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CNN Projects Scott Colom Will Win U.S. Senate Race In Mississippi

Democrat Scott Colom will win the U.S. Senate race in Mississippi, CNN projected on Wednesday, in what may be the biggest upset of the 2026 midterms. Colom would be the first Black person elected to the Senate from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Networks have been closely watching the vote count in the state for the past […]

Deadline · 1h ago
Alicia Zhu Joins Live Nation-Backed Creator Nation As Chief Operating Officer

EXCLUSIVE: Alicia Zhu has been hired for the role of Chief Operating Officer at Creator Nation, the Live Nation-backed creator company co-founded by Scott and Alexis Fisher. Launched in October, Creator Nation is a platform focused on acquiring and scaling creator-management firms and adjacent businesses. Their thesis is that, while creators have already proven they […]

Deadline · 6h ago
Gabriella Yacyk Joins Unicorn As Head Of Comedy

EXCLUSIVE: Unicorn, the 360 management firm and content studio, has expanded its executive team with the hiring of Gabriella Yacyk. Yacyk, most recently Senior Director of Development at The Second City, will lead talent management and IP development for Unicorn’s comedy division, reporting directly to co-CEOs Scott Dunn and Chris Gera. “Gabriella is a true […]

Deadline · 7h ago
Hasan Piker’s $72.5M Defamation Suit Over Lynching Quotes Should Be Tossed Out, Scott Jennings Says; Statements Are “Literally True,” CNN Contributor Claims

The midterm elections are over, but the multi-million defamation battle between Hasan Piker and Scott Jennings over what the progressive streamer said about lynching in America 2026, and the context in which he said it, is just getting started. In a 15-page response to Piker’s $72.5 million lawsuit of last month, the conservative CNN contributor […]

Deadline · Nov 10
How Film Producer Scott Budnick & Celebrity Barber VicBlends Teamed For A New Training Program In California Prisons

Film producer and Anti-Recidivism Coalition founder Scott Budnick has tapped a young, fresh face to help launch the latest vocational program in California state prisons: celebrity barber Victor Fontanez. Known on the internet as VicBlends, Fontanez has recently backed the first two barber programs in the history of the state’s prison system. After starting with […]

Deadline · Nov 10
J. Zachary Thurman Signs With WME

EXCLUSIVE: J. Zachary Thurman signs with WME for representation in all areas. His latest short It helps, premiered at Fantastic Fest and won Best Short at Screamfest and the Audience Award for Best International Short Film at Toronto After Dark. Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill’s Crooked Highway is set to produce a feature adaptation […]

Deadline · Nov 10
Jacob Elordi To Star In Adaptation Of ‘The Executioner’s Song’ From United Artists

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Stuber’s United Artists has acquired the rights to the 1982 motion picture The Executioner’s Song, and set Oscar-nominee Jacob Elordi to star. Based on Norman Mailer’s landmark 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning true-life novel, Elordi will play convicted murderer Gary Gilmore and will also serve as a producer on the film adaptation. UA’s Stuber and […]

Deadline · Nov 10
‘Yellowstone’s Cole Hauser Developing FBI Action Thriller ‘Pale Horse’ Alongside Constantin Film With Eye To Star

EXCLUSIVE: Constantin Film and Yellowstone star Cole Hauser’s American Outlaw Entertainment are partnering on Pale Horse, an action thriller chronicling Scott Payne’s dangerous 28-year career as an FBI undercover agent. Based on the New York Times bestselling true-crime memoir Code Name: Pale Horse by the now-retired Payne and Michelle Shephard, the project tells the story […]

Deadline · Nov 9
Weezer Takes Billboard Inside The Gathering Tour | All Access

Go behind the scenes with Weezer on The Gathering Tour. Brian Bell, Scott Shriner and Patrick Wilson share how the tour came together, what life on the road is really like and how fans make songs such as “Say It Ain’t So” and “El Scorcho” special every night. Plus, Karl Koch takes Billboard inside Weezer’s […]

Billboard · Nov 6
‘Elsinore’ to Close Camerimage Festival

Simon Stone’s true-life drama, shot by Mike Eley, stars Andrew Scott as British actor Ian Charleson, who, succumbing to AIDS, throws himself into a final performance of 'Hamlet.'

The Hollywood Reporter · Nov 6
‘Hyena,’ Thriller Exec Produced by David Lynch, to Star Kiernan Shipka, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Edgar Ramírez and Rosemarie DeWitt

One of the final film projects of the late Hollywood icon David Lynch is heading to the American Film Market with a fresh cast and a production start date. The psychological thriller “Hyena,” which Lynch exec produced, will star Kiernan Shipka, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Edgar Ramírez, Rosemarie DeWitt. Scott Coffey, who starred in Lynch’s “Mullholland Drive,” […]

Variety · Nov 5
Charles Porter Dies: ‘Finding Faith’ Producer & Actor Was 47

Charles F. Porter, the actor and producer known for backing the 2025 film Finding Faith and playing the titular NASCAR phenom in ESPN’s Wendell Scott: A Race Story, died on Monday after a long battle with cancer. His passing was announced by his wife, Candice Tab-Porter. He was 47. Porter was a multihyphenate in more […]

Deadline · Nov 5
Creators Pounce on Midterm Elections, Hoping to Win New Viewers and More Dollars

Scott MacFarlane has traded in the desk once sat behind at CBS News on Election Night for something more direct — livestreamed midterms coverage for the progressive outlet MeidasTouch. He won’t have someone manipulating a Magic Wall or Big Board. He won’t be introduced by swelling orchestral music. And he won’t be competing with colleagues […]

Variety · Nov 3
British Independent Film Awards: ‘Elsinore’ Leads Nominations

Simon Stone’s Elsinore, starring Andrew Scott, leads this year’s British Independent Film Awards nominations with 12 nods. Scroll down for the full list of winners. Elsinore earned nominations for Best British Independent Film, Best Director for Simon Stone, Best Screenplay for Simon Beresford, Best Lead Performance for previous winner Andrew Scott, and Best Supporting Performance […]

Deadline · Nov 3
The 2026 John Lewis Christmas advert is here – and it’s Kristin Scott Thomas v Pickles the evil AI overlord puppy!

This year’s festive special looks forward to the time when chatbots reign supreme and humans prepare to be stamped out for ever. What a treat! John Lewis Christmas ad stars Kristin Scott Thomas as glamorous granny on a gift hunt The John Lewis Christmas advert no longer lands with the same thud as old. Once it prompted full media saturation and performative crying contests on social media. Now, more often than not, it’s the thing you skip before watching cat videos on YouTube. Nevertheless, its release is still an event, and so here we are again. This year, either by fluke or by design, John Lewis has managed to remember that it is a shop, and not simply a vessel for feelings of unfathomable sadness. Rather than being a vignette about lonely penguins or Moon Hitlers or Elton John’s growing fears about his own mortality, the John Lewis Christmas advert is literally about a woman going shopping. Admittedly there are caveats, but we’ll get to those. For the most part, this is less ‘Christmas can be emotionally brutal’ and more ‘Hey guys, remember shops?’ That has to be a good thing. Continue reading...

The Guardian · Nov 3
'Fear' finale: What have we learned?

Weekend Edition Sunday's Ayesha Rascoe joins NPR's Scott Simon to talk about horror's big moment and why people just love to be scared.

NPR · Oct 31