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A.D. Amorosi With the release of “This Dream of You,” jazz pianist and soigné contralto vocalist Diana Krall will display her usual mix of tartness and tastefulness with selections from the Great American Songbook — from Irving Berlin to Bob Dylan’s title track —  with a familiar cast of characters to go with the album’s cinematic arc.

Amid Christopher Nolan's Tenet underperforming at the US box-office due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney is taking some major precautions by delaying the release dates of some of their biggest films, including the highly-awaited Marvel movies.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A teenage singer from Lebanon this week became the latest to join a global pop band formed by Simon Fuller, the man behind the Spice Girls and “American Idol,” which aims to transform young unknowns into internet superstars.That may seem a grandiose ambition during a global pandemic.

creator Damon Lindelof dedicated the team's Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series to the victims and survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Evan Mirzai, who has made the Blacklist four times and founded the House of M production banner, has signed on to executive produce and write on the pilot Bound For Glory from producing and acting duo Michael Naizu and Derik Young.Mirzai looks to take the original pilot to series.

Also Read: Chris McCumber to Exit as USA Network and Syfy President Amid Next Wave of NBCU ReorgUniversal Studio Group is comprised of Universal Television, UCP and NBCUniversal International Studios.

The complexities and ultimate similarities of American life play out in “The Last Shift.” A 2020 Sundance selection, the film became a buzzworthy project thanks to outstanding lead actors along with a carefully crafted storyline for these times. Its overall sensibilities and emphasis on realism is evidence of a director and writer with deep roots in documentary filmmaking.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Kourosh Ahari’s The Night made history as the first U.S.-produced film to receive a license receive a theatrical release in Iran.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterLionsgate’s Grindstone Entertainment Group has acquired the North American rights to the Brian A. Metcalf-directed Adverse which will debut in theaters January 23, 2021, followed by a release on media platforms through Lionsgate Home EntertainmentAdverse stars Thomas Nicolas as a rideshare driver who discovers his younger sister (Kelly Arjen) has become entangled with an underworld boss (Mickey Rourke) in drugs and debt.

Motown Records is set to launch in the UK with its own division. 

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThere are just a handful of independent production companies with three or more half-hour series currently on U.S. television.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVMichael Uppendahl has stepped in as director and executive producer on American Crime Story: Impeachment, Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX limited series about the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky sex scandal. He replaces Richard Shepard, who recently exited the project.Shepard signed on for the project in January, ahead of the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down all production and shifted all filming schedules, including Impeachment‘s.