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“Love Island” is moving from Fiji to Las Vegas thanks to COVID-19. The CBS reality series has reportedly started pre-production at Caesars-owned hotel Cromwell, according to Vulture, which broke the news. It’s thought that production will likely be up and running in August – meaning that along with “Big Brother,” CBS could have two of …
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It’s safe to say that Victoria Rowell is the franchise player for UMC, the streaming platform featuring urban-themed TV series and movies. Rowell, 61, has a handful of projects on UMC, the network formed in 2015 by BET founder Robert Johnson and owned by AMC. Her do-it-yourself series, “Trash vs. Treasure,” is going strong while …
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EXCLUSIVE: Imelda Staunton will not make her bow as Queen Elizabeth II until 2022 as “The Crown” takes a filming break this year amid its final cast changeover, Deadline can reveal. Left Bank Pictures won’t get cameras rolling on Season 5 of the Netflix franchise until June next year, meaning the streamer will be without …
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Fans of “Reno 911” might not know that Deputy Garcia — aka Carlos Alazraqui — is also one of the industry’s busiest voiceover actors. Alazraqui’s long resume dates back to the early ’90s and includes Rocko in “Rocko’s Modern Life” (opposite Tom Kenny, the voice of “SpongeBob SquarePants”), “CatDog,” Lazlo the spider monkey in “Camp …
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“The Handmaid’s Tale” star Yvonne Strahovski jumps from the dystopian confines of Gilead to a modern-day detention center in “Stateless.” The Netflix drama follows flight attendant Sofie Werner (Strahovski), who gets swept up in a New Age-y cult run by a cheerful couple played by Cate Blanchett (“Mrs. America”) and Dominic West (“The Affair”). When …
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Mireille Enos took matters into her own hands (and fists) for her brutal fight scenes on “Hanna.” “I do my own stunts,” says Enos, 44, who portrays Marissa Weigler, the rogue CIA operative allied with Hanna (Esme Creed-Miles) in Season 2 of the Amazon drama, just renewed for a third season. “They have an incredible …
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Veteran actor Michael Dorman stars in the new Australian thriller “The Secrets She Keeps” on Sundance Now. The six-episode series finds Dorman (“For All Mankind,” “Patriot”) as Jack Shaughnessy, an ambitious TV sports reporter who’s married to Megan (Jessica De Gauw), a mommy blogger pregnant with the couple’s third child — a source of friction …
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“The Chi” continues its riveting storytelling in Season 3 — in spite of (or maybe due to?) the off-camera troubles that have plagued this Showtime series. The ensemble drama, created by Lena Waithe and set in Chicago’s South Side, has had three showrunners since its 2018 premiere. Co-star Jason Mitchell, who played Brandon, was fired …
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NBC has ordered the unscripted series “Home Sweet Home,” which hails from Ava DuVernay. In the 10-episode hour-long series, two families who lead very different lives go through a full-immersion cultural experiment. The show chronicles walking a mile in another person’s shoes by challenging racial, religious, economic, geographic, gender and identity assumptions as participants exchange …
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English actor Daniel Sharman took an unusual route in training for his role as a cold-blooded killer in “Cursed.” “I did some ballet and some versions of Muay Thai — layering this stuff to build a [character] that was able to be incredibly lethal and effective and graceful at the same time,” Sharman, 34, tells …
“Love Island” is moving from Fiji to Las Vegas thanks to COVID-19. The CBS reality series has reportedly started pre-production at Caesars-owned hotel Cromwell, according to Vulture, which broke the news. It’s thought that production will likely be up and running in August – meaning that along with “Big Brother,” CBS could have two of …
