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Paul Greengrass makes harrowing movies. He established this with his gripping 2002 Northern Ireland docudrama "Bloody Sunday," which was his springboard to Hollywood, where he turned the Jason Bourne franchise into a master class in jittery, handheld, shoot-for-the-edit cinema. These successes for Universal compelled the studio to take a managed $15 million risk on Greengrass' "United 93," his masterful staging of the heroic events that transpired on the fourth hijacked plane, which thankfully did not reach its target, on 9/11. It's his best film to date, but one that's also way too intense for many people to endure -- which can also be said of his biographical thriller "Captain Phillips."

The account of Somali pirates hijacking the shipping vessel Maersk Alabama in 2009 stars Tom Hanks as the title skipper who managed to engineer the rescue of himself and his crew from the ship. It's shot in Greengrass' trademark docudrama style, which means a lot of shaky cameras,...

Paul Greengrass may no longer be a journalist, but he has successfully brought a journalistic style to both action films and historical dramas over his career. The filmmaker is best known for his hand-held, cinéma vérité style where the camera moves like a cameraman embedded in the scene, struggling to capture real events. His style is often imitated, though few are able to match the subtly precise way that Greengrass constructs his sequences through quick cutting and frenetic camerawork. Despite being famous for a specific filmmaking technique, Greengrass’ filmography is still quite diverse, which should be apparent in the gallery below.

He began his career working for the audacious British current affairs program “World in Action.” He transitioned to fiction filmmaking with a series of TV movies based on historical events. His breakout hit was the historical drama “Bloody Sunday,” chronicling the 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings. Greengrass was then hired to...

Exclusive: What does it take to become Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr? David Oyelowo took on the challenge for Ava DuVernay’s underrated 2014 film Selma. It’s all there in Becoming King, a new documentary coming to Paramount+.

The 1965 march through the segregationist state of Alabama resulted in brutal beatings by local authorities and white vigilante groups as activist marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge en route to the state house in Montgomery. They didn’t get there, that day. Called Bloody Sunday, the nationally televised footage was shocking and shameful, and it left activist and future congressman John Lewis with a fractured skull. Six days later, President Lyndon Johnson had seen enough and gave a nationwide TV address pledging support for a National Voting Rights bill that became law after he introduced it in Congress. It was a milestone moment.

Oyelowo’s long preparation to play Dr. King...

Though many people think of Paul Greengrass for his work on the ‘Bourne’ franchise, he really broke out in a big way with his film, “Bloody Sunday,” which is based on a true story. And after ‘Bourne,’ he would go on to direct films inspired by real events such as “United 93,” “Captain Phillips,” and “22 July.” Clearly, he has a keen eye when it comes to taking very human, emotional stories and making them incredibly cinematic.

Continue reading ‘Drowning’: Paul Greengrass To Direct A Thriller About People Trapped In A Crashed Plane at The Playlist.

Exclusive: Paul Greengrass has been set by Warner Bros to adapt, direct and produce Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 421. The T.J. Newman bestselling novel was the subject of a fevered bidding battle, with Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy landing the novel for $1.5 million against $3 million. There were four other seven-figure bids on the table. The project reunites De Luca and Greengrass, who worked together on Captain Phillips.

In Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife — she’s also the girl’s mother — is part of the elite rescue team that races to save the passengers before their air runs out.

Tony Bennett, the legendary singer whose long career enjoyed a resurgence that extended into his 90s, has died.

Bennett was 96.

His publicist confirmed his passing, according to the AP.

Bennett battled Alzheimer’s disease, but even after that diagnosis, he continued to perform, including a memorable series of final concerts in New York in 2021 where he was joined by Lady Gaga. An album with Gaga won two Grammy awards.

His career over a 70 year span suffered its ups and downs, particularly as musical tastes changed, but Bennett enjoyed a late resurgence in the 1990s. With over 70 albums, he won 19 Grammys, many of them late in life.

Bennett was active in the civil rights movement, joining with Harry Belafonte, who died earlier this year, in Montgomery, Al following Bloody Sunday in Selma, Al. They marched with Martin Luther King Jr., a moment that helped shift public opinion and rally passage of the Voting Rights Act.

