ABC & Freeform Combine Development & Current, ABC Signature & 20th TV Merge Music; Julie Jarmon, Stacey Adams & Dawn Solér Among Execs Leaving In Layoffs

All episodes of “XO, Kitty” are now streaming on Netflix.

that dresses in religious drag – the Los Angeles LGBTQ Center called for the team to either bring back the Sisters or cancel the team’s 10th annual Pride Night, set for June 16.“Any organization that turns its back on LGBTQ+ people at this damning and dangerous inflection point in our nation’s history should not be hoisting a rainbow flag or hosting a ‘Pride Night,’” the center’s CEO Joe Hollendoner said in a statement on Thursday. L.A.

It’s probably instructive to go into “Black Flies” knowing that the title comes from insects that can smell death before we can, and that show up on screen swarming a dead, rotting body in a bathtub.And it might help to know that the drone that gradually surfaces under the hysterical opening scene resolves itself into the overture to “Das Rheingold,” which returns at the end of the film. “Black Flies” is darkness and chaos on an operatic scale – maybe even a Wagnerian scale, though viewers may feel as if they’ve been assaulted by heavy metal (say, Judas Priest’s “Evil Never Dies,” which also appears in the film) rather than immersed in the warring gods of the Ring cycle.Screening in the Main Competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, “Black Flies” is visceral and vicious.

first reported, comes just a week after the entertainment giant announced during its quarterly earnings call its plans to remove “certain content” from its streaming platforms in a cost-cutting move.“We are in the process of reviewing the content on our DTC services to align with the strategic changes in our approach to content curation,” Disney Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy said during the call.McCarthy also unveiled Disney’s plans to “produce lower volumes of content,” marking a strategic shift from the company’s original goal to flood “the so-called digital shelves” when Disney+ launched three and a half years ago. While Bob Iger explained this plan’s intent to push along subscriber growth, the Disney boss noted during the earnings call that the company “realized that we made a lot of content that is not necessarily driving sub growth.”The former strategic plan also left marketing spending to be “spread so thin,” according to the Disney head, who noted that the company would be more “surgical” in content decisions rather than “spending a lot of money marketing things that are not going to have an impact on the bottom line.” Instead, Iger noted that freeing up these budgetary constraints would enable Disney to focus on tentpole projects that are “great” subscription drivers, including “Avatar,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

The Mother,” has only been out for a week and has scored Netflix’s biggest opening weekend for a film of 2023 with 83.71 million hours viewed since its premiere. But the story of a Mother, played by Lopez, determined to protect the child she gave up for adoption at any cost, was a tough sell for Netflix. When director Niki Caro was presented with the script, she asked the film’s producer, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, if the streaming giant would be open to it.

Barry Keoghan is no longer in talks to join the highly anticipated Gladiator sequel. However, another actor from a fan-favorite television series has reportedly already stepped up to fill the role.

It was a great night for Disney as Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny had a smash debut in its World Premiere Thursday evening at the Cannes Film Festival where the June 30th release received a warm 5 minute standing ovation, especially for Harrison Ford in his swan song in the title role he started playing 40 + years ago. There noticeably to witness the French love and affection was none other than Disney boss Bob Iger attending his first-ever Cannes Festival (believe it or not) and even taking his own photos during the ovation for the movie. At the Carlton Beach after party I told him Deadline had just been the first to post its review, a rave (from our colleague Stephanie Bunbury) and you could see the absolute relief on his face. “You have made me very happy to hear that, ” he told me, and he meant it. All this came on the same day Disney took another shot at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis by announcing the cancellation of a plan to move several thousand California employees to Florida. The Cannes respite must have been nice.

A new teaser for Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion” is asking viewers who they trust. 

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is a dutifully eager but ultimately rather joyless piece of nostalgic hokum. It’s the fifth installment in the “Indiana Jones” franchise, and though it has its quota of “relentless” action, it rarely tries to match (let alone top) the ingeniously staged kinetic bravura of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” How could it? “Raiders,” whatever one thinks of it as a movie (I always found it a trace impersonal in its ’40s-action-serial-on-steroids excitement), is arguably the most influential blockbuster of the last 45 years, even more so than “Star Wars.” Back in 1977, George Lucas took us through the looking glass of what would become our all-fantasy-all-the-time movie culture. But it was Steven Spielberg, teaming up with Lucas in “Raiders,” who introduced the structural DNA of the one-thing-after-another, action-movie-as-endless-set-piece escapist machine. This means that “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” isn’t just coming after four previous “Indiana Jones” films. It’s coming after four decades of high-priced Hollywood action decadence, from the “Fast and Furious” series to the “Mission: Impossible” and “Terminator” and “Lara Croft” and “Transformers” and latter-day “Bond” films (not to mention the Marvel space operas), all of which owe a boundless debt to the aggro zap of the “Raiders” aesthetic.

