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Sea Change - Thanks to the legs on Christmas holdover Avatar: The Way of Water, the box office had one of the best Week-6 holds in its history. With Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and M3GAN also performing well, the 2023 box office is off to a great start. >>>Full B.O. Breakdown
Trauma & Drama - Accused showrunner Howard Gordon talks about the decision to open his new Michael Chiklis-starring series with a school shooting episode. >>>Interview
'Chicago Fire,' Minus One - Taylor Kinney, a fan favorite who plays Kelly Severide on Chicago Fire, is taking a break from the NBC drama to deal with a personal matter. >>>New Episodes Next Month
Ms. America - Rising star Xosha Roquemore is the latest to join the ensemble of Marvel’s Captain America: New World Order starring Anthony Mackie. Tim Blake Nelson, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Carl Lumbly and Shira Haas are also on board. >>>Role Under Wraps
Oscar Slugfest- Deadline's Pete Hammond, Gold Derby's Tom O’Neil and Indiewire's Anne Thompson have a lively conversation on the eve of the Oscar nominations. >>>State Of The Race |
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Following the lawsuit by the two leads of the 1968 film of Romeo & Juliet against its since-deceased director, we sat down with Brooke Shields - who has previously described her own strange experience with Franco Zeffirelli - to get her thoughts. “It doesn’t surprise me," she told Deadline's Sundance Studio. "It was a very different era in filmmaking and many different directors took liberties. They’d tell the actors one thing, and then tell the studio another." >>>The Interview |
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More News
📱 Spotify exec Dawn Ostroff, who headed up content and advertising, is leaving the company as it lays off 6% of workers. CEO Daniel Ek took responsibility for the cuts, saying he was "too ambitious" in staffing up during the pandemic. The layoffs are the latest to ripple through the tech sector, with Spotify joining Amazon, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet in trimming staff.
🏆 Berlin revealed the 18 titles that have been selected for its international competition this morning. Films heading to the Berlinale include Philippe Garrel’s latest The Plough, Berlin stalwart Christian Petzold's Roter Himmel (Afire) and veteran German filmmaker Margarethe Von Trotta's Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert starring Vicky Krieps.
🚀 Jen Casey and Nick Gilhool, who ran Joe and Anthony Russo’s nonfiction label Wonderburst, are launching their own production company. The duo are launching LA-based One Traveler with All3Media. The partnership will see the pair create and produce multi-genre documentaries and unscripted series across broadcast, cable, streaming and digital.
🍿 Joe Biden, Amy Poehler, Sharon Stone, Allison Williams and the Property Brothers all made cameos on this weekend's SNL hosted by Aubrey Plaza.
🍄 A visit to the museum is a little too educational for Tess, Joel and Ellie in The Last of Us. Read our Episode 2 recap.
💺 Over in the UK, BBC Chair Richard Sharp is under mounting pressure following a report over the weekend that found he helped arrange a loan for former Prime Minister Boris Johnson just before he was appointed by the government. Sharp has asked the BBC Board to probe conflicts of interest.
💔 “I’m sure many of you are aware that last night in Monterey Park, 10 people were killed and shot and another 10 were wounded by a gunman at Lunar New Year festivities,” Daniel Dae Kim said yesterday at the Sunrise Collective space at Sundance. “We are here for our community today,” promised the actor and 3AD production company founder. 3AD, along with Gold House and The Asian American Foundation, has formed the Sunrise Collective with a mission "to uplift and empower the Asian Pacific and multicultural communities." |
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Trending  The 2023 domestic box office, which is so far 39% ahead of where it was at the same point a year ago.
🔻 While Damar Hamlin's presence at the game was a huge moment, the sentimental-favorite Buffalo Bills saw their season end in a 27-10 playoff loss to division rival the Cincinnati Bengals. |
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Obituaries
🕯Deborah Barak, one of the most prominent and influential U.S. TV business execs of the past three decades, died after a long battle with cancer on Saturday. Barak, who worked for 35 years at CBS, was 65. "Behind the steely exterior, the unassuming and press-shy Barak had a great sense of humor," writes Deadline's Nellie Andreeva. "She also was a wonderful mentor to scores of industry professionals who now carry on her legacy."🕯Jerry Blavat , the fast-talking DJ who was a staunch backer of R&B, died in Philadelphia on Friday. He was 72. |
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On the Radar
Tue - How I Met Your Father Season 2 premiere
Thu - Comcast earnings
Fri - Disney100 officially kicks off at Disneyland; You People debuts on Netflix |
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Saying Goodbye - Lisa Marie Presley was laid to rest at Graceland following a public memorial service. The tribute took place on the front lawn. Speakers and performers included Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, producer Joel Weinshanker, The Blackwood Brothers Quartet, Billy Corgan, Alanis Morissette, Axl Rose and, of course, Priscilla Presley. (Getty) |
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