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Tom Ascheim’s Role at Warner Bros. Discovery Also Eliminated – Hollywood Reporter
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Tom Ascheim’s Role at Warner Bros. Discovery Also Eliminated – Hollywood Reporter

The cuts at the newly formed Warner Bros. Discovery continue to come in. Tom Ascheim, the former Freeform president who joined WarnerMedia in April 2020, is out at the newly merged company. The exec’s role as president of Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics at WarnerMedia, has been eliminated. Ascheim previously oversaw Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Adult Swim and Warner Bros. Animation. The exec, who also added oversight of Warners’ Harry Potter franchise and J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World properties, will not be replaced. With Discovery’s Kathleen Finch being handed oversight of WarnerMedia’s linear networks, Ascheim’s role was eliminated. Ascheim is the second WarnerMedia exec to be shown the door following the Warner Bros. Discovery reorganization, with TNT, T...
‘United States of Al’ Canceled By CBS After 2 Seasons – Deadline
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‘United States of Al’ Canceled By CBS After 2 Seasons – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: The Chuck Lorre-produced sophomore CBS comedy series United States of Al will not return for a third season. I hear the network made the calls to inform the series’ auspices this evening. Primetime-Panic Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series orders For two years in a row, the Chuck Lorre-produced comedies B Positive and United States of Al have been on the bubble. Last year, both of them ultimately got renewed. This time around, as Deadline reported last month, there was talk that only one of the two might join Lorre’s Young Sheldon and Bob Hearts Abishola on the 2022-23 schedule, with B Positive having an edge. In light of United States of Al‘s cancellation, B Positive‘s renewal chances look brighter. Also remaining on the b...
George Lopez Sitcom Lopez vs. Lopez Lands Series Order at NBC – TVLine
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George Lopez Sitcom Lopez vs. Lopez Lands Series Order at NBC – TVLine

George Lopez is returning to primetime: NBC has handed a series order to Lopez vs. Lopez, a new sitcom starring the comedian, TVLine has learned. Lopez stars opposite his real-life daughter Mayan Lopez in “a working-class family comedy about dysfunction, reconnection and all the pain and joy in between,” per the official description. Selenis Leyva (Orange Is the New Black), Brice Gonzalez and Matt Shively (American Housewife) lead the supporting cast, with Laci Mosley (A Black Lady Sketch Show) and Kiran Deol (Sunnyside) in recurring roles. Debby Wolfe (One Day at a Time) and Bruce Helford (The Conners) will write and serve as executive producers. (George Lopez will also be an EP.) The series earned a pilot order back in October. Lopez started out as a stand-up comed...
Miranda Lambert Makes Rare Comment About Her Divorce From Blake Shelton – E! NEWS
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Miranda Lambert Makes Rare Comment About Her Divorce From Blake Shelton – E! NEWS

"The needle in the ink, don't need to overthink, it's there for good / Leave me, you'd never, this is forever, knock on wood / Tender in my chest, to hell with the rest, we're right as rain / Rough around the edges, walkin' off the ledges, goin' insane" Something to get the heart thumping, but in a good way, as she was again inspired by the newfound love in her life. "In general, on this record and where I am in my life, I drew from a different place," Lambert acknowledged to Songwriting magazine two years ago. "By getting a little happier and coming out of a bad time in my life I think it allowed me to show up to writing sessions in a different headspace than I was in before."
Emmy Rossum wore 3-pound fake breasts for Angelyne – Insider
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Emmy Rossum wore 3-pound fake breasts for Angelyne – Insider

Former "Shameless" star Emmy Rossum has taken on a new TV project about a Los Angeles icon. In a new Peacock TV series, Rossum stars as "Angelyne," a memorable woman known for billboard ads. A Hollywood Reporter profile says Rossum spent hours getting prosthetic breasts fitted every day. Loading Something is loading. Actress Emmy Rossum stars in a new Peacock TV series called "Angelyne," named after a woman who gained fame in Los Angeles for being a "billboard que...
‘Lopez Vs. Lopez’ Picked Up To Series At NBC – Deadline
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‘Lopez Vs. Lopez’ Picked Up To Series At NBC – Deadline