McKinley Franklin editor Choreographer Jamal Sims is no stranger when it comes to creating top-of-the-line dance numbers for television and film projects, and his work on “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’” “New Cool” sequence just extends his repertoire. “Because I grew up on this film, I felt like [the choreography] was in me,” Sims tells Variety.  The scene set for “New Cool” resembles that of another favored number from the original “Grease” film — defined by boilersuits, beat-up cars and a whole lot of grease.  “[‘New Cool’ is set] in a mechanic’s classroom,” said Sims. “I [knew], going in, that this was going to be compared to ‘Greased Lightning.’” Indeed, the number pays great homage to John Travolta’s covertly sexual anthem. Sims says that the key difference between the two lies in the “storytelling.”

Thania Garcia Bad Bunny enters his EDM era with the release of a new Jersey Club-inspired single titled “Where She Goes,” a cross-pollination of hip-hop, dembow and house beats with a star-studded music video to match. Dominic Fike, Frank Ocean and Lil Uzi Vert make subtle appearances (blink and you’ll miss them) in the desert-themed music video along with Brazillian soccer player Ronaldinho. The track reunites the Puerto Rican reggaeton singer with his long-time collaborators, and Variety Hitmakers, producer Mag and his engineer La Paciencia. Directed by STILLZ and produced by WeOwnTheCity, the track’s video was filmed on the sands of the California desert and starts with Bunny standing stoic over a mountaintop.

Megan Fox is showing off her assets on the red carpet and Machine Gun Kelly was there to support!

Allison Holker and Weslie Fowler accepted a mental health honor in honor of the late Stephen “tWitch” Boss. Holker and her 14 year old daughter attended the National Alliance of Mental Illness Gala where they accepted the Heart of a Champion Award. ‘Twitch’s wife Alison Holker gives the first interview since his deathAllison Holker and tWitch wrote a children’s book that’ll be released this yearAllison Holker celebrates first Mother’s Day without tWitchHolker and Fowler looked stunning for the occasion, both wearing black.

Martha Stewart's latest gig has resulted in several potential suitors coming forward. ET's Rachel Smith spoke to the 81-year-old cover star of 's swimsuit edition at the magazine's New York City party on Thursday, and Stewart revealed how her love life has changed since she landed the coveted gig.«I've gotten a few inquiries. Just a couple,» Stewart told ET, without naming names as to who slid into her DMs. Entering into a new romance isn't Stewart's priority now, as she noted that she's «still working really hard.»«You have to make time for certain things.

Priscilla Presley may very well be “happy” with her settlement over Lisa Marie Presley‘s trust — but she definitely didn’t get everything she hoped for!

Madison LeCroy is telling all about what happened with Alex Rodriguez!

Anna Nicole Smith is best known for her time as a model and reality star. However, she reportedly just missed out on an acting gig that became a breakout part for another actress.

Riley Keough and Michael Lockwood over Lisa Marie Presley's estate, Priscilla Presley reportedly had one request that was almost immediately denied: she wanted to be buried next to her late husband, Elvis Presley. reported Thursday morning, citing sources with direct knowledge, that the request was a non-starter and that Priscilla backed down from her request without much discussion. Priscilla had requested to be buried next to the King of Rock and Roll at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.The problem is, Elvis' mother, Gladys, is buried to the right of him in the Meditation Garden, and his father, Vernon, is buried to the left of him, meaning if Priscilla got her way, one of Elvis' parents would have to move.

star Madison LeCroy and her ex-boyfriend, Austen Kroll, offered up more details regarding the rumors about LeCroy and Alex Rodriguez's alleged back-and-forth during the early months of 2021. During a  reunion in February 2021, Craig Conover claimed that LeCroy «flew to Miami to f**k an ex-MLB player.» LeCroy instantly denied the allegations, saying, «Give me a name! Put me on a lie detector test. I never flew to Miami.

Pregnant Laura Anderson looked glowing as she posed for a picture while showing her bare baby bump while on holiday in Texas.The former Love Island star, 34, wore a black two-piece outfit with a long fitted skirt and a long-sleeved black crop top and paired the look with decorated sandals.The star informed fans that she was on her third day of being a tourist in the US as she went through the attractions she visited during the day.The star wrote: “Day 3 of my @visittheusa adventure TEXAS BABY!” She continued: “We visited: @sweettoothhotel The most instagrammable tourist attraction of immersive art installations created by local and national artists." “@reuniontower Dallas’ most famous observation tower standing at 171m tall." “@bishopsartsdistrict Loved for its diverse nightlife, chic independent fashion stores and colourful street art.” Fans were quick to give their compliments to the blossoming mum-to-be as one wrote: “You look blooming beautiful sunshine”, and another said: “Wow u look absolutely beautiful”. Laura’s baby bump picture comes after she sat down for an exclusive chat with OK! Laura, who is 25 weeks pregnant, revealed to OK! that she’s taken a hypnobirthing course and is aiming for a water birth as she’s heard good things about the effect of warm water.

