Malcolm Mowbray, Director of ‘A Private Function,’ Dies at 74

his online girlfriend, Carmella. After already being told by producers that a man named Christian was pretending to be Carmella for the past four years he's been communicating with her exclusively over Snapchat, in this exclusive clip from Sunday's new episode of, Tyray refuses to let it go and hires a private investigator — and the new information he is presented with shocks him.During a previous episode, Tyray's sister, Lashanti, discovered Carmella's pictures on an escort website.

From one imaginary world to another, “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig is further building her movie-making resume.

Paul Justman, director of the acclaimed 2002 documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown as well as classic MTV-era music videos including the J. Geils Band’s “Centerfold” and Diana Ross’ “Muscles,” died March 7 at his home in the Hollywood Hills. He was 74.

Comedian Gabriel Iglesias is "happy to be alive" after a scary incident involving a private jet. The 46-year-old funny man nicknamed "Fluffy" shared video on his social media of a private plane he had been a passenger on sitting in a muddy field with people walking away toward emergency services. "Emergency landing!!!" the comedian wrote on Instagram.

Talina Fernándezdied this past Wednesday after battling Leukemia. The 78-year-old media personality had her funeral yesterday, which was attended by her closest friends and family.Talina Fernandez, iconic Mexican TV personality, dies at 78Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’ mom reveals the last text she received from the late dancerRiley Keough to pay Priscilla Presley to settle family disputeA post shared by Revistainfluencer (@revistainfluencer)Telemundo reports that Fernández’s wake was hosted in her home and that it was a private ceremony.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor The Alliance of Women Directors has named Melanie Mack as its new executive director. AWD is a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles that advocates for women directors in film, television and new media. Mack, who is CEO of Codega Media — a multi-media company she founded in 2016 which produces and curates content created by women — will lead the member organization in its efforts to increase opportunities for women and nonbinary directors working in the screened content industry through robust advocacy, craft development programs and mentorship.

Yes, you read that right - the contents of Her Majesty's diaries and private letters could potentially be made available to the general public sometime in the near future according to reports from The Telegraph. 

Sometimes, stars aren’t just like Us. Court documents in Kevin Costner’s ongoing divorce proceedings with estranged wife Christine Baumgartner reveal how the celebrated actor spends his nearly $20 million-a-year salary — and some of the recurring expenses that have prompted Baumgartner to request $248,000 a month in support.

Bad Bunny and Kendall Jenner really don’t want to talk about their relationship.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner was about 7, he made a prediction.“I told my parents that I was going to either be a famous poet, a famous actor or famous basketball player,” he told me on this week’s “Renaissance Man,” adding, “so don’t ask about my game.”We all know Malcolm-Jamal went on to play Theo Huxtable on iconic sitcom “The Cosby Show.” But he’s also a musician, a poet and, most recently, starred on Fox’s anthology “Accused.” So, there’s plenty to talk about without bringing up his jump shot. He’s the definition of a renaissance man.Malcolm-Jamal’s father went to Langston Hughes’ alma mater, Lincoln University, with poet Gil Scott-Heron.

 reboot is in the works!On Tuesday, Bryan Cranston revealed that he's working on a script for a revival of the Fox family comedy.Cranston was a guest on , where he was asked by a fan about the odds of a  revival, and if there was truth to the rumors that he's penned a script for the series.«Yes, I would say that on a scale of 1-10, I'd say an 8 that we'll do a reunion, movie or show or something,» Cranston answered when asked about the probability of the show's return. «And yes, we have been working on concepts of story, plots and things like that.» The series followed a dysfunctional lower-middle-class family with Frankie Muniz in the lead role as Malcolm, a child prodigy.

Stage and screen star Paxton Whitehead has died at age 85.

Friends, Frasier, Ellen, 3rd Rock from the Sun and The Drew Carey Show. But it was the recurring role of Hal Conway in Mad About You for which he was best known by TV viewers. He played the wife of Judy Geeson’s Maggie in nine episodes.

Paxton Whitehead, the prolific and acclaimed actor whose career stretched from 17 Broadway productions, a recurring role on the hit 1990s sitcom Mad About You and a memorable turn as a snooty professor who takes an instant disliking to Rodney Dangerfield’s crude self-made man in 1986’s Back To School, died June 16 at a hospital in Arlington, VA. He was 85.

Ben Croll Leading the news and documentary jury at this year’s Monte-Carlo Television Festival, Peabody and Emmy-winning filmmaker Tom Jennings has seen the non-fiction business trend toward premium offerings with more event series – an evolution shared across much of the larger television landscape and pushed, in no small part, by streamers. “Ten to 15 years ago, we were a ratings driven business,” he tells Variety. “Now, it’s a question of getting people to sign up and stick around because what they like is on a given platform.” For companies likes Jennings’ 1895 Films (named for the year the Lumière brothers screened their first films – all of them non-fiction, he adds) the shifting terrain has resulted in shorter episode order with greater budgets as docs and dramas find themselves showcased alongside one another with little divide.

Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy believes that Prince Harry is "suffering" following his royal exit. The Duke of Sussex, the younger son of King Charles III, and his wife Meghan Markle married in 2018 at Windsor Castle. Despite a fairy tale wedding that hinted at a happily ever after, the couple stepped down as working royals in 2020.

Big Pokey (aka Melvin Powell) has passed away at age 45. 

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Duncan Heath’s legendary London agency Independent Talent Group is coming off the sales block. Variety understands that the U.K. company has secured a private equity buyer, and that a due diligence period is currently underway. The specific private equity firm involved in the deal isn’t currently known, though sources indicate that a well-known and respected entertainment executive is involved in the outfit. Sources tell Variety that CAA was at one point talking to Independent Talent, but that the U.S. agency — which acquired ICM Partners for $750 million last year — pulled away from a sales conversation in recent months. Other interested parties that have been in the mix in the last year are believed to include WME and Wasserman.

TikTok.  US lipreader Nina Dellinger, who told the New York Times she discovered her lipreading skills at school after understanding what a classmate said across a room despite not hearing a word, has seen her version of Taylor Swift's conversation with Phoebe Bridgers at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in March viewed thousands of times. The clip shows Swift deep in conversation with Bridgers, who had presented the Shake it Off star with an award, as they were seated in the front row at the high profile event.

EXCLUSIVE: A feature adaptation of John William Polidori’s classic 19th-century gothic novel The Vampyre, one of the first English language novels to feature blood-sucking creatures, is in the works at Milky Way Media and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) and Derek Jacobi (Murder on the Orient Express) are attached to lead.