Paul McCartney isn’t usually assertive about his political beliefs but isn’t afraid to voice his opinions when necessary. Since he is a musician, his politics are primarily expressed within his music in either subtle or more obvious ways.

Here are 5 times Paul McCartney expressed his politics in his music ‘Big Boys Bickering’ Paul McCartney | Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Paul McCartney usually isn’t aggressive about his politics, but he didn’t hold back with “Big Boys Bickering.” According to The Ringer, the song was released in 1992 in response to President George H. W. Bush’s refusal to sign an ecological treaty at the 1992 Earth Summit. It’s a challenging song to find these days as it was banned by the BBC, several U.S. radio stations and was edited out of an MTV performance.

However, the track wasn’t banned due to its message. What drove...

The BBC banned a Paul McCartney song, but that didn’t stop it from becoming a hit in Ireland. The former Beatle’s record company tried to warn him that the BBC would ban “Give Ireland Back to the Irish,” but he felt morally obligated to release it.

Paul McCartney and his wife Linda | Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Paul McCartney can trace his roots back to Ireland, so Bloody Sunday struck a chord

In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that both his maternal and paternal grandfathers came from Ireland. His mother’s father, Owen Mohan, was from Tullynamalra in County Monaghan. Eventually, he moved to Liverpool and started work as a coalman. The family was Catholic.

Paul isn’t sure where his paternal grandfather was born in Ireland, but he does know that that side of his family was Protestant.

When Paul and his brother Michael were born,...

The Wonder Years, which originally premiered on January 31, 1988 on ABC, followed a young Kevin Arnold (played by Fred Savage) growing up in a white middle-class family during the late ’60s and early ’70s. With Daniel Stern narrating as a thirtysomething Kevin reflecting on his younger years, the story focused on his childhood in a nondescript suburban neighborhood against the backdrop of the Vietnam War.

Capturing the charm of the Og series, the 2021 reboot centers on Dean Williams (Elisha “Ej” Williams), who is Black, and his middle-class family living in Montgomery, Alabama during the late ‘60s — when pivotal moments such as...

Exclusive: Oscar-nominated filmmaker Fernando Meirelles, known for hits including The Two Popes, The Constant Gardener and City Of God, is launching a slate of environmental films in association with UK production firm Make Waves.

Four of the projects on the $20M documentary slate have already attracted talent and funding.

Meirelles himself will direct Soil, a feature-length documentary about the little-known microscopic world beneath our feet, which will reveal the revolutionary solutions that could help avert a planetary food crisis.

The “flagship” film on the slate is Blue Carbon, which will be directed by BAFTA and Emmy-winning filmmaker Nicolas Brown (Serengeti Rules). With 2021 Grammy-nominated DJ Jayda G as its protagonist, the feature will spotlight a movement to grow an ocean forest across the planet to help combat climate change. The film will weave together stories of ocean activists, scientists and frontline communities, and will feature music from Brazilian samba artist Seu Jorge...

John Travolta just showed off his dance moves in the latest 'Grease' inspired Super Bowl commercial.

The 66-year-old actor flawlessly recreated the iconic dance scene from the 1978 musical film along with his daughter Ella Bleu Travolta.

In the 45-second advert, the Hollywood star showed off his famous dancing skills alongside his 20-year-old daughter filling in for his original co-star Olivia Newton-John, per NME.

The father-daughter duo also looked colour coordinated with both donning black jackets. John Travolta looked dapper wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans, while Ella opted for a green floral dress and black sneakers.

The Super Bowl commercial for Scotts & Miracle-Gro shows Ella teaching the two-time Oscar nominee how to use the camera on his phone before they start dancing together while Surfaces‘ song “Sunday Best” plays in the background, per JustJared.

Speaking about the opportunity to perform alongside his daughter in the forthcoming advert,...

BBC & PBS Team For ‘Unsolved Histories’

The BBC and PBS are co-producing a four-part series in which historian Lucy Worsley will attempt to shed light on some of British history’s biggest unsolved mysteries. Unsolved Histories with Lucy Worsley (working title) will ask questions including, who killed the Princes in the tower in 1483? What actually caused the Black Death? Why did a witch craze sweep 16th century Britain? BBC Studios is producing the series with Julia Harrington executive producing. Unsolved Histories was commissioned by Patrick Holland and Abigail Priddle, while Bill Gardner is overseeing for PBS.

