The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will develop and produce TV shows with CBS Television Studios, home of "CSI" and "S.W.A.T.," under a new partnership meant to bring more Black stories to television in the U.S.

The two organizations will create a team to collaborate on scripted, unscripted and documentary work, the ...Read more

Nick Cannon is demanding full ownership of his MTV show "Wild 'n Out" and an apology from ViacomCBS, which recently cut ties with him over anti-Semitic remarks and "hateful speech."

"Now I am the one making demands," Cannon wrote Wednesday morning in a lengthy Facebook post accusing ViacomCBS of targeting him as an "outspoken" Black man. "I ...Read more

NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service debuted nationwide Wednesday, betting that weary consumers will tolerate a few commercials in exchange for a low-priced offering that includes news, sports and thousands of hours of TV shows.

The gambit sets the NBCUniversal's service apart from streaming giants Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+. ...Read more

If television's many platforms and networks and channels were not already confusing and taxing enough, now we get Peacock, from the Comcast-owned NBCUniversal. (The name references NBC's longtime logo, born at the dawn of color TV.) It is all Clash of the Titans nowadays, as one enormous mega-corporate conglomeration of banked, acquired or ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- "Glee" co-creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan said Tuesday that they are "in the process of creating a college fund" for the 4-year-old son of Naya Rivera, the actress who died last week while swimming in Lake Piru.

"We are heartbroken over the loss of our friend Naya Rivera," the trio said in a joint statement. "...Read more

In honor of Seattle filmmaker Lynn Shelton, who died in May at the age of 54, Northwest Film Forum and Duplass Brothers Productions have announced a new grant. Called the "Lynn Shelton 'Of a Certain Age' Grant," the $25,000 cash prize will be awarded to a female or nonbinary filmmaker, aged 39 or older, who has not yet directed a feature film.

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What's the hottest song on the digital charts?

Well, believe it or not, it's a tune that's been around now for 36 years.

It's Lee Greenwood's patriotic number, "God Bless the U.S.A.," which was released in 1984 but just finally hit No. 1 on Billboard Magazine's Digital Song Sales chart.

It sits atop the chart -- right above Song of Summer ...Read more

The top 10 DVD rentals at Redbox kiosks for the week of July 6:

1. Trolls World Tour -- Universal

2. Force of Nature -- Lionsgate

3. Becky -- Redbox Entertainment

4. The Invisible Man -- Universal

5. The Hunt -- Universal

6. Sonic the Hedgehog -- Paramount

7. Bad Boys for Life -- Sony

8. Proximity -- Cinedigm

9. Bloodshot -- Sony

10. ...Read more

Immature rom-com "A Nice Girl Like You," about a prudish violinist, Lucy (Lucy Hale), on a quest to loosen up her frigid views on sex means well, I suppose. But it's woefully, painfully out of touch. The character of Lucy is not a recognizable person but rather a grab bag of extreme cliches sort of patched together to form some kind of human ...Read more

This summer has been unlike any other, as concerns over the coronavirus pandemic impact just about everything we love to do during the warm weather months.

Trips to the beach, backyard barbecues with friends, church services, vacations, hikes in the mountains -- none of it has been the same in 2020.

Yet, we still have music, even though we ...Read more

Comcast's NBCUniversal will launch its Peacock streaming service on Wednesday, giving consumers something else to binge on while staying at home during the pandemic.

But there's a good chance you know little or nothing about Peacock, a late entrant into the crowded streaming market dominated by Netflix and Hulu. As of mid-June, fewer than 27% ...Read more

Opinion editor and writer Bari Weiss has left the New York Times, publishing a scathing resignation letter on her way out Tuesday that accused the newspaper of allowing "unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge," among other misdeeds.

The controversial journalist's exit comes amid a reckoning prompted by the...Read more

July 12 marked the 29th anniversary of the theatrical release of "Point Break," Kathryn Bigelow's surfing bank robbers action movie that ushered in a new era of action movies in 1991, and ushered in Keanu Reeves as one of the ultimate sex symbols of the '90s. Bigelow married lyrical male melodrama to adrenaline-pumping action sports and created ...Read more