Victoria Mahoney To Direct CBS Drama Pilot ‘Under the Bridge’
Posted on Friday February 22, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: After making history as as the first African American woman to direct a Star Wars film with her 2nd unit directing gig on JJ Abrams’ Star Wars Episode IX, Vic Mahoney is returning to TV as director and executive producer on the CBS medical drama pilot Under the Bridge. The project, which recently cast David Ajala as a lead, hails from Mistresses executive producer Rina Mimoun and Jerry Bruckheimer TV. In Under the Bridge, penned by Mimoun, when a scandal rocks…

‘Barry’ Trailer: HBO Fires Up First Look At Season 2 Of Bill Hader Comedy
Posted on Friday February 22, 2019

HBO is giving a first look at the upcoming season 2 of Barry, the dark comedy starring Bill Hader as a depressed hitman who finds something like salvation in a community theater group and Henry Winkler as his acting teacher. This new trailer doesn’t give too much away in terms of plot, but who needs spoilers when you have the scene-stealing Winkler delivering lines like, “Barry, there is an inherent darkness in you – I had the same instinct about Charlie Manson. I looked…

‘L.A.’s Finest’ Injured Producers Identified
Posted on Friday February 22, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has confirmed with sources that LA’s Finest executive producers/co-showrunners Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier were the two people injured yesterday on the set of the Spectrum/Sony Pictures TV series when a stunt car crashed into the video village where they were watching the scene on monitors. "Our hearts go out to our SPT family members who were injured and we pray for a full recovery,"  SPT President Jeff Frost and co-Presidents Chris Parnell…

Oscars: Pete Hammond’s Absolute Final Predictions In All 24 Categories
Posted on Friday February 22, 2019

In what has been an ever-changing scenario since the race for the 91st annual Academy Awards began in earnest at the beginning of September with the fall festival trifecta of Venice, Telluride and Toronto, the hunt for Oscar has been as confounding and difficult to call as ever. The so-called precursor awards have been all over the map. Critics groups, BAFTA, and DGA drifted towards Roma; the Golden Globes loved Green Book (which also took the top PGA honor) and Bohemian R…

‘Umbrella Academy’ Reigns Over NYC Fan Wedding With Times Square Parade
Posted on Friday February 22, 2019

When Netflix found out that two mega-fans of Umbrella Academy were tying the knot in New York City the streamer found the perfect way to celebrate Their Chemical Romance. A 60-foot black umbrella provided the coolest canopy imaginable for Kat and Ducky when the pair married the afternoon after St. Valentine’s Day in the middle of Bryant Park. Netflix also feted the nupitals with a mini-parade through Times Square and a rousing live performance by the Academy’s Klaus…