Exclusive: Graham Norton Novel Set For U.S. Release

UK talk show host Graham Norton’s third novel, Home Stretch, is set to be published in the U.S. by HarperCollins imprint HarperVia on June 22. The Sunday Times bestseller tells the story of a tragedy in a small Irish town that reverberates throughout the...

In today’s TV news roundup, NBC announced the Season 20 premiere date of “The Voice,” AMC Plus moved the return of “The Walking Dead” on its streaming service up a few days early.

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The Paley Center for Media will celebrate Black History Month with “A Salute to Black Achievements in Television presented by Citi” beginning Feb. 1. The annual celebration spotlights significant contributions from Black icons, innovators and leaders in media and entertainment. Programming includes “For Life in Conversation with Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson” Feb. 1 at 8 p.m.; “Queen Sugar” exclusives Feb. 13-15; a special family preview screening of Netflix’s “Family Reunion” on Feb. 27, and 100th anniversary spotlights of The Negro Leagues and Black women in government and politics on TV on Feb. 28. While these screenings and panels will be available on the Paley Center’s YouTube page, interactive experiences with archival content will also be available on its website.

The time-honored tradition of players moving from the gridiron to the broadcast booth was active once again today, as Fox NFL Sunday saw three-time Pro Bowl tight end Greg Olsen indicate his next step.

Olsen announced his retirement from the NFL and shared that he will join the Fox NFL broadcast team. The decision was revealed during the Fox pregame show ahead of Sunday’s NFC Championship between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Green Bay Packers. Olsen will join the network full-time in his post-playing career.

Olsen ends his football career ranked fifth in NFL history for receiving yards and receptions (742) among tight ends in the Super Bowl era. His 60 touchdowns rank eighth among players at the position.

The Chicago Bears drafted Olsen in in 2007. He was traded to the Carolina Panthers in 2011 and played nine seasons there, earning three Pro Bowl nods and two AP All-Pro Second Team designations.

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, is trying to get her lawsuit against the publisher of the MailOnline and Mail on Sunday thrown out of court before the case proceeds to a blockbuster trial in the fall.

Markle is suing Associated Newspapers for breach of copyright after the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline published a private letter to her father Thomas Markle in February 2019. During a two-day High Court hearing in London, her attorneys are making representations for a summary judgment, meaning all or some of the case would be resolved before a full trial.

According to reports on today’s proceedings, lawyers for the duchess have argued that there is “no real prospect” of Associated Newspapers winning the case. “At its heart, it’s a very straightforward case about the unlawful publication of a private letter,” her lawyer Justin Rushbrooke argued, according to Sky News.

Associated Newspapers lawyers said...

More than 40 prominent U.K. film industry figures, including “Tenet” director Christopher Nolan and “Small Axe” filmmaker Steve McQueen, have written to U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak requesting further support for the beleaguered exhibition sector.

The letter in the Sunday Times, a follow up to the U.K. Cinema Association’s December 2020 ‘Keep the Magic Alive’ campaign, acknowledges the efforts of the U.K. government in helping cinemas stay afloat, but that these initiatives may not be enough.

The signatories also include “Maradona” director Asif Kapadia, “Slumdog Millionaire” filmmaker Danny Boyle, James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, and “Harry Potter” producer David Heyman. (A full list is below.)

“There is no doubt that if supported to survive, the sector will recover and once again thrive. But the need for direct financial support is pressing,” the letter says. “We recognize the support that government has already been able to provide.

While most political pundits are expressing doubt that enough Senate Republicans will grow a spine to convict the president in the coming impeachment trial, one influential GOP strategist, Karl Rove, says if Trump uses Rudy Giuliani to lead his defense, the likelihood of a conviction only rises.

When asked on Fox News Sunday about the chances Trump will be convicted in the Senate, Rove admitted that the usual partisanship might take a backseat this time around.

“Normally I’d say not much chance,” Rove said after host Chris Wallace reminded...

Netflix has apologized following backlash at a tweet shared by Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's official Twitter account.

The tweet – which has since been deleted – included behind-the-scenes images of the Sabrina cast covered in fake blood.

The caption on the post read: "Sunday bloody Sunday."

