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Robert Lopez is not only an Egot winner, but he’s also the youngest to reach it (at 39 years and 8 days old) and is the first to achieve a double Egot, having won each accolade twice. But there are some who feel his Egot ought to be asterisked because his two Emmys are Daytime Emmys, but Lopez can now shut those haters up in one fell swoop with double Primetime Emmy wins this year.

Shared with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Lopez nabbed two nominations for “WandaVision”: music and lyrics for “Agatha All Along” and main title theme music. These are his fourth and fifth Primetime Emmy bids; he previously lost the songwriting category for “Scrubs” in 2007, and “The Comedians” and the Oscars, both in 2015.

Lopez was never the favorite in those years — he lost to “Saturday Night Live’s” “Dick in a Box” and “Inside Amy Schumer’s” “Girl...

Tom O’Connor, the British comedian and host of game shows like “Crosswits,” “Password” and “Name That Tune,” has died. He was 81.

O’Connor’s family told the BBC that the comedian, who had Parkinson’s disease for over a decade, died in a hospital in Buckinghamshire on Sunday.

O’Connor began his career in show business on the talent show “Opportunity Knocks,” which he won three times. His television breakthrough was on the show “The Comedians,” where he performed stand-up sets. But O’Connor was best known as the host of several classic game shows, including “Crosswits,” “Password,” “Name That Tune,” “The Zodiac Game” and “Gambit.”

Born on Oct. 31, 1939 in Bootle, Merseyside in England, O’Connor originally became a math and music teacher at a school in Bootle, performing at night in the working men’s clubs of the time. After appearing on “Opportunity Knocks” and “The Comedians,” O’Connor...

Elizabeth Taylor, who would have turned 89 on Feb. 27, lived multiple lives. She was a movie mega-star, a tabloid mega-celebrity (which are not always the same thing), an innovator in creating herself as a brand — and a tireless and effective philanthropist and activist.

She was adored, admired, denounced, scandal-ridden and unpredictable, and the public couldn’t get enough of her.

On screen, she was at her most breathtakingly beautiful in such 1950s and ‘60s films as “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “Suddenly, Last Summer,” “Cleopatra” and “The Taming of the Shrew.” And in the 1966 “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” at age 34, she frumped herself up and gave a great performance, winning the second of two Oscars (after the 1960 “Butterfield 8”).

She also excelled in a wide array of films, like “Giant” (1956), “Raintree Country” (1958), “X, Y and Z” (1972), “Ash Wednesday”, and “The Mirror Crack’d” (1980), her last leading role on the big screen.

Cicely Tyson, the trailblazing actress died whose career spanned more than six decades, died Thursday afternoon, her manager Larry Thompson confirmed. She was 96.

From the start of her career, Tyson resolved to portray strong, positive, and realistic images of black women onscreen, and for many, she represented an enduring strength. Tyson received an Oscar nomination in 1973 for Martin Ritt’s drama Sounder (and was finally given an honorary Oscar in 2018), and became famous to a wider audience for her starring role in the 1974 TV movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,...

Emmy- and Tony-winning actress Cicely Tyson, who distinguished herself in theater, film and television, died on Thursday afternoon. She was 96.

“I have managed Miss Tyson’s career for over 40 years, and each year was a privilege and blessing,” her manager, Larry Thompson, said in a statement. “Cicely thought of her new memoir as a Christmas tree decorated with all the ornaments of her personal and professional life. Today she placed the last ornament, a Star, on top of the tree.”

Her memoir “Just As I Am” was published on Tuesday.

Tyson broke into movies with the 1959 Harry Belafonte film “Odds Against Tomorrow,” followed by “The Comedians,” “The Last Angry Man,” “A Man Called Adam” and “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.” Refusing to participate in the blaxploitation movies that became popular in the late ’60s, she waited until 1972 to return to the screen in the drama “Sounder,” which captured several...

Exclusive: Kevin Hart’s comedy brand and entertainment platform Laugh Out Loud has set their very first original hour-long solo stand-up special with Affion Crockett: Mirror II Society. The special will debut on the Lol Network streaming as well as audio channels on November 13. This expands the brand’s stand-up comedy programming which includes its Comedy in Color stand-up showcase series.

Mirror II Society comes from the titular Affion Crockett and marks his first long-form special. Crockett will serve up jokes and physical humor as he dives into his hilarious experiences growing up as a dancer, coming to grips with getting older, relationships, politics and more.

