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EXCLUSIVE: Thruline Entertainment has promoted longtime talent manager Ashley Franklin to Partner.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter HBO Max is developing a drama series based on the life of Heidi Fleiss, Variety has learned exclusively. The untitled series hails from writer and executive producer Maggie Cohn, who most recently served as the co-showrunner on HBO Max’s critically acclaimed limited series “The Staircase.” Fleiss will serve as a consultant on the project. Emma Tillinger Koskoff (“Joker,” The Irishman”) of First Love Films will also executive produce, along with Alex Goldstone (“Dickinson”) for Anonymous Content, Bill Gerber (“Muhammed Ali,” “A Star Is Born”) of Gerber Pictures, and David Bernon, Paul Bernon, and Sam Slater of Burn Later Productions (“Support the Girls,” “Mile 22,” “Drinking Buddies”).

EXCLUSIVE: CAA on Tuesday announced its signing of Allison Janney — the Academy Award-winning actress who has also been recognized over the course of her career with six Emmys, a Golden Globe, 7 SAG Awards, 2 Critics’ Choice Awards, a BAFTA, an Independent Spirit Award and other accolades.

CAA is kicking off Oscars weekend with a star-studded-party!

So many celebs showed up to help Carol Burnett celebrate her 90th birthday a little early!

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran comedic actress Anna Faris (Mom) has returned to CAA for representation, having previously inked there at a couple of points over the last decade-plus.

Missing her onscreen mom. Denise Richards paid tribute to Kirstie Alley after the actress’ death from colon cancer at age 71.

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of its 20th anniversary, Thruline Entertainment has announced two key promotions. Sam Sazant has been elevated to Los Angeles-based manager with an emphasis on talent, and Rebecca Mazouz has been named as a literary coordinator at the management-production company.

Michaela Watkins (Casual, The Dropout) and Veep alum Dan Bakkedahl will lead the cast of Amazon Freevee’s series Dinner with the Parents, a remake of the long-running British comedy Friday Night Dinner, which is being produced by CBS Studios and Big Talk.

Dahmer, which had already been anointed as the second-biggest series in Netflix history based on the company’s own data, dominated Nielsen’s U.S. streaming chart for September 19 to 25.

The new trailer for The People We Hate At The Wedding is finally here!

those guests that wreak some kind of havoc. In “The People We Hate at the Wedding,” those guests are Kristen Bell, Ben Platt and Allison Janney — and they know it.In the first trailer for Prime Video’s upcoming movie, based on the book of the same name, the trio is a family jetting off to England to celebrate the wedding of Eloise (Cynthia Addai-Robinson).

Sight Unseen, Makeready and Hillman Grad Productions’ A Thousand and One will be released in theaters on March 31, 2023 from Focus Features.

EXCLUSIVE: Who Do You Think You Are?, the rebooted genealogy docuseries, is the latest unscripted series to find itself in limbo.

Blonde, the Marilyn Monroe biopic, premiered on Netflix and it took the second spot on the charts. The Ana de Armas-starring movie got an 11-minute standing ovation when it was screened at the Venice Film Festival.

Kaia Gerber is getting ready for a day of filming!

donation page reads.The special crossover reunion will also feature Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen, Tony Hale, Gary Cole, Richard Schiff, Matt Walsh, Anna Chlumsky, Mary McCormack, Timothy Simons, Janel Maloney and Melissa Fitzgerald.Louis-Dreyfus and Janney have publicly supported the Democratic Party and called out former President Donald Trump, as the fictional “Veep” vice president lightened the mood at the 2020 Democratic National Convention with pointed critiques and “The West Wing” star noted that Trump had “divided [the U.S.] like it was back in the Civil War.”“We have joined forces with ‘The West Wing’ because winning Wisconsin this November is crucial to saving American democracy,” Louis-Dreyfus told The Hollywood Reporter. “And also because when MAGA Republicans are beaten and democracy thrives and flourishes, ‘Veep’ seems much funnier and less sad.” The event will support the democratic party in the battleground state as gears up for the midterm elections this November.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features Editor Allison Janney has found that, depending on the person and location, people want to talk to her about different projects. “Sometimes a person will come up to me and I’m sure they’re a ‘West Wing’ person but they say ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ is their favorite movie,” says the 62-year-old actress. “Or I’ll think they’re about to talk about ‘Mom’ and they saw me in ‘A View from the Bridge’ on Broadway. It’s really fun to have people know all these different things.” Yet after so many iconic roles, Janney is still finding she can do new things on screen. Case in point, her latest movie, “Lou,” now available to stream on Netflix, finds her playing an action hero. Not only that, she’s the film’s lead – something she didn’t realize until an interview with Variety.

Allison Janney and Jurnee Smollett are stepping out for the premiere of their new Netflix movie!

Allison Janney is looking back on her time working alongside Elliot Page in the 2007 film, . ET's Denny Directo spoke to Janney at the premiere of her new film, , where she spoke about the film, which celebrates its 15th anniversary later this year.«Oh my God, Elliot Page — having the best time with him on that movie,» Janney gushed. «And reading the script, Diablo Cote's script was something that just was so, it was like nothing else I'd ever read before, and I knew it when I read it, I was excited to be a part of that, and Jason Reitman, the director's extraordinary.»It was a wonderful experience I had yeah," she added. While Page, who has since come out as transgender, earned an Oscar nomination for their work in the film, he told  in June, that it was at the height of the film's success that he was struggling with his identity the most.«During awards-season time, I was closeted, dressed in heels and the whole look — I wasn’t okay, and I didn’t know how to talk about that with anyone,» Page recalled.«I can't pinpoint a 'worst' day,» he continued, «but when was blowing up — this sounds strange to people, and I get that people don’t understand.

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Brent Lang Executive Editor Momentum Pictures has purchased the North American and U.K. rights to Michael Morris’ “To Leslie,” a drama with Andrea Riseborough that had its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. The film will be released in theaters and on VOD on Oct. 7. Riseborough starts as a West Texas mother who wins the lottery and drinks it away just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. She comes home in the hopes of achieving redemption. Riseborough leads an ensemble that includes Oscar-winner Allison Janney (“I, Tonya”), Marc Maron (“Maron”), Owen Teague (‘The Stand”), James Landry Hebert (“Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”), Andre Royo (“The Wire”) and Stephen Root (“Barry”).

“The School for Good and Evil,” which debuts Oct. 19 and stars Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington. There’s also Tim Burton’s TV series “Wednesday,” which doesn’t yet have a release date but is a series-long spin on the Addams Family daughter starring Jenna Ortega.And master of Netflix horror Mike Flanagan – the mind behind the “Haunting of Hill House” and “Bly Manor” shows as well as “Midnight Mass” – is back with his Christopher Pike adaptation “The Midnight Club,” which premieres Oct.

EXCLUSIVE: The Great North co-creators Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin are extending their relationship with the studio behind the popular animated comedy, signing a new overall deal with 20th Television Animation.

The new trailer for Netflix’s action-packed “Lou” has been released.

Allison Janney searches for a missing child with Jurnee Smollett in the first look trailer for their new Netflix movie, Lou.

Netflix has unveiled a trailer and first-look photos for its action-thriller Lou, starring Oscar winner Allison Janney (I, Tonya) and Emmy nominee Jurnee Smollett (Lovecraft Country), which is slated for release on September 23rd.