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Exclusive: Eliseo Ruiz has joined the talent department at Vision Entertainment after having spent the last four years as a manager at Afa Prime Talent Media. He will be based at the company’s Los Angeles office.

He brings to the company, “an extensive background in the International and US entertainment industries, his addition underscores the company’s commitment to authentic and impactful talent representation on both local and global scales,” touts Vision Entertainment in a release.

Among Ruiz’s clients are Heels series regular Robby Ramos, Ariel Award winners Adriana Paz and Noe Hernandez; as well as Mexican stars, Ana Brenda Contreras, Camila Sodi and Cassandra Ciangherotti.

Originally from La Habana, Cuba, Ruiz began his journey in the entertainment industry in Mexico City where he started as an assistant to casting director Carla Hool. Transitioning to talent management, Ruiz spent six years at a Latin American management firm before...

Telemundo will add two starry telenovelas, “El Conde: Amor y Honor” and “Vuelve a Mi,” and a ninth season of its hit drama series “El Señor de los Cielos” to its 2023-24 primetime slate.

Telemundo is bringing star Fernando Colunga back to the screen after a multi-year break from novelas for “El Conde,” an established novela format. Telemundo’s spin is a period drama set in the 1930s and ’50s, revolving around a man who is thought to have died in jail but turns up 17 years later to the surprise of his family and associates. Other cast members include Ana Brenda Contreras, Marjorie de Sousa, Chantal Andere and Sergio Sendel. It was shot stages and on location

“Vuelve a Mi” is also a high-budget production, a love-triangle mystery revolving around characters who lives intertwine after a woman’s son is kidnapped. The series, set to run about 90 episodes, stars William Levy,...

“El Señor de los Cielos” will ramp up even more of the war on narcos as the Telemundo series enters its ninth season.

“This is a narco series, however, it deals with a bunch of things happening to the family in relationships [and] in the family ties, but people want to see more of the narco world, so we’re gonna make sure we bring more of that,” Telemundo Global Studios production and development EVP Karen Barroeta told TheWrap. “The war on the narcos between Colombia and Mexico is going to be coming back.”

As the series spotlights the narco world even more than before, audiences might recognize El Cabo, who makes his triumphant return for the full ninth season.

Protagonist Aurelio (Rafael Amaya) also returns better than ever for the next chapter in the series with a new lease on life, settling back into his beloved persona as a true...

Mel McKeon and Laura Myones Ruf have been working side by side so long that it’s common they finish each other’s sentences. That comes in helpful, especially now, as the veteran talent managers have a lot to talk about.

It’s been a year since the two, who started working together in 1997 with Myones starting as McKeon’s assistant, rebranded their McKeon/Myones Entertainment to Afa Prime Talent, a transition that has signaled a new era for their management-production company.

Together, they have maintained a client roster of busy actors including Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale), Sarah Shahi (Black Adam, Sex/Life), Alona Tal (Cross), Shioli Kutsuna (Deadpool 2, Invasion), Vivian Wu (Afterparty, Irma Vep), Michael Trucco (Average Joe), Thomas Barbusca (The Mick, Chad), Sean Patrick Thomas (Till, For All Mankind and The Boys spinoff Gen V), Missi Pyle (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Y: The Last Man), Elaine Hendrix...

A Not So Merry Christmas is a Mexican film directed by Mark Alazraki, starring Mauricio Ochmann and Ana Brenda Contreras.

A Mexican version of Groundhog Day (1993), this Netflix production starts well (with a musical number of dance and Christmas carols) and gradually becomes more and more deflated consumed by the inevitable Christmas spirit.

Premise

Chuy has become a bit grumpy and self-centered, having reached midlife, married and father to two. This year he is doomed to relive Christmas day after day in a terrifying space time glitch until he starts appreciating the season.

Movie Review

It has a good premise: a man who hate Christmas that coincidentally falls on the same date as his birthday. May Frank Capra’s everlasting Christmas Spirit forgive me, but it seems that many of us feel like this (even Stephen King), and we relate to the protagonist, and are already fed up with the season,...

The Latin Grammys have officially named the hosts for this year’s awards show. On Friday, the Latin Recording Academy announced that Anitta, Luis Fonsi, Laura Pausini, and Thalia will be in charge of emceeing the celebration of Latin music in Las Vegas next month.

Anitta, who is representing Brazil at the awards show, is the only host with nominations this year. She received nods in both the Record of the Year and Best Reggaeton Performance categories for “Envolver.”