“I’m thrilled and honored to be the first comedian to launch a solo stand-up special on Laugh Out Loud,” said Crockett. “We put a ton of work into this for the culture and being able to...

European pay-tv operator Sky has greenlit production of Italian prison drama “The King,” toplining Luca Zingaretti, best known as the titular character in the popular “Inspector Montalbano” series.

In “The King” Zingaretti will play Buno Testori, chief of the San Michele penitentiary, where “he applies his own personal idea of justice,” according to a Sky synopsis. The innovative show is being produced for Sky by Lorenzo Mieli’s shingle The Apartment in collaboration with Wildside, producer of “The New Pope” and “My Brilliant Friend.” Both are Fremantle-owned companies.

Shooting on the eight-episode series, directed by Giuseppe Gagliardi (“1992”), is expected to start by early next year in Rome, Turin, and Trieste locations. Fremantle is handling international sales.

The screenplay of “The King” is penned by Stefano Bises (“Gomorrah”), Peppe Fiore (“The Young Pope”), Bernardo Pellegrini (“Non Uccidere), and Davide Serino (“The Comedians”).

According to the Sky synopsis, the San Michele...

Bob Dylan's filmography might not be as long or as revered as other popular musicians who have dipped their toes in cinema; but when he does make a film, it's something to watch. The second of the two feature films that he's written, Masked and Anonymous, is getting a blu ray release from Shout Factory this month. It's a strange and moody film that feels like a ballad and moves like theatre, with an impressive list of stars centering around the presence of America's great songwriter, in a story that feels oddly prescient despite being made nearly twenty years ago. This was Larry Charles' feature directorial debut; it might seem odd that the future director of Borat, The Comedians, and several episodes of Curb Your...

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ABC has given a pilot order to a comedy written by Jimmy Kimmel, Shawn Vance and Daril Fannin.

Called “Adopted,” the trio also executive produce the single-camera project.

Here is the official logline from ABC: “When a Green Beret returns home to Texas from military service, he and his family struggle with the challenges of adopting his new brother, a 12-year-old Russian boy. Inspired by a true story.”

“Adopted” is produced by ABC Studios in association with Kimmel’s Kimmelot production banner.

The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host has also written for Comedy Central’s “Crank Yankers,” “The Andy Milonakis Show,” “The Man Show,” “Windy City Heat,” both the Oscars and the Emmys on more than one occasion, and once for the Grammys in 2002.

Kimmel has been hosting his late-night talk show since 2003. He has also done some acting since then, including voicing the dad in “Boss Baby,” Batman in “Teen Titans Go! to the Movies,...

Disney Plus has ordered an hour-long series based on the Tom Hanks Disney comedy film “Turner & Hooch,” Variety has learned.

It was originally reported the show was in development in December. Josh Peck will star in the series as Scott Turner, described as an ambitious, buttoned-up U.S. Marshall who inherits a big unruly dog. He soon realizes the pet he didn’t want may be the partner he needs. The series has received a 12-episode order. Matt Nix is writing and executive producing the series, with Josh Levy co-executive producing.

“Turner & Hooch” was first released in 1989. Along with Hanks, the cast also included Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, and Reginald VelJohnson. Roger Spottiswoode directed. It went on to gross over $70 million at the box office on a reported budget of $13 million.

Peck first broke out as one of the two stars of the Nickelodeon series “Drake & Josh.

The classic 1989s buddy cop comedy feature Turner & Hooch is getting a TV series treatment for Disney+. I have learned that the Disney streaming platform is working on a Turner & Hooch TV series adaptation from Burn Notice creator Matt Nix and 20th Century Fox TV where Nix is under an overall deal.

Details about the series are scarce, but it is believed to be keeping the premise of the original movie, which starred Tom Hanks, and also revolves around a police detective and his dog, I hear. The TV series had been in the works for awhile. It has been gathering momentum recently, and I hear it is heating up for a green light. Reps for Disney+ and 20th TV would not comment.

Nix is the Turner & Hooch series writer/executive producer. 20th Century Fox TV, part of Disney TV Studios, is the studio. The project marks the latest...

Hugh Laurie space-suits up in the first full-length trailer for the new HBO comedy Avenue 5, from Veep creator Armando Iannucci.

