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May 2, 2026 - Entertainment

(Updated with Paramount statement) Deep in the middle of a tough reelection campaign, Karen Bass has discovered the middle of the road can be a very politically dangerous place with few good options. To that, the incumbent Mayor has today snagged the Hollywood production and competition proposals of her most threatening rival. Just like Councilmember […]

May 2, 2026 - Entertainment

Matt Dinerstein, a veteran unit still photographer who worked on The Bear, TV’s Chicago shows and other films and TV series, died May 1 of cancer in Chicago. He was 69. He had battled brain cancer for 16 years, his brother, Oscar-winning Summer of Soul producer David Dinerstein, told Deadline. Born in 1956 in New […]

May 2, 2026 - Entertainment

How rude! Jodie Sweetin’s latest residual check from Full House sure isn’t buying her a San Francisco townhouse anytime soon. The actress recently revealed that she “got a one-cent check the other day” for residuals from her 1987-’95 run as Stephanie Tanner on the ABC sitcom, which she noted is no longer playing reruns on […]

May 1, 2026 - Entertainment

NBC has made its first cancellation decisions for the 2026-27 season, opting not to renew sophomore medical drama Brilliant Minds, starring Zachary Quinto, and freshman cheerleading comedy Stumble, headlined by Jenn Lyon. That leaves two returning scripted series on the bubble, the mothership Law & Order and sophomore The Hunting Party, with new midseason entry […]

May 1, 2026 - Entertainment

Five new state attorneys general – some of them Republican – have joined an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the $6.2 billion merger of local TV station owners Nexstar and Tegna. The transaction, which technically closed March 19 after the FCC and the U.S. Department of Justice approved it, is a game-changer because it would […]