Gil Hill, a Former Detroit homicide inspector and later Detroit City Council President who occasionally acted, playing Eddie Murphy’s tough talking boss in the Beverly Hill Cop franchise died today after contracting pneumonia. He was 84. Hill had been reportedly battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for some…

The Lonely Island’s untitled Universal Pictures comedy feature is no longer untitled, as the studio has announced the film’s official title: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. Starring Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone the music-based comedy produced by Judd Apatow and directed by Schaffer and Taccone…

Journalist Craig Windham, known to National Public Radio listeners as an anchor and reporter at the network’s news division for 20 years, died Sunday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina following a pulmonary embolism. He was 66. NPR announced his death. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1949 and raised in Maryland, Windham was…

Clifford Dektar, a longtime public relations man who worked with Hee Haw, ABC Sports and others and was a governor of the TV Academy, has died. He was 90. His son Dan said Dektar died February 22. After graduating from USC and serving in the Army during World War II, the L.A. native was part of the original staff of…

Happy Endings alumna Casey Wilson is reuniting with the network and studio behind the cult ensemble comedy series. Wilson is set for the lead in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot Hail Mary, from Sony TV and ABC Studios. Hail Mary, a half-hour adaptation of the hourlong Austrian series Braunschlag, was written by The McC…

Matt Lanter has been cast as the male lead in Time, NBC’s action adventure drama pilot from Supernatural creator Eric Kripke and The Shield creator Shawn Ryan. The project, from Sony Pictures TV and studio-based Davis Entertainment, is described as "Back to the Future meets Mission: Impossible." It is a high-octane…

EXCLUSIVE: Abby Lee Miller may be under indictment on 20 counts of fraud with a possible five years behind bars and $5 million in fines, but the Dance Moms host really doesn't seem to in a hurry to defend herself. One day before she was scheduled to file already-prolonged pretrial motions against the feds’ case…

I still have no idea what the title of Tina Fey’s new smart and absurdly funny film, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot actually means ( I mean WTF?)  but coming from directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa who gave us, among others, Crazy Stupid Love, I guess it makes sense. As I say in my video review (click the link above to…

Charlie Tuna, the popular DJ and TV announcer whose voice was familiar to generations of Los Angeles radio listeners, has died. He was 71. A post on his official website said he died in his sleep on February 19. Born Art Ferguson on April 18, 1944, he started in radio at 16 in his hometown on Kearney, NE. After…

Krysta Rodriguez (Smash, Chasing Life) has been cast opposite John Lithgow in The Trail, NBC's documentary-style procedural comedy from comedy veteran Jeff Astrof, Forever creator Matt Miller and Warner Bros. TV. Written by Astrof and Miller and to be directed by Jeffrey Blitz, The Trail, whose title is a scrambled…

Joanna Garcia Swisher is set to co-star opposite Geoff Stults and David Spade in The Kicker, CBS' multi-camera comedy pilot from the 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt trio of Tina Fey, Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock. Written by Burditt, The Kicker centers on Daryl Thorkelsonan (Stults), an oddball athlete who…

Hannah Kasulka has been cast opposite Brianne Howey in Fox drama pilot The Exorcist, a modern reinvention inspired by William Blatty's 1971 book. Written by Jeremy Slater, The Exorcist is described as a propulsive, serialized psychological thriller following two very different men tackling one family's case of…