Bloody Sunday refers to the Bogside Massacre of 1972, in which 14 people were shot and killed by British soldiers during a protest in Derry, Northern Ireland.

Followers quickly hit out at the Twitter account because of the way the post was worded, prompting Netflix to swiftly delete the offending post.

“I think at least someone behind this account should perhaps look at the replies and maybe Google ‘Bloody Sunday’,” another added.

“Please take a minute to read your caption, then put it into google. Then apologise to your Irish fans and anyone who was affected by the atrocities,” wrote another user in the comments section.

“Apologise for joking about bloody sunday,...

Updated, 6Am Pst: The offending tweet has now been updated and Netflix has apologized.

“Our tweet was unacceptable and has since been removed. We are very sorry for the hurt and distress it caused,” said a spokesperson.

Previously, 4.20Am Pst: The official Twitter account for Netflix’s supernatural series The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina caused outrage on Sunday, January 10, with a tweet that made reference to “Bloody Sunday” and featured a series of pics of cast members including star Kiernan Shipka splattered in fake blood. See below.

The presumably inadvertent reference – Netflix has been asked for comment – to the tragic 1972 massacre in Derry, Northern Ireland, prompted fans of the show to reply pointing out that the caption would likely be taken as offensive and that the streamer might want to re-think it.

“Please take a minute to read your caption, then put it into google. Then apologise to your Irish...

Jeremy Clarkson has written about his experience of battling coronavirus in typically direct prose.

The Grand Tour star and presenter of the UK version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? revealed in his Sunday Times column that he contracted Covid-19 in the run-up to Christmas.

“Four days before Christmas, I woke in the night to find my sheets were soggy. And that I had a constant dry cough,” he said, adding: “The doctor was very clear – I’d feel under the weather for between five and 14 days and then I’d either get better or I’d have to go to hospital.”

Clarkson, who said his breathing became “laboured,” feared the worst. “Because I am 60 and fat, and because I’ve smoked half a million cigarettes and had double pneumonia, I’d probably die, on my own, in a lonely plastic tent,” he explained.

Clarkson continued: “I’m not...

In this discombobulated time, period western “News of the World” is just the sort of big-screen entertainment in short supply for Academy voters. They still haven’t seen Christopher Nolan’s glossy thriller “Tenet,” which never opened in New York and Los Angeles. When they eventually watch their Blu-ray screeners, the escapist time-twister isn’t exactly a zeitgeist movie mid-pandemic.

Gorgeously mounted period western “News of the World,” on the other hand, not only boasts sumptuous production values, but Paul Greengrass also turned it into a timely political drama. The London filmmaker likes to embed politics in his films. His 2002 breakout “Bloody Sunday,” about The Troubles in Northern Ireland, showcased his ability to ratchet tension (a skill he aced in three “Bourne” installments). He places audiences inside real-life traumas, from ocean kidnapping thriller “Captain Phillips,” his first outing with Tom Hanks, to true terrorist stories “22 July and “United 93,” the...

President Trump was going to make a speech from the White House about the 2020 election, a process so unique and unprecedented that, at well past 2 in the morning eastern time, no news organization could predict who was going to be the winner. Before he got on camera, however, Norah O’Donnell had something to impart to her viewers.

“We at CBS News are not projecting in this presidential race. We will not disenfranchise the millions of voters in those battleground states and the hundreds of thousands in Georgia who also have not had their votes counted,” said O’Donnell, speaking during CBS News coverage of the election well after most viewers normally watch her on “CBS Evening News.” Moments later, as Trump spoke, anchors on NBC, MSNBC and CNBC broke into his comments — during which he falsely claimed he had won the election despite millions of votes left uncounted – – and Savannah Guthrie,...

In Sunday’s Fear the Walking Dead, Strand did what Virginia believed was impossible, in so doing earning himself a reward that looked an awful lot like a punishment. Read on, and I’ll explain why.

‘You And I Are Never Gonna Clean Another Latrine Again’ | As “Welcome to the Club” began, a group of prisoners in numbered jumpers was led into a sugar-processing plant and tasked by Ginny’s Rangers — at gunpoint, natch — to dispatch the horde of walkers trapped behind a door. All of them — the survivors, that is, not the walkers — had disobeyed Virginia and therefore deserved...

