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CMT Music Awards to Move to CBS
Award show moves to broadcast as CBS is still in talks for a new ACM Awards deal
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Top Execs on What’s Fueling the Streaming Boom: ‘Content, Content, Content’ (Video)
TheGrill Focus on Streaming: TV personality and Allen Media Group founder Byron Allen says content is the new gas and oil
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‘Interview With the Vampire’ TV Series Set at AMC
Mark Johnson will develop the project based on Anne Rice’s popular vampire novels
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Hulu Promotes Sasha Silver to Head of Drama
Silver was most recently director of original drama content
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Roku, ViacomCBS Shares Spike on Comcast Deal Speculation
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts is angling to do a deal with one of those two companies, the Wall Street Journal reports
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David Nevins to Oversee Scripted Originals for Paramount+ as Part of Streaming Reorganization
ViacomCBS names MTV’s Tanya Giles as chief programming officer for streaming
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‘Drake & Josh’ Star Drake Bell Pleads Guilty to Attempted Child Endangerment
Bell could face up to 18 months in prison
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Kenya Barris Says He Left $100 Million Netflix Deal to Produce ‘More Edgy’ and ‘Highbrow’ Shows for BET
“Netflix became CBS,” Barris tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview
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Conan O’Brien Was the Last of His Kind: An Apolitical Late-Night Host
“He never became overtly political, he never chose to go down that path out of fear of losing his popularity,” longtime friend and collaborator Robert Smigel tells TheWrap
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‘Friends’ Actor James Michael Tyler Reveals He Has Stage 4 Prostate Cancer
Tyler, who played Gunther on the NBC comedy, was first diagnosed in 2018
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‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’: Anthony Mackie ‘Felt Every Emotion’ the First Time He Suited Up as Captain America
TheWrap awards magazine: “I was able to take a moment and shed a tear, because I just didn’t know that it would affect me in that way,” Mackie tells TheWrap
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CNN’s Jim Acosta Awards Tucker Carlson ‘Bulls- Factory Employee of the Month’ for FBI Insurrection Conspiracy
“Nobody bulls—s like you when it comes to the insurrection,” Acosta said during his show on Saturday
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‘Loki’ Director Breaks Down Why They Created Miss Minutes for Disney+ Series
“It’s pretty weird, that’s why it’s great,” director Kate Herron says
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Biden Family Dog Champ Dies: ‘He Was Our Constant, Cherished Companion’
“We love our sweet, good boy and will miss him always,” the president and first lady said on Saturday
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‘Loki’ Director Isn’t Sure if Sophia Di Martino’s ‘Loki Variant’ Is Who You Think It Is
“We wanted to leave questions in regards to that identity,” Kate Herron tells TheWrap