Some hosts shared their excitement for the gig on social media.

Network: The CW.

Episodes: 108 (hour).

Seasons: Five.

TV show dates: October 11, 2017 — September 16, 2022.

Series status: Cancelled.

Performers include: Elizabeth Gillies, Nathalie Kelley, James Mackay, Robert Christopher Riley, Sam Adegoke, Rafael de la Fuente, Alan Dale, Grant Show, Nicollette Sheridan, Ana Brenda Contreras, Maddison Brown, Sam Underwood, Daniella Alonso, Michael Michele, Adam Huber, Elaine Hendrix, and Eliza Bennett.

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A primetime soap opera, the Dynasty TV show is a reboot of the 1980s drama of the same name. The series centers on the wealthy Carrington family and the powerful empire they must defend against adversaries new and old. Not only are they at odds with a rival family, the Colbys, but also with one...

Exclusive: Pantaya has set September 15 as the premiere date for Toda La Sangre, the crime-thriller starring Aarón Díaz and Ana Brenda Contreras.

Based on the best-selling novel by Mexican author Bernardo Esquinca, Toda La Sangre follows Casasola (Díaz), a tabloid reporter who joins forces with police lieutenant Edith Mondragón (Contreras) and Elisa (Yoshira Escárrega), a local anthropologist, who aim to decipher a series of murders that have shocked the country. Together they travel through Mexico City chasing a ritual murderer whose peculiarity is to recreate ancient Aztec sacrifices.

Yoshira Escárrega, Antonio Trejo Sánchez, Clementina Guadarrama, Cinthia Vázquez, Odiseo Bichir, and Julio Casado also star.

Produced by Fremantle Mexico, the 10-episode series is developed and produced by showrunner and executive producer Zasha Robles from Spiral International, the creator of the Emmy-winning series Falco. The series is directed by Luis Prieto and Hari Sama; and written by Rodrigo Ordónez, Santiago Rocagliolo, Natalia Mejia,...

Exclusive: Ana Brenda Contreras (Dynasty) has signed with Afa Prime Talent Media, a division of Kenan Thompson’s Artist for Artist company, which launched earlier this year.

In her English language debut, Contreras starred as Crystal Jennings in Season 2 of the CW series Dynasty, a reboot of the 1980s series of the same name.

Up next, Contreras will take the lead in Telemundo’s El Conde: Amor y Honor, an adaptation of the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. She portrays Mariana Zambrano in the series—set to premiere in 2023— costarring Fernando Colunga and Marjorie de Sousa.

She will also appear in the crime thriller Toda La Sangre for Pantaya opposite Aaron Diaz. She plays Edith Mondragon, a Lieutenant who teams up with a journalist (Diaz) to uncover the truth behind a series of visceral murders that resemble Aztec sacrifices in modern-day Mexico City.

The series reunites Contreras and Diaz,...

Pour one out for the Carringtons — The CW’s Dynasty reboot has been canceled after five seasons.

As of April 26, Dynasty this season is averaging 410,000 total weekly viewers and a 0.1 demo rating (with Live+7 playback factored in), which is right on par with its Season 4 tallies. Out of the 19 dramas The CW has aired this TV season, it ranks dead last in audience and is among seven that muster just a 0.1 rating.

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The U.K. edition of “The Masked Singer,” comedy “Call My Agent” and drama “Tehran” were among the top winners Monday at the 49th annual International Emmy Awards in New York.

David Tennant took the trophy for best actor for his work as a deceptively meek serial killer in ITV’s “Des.” Hayley Squires won for actress for her role as a happily well-adjusted porn star in “Adult Material.”

Israeli drama “Tehran,” about a female Mossad agent who goes undercover in Iran, won the top drama series prize. Season 4 of “Call My Agent,” set among agents at a Paris talent rep firm, took the prize for comedy.

The ITV rendition of “Masked Singer” prevailed in the nonscripted entertainment category. Netflix’s “Hope Frozen: A Quest to Live Twice” took the documentary award, marking the first International Emmy honor for a program from Thailand.

“Insecure” star Yvonne Orji hosted the ceremony at Casa Cipriani.

The French comedy Call My Agent and Israeli drama Tehran took the top prizes at the 49th annual International Emmys, which here handed out Monday night during an in-person ceremony in New York. See the full list of winners below.

The UK boasts both top acting honors David Tennant for crime thriller Des and Hayley Squires for porn drama Adult Material — as well as winning the Non-Scripted Entertainment prize for The Masked Singer.

