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The legendary Smokey Robinson will be honored at the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music’s third annual American Music Honors in April, the organization announced on Tuesday.

The Motown icon and “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” singer will be celebrated alongside John Fogerty, Emmylou Harris, Tom Morello, and Joe Ely.

“This year’s honorees represent a cross-section of American music,” Robert Santelli, founding executive director of the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music, said in a statement. “Rock, Americana, soul, and country are all...

The streaming service could offer live news surrounding more big events after drawing decent ratings on Election Night 2024.

Is Prime Video about to start its own news division? The idea might give some Washington Post readers pause, but the idea that Amazon is getting further into the news business isn’t so farfetched. According to an exclusive reporting from Variety, Amazon is mulling a larger entrance into the news broadcasting space after drawing good ratings to its 2024 Election Night coverage med by veteran anchor Brian Williams.

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Prime Video’s stream of Election Night 2024 coverage was its first foray into live news as former NBC...

As the results of Election Night 2024 became known, Brian Williams looked to the future. ”Our country is about to change again,” he told viewers of a news special he was hosting on Amazon Prime Video, with a diorama of a highway lane placed behind him. “And life, of course, goes on. Hell, my next gig is to emcee our firehouse annual dinner on Saturday night in New Jersey, my hand to God.”

Williams and others like him may have more to look forward to than hosting community potlucks.

Amazon has been holding exploratory talks about possible news concepts, according to four people familiar with the matter, a sign that the streaming and e-commerce giant sees a chance for news to bolster its economics, even as traditional players in the space are grappling with tougher times. CNN, ABC News, CBS News and NBC News have all cut staff in recent months,...

Update: CBS on January 8 announced that due to sports coverage of Farmers Insurance Open on January 24, O’Donnell’s original date to sign off from “CBS Evening News,” her last broadcast will now take place on January 23.

Norah O’Donnell’s last day behind the anchor desk of “CBS Evening News” will be January 24, CBS News revealed Friday, setting up a timeline for a transition to a new format for a venerable news program that has been part of its schedule, under various names, since 1941.

O’Donnell, who became anchor of “Evening News” in July of 2019, is moving to a new role as a senior correspondent that will have her contribute special reports built around enterprise work or landing interviews with prominent newsmakers. She will continue to contribute to “Evening News,” “60 Minutes” and other CBS News programs. The arrangement is understood to be part of a longer-term commitment that the anchor...

So, another election night has come and gone, leaving behind the usual debris of yard signs and the lingering scent of democracy (or something like it). And who better to sift through the wreckage than Seth Meyers, whose “Late Night” has become a reliable post-election sanctuary? This Wednesday, he’s got a lineup that caters to […]

Late Night With Seth Meyers Welcomes Brian Williams, Bridget Everett...

The early years of Saturday Night Live weren’t exactly the most sober. In retrospect, Lorne Michaels probably should have credited a giant baggy of cocaine as one of the “Not Ready for Prime Time Players.” But even though the cast was far from clear-headed, an early host’s drinking problem was so severe that it nearly derailed the entire show.

During its second season in March of 1977, SNL featured host Broderick Crawford, the legendary actor best known for his Oscar-winning performance in All the King’s Men.

Unfortunately, Crawford was a severe alcoholic, whose drinking became so bad that he was “arrested several times for DUI.” Oddly enough, this happened while he was working on the TV cop show Highway Patrol.

In a recent interview with The A.V. Club, Dan Aykroyd was asked about the one and only time that Crawford hosted SNL. Aykroyd recounted that Michaels begged Crawford to...

Jason Bateman is the ultimate Grinch in the trailer for upcoming Netflix Christmas film “Carry-On” — you know, if the Grinch’s M.O. was more mass murder than toy theft.

This holiday season we’re thankful for Taron Egerton, who plays a low-level Tso, which is a Tsa agent, hand-selected by Bateman to be his forced accomplice. Bateman’s a domestic terrorist who is trying to get a bag through airport security and onto a plane; context clues tell us that it’s not just a water he purchased before the checkpoint.

The streaming movie’s official logline reads: “A young Tsa agent fights to outsmart a mysterious traveler who blackmails him into letting a dangerous package slip onto a Christmas Eve flight.”

