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Entertainment law firm Gendler & Kelly has named attorney Sarah Cunningham partner. This is the first promotion to partner at the Beverly Hills-based boutique firm since it was launched by founding partners Michael Gendler and Kevin Kelly 26 years ago.

Universal Pictures has been desperate to turn their iconic Universal Monsters characters into a cinematic universe.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman are partnering on a new production company under the CBS Studios umbrella, Variety has learned.The company, 25 Stories, is being built around promoting the voices of people of color and guiding them on entertainment career paths.

Writing partners Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman have teamed up to establish 25 Stories, a new label at CBS Studios, where both are under big overall deals. Led by longtime NBC current executive Bruce Evans, who will serve as EVP, the venture is aimed at amplifying diverse voices and creating sustainable career paths for people of color, from staff writer to showrunner.

Alex Kurtzman, the top producer on CBS Studios’ roster and architect of the studio’s Star Trek universe, has closed a massive new nine-figure overall deal there for his Secret Hideout banner. No financial terms are being disclosed but I hear the pact is in the $150 million range, putting Kurtzman in the very top tier of television writer-producers.

Disclosure, a clever and concise history of transgender and non-binary representation in the media, actress-writer Jen Richards made quite an impression on the creators of Clarice, the new Silence of the Lambs spinoff on CBS.

EXCLUSIVE: The epic, years-long battle between Al Capone and Eliot Ness, who clashed on the biggest stage in the world on their way to becoming ultimate American enemies, is the subject of a new TV series in early development at Showtime, from Alex Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout, run by Heather Kadin, and CBS Studios where the company is based.

The Man Who Fell To Earth is getting another new home.

After years out of the spotlight, one of the most influential characters in pop culture history returns in the CBS launch of “Clarice,” a show that picks up not long after the action of “The Silence of the Lambs” by Thomas Harris, adapted into one of the most awarded and beloved film thrillers of all time.

EXCLUSIVE: Douglas Smith (The Alienist) is set for a recurring role in CBS’ Silence of the Lambs sequel series Clarice, from Jenny Lumet, Alex Kurtzman, MGM Television and CBS Studios.

The upcoming “Silence of the Lambs” TV sequel, “Clarice“, will not feature any mention of Hannibal Lecter, according to execs on the show. 

Clarice is a new series coming to CBS in just a few months that will continue The Silence of the Lambs franchise.

Ready for the sequel to “Silence of the Lambs” that you didn’t know you needed until now? Well, okay, maybe you still don’t need it, per se, but you’re going to get it anyway, courtesy of the new CBS crime series, “Clarice.” READ MORE: Mads Mikkelsen Would Love To See ‘Hannibal’ Season 4 Tackle ‘Silence Of The Lambs’ Forget what you thought you saw in the 2001 feature film, “Hannibal,” which served as the sequel to the classic 1991 film.

CBS All Access series. The 19-year-old, who uses the pronouns he/him or they/them, came into the fold after executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise saw his work on Netflix's short-lived series, , where Alexander played Buck Vu.

Silence of the Lambs sequel series, titled Clarice, has confirmed a number of plot details.Executive producer Alex Kurtzman has explained how the show will not be a procedural, focusing instead on one single serialised story that follows Clarice Starling in the aftermath of the Oscar-winning film’s events.“I’ll tell what we didn’t want [the TV series] to be.

Star Trek: Discovery's Season 3 premiere, which arrives Thursday, Oct. 15 on CBS All Acess, the cast and crew of the sci-fi series have beamed down a special gift for Trekkies: a sneak peek at the opening scene.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterWith just a month left in the campaign, Hollywood Democrats are turning their fundraising efforts toward winning back the U.S. Senate.On Wednesday night, actor Seth Rogen appeared at a virtual fundraiser for Jaime Harrison, the Democrat in a tight race with Sen.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterThe “Star Trek” franchise has a fan-following like no other. The creatives behind the long-running show are back with “Star Trek: Short Treks,” 10 to 15 minute stand-alone stories that allow audiences to dive deeper into the key themes and characters from “Star Trek: Discovery” and “Star Trek: Picard.”“Star Trek: Short Treks” creator and executive producer Alex Kurtzman joined Variety Artisans editor Jazz Tangcay on Aug.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorSpeaking at the virtual Contenders Television: The Nominees event, Star Trek: Short Treks executive producer Alex Kurtzman said that the unique aspect of the Emmy-nominated series are the experiments it allows and its bridge to the greater Trekverse.“I love the idea of using the shorts to run an experiment, which is how we can tell a satisfying Start Trek stories in a shorter form, often the kinds of scenes or the kinds of stories that would be happening on

Animated science fiction has come a long way since “Star Trek: The Animated Series” in the ‘70s, with shows like “Futurama” and “Rick & Morty” using the budgetary freedom allowed by the form to truly go where no man has gone before.

Lena Horne will be the focus of a new limited series at Showtime.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterShowtime is developing a limited series about entertainment icon and activist Lena Horne.The series is currently titled “Blackbird: Lena Horne and America,” named for Horne’s favorite poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” Jenny Lumet, Horne’s granddaughter, will co-write the first few episodes of the series with Alex Kurtzman, with both also executive producing.The series will span 60 years of Horne’s life, from dancing at the Cotton Club when she was 16,

Peter White Television EditorThe life of entertainer and activist Lena Horne is to be turned into a limited series by Showtime with Alex Kurtzman and her granddaughter Jenny Lumet.The ViacomCBS-backed cable network is developing Blackbird: Lena Horne and America and will tell her story from dancing at the Cotton Club when she was 16, through World War II and stardom of the MGM years, McCarthyism, the civil rights movement and her triumphant return to Broadway.It will explore her relationships

Whoopi Goldberg has a chance to return to her roots! 

Sir Patrick Stewart stopped by The View on Wednesday morning to promote the series premiere of Star Trek: Picard and turned his visit into a very special moment for View co-host Whoopi Goldberg, who recurred on Star Trek: The Next Generation with Stewart over 30 years ago.

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“Star Trek: Picard” actor Sir Patrick Stewart himself landed the newest cast member for Season 2: Whoopi Goldberg.

In an emotional moment on Wednesday’s episode of “The View,” Patrick Stewart invited Whoopi Goldberg to appear on the second season of CBS All Access’ “Star Trek: Picard,” reprising her character of Guinan from “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”

The picture of how the “Star Trek” creative galaxy will interconnect on TV and in movies became clearer at the TCA winter press tour on Sunday, and the short answer is: not very much.