Peter Bart: The State Of Dealmaking In Hollywood Is A Whole New Ballgame, Again

Taking it slow. Married at First Sight couple Kirsten and Shaquille said “I do” moments after meeting on the Lifetime reality show, but that doesn’t mean the bride is ready to kiss the groom just yet.

In his new ad campaign, former Navy prosecutor Ron DeSantis dons an aviator outfit replete with goggles, billing himself as “Top Gov” and spoiling for a dogfight against the liberal-leading media. Those who disagree with his positions are promptly dis-invited to future speeches or press conferences. 

Jeff Bridges accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of his staggering 70-year career in Hollywood at the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday.

in the Missouri State House of Representatives became stricter—just for women—ordering them to show less skin in The Show Me state's House chamber.In a vote of , the Missouri State House adopted the legislation on Wednesday, January 11. A woman—Republican State Rep. Ann Kelley—pushed for the stricter dress code. She reportedly wanted to , requiring jackets; the men’s dress code remained unchanged.“You know what it feels like to have a trying to decide whether it’s appropriate or not?” Democratic State Rep. Ashley Aune said.

EXCLUSIVE: The Men of West Hollywood are looking to go global.

Calvin Harris has shared a snap alongside Ellie Goulding and teased the pair are working on new music.

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.

The 73rd Berlin International Film Festival will open on February 16, 2023, with the world premiere of She Came to Me, by Rebecca Miller.

Welcome to The O.C.! Adam Brody, Rachel Bilson, Ben McKenzie and more young actors got their starts on the teen drama — but there were even more faces that would soon become familiar in the background.

The curtain is being raised Thursday night on what looks to be an idiosyncratic festival awards season, as organizers of the Palm Springs Gala to kick off the Palm Springs Film Festival with a hope that audiences somewhere, somehow, will start talking about movies.

Peter Rawley, a longtime ICM talent agent who repped Richard Dreyfuss, Richard Gere and Faye Dunaway and also was head of European production for MGM and a successful indie producer, died January 3. He was 85.

Ohio State Murders, the play starring Audra McDonald that made history by being the first Broadway production of acclaimed 91-year-old playwright Adrienne Kennedy, will play its final performance on Sunday, January 15.

The Sundance Film Festival has announced further additions to its lineup for 2023, including five more features that will there make their world premieres, and four award-winners from years past to receive encore special screenings.

in 2022, please. These days, Brad Pitt is dating jewelry executive Ines de Ramon, and the couple rang in 2023 together on a trip south of the border, People reports. , 59, and de Ramon, 32, celebrated New Year's Eve in Mexico's Baja peninsula, a popular tourist destination. “They are dating and having fun,” a source, who is keeping it vague, told .

Robert Joseph “Bob” Dowling, the former publisher and editor in chief of The Hollywood Reporter for 17 years, died December 30 after a short illness. He was 83.

Peter Sealey, a former Columbia Pictures president of global marketing during the studio’s release of Ghostbusters, Tootsie, Stand By Me and The Karate Kid, died Dec. 15 from complications following a fall. He was 82 and passed in Palm Springs, Calif.

New Year's Day falls on a Sunday this year, meaning most banks and many shops will already be closed.