“Ethan, today is a day that you’re gonna remember for a very long time,” Bateman’s character tells Egerton’s. “But if you handle it right,...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Except for one particular Tsa agent. Netflix has just released the trailer for Carry-On. Carry-On is an upcoming feature film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Jungle Cruise, Black Adam) and starring Taron Egerton (Rocketman, Kingsman: The Golden Circle). Tj Fixman wrote the script’s first draft, with Michael Green responsible for the most recent polish. Dylan Clark (The Batman) is producing. Carry-On is the first production of the overall deal between Netflix and Amblin.

The film also stars Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Logan Marshall-Green, Dean Norris, Sinqua Walls and Jason Bateman. The cast will also include Gil Perez- Abraham, Tonatiuh, Curtiss Cook, Joe Williamson and Josh Brener. The plot logline reads, “A young Tsa agent fights to outsmart a mysterious traveler who blackmails him into letting a dangerous package slip onto a Christmas Eve flight.” Collet-Serra is no stranger to a suspense-filled...

Chris Wallace is departing CNN after three years, the network confirmed today.

Wallace joined CNN in 2022 as an on-air commentator and host of the weekly talk show Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?

Wallace told The Daily Beast that he plans to find a new home on an independent platform such as streaming or podcasting.

Mark Thompson, CNN’s CEO and chairman, said in a statement: “Chris Wallace is one of the most respected political journalists in the news business with a unique track record across radio, print, broadcast television, cable television and streaming. We want to thank him for the dedication and wisdom he’s brought to all his work at CNN and to wish him the very best for future.”

Wallace was coming to the end of a three-year contract, which he signed after abruptly exiting Fox News Sunday in 2021. As one of Fox News’ top news-side personalities,...

Chris Wallace came to CNN to get heavily involved with reaching streaming audiences, and it looks like he will leave the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed news outlet still looking to do the same.

Wallace, a veteran commentator who held forth on Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Sunday” as well as NBC News’ “Meet The Press,” told The Daily Beast Monday that he planned to leave CNN, which he initially joined to participate in the scuttled streaming operation CNN+, to try his hand at reaching people via an independent digital venture.

CNN confirmed Wallace would leave three years after he initially signed on after leaving Fox News to do so. The typical anchor contract in the news business is for a similar amount of time. CNN tried to convince Wallace to stay, according to a person familiar with the matter.

“Chris Wallace is one of the most respected political journalists...

Updated 2:59 Pm: Control of the House of Representatives is still unknown, but the final viewership numbers are in for Tuesday’s election, and it ain’t a winner.

Across 18 networks, Donald Trump’s sweeping victory for a return to the White House he was kicked out of four years ago was watched by an audience of 42.3 million, according to Nielsen. The measurement was in the 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Et period, which was hours before the final tally of Trump’s win and Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss was in.

The 42 million and change is a strong result in today’s decentralized media environment, by any non-Super Bowl standard. However, as an indication of what and where Americans are getting their news, that primetime viewership was actually down a hard 25% from the 2020 election that saw Joe Biden defeat Trump.

The outlets that Nielsen used for its 2024 ratings metric were ABC,...

Some of the nation’s biggest TV anchors saw the plans they had for Election Night change almost as soon as the first exit polls came in.

Early preparations for election coverage had called for hours and hours spent on sifting through what was supposed to be a neck-and-neck race. Instead former President Donald Trump quickly emerged as president-elect Donald Trump, while Vice President Kamala Harris’ supposed foundations among “Blue Wall” states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania crumbled throughout the evening.

The biggest audience tuned in to Fox News Channel, according to early Nielsen estimates that may change later in the day, followed by ABC News, and then MSNBC. From the late afternoon to the wee hours of the morning, the anchors had to keep level heads, and wait for the actual figures to come in before they could tell the full story.

Still, they could see a narrative building,...

Most of the nation’s big TV-news anchors used the same phrase throughout Election Night: “We’re not there yet.” As things turned out, they were.

TV networks came to the 2024 Election ready for a rehash of the one they covered in 2020. Executives had 24-hour coverage sessions mapped out for the battle between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, and expected, based on polls, to have political panels at the ready through the weekend. The belief was that, like last time, swing states including Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona would need days to tabulate the results. Before midnight, however, the crystal ball became more clear. On NBC, around 11 p.m., Lester Holt chided his colleagues for starting to speak as if the whole thing had been decided. “This is beginning to sound like a post-mortem,” he cautioned.