Norway’s Atlantic Crossing went home with the Emmy for TV Movie/Miniseries, and Thailand’s Hope Frozen: A Quest to Live Twice won for Documentary. It was the country’s first International Emmy.

“We are delighted to be able to gather the global television community, in-person again, in New York to celebrate the world’s best television.” said International Academy President & CEO Bruce Paisner. “The diversity and geographic spread of tonight’s winners demonstrate once again...

Latin music's biggest night is back! On Thursday, Nov. 18, the 2021 Latin Grammy Awards returned under one roof after last year's ceremony was held at multiple locations due to the pandemic. Hosts Carlos Rivera, Roselyn Sánchez and Ana Brenda Contreras were on-hand at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas to celebrate a year's worth of incredible music amongst hitmakers like Bad Bunny, Paula Arenas and Pablo Alborán. Ahead of the star-studded ceremony, which will also feature Christina Aguilera returning to the Latin Grammy stage after more than two decades, singer Camilo led the nominations with a total of 10 nods, including twice...

Update (11/15): The Latin Grammys has finalized its performance lineup, tapping Gloria Estefan to open the 22nd iteration of the show. Estefan, per a press release, will kick things off with a three-song medley (“Abriendo Puertos,” “Cuando Hay Amor,” and “Magalenha”) and she’ll be joined on stage by an array of guests including Anitta, Carlinhos Brown, Laércio da Costa, Pedro Capó, Farina Giulia Be and Diego Torres.

Update (11/2): Christina Aguilera will return to the Latin Grammys for the first time in over 20 years for an “extended performance” at this year’s ceremony.

Exclusive: Aaron Diaz (Quantico) and Ana Brenda Contreras (Dynasty) have been set to star in Mexican crime thriller series Toda La Sangre, for Pantaya, Starzplay, Spiral International and Fremantle Mexico.

Produced by Fremantle Mexico, production is now underway on the genre series which is being directed by Luis Prieto and Hari Sama and is based on the best-selling novels by Mexican author Bernardo Esquinca.

Diaz will play the role of Eugenio Casasola, a journalist who joins forces with Lieutenant Edith Mondragon, played by Contreras, in a quest to uncover the truth behind a series of visceral murders that resemble Aztec sacrifices in modern-day Mexico City.

Prieto is best known for features such as Kidnap and directing on TV series such as White Lines and Snatch while Sama is best known for movie This Is Not Berlin.

Distributed internationally by Fremantle, the ten-episode series is developed and produced by showrunner and...

During this season of giving, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital reached its fundraising goal during its annual St. Jude Promesa y Esperanza (Promise and Hope) event on December 3-4.

Fanny Lu revealed We Won't Stop t-shirt to monthly donors.

The live broadcast on Univision’s Uforia, the largest Hispanic audio network in the United States, raised over $4.1 million for St. Jude.

To raise awareness and support in the form of monthly pledges for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the fundraiser promoted the new “We Won’t Stop” t-shirt worn by Hispanic celebrities and artists and shared on their social media platforms. Special thanks to Univision’s on-air personalities who volunteered their time, including Omar Velasco and Argelia Atilano of El Show de Omar y Argelia, Sylvia del Valle “La Bronca” of El Free-Guey, Raúl Molinar, Carla Medrano and Andrés Maldonado of El Bueno, La Mala y El Feo, Javier Romero,...

Since the start of the pandemic, awards shows have attempted to strike a balance between necessary Covid-19 precautions and the awkwardness of virtual formats. On Thursday night, the Latin Recording Academy tried to forge its own path with its “reimagined telecast,” which bounced between a live show with limited guests in Miami and taped performances that took place around the world.

Overall, during a night that meant wins for artists the Latin Grammys has honored frequently before (J Balvin, Residente, Alejandro Sanz, and Natalia Lafourcade), the setup had surprisingly more...

The 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards will be held tonight, November 19, during a ceremony broadcast on Univision and hosted by salsa singer Victor Maneulle, Oscar nominee Yalitza Aparicio (“Roma“) and actress Ana Brenda Contreras. But who will win? Scroll down for our official odds in 13 categories including the top four general field races. Nominees are listed in order of their likelihood of winning with our projected winners highlighted in gold.

SEE2020 Latin Grammy for Record of the Year: Big hits by Karol G, Anuel AA and Residente among top contenders

Our odds were calculated by combining the predictions of hundreds of Gold Derby users, and they expect good news for urban artists, especially Bad Bunny. The Puerto Rican rapper has nine bids overall and is predicted to win Album of the Year and Best Urban Music Album for his crossover hit “Yhlqmdlg.” His frequent collaborator J Balvin has even more nominations,...