Most of the subscription services just added a huge haul of new titles on the first of the month, but they’ve also got a lot of great stuff coming up this weekend as well, including what became available today. From original movies to forgotten gems and even a few surprises, there’s much to dig into here.

We’ll dive into everything more in-depth shortly, but first, see below for the full list of every movie and TV show that’s due on Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu and Prime from Friday, October 2nd to Sunday, October 4th:

October 2

Netflix

A Go! Go! Cory Carson Halloween — Netflix Family

Ahí te encargo / You’ve Got This — Netflix Film

The Binding — Netflix Film

Dick Johnson Is Dead — Netflix Documentary

Emily in Paris — Netflix Original

Òlòtūré — Netflix Film

Serious Men — Netflix Film

Song Exploder — Netflix Original

Vampires vs. the Bronx — Netflix Film...

The battle for the White House is in full swing, with Tuesday’s first presidential debate pitting incumbent Donald Trump against Democratic challenger Joe Biden — with Fox News veteran Chris Wallace serving as referee.

The 90-minute debate aired live on the four major broadcast networks on Tuesday night from Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, with Wallace quizzing the two candidates on a number of topics, including the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, filling the seat recently vacated by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Dancing with the Stars returned to the the ballroom floor to win Monday in broadcast primetime, delivering a 1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 7.04 million viewers for its Disney-themed episode. The reality competition series was followed by the debut of Emergency Call, the unscripted series on which Luke Wilson documents the first few minutes of emergencies told through the lens of 911 call-takers.

ABC won the night in both the demo and viewers.

NBC meanwhile took to the ice as the Tampa Bay Lightning finished off the Dallas Stars 2-0 to win the Stanley Cup. The quarantined telecast of the NHL championship series earned a 0.8 in the demo and 2.95 million viewers, up three tenths from Saturday’s game in which Dallas stayed alive with a double-overtime win. As with all live sporting events, the numbers for Monday’s finale will more than likely be adjusted in finals.

Fox’s...

Sunday’s Family Guy premiere attempted to answer a question fans have been asking since 1999: Who can understand Stewie?

The issue arose after Stewie loudly dropped the F-bomb in the middle of church. It was a natural response to hearing that Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies weren’t being served at coffee hour, but the time and place (and pretty much everything else) made it a less-than-ideal first word.

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Distributor bolsters awards season prospects for this season and beyond.

Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired all rights in North America and multiple territories to the in-production romance Mothering Sunday starring Josh O’Connor, Odessa Young, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù.

Separately, it emerged on Wednesday (September 23) that the distributor has also picked up North American rights to Pedro Almodóvar’s short film The Human Voice starring Tilda Swinton. FilmNation handles international sales.

Production on Mothering Sunday began this week in the UK. Eva Husson, whose credits include Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) and 2018 Cannes competition entry Girls Of The Sun...

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North America and key foreign rights to Eva Husson’s Mothering Sunday based on the bestselling novel by Graham Swift.

Spc will handle North America, Latin America, India, Pan Asia (excluding Japan), the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and airlines and ships for the movie which stars Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Colin Firth, Olivia Colman and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù. Feature production began in the UK this week. Lionsgate UK has acquired the UK distribution rights and is planning a theatrical release in 2021.

Mothering Sunday centers on March 30, 1924 in Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild (Young), a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Firth and Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (O’Connor). Although Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot,...

StudioCanal and Blueprint Pictures, the U.K. production company behind Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and recent Jane Austen adaptation Emma, have reteamed to option the film rights to Matt Haig’s Sunday Times bestseller The Midnight Library.

Haig’s seventh adult novel and first since 2017’s How to Stop Time (which StudioCanal also has under option) tells the story of Nora Seed, who finds herself in a library between life and death, with the chance to experience all the potential lives she could have lived. The Midnight Library has sold into 25 territories worldwide, and the audiobook is read by ...

StudioCanal and Blueprint Pictures, the U.K. production company behind Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and recent Jane Austen adaptation Emma, have reteamed to option the film rights to Matt Haig’s Sunday Times bestseller The Midnight Library.

Haig’s seventh adult novel and first since 2017’s How to Stop Time (which StudioCanal also has under option) tells the story of Nora Seed, who finds herself in a library between life and death, with the chance to experience all the potential lives she could have lived. The Midnight Library has sold into 25 territories worldwide, and the audiobook is read by ...

