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Lynette Rice
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Before joining Deadline in 2022, Lynette spent 22 years at Entertainment Weekly where she covered the TV business for the magazine and website. Before that she worked for The Hollywood Reporter and Broadcasting & Cable. The San Diego State graduate is the author of the 2021 bestseller "How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy."
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‘SNL’ Parodies Spate Of Random Attacks On Actors In NYC: “Stop Punching Character Actors In The Face’
The recent assault on Steve Buscemi on the streets of New York City spawned a skit for SNL that featured Jake Gyllenhaal as an NYPD sergeant urging bad guys to “stop punching character actors in the face.”
Speaking at a press conference for reporters, Gyllenhaal called character actors “the life…
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Jake Gyllenhaal & Most Of ‘SNL’ Cast Skewers Southwest: “Want More Leg Room, Premium Food And Drink Services? Fly A Different Airline’
Most of the cast of Saturday Night Live took part in a takedown of Southwest, with Jake Gyllenhaal playing a frenzied customer who just wanted to change his flight.
Gyllenhaal — who was mistakenly referred to as Vaginal Cream — had to navigate through a series of operators who first assumed he just…
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Jake Gyllenhaal Channels Fred From ‘Scooby Doo’ In Gross-Out Commercial For Apple Face ID
A parody of Scooby Doo turned bloody on SNL Saturday, with host Jake Gyllenhaal subbing in as the toe-headed Fred while musical guest star Sabrina Carpenter guest starred as Daphne.
Dubbed “Scooby Doo and the Mystery of the Shadow Phantom,” the skit featured Fred investigating a haunted mention with…
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‘Fire Country’ Season Finale: Max Thieriot Addresses That Wedding Cliffhanger & Bode’s Future With Gabriela
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details from the season finale of Fire Country on CBS.
It’s become a well-worn trope in TV weddings; a heartsick man (or woman) is stuck in a pew while he watches the love of his life exchange vows with someone else.
But the only ‘I do’ viewers heard in the…
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‘So Help Me Todd’ Series Finale: Why The CBS Drama Ended On An (Awkward!) Cliffhanger & What Would Have Happened To Margaret And Her Son
SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details about the series finale of So Help Me Todd on CBS.
For the small but dedicated fanbase of the drama that stars Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin, it wasn’t a surprise that the two-year-old crime dramedy was ending for good on May 16.
What was a…
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‘Young Sheldon’ Series Finale: EP Steve Holland Talks Return Of Mayim Bialik & Jim Parsons, Why The World Needs A Sheldon Cooper Memoir
Spoiler alert! This story contains details from the series finale episode of Young Sheldon on CBS.
Good luck at Caltech, Sheldon! We know you’ll do just fine and go on to make great friends in Pasadena.
The May 16 episode of Young Sheldon marked the end of The Big Bang Theory spinoff, with…
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‘General Hospital’ Shakes Up Writers Room; Patrick Mulcahey Is Out As Co-Head
More change in the writers room at General Hospital.
Patrick Mulcahey — who was promoted in January to help fill the void left by co-head writers Chris Van Etten and Dan O'Connor — is no longer on the soap’s head-writing team, Deadline has confirmed.
Elizabeth Korte, who was upped alongside…
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‘Shōgun’ To Continue: FX & Hulu Eye Two More Seasons Of James Clavell Adaptation
Shōgun is a limited series no more: FX is gearing up for more installments of the historic drama.
The renewal was expected and foreshadowed by star-producer Hiroyuki Sanada closing a deal to continue as Lord Yoshii Toranaga. Also back are co-creators, executive producers and writers Justin Marks and…
FX Will Submit ‘Shōgun’ In Drama Category For Emmys
Now that FX has decided to make more episodes of its breakout hit Shōgun, it is changing its Emmy strategy for the James Clavell adaptation.
Deadline has learned that FX will submit the saga — which originally premiered as a limited series — in the drama category. Before, Shōgun would have competed…
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Sarah Drew To Headline New Series ‘Mistletoe Murders’ For Hallmark Media
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Drew – best known for playing fan favorite Dr. April Kepner on Grey's Anatomy – is about to headline her own series for Hallmark Media.
Drew has been cast as Emily Lane in Mistletoe Murders, which is based on the Audible global hit podcast of the same name. Emily is described as…
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Warner Bros Discovery Upfront: Here’s What Happened In Madison Square Garden With Casey Bloys, Shaquille O’Neal & Conan O’Brien
Mindy Kaling got right to the point at the top of the Warner Bros Discovery presentation Wednesday by joking how her show The Sex Lives of College Girls is "filled with smoking hot guys who run around campus topless.”
"It's a Max show, not a BBC show," she said.
Sexy! Here’s what else…
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‘The Bay’ Casts Patrick Muldoon & Jennifer Taylor As Mike Manning’s Parents
EXCLUSIVE: The Bay character Caleb McKinnon is about to come face-to-face with the parents who abandoned him in the upcoming season.
Patrick Muldoon (Melrose Place) and Jennifer Taylor (Two and a Half Men) are joining the Popstar TV! sudser as the conservative dad and mom to McKinnon (Mike Manning)…
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