Soon, it would be. After 1 a.m,, Fox News Channel’s...

Prime Video took over a soundstage in Los Angeles Tuesday for its first live election special — but despite the expansive space and technology on display, the telecast’s opening hours didn’t feel much different than the multitude of other election night options.

Election Night Live began with anchor Brian Williams reciting a voiceover addressed to the founding fathers, noting what they established for the nation (along with the fact that many of them were slaveholders) while asking for “the strength and wisdom to see our way through this.”

The special originated from a Volume stage (the same kind of high-tech facility used on shows like The Mandalorian). Most of the time, a series of images from across the country was projected behind Williams, with a huge, swooping “Live News Alert” banner taking over the screens when there was a result to report.

The special did a lot of run-up before any results came in,...

Brian Williams is back on the news beat.

The former NBC News and MSNBC anchor is hosting Election Night Live, Prime Video’s first crack at live coverage of a breaking-news event. Originating from Amazon’s Culver City studio, the multi-hour, ad-supported special kicked off at 2 p.m. Pt — watch the cold open above and a trailer for the special below.

Recalling his stint as host of MSNBC’s The 11th Hour, Williams remains the jocular, sorta folksy wordsmith as he riffed about the sheer size of the studio — noting that people there are “getting their steps in — and revived catchphrases including how coverage will continue “on the other side” of a commercial break. At one point, he name-checked his former colleague, MSNBC’s Map Maven Steve Kornacki.

Related: Deadline’s Updated Election Night Coverage

The show also includes a murderer’s row of TV pundits including James Carville, Abby Huntsman,...

Brian Williams didn’t come to Election Night to break news, but rather to put it all together.

The NBC News veteran kicked off an interesting American experiment Tuesday evening by taking to Amazon’s Prime Video to host a live hours-long Election Night special on the streaming giant’s massive platform. Williams got to use his gift of gab while his corporate benefactor got to experiment with fishing for audiences with broadcasts around momentous live events that aren’t an NFL game or other sports event.

“Election Night with Brian Williams,” made available free to anyone who wanted to watch it — whether or not they held an Amazon Prime subscription — launched at 5 p.m., well before official coverage kicked off at MSNBC, Fox News Channel, CBS News or ABC News, and just as CNN began to look at its first exit poll of the evening and NBC News took...

There’s a little election this week that you might have heard about.

The early votes are in and the polls are open for the 2024 presidential showdown between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump. Now we pivot to The Coverage.

There’s no shortage of options for how to watch Election Day – and Night, and probably Week – unfold on broadcast and cable TV and streaming services beginning Tuesday. See a rundown of the various networks and platforms’ plans below.

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Along with the usual suspects of network news divisions, cable news pundits, pubcaster PBS and political outlet C-span comes a new player: Amazon’s Prime Video, which features former NBC News and MSNBC mainstay Brian Williams in his return to the anchor chair.

So read on to decide on how to watch America decide.

If the anxiety induced by tonight’s election results makes you want to hide under the desk for safety, then V Spehar has a show for you. Spehar, the creator and pundit who hosts Under the Desk News, is going live across multiple platforms with a November 5 special called Election Night Pizza Party.

Spehar will appeal to their Millennial and Gen Z fans by offering “graphs without context,” “digestible explainers,” and “key updates,” according to a logline emailed to Tubefilter.

The synopsis describes Pizza Party as Spehar’s “alternative to legacy media.” Rather than delivering the staid election night special viewers might be used to, the Under the Desk host is invoking concepts like “brain rot media” and nostalgia, both of which are compatible with their target audience. The goal is to create a “high school civics class for the scroll generation.”

Though Spehar’s goal is to update legacy media’s election night format,...

Amazon shares climbed over 4% in after-hours trading on Thursday after the company beat Wall Street expectations for its third quarter of 2024, posting a wider-than-expected profit and an 11% year over year increase in revenue.

The results were bolstered by a 19% year over year increase in advertising services revenue to $14.3 billion, which includes sales to sellers, vendors, publishers, authors and others through programs such as sponsored ads, display and video advertising.

Net sales for its subscriptions services segment, which includes annual and monthly fees associated with Amazon Prime memberships, as well as digital video, audiobook, digital music, e-book and other non-Amazon Web Services subscription services, grew 11% to $11.3 billion during the third quarter.