Set to blast off on Sunday, Jan. 19, Avenue 5 is described as a “space tourism comedy set 40 years in the future, when the solar system is everyone’s oyster,” according the official logline. “When the ship suddenly encounters technical difficulties, it’s up to Captain Ryan Clark (Laurie) and his crew to calm the disgruntled passengers and find a way to deal with unexpected events onboard — though they may or may not be equipped for the task.”

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O captain, our captain!

House‘s Hugh Laurie presides over a doomed spaceliner in HBO’s upcoming Avenue 5, where it appears that not even an impressive beard and captainly gravitas can save the titular ship from disaster.

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In the recently released (and slightly Nsfw) teaser above, Laurie’s Ryan Clark confidently strolls the decks of his galactic cruise ship, glad-handing passengers and tossing off phrases like, “Fly safe, fly true” and “Set your phasers to ‘fun’.” It’s all going swimmingly until something terrible happens belowdecks,...

Bowling Green State University has removed actress Lillian Gish’s name from a campus theater because of her part in D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation.

Gish starred in the 1915 silent film, which was adapted from a novel and play, The Clansman. It is considered a landmark of film history, with many firsts – first close-up, fade-outs, and the longest film made to that point. However, it is full of racist imagery and plot lines, and venerates the Ku Klux Klan, who ride in to save the day.

Students at Bowling Green requested the change. After a study, it was agreed to change the name.

But this week, such stars as James Earl Jones, Helen Mirren, Martin Scorsese and several leading film scholars released an open letter calling for Bowling Green to retain Gish’s name on the theater. She shared billing with her sister on the theater name. Both were Ohio natives,...

Exclusive: Fabrik Entertainment, the production company behind Amazon’s Bosch and the upcoming CBS All Access series Interrogation, has promoted president Melissa Aouate to partner.

Aouate, the former lit agent at ICM Partners, joined in 2014. The Red Arrow Studios-owned company’s series credits include AMC’s The Killing, USA’s Burn Notice, Fox’s The Good Guys, FX’s The Comedians, Wgn America’s 100 Code and NBC’s American Odyssey.

“Since joining Fabrik in 2014, Melissa has helped to define and execute the company’s creative vision across both development and production,” said Henrik Bastin, CEO/Partner at Fabrik. “I couldn’t be more pleased to welcome Melissa as a deeply valued partner as we

continue to grow.”

The news comes as Bosch, Amazon’s first ever original drama series and based on Michael Connelly’s bestselling book series, launched its fifth season in April and was renewed for a sixth season.

HBO’s Hugh Laurie-captained space satire Avenue 5 is ready for launch.

The cabler has handed a series order to the futuristic sci-fi comedy, which hails from Veep creator Armando Iannucci and also stars Silicon Valley‘s Zach Woods and The Comedians‘ Josh Gad.

Per the series’ logline, Avenue 5 is a “space tourism comedy set 40 years in the future when the solar system is everyone’s oyster. With Hugh Laurie as the Captain, nothing can go wrong?”

Laurie, who worked with Iannuci on Veep, stars as Ryan Clark, the “suave, outwardly confident, controlled and personable” captain of space...

As Veep is coming to an end, the Emmy-winning series’ executive producer/showrunner David Mandel is staying in business with HBO.

Mandel has signed a three-year exclusive TV overall deal with the premium cable network to develop and produce series projects.

Seinfeld alum Mandel accomplished a rare feat on Veep. He was given the challenging task to succeed creator Armando Iannucci as showrunner after Season 4, which earned the Washington DC satire starring Julia Louis Dreyfus its first best comedy series Emmy Award. The show did not skip a beat under Mandel, winning the best comedy series Emmy for each for the seasons with him at the helm so far, Seasons 5 and 6. Veep’s seventh and final season is currently airing.

Before his stint on Veep, which also has landed Mandel two writing Emmy nominations, hel wrote for Saturday Night Live (92-95); Seinfeld, where he penned the “The Bizarro Jerry” (aka...

Someone, show Wynonna Earp the money! Production on Season 4 of the Syfy series has been delayed due to financial challenges on producer Idw Entertainment’s part, per The Hollywood Reporter.

A new start date remains unclear as Idw seeks funding for not just the next season, but a Season 5 as well, which Deadline says was quietly ordered by Syfy.

Syfy — which licenses the drama from Idw Entertainment — says it is “completely committed to the series. This has not changed.”

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* Tyler Blackburn (Roswell, New Mexico; Pretty Little Liars) will guest-star in an...

Eighth Grade standout Jake Ryan is set as a lead opposite Nasim Pedrad in TBS comedy pilot Chad.

