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“Reacher” continues its win streak at Amazon, with Prime Video renewing the action series for a sixth season while Season 5 is still in production. The series, which stars Alan Ritchson in the title role, has been a consistent hit for Amazon since it originally launched in 2022.

Ben Hardy is set to star in the series adaptation of the graphic novel “Stillwater” at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned. The series is based on the Skybound graphic novel of the same name and was greenlit at Amazon back in July. The streamer has given the one-hour show an

John Mayer knows his way around Las Vegas’ Sphere, having spearheaded the residencies that Dead & Company did at that venue in 2024 and 2025. That Grateful Dead spinoff group may have reached its natural end with the death of Bob Weir in January of this year, but as it turns out,

Michael Che is coming back to Netflix with another stand-up special. “Shot in Minnesota,” his third hour for the streamer, will premiere on Oct. 13. Che directed the special, which was taped at First Avenue in Minneapolis. He executive produces with Matthew Vaughan for Rotten Sci

A new player has entered the creator economy. HardScope, founded by Matt Kalish, is a media company with an in-house studio built around creator-led IP. The brand is launching its YouTube channel on Sept. 30 with a slate of digital series. The company’s goal is to create original

The network is 100 years old. The commercials, however, are new. NBCUniversal is trying to expand the sponsorship model it used for the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” in 2025 and customize it for its coming celebration of a century of its flagship broadcast network. If

“Minions & Monsters” will be available to stream Oct. 28 on Peacock. The seventh installment of the “Despicable Me” franchise released in theaters July 1 with a voice cast led by Allison Janney, Jeff Bridges and Jesse Eisenberg. Pierre Coffin, the series co-creator and voice of t

Alan Cumming is starring in “Avengers: Doomsday” but told SiriusXM point blank: “To be honest, I don’t fully understand the plot.” Not that Marvel allowed the returning “X-Men” star to read the full screenplay to the comic book tentpole, but even filming his scenes left Cumming w

James H. Rosenfield, Sr., a former top CBS executive who helped build the network into a cultural powerhouse, died Sept. 26. He was 97. Rosenfield spent two decades at CBS, during the years that brought programs like “All in the Family,” “M*A*S*H” and “60 Minutes.” Rosenfield was

Paramount and a coalition of 12 state attorneys general defended their antitrust settlement on Monday from a series of criticisms raised last week by New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker. In separate filings, the two sides argued that the deal was vigorously negotiated, has “teeth,” and s

The Savannah College of Art and Design will present Julianne Moore with the Icon Award at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, as it sets her film “The Dead Donkey,” Jesse Eisenberg’s musical comedy from A24, as the Centerpiece selection. The news comes following the announcement tha

When Bob Chapek assumed the helm of the Disney empire in February 2020 as Bob Iger’s personally picked successor, it felt like the well-earned pinnacle of decades of hard work at the Magic Kingdom. But in less than three years, Chapek’s dream was destroyed: He was abruptly dismis

Mickey Mouse is heading to the trail in a new collection from Columbia Sportswear. Disney has teamed up with the outerwear company for “Mickey’s Outdoor Club” collection, a lineup of fleece, rainwear, T-shirts and accessories “inspired by a classic family road trip,” according to

The memoir has become a new rite of passage for Hollywood stars, who have turned to the medium as a way to tell their stories in their own words, often for the first time ever. One of the most anticipated memoirs this year is Sylvester Stallone’s “The Steps,” in which the beloved

“Reacher” continues its win streak at Amazon, with Prime Video renewing the action series for a sixth season while Season 5 is still in production. The series, which stars Alan Ritchson in the title role, has been a consistent hit for Amazon since it originally launched in 2022.