Here are the top-line results:

Net income: $15.3 billion, compared to $9.9 billion a year ago.

Earnings per share: $1.43 per diluted share, compared to $1.14 expected by analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research.

Revenue: $158.9 billion, up 11% year over year, compared to $157.07 billion...

Amazon topped Wall Street estimates in the third quarter, posting an 11% rise in revenue compared with the year-ago quarter and diluted earnings per share of $1.43.

The earnings figure came in well above the Street expectation of $1.14, while total revenue of $158.9 billion eased past the consensus forecast of $157.3 billion.

The company said it expects revenue in the holiday fourth quarter to grow 7% to 11% compared with the same period in 2023, reaching between $181.5 billion and $188.5 billion. Operating income should come in between $16 billion and $20 billion, Amazon said, with Wall Street setting the bar at $17.49 billion.

CEO Andy Jassy noted the holiday season got an early kickoff with Prime Deal Days earlier this month. “There’s so much more coming,” he said in the earnings release, “from tens of millions of deals, to our NFL Black Friday game and Election Day coverage with Brian Williams on Prime Video, to over 100 new cloud infrastructure and AI capabilities.

Amazon reported its third-quarter 2024 earnings, revealing ad sales rose 19% year over year amid the company’s push to insert ads into Prime Video.

Analysts had expected $14.25 billion in ad revenue and the e-commerce giant reported $14.3 billion. Per Amazon, that includes sales of advertising services to sellers, vendors, publishers, authors and others, through programs such as sponsored ads, display and video ads.

The company also reported its subscription services revenue was up 11% in Q3, which ran July 1-Sept. 30, at $11.3 billion.

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“As we get into the holiday season, we’re excited about what we have in store for customers,” Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy said in a press release. “We kicked off the holiday season with our biggest-ever Prime Big Deal Days and the launch of an all-new Kindle lineup that...

Turn on Amazon’s Prime Video on Election Night, and you will see the streaming giant do something it has never done before: live coverage of a breaking news event.

Brian Williams, the former NBC News and MSNBC anchor who will host Election Night Live, has described the special as the first “new product introduction in the Election Night space since color television.”

In an interview with Deadline, Williams wouldn’t go into specifics but promised a reveal of “our own exclusive IP.” A set built on a Culver City soundstage will be “all LED,” and he will be mobile “between different areas of the studio where analysts and journalists and a historian or two and our data folks are working.”

Related: Deadline’s Live-Updating Election Night Coverage

He said that he has asked Amazon to take no breaks during the special, but “I don’t know if I’ll win that tug of war.

One of the closest, most surprising and momentous presidential elections in recent memory has broadcast and cable networks preparing for the unexpected for its finale: election night.

Traditionally one of the highest-rated news nights of the cycle, this year the challenges for news divisions are in determining the wisest use of resources with all seven swing states within the margin of error, no easy task given the cost pressures on linear TV in general. Added to that are concerns over security, safety and misinformation, with recent incidents serving as a reminder of potential more alarming situations on November 5.

“Definitely, I have never seen anything like it. There’s no question about that,” said Mary Hager, CBS News’ executive editor of politics, who has been doing election nights at CBS News since 1992.

“There’s so much information, misinformation,” she said. “There’s so many people involved. Never, certainly that I can remember,...

Multiple on-demand streaming services are offering election coverage this year, and you can watch without coming close to what you’d pay for cable.

The 2024 U.S. presidential election is coming up fast. Election day is set for Tuesday, Nov. 5, less than two weeks away as of the time of this writing. Will Vice President Kamala Harris continue trying to build on the policies of the Biden administration, or will former President Trump win another term in the White House? The polls are incredibly tight, and a clear winner likely won’t emerge until election night itself, if not after. If you want to keep track of all the latest news and updates without a cable subscription, I’ll break down the best ways to watch national coverage of the election all evening long using top streaming services.

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Sinclair’s national news brand will offer special coverage of the 2024 Presidential Election and key races in different parts of the country on Tuesday, November 5, The Desk has learned.

The program — called “Beyond the Podium: Election 2024” — will air on approximately 90 broadcast television stations owned or operated by Sinclair, including those affiliated with the CW Network and some MyNetwork and Fox-affiliated outlets. It will also stream for free on all of Sinclair’s local TV websites and The National News Desk’s YouTube channel, a spokesperson confirmed.