Created and written by Pedrad, Chad is a single-camera Middle-Eastern family comedy that follows a 14-year-old Persian boy, played by Pedrad, during high school as he desperately tries to fit in, cope with his mother’s dating life, and reconcile his cultural identity.

Ryan will play Peter, Chad’s (Pedrad) best friend, a sweet nerd who has nothing to prove and is “unbothered that puberty is destroying him.” Peter has no particular angst about attending his first day at high school. He is content with not being popular and is ready to have a great time, unlike the neurotic Chad.

Pedrad is exec producing and co-showrunning with Hayes Davenport. 3 Arts’ Oly Obst and Rob Rosell also serve as executive producers.

In addition to his role as Gabe (aka ‘sauce boy’) in Bo Burnham...

Robert De Niro may have been the target of the Donald Trump-supporting pipe bomb mailer, but that isn’t stopping the Oscar winner from trashing the president.

Just two days after playing Robert Mueller again on “Saturday Night Live,” De Niro zinged the commander-in-chief with more verbal zingers.

In presenting Billy Crystal with the Friars Club’s entertainment icon award on Monday night in New York City, De Niro first shouted, “F— Crystal!” as a wink to his condemnation of Trump at the Tony Awards earlier this year. “I just get so upset with that jerkoff in the White House,” he said, drawing boos from the crowd. “Boo is right! Down with this motherf—er!”

Though the “Raging Bull” star jokingly suggested Crystal should be president instead (“We’ve got a dangerous buffoon-in-chief. What we need is a heroic comedian-in-chief”), he concluded that Crystal’s inability to lie and...

Federation Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to “Made in Italy,” a drama series chronicling the birth of the Italian fashion industry in the 1970s.

Co-produced by Taodue Film and The Family for Mediaset, “Made in Italy” stars up-and-coming model Greta Ferro as Irene, a daughter of Southern Italian immigrants, who takes a job at the fashion magazine Appeal to finance her college studies and quickly moves her way up. The series follows Irene’s private and professional life, while reflecting on the evolution of Milan’s fashion industry, the birth of new pret-a-porter designers, as well as the social and political upheavals of the 1970s.

“Made is Italy” marks the screen debut of Ferro who stars opposite Margherita Buy, the renowned Italian actress of “Mia Madre,” “Habemus Papam” and “White Space.” The series also toplines Valentina Carnelutti, Sergio Albelli, Giuseppe Cederna. It’s directed by Luca Lucini (“The Comedians”) and...

Cicely Tyson recently received her third Emmy nomination as Best Drama Guest Actress for “How to Get Away with Murder.” This marks Tyson’s 14th nomination from the Television Academy. She won for “The Oldest Confederate Widow Tells All” in 1994, and 20 years earlier won two Emmys in the same year for “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.”

Tyson has worked steadily in film and television since the 1960s. Her Emmy nominations have come in a variety of categories and for some highly acclaimed television shows such as “Roots” and “King”.

Tyson has also had an acclaimed career on the Broadway stage. She appeared in a number of productions both on and off-Broadway throughout her life. In 2013 and at age 88, Tyson won the Tony as Best Actress in a Play for a revival of the Horton Foote play “The Trip to Bountiful.” (That was the same role that won Geraldine Page...

Sarah Geismer has joined Netflix’s Original Series team where she will work on drama series, reporting to Jinny Howe.

Geismer comes to Netflix from 20th Century Fox TV where she served as VP of comedy development for the past two years and worked on such projects as the upcoming comedy series Single Parents on ABC and Cool Kids on Fox.

Geismer segued to 20th TV after a seven-year stint at Fox’s cable production divisions. She began as an assistant and was promoted to the executive ranks at Fox TV Studios. Geismer then continued at Fox 21 Television Studios following the merger of FtvS and Fox 21. She has overseen a mix of comedy and drama projects including Maron, Sirens, The Comedians, Complications, Burn Notice, Graceland, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, Showtime’s The Chi and Fox’s take on The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Geismer began her career as an...

Rolling off “Versailles” and “Thanksgiving,” which is competing at Series Mania in Lille, Newen-owned Capa Drama is developing a raft of internationally-driven series with French and U.S. partners, including “The 10 O’Clock People” and “L’Infiltré.”

