‘The Never Game’ Drama Starring Justin Hartley Lands CBS Pilot Order

ABC has picked up drama pilot Will Trent (working title) to series for a midseason launch. Will Trent, starring Ramón Rodríguez, is one of four 2022 ABC drama pilots whose production was pushed to off-cycle and the first of the bunch to land a series order.

Judith Durham, an Australian folk music icon whose voice graced several international hits with her group, The Seekers, has died at 79.

confirmed Thursday by TheWrap, the actor will portray the Cuban revolutionary in the upcoming indie film about his daughter Alina Fernandez.Actor John Leguizamo, a vocal advocate for greater Latino representation in Hollywood, led the charge on Instagram.“How is this still going on?” he wrote in a Friday post. “How is Hollywood excluding us but stealing our narratives as well? No more appropriation Hollywood and streamers! Boycott! This F’d up!”Adding that it would be “seriously difficult” to represent Castro “without aggrandizement,” the “Encanto” star said: “I don’t got a prob with Franco but he ain’t Latino!”Franco was born in Palo Alto, California, and is of Jewish, Portuguese and Swedish ancestry.

EXCLUSIVE: Soap veteran Trevor St. John is coming to Genoa City. The former star of One Life To Live is joining the cast of CBS’ The Young and the Restless.

Carson Burton This winter, snow is coming to Los Angeles — Jon Snow, that is.The first ever “Game of Thrones” official fan convention will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from Dec. 9-11 and feature fan-favorite stars, engaging panel discussions and exclusive merchandise as well as cosplay and trivia competitions.Kit Harington is now joining the previously announced “Game of Thrones” stars, including Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), Jack Gleeson (Joffrey Baratheon), Kristofer Hivju (Tormund Giantsbane), Kristian Nairn (Hodor), Daniel Portman (Podrick Payne), Gemma Whelan (Yara Greyjoy) and Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark).

Showtime has given a green light to half-hour comedy pilot Mason, from comedian Nathan Min (Joe Pera Talks To You), who also stars, Daniels (Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan), the team behind the box-office hit film Everything Everywhere All At Once, Oscar nominee Steven Yeun (Minari) and A24.

(CNN)Thirty-five years ago Wednesday, the journey began that has blessed us with one of the best things the internet ever birthed.Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up" was released on this day in 1987 and led to the now famous "Rickrolling" phenomenon, an internet bait-and-switch using disguised hyperlinks to Astley's video for the song."Never Gonna Give You Up" was the lead single from Astley's debut full-length album, "Whenever You Need Somebody."The song quickly become a worldwide hit, charting at No.1 in 25 different countries, including the United States. In the UK, the song topped the charts for five weeks and was the highest-selling single of 1987 there."Never Gonna Give You Up" has just been certified five-times platinum in the United States by the RIAA.

The trailer for Never Have I Ever season three just debuted online!

Journalist and TV talk show host Natalie Morales has landed a recurring role on the CBS daytime drama “The Young and the Restless.”“The Talk” co-host is headed to the soap to play an investigative reporter.“I have some exciting news to share! Starting next month I have a little role – well, it’s a recurring role on the CBS Daytime drama ‘The Young and the Restless,'” Morales said on an episode of “The Talk.” A clip of the announcement was released Tuesday afternoon, and the episode is due to debut on Wednesday.“I am playing investigative reporter Talia Morgan, and I’m investigating Diane Jenkins, played by Susan Walters,” she detailed. “You know, she’s the one who faked her own death.

Italian-Uruguayan producer and actor Luca Barbareschi is developing a six-part series about the life of Bank of America founder and early Hollywood financier Amadeo Peter Giannini.

It looks like Justin Hartley will be back on the small screen soon, as CBS has greenlit The Never Game.

It’s official: NBC has picked up a second drama pilot to series for the 2022-23 season, the missing-persons Found, from All American‘s Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television. The pickup, which Deadline wrote about in yesterday’s Pilot Buzz, gives Carroll three series on broadcast TV next season: All American, on which she is an exec producer/showrunner; spinoff All American: Homecoming, which she created and serves as EP and co-showrunner on; and Found, on which she is creator, executive producer and showrunner. Found is expected to bring in a co-showrunner to work alongside Carroll as she juggle her shows.

Christina Ricci is taking on a new role.

BBC viewers have been left disappointed after Glasgow-based drama series The Control Room failed to pack a punch.