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Erik Pedersen
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Erik has been a full-time journalist in Los Angeles for more than 35 years, the past 27 covering Hollywood. Before joining Deadline in 2013, he spent nearly 17 years at The Hollywood Reporter, rising to managing editor. He also wrote about music for THR; did hundreds of concert and TV reviews; covered such events as the Cannes Film Festival, NATPE and MIFED; and worked closely with the web team. Before that he was a cities editor at The Orange County Register after serving as managing editor of the Los Angeles Daily Commerce.
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UPDATED, 10:30 AM: RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Shangela won a round in court Wednesday as a judge dismissed two of the claims in a man’s lawsuit accusing of the We’re Here co-host of rape in 2020 in Louisiana.
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2023-24 Awards Season Calendar – Dates For Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, Tonys, Guilds & More
UPDATED with latest: The 2023 Emmys are going to be in 2024, and with voting for the TV honors ending Monday night, it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise.
Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like as the film-awards conversation starts to pick up again.
The Primetime Emmys…
Netflix Sets Egyptian Theatre Reopening For November With ‘The Killer’ Screening, David Fincher Q&A
The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood turned 100 last year — and now the venue is ready for its closeup. Netflix said today that the storied movie palace and birthplace of the red carpet will reopen next month after a three-year renovation and retrofit.
The streamer acquired the Egyptian in 2020 and…
‘Ferrari’ Trailer: Automotive Mogul Grapples With Clash Between His Personal & Professional Life In Biopic Starring Adam Driver
UPDATED, 7:45 AM: “Two objects cannot occupy the same point in space at the same moment in time.” So begins the official trailer for Michael Mann’s Ferrari, which finds automotive mogul Enzo Ferrari at a personal and professional crisis point in his life. “The corner races at you, you have perhaps a…
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Los Angeles On-Location Shoot Days Plunge Again Amid Summer Of Strikes; 7th Straight Quarterly Drop
The WGA strike is over, but the fallout from that and the ongoing SAG-AFTRA walkout continue to clobber film and TV production in Los Angeles. FilmLA reported today that on-location shooting days plunged again during the third quarter, dropping 41.4% over 2022 — the seventh consecutive quarterly…
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SAG-AFTRA & Video Game Biz To Resume Contract Talks In Effort To Avoid New Strike
It’s been nearly three weeks since SAG-AFTRA’s talks with the video game industry broke off, but a power-up is on the horizon. The union said today that negotiations for a new Interactive Media Agreement will continue. But as for when — stay tuned.
Bargaining “will continue with new dates to be…
Grammys To Honor 50 Years of Hip Hop With LL Cool J, Queen Latifah, Questlove & More
It’s been a half-century since DJ Kool Herc energized a West Bronx rec room and invented the most popular musical genre on the planet. Now the celebration is going primetime.
The Recording Academy said today that it will honor the legends of the game with A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop, a…
Senate Legislation Would Outlaw Unauthorized AI-Generated Likenesses; SAG-AFTRA Lauds “No Fakes Act”
Four U.S. senators today announced a discussion draft bill aimed at protecting actors, singers and others from having their voice and likeness generated by artificial intelligence. The bipartisan Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act, or NO FAKES Act (read it here), would hold…
Connor Bedard’s Debut Gives ESPN Its Most-Viewed Regular-Season NHL Game Ever
Connor Bedard has been called “The Future of Hockey” — since he was 13. Now a ripe old 18, the NHL’s No. 1 overall pic made his league debut Tuesday, and it became the most-viewed regular-season game ever on ESPN.
The rookie picked up his first NHL point with an assist during his Chicago Blackhawks…
Jonathan Dolgen Dies: Longtime Viacom, Fox & Sony Executive Known For Tough Dealmaking Was 78
UPDATED with memorial service details: Jonathan Dolgen, a respected longtime entertainment industry executive known for his tough dealmaking and attention to budgets while chairman of Viacom and earlier as President of Columbia Pictures’ film unit and head of television at Twentieth Century Fox, died…
Longtime ESPN Hockey Analyst Barry Melrose Retires After Parkinson’s Diagnosis
Barry Melrose, who has served as an NHL analyst at ESPN for nearly three decades and coached Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings to the Stanley Cup Final in 1993, has retired from the network after a Parkinson’s diagnosis.
“I’ve had over 50 extraordinary years playing, coaching and analyzing the…
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