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UPDATED, 4:50 PM: The former boyfriend of veteran Rebel Moon makeup artist Allie Shehorn has been arrested and charged with stabbing her “multiple times,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s office said today. Nick Pasqual, 34, fled the scene of the May 23 attack in Sunland, CA, and…

UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film…

It’s unanimous: The Academy Foundation Workers Union has approved its first contract. The AFWU membership ratified a three-year contract with the Academy Foundation that secures significant gains for workers, including a minimum of 3% annual wage increases. The deal includes wage increases between…

Chris Pratt has taken to Instagram to pay tribute to his former stunt double, Tony McFarr, who died at age 47 on Monday in Orlando, Florida. The actor said he was “devastated to hear about the loss of my friend and former stunt double. We did several movies together. We golfed, drank whiskey…

Susan Backlinie, whose gruesome death in Jaws scared millions from swimming in the ocean, died Saturday at 77 in her home in Ventura, CA. Her death was confirmed by Matthew Templeton, the agent who handled her convention bookings. No cause has been determined. Related…

Last night was a good one for some of Apple TV+’s biggest shows at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards, with Silo and Slow Horses taking two gongs apiece, along with Black Mirror. The awards celebrate the creativity, skill, and craft of behind-the-scenes television talent and the best programs of 2023…

Video footage of an accident on the set of the Eddie Murphy film The Pickup was released today by the New York Times. A cellphone video of the April 20 accident shows an SUV and armored truck colliding, then flipping over after veering off road. The New York Times obtained the footage and shared it…

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer remembers Bruce Willis for his kindnesses towards the little guys. In their 1998 hit Armageddon, Bruckheimer noted how Willis acted toward the crew when the cameras weren’t rolling. "Bruce is such a good guy," says Bruckheimer. "He was so generous to the…

Edgar Burcksen, a veteran TV and film editor who won an Emmy for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, worked at Industrial Light & Magic and was a longtime American Cinema Editors board member, has died. He was 76.  Innovative Artists said he died April 7 in Los Angeles from complications of a heart…

SAG-AFTRA, IATSE the WGA, and the DGA have united behind a legislative move to put up some new and slightly punitive guardrails around Artificial Intelligence. "Everything generated by AI ultimately originates from a human creative source, says Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA National Executive…

"Your fight is our fight," entertainment unions around the world have told IATSE, pledging their support for the group as it kicks off bargaining with Hollywood producers on a new Basic Agreement. Initial talks began last week, and a return to negotiations with the AMPTP is set for March 18. The current…

Barbie and Ahsoka took respective top film and TV prizes at the 61st annual ICG Publicists Awards, which were handed out today at a luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles. See the full list of winners below. Deadline’s Baz Bamigboye took home the International Media Award. Longtime Fleet…