A Russian-Israeli oligarch’s banishment from the U.S. sets into motion a chain of events involving a boxer, blackmail, and a sex scandal.
Cuba Gooding Jr.
The nominees for the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards were announced today, and with no surprise, HBO took the top spot raking in 22 nominations while ABC and Netflix tied for second with 14 nods. With critically acclaimed shows like The Americans, the new Donald Glover comedy Atlanta, and the uber-successful The People Vs. OJ Simpson FX ranked fourth.
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 68th Primtime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday in a swiftly-paced event that saw plenty of perennial favorites take home statues, including Game of Thrones and Veep, as well as some first-time wins for stars Kate McKinnon, Rami Malek, and Tatiana Maslany. See the full list of winners from television’s biggest night.
This year’s nominations included the usual appearances from House Of Cards, Game Of Thrones, and Modern Family as well as attention for newcomers like Mr. Robot, The Night Manager, and Master Of None.
The trial wasn’t the whole story. Watch the trailer for American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson. Get the truth this February on FX.
A roundup of the week’s TV casting news!
Story focuses on the historic–and often violent–marches that took place in Selma, Alabama in 1965, which marked the political and emotional peak of the civil rights movement.
A roundup of the week’s TV casting news!
The Oscar winning actor is developing a boxing project for TV.
“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” actor joins action thriller.
In a move from CAA.
The story of Eugene Allen, an African-American, who worked as butler in the White House, serving eight presidents from 1952 to 1986.
Logline: When a team of mercenaries attacks a training facility a former SWAT team leader, who’s being shadowed by an arrogant movie star researching a role, must organize the survivors to fight back.
Logline: A newly widowed woman pairs up with a federal agent to uncover the mystery behind her deceased husband’s double life.
Lee Daniels eyes two more for the his period piece.
Logline: Story centers on a man who confides his problems to a stranger he meets in a bar and, in a drunken moment, gives the stranger a list of the five people he’d like to see dead; the people on his list are soon being killed off.
Logline: The story of Eugene Allen, an African-American, who worked as butler in the White House, serving eight presidents from 1952 to 1986.
Logline: A mafia hitman goes on the run when he discovers he is the target of an unknown enemy.
