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SHOWTIME has announced that the ninth season of its hit comedy series SHAMELESS will expand to a 14-episode order, and will air in two parts – this fall and in winter 2019. The first seven episodes will begin airing on Sunday, September 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, with a midseason finale on Sunday, October 21 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The second half of season nine will premiere on Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett will participate in a Close Encounter meeting with the audience at the 13th Rome Film Fest, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Blanchett will discuss her work as an artist and humanitarian. 

Hulu has boarded the critically acclaimed Australian series Safe Harbour for its U.S. debut as a Hulu Original Series. In a deal with NBCUniversal Television and New Media Distribution, the four-part event drama is the latest internationally-produced series to join Hulu's growing slate of thought-provoking original series, and will make its debut on August 24th.

The Television Academy has finalized a new eight-year deal for the rights to the Primetime Emmy Awards telecast with the Big Four broadcast networks, according to Variety.

Grammy winner Kelly Clarkson is filming a pilot for a syndicated daytime talk show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A network is not yet attached but the project is being eyed for a fall 2019 debut via producers NBCUniversal Television Distribution.

This Wednesday, A24 will have a night of free screenings for its critically acclaimed comedy-drama Eighth Grade, according to Variety.

Earlier today, American Horror Story shared a trailer for its latest installment, Apocalypse. The trailer comes not long after it was confirmed that Jessica Lange will return to the series in Apocalypse, in an episode that Sarah Paulson will direct.

Jennifer Lopez is set to star in “Hustlers' for Annapurna Pictures, according to Variety. The film will be directed by Lorene Scafaria.

The VP of Home Entertainment for Fandango's video-streaming service, FandangoNow, Cameron Douglas, has been elected chairman of the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), a trade group for the home-entertainment industry, according to Variety.

Margot Robbie shared a teaser image of her character in Quentin Tarantino's “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” on Instagram earlier today.

A 'Supergirl' film is in the early stages at Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment, according to Deadline Hollywood. “22 Jump Street” writer Oren Uziel will pen the script, but no producer is attached yet.

Uncovering the lives and works of four groundbreaking visual artists, American Masters presents an "Artists Flight" of new documentaries, premiering Fridays, August 31-September 14 on PBS (check local listings). Four films tell the stories of four artists: Eva Hesse, the 1960s art world icon who changed art history and women's place in the picture; New York contemporary art maverick Elizabeth Murray; painter Andrew Wyeth, one of America's most popular, but least understood, artists; and Jean-Michel Basquiat, the New York graffiti artist turned '80s art world rock star who died 30 years ago (August 12, 1988). Each film will be available to stream the following day via pbs.org/americanmasters and PBS apps.

Rob McElhenney is no longer attached to direct Warner Bros' Minecraft movie, according to The Wrap.

Driven, the John DeLorean biopic by Irish director Nick Hamm will close the Venice Film Festival, according to Variety.

The Television Critics Association (TCA) celebrated the top programs and performances of the 2017-2018 television season tonight at the 34TH Annual TCA Awards ceremony. The invitation-only event at The Beverly Hilton hotel, was emceed by writer, producer, and TV personality Robin Thede, host of the recent BET series “The Rundown with Robin Thede.”

With The Big Bang Theory about to begin its twelfth season, there are talks about whether this will be the last or not, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Skylar Astin will be one of Rebecca's love interests on the newest season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, according to USA Today reporter Kelly Lawler, who's at the TCAs.

Robert Redford announces in an interview with Entertainment Weekly thatThe Old Man & The Gun is the last film in which he'll act.

While speaking with Deadline during the TCA's, EVP Original Content Julie McNamara and David Stapf, president of CBS TV Studios, confirmed that Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg's reboot of The Twilight Zone series will begin production within the next couple of months. 

James Norton, the English actor most recently seen in Sony's Flatliners remake, is in talks for Greta Gerwig's film adaptation Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, according to Deadline. Norton would be joining the ranks of Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Timothee Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Eliza Scanlen, and Florence Pugh, who are all also in talks to join the film.