The Good Fight Episodes Tackling Racial Issues, Pay Disparity, and More Heading to BET

Willem Dafoe and Giada Colagrande are having fun in the sun.

Macy Gray is ramping up her nonprofit My Good.The organization, founded quietly earlier this year, seeks to help families and loved ones of victims of police violence with financial, emotional and mental health support.

The Good Fight and Evil creators Robert and Michelle King have signed with UTA for representation in all areas. The Kings will bring their production company, King Size Productions, headed by Liz Glotzer, to the agency as well.

the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to a report.On July 17th, Dershowitz’s lawyers sent a letter to “The Good Fight” showrunners demanding they remove the content and issue a public apology, according to Variety.In the letter, Dershowitz’s attorney, Imran Ansari, wrote of the May 28 finale — titled, “The Gang Discovers Who Killed Jeffrey Epstein:“Clearly, the dialogue and the context in which it is made, with words loaded with innuendo such as ‘massage,’ ‘Epstein,’ the ‘Virgin Islands,’ in

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticDespite having the Oscar winning Reversal of Fortune made from his book of the same name, it seems Alan Dershowitz this week had the difference between fact and fiction painstaking explained to him by one of ViacomCBS’s top lawyers over Jeffrey Epstein.“If we understand your letter correctly, you are complaining about a line spoken by a fictional character, in an episode of the fictional series The Good Fight,” wrote the company’s Jonathan Anschell

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorAlan Dershowitz, legal scholar and Harvard Law School professor emeritus, is a fan of “The Good Fight.”But the famed attorney is preparing to sue ViacomCBS and the producers of the CBS All Access legal drama for referring to him in the final episode of the show’s fourth season as a “shyster” in connection with his representation of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Jeff Bezos, has donated $1.7 billion of her personal fortune to charity, she said in a blog post on Tuesday.Her charitable contributions make good on her signing of The Giving Pledge in May 2019, vowing to donate most of her wealth to philanthropic causes over her lifetime.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Locarno Film Festival’s unique StepIn industry think tank, which is going online this year due to the pandemic, will delve into the future of the theatrical experience, production, film festivals and markets.A high-caliber roster of industry executives has been recruited for the sessions, which aim to provide food for thought and a sharp picture of the post-pandemic landscape.The three sessions — moderated by Variety journalists and hosted by the

Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, BET will air six episodes of “The Good Fight,” and Netflix announced a premiere date for “Julie and the Phantoms.”Netflix released a trailer for Sam Jay’s comedy special, “3 In The Morning,” shot at The Masquerade in Atlanta and set to launch Aug. 4.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterSelect episodes focusing on Black narratives from the third season of the CBS All Access spinoff The Good Fight from Robert and Michelle King will be part of a special presentation on BET.

The Prop Store’s Aug. 26 and 27 virtual auction — the company’s first event from Los Angeles — features over 850 items from classic films, including props, memorabilia and costumes from movies like “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “The Godfather Part II,” “Hook,” “The Hunger Games” and “Rocky.”An 11-foot model miniature of the Nostromo that was used during the filming of “Alien” has the highest pre-auction estimate ($300,000-$500,000).

Colin Jost is hoping Bill Murray will forgive him for the secret he spilled in his new book.

The British Film Institute's diversity standards — requiring film projects to hit a set number of diversity-focused criteria both in front of and behind the camera to secure financing from the BFI Film Fund — has become one of the organization's key initiatives since it was first introduced in 2014.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorITV has revealed that 38 of its in-house productions have restarted in recent weeks amid the easing of UK coronavirus lockdown restrictions, but CEO Carolyn McCall said drama will be the last genre to get back up to speed.Giving evidence to the Parliamentary Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday, McCall said ITV Studios and its owned companies, such as Bodyguard producer World Productions, “haven’t quite found a way” to get back into drama

John Mayer is getting in some self-care.

Chad Michael Murray shows off his muscular physique while going shirtless at the beach on Thursday (July 9) in Malibu, Calif.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerLongtime ESPN announcer Dave LaMont is apologizing for a comment he made while thinking his phone was on mute during a two-hour conference call with his ESPN college football colleagues.As reported by the New York Post’s Andrew Marchand, a two-hour ESPN college football conference call was held last month. The topic was race in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

Justice League star Ray Fisher seems to have opened a floodgate after he called out Joss Whedon for his on-set behaviour. For the unversed, The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron director was handed the duties to reshoot and complete the Justice League after Zack Snyder's exit.