In an exclusive interview with The Desk this week, Sinclair’s Vice President of News Scott Livingston said the special will harness the immense synergies between Sinclair’s local news-producing stations and its team of national journalists who helped build The National News Desk from the ground up.

Nearly all of Sinclair’s 66 local newsrooms will be contributing...

Mike Flanagan has lined up his next project at Prime Video: The Haunting of Hill House writer/director is developing a TV adaptation of Stephen King’s 1974 novel “Carrie,” TVLine has confirmed.

Flanagan’s version is said to be “a bold and timely reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White, who has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother,” according to its official description. “After her father’s sudden and untimely death, Carrie finds herself contending with the alien landscape of public high school, a bullying scandal that shatters her community, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.

Netflix is adapting In the Likely Event, a novel by Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal.

The film, adapted to the screen by Lindsey Ferrentino — one of five movies she’s writing for the streaming giant — is a romance between a U.S. soldier, Nate, and a congressional aide, Izzy, set against the war in Afghanistan. The book was first published in August 2023.

In the Likely Event will be overseen by Brian Williams for Dylan Clark Productions and by Kira Cousineau for Netflix. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be working with Dylan Clark Productions and Netflix to bring In the Likely Event to life,” Yarros said. “It’s such a special book to me and I can’t wait to see Nate and Izzy brought to the screen by such a thoughtful and passionate team of creators.”

Ferrentino recently talked to THR about her vast...

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Amazon’s streaming service Prime Video is moving forward with plans to produce an Election Night special that will be hosted by former NBC News anchor Brian Williams, the company confirmed on Thursday.

On November 5, Williams will host “Election Night Live with Brian Williams,” which will offer live updates on national and local races throughout the United States, including the 2024 presidential election.

The special will start streaming on Prime Video at 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Amazon said in a statement. All Amazon customers will be allowed to watch the special, even if they do not have a Prime membership or otherwise subscribe to Prime Video.

“After 41 years in the business — from local news to network shows to cable news — this feels like the next big thing, and the global marketplace of Amazon is a natural home for this first-of-its-kind venture,” Williams said in a statement. “Together we will...

Former NBC News anchor Brian Williams will host a live election night special on Prime Video, marking Amazon’s first go at news coverage.

The streamer confirmed on Thursday that Election Night Live with Brian Williams, a one-night special delivering election results and analysis, will stream on Tuesday, Nov. 5 beginning at 5 pm Et.

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Williams will be joined live by guests,...

Prime Video is officially in business with Brian Williams.

The Amazon-owned streaming platform has set an election night special, Election Night Live with Brian Williams, which will see the former NBC News anchor lead viewers through the returns on Nov. 5.

The special will see Williams joined by “prominent contributors” who will provide insight and analysis across the political spectrum. NBC and CNN veteran Jonathan Wald will be executive producer, with Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner’s White Cherry Entertainment producing the special. Weiss, the veteran of the Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and a slew of other live events, will also serve as director of the special.

Amazon, of course, does not have its own news division, so the special will combine some familiar elements like real-time poll results and commentary, while also referencing third-party news sources across all political affiliations. A politics RedZone, if you will.

The Hollywood Reporter had previously...

Brian Williams is gearing up to hold forth on Election Night, and even though he is no longer with NBC News, seems poised to hold forth from the early evening to the 11th hour during the national spectacle.

Williams, who left NBC News in 2021 after a nearly three-decade run, will lead a one-night special called “Election Night Live with Brian Williams.” The show, which will begin at 5 p.m. eastern on November 5, will be made available to all Amazon customers via Prime Video, regardless of whether they subscribe to the streaming outlet itself.

“After 41 years in the business — from local news to network shows to cable news — this feels like the next big thing. And the global marketplace of Amazon is a natural home for this first-of-its-kind venture,” said Williams, in a statement. “Together we will follow the storyline on election night wherever it leads us.”

Variety reported in late...

Brian Williams is set to host a live election night special on Prime Video beginning at 5 p.m. Et/2 p.m. Pt on Nov. 5, which will see the former NBC anchor share real-time poll results and commentary as the streamer wades into live news reporting.

“After 41 years in the business – from local news to network shows to cable news – this feels like the next big thing. And the global marketplace of Amazon is a natural home for this first-of-its-kind venture,” Williams said in a statement. “Together we will follow the storyline on election night wherever it leads us.”