Yalitza Aparicio and Ana Brenda Contreras will join Carlos Rivera in hosting the 2020 Latin Grammy Awards, held on November 19th.

Aparicio made her film debut in Alfonso Cuarón’s 2018 film Roma, while Contreras recently starred in the Dynasty reboot. Rivera was originally slated to host the ceremony alongside Roselyn Sanchez, but the actress announced her cancellation last week after suffering a fall.

“We are saddened to confirm that Roselyn Sanchez will be unable to host this year’s Latin Grammy Awards due to an unexpected accident,” the Academy said in a statement.

At 17, Paulina Chávez is eloquent and wise beyond her years. The star of new Netflix sitcom “The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia” has been tasked with playing a teenage genius who becomes the youngest person to ever earn a Ph.D and lands a dream Stem job at Nasa.

The show, co-created by Mario Lopez with several episodes directed by Eva Longoria, aims to defy stereotypes. And in a recent interview, Chévez proved to be passionate about using the show as a platform to highlight positive roles and opportunities for young women and Latinas both on screen and in Stem.

What about this show called to you that made you want to audition?

When I received the audition for “Ashley Garcia,” I was immediately captivated by the character. To have an opportunity to audition to portray a genius Latina was exciting and I related to her in the fact that...

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The CW has renewed 13 of its currently-running shows, including Dynasty, which will be getting a Season 4.

The Dynasty continues! The CW has given a series renewal to its soapy reboot, which means there will be a Dynasty Season 4.

Dynasty was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the award-winning team behind Gossip Girl, The O.C., Looking For Alaska, and Marvel's Runaways. It stars Elizabeth Gillies as energy tycoon/heiress Fallon Carrington. Nathalie Kelley was the season one co-lead as Cristal Carrington, nee Flores, who married Blake in the pilot to become Fallon's stepmother in spite of being of a similar age. Kelly left after the first season, and telenovela star Ana Brenda Contreras (Por Amar Sin Ley) came in to take on the role of the "real" Cristal Flores.

The Dynasty Season 4 news comes alongside renewals for virtually the entire current slate of CW shows, including All American,...

There is no Dynasty without Alexis Carrington stirring the pot. 

According to Deadline, Elaine Hendrix will be the third actress to take on the role on The CW's reboot. 

The Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll actress will take on the role during Dynasty Season 3, which premiered earlier this month. 

She is taking over the role vacated by Desperate Housewives actress Nicollette Sheridan when she departed the series last season. 

In order to give the character of Alexis a reason to be off-screen, Elizabeth Gillies, who also portrays Fallon Carrington played the role for a few episodes. 

Related: Dynasty: Nicollette Sheridan Quits

Thankfully, it seems like this new iteration of Alexis will be sticking around since Hendrix is on board as a series regular. 

Joan Collins first portrayed the role in the original Dynasty, but these new takes on the character have not been entirely popular with fans of the series.

This is a different bit of casting news for The CW's Dynasty. 

Whenever there are cast changes for the reboot, they almost always include a beloved series regular exiting. 

However, just hours ahead of Dynasty Season 3, it has been revealed that four cast members have been promoted to series regular status. 

TV Line is reporting that Adam Huber, who plays Liam Ridley on the first two seasons of the series, has finally landed a series regular contract. 

It's surprising the network confirmed the news before Dynasty Season 3 Episode 1 airing given that Dynasty Season 2 concluded with Liam's fate very much up in the air. 

Still, this will be music to the ears of the fans that have been clamoring for more of Liam ever since his debut on the series. 

Liam shares a strong connection with Fallon, and one that fans picked up on from the get-go.

Related: Dynasty: Daniella Alonso...

We’ll be seeing more of Cristal Jennings in the third season of the CW’s Dynasty. Daniella Alonso, who joined the series in a recasting in July, has been promoted to series regular for season 3, which premieres tonight. Additionally, recurring actors Michael Michele, who plays Dominique Devereaux, Sam Underwood, who portrays Adam Carrington, and Adam Huber, who plays Liam, all will be series regulars in the new season.

Dynasty has gone through major casting changes over the past two seasons. One of the original leads, Nathalie Kelley, departed at the end of Season 1. The role of Cristal was recast with Ana Brenda Contreras, who was replaced with Alonso as the series headed into season 3. Additionally, Elizabeth Gillies recently took over the role of Alexis from Nicollette Sheridan.

