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EXCLUSIVE: Dear White People alum John Patrick Amedori is set as a series regular opposite Shailene Woodley, Betty Gilpin, DeWanda Wise and Gabrielle Creevy in Showtime’s Three Women, an hourlong drama series based on the nonfiction bestseller by Lisa Taddeo. Blair Underwood, Jason Ralph and Blair Redford also star.

Refresh for more info: The Film Independent Spirit Awards announced their 37th nominations today in a pre-taped reel on YouTube from Beanie Feldstein, Regina Hall and Naomi Watts.

EXCLUSIVE: Camryn Manheim has been tapped as a series regular on NBC’s revival of Law & Order. The Emmy-winning Practice alumna will play a new character, Lt. Kate Dixon, in the 21st season Dick Wolf’s venerable crime drama, which premieres Feb. 24 as part of a Law & Order Thursday lineup.

EXCLUSIVE: Brendan Moriarty (Road to Freedom) is gearing up to direct In the Night, a human trafficking thriller starring Gary Cairns, Jay Giannone, Vincent De Paul, Clayton T. Smith and Aizhan Lighg, which is inspired by real accounts from CIA agents.

John Lennon was killed on December 8, 1980. The singer and guitarist from The Beatles was murdered outside his home, The Dakota, in New York City by a deranged fan.

Lateche Norris’ mother has something to say about everyone comparing her 20-year-old daughter’s boyfriend to Brian Laundrie after the two were found safe last week.

A 'grossly underweight' and dehydrated greyhound was left tied to a tree in Oldham.

That’s one full house! Kody Brown, 52, star of Sister Wives, has his hands full with three wives, one ex-partner, and 18 children in total. Kody was raised in Wyoming by Genielle Brown and William Brown, who was also a polygamist and had three wives. “Every polygamous man has thought to himself how wonderful [monogamy] might be,” Kody told Us Weekly in February. “You know, ‘The grass is greener.’ … But every family in polygamy is very different.”

Naman Ramachandran Bollywood film “Vikram Vedha,” starring Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan, has wrapped its first shooting schedule in Abu Dhabi and commenced the second one in Lucknow, India.The film, which also stars Radhika Apte in a pivotal role, is a remake of 2017 Tamil-language hit “Vikram Vedha,” directed by writer-directors Pushkar and Gayatri and starring R. Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi.Pushkar and Gayatri are also helming the Hindi-language Bollywood adaptation.

UPDATED: Lebron James has been cleared to return to the basketball court after “two negative PCR tests conducted 24 hours apart,” according to a statement from the NBA Communications team.

Former Manchester United star Phil Neville has admitted that his only friends are his former Class of 92 teammates and a golf partner.

Naman Ramachandran The first production from YRF Entertainment, India’s Yash Raj Films’ streaming business, is “The Railway Men,” a tribute to the unsung heroes of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.A cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, in 1984, in the central Indian city of Bhopal. It killed and injured thousands of people.

EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime has rounded out cast for both installments of Toni Braxton’s Fallen Angels Murder Club (working title, fka Fallen Angels Book Club), and Angie Harmon’s Barstow (working title) movies. The movies fall under previously signed deals with Braxton and Harmon, in which they will star in and executive produce multiple films for Lifetime.

Naman Ramachandran Streamer Lionsgate Play is aiming to nearly double its presence in Asia to 15 countries by the end of 2022.Speaking to Variety ahead of Singapore’s Asia TV Forum and Market (ATF), Rohit Jain, MD South Asia, and networks – emerging markets Asia, said, “Give or take, we should be in 13 to 15 countries by the end of 2022. We are already in eight, Philippines is launching for us next quarter.”The service’s Asia rollout began with India.

The investigation into Marilyn Manson continues.

FIFA 22 tournament early to go and play a real-life match against Southampton, in which he proceeded to score within the opening minutes and offer a FIFA-inspired celebration.As spotted by EuroGamer, Jota spent Saturday morning (November 27) playing in a FIFA 22 international qualifier event, though a real-life game meant he needed to drop out.Jota’s next scheduled opponent for the FIFA 22 tournament shared a set of messages on twitter, revealing that Jota had messaged him to explain his early