Williams will be joined by a variety of experts across news and politics who will lend exclusive insights and analysis representing a range of backgrounds and perspectives. Guests will be announced in the coming weeks.

“This non-partisan live special will draw from major news sources and complement the various partner news channels available on Prime Video.

Amazon Prime Video confirmed plans today for an election night special anchored by Brian Williams.

Election Night Live with Brian Williams will mark Williams’ first major appearance since departing MSNBC and NBC News at the end of 2021.

On the special, Williams will be joined by contributors across news and traditional media who will share poll results and commentary, according to Prime Video. They also will reference third-party news sources across the political spectrum.

The special will start at 5 p.m. Et and will be produced by Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner, from their White Cherry Entertainment, with Jonathan Wald as executive producer and showrunner. A news business veteran, Wald worked with Williams at NBCU.

Williams said in a statement, “After 41 years in the business — from local news to network shows to cable news — this feels like the next big thing. And the global marketplace of Amazon is a natural home for this first-of-its-kind venture.

Jason Bateman has gone real no-more-Mr. Nice Guy on us.

The “Ozark,” “Horrible Bosses,” and “Game Night” star puts on a domestic-terrorist face (and hat) in the teaser for Netflix Christmas movie “Carry-On.” It’s, ah, not exactly “Elf.”

In “Carry-On,” before Bateman can terrorize a Christmas Eve flight, he first must make Taron Egerton’s job a living hell. Oh, and he might just kill the young Tsa agent’s significant other, played by Sofia Carson, as well.

“One bag for one life,” is Bateman’s blackmail offer.

We’re guessing he doesn’t have Clear.

Basically, Bateman targets Egerton to let his mysterious suitcase through the security scanners and onto the airplane. We don’t quite know (yet) what is in the package, but considering the gunfire and Tom Cruise-esque sprinting through the airport, Bateman’s cargo is probably a bit worse than nail clippers.

“There’s...

Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman find a way to make holiday travel even more challenging than usual in the trailer for the Netflix thriller Carry-On.

Director Jaume Collet-Serra’s airport-focused action film hits the streaming service Dec. 13. Rounding out the cast are Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Sinqua Walls, Logan Marshall-Green, Theo Rossi, Josh Brener and Dean Norris.

Carry-On centers on an inexperienced Tsa agent (Egerton) who ends up in a battle of wits with a mysterious traveler (Bateman) after the stranger blackmails him into allowing a dangerous package onto a flight on Christmas Eve.

“You have 10 minutes before everybody in this airport dies,” Bateman says in voiceover in the trailer. “All you have to do is nothing.”

Collet-Serra (Black Adam, Jungle Cruise) helmed the movie from a script by T.J. Fixman. Dylan Clark produces the film, while executive producers on the project include Collet-Serra, Holly Bario, Brian Williams, Seth William Meier and Scott Greenberg.

While working as an executive producer at Fox News Channel, Justin Wells oversaw some of the cable-news outlet’s most controversial segments, as well as many hours of documentary programming crafted expressly for its Fox Nation streaming service. Now he wants to offer his expertise to less partisan media companies.

Wells, who helped build and run “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” has created a six-part documentary series, “Art of the Surge,” that follows former President Donald Trump through recent months of campaigning. One of the most salient features: Wells had a camera stationed just feet away as Secret Service agents scrambled to protect Trump during an assassination attempt in Butler, Pa. The series debuts Wednesday on Carlson’s digital media properties, and, says Wells, is getting interest from an array of players — not just the usual suspects.

“Let me put it this way: I’m surprised,” he says during a recent interview.

The veteran anchor will bring his talents to Prime Video in its first foray into live news.

Longtime anchor Brian Williams is set to return to television to cover one of the most consequential elections in living memory. That’s according to the Los Angeles Times, which is reporting that Williams has been chosen by Amazon to lead its first attempt at offering news coverage when it goes live on election night to cover the 2024 United States presidential election.

Key Details: **Williams has not been signed to a deal yet, but the report calls such an agreement “imminent.” The election coverage show will use calls by the Associated Press, mixed with analysis from Williams. The special is not intended to be a transition to more regular live news coverage from Prime Video as of now. 30-Day Free Trial $8.99+ / month amazon.com

Williams is no stranger to presidential election coverage, having led...