The new season also gets underway with new showrunner Josh Reims, who was upped to exec producer and showrunner at the end of Season 2 after Sallie Patrick,...

Ken Kirby is ready to jump into the soapy prime time drama of Dynasty. The Good Trouble actor is set to recur on the CW reboot of the iconic series in the role of Evan Tate, Trixie’s (Jessi Goei) older brother. And as we all know, Trixie is Fallon’s (Elizabeth Gillies) friend who died ten years ago and whose body was pulled from the lake in the season finale.

Kirby’s casting is refreshing in a time when Dynasty has seen a slew of changes in its casting during the first two seasons. The lead role of Cristal went through two changes. The first time Ana Brenda Contreras replaced original star Nathalie Kelley after the end of Season 1. And recently, Contreras was replaced by Daniella Alonso as the series headed into Season 3. In addition, Elizabeth Gillies recently took over the role of Alexis from Nicollette Sheridan. And original...

Proving that Alexis isn’t the only Dynasty character with face-swapping capabilities, Cristal is returning for Season 3 with a new look of her own, as seen in this exclusive photo from the CW drama’s premiere (Oct. 11, 9/8c).

As TVLine exclusively reported back in July, Ana Brenda Contreras will not return to the role of Cristal Jennings in Season 3. Instead, the character will be played by Daniella Alonso (Animal Kingdom, Revolution) moving forward, and new showrunner Josh Reims promises a “seamless transition.”

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The CW is the latest network to attend the Television Critics Association summer press tour, and there were some big reveals.

Network president Mark Pedowitz opened up about continuing to expand the Arrowverse despite the parent series, Arrow, coming to and next season.

He told reporters at the event that the network is looking to add another DC Comics property to its bursting at the seams superhero roster.

Related: Arrow Ending After Abbreviated Season 8

This new series will be deeply rooted in the Arrowverse, as opposed to Black Lightning, which has stayed away from the other shows.

It's certainly exciting to know that the network still finds the Arrowverse to be a viable brand.

That wasn't the only Arrowverse news dropped at TCA. In a surprising development, it has been revealed that Black Lightning will also be part of the upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover.

Related: Crisis on Infinite...

What the heck is going on behind-the-scenes at Dynasty? That burning question was put to The CW’s top exec on Sunday in the wake of last week’s latest casting shakeup, which finds Ana Brenda Contreras departing as Cristal Jennings.

“In terms of the Cristal situation, it’s very simple — we hoped that Ana Brenda Contreras would have continued,” CW President Mark Pedowitz told reporters at the Television Critics Assoc. summer press tour. “She has a personal issue that we had no control over, so we recast her with Daniella Alonso. There’s no dirt to be found.”

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Updated: There have been a slew of changes on Dynasty over its first two seasons. One of the lead roles, Cristal, was recast twice — Ana Brenda Contreras replaced original star Nathalie Kelley after the end of Season 1; Contreras was recently replaced by Daniella Alonso heading into Season 3.

Additionally, Elizabeth Gillies recently took over the role of Alexis from Nicollette Sheridan. And original Dynasty showrunner Sallie Patrick exited after Season 2; she has been replaced by Josh Reims.

“Sallie wanted to go to development. She had been on the show for two years. That was a natural succession. She will continue to consult on the show,” the CW President Mark Pedowitz said during the network’s executive presentation.

As for the recastings, “we hoped (Contreras) would continue but she had personal issues we had no control over,” he said, adding “there’s no dirt to be found” in dismissing a notion that...

When Dynasty Season 3 debuts in October, there will be another new iteration of Cristal Jennings.

TV Line is reporting that Daniella Alonso is replacing Ana Brenda Contreras on the soapy drama, meaning that there has been a new actress playing a Cristal every season so far.

The report states that Contreras is bowing out due to "personal reasons," and that the producers are "excited to welcome Daniella Alonso who will step into the role of Cristal.”

Related: Dynasty Shocker: Who's Out?

Alonso is no stranger to the small screen, with roles on Animal Kingdom, Being Mary Jane, The Night Shift, Revolution, Criminal Minds, The Resident, One Tree Hill, and Friday Night Lights on her list of credits.

If you watch Dynasty online, you know that there's been a string of casting changes for a show so early into its run.

It all started when Nathalie Kelley confirmed ahead of the...

The CW’s Dynasty reboot has recast the role of Cristal Jennings.

