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  • Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2017
Showtime developing miniseries on deposed Fox News chief Ailes 
In this Feb. 9, 2015 file photo, Roger Ailes attends a special screening of "Kingsman: The Secret Service" in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

A miniseries about deposed Fox News Channel executive Roger Ailes is in the works at Showtime.

The project in development is based on New York magazine writer Gabriel Sherman's reporting on Ailes.

Showtime won out over competition for the limited series, which also will draw on Sherman's 2014 biography of Ailes, "The Loudest Voice in the Room."

Tom McCarthy, the Oscar-winning director of "Spotlight," will join Sherman as a writer and executive producer. Casting wasn't announced.

Ailes left Fox last summer following allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances against women, which he has denied.

On Monday, Fox News contributor Julie Roginsky leveled more sexual-harassment accusations against him.

The miniseries project, titled "Secure and Hold: The Last Days of Roger Ailes," is a co-production from Showtime and Blumhouse Television.

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  • Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2017
More advertisers say they have ditched Fox's O'Reilly show 
In this combination photo, former Fox News contributor Wendy Walsh, left, appears at a news conference in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles on Monday, April 3, 2017, and Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly appears on the set of his show, "The O'Reilly Factor" on Oct. 1, 2015 in New York. (AP Photo/Anthony McCartney, left, and Richard Drew)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Bill O'Reilly's top-rated Fox News show may be starting to feel a financial sting after allegations that he sexually harassed several women.

A dozen major advertisers, ranging from automakers Hyundai and BMW, to financial firm T. Rowe Price, insurer Allstate and drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, have pulled their ads from "The O'Reilly Factor."

The moves come after a weekend report in The New York Times that O'Reilly and his employer paid five women $13 million to settle harassment or other allegations of inappropriate conduct by Fox's star.

O'Reilly is Fox News' top revenue producer, according to research firm Kantar Media, bringing in over $178 million in ad dollars in 2015 and $118.6 million in the first nine months of 2016.

Fox News itself makes up one-fifth of parent company 21st Century Fox's profit, according to estimates from Anthony DiClemete, a media analyst with the Nomura investment bank.

The advertiser boycotts, More

  • Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2017
Mercedes-Benz pulls ads from Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"
In this combination photo, former Fox News contributor Wendy Walsh, left, appears at a news conference in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles on Monday, April 3, 2017, and Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly appears on the set of his show, "The O'Reilly Factor" on Oct. 1, 2015 in New York. (AP Photo/Anthony McCartney, left, and Richard Drew)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Car company Mercedes-Benz says it's pulling ads from Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" because of host Bill O'Reilly's sexual-harassment "controversy."

The New York Times reported over the weekend Fox News' parent company or O'Reilly have paid $13 million since 2012 to five women who said he sexually harassed or verbally abused them.

Mercedes-Benz says the allegations are "disturbing." It says given the importance of women in every aspect of its business it doesn't feel this is a good environment in which to advertise its products.

Representatives for Fox News and owner 21st Century Fox haven't responded to questions.

  • Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2017
Verizon to take "Oath" as new company to run Yahoo, AOL
In this photo taken Jan. 11, 2011, the Verizon logo is displayed in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- 

Verizon Communications will create a new company called Oath after it completes its $4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo and melds the troubled internet company with its AOL operations.

Oath will oversee Yahoo and AOL after the deal is completed. The Yahoo and AOL brands are expected to survive, although Verizon says it won't provide any details about its plans for Oath until this summer.

"You can bet we will be launching one of the most disruptive brand companies in digital," AOL said in a Monday statement.

Tim Armstrong, AOL's top executive, posted a tweet Monday indicating Oath will manage more than 20 different brands.

Verizon is counting on the combination of Yahoo and AOL to help it sell more digital ads, even though the two internet pioneers had been struggling on their own.

Yahoo originally agreed to sell its online operations to Verizon for $4.8 billion after years of unsuccessful attempts to boosts its revenue. More

  • Monday, Apr. 3, 2017
Amber Finlay named jury president for London International Awards' The NEW
Amber Finlay
NEW YORK -- 

London International Awards (LIA) announced that Amber Finlay, sr. director, global brand communications at Converse, has been named jury president of The NEW. 
 
“Amber’s diverse background - agency and client, creative, media and digital, makes her the best fit to chair this jury,” stated Barbara Levy, president of LIA.  “The NEW was created for work that pushed the boundaries. It is a medium that is ever-changing to reflect the evolution of our industry and to honor those that create outside the box.”

This year LIA has made some significant changes to The NEW, adding new categories to reflect and champion evolution in the industry.

At Converse, Finlay gets to put her obsession with fashion and culture to use every day, overseeing the development of creative content that reflects the daring spirit of youth that drives the brand.  Before taking a role on the brand side at Converse, she spent her career in roles spanning brand, More

  • Sunday, Apr. 2, 2017
"Moonlight," "Transparent" win at GLAAD Media Awards 
Patricia Arquette attends the 28th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, April 1, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

The Oscar winner "Moonlight" has won again, taking best film at the 28th annual GLAAD Media Awards.

