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Joe Otterson TV ReporterRenée Zellweger has lined up another TV role with NBCUniversal. Variety has learned exclusively that the actress is set to star in the drama “Avenger Field” that is in development at Peacock.The one-hour drama series, which hails from MGM Television, tells the story of those that established a clandestine all female US Airforce program called the WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) to battle Hitler from home. Inspired by the true story of WASP leader Jackie Cohran (Zellweger) and the diverse group of women who fought the system, skeptics and even sabotage to bring everyone home safely.Felicia D.

Alan Ladd Jr, the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit Star Wars, has died aged 84. Ladd Jr died on Wednesday, his daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who directed the documentary Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies, wrote in a Facebook post. No cause of death was given.

NEW YORK -- Alan Ladd Jr., the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit “Star Wars,” has died. He was 84.Ladd died Wednesday, his daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who directed the documentary “Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies," wrote in a Facebook post.

Alan Ladd Jr, the veteran film producer who won a Best Picture Oscar for Braveheart, commissioned George Lucas to write Star Wars and was a longtime executive for Fox and MGM, died today, his family said. He was 84.

She's been sporting various different looks during her time on Dancing On Ice, and Corrie star Sally Dynevor wowed with her latest transformation.

Sally Dynevor has been dealt a blow ahead of her Dancing On Ice performance this weekend.

Renee Zellweger is unrecognizable as Pam Hupp, the real-life woman at the center of the anticipated NBC true-crime series,. In the first official trailer and images, audiences get a peek at the Oscar-winning actress’ dramatic transformation into the Missouri mother turned murderer. In the upcoming series co-starring Josh Duhamel as defense attorney Joel Schwartz, Judy Greer as prosecutor Leah Askey and Katy Mixon as Betsy Faria, Zellweger plays Pam, whose deeply diabolical and deadly scheme was exposed by a chain of events following the overturning of Russ Faria’s conviction in the 2011 murder of his wife. The real-life story quickly captured the attention of America and was detailed in several popular episodes of and chronicled in the 2019 podcast . “The twists and turns of this saga are truly stranger than fiction,” said Susan Rovner, Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, adding, “This series will bring a completely new perspective to a story that has already captivated millions.”Meanwhile, Zellweger is no stranger to transforming her body onscreen, as previously seen in and, for which she won her second Oscar portraying Judy Garland at the end of her career. While speaking to , which first debuted the images of the six-part limited series, Zellweger described what went into becoming Pam.

Carleton Carpenter, an actor whose lanky, aw-shucks cornpone good looks made him a familiar supporting presence opposite such leading ladies as Debbie Reynolds, Judy Garland and Elizabeth Taylor throughout the 1950s, died today in Warwick, New York, following years of declining health. He was 95.

Sasha Urban editorCarleton Carpenter, who performed on stage and screen alongside stars such as Debbie Reynolds in “Two Weeks With Love” and Judy Garland in “Summer Stock,” died Monday in Warwick, N.Y., according to his reps. He was 95.Carpenter was a multi-hyphenate artist whose career spanned eight decades.

There was a Coronation Street reunion on Dancing On Ice that viewers may have missed.

Coronation Street star Sally Dynevor wowed fans as she adopted a very different look from her Weatherfield character on Dancing On Ice.

Coronation Street actress Sally Dynevor sent Dancing On Ice fans wild on Sunday's episode as she unveiled a new hair transformation. For the ITV show's Movie Week, the actress, 58, who has played Sally Metcalfe on the cobbles for more than 30 years, wore a brown wig complete with a fringe as she portrayed Judy Garland on ice.

ET sat down with the late Judy Garland‘s daughters, Liza Minnelli and Lorna Luft, for a special ET exclusive, and they shared priceless memories of growing up with the beloved movie star as their mother.

Judy Garland's daughters, Liza Minnelli and Lorna Luft, for a special ET exclusive, and they shared priceless memories of growing up with the beloved movie star as their mother.The star would have been 100 years old on June 10, but she died in 1969 of an accidental drug overdose. She was 47 years old. Garland had 75-year-old Minnelli with her second husband, Vincente Minnelli, and 69-year-old Luft is Garland's daughter with her third husband, Sidney Luft.

CBS Sunday Morning alongside her friend Michael Feinstein and looked back on her time in the spotlight.“I thought my mother was perfect, perfect,” Minnelli said. “Every little thing she did. But my father – there was no one in the world like my father, and I’m so much like him.”“The Sterile Cuckoo” star revealed that in Nov.

Richard Williams, the controversial father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.Director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s grand slam of a movie is an odd duck because, generally speaking, biographies tend to be made about huge names — Judy Garland, Jackie O., Tonya Harding — and their moms, dads, bosses and old flames are merely colorful side characters who come and go. Not this one.

Harry Styles cut a cool figure as Dorothy from The Wizard Of Oz when he took the stage at Madison Square Garden on October 30. The 27-year-old hitmaker has returned to New York City for two Halloween-themed concerts, and channeled Judy Garland‘s iconic character from the hit 1939 film.

Harry Styles took to the stage at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday for his two-night “Harryween” event.

Queen of Soul’s biopic, “Respect” wasn’t originally Aretha Franklin’s own song.Another soul great — Otis Redding — wrote the tune and released it before Franklin had even made her breakthrough with 1967’s “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You).”But who did it better? Here, we face off 10 classic covers against their originals — and share which song comes out on top.Otis Redding (1965) vs.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalogue titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorJoe Morella, a former Variety reporter who became a biographer of numerous Hollywood stars, died Aug. 13 of Covid-related illness in San Diego, Calif.

Barbra Streisand has opened up about how she really feels after watching Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s version of the acclaimed film A Star Is Born.The legendary actress known for her iconic roles in Funny Girl, Yentl, Hello Dolly and the 1976 version of A Star Is Born, decided to comment on the latest production, describing the storyline as the “wrong idea.”Barbra went on to explain that when she prepared for her role, she was nervous about her performance after seeing how great Judy Garland d

starred in the ’70s-era flick with Kris Kristofferson.

Barbra Streisand is opening up about her thoughts on “A Star Is Born”.

Barbra Streisand has weighed in on the recent A Star Is Born remake, suggesting that it was “the wrong idea”.The 2018 film, which starred Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, is the third remake of the classic 1937 film following the 1954 version starring Judy Garland and James Mason, and Streisand and Kris Kristofferson’s 1976 film.Speaking on The Sunday Project, Streisand reflected on the latest incarnation: “At first, when I heard it was going to be done again, it was supposed to be Will Smith and

university announced.Matt Ripa, a lecturer and operations coordinator for drama and music at the Catholic University of America, was decluttering a space in the Hartke building when he stumbled across the precious “Wizard of Oz” costume.While he was cleaning, Ripa spotted a trash bag on top of a set of mailboxes and was curious as to what was inside. To his surprise, it was a shoebox containing the blue-and-white dress.“I couldn’t believe it,” Ripa said in the blog post.

The mystery of a missing dress that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” has finally been solved.