Headed by Claude Chelli, Capa Drama has partnered up with U.S. company Fabrik Entertainment to co-develop “The 10 O’Clock People,” a series adapted from a short novel by Stephen King which was published in the Nightmares & Dreamscapes collection. The story revolves around a Boston bank employee who discovers that many people, including some powerful ones, are inhuman monsters disguised as people. Pearson finds allies who, like him, have the ability to see these creatures through their disguises and forms a new resistance group. The series will shoot in English and is being developed by Arnaud Figaret and Aude Albano at Capa Drama.

Albano described “The 10 O’Clock People” as a “urban noir...

In a TV world where some services offer up brand new TV shows every week, it’s all the more impressive when a network can maintain quality with only a handful of new series each calendar year. One such channel? FX, which for the better part of the last 20 years, has been a place that’s helped push the boundaries of what’s allowed and what’s successful on TV.

Particularly since 2002 (the year when two of the shows in this collection premiered), FX has become a force for compelling dramas, surprising comedies, and a few shows that proudly defy falling into either category. Not all their efforts have been critical or audience successes (for every “The Shield,” there’s bound to be an “Anger Management”), but there’s a certain consistency to the FX banner that’s come without having a particular house style.

So which of these shows are most worthy of praise?...

In 2017, there’s a show for everyone, and typically that’s a good thing. There’s so much demand for fresh content and so many content providers looking to stand out, fresh stories from distinct voices populate an ever-diversifying television landscape. In other words, this is a world that could easily have room for a show where Jean-Claude Van Damme plays Jean-Claude Van Damme, a movie star who’s also a highly trained international spy.

But for as nutty as “Jean-Claude Van Johnson” sounds, its execution feels too familiar to earn its spot. Though the story-building in the pilot is clever enough to provide ample opportunity for good old-fashioned fun, too many easy jokes and half-baked movie homages keep the six-episode first season from fulfilling its potential as the sharp meta successor to “Episodes,” “The Comedians,” or even Van Damme’s 2008 film, “Jcvd.”

For starters, “Jean-Claude Van Johnson” has nothing to say about the industry,...

Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)

This week’s question: If you could give one canceled show one extra season (if only to wrap things up in a better way), which would it be?

Daniel Fienberg (@TheFienPrint), The Hollywood Reporter

It wasn’t that we were watching “Hannibal” just to see Bryan Fuller and company get to the events of “Silence of the Lambs,” but that was sure a fun thing looming on the horizon. The “Manhunter”/”Red Dragon” arc was probably the show’s most conventional, but it was all the more intriguing for that odd disconnect, of a frequently told story going through the mind of one of TV’s most original storytellers and...

We'd like to forget all about the last attempt at a live-action Masters of The Universe movie. Sorry, Dolph! Great hair, though.

Welcome back to another edition of Fantasy Fridays, where two real-life best friends (Jeremy Scully and I, Mario-Francisco Robles) get together to cast/pitch our dream movies.

In the past, we've tackled everything from The Batman to the Universal Monsters.

This week, we turn our attention towards the long-gestating cinematic reboot of Masters of The Universe. Jeremy and I grew up on the classic 80s cartoon, and I had a ton of the old action figures. Yet even we knew, as children, that the 1987 movie starring Dolph Lundgren was crap. That's why we'd like to put our own spin on what the reboot should look/feel like.

Over the years, many filmmakers and various studios have tried and failed to get a Masters of The Universe movie off of the ground.

Bad boys, bad boys: TBS has picked up 10 episodes of Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks’ new animated comedy “The Cops,” which had previously been set up at FX.

Louis C.K. and Brooks will voice the show’s lead characters, “Lou” and “Al,” two Los Angeles patrolmen “trying their best to protect and serve, sometimes failing at both. Ride with them as they patrol one of the biggest cities in the world, then go home with them and be glad you’re not married to either.”

The show will premiere in 2018; the two will also executive produce along with Greg Daniels, Dino Stamatopoulos, Dave Becky and Howard Klein.

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FX Productions will continue to produce the show, along with Turner’s Studio T and Louis C.K.’s Pig Newton.

“We have made the bold decision to put Louis C.K.,...

TNT has ordered The Deep Mad Dark pilot from Animal Kingdom writers-executive producers John Wells and Megan Martin, Fabrik Entertainment, Warner Horizon Television and Turner’s Studio T. Written by Martin, The Deep Mad Dark is described as an atmospheric mystery-thriller about the complexities of female friendship. Martin exec produces along with Wells, Fabrik CEO Henrik Bastin (Bosch, The Comedians) and Kristen Campo (The Killing, The Good Guys). John Wells Productions…...