For the second year in a row, the Primetime Emmy Awards broke an all-time record low for viewership.

Nielsen data stated that the Primetime Emmys, which aired at 8 p.m. Et on ABC on Sunday, garnered 6.1 million total viewers. That’s a sharp drop from the 2019 Emmys’ 6.9 million viewers on Fox. The 2020 Primetime Emmys’ viewership was the lowest since the event began tracking viewership data in 1990.

The 2020 Emmys have been Hollywood’s largest awards show since the coronavirus pandemic began impacting daily life in the United States. There’s no indication that the pandemic directly depressed viewership numbers, but the coronavirus had an indirect impact on the Emmys via network TV’s Sunday sports programming. Competing Sunday evening programming included Sunday Night Football and an NBA game featuring the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets; NFL programming on several networks was significantly higher than viewership for the Emmys.

In prior years,...

“Without it we wouldn’t be filming,” said producer Elizabeth Karlsen.

UK filmmakers have reacted with relief to the details revealed in the UK government’s £500 million Film & TV Production Restart Scheme, which will provide Covid-related insurance to independent productions, which was finally published on Thursday (September 17).

“Without it, we wouldn’t be filming,” said Elizabeth Karlsen of Number 9 Films on the day Eva Husson’s romantic drama Mothering Sunday has started shooting in the UK. ”Unless you can self-insure, which independent productions 99% can’t, it would be impossible to proceed without Covid insurance.”

The industry is unanimous in welcoming...

A previous Big Brother champion and a onetime runner-up both faced eviction on Thursday night, capping a week in the All-Stars house that found things getting, dare I say, exciting?

With Daniele as Head of Household, and the Committee alliance in power once again, it seemed this week could be the last one for either David or Kevin, both of whom have been constant, easy targets for the Committee all summer. But after David saved himself with his Bb Basement power, and Da’Vonne used the Power of Veto on Kevin, Dani was left to name not one, but two replacement nominees.

CBS Sunday Night Movies will return October 4 for a six installments featuring films from the Paramount Pictures library. To make room for the films, the Sunday edition of Big Brother will relocate to Monday starting October 5.

The network first resurrected its Sunday movie franchise in late spring to help fill the void left by the Covid-related production shutdown cutting short the seasons of most CBS scripted series.

Sunday Night Movies will serve a similar purpose in October, warming up the night until new episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans and Equalizer start coming in. CBS has indicated that its scripted series are targeting a November launch; most of them will be back in production by end of next week.

CBS currently airs Big Brother and Love Island on Sundays; the latter will wrap its second season by end of September. Sunday is the traditional home of Big Brother‘s nomination ceremony,...

Mel Gibson has found new representation.

The actor, producer and director has signed with APA agency, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Gibson had previously been repped by CAA, signing with the major talent firm in 2017.

The actor’s new holiday comedy, Fatman, in which he portrays a rowdy Santa Claus, was picked up for the U.S. by Saban Films on Sept. 9, with release plans not yet disclosed.

Gibson made headlines in late June after Winona Ryder gave an interview to the U.K.’s Sunday Times claiming that the actor had made an anti-Semitic remark to her at a party in the ...

Mel Gibson has found new representation.

The actor, producer and director has signed with APA agency, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Gibson had previously been repped by CAA, signing with the major talent firm in 2017.

The actor’s new holiday comedy, Fatman, in which he portrays a rowdy Santa Claus, was picked up for the U.S. by Saban Films on Sept. 9, with release plans not yet disclosed.

Gibson made headlines in late June after Winona Ryder gave an interview to the U.K.’s Sunday Times claiming that the actor had made an anti-Semitic remark to her at a party in the ...

Brit Hume, the senior political analyst for Fox News, has signed a new multi-year deal to remain in his current role, announced Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News Media.

Hume will continue serving as a regular commentator and panelist across Fox News Channel’s (Fnc) daytime and evening programming and Fox News Sunday, as well as contributing to election coverage and all major political events.

“Brit is an exceptional journalist who has played an integral role in our unrivaled political coverage — his extensive knowledge of the intricacies of Washington have made him a tremendous asset to our team and a popular favorite with our viewers,” Scott said. “We look forward to his continued expertise for many years ahead.”

