Erik has been a full-time journalist in Los Angeles for more than 30 years, the past 23 covering Hollywood. Before joining Deadline in 2013, he spent nearly 17 years at The Hollywood Reporter, rising to managing editor. He also wrote about music for THR; did hundreds of concert and TV reviews; covered such events as the Cannes Film Festival, NATPE and MIFED; and worked closely with the web team. Before that he was a cities editor at The Orange County Register after serving as managing editor of the Los Angeles Daily Commerce.
Tony Siragusa, the hulking former NFL defensive tackle who won a Super Bowl with the 2000 Baltimore Ravens, co-hosted the TV series Man Caves and was an NFL sideline analyst at Fox Sports, has died. He was 55. The news was shared on social media by Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, but he did not provide…
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's Professional Programs has announced the winners of its 2022 Feature Screenplay, Television Pilot and Acting for the Camera Pitch competitions.
Amanda Rivera is the Advanced Competition winner for her drama Queen of Coins, which focuses on a young woman and her classmate…
The Writers Guild of America West’s Nominating Committee today revealed the 18 candidates who are running in its board of directors election this year.
Those vying for the eight opens seats are Angelina Burnett, Timothy Dowling, Leah Folta, Justin Halpern, Tom O'Connor, Van Robichaux, John Rogers, David Schulner, Rich…
Tyler Sanders, who starred on the Amazon spinoff series Just Add Magic: Mystery City and guest-starred on 9-1-1: Lone Star, Fear the Walking Deadand The Rookie, died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 18. His agent Pedro Tapia confirmed the news but did not provide details. He added that Sanders’ death is…
Beck Media & Marketing announced a pair of agency acquisitions today: Beaucoup Media, a music-forward Nashville-based agency founded Amber Williams-Wright, and Big Noise PR, a San Francisco-based media-technology boutique led by Bronagh Hanley. The combined companies will operate under the Beck Media banner, effective…
Apple TV+ has set global premiere dates for Five Days at Memorial, its limited series from John Ridley and Carlton Cuse, and darkly comic thriller series Bad Sisters, starring Sharon Horgan.
The first three episodes of Five Days at Memorial will launch August 12, followed by a new one every Friday through September…
VH1 stalwart RuPaul’s Drag Race and Bravo veteran Top Chef tied for Best Competition Series and led the field with three wins apiece Sunday night at the fourth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards.
Bravo topped all networks with five trophies, including one for Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi as Best Show Host for Hulu’s Tast…
Summer is here, and the TV landscape is heating up. For those who’ve been waiting for something new on your screens, here is Deadline’s annual list of the season’s premiere dates for new and returning series. It covers more than 200 broadcast, cable and streaming programs debuting between June 15 and mid-September…
On the heels of the newly announcedGhostbusterstoon series in the works at Netfilx comes word of an animated feature based on the 38-year-old IP.
Sony Pictures Animation is teaming with Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan to develop the untitled movie from Brenda Hsueh’s script. Who they gonna call to direct it? Chris…
Among the stranger things to come from last month’s Netflix premiere of Stranger Things 4 has been the renewed interest Kate Bush’s 1985 song “Running Up That Hill,” which is featured in the new season. Today the revitalized track returned to the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 30 some 37 years ago –It…
“Bob wasn’t something that was taken away from us — he was something that was given to us.”
It’s been five months since the comedy world lost Bob Saget, and some of his closest friends and family are celebrating his life and legacy in a new Netflix special. Dirty Daddy: A Tribute to Bob Saget will launch Friday, June…