Ana Brenda Contreras — who played Cristal in Season 2 — is leaving and Daniella Alonso will step into the role, Deadline confirmed today.

“Unfortunately, Ana Brenda Contreras will not be returning for the third season of Dynasty due to personal reasons,” executive producer/showrunner Josh Reims said. “We’d like to thank her for her contributions to the show and wish her all the best. We’re excited to welcome Daniella Alonso who will step into the role of Cristal.”

Alonso’s previous credits include The Fix, The Resident, Criminal Minds, Animal Kingdom, Being Mary Jane, and the film Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.

Dynasty has gone through a series of casting changes over the past two seasons. One of the original leads, Nathalie Kelley, departed at the end of Season 1. In addition, Elizabeth Gillies took over the role of Alexis from Nicollette Sheridan.

Blake Carrington will have a new bride-to-be when Dynasty returns to The CW for its third season. Daniella Alonso is joining the show as Cristal Jennings, TVLine has learned exclusively, stepping in for Ana Brenda Contreras, who originated the role in Season 2.

“Unfortunately, Ana Brenda Contreras will not be returning for the third season of Dynasty due to personal reasons,” executive producer/showrunner Josh Reims tells TVLine. “We’d like to thank her for her contributions to the show and wish her all the best. We’re excited to welcome Daniella Alonso who will step into the role of Cristal.

There will be a change at the helm of the CW’s drama series Dynasty as it heads into a third season. Sallie Patrick, who developed the reboot of the classic 1980s primetime soap with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, is stepping down as showrunner, a position she has held from the start.

Veteran Josh Reims, who joined Dynasty as co-executive producer at the begging of Season 2, has been upped to exec producer and named new showrunner.

Patrick, who will remain an executive producer, has re-upped her overall deal with Dynasty producer CBS TV Studios and will focus on development.

She announced her departure from the show on Instagram last night.

“While I’m excited to move on to my next challenge, it’s of course hard to part with a world I put so much love into, from first pitch to this 44th ep, but I’m so pleased...

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A CW soap opera, Dynasty stars Grant Show, Alan Dale, Elizabeth Gillies, James Mackay, Sam Adegoke, Robert Christopher Riley, Rafael de la Fuente, Ana Brenda Contreras, Maddison Brown, and Nicollette Sheridan. The drama centers on the wealthy Carrington family and the energy empire they must defend against the Colbys and other adversaries, as well as one another. Blood is thicker than water, but...

There's a new schemer in town on The CW's Dynasty. 

Just weeks after the news dropped that Michael Michele had landed the coveted role of Dominique on the sudsy soap, we have our first look at the actress in action. 

Wondering what brings Dominique to town? 

Here's the official logline for Dynasty Season 2 Episode 20:

Mama's Home -- Fallon (Elizabeth Gillies) and Liam (Adam Huber) team up to exact revenge against Adam, who's been sabotaging Fallon's business and personal endeavors.

Related: Dynasty Shocker: Who's Out?

Jeff's (Sam Adegoke) recovery from a mysterious illness is complicated by the arrival of a potent figure from his past -- his mother, Dominique (Michael Michele)

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Grant Show, Ana Brenda Contreras, Robert Christopher Riley, Maddison Brown and Alan Dale also star.

The episode was written by David Israel and directed by Elodie Keene (#220).

The big episode is slated to air Friday, May 10. 

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Straight Up Films created the anthology “Power/On” of five shorts focused on encouraging girls in Steam directed by actresses Rosario Dawson, Julie Bowen, Ana Brenda Contreras, Lisa Edelstein, and Nikki Reed. With support from YouTube, the shorts premiered Wednesday at the Google campus in Playa Vista and will be available for streaming on YouTube on April 26.

Each film centers on women and girls working on and interacting with a different technological advancement.

Rosario Dawson told Variety at the anthology’s world premiere, “The point of this series is to show all the different ways people can show up for their family, their friends, their community by pushing themselves when they see a problem. Maybe a solution doesn’t exist, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be created.” She hopes that her work behind the camera will allow girls to see her as a role model, including her own daughter.

The Friday episode of The CW’s Dynasty drama had a big reveal, finally unwrapping who will be the replacement for Nicollette Sheridan as Alexis Carrington on the show. Sheridan departed in March to attend to personal family matters.

Spoiler Alert: Do Not Read Further If You Have Not Seen The Episode

As fans will recall, the manipulative Alexis (then played by Sheridan) had a face-off with her long-lost son, Adam, who revealed that he knew Hank was stamped as her son. Adam walked in on his mother burning the evidence of fake DNA test results that would have proven the Hank contention.

