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The staff of the Writers Guild of America West has won voluntary recognition for its new bargaining unit, after more than 81% signed cards in support. The 110 employees of the WGA West will be represented in bargaining by the Pacific Northwest Staff Union. The leadership of the WGA West chose to recognize the union […]

Jack Black’s “Minecraft Movie” meme jam “Steve’s Lava Chicken” has become the shortest song to ever enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “Steve’s Lava Chicken,’ which clocks in at a mere 34 seconds, debuted at No. 78 on the Hot 100. The song also reached No. 10 on the Hot Rock Songs chart. According to […]

CBS is experimenting with its own sense of space and time: The network’s drama “Einstein,” recently ordered to series and targeted for next season, will be instead be held until the following year. That means the Matthew Gray Gubler starrer, which was first ordered as a pilot in August 2024, won’t actually hit the airwaves […]

The TCM Classic Film Festival isn’t just high on vintage films — occasionally, at least, the festival also finds a way to make room for long-gone methods of projection and exhibition. This is, after all, the festival that brought back Smell-o-vision for a screening back in the 2010s. “We bring back in every format, eventually,” […]

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “This Place Is Our Everything,” the Season 1 finale of NBC’s “St. Denis Medical,” now streaming on Peacock. A big change is coming to St. Denis Medical, just as long as the ceiling doesn’t cave in. All season, hospital executive director Joyce (Wendi McClendon-Covey) has gone to great […]

Jenna Ortega is taking her talents to the director’s chair. In a conversation with V Magazine, the “Wednesday” star said she’s been working on a script for “almost 10 years” and feels that now is the right time to bring it to life. She went on to say that she not only wants to star […]

Benito Skinner’s new series “Overcompensating” has an official trailer, with Lukas Gage, Megan Fox, Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers added as guest stars. Produced by A24, Strong Baby and Amazon MGM Studios, the college-set ensemble comedy follows a closeted former football player (Skinner) as he quickly befriends a high school outsider (Wally Baram) to fit […]

Grammy-winning musician Joy Huerta and musical theater songwriter Benjamin Velez didn’t know each other before they started working together on the score for “Real Women Have Curves.” But they managed to write a Broadway musical together in record time. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: A musical adaptation of the 2002 indie film and the play […]

John Lindley has been elected national president of the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600), returning to a role that he held from March 2020 to June 2022, during which time he led the Guild’s emphasis on set safety following the accidental death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust.” In 2022, he announced […]

“Twinless” has finalized a sale to Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate. The twisted comedic drama, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival, will land in theaters on Sept. 5. Roadside will release the film in the U.S. while Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions will distribute internationally. Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney star in “Twinless,” which follows two friends […]