Barry Jenkins' coming-of-age portrait was honored by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation at the awards held Saturday at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.

The group nominated only two films for the award, which it said reflected the dearth of LGBTQ story lines in Hollywood. The other nominee was "Star Trek Beyond."

On the TV side, Jill Soloway's "Transparent" won for outstanding comedy series.

The best drama series went to the Freeform fantasy "Shadowhunters."

Patricia Arquette was honored with the Vanguard Award and tearfully dedicated the award to her late transgender sister, Alexis Arquette.

The awards honor the "fair, accurate and inclusive representations" of the LGBTQ community.

  • Saturday, Apr. 1, 2017
Katie Holmes, Matthew Perry take on Reelz miniseries "The Kennedys--After Camelot" 
This undated image provided by ReelzChannel, shows Katie Holmes, left, as Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Matthew Perry as Ted Kennedy, in the REELZ original miniseries, "The Kennedys-After Camelot." (Ken Woroner/ReelzCannel via AP)
By Lynn Elber, Television Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Katie Holmes came to "The Kennedys - After Camelot" as a veteran, having played first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in Reelz's 2011 miniseries about the political family shadowed by tragedy. For Matthew Perry, the role of Edward Kennedy was a chance to stretch his acting muscles.

Both say "After Camelot" was as satisfying as they hoped. The four-hour drama, based on J. Randy Taraborrelli's book, debuts 9-11 p.m. EDT Sunday on Reelz and concludes Sunday, April 9.

It follows the lives of Jackie Kennedy and those close to her after the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which left her a widow with two young children. The killing of her brother-in-law, Robert F. Kennedy, her marriage to Greek magnate Aristotle Onassis and her 1994 death from cancer at age 64 are included.

"This goes even deeper into the inner workings of the family" than the first miniseries, Holmes said. "There's a lot of things that are very tragic. But to me More

  • Friday, Mar. 31, 2017
Anthony Perkins' son follows in father's horror footsteps 
In this March 22, 2017 file photo, actors Lucy Boynton, left, Kiernan Shipka and Emma Roberts attend a special screening of "The Blackcoat's Daughter", hosted by A24 and DirecTV, at Landmark Sunshine Cinema in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
By Brooke Lefferts
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Some might say the horror genre is in Oz Perkins' genes.

The actor, whose father Anthony Perkins starred in "Psycho," is making his directorial debut this spring with the psychological thriller "The Blackcoat's Daughter." He said he was inspired by the classic film "Rosemary's Baby."

"That's a very glamorous movie where a lot of the tension is paid to silence and color and texture and glamour, look, beauty, frailty. And so keeping with those sort of concepts and those feelings, those vibes, I set out to just sort of to make something like that that was going to be sort of a sad movie disguised as a horror movie," he said.

Perkins also wrote the film, which stars Lucy Boynton, Emma Roberts and Kiernan Shipka, of "Mad Men." Shipka said she jumped at the chance to be a part of the female-led project.

"I think I've been super lucky to fall into projects even like this that have really strong, interesting, cool, and creepy female More

  • Friday, Mar. 31, 2017
"Alien: Covenant" clips are the stuff nightmares are made of 
Illuminated performers pose onstage at the start of 20th Century Fox's presentation at CinemaCon 2017 at Caesars Palace on Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
By Lindsey Bahr, Film Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- 

Ridley Scott knows how to scare us. He's been doing it for over 40 years.

But the new footage from his upcoming "Alien: Covenant" that premiered Thursday at CinemaCon makes that alien bursting out of John Hurt's chest look tame in comparison.

Scott wasn't in attendance at the annual gathering of theater owners and exhibitors but gleefully teased its terrors.

The hyperviolent sequences show new nightmares for the crew of the colony ship Covenant, with blood, shrieks and creatures emerging out of human backs and mouths.

There's also a bloody shower scene that could give "Psycho" a run for its money.

Starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston and Billy Crudup, "Alien: Covenant" begins haunting audiences on May 19.

  • Thursday, Mar. 30, 2017
Missing "La La Land"? "The Greatest Showman" is coming 
Hugh Jackman, star of the upcoming film "The Greatest Showman," discusses the film during the 20th Century Fox presentation at CinemaCon 2017 at Caesars Palace on Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
By Lindsey Bahr, Film Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- 

"City of Stars" might still be stuck in your head, but the Oscar-winning "La La Land" songwriting duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul already have another big screen musical on the horizon: "The Greatest Showman" starring Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum.

20th Century Fox on Thursday unveiled a fever dream of a trailer at CinemaCon for the musical drama, set to bow Christmas Day. The Michael Gracey-directed P.T. Barnum story looks like a slightly less kinetic "Moulin Rouge" but with all the requisite bright colors and elaborate song and dance numbers.

Jackman was on-site in Las Vegas to introduce the trailer. He called the film, in-the-making for seven years, a pop period piece of hyper-reality.

"The Greatest Showman" also stars Zac Efron, Zendaya, Michelle Williams and Rebecca Ferguson.

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