Jack Whitehall - who recently announced that he’s expecting his first child with model girlfriend Roxy Horner - has revealed that he's "terrified" of becoming a dad. Earlier this month, TV star Jack, 34, and model Roxy, 31 - who have been dating for the past three years - announced that Roxy is pregnant with their first child.

Molly-Mae Hague has taken to Instagram to share a sweet video of daughter Bambi watching her in a video on YouTube. In the video shared to her Instagram Stories, the former Love Islander shows her four-month-old daughter Bambi sat on a table while being safely held onto by Molly-Mae, watching a video of her mum on YouTube.The video shows little Bambi glued to the screen, rarely taking her eyes off the video of her mum Molly-Mae. In the lovely clip - captioned "Mummy's biggest fan" - Bambi can be seen smiling and cooing at the camera while glued to the screen and clearly loving every moment of watching her mum.

King Charles and Queen Camilla’s first joint public appearance since the coronation ceremony, the two visited Covent Garden on Wednesday to celebrate the 390th anniversary of St. Paul’s Church, also known as the Actors’ Church, according to The Mirror.The pair met with local community members, as well as children from a nearby primary school, watching a puppet show on the church’s steps.

unknown “medical complication” at a physical rehab center in Chicago. New photos released Thursday show Foxx’s daughter, Corinne, 29, hugging her boyfriend, Joseph Hooten, as she left the unidentified facility with her friends and family on Sunday, May 14. Foxx’s 13-year-old daughter, Annalise Bishop, and her mom, Kristin Grannis, were also spotted outside of the facility.

funeral in September, the treasury revealed Thursday.“The government’s priorities were that these events ran smoothly and with the appropriate level of dignity, while at all times ensuring the safety and security of the public,” John Glen, chief secretary to the treasury, said in a statement.Prior reports estimated the security alone cost $7.5 million.Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch, died Sept. 8 at the age of 96.

Luis Miguel is about to go on tour, causing mayhem in websites in Mexico that were ill-equipped to handle the influx of customers. Another reason that he’s gone viral is a TikTok video that claims to have found the inspiration for one of his first hits, “La Chica del Bikini Azul,” a song that talks about a beautiful girl on the beach. Meet the five finalists of ‘La Casa de los Famosos 3’Luis Miguel’s daughter Michelle Salas is engaged: ‘The beginning of forever’Luis Miguel's emotional tribute to Marcela Basteri for Mother's Daybuscando fotos para el día de la Madre me encuentro con esto #mamá#luismiguel#lachicadelbikinaazul#chile#parati#luismiThe clip was shared by @cris_sing, who kicks off with a video of himself and his mother.

Kevin Costner’s life is amid upheaval, but he’s still excited about his upcoming project. He’s currently working on “Horizon,” and shared an image and a message on social media, hoping fans are as excited to watch it as he is to be making it.Kevin Costner’s rumored affair resurfaces amid divorce from Christine BaumgartnerKevin Costner’s ‘Yellowstone’ to conclude amidst cast dramaKevin Costner makes final demand before returning to ‘Yellowstone’A post shared by Kevin Costner & Modern West (@kevincostnermodernwest)“We’re deep into the production of #HorizonFilm, and, I have to tell you, I haven’t felt this way about a movie since we were making ‘Dances With Wolves’,” Costner captioned the post, which shows a director’s chair with the film’s title on it.

Alicia Keys is making sure to take in the sights while on her world tour. The iconic singer blessed Mexico City Wednesday night, but before taking the stage, she rode a hot air balloon and visited Aztec ruins with her husband Swizz Beatz, and their children Egypt and Genesis.

The cast of Glee hit the map as some of the brightest rising stars on the scene when the musical series debuted in 2009.

Prue Leith is much more than the sweet, innocent gal from The Great British Bake Off.

Ryan Seacrest‘s life has slowed down dramatically since his last episode of Live!

Kai Fagan, 24, has taken to Instagram to share a sweet snap of him and Sanam Harrinanan, 25, to celebrate her birthday.The snap shows the pair looking as loved up as ever, with Kai’s arms wrapped around Sanam as they smile into the camera while sitting at a table drinking cocktails. While in the background a large swimming pool with palm trees dotted around it can be seen. Kai captioned the cute post: “Happy birthday to the most amazing, beautiful girl that I have ever met.

Ireland Baldwin has welcomed her first child!

Grey’s Anatomy is confirmed to return for season 20, which will be the first full season without Ellen Pompeo in the title role, but thankfully several major stars are coming back.

Ludacris had his friends and family at his side while he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday (May 18) in Hollywood, Calif.

ESPN’s impact from the wider Disney layoffs earlier in the day.Julie Jarmon, who was in her second stint at Freeform as SVP development, is leaving as part of the layoffs. Development and current will be consolidated under Jamila Hunter, EVP of original programming and development. Freeform’s Alix Lee, director of development and programming, will also leave as part of the changes.