Mar 18, 2020

Almost immediately after Reese Witherspoon optioned author Celeste Ng’s bestseller “Little Fires Everywhere” to produce an on-screen adaptation, the question became, who would play Mia Warren to her Elena Richardson, the two mothers at the center of the story. But for the Oscar winner, the answer came easily, and she turned to friend Kerry Washington [...] 6 hours ago Epix is kicking off the post-DVD era of Emmy campaigning. On Wednesday, the MGM-owned pay cable network will be the first network or studio to officially launch its FYC screening site this year. The network will direct the TV Academy’s 25,000 voters to its Epix FYC2020 customized website via an email to members. The campaign [...] 7 hours ago Savannah Guthrie is the latest member of the “Today” anchor team to stay at home as one of the nation’s best-known morning programs grapples with the spread of coronavirus across the U.S. “We’ve decided to ask Savannah to do the show from home tomorrow. She has a ‘super mild’ sore throat and NBC’s doctors are [...] 8 hours ago Before taking on the role of transgender superhero Nia Nal a.k.a. Dreamer on the CW’s “Supergirl,” Nicole Maines had already been on the frontlines of fighting for transgender rights. In 2013, Maines was part of the court case Doe v. Clenchy, when her family sued their school district over Maines’ right to use the women’s [...] 8 hours ago What started a week ago as a phone call between the Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent and the leader of the city’s flagship PBS stations has quickly turned into a massive at-home learning initiative being implemented by public TV stations across the country. As concerns continued to grow over the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), [...] 8 hours ago This year’s AIDS/LifeCycle has been canceled. The annual bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles is considered the largest single HIV/AIDS fundraising event in the world and benefits the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF). Last year’s ride raised more than $16 million. Past participants have included Rep. Adam [...] 9 hours ago In today’s TV news roundup, Showtime released a trailer for Vice,” and DreamWorks Animation announced the premiere date for the final season of “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.” DATES DreamWorks Animation has announced that the fifth and final season of “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” will debut on Netflix on May 15. In [...] 9 hours ago