Google Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Chloe Fineman‘s Dua Lipa impression probably isn’t quite ready for prime time yet, or even late night at this point. But she still has a few days to get there.

“We believe in this case, and we will be retrying this case,” prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape case told a judge today in the first hearing since the much-accused producer’s 2020 conviction was overturned last week. “It was a strong case in 2020 …and it remains a strong case in 2024,” added Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg.

EXCLUSIVE: Pacesetter Productions, run by Black Mirror and Station Eleven exec producer Jessica Rhoades, is staffing up.

Jessica Biel (The Sinner) and Elizabeth Banks (Call Jane) will exec produce and star in The Better Sister, a thriller based on the novel by Alafair Burke. In a competitive situation, the project has landed at Prime Video with a series order. It hails from Tomorrow Studios, which will co-produce with Amazon MGM Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Lanter (Jupiter’s Legacy) and newcomer Sophia Esperanza have joined Prime Video‘s Motorheads cast in recurring roles, Deadline has learned exclusively.

Shogun director Jonathan van Tulleken will lead a TV adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley‘s debut novel, The Loney.

Former UTA Partner, Co-Head of Independent Film and Head of Motion Picture Business Affairs Jim Meenaghan has joined Stampede Ventures as Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, founder and CEO Greg Silverman announced on Wednesday.

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Stuckmann and Aaron B. Koontz of Paper Street Pictures have added genre specialists Mike Flanagan, Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka of Intrepid Pictures as executive producers on their record-breaking Kickstarter-backed horror film Shelby Oaks, which is in post-production.

Barry Jenkins defends himself over criticism for helming the Disney prequel Mufasa: The Lion King.

EXCLUSIVE: Following her breakout role as Shin Hati in the hit Star Wars series Ahsoka, Ivanna Sakhno has found her next big role. Sources tell Deadline she has landed a major part in M3GAN 2.0, a sequel to the hit film from Atomic Monster and Blumhouse in association with Divide/Conquer. She joins a cast that includes Allison Williams and Violet McGraw.

SAG-AFTRA members have nearly unanimously approved the union’s new Sound Recordings Code.

EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds more layoffs are incoming at Dune and Oppenheimer VFX firm DNEG.

EXCLUSIVE: Shelved producer Counterfeit Pictures has hired Canadian networks veteran Christian Kelley.

EXCLUSIVE: VMI Worldwide has acquired worldwide sales rights on Breed of Greed starring Gina Gershon (Showgirls). 

EXCLUSIVE: Timbaland is getting into graphic novels and television.

EXCLUSIVE: Film finance and sales company Concourse Media has acquired international rights to the psychological period thriller Long Shadows and will launch sales at the upcoming Cannes market.

Tyler Perry Studios is moving further into the unscripted TV world.

has been seriously upping her fashion game while promoting her latest film, The Fall Guy. With choices from chic knitted Balmain separates to a glittering custom Jenny Packham dress to a sleek Dolce & Gabbana tuxedo, she’s been making her presence felt on the red carpet. Not forgetting her bold selection from , a printed set festooned with radishes and potatoes.Now Blunt has thrown another statement dress into the mix—this time in an audacious shade only the ultraconfident can pull off.She made it work.At the Los Angeles premiere of her latest film, the British actor—accompanied by costar —stunned in a notoriously challenging color.

The team behind Terrifier 3 has brought the film’s North American release date forward by two weeks to October 11.

EXCLUSIVE: Cameras have started rolling in Sofia, Bulgaria, on the survival-thriller Savage Hunt from Dutch filmmaker Roel Reiné (Halo). 

The star of Disney+‘s Shardlake has addressed having a different disability to the character he portrays in the C.J. Sansom adaptation, which launches today.

UPDATED, 7:15 AM: Apple TV+ has released the first trailer for Jake Gyllenhaal‘s legal thriller series Presumed Innocent. It begins with a voiceover by Gyllenhaal’s Rusty Sabich, saying “Love isn’t what people tell you that it is. In my experience it’s just something that grows. Until one day, you find yourself needing someone.” It’s the beginning of a steamy affair that ends up with Gyllenhaal’s Rusty looking guilty for murder. But is he?

Gold House kicks off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) with the reveal of its annual A100 List — which recognizes the 100 Asian Pacific leaders who have impacted American culture and society in the last year — as well as several special honors for transformative impact and a brand new category, New Gold to honor 10 leaders on the rise across various industries.

Four female BBC News presenters have commenced legal action against the UK broadcaster, arguing they were forced off air for a year and harassed as a result of a “rigged” recruitment process.

EXCLUSIVE: CAA Sports Media has made one of its first major signings under new UK and Europe boss Alex McGuire.

Deborah Williams, the head of the UK’s Creative Diversity Network (CDN), is stepping down after eight years.

Ted Sarandos To Speak AT RTS London Convention

Glen Kyne is exiting his role as Senior Vice President and Head of Networks at Warner Bros Discovery Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) on July 5.

International TV veteran Avi Armoza has bought back his Tel Aviv formats company from ITV Studios.

A 4K restoration of Shanghai Blues by Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark will screen in the Cannes Classics section to mark the film’s 40th anniversary since its 1984 premiere.

Paul Auster, the celebrated author of nearly three-dozen books — including Winter Journal, Sunset Park, Invisible, The Book of Illusions and The New York Trilogy — screenwriter on Wayne Wang’s Smoke and director of Lulu on the Bridge, has died. His friend, Jacki Lyden, confirmed the news to the New York Times. Auster was 77.

Daniel Radcliffe has been a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community and is disappointed in J.K. Rowling‘s anti-trans comments over the years.

Fox News continued its dominance in the April ratings, while network coverage of Donald Trump’s hush money trial has failed to produce blockbuster viewership.

Apologies to Thomas Wolfe, but it appears you can go home again. 

Paula Abdul filed her sexual assault and battery suit against Nigel Lythgoe late last year seeking a jury trial, and she’s going to get one.

Fubo, which has not carried nearly a dozen networks from the Warner side of Warner Bros. Discovery since 2020, added a batch of Discovery channels to the blacked-out list on Tuesday.