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Kelly Clarkson is finally coming back. The Kelly Clarkson Showwill return to air on Monday, October 16. Clarkson execs produces with Alex Duda, who also serves as showrunner. The Kelly Clarkson ShowPhoto by: Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal Im so excited to start our fifth season at the iconic 30 Rock, Clarkson said. There is such a unique energy and creative spirit that comes with filming in New York City. Tracie Wilson, EVP, Syndication Studios and E!...

EXCLUSIVE:Channel 4has orderedBritains Human Zoos, a doc about a shocking but forgotten Victorian era entertainment practice. Watch on Deadline It was like early reality TV, Mohamed told Deadline. Fifty per cent of the British population saw them at their height. Channel 4/Red Bicycle Those who went to the zoos were interested in the places they were colonizing but also felt superior. I discovered you cant just have negative attitude. People had their own, diverse reasons for joining the zoos, said Mohamed....

Hamaguchis nominations haul includes Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography for Yoshio Kitagawa. The film is Hamaguchis first film since his Oscar-winningDrive My Carand debuted at this years Venice Film Festival. The pic follows Takumi and his daughter Hana, who live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Evil Does Not Exist.Sideshow & Janus Films Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature....

Melia tells me how she and Wang had long talked about wanting to continue working together after makingThe Farewell. I want my creative team onboard, and I think this should be our next thing. It was a great learning experience for all of us. Lulu Wang and ‘Expats’ posterElias Roman/Prime Video But I think the creative team kept the same eye on the ball. Lulus creative vision was our north star driving all of us....

David YatesSet ForRaindanceIcon Award David Yates is set to receive the Raindance Film Festivals Icon Award. TheHarry Potterfilmmaker will receive the award at the festivals Opening Gala party on October 25. Yates grew up in St. Helens, Merseyside. David Yates.Mega Yates went on to helm the last four of the blockbusterHarry Potterfilms. The trailer is availablehere. Romantic Comedy Near Miss Starts Principal Photography In London Principal photography is underway on the romantic comedyNear Miss....

Katie Buckland has been experiencing a lot of firsts lately as the executive director of theWriters Guild Foundation. We never figured it out. Theres also some studio funding for a screenwriting program we run for veterans. Katie Buckland, executive director, The Writers Guild FoundationCourtesy We cannot give you the money that we had promised you. So it was kind of a tough day at work. Eventually, Buckland had to dip into the foundations savings to cover payroll for her eight staffers....

(Without the work stoppage, the room wouldve reopened in May-June.) Were all pretty rested, she said. And weve all read books, had life experiences. ‘Fire Country’ writers, clockwise from left: Joan Rater, Barbara Friend, Manuel Herrara & Sara Casey, Anupam Nigam, Tia Napolitano, David Gould, Natalia Fernandez, Tony Phelan, India Gurley, Dwain WorrellNellie Andreeva Said Napolitano, I feel energized, and honestly, Season 2 is not a continuation of Season 1....

A wounded heart isnt easy to heal. Compensation on its own will never be enough. In late August, aninvestigation teamfound that he began sexually abusing boys in the 1950s, theJapan Timesreported. President of Johnny & Associates, Noriyuki Higashiyama (2nd R), speaks during a press conference in TokyoGetty Images Over the summer, the U.N. Working Group on Business and Human Rights said the allegations involved several hundreds of the companys talents....

Lee served as Englanders chief of staff prior to being elected to the City Council. The city council has been rocked by a succession of scandals in the past few years. Two former councilmembers Englander and Mark Ridley Thomas were sentenced to federal prison. L.A. City Councilmember John LeeFrancine Orr/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Another, Jose Huizar, plead guilty to federal racketeering and tax evasion charges earlier this year....

The groups Scripted Content Study (read it here) analyzed projects produced between 2021-2022. In previous years, FilmLA issued separate reports on the film and television sectors. California and New York have film incentive programs with annual funding caps and sunset dates. A crew member uses a clapboard onset of the ‘FBI’ TV Series in Times Square in 2021Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images Georgia, on the other hand, has no funding cap. Another factor in Georgias banner fiscal 2022 was a shorter Covid production lockdown....

Jimmy Fallon kicked off his firstTonight Showback and hes excited. I am so excited to be here. I am so excited. Jimmy FallonTodd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images Im more excited than a guy seeingBeetlejuicewith Lauren Boebert. Im more excited than a Jets fan during the first three plays of the season. The formerSNLstar said that he was happy that all of the writers got the fair deal that they deserve....

Seth Meyers opened his firstLate Nightshow in five months with a long list of thank yous. He also apologized for pestering these friends during negotiations. Watch on Deadline I am so happy to be back in a room with my writers. Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty Images I miss my writers so much. they just have a ton of opinions, he joked. Meyers also thanked his fellowStrike Force 5co-hosts: Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and John Oliver....

EXCLUSIVE:Hot Wheelsproducer Kickstart Entertainment has snapped up aCartoon NetworkStudios exec to run its kids and family development slate in LA. Nicole Rivera will build and manage a slate featuring the likes ofHot Wheels Monster Trucks, American GirlandAngry Birds: Summer Madness.She is tasked with developing animated and live-action projects while identifying international co-pro partnerships. Based out of LA, Rivera joins as Kickstart turns 25, and she is one of a spate of recent hires including Global Head of Production Susan Corbin....