George Lopez and his daughter Mayan are making NBC their home. Primetime-Panic Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series orders The network has picked up multi-camera comedy Lopez Vs. Lopez to series. It comes after the network picked up Quantum Leap – its only drama pilot in fall consideration – to series last week. The move leaves question marks over Hungry, the food issues single-camera comedy starring Modern Family’s Ariel Winter and exec produced by Demi Lovato. Lopez Vs. Lopez, which comes from The Conners duo Bruce Helford and Debby Wolfe, is a working-class family comedy about dysfunction, reconnection and all the pain and joy in between. George Lopez and Mayan Lopez star alongside Selenis Leyva, Brice Gonzalez and Matt Shively ...
Jason Oppenheim Responds to Ex Chrishell Stauses Video Addressing G Flip Relationship – PEOPLE
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Jason Oppenheim Responds to Ex Chrishell Stauses Video Addressing G Flip Relationship – PEOPLE

Jason Oppenheim Responds to Chrishell Stause's Video Addressing G Flip | PEOPLE.com Skip to content Top Navigation Close this dialog window Explore PEOPLE.com Close this dialog window Share & More Close this dialog window View image Jason Oppenheim Responds to Ex Chrishell Stause's Video Addressing G Flip Relationship this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.
Comedian Andy Dick arrested on suspicion of felony sexual battery at O.C. park – KTLA Los Angeles
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Comedian Andy Dick arrested on suspicion of felony sexual battery at O.C. park – KTLA Los Angeles

by: Sareen Habeshian, with additional reporting by Nidia Becerra Posted: May 11, 2022 / 03:31 PM PDT Updated: May 11, 2022 / 03:38 PM PDT Comedian Andy Dick was arrested Wednesday in Orange County for alleged sexual battery, officials said. Around 9 a.m., deputies were called to a campground at O’Neill Regional Park, located at 30892 Trabuco Canyon Rd. in Trabuco Canyon, for an assault investigation, Sgt. Scott Steinle of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department told KTLA. After an investigation, Dick was arrested on suspicion of felony sexual battery, the Sheriff’s Department said. He has since been booked into jail. The victim was taken to a local hospital for an assault examination, the department said. The arrest was...
Hayden Panettiere Returns to ‘Scream’, Joining Newest Installment of Horror Franchise (Exclusive) – Hollywood Reporter
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Hayden Panettiere Returns to ‘Scream’, Joining Newest Installment of Horror Franchise (Exclusive) – Hollywood Reporter

Hayden Panettiere is returning to the world of Scream. Panettiere, who was one of the stars of 2011’s Scream 4, has closed a deal to reprise her character in the latest installment of Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures’ horror franchise. The two companies resurrected the slasher movie series in January with Scream – also the name of the 1996 original that started it all – the fifth installment that proved audiences were craving some bloody thrills as it tallied more than $81 million domestically and $140 million worldwide. A sequel was quickly in the works and this week it was announced that Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding and Jenna Ortega, who survived their ordeal with the killer known as Ghostface, would be returning. Principal photograph...
Mario Batali acquittal underscores perils of #MeToo cases – The Associated Press
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Mario Batali acquittal underscores perils of #MeToo cases – The Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby was released from prison when his conviction that he drugged and assaulted a woman was overturned. Quarterback Deshaun Watson landed a record-setting $230 million contract, despite an investigation into allegations he assaulted 22 women. Celebrity chef Mario Batali was acquitted this week on just the second day of his sexual assault trial in Boston. Nearly five years into the #MeToo era, former prosecutors, legal experts and victims’ advocates say prosecuting sexual misconduct cases has proven to be no easier than before the reckoning that ignited a firestorm of accusations against powerful, seemingly untouchable men. Cases such as Batali’s, if nothing else, reinforce how the criminal justice system remains “an extremely imperfect tool” for addressing the needs o...