Jill Hennessy, Marin Hinkle, Stephen Lang, Arian Moayed, Wendell Pierce, Corey Stoll and Merritt Wever.

Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has drawn early support from a range of figures in entertainment, media and tech, including six-figure contributions from a list that includes Seth MacFarlane, Netflix’s Reed Hastings and OpenAI’s Sam Altman.

Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime Video is back for its fourth season.Created by Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland, the action series is the latest adaptation of Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst hero where he’s depicted by John Krasinski. He’s the fifth actor to play the character, following Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and Chris Pine.Other cast members in the series include Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, John Hoogenakker, Michael Kelly, Betty Gabriel, James Cosmo and Ali Suliman.The first season debuted back in 2018, followed by the second season in 2019. The third and fourth seasons were filmed back-to-back, with the former dropping in December last year.The show’s fourth season consists of six episodes, two episodes less than past seasons.

Jack Ryan is returning to Amazon Prime Video for a fourth and final season – you can find release details below.The new season sees John Krasinski return as Tom Clancy’s titular CIA analyst-turned-field agent for his “most dangerous mission yet”.The official synopsis for season four reads: “The fourth-and-final season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan finds the titular character on his most dangerous mission yet: facing an enemy both foreign and domestic.“As the new CIA Acting Deputy Director, Jack Ryan is tasked with unearthing internal corruption, and in doing so, uncovers a series of suspicious black ops that could expose the vulnerability of the country.“As Jack and the team investigate how deep the corruption runs, he discovers a far-worse reality—the convergence of a drug cartel with a terrorist organisation—ultimately revealing a conspiracy much closer to home and testing our hero’s belief in the system he has always fought to protect.”The first two episodes of season four will be available on the service from 12am GMT on June 30. A further four episodes will follow, with one being released each week.Season three of the series debuted all eight episodes at once, but the service has now switched to a weekly release schedule for the final season.Alongside Krasinski, the fourth season will also see the return of Wendell Pierce (James Greer), Michael Kelly (Mike November) and Betty Gabriel (Elizabeth Wright).

John Krasinski is saying farewell to his titular character on the Prime Video series .Recently, Krasinski sat down with two of his co-stars, Wendell Pierce and Michael Kelly, and spoke with ET's Will Marfuggi about wrapping up the hit show on a high note.When asked about having to bid farewell to his longtime co-stars, Krasinski got a bit emotional, joking, «See? You're going to make me cry right now. Why would you do that?»«The whole experience, to be really honest with you, has been surreal.

Gregory Smith, who portrayed Treat Williams’ son Ephram on all four seasons of Everwood, is paying tribute to the veteran actor, who died Monday following a motorcycle accident.

Colleagues, friends and fans are remembering Treat Williams, the versatile and prolific actor who died in a motorcycle crash today at 71. Have a look at a sampling of reaction posted on social media below.

Topdog/Underdog co-stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Corey Hawkins are both in the running for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play at the 2023 Tony Awards, but the duo presented a unified front on the red carpet.

New location? No script? No rehearsal? No sweat.

Prime Video dropped the official trailer for Tom Clancy’s “Jack Ryan,” the political thriller series is set to return with two episodes on Friday, June 30. The six-episode season will be available on the streamer, with the remaining four episodes dropping two each Friday, until the series finale on July 14. The fourth and final season will follow CIA Acting Deputy Director, Jack Ryan, who is tasked with uncovering an internal and national corruption conspiracy; per the official release, “Jack and the team investigate how deep the corruption runs, he discovers a far-worse reality—the convergence of a drug cartel with a terrorist organization—ultimately revealing a conspiracy much closer to home and testing our hero’s belief in the system he has always fought to protect.”

giving new life to the day before, CBS has ordered three new shows — including a spinoff and a new take on  -- for the upcoming 2023-2024 broadcast season.The network made the news official on Tuesday, handing out series orders for , a spinoff of based on the character; a new series inspired by with Kathy Bates; and , a sitcom starring father-and-son duo Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr.They join the previously announced Justin Hartley drama, which was formally titled and will get the plum post-Super Bowl spot on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.returns and alum Carrie Preston to the role of Elsbeth Tascioni. The spinoff, which will air Thursdays at 10 p.m.

We’re getting the first look at new CBS fall dramas, The Good Wife spinoff Elsbeth, and Matlock, starring Kathy Bates. You can read about each and watch below.