ABC has given a script commitment plus penalty to a single-camera comedy from The Comedians co-creator/executive producer Ben Wexler and Seth Gordon & Mary Rohlich’s Exhibit A. Sony TV, where Exhibit A has a deal, is the studio. Written by Wexler, the untitled project centers on a recently-widowed 60-something guy who teams up with an entrepreneurial 20-something girl to "monetize" his biggest asset — the single-family brownstone he used to share with his wife — renting…...

Kaley Cuoco lets her gangster side loose in a sneak peak of Thursday’s episode of “Lip Sync Battle.” Cuoco, known as the lovable Penny on “The Big Bang Theory,” takes the stage in some jeans shorts and a sports bra to pump out “Move Bitch” by Ludacris. In the same episode, Josh Gad will perform Divinyls’ “I Touch Myself” while dressed as Gop candidate Donald Trump. See video: Josh Gad Makes Out With Johnny Galecki Dressed as Donald Trump on 'Lip Sync Battle' The star of “The Comedians” goes all-out in his performance of the ’90s self-love anthem,...

Josh Gad puts a presidential spin on Divinyls’ “I Touch Myself” in a new preview of this week’s episode of “Lip Sync Battle.” Dressed as Gop candidate Donald Trump, the star of “The Comedians” goes all-out in his performance of the ’90s self-love anthem, complete with a bad hair piece, shorts made out of money and a Miley Cyrus-style wrecking ball. If that weren’t enough, at the end of the performance, he brings out opponent Kaley Cuoco‘s “Big Bang Theory” co-star Johnny Galecki for a passionate kiss. Also read: Tracee Ellis Ross Raps to Nicki Minaj...

Honorable Mention: "The Comedians" Though we had the Billy Crystal and Josh Gad-starring FX comedy on our mid-year list of best shows — not just new shows, but best shows — the forces that be saw fit to cancel the low-rated, meta takedown of Hollywood. Because this list is designed to introduce fans to new shows they can catch up on now and keep watching in the new year, we couldn't include it in the official Top 10. In terms of new seasons debuting in 2015, though, "The Comedians" was easily one of the finest of them all. It's just no longer a new series. Rest in peace, guys. Read More: Review: 'The Comedians' With Billy Crystal and Josh Gad is Much, Much More than Meta Comedy 10. "The Grinder" The trick to making self-aware comedy is that you actually have to be self-aware. Not only do you have to be on...

John Kreng is one of the most hard working actors/stuntman/fight and stunt corrdinators working in the industry today. Through his time working in the movie industry, John has worked with some of the very best which includes Jet Li, Yuen Wah, Tsui Hark, David Carradine, Steven Spielburg and many more outstanding talents.

John Kreng is also the author of the in depth book on screen fighting called Fight Choreography: The Art Of Non Verbal Dialogue, he was a cast member of The Jade Trader which went on to win the most outstanding cast performance award at the 10th Action on film, International film festival. John, also has years of Martial Arts experience behind him, dedicating his time learning many different styles and been taught by some of the very best masters from around the world (Which he will speak about in this interview).

John also worked on the...

This year saw some long-running favorites close out their stories (farewell, “Mad Men”!) and some new series get axed too soon (“Hindsight,” anyone?). Regardless, here are five performances from ending shows that we’ll always treasure. Josh Gad, “The Comedians”Gad and Billy Crystal spent the first (and only) season of “The Comedians” trying not to have the show within their FX show canceled. So when FX announced that the real series was, indeed, canceled, the news felt like the meta joke taken to a logical extreme. After all, cutting close to the real-life bone was part and parcel of the show’s appeal, whether the joke was on “City Slickers” or Gad’s short-lived sitcom, “1600 Penn.” But while Crystal’s persona has been part of audience’s lives for years, it’s relative newcomer Gad who had the chance to gleefully dissect Hollywood narcissism, swinging for the fences as...

Last night, ABC dropped the new promo/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Castle" episode 5 of season 8, and it offers new looks at some pretty intriguing stuff as a new character on the scene, can apparently sniff out crime. She also reveals to Rick that she can sniff how Kate feels about him, and more. The episode is labeled, "The Nose." In the new, 5th episode official synopsis: Castle Sniffs Out The Culprit, On ABC's "Castle." Synopsis number 2: When a priceless work of art is stolen and its transporter murdered, Castle and Beckett will have to work with the key witness to track down the painting and sniff out the killer. With special guest star Stephnie Weir ("MADtv," "The Comedians"). Episode 5 is scheduled to air on Monday night, October 19th at 9pm central time on ABC.

