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L.A. Stage Icon Gordon Davidson Dies; Hollywood Remembers “The Moses Of L.A. Theater”

Norman Lear and Gordon Davidson attend a book party in honor of A. Scott Berg for his latest book: 'Wilson' at Tower Bar at the Sunset Tower in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, September 15, 2013 (Alex J. Berliner/ABImages) via AP Images

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Gordon Davidson, who tapped into Los Angeles’ vast pool of talent as no other stage producer before him, died Sunday. He was 83. The man who made the Center Theatre Group and the Mark Taper Forum among the country’s foremost cultural platforms was remembered by Hollywood today at a man of dedication to the arts, kindness to colleagues and an infectious “faith in theatre.” Artist, leader, gentleman, mench-#GordonDavidson gave me my first Equity theatre role in LA @CTGLA… Read

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‘Conviction’ & ‘Notorious’ Review: Hurry Back ‘Scandal’, Wannabes Fail

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There is just not a lot of good to say about either Notorious or Conviction, except that the two new ABC shows serve as a thankful reminder of just how good Shonda Rhimes is at what she does. Otherwise, as I say in my video review above, the former starring Piper Perabo and Daniel Sunjata is at best coy where it could be curious, and the Hayley Atwell-led latter is cliché-addled where, well, it could show some conviction. Debuting on September 22 and October 3… Read

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J.B. Moranville Dies: Line Producer On CW’s ‘Riverdale’ Also Worked On ‘Dynasty’ & ‘MacGyver’

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John “J.B.” Moranville, a veteran TV producer whose credits range from Dynasty and Vega$ to the CW’s upcoming Archie Comics-based drama Riverdale, died Saturday. Sources confirmed the news to Deadline, but no details were provided. Moranville was the line producer on Riverdale, which is slated for midseason on the CW. Set in the present day, the series is described a surprising and subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends that explores the surrealism… Read

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Leonardo DiCaprio & President Obama Talk Climate Change – Watch The Livestream

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President Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio are talking about climate change with Dr. Katharine Hayhoe as part of South by South Lawn (SXSL). It started at 4 PM PT. Watch the livestream above. Live at 7:00pm ET: @POTUS, @LeoDiCaprio & @KHayhoe in conversation on protecting our planet. Don't miss it: https://t.co/opgtuN4638 #SXSL pic.twitter.com/yYkI92u05G — The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 3… Read

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CNN Steals Andrew Kaczynski’s BuzzFeed Team As POTUS Race Starts Final Lap

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One day after a Washington Post column blamed CNN Worldwide chief Jeff Zucker for the rise of Donald Trump, quoting BuzzFeed co-founder Ken Lerer sniffing, "It's a not-unfair knock on CNN to say that they went all in on Trump and helped him enormously," Zucker revealed he'd snagged Buzzfeed's crack K-File team that’s made headlines debunking various Trump campaign claims. Andrew Kaczynki and his news-gathering gang gave notice at Buzzfeed today and start tomorrow at CNN… Read

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Benedict Cumberbatch Says ‘Sherlock’ Season 4 “Might Be The End Of An Era”

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Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch has given the strongest hint yet that the fourth season of the British mystery series may indeed be its last. "It might be the end of an era,” Cumberbatch told GQ UK in a recent interview. “It feels like the end of an era, to be honest. It goes to a place where it will be pretty hard to follow on immediately. We never say never on the show. I'd love to revisit it, I'd love to keep revisiting it, I stand by that, but in the immediate… Read

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Ryder Cup Chips In For Golf Channel’s Most-Watched Day Ever

Sep 30, 2016: Chaska, MN, USA; Dustin Johnson tees off on the 16th hole during the Day 1 afternoon matches for the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club. (Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)

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Friday’s first day of Ryder Cup coverage lined up Golf Channel’s most-watched day in the 21-year history of the Arnold Palmer-founded net. The biennial faceoff of pro golfers from the U.S. and Europe averaged 673,000 viewers for the day. Across all three days of competition from Hazeltine National Golf Club near Minneapolis, the Ryder Cup averaged 4.3M viewers for NBC Sports Group, peaking with 6.4M on Sunday on NBC, according to fast nationals. Average viewership was up… Read

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I. Marlene King Inks Pod Deal With Warner Bros. TV, Hires Development Executive

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I. Marlene King, the creative force behind Freeform’s flagship drama series Pretty Little Liars and the upcoming Famous in Love, has re-upped her overall deal with Warner Bros. TV and its cable division Warner Horizon which produces the two series. The new agreement will transform King’s Long Lake Media into a WBTV-based pod, with Outerbanks Entertainment exec Lauren Wagner joining the company as EVP development. The extension  continues the relationship between the… Read

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Holocaust Film Gets Secret Screening In Gaza

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A month after its clandestine screening in Iran, a film about Anne Frank and the Holocaust has been secretly screened in Gaza, where Holocaust denial is widespread among leaders of Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip. Much of the film was shot there during the 2014 Israel/Gaza War. The documentary film, Anne Frank: Then and Now, was screened in Gaza last Thursday amid tight security "due to safety reasons and out of fear that those organizing the showing would face… Read

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Donald Trump Dinged With Report On ‘The Apprentice’ Behavior, Blasted For Remark On Veterans’ Suicide

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Donald Trump’s Worst Week started this morning with an Associated Press report in which more than 20 former crew, editors and contestants on NBC’s reality series The Apprentice claimed the show star rated female contestants based on breast size and the degree to which he would like to have sex with them. But the report got lost in the crush of reports about Trump that came out today and dominated the TV News cycle. Among them, WaPo broke the news New York Attorney… Read

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‘Timeless’ & ‘Frequency’ Review: NBC & CW Time Travel Series Go Nowhere Fast

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Time travel returns to television with the debut tonight of Timeless on NBC and the October 5 premiere of Frequency on the CW, but neither series ever rises to do the H.G. Wells-coined expression and genre justice. In fact, as I say in my video review above, the problem with both the Shawn Ryan and Eric Kripke- created series from the Comcast-owned net and the Jeremy Carver developed CW show is that they don't really go anywhere. In a TV landscape where right now you have… Read

Box Office

‘Miss Peregrine’ Rules With $28.8M; ‘Deepwater Horizon’ Pulls $20.2M; ‘Masterminds’ Is $6.5M Bomb – Monday Final

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FINAL UPDATE, Monday, 2:29 PM: Tim Burton’s latest fantasy entry Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children ruled the roost this weekend after a better than expected Sunday. The film catapulted over two other newcomers — Deepwater Horizon from Lionsgate/Summit and Participant Media and Relativity’s misfire Masterminds. Fox and Chernin Entertainment’s Miss Peregrine‘s Home ushered in a final $28.8M with hopes that the film will continue to play right into Halloween. Deepwa… Read

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