“How about you not think of me as a woman, OK?” Deborah Vance tells a group of journalists in the first episode of the fourth season of “Hacks,” as they interrogate her about her pathbreaking role as the first female late-night host. “I’m not a woman — I’m a comedian.” Jean Smart’s multiple-Emmy-winning performance has […]

“Thunderbolts*” director Jake Schreier is being eyed to direct Marvel’s next “X-Men” adventure. Sources stress the deal is in early talks and hasn’t been finalized, but Schrier catapulted to the top of Disney and Marvel Studios’ wish-list after after “Thunderbolts*” became one of the MCU’s best reviewed movie in years. Though “Thunderbolts*” started slower at […]

Roku’s head of content David Eilenberg is exiting his role at the media company to return to his former employer, ITV America. In his comeback, Eilenberg will take on the newly created role of ITV America’s creative director. Eilenberg will oversee the creative direction of ITV America, where he previously served as chief creative officer […]

TKO is poised for a growth spurt this year now that the parent company of UFC and WWE has completed is acquisition of IMG, Professional Bull Riders and the high-end event hospitality firm On Location. TKO’s first quarter results, unveiled Thursday, reflect underlying strength at UFC and WWE in ticket sales, media rights, advertising and […]

Justin Kurzel has officially lined up his next film based on a deadly real-life incident and cast two of the hottest stars of the moment to lead the project. Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall are set to star in Kurzel’s “Burning Rainbow Farm,” about a deadly Waco-like police siege that took place in 2001. Rocket […]

Jonathan Lipnicki said in a recent interview with People magazine that he is trying to turn his acting career around after it more or less sputtered following his iconic run as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s. With roles in “Jerry Maguire” (1996), the “Stuart Little” movies (1999-2002), “The Little Vampire” (2000) […]

Jeremy Renner details the snow plow accident that nearly took his life two years ago in a new memoir out today titled “My Next Breath.” In his debut memoir, Renner recounts the accident that left him severely injured and the long, often painful process of recovery that followed. The actor, best known for playing Hawkeye […]

Czech actor and president of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Jiří Bartoška died on Thursday at the age of 78. After graduating from the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno, he first worked at the Husa na Provázku Theatre and the Činoherní studio in Ústí nad Labem, before becoming a mainstay of the ensemble […]

Lorde has announced the dates for her international “Ultrasound” tour, touching down in North America, U.K. and Europe. The singer, who recently announced her fourth album “Virgin,” is planning on kicking off her tour in September. Support for the trek includes Blood Orange, the Japanese House, Nilüfer Yana, Chanel Beads, Empress Of, Jim-E Stack and […]

“Dead Language,” the feature adaptation of 2014’s Oscar-nominated short film “Aya,” is heading to Cannes, where WestEnd Films will launch world sales. The film was recently announced as screening in Tribeca’s Viewpoint Section in June. Shot under the radar (indeed, little was known before Tribeca’s announcement), “Dead Language,” stars Sarah Adler (“Foxtrot,” “The Taste of […]