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- Friday, January 10, 2020 - 12:15am
Dave Burd's persona as rapper Lil Dicky is already a hit, having released music with some of the genre's biggest names. Now Burd is taking his comical and relatable style to television with his self-titled series "Dave," set to debut on FXX in the... -
- Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 9:00pm
Donald Glover's "Atlanta" is returning with new episodes, but not for another year. FX Networks Chairman John Landgraf said Thursday that star and creator Glover is making a total of 18 new episodes. Ten of them will air in January 2021, with the... 
American Cinema Editors to Honor Shuler Donner, Heim, Hirsch, Repola
- Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020
Prolific producer Lauren Shuler Donner has been selected by the board of directors of American Cinema Editors (ACE) to receive the organization’s prestigious ACE Golden Eddie Award. The honor...
Netflix Tops NAACP Image Awards With 42 Nominations
- Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020
Netflix will make its presence felt at the 51st NAACP Image Awards next month.
The streaming giant on Thursday garnered the most nominations with 42, including for Ava DuVernay’s limited...
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- Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 1:30pm
Buck Henry, the versatile writer, director and character actor who co-wrote and appeared in "The Graduate,'' has died. He was 89. Henry's wife, Irene Ramp, told The Washington Post that his death Wednesday in Los Angeles was due to a heart attack... 
Frank Cartagena Named Chief Creative Officer At the community NY
- Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020
Cross-cultural agency the community New York has brought Frank Cartagena on board as its chief creative officer. In this new role for the New York office, Cartagena will oversee all creative...
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- Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 10:00am
British actor Jeremy Irons will head the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival next month, organizers said Thursday. Irons will be jury president at the festival's 70th edition, running from Feb. 20 to March 1. Other members of the jury... 
P&G, Anheuser-Busch, General Mills, Google, Walmart Among Advertisers Gobbling Up Quibi Ad Slots
- Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020
A startup heavily backed by Hollywood is wagering that you're ready to set aside YouTube and TikTok to watch star-studded short videos on your phone — for a price.
The company behind this...
"The Irishman," Scorsese, Tarantino, DeNiro, Pitt, Sandler Celebrated At NBR Awards
- Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020
The National Board of Review toasted Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” as the year’s best film in an awards ceremony Wednesday night that included Brad Pitt crediting Bradley Cooper for his...
Review: Director Ladj Ly's "Les Miserables"
- Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020
Ladj Ly's muscular police procedural "Les Miserables" is much leaner than Victor Hugo's sprawling novel and shares little with it besides a suburban Paris setting. But they're united in their...