Ronald Gladden Signs 2-Year Deal With Amazon After Unknowingly Making Acting Debut in 'Jury Duty'

A 15-year-old Pennsylvania girl has been left dead after two local men allegedly had a street race which resulted in a crash.

Evan Roderick is starring in a new Hallmark Channel movie!

Shohei Ohtani is going to be earning $700 million over the next 10 years while playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but he’s not going to see most of that money for a long time.

announced Monday morning by Cedric the Entertainer and Wilmer Valderrama, held few surprises, with all the expected series and stars (that’s you, “Succession”) receiving nods in several different categories. Snubs, meanwhile, were kept to a minimum for an awards show that hit historic viewership lows last year — and can’t seem to find anyone willing to host this year’s telecast, produced by Dick Clark Productions, which bought the Golden Globes from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.This year’s nominees were chosen by a racially and ethnically diverse group of voters from around the world.It’s been a tough year for the TV industry with the writers’ WGA) and actors’ (SAG-AFTRA) strikes impeding most of the fall schedule from launching new shows, and with most returning favorites in reruns, but that seems to have been taken into account — or maybe boosted the profile of series like “Jury Duty,” which premiered in April just before the WGA strike.ABC is the only broadcast network to be nominated this year (for “Abbott Elementary”); you can either blame that on the dual strikes — and voters with short attention spans — but it’s more likely the reality that the Big Four networks (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) are on a downward spiral into near-oblivion when pertaining to viewership — which, in turn, impacts their chances come award season.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large And so goes the most unusual TV awards season ever, where a delayed Primetime Emmys — with its June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023, eligibility window — falls smack into a Globes, Critics’ Choice and guild awards season with a January to December, 2023 time frame. The Hollywood strikes also may have had an impact on the even more limited-than-usual showing for broadcast networks at the Globes.

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The family of a young woman who died in a car crash have paid touching tribute to a 'beautiful, loving and caring girl'.

The American Film Institute is out with its annual list of Top 10 outstanding TV programs, and this year’s model has only three titles that were lauded in 2022.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The “Barbenheimer” craze continues with Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” being named among AFI Awards 2023 top 10 best films of the year. Netflix led studios with two movies making the list — Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro” and Todd Haynes’ black comedy “May December.” With an eclectic mix of critically acclaimed and consumer friendly titles, the list of top movies also includes films by newcomers (Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” and Celine Song’s “Past Lives”), veterans (Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers”) and stylish visionaries (Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” and Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Universal Music Greater China has signed a strategic partnership with Mandarin-language music superstar Jay Chou and his record label JVR Music. The agreement secures global marketing and distribution rights for Chou’s extensive music catalogue and for future projects. It also supports rising talent from his label, including artists Patrick Brasca and Young (aka Cao Yang) through JVR. Nicknamed the ‘King of Mandopop’ Chou has a two decade career that spans 15 studio albums, eight world tours and 378 concerts in Asia, America, Europe, and Australia.

Actors have officially given the stamp of approval for their latest deal with the studios.

Allison Holker is getting candid about the mourning process.

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh Produce Media, the podcast company behind Jon Hamm and Kate Mara-fronted scripted series The Big Lie, has renewed its first-look deal with Audible.

Macaulay Culkin sang fiancee Brenda Song‘s praises while accepting his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Jury Duty” star Ronald Gladden has signed an overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has learned. Under the two-year deal, Gladden will work with the studio to produce, develop, and star in content across platforms. “Words cannot express how excited I am to officially be a part of the Amazon family,” said Gladden.

Ronald Gladden‘s star continues to rise in Hollywood, following his achievements on the surprise hit series Jury Duty, a top-secret docu-style comedy created by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg. He has signed a two-year overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios to produce, develop, and star in a variety of content.

The green flag has dropped on NASCAR‘s next TV rights deals.

A 13-year-old boy who ran over and killed 60-year-old Marcia Grant with her own car has been told he will serve two years in custody by a judge at Sheffield Crown Court for causing her death by dangerous driving.