Sony Streaming Outlet Pure Flix, Known For ‘God’s Not Dead’ Franchise, To Merge With Great American Media; Hallmark Channel Alum Bill Abbott To Run Combined Entity

Mansa, a free, ad-supported streaming service centered on Black culture, has struck a distribution deal with AMC Theatres to have its original features and series exhibited in theaters nationwide.

Miley Cyrus is adding additional insight into a statement she made about touring in a recent interview.

BreAnna Bell “The Mother” continues to lead all of Netflix titles for the second consecutive week with 92 million hours viewed during the May 15-21 viewing window. Thus, pushing the show to hit more than 90 million views. Netflix calculates total views by dividing the total hours watched, (178.1 million hours) by total runtime (1.96 hours). Spinoffs reigned supreme on the English-Language TV chart. Taking the no. 1 spot on the list is “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story,” which managed an additional 82.39 million hours viewed. In its third week among the popular titles chart, Shonda Rhimes’ Georgian era tale also appeared in the Top 10 in 89 countries. Coming just beneath is the “To All the Boys” sequel series, “XO, Kitty” which opened to 72.08 million hours viewed following its May 18 debut. Starring Anna Cathcart (Kitty Song Covey) and Minyeong Choi (Dae), the YA rom-com had over 14 total views and appeared in the Top 10 in 90 countries.

They’re much better. Joe Jonas hopes his reputation as one of Taylor Swift‘s ex-boyfriends has improved in the years since they called it quits — but he understands why fans weren’t happy with him at first.

This Sunday sees Manchester United host Manchester City in the penultimate game of the Women’s Super League season.

EastEnders icon Cindy Beale is reportedly coming back from the dead in an explosive new storyline on the BBC soap.The character, who was played by Michelle Collins, now 60, in the 80s and 90s, became one of the most well-known and legendary ever to grace Albert Square, especially because of her dramatic and on-again off-again relationship with Ian Beale, who is played by Adam Woodyatt, 54. Now, bosses are said to be gearing up for a dramatic return for both Walford favourites, in a bid to shake-up and revive the beloved series. While both actors are reportedly already back and working on set, they're said to be filming their scenes from the exciting new plot in secret.

It looks like it’s bad luck for Aziz Ansari‘s “Good Fortune.” THR reports that the current WGA writers’ strike has forced Lionsgate and Ansari to indefinitely suspend filming on the project. Lionsgate made the decision last night after picketers interrupted filming in LA’s Koreatown two days in a row earlier this week, on May 16 and 17.

Billy Ray and Todd Garner are back after the third week of the WGA standoff on Deadline’s Strike Talk podcast.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor K5 Media Group has rebooted its international sales arm, K5 Intl., recruiting five industry veterans. It will sell and distribute eight to 10 new titles a year, across both film and TV. In its former incarnation, K5 Intl., which was founded by Oliver Simon and Daniel Baur, represented premium film titles like “ANON,” directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Amanda Seyfried and Clive Owen; Cannes competition title “Paterson,” directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Adam Driver; and Academy Award nominee “Land of Mine,” directed by Martin Zandvliet. K5 Intl. will be represented by its partners in Paris, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Berlin and Cologne.

told co-host Donna Farizan Wednesdsy night on SiriusXM’s “The Happy Hour.”Lautner’s wife, Taylor Dome, joined him and said she knew his comment would go viral among Taylor Swift’s fans, who did indeed react positively. “She’s like, that’s gonna really trigger the Swifties. Or, I mean, they’re supportive of it,” Lautner added of his wife Taylor’s thoughts.

The CW revealed three more unscripted series after presenting its fall schedule.

William Earl Studio71, a digital content firm that works with social media creators, is set to launch two video game-oriented free streaming channels on Amazon’s Freevee platform. The Gameplay Networks outlets will largely revolve around the company’s gaming-focused creators with an emphasis on mega-popular platforms such as Minecraft and Roblox gameplay, reviews and tutorials. “Today, gaming content represents one of the top entertainment verticals, and we are proud to launch on Amazon Freevee,” said Adam Boorstin, co-CEO of Studio71. “We work with some of the top gamers in the world, and we look forward to bringing their content to connected TVs alongside legacy entertainment brands on Amazon Freevee.”

Not Dead Yet is very much alive. ABC has renewed the hit workplace comedy series starring Gina Rodriguez for a second season. The news was announced Tuesday ahead of Disney/ABC’s upfront presentation in New York.

Billy Ray and Todd Garner recap the second week of the WGA standoff on Deadline’s Strike Talk podcast. They then interview with John Wells, producer of shows from ER to The West Wing and former chief negotiator for the WGA.

“Bridgerton” fans who’ve binge-watched the prequel spin-off “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” have been wondering about the fate of one of the series’ characters.

she fairs in the kitchen and that “dirty secret” that everyone wants to know.“The Great American Baking Show,” which currently airs on Roku, has Hollywood as well as famed restauranteur Prue Leith returning as judges for the six 60-minute episodes that were shot, surprisingly, in the UK. Kemper was thrilled to step in as co-host because she too is a fan of the show across the pond.“It’s such a comforting, uplifting, light show with like real emotion. I think that’s why people connect to it,” she said, pointing out that it’s also a non-competitive competition show in which the bakers even help each other out when they’re in a pinch.

Jennifer Coolidge was honored with the Comedic Genius award at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Although the show turned into a clip show due to the writers strike, the White Lotus star accepted her award via a pretaped message.

Icon alert! Jennifer Coolidge was awarded the Comedic Genius Award at the 2023 MTV Movie and TV Awards.

Movie star Chris Pratt will not apologize for being a man of faith, acknowledging that the scrutiny he has received in the past for being outspoken in his beliefs is not of concern. While at a screening for his upcoming film "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

and, Ellie Kemper is returning to TV as the co-host of, the Roku Channel's revived spinoff of the British baking competition. Ahead of the new season's debut, Kemper spoke to ET about stepping into the famed tent and getting to work with longtime judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, who left a particularly notable impression on her. When asked who was more intimidating in person, Kemper revealed that it was the fashionable restaurateur. «I honestly find it to be Prue because she is a lady.