Amazon is in talks with Brian Williams, the former NBC News and MSNBC anchor, to host an election night special for the streaming service, according to two sources familiar with the plans.

The special would be the first major high profile project for Williams, who exited his popular MSNBC show The 11th Hour in 2021.

The deal is not done, and a source cautioned that the special should not be a signal that Amazon Prime Video is moving into news. The special would feature a mix of contributors, with the goal that the special would be non-partisan.

That said, the special would mark Amazon’s first foray into a live news event, at a time when linear networks are also trying to gain a foothold in streaming. All major broadcast networks have streaming channels, while MSNBC, CNN and Fox News have taken various approaches in platforms. Election night is likely to...

Brian Williams may have found his next TV-news job….except it won’t be on traditional TV.

The veteran NBC News and MSNBC anchor is in late-stage discussions to host a live Election Night special on Amazon Prime Video, according to five people familiar with the matter. The aim, these people say, is to have a non-partisan discussion of that evening’s events. If the project comes to fruition, it could mark the first entry into news-related programming by one of the industry’s stand-alone streaming giants, which have largely focused on movies, scripted original series and reality programming.

The concept isn’t necessarily guaranteed to be completed, these people cautioned. Amazon declined to make executives available for comment. Through a spokesman, Williams declined to comment.

Amazon would potentially vie for attention on one of the biggest nights for traditional journalism. Many media companies see a presidential election cycle as...

Norah O’Donnell will cede the reins of the venerable “CBS Evening News” after the 2024 presidential election in favor of a new role as a senior correspondent who will seek out big interviews and opportunities for deeper reporting, the latest major change at CBS News after its business was merged with that of the local-tv operations of parent company Paramount Global.

O’Donnell, who recently celebrated her fifth year in the anchor chair, sees an opportunity to pursue signature interviews with top newsmakers — something that proved appealing to her after logging stints as both a morning-show co-anchor and an evening-news presence and after her recent sit-down with Pope Francis earlier this year.

“Together, our team has won Emmy, Murrow, and DuPont awards. We managed to anchor in-studio through Covid; we took the broadcast on the road from aircraft carriers to the Middle East, and around the world. We were privileged to conduct...

Google a list of the all-time best Saturday Night Live hosts, and you’ll find a surprising number of people who you’d never guess were funny in the first place.

I mean, before SNL, who knew athletes Charles Barkley and Peyton Manning were hilarious? Who watched Nsync videos and predicted that Justin Timberlake had “Dick in a Box” in him? Billie Eilish? Chance the Rapper? Anyone have news anchor Brian Williams on their funny bingo card?

As the show embarks on its landmark 50th season, here are five more suggestions for out-of-the-box SNL hosts who just might knock it out of the park…

1 Tony Hawk

Hawk has been quietly comedy-adjacent for years, appearing in College Humor sketches, skateboarding in a fat suit in a Jackass movie and lending his voice to The Simpsons.

His Twitter feed is surprisingly funny, too, full of self-deprecating jabs and goofy insights. As a performer,...

Jack Quaid doesn’t shy away from being called a “nepo baby.”

“No matter what I do, people are going to call attention to it. People have called me a ‘nepo baby.’ I’m inclined to agree,” said the 32-year-old “The Boys” star, whose parents are Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan. “I am an immensely privileged person, was able to get representation pretty early on, and that’s more than half the battle.”

Quaid was asked on The Daily Beast’s “The Last Laugh” podcast if he consciously tried to avoid romantic comedies to avoid comparisons to his mother, whose credits include some of the greatest films in the genre, from “When Harry Met Sally” to “You’ve Got Mail.”

“It was a little bit of a conscious decision to not do it as much. It’s just got to be right, because, you know, my mom is the undisputed queen of rom-coms.

NBC Nightly News anchor Kate Snow, who also hosts the weekday program NBC News Daily, will be stepping away from her weekend hosting duties.

Snow announced her upcoming departure during the Sunday broadcast of Nightly News. (Watch video below.)

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The first “Parental Advisory” album Metro Boomin ever owned was Nelly’s Country Grammar, which helped define hip-hop’s St. Louis sound in 2000. His mom bought it for him.

That record infused in Metro a great love of and pride in his hometown of St. Louis. Of course, he already loved his mom. “I’ve always been a mama’s boy, my whole life,” he says, pride boomin’ in his voice, over Zoom. “I’ve seen firsthand, with my mother, how hard it is being a single mother.” Metro was...