Recently, ABC delivered the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Castle" episode 5 of season 8. The episode is entitled, "The Nose," and it turns out that we're going to see some very dramatic and interesting stuff go down as a murder for artwork prompts Beckett and Castle to hunt down the culprit, and more! In the new, 5th episode press release: Castle Sniffs Out The Culprit, On ABC's "Castle." Press release number 2: When a priceless work of art is stolen and its transporter murdered, Castle and Beckett are going to have to work with the key witness to track down the painting and sniff out the killer. With special guest star Stephnie Weir ("MADtv," "The Comedians"). Guest stars feature: Stephnie Weir as Mia Laszlo, Aubrey Deeker as Lorenzo, Kevin Joy as Graham Fletcher and Charles Mesure as Liam Hollister. The episode was written by Nancy Kiu ,and it was directed by Steve Robin.

By Patrick Shanley

Managing Editor

As evidenced over the past few years, television is no longer just a launching pad for prospective movie stars’ careers. On the contrary, many high-profile film actors have made the leap back to the small screen to take on roles that allow them to wholly flesh out characters and tackle meaty scenes that have become so much more prevalent in the TV landscape.

This migration has not gone unnoticed by the Emmy panelists, and many of those stars so well known for their work in film have garnered nominations (and wins) in the past few years. Last night’s 67th Annual Emmy Awards continued the trend and here’s how the big screen actors fared at the small screen award show.

Among the Oscar winning nominees at this year’s Emmys were Kevin Spacey (House of Cards), Kathy Bates (American Horror Story: Freak Show), Mel Brooks...

The final list of presenters announced for Sunday's Emmy Awards ceremony includes comedy duo "Key and Peele" as well as all four guest star winners from last weekend: drama champs Reg E. Cathey ("House of Cards") and Margo Martindale ("The Americans") as well as comedy victors Joan Cusack ("Shameless") and Bradley Whitford ("Transparent").  -Break- Click here to see our Emmy webchats with many 2015 Emmy nominees Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele contend as producers of their self-titled Comedy Central show for Best Variety Sketch Series. Key also has a bid for Best Comedy Supporting Actor. Other new names announced on Friday include nominees Adrien Brody ("Houdini"), Mel Brooks ("The Comedians"), Viola Davis ("How to Get Away with Murder"), and John Oliver ("Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"). Also added to the ceremony: Colin Hanks ("L..."'...

After five years in the CIA’s Domestic Protection Division, Christopher Gorham‘s next gig should be a piece of cake.

The Covert Affairs vet will guest-star on Heartbreaker, NBC’s midseason medical drama about Dr. Alex Panttiere (Melissa George), an outspoken and world-renowned heart transplant surgeon.

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According to EW.com, Gorham will appear in two episodes as Wyatt Penn, a financial hedge fund wiz-turned-sculptural artist. A tortured soul who ran from his past, Wyatt comes from a wealthy background, and his mother is an influential member of the hospital’s board of directors.

Ben Wexler has joined Fox’s Rob Lowe comedy “The Grinder” as the series’ new showrunner. Wexler previously had overseen the FX comedy “The Comedians.” Wexler’s joining “The Grinder” is part of a new overall deal with studio 20th Century Fox Television. Former executive producer Greg Malins departed the series in August. Malins had been brought in to guide the series created by Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul, who executive produce with Nicholas Stoller and Jake Kasdan. Also Read: 'The Grinder' Showrunner Greg Malins Departs Fox's Rob Lowe Comedy The series stars Lowe as an actor who plays a lawyer on TV.

The Comedians co-creator/showrunner Ben Wexler has been tapped as executive producer/showrunner of Fox’s upcoming comedy series The Grinder starring Rob Lowe. The gig is part of an overall deal Wexler has inked with The Grinder studio 20th Century Fox TV. On The Grinder, Wexler succeeds Greg Malins, who departed as showrunner three weeks ago. Wexler has been working in the show’s writers room for the past two weeks while his deal was being hammered out. Wexler will work…...