Caught red-handed, Alexis confessed her past misdeeds, even going so far as to label them “despicable” even while saying she was desperate to get her family back.

Adam seemed to accept that apology and told her to burn the rest of the evidence. That’s when he...

Dynasty has some new company. Deadline reports Michael Michele has joined season two of the CW TV show.

A reboot of the ’80s primetime soap, the drama series centers on the wealthy Carrington family and the energy empire they must defend against the Colbys and other adversaries, as well as each other. The cast also includes Grant Show, Alan Dale, Elizabeth Gillies, James Mackay, Sam Adegoke, Robert Christopher Riley, Rafael de la Fuente, Ana Brenda Contreras, and Maddison Brown.

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Dominique Deveraux is returning to Dynasty. ER alumna Michael Michele has been tapped to play the role in the CW reboot. The Devereaux character, portrayed by Diahann Carroll in the original series, will be introduced at the end of the current season 2 as a recurring, with the possibility of becoming a series regular in season 3.

Dominique Deveraux is the matriarch of the Colby family and half-sister of Blake Carrington, a fabulously elegant, self-made woman, known for her outrageous fashion sense and penchant for drama. Dominique will return to Atlanta after a long stint in New York City where she spent the past several years seeking fame and adulation… to no avail. Now Dominique is home to reconnect with her estranged children, but does she really want to be part of their lives, or will she just disappoint them all over again? And what will the Carringtons have to say about her sudden,...

Another Dynasty star is flying the coop. TVLine reports Nicollette Sheridan is leaving the CW TV show after two seasons.

A reboot of the '80s primetime soap, the drama series centers on the wealthy Carrington family and the energy empire they must defend against the Colbys and other adversaries, as well as each other. The cast also includes Grant Show, Alan Dale, Elizabeth Gillies, James Mackay, Sam Adegoke, Robert Christopher Riley, Rafael de la Fuente, Ana Brenda Contreras, and Maddison Brown.

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Nicollette Sheridan’s reign as Alexis Carrington has come to an end. She is exiting The CW’s Dynasty as the fashionably scheming character. The role might be recast, but it’s still to be determined.

“Nicollette Sheridan will be leaving Dynasty in order to focus on some personal family responsibilities,” said CBS Television Studios and the CW in a statement obtained by Deadline. “She was a valuable asset to the show and we wish her continued success in the future.”

Sheridan first appeared as Alexis halfway during the show’s first season and her final appearance will be in March. Her exit follows Nathalie Kelley who played Cristal Flores Carrington who left in season one and was replaced with Ana Brenda Contreras as the “Real Cristal”. James Mackay, who played Steven Carrington, also left the drama late last year.

The original Alexis was played by the one and only...

Kayti Burt Feb 4, 2019

Dynasty Season 3 was one of the many renewal announcements The CW made at this winter's TCA presentation.

Dynasty Season 2 is only halfway through, but The CW has announced that Dynasty Season 3 is a go!

The news was announced at last week's bi-annual Television Critics Association, along with the renewal of nine other shows, including The Flash, Arrow, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow.

“This season, we expanded our primetime schedule to six nights with the addition of Sunday -- which has been an unqualified success for the network, our affiliates and our advertisers," said CW president Mark Pedowitz.

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He continued: "In addition to growing our schedule across the week, we also continue to add more year-round programming. The early renewal of these signature CW series gives us a head start on laying out the 2019-2020 season,...

Will the Colbys best the Carringtons during the second season of the Dynasty TV show on The CW? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Dynasty is cancelled or renewed for season three. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we'd like to offer you the chance to rate all the Dynasty season two episodes. **Status update below.

A CW reboot of the classic 1980s primetime soap, Dynasty stars Grant Show, Alan Dale, Elizabeth Gillies, James Mackay, Sam Adegoke, Robert Christopher Riley, Rafael de la Fuente, Ana Brenda Contreras, Maddison Brown, and Nicollette Sheridan. The drama centers on the wealthy Carrington family and the energy empire they...

The inaugural season of the Dynasty TV show reboot was The CW's second-worst rated series in the demo. Numbers like the ones it earned might have seen it cancelled, but Netflix carries the show internationally, which makes it profitable regardless of its Nielsen ratings. Now that it is back for a second season, can this contemporary version of the 1980s primetime sudser cast a wider net and reel in some more viewers? Does it even have to? Will Dynasty be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned. **Status update below.

