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Thursday, June 24, 2021

Colman Domingo to Adapt His Play ‘Dot’ as TV Series for AMC Studios, ALLBLK by Elaine Low

Colman Domingo, known for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Fear the Walking Dead” and “Zola,” is adapting his award-winning play “Dot” as a dramedy entitled “West Philly, Bab…

SOURCE: Variety at 02:58PM

Monday, June 14, 2021

Disneyland to Drop Mask Requirements for Fully Vaccinated Guests, Will Allow Out-of-State Visitors by Elaine Low

Disneyland will no longer require fully vaccinated visitors to wear masks indoors or outdoors starting on Tuesday, said the Anaheim, Calif.-based theme park and resort, which has been engage…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:21PM

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Disney Chief Calls CDC’s Revised Mask Guidance ‘Big News’ for Disneyland and Disney World by Elaine Low

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its mask guidance Thursday, allowing Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to resume pre-pandemic indoor and outdoor acti…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:53PM

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Disney TV’s Craig Hunegs to Step Down, Successor Yet to Be Named by Elaine Low

After two years at the company, Walt Disney Television president of entertainment Craig Hunegs is departing the media giant at the end of May. The decision to leave was Hunegs’, according …

SOURCE: Variety at 11:11AM

Saturday, May 1, 2021

As Disneyland Reopens, Visitors and Many Workers Eager to Return: ‘I Can Already Feel the Magic’ by Elaine Low

After shuttering for 13 months amid a devastating global pandemic, Disneyland is reopening — and David Vaughn, for one, is excited. Before COVID-19 hit, the 36-year-old would visit theme p…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:30AM

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Sharon Klein Named Exec VP of Casting at Walt Disney Television by Elaine Low

Sharon Klein, most recently executive vice president of Disney Television Studios and FX Entertainment, has been named executive vice president of casting at Walt Disney Television, signific…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:41PM

Friday, April 9, 2021

Benedict Cumberbatch to Star in Netflix’s ’39 Steps’ Limited Series by Elaine Low

Netflix has ordered “The 39 Steps,” a limited series based on the 1915 John Buchan novel that will star Benedict Cumberbatch, with Edward Berger at the helm and Mark L. Smith writing. Th…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:17PM

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Ariana Grande Joins ‘The Voice’ Season 21 as Coach, Replacing Nick Jonas by Elaine Low

Ariana Grande is joining Season 21 of NBC’s “The Voice” in the fall. She is “beyond thrilled, honored, excited” to be joining fellow coaches Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Blake S…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:36PM

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Disneyland and Other Theme Parks Prepare to Reopen — and Bring Back Thousands of Workers Amid Pandemic by Elaine Low

With Los Angeles County and Orange County’s COVID-19 cases subsiding enough for each region to potentially leave the most-heightened tier of restrictions, and Disneyland hoping to reopen i…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:15PM

Monday, March 8, 2021

Former Disney Exec Ravi Ahuja Named Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman of Global TV Studios and Corporate Development by Elaine Low

Sony Pictures Entertainment has named Ravi Ahuja as chairman of Global Television Studios and its corporate development operations, where he will lead Sony Pictures TV’s domestic and inter…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:41PM

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Disney Plus Orders Blumhouse TV Unscripted Series About Detroit Youth Choir by Elaine Low

Disney Plus has greenlit a six-episode unscripted docuseries from Blumhouse Television, Maniac Production and Campfire centered on “America’s Got Talent” finalists, the Detroit Youth C…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:57PM

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

#PayUpHollywood Survey: Support Staffers Hit Hard By the Pandemic by Elaine Low

Being a Hollywood assistant has always been a tough gig, but the COVID-19 pandemic has only made it tougher on the industry’s thousands of support staffers. According to the second annual …

SOURCE: Variety at 11:31AM

Monday, January 4, 2021

‘Too Much Money at Stake’: Lengthy L.A. Production Shutdown Seen as Unlikely by Elaine Low

The COVID-19 numbers in Los Angeles County are dire, and hospital beds remain at worryingly low capacity, pushing Hollywood to delay when most L.A.-based television shows go back into produc…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM

James Corden, Jimmy Kimmel Resume Remote Late-Night Tapings Amid L.A. COVID-19 Spike by Elaine Low

Late night is returning home. James Corden’s “The Late Late Show” on CBS and Jimmy Kimmel’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC are back to filming their nightly shows remotely amid the …

SOURCE: Variety at 07:47PM

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