There's a new boss in town on Fox's The Grinder. Following a prolonged deal-making process, The Comedians boss Ben Wexler has been tapped to take over the upcoming freshman comedy, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The move is part of a larger overall deal with producers 20th Century Fox Television that will also see comedy veteran Wexler develop new projects for the studio. { "nid": 819586, "type": "blog", "title": "Fall TV's Season of Firings, Recastings and Showrunner Swaps: "It's Bad Marriages"", "path": "http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fall-tvs-season-firings-recastings-819586", "relative-path": "/live-feed/fall-tvs-season-firings-recastings-

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Winners of the Creative Arts Emmys were announced on Saturday, Sept. 12  at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles, which is also the site of next Sunday's Primetime Emmys. As only a small portion of the 102 Emmy Awards categories can be presented on that kudocast, the vast majority are handed out during this fast-paced ceremony. An edited two and a half-hour version of the Creative Arts show will air on Fxx on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 8pm Et/Pt, with an encore at 10:30 pm Et/Pt.  The full list of winners can be found below. Refresh/reload page for most up-to-date results  -Break- Who Really deserves to win? Debate in our lively forums Comedy Best Comedy Guest Actor Mel Brooks, "The Comedians" Louis C.K., "Saturday Night Live" Paul Giamatti, "Inside Amy Schumer" Bill Hader, "Saturday Night Live" Jon Hamm, "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" Bradley Whitford, "Transparent&qu..."'...

If there's an award show, chances are Robert Lopez is on the guest list. He recently became the youngest person to win the Egot, with three Tonys (for "Avenue Q" and "The Book of Mormon"), three Grammys (for "The Book of Mormon" and "Frozen"), two Daytime Emmys (for "Wonder Pets") and one Oscar (for the song "Let It Go" from Frozen"). He has yet to win a Primetime Emmy, but he has two chances this year: he's a double nominee for Best Music and Lyrics. -Break- Darren Criss on 'really tall order' of writing song for 'Glee' finale (Exclusive Video) He and his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, with whom he won the Oscar for "Let it Go," are both nominated for writing "Kiss an Old Man" from the FX series "The Comedians" as well as "Moving Pictures" from this year's Oscar telecast. These are the first Primetime Emmy noms for Kristen,...

As previously reported, Michael Ausiello over at TV LIne delivered another spoiler chat session, and had even more spoiler teasery for the upcoming Castle season 8. It turns out that the 5th episode labeled, "Nose," will feature a new character named Mia Laszio, and she will help Castle and Beckett hunt down a mastermind criminal that is responsible for a multi-million dollar heist. In their spoiler chat report, they stated: "Actress/comedienne Stephnie Weir (The Comedians, MADtv) has signed on to guest-star in Episode 5, titled “The Nose,” as Mia Laszlo, a real character who begrudgingly helps Castle and Beckett via her unique ability to sniff out the mastermind behind a multi-million dollar heist." Season 8 is due to debut on Monday night, September 21st on ABC.

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com

Question: Can we expect a major “Steroline” kiss in the Vampire Diaries season premiere? I need it. – Kayla

Ausiello: You might want to sit down for this one, Kayla: Paul Wesley couldn’t quite recall what goes down in the premiere — they’re a few episodes into Season 7 right now — but when we asked him about Stefan’s kissing agenda with Caroline, he did drop this bombshell: “I’ll be lip-locking with more than one woman.”

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It is clear that since his passing, Roger Ebert has been revered, and I certainly agree with that as an overall sentiment. But I spent enough time with Roger to see a glimpse or two of that rowdy playful side that was an equally important part of his personality. He was, after all, the screenwriter of "Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls," and he was famous for his friendship with Russ Meyer. For those of you who were born in an era where you can simply download any extreme perversion you want in HD at any time, day or night, with your phone, you may not fully appreciate or understand what was special about the work that Meyer did as a director. He was a man with a very particular appetite, and it is distinctly possible he gave an entire generation of young men a rabid breast fetish. I am...

The Television Academy announced the list of presenters for the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday. The list of presenters includes Beau Bridges (“Masters of Sex”), Mel Brooks (“The Comedians”), Cat Deeley (“So You Think You Can Dance”), Allison Janney (“Mom”), Ken Jeong (“Dr. Ken”), Wendi McLendon-Covey (“The Goldbergs”), Gina Rodriguez (“Jane The Virgin”), Bradley Whitford (“Transparent”) and Fred Willard (“Modern Family”). The 2015 Creative Arts Emmys will take place at the Microsoft Theater on Saturday, Sept 12. A two-hour edited version will be broadcast on Fxx the following Saturday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt. Also read: 9 Emmy Races to...