TV News Desk - Page 108

This Friday night, multiple GRAMMY® Award winner Jason Mraz will bring his signature sound to AT&T AUDIENCE Network for a special, one-hour concert. Watch a "First Look" as Mraz performs "Let's See What The Night Can Do" off his new album Know. (out August 10 via Atlantic Records) on PARADE magazine today, HERE.

Paramount Network's reboot of the First Wives Club casts Grammy winner and actress Jill Scott and comedian Michelle Buteau as two of the three leads, Deadline reports. The 10-episode series is created by Girls Trip co-writer Tracy Oliver and Paramount Television.

Elizabeth Mitchell will play the daughter of Ellen Burstyn's character in the romantic comedy “Welcome to Pine Grove!” according to Variety.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have teamed up for a movie with Fox about the former cop who rigged the McDonald's Monopoly game to steal millions, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

New Girl's Lamorne Morris has joined Sony's sci-fi action superhero film Bloodshot starring Vin Diesel, according to Deadline.

According to Variety, Amy Poehler's Paper Kite Productions has optioned the rights to the children's book “The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street.” 

HBO is developing a half-hour comedy series based on the Colleen Scriven's “Lesser Gods” podcast, according to Variety.

According to Variety, Super LTD has acquired Jack Bryan's documentary “Active Measures,” which details the decades-long connection between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, has been acquired by Super LTD. A release date has been set for August 31st. 

Kaitlin Olson returns to FOX only three months after her show, THE MICK, was cancelled, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Neil Argo, a composer and orchestrator who worked on such shows as Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210 and Wild America, has died at age 71, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

ESPN'S vice president of original content, Kevin Wildes will executive produce the new new of GMA DAY on ABC, according to Variety. GMA DAY is ABC's new effort to bring its 'Good Morning America' franchise to the afternoon.

The seventh annual ceremony of the Women Making History Awards is hosted by the National Women's History Museum (NWHM) and its Los Angeles Regional Council. The ceremony commemorates inspiring women who are making significant field-related and global contributions. 

Zwelethu Radebe's harrowing tale is set near the end of Apartheid and has won multitude prestigious awards. The film stars Thato Dhladhla (Thina Sobabili: The Two of Us) and was written and directed by Zwelethu Radebe. This important drama has now been selected for the Oscar qualifying film festival HollyShorts in Los Angeles and Urbanworld Film Festival in New York.

For the last several weeks electronic music producer REZZ has rolled out several tracks from her new album CERTAIN KIND OF MAGIC with “Witching Hour,” “H E X” and “Flying Octopus.”  Today, August 3, the woman, whose fans lovingly refer to her as 'Space Mom,' releases the complete 8-track collection on mau5trap.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sam Richardson has been cast to play NSA agent Donahue in New Line's Superintelligence starring Melissa McCarthy. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, This is Us has casted Mudbound actor Rob Morgan  in a recurring role in the upcoming third season.

Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF, today unveiled the first round of titles premiering in the Gala and Special Presentation programmes of the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival®.

The Dutton family saga rages onward. Following record-setting viewership, the new Paramount Network today announced a second season of its hit series “Yellowstone.” Production will begin shortly on the 10-episode season which will be shot entirely on location in Utah and Montana. The season one finale bows Wednesday, August 22 at 10 PM, ET/PT, with season two premiering next year.

According to Deadline, Fox has cast Tracy Letts as former Ford Motor Company President Henry Ford II in James Mangold's upcoming film about the 1966 Le Mans World Championship and battle between Ford and Ferrari.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again opened in U.S. cinemas on July 20, 2018. According to Variety, it 'might not have nabbed the box office crown, but its domestic debut is still something to sing about.' With a summer filled with big superhero blockbuster films, the Mamma Mia! sequel opened with $34 million domestically and $76.4 million globally, which is a promising start for the upbeat jukebox musical.