“After decades of reporting and anchoring, I wanted to try it as an analyst,” said Hume. “Fox News allowed me to do that, for which I am most grateful. I love the...

For many of us, this Labor Day weekend will be the first in recent memory in which we will not attend a barbecue, crack open a cold one with the boys, or go for one last beach day of the season — unless done so in outdoor settings and in small groups with the proper social-distance measures in place, of course. But allow us at TheWrap to pose an alternative: Stay inside and watch TV instead. Here are 17 options spaced out from Friday to Monday that just might keep you entertained.

“Away” – Netflix

Season 1 of this Hilary Swank-led series about astronauts on a very long mission to Mars premieres Friday.

“The Boys” Season 2 – Amazon

Instead of real live people, crack open a cold one with The Boys when the second season of this series about a vigilante group that keeps superheroes-gone-rogue in check premieres on Friday.

“Mulan” – Disney+

Be one...

This has to be her year, right? On her fourth career nomination last year, legendary film, TV and stage actress Phylicia Rashad was hoping to rake in her very first Emmy victory thanks to her guest role on “This Is Us,” but she ended up falling to “The Handmaid’s Tale’s” Cherry Jones. This year, she is back in the running for the NBC hit in the Best Drama Guest Actress category, ready to give it another go and finally strike Emmy gold with the help of her submission “Flip a Coin,” Season 4’s fourth outing.

We first meet her character Carol Clarke in Rashad’s 2019 submission “Our Little Island Girl” as Beth Pearson’s (Susan Kelechi Watson) mother, who is exceedingly strict about the life she foresees for her daughter. The Clarke family goes through a rough patch when Beth’s father Abe (Carl Lumbly) is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer,...

ESPN and Little League International have announced an eight-year, multi-platform media rights extension, effective 2023 through 2030.

Under the deal, ESPN will produce and televise live Little League events as the exclusive global media rights holder of Little League Baseball and Little League Softball. The announcement was made today by Stephen D. Keener, Little League president and CEO, and Jimmy Pitaro, ESPN president and Disney Media Networks co-chair.

ESPN and Little League are celebrating the legacy of the Little League World Series today with a full day of related programming across ESPN platforms.

As part of the rights extension, ESPN platforms will exclusively carry more than 300 Little League live events annually, including games from every baseball and softball World Series tournament. ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, Longhorn Network and ESPN international platforms will combine to carry the events.

Additionally, ESPN and ABC will continue to produce and televise the entire Little League Baseball World Series,...

This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.

With more than 530 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.

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AT&T said it is not changing the restrictions for the NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market games package for the upcoming season.

To purchase Sunday Ticket, you must still be either a DirecTV subscriber, or — if you don’t subscribe to the satellite TV service — you may be eligible to get the streaming version of the service if you live in “select areas within various metropolitan cities,” if you can’t get satellite TV, or if you’re a college student.

A report Friday on blog site TVAnswerMan.com noted that the streaming version of Sunday Ticket is available in 29 U.S. markets to non-DirecTV subscribers. According to AT&T, this isn’t new (and the package is available only in some areas of those markets).

“The eligibility requirements [for NFL Sunday Ticket] have remained the same for the last five years,” AT&T Avp of corporate communications Jim Greer said.

AT&T insists nothing has...

NFL Sunday Ticket, for more than 25 years a major driver of subscriptions to DirecTV, is being offered by AT&T for streaming by non-subscribers.

The availability is not technically new but has been phased in quietly and not attracted wide attention from customers, investors or press. It applies only for viewers in certain Zip codes in 29 U.S. markets, mostly corresponding with where NFL teams are based. In the past, a small number of exceptions would be made for university students or fans who could gain access if they could prove that they are unable to receive DirecTV service at their homes.

The broadening out of the service was first reported by Phillip Swann on his blog, TVAnswerMan.com.

First launched in 1994, Sunday Ticket reaches about 2 million subscribers via DirecTV, offering them a full complement of weekly telecasts. With DirecTV losing subscribers (nearly 3 million in 2019), widening the scope of who can...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Sunday’s Yellowstone. If you’d rather watch first, read later, saddle up and ride on outta here.

