Rap Lyrics Now Admissible as Court Evidence: A Dangerous Precedent (Guest Column)

It’s 5 a.m., and my whole body is shaking. Not because I’m cold or having a caffeine or drug withdrawal, but because I have been up for 18 hours straight, six days a week, for the past three months, working on an unscripted TV show.

Sarah Kate Ellis Guest ColumnistIn 2014, my wife and I were invited to the White House for the annual Easter Egg Roll. When I first came out as a lesbian, I never imagined standing next to an Easter bunny in front of the White House balcony alongside my wife and our two kids.

The world needs a Brat Pack reunion, according to Rob Lowe.

Editor’s note: Yoruba Richen is the director and Mehret Mandefro and Lacey Schwartz Delgado are executive producers of American Masters: How It Feels to Be Free, a documentary that looks at the historical importance and overlooked contributions of Black performers. Focusing on Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier, the docu — also executive produced by Alicia Keys — airs tonight on PBS in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

direct to your inboxA drug-driver rammed into a police car during a chase - he was bailed from court then drove dangerously again that same day, a court heard. Lee Vesey, 37, led police on a 'high-speed' pursuit through Wythenshawe in February, 2019.

Last Wednesday afternoon, I was working at my desk when my 19-year-old son came out of his room. "Are you watching?" he asked me.

As a new political era dawns, Americans are reeling. Images of a violent insurrection incited by a sitting U.S.

Now we have a better idea of why Nicole Young landed $2 million in spousal support amid her divorce battle with Dr. Dre.

Editors note: It’s been 10 months since live entertainment went dark at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and it may be another 10 months before live venues can safely reopen. Participating in a virtual conference held Saturday by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, Dr.

On January 6, rioters wielding bats and confederate flags stormed the U.S. Capitol yelling, “The steal is real, the steal is real.

Ok look — I’m a good parent. I love my kids, I’m fun-ish, and I try to raise my children practically.

There is a void. Where once there was sunlight. There is a void.

Actor Demián Bichir has written numerous columns for Deadline on subjects ranging from the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, the cruel forced separation of refugee children by the Trump Administration, the powerful imagery of Roma and the need to protect from Covid those locked up along the border for seeking the American dream.

Long before former Hulu chief Jason Kilar became disruptor in chief at WarnerMedia and put the entire 2021 Warner Bros slate on HBO Max, Fredric Rosen began changing the way concert tickets were sold as the Ticketmaster president/CEO, when the service became the leading computerized ticketing company in the world.

In the new image, Harry and Meghan are pictured with their 19-month-old son Archie and their two dogs, Guy and Pula, as they share a low-key family moment in the garden of their Californian home.

Editors note: Rachel Feldman is a Los Angeles-based film and television director whose credits include over 75 hours of longform movies and recent series including ABC’s The Rookie, CBS’ Blue Bloods and Criminal Minds, and MGM’s The Baxters. A former chair of the DGA Women’s Steering Committee, she is working on a political thriller based on the life of equal-pay icon Lily Ledbetter.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentThe entertainment industry had been under fire for irresponsible depictions of violence from the early days, including 1930s gangster movies and the glut of 1950s TV Westerns.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentThe public often assumes that if celebrities are rich and famous, their lives must be trouble-free. Actually, lots of showbiz horror stories negate that, but they’re usually about addiction and/or self-destruction.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentAs a long-delayed sequel to Eleanor Roosevelt’s 1939 guest column, Variety invited First Lady Michelle Obama to write about showbiz. The item ran on the front page on Oct.