A CW soap opera, Dynasty stars Grant Show, Alan Dale, Elizabeth Gillies, James Mackay, Sam Adegoke, Robert Christopher Riley, Rafael de la Fuente, Ana Brenda Contreras, Maddison Brown, and Nicollette Sheridan. The drama centers on the wealthy Carrington family and the energy empire they must defend against the Colbys and other adversaries,...

We've seen two "Cristal Jennings" in two years of the newer Dynasty TV series. Maybe we'll see another one in year three. Today, The CW renewed the reboot for a third season which will air as part of the 2019-20 broadcast season.

A CW soap opera, Dynasty stars Grant Show, Alan Dale, Elizabeth Gillies, James Mackay, Sam Adegoke, Robert Christopher Riley, Rafael de la Fuente, Ana Brenda Contreras, Maddison Brown, and Nicollette Sheridan. The drama centers on the wealthy Carrington family and the energy empire they must defend against the Colbys and other adversaries, as well as one another. Blood is thicker than water, but whether it’s dearer than oil remains to be seen.

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Dynasty is down another original Carrington. James MacKay, who played Steven Carrington, Fallon’s (Elizabeth Gillies) gay environmentalist brother, announced on Instagram ahead of tonight’s episode of the CW reboot that he has left the show.

“While Steven had a choice to leave, unfortunately I didn’t,” MacKay said. “There’s a lot of decisions involved in making television, and sometimes they just don’t go your way and you have to live with it.”

While MacKay made it sound like he may be gone forever from the series, I hear that may not be the case. More on that in a bit.

MacKay’s exit as a series regular was part of the major creative overhaul of the reboot of the iconic 1980s soap that started with the introduction of Nicollette Sheridan as Alexis Carrington late in Season 1.

MacKay is the second original Dynasty cast member to not...

Carrington Atlantic has been around for 100 years, and to celebrate, we got a bunch of twists that are surely going to make Dynasty Season 2 tower above Dynasty Season 1. 

Going into Dynasty Season 2 Episode 1, viewers were likely already well aware that Cristal was the one who perished in the fateful fire that rocked the barn on Dynasty Season 1 Episode 22. 

This was thanks to Nathalie Kelley revealing that she would no longer be part of the series and the casting of Ana Brenda Contreras as the "real" Cristal. As expected, it took away from the shock factor of Cristal's supposed death. 

While Kelley received a lukewarm response for her role as Cristal, I've had a soft spot for the actress since she appeared on UnREAL. An off-screen death is a horrible way to go, but it leaves scope for a return down the line. 

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Even if you’ve never watched The CW’s Dynasty reboot, this two-minute clip from Friday’s second season premiere (8/7c) should tell you everything you need to know about the Carrington family — which appears to be growing by the minute.

Fresh off last season’s barn-burning finale, TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek begins with Alexis approaching her ex-husband Blake — who’s clearly going through a rough time, as noted by his rough-time beard — to discuss her current financial situation. And by situation, I mean she’s flat broke. Again.

But Alexis’ problems pale in comparison to those of her and Blake’s son Steven,...

Kirby will make her presence felt on Dynasty Season 2.

Australian actress Maddison Brown has joined the cast of The CW soap as Anders' (Alan Dale) wayward daughter, Kirby.

“Kirby grew up in the staff’s living quarters with her father … and sides more with the downstairs occupants than the upstairs," reads the network's description of the character.

"She has a fraught history with the Carringtons, specifically a tempestuous relationship with Fallon that was the reason for Kirby’s exile from the Manor years ago."

"And while she returns to Atlanta to make amends with her father, she will certainly continue wreaking havoc on the Carringtons.”

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Kirby showed up in the final few moments of Dynasty Season 1 Episode 22, but the actress was not shown in the episode in an attempt to ramp up the intrigue ahead of the second season.

In the first season finale of Dynasty on The CW in May, Cristal's fate was left up in the air with the character shot and left inside a burning building. It looks like that mystery has been solved, at least in terms of Nathalie Kelley's run as the character.

After playing the role of Cristal Flores — the new wife of Blake Carrington — in the first season, Kelley announced in June that she wouldn't be returning to the show.

The network has now confirmed that telenovela star Ana Brenda Contreras will take over the role in the drama's upcoming second season. Furthermore, Contreras is said to be playing the "real" Cristal, though it's unclear what that means exactly.

Asked for the reason for the switch, CW president Mark Pedowitz said, "it's a wild soap, these are things you do on a soap."

Dynasty returns to The CW for season 2 on Friday,...