At this point, Yellowstone’s Jamie should really just wear protective gear 24/7. Whether he deserves all of the abuse that’s heaped upon him — and, more often than not, he does — the guy just takes one blow after another. In Sunday’s episode, he gained a terrible new insight into why he was, as Beth so recently reminded him, evil incarnate. She, in turn, took two major steps toward making the road she travels in life a happy trail.

Live action films with female leads emerged as the top favourites at the 6th National Youth Film Awards (Nyfa) ceremony. Organised by *Scape, the annual awards took place over Facebook live on Saturday and announced a total of 26 winners.

“Sunday” depicts a young woman with a full body rash, driven to violence during a forbidden encounter with her sister’s boyfriend. Directed by returning Nyfa participant Kris Ong and produced by Tan Si En, who has worked with industry veterans such as Anthony Chen and Kirsten Tan, the film was conferred Best Screenplay and Best Live Action in the Open Youth Category. Best Cinematography went to Lincoln Yeo, who is a returning Nyfa participant and now second-time winner.32-year-old actress Vicki Yang, who played the lead role in “Sunday”, walked away with the Best Actress award.

“Lady E’s Wedding Revenge Plan” written, produced, and directed by Ngee Ann Polytechnic students was awarded Best Editing,...

Fox has set September 27 as the fall premiere date for its Sunday animation block that includes Season 32 of The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, Bless the Harts and Family Guy. The news comes ahead of the series’ panels at this week’s Comic-Con@Home event that begins in earnest Thursday.

The animation quartet is among the only returning shows in Fox’s fall 2020-21 primetime lineup, which was announced in May. The network built a coronavirus-proof schedule for the new season, relying on scripted and reality series already in the can, from dramas Filthy Rich and NeXt, both held over from this season, to new installments of MasterChef Junior and Cosmos, the pickup of the Spectrum Originals series L.A.’s Finest and wrestling and NFL football.

The Simpsons, Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers and Bless the Harts were able to remain in production during the pandemic, making them a go for their normal Sunday Animation Domination bock.

The PGA Tour’s Memorial golf tournament strolled into primetime on the east coast last night, but the live competition was not enough for CBS to rise above ABC’s summer game show repeats. ABC was first in ratings with a 0.5 rating/3 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 3.5 million, according to preliminary numbers. The Disney-owned broadcast network aired encores of “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “Celebrity Family Feud,” “Press Your Luck” (pictured above) and “Match Game.” Also Read: '30 Rock' vs 'Parks and Rec' Reunion Ratings: Reunited, but Does NBC Feel So Good? CBS and NBC tied for second in ratings, both with a 0.3/2. CBS was second in total viewers with 3.4 million, NBC was third with 1.9 million. The 7 o’clock hour — the one with golf for east-coasters — for CBS was the best of the night, averaging a 0.5 rating and 5.3 million...

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Meghan Markle seeks court order

Meghan Markle is seeking a court order preventing the Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers from naming five of her friends as part of an ongoing legal dispute, according to reports. Markle is suing Associated Newspapers after the Mail on Sunday published a private letter to her father Thomas Markle. In a court filing, Markle said Associated Newspapers is attempting to name friends who gave interviews supporting her case. “These five women are not on trial, and nor am I,” Markle said, according to a copy of the filing seen by the Daily Telegraph. “Both the Mail on Sunday and the court system have their names on a confidential schedule, but for the Mail on Sunday to expose them in the public domain for no reason other than clickbait and commercial gain is vicious and poses a threat to their emotional and mental wellbeing. The...

NBC took the checkered flag in Nielsen’s primetime ratings on Sunday, when a NASCAR race led the broadcast network to finish first among adults 18-49 at the end of a long holiday weekend.

NBC was No. 1 in ratings with a 0.5 rating/3 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and third in total viewers with an average of 3.1 million, according to preliminary numbers. The race, which Kevin Harvick won in overtime, averaged a 0.6/4 and 4 million total viewers from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. NBC viewers then either got a rerun or an original “Hollywood Game Night,” dependent upon timezone.

ABC was second in ratings with a 0.4/3 and in viewers with 3.3 million, airing all reruns.

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CBS and Univision tied for third in ratings, both with a 0.3/2. CBS was first in total viewers with 4.1 million, Univision was fourth with 792,000 viewers.