Past Lives took the top prize of best feature at the 2023 Gotham Awards on Monday night. The film went into the night up for three awards.

Fellow three-time and best feature nominee A Thousand and One picked up the breakthrough director award, in the all-female category, as helmer A.V. Rockwell gave an emotional speech about the challenges of telling authentic stories about certain identities.

“Maybe one of the biggest things actually was telling a very truthful, authentic, very raw experience that can be so hard when it’s culturally specific and I felt like I fought tooth and nail for every inch of, every piece of what you’ve seen on screen,” Rockwell said, tearing up. “Just to be frank, it is very hard to tell a very culturally specific story when you look like this,” she added, touching the skin on the back of her hand.

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A new HBO Original documentary, “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life,” offers a deeper look into the impressive career of the iconic comedian. The documentary was directed by filmmaker Rob Reiner, who happens to be one of Brooks’ longtime friends. In it, the pair discusses Brooks’ huge achievements, while others in the entertainment community share their unique stories about the comedian. “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” begins streaming on Max on Saturday, Nov. 11. You can watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Max.

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About 'Albert Brooks: Defending My Life'

Brooks’ long and impressive career kicked off in the 1960s. Since then, he’s been delivering hilarious jokes and entertaining skits.

When I heard Rob Reiner was planning to direct a documentary on a true comic icon and genius named Albert Brooks, I thought “Now this will be good!” Reiner is not only a smart and talented filmmaker in his own right, but also a longtime friend of Brooks, with whom he went to high school and even co-starred with him in drama department productions. I am happy to report this HBO Original documentary, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, premiering Saturday night and then streaming on Max, not only more than met my high expectations but exceeded them.

Set in a plush dark red restaurant booth, the film is anchored simply by a conversation between Reiner and Brooks. The visual is almost identical to the opening scene of Brooks’ 1981 Modern Romance, where he and his girlfriend are breaking up,...

On Thursday, November 9, 2023, Investigation Discovery is set to air a captivating episode titled “Where Did NBA Star Brian Williams Go?: Rich & Shameless” at 10:00 Pm.

This episode uncovers the intriguing story of NBA star Brian Williams, also known as Bison Dele, who made a life-altering decision to leave behind his fortune, fame, and fast-paced life. Instead, he embarked on a global journey on a catamaran with his girlfriend, seeking a simpler and more fulfilling existence. However, their adventure takes a dark turn when they mysteriously vanish without a trace, leaving authorities to suspect foul play.

“Where Did NBA Star Brian Williams Go?: Rich & Shameless” delves into the enigmatic circumstances surrounding the disappearance of this former NBA player and his partner. It’s a tale of intrigue and uncertainty, offering viewers an opportunity to explore a real-life mystery that has perplexed many.

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David Corvo, the guiding force behind hundreds of hours of NBC’s signature “Dateline” newsmagazine, will step away from the role at the end of 2023, bringing to a close a TV-news career that has spanned four decades.

Corvo has been with “Dateline” in some capacity since joining NBC News in 1995 as a vice president responsible for primetime news programming. Under his aegis, the show has morphed from a general-interest newsmagazine — anchored in its earliest days by Stone Philips and Jane Pauley — to a massive content franchise focused intently on true-crime stories. Over the years, “Dateline” has expanded into podcasts; a 24/7 streaming channel; and even scripted fare, as seen in the 2022 NBC limited series, “The Thing About Pam,” which starred Renee Zellweger.

Corvo, who has been senior executive producer of “Dateline,” will hand off those duties to Liz Cole, the program’s executive producer and president of NBC News Studios, where she will maintain her duties.

It’s strangely appropriate that Rob Reiner’s new documentary, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, is getting its film festival rollout at a moment when most of Brooks’ body of work as a writer-director is unavailable on any major streaming platform.

Maybe classics like Real Life, Lost in America and Defending Your Life will have streaming homes by the time HBO airs the documentary in November. But you know what will always be available? Finding Nemo. Brooks is justifiably revered in certain circles, but the decline of a popular monoculture since the 1970s, when his Saturday Night Live shorts and Johnny Carson appearances made his brand of irony-fueled wit pleasantly mainstream, means that for a larger audience, he’s a talking fish.

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life puts Brooks in proper context both for those who already adore him and for audiences sure to want more information on a legend who,...