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Cheryl Burke is done sharing the tea — at least for now. The former Dancing with the Stars pro revealed that she is suspending her iHeart podcast Sex, Lies and Spray Tans. “After an incredible journey, I've made the bittersweet decision to say farewell—for now—to this podcast,” she revealed…

The documentary features remaining in contention for an Oscar nomination have been whittled down from 169 to a shortlist of a mere 15, a brutal culling that has inevitably left many filmmakers disappointed, and a select few in celebratory mode. What were the harshest snubs? That question comes up…

EXCLUSIVE: The Kingcast podcast lives on. The popular podcast devoted to the works of Stephen King was slated to end this year following the unexpected death last May of co-host Scott Wampler. But due to enthusiastic interest from listeners, Eric Vespe, who created the show with Wampler, announced today…

Black Box Diaries, Queendom and Instruments of a Beating Heart are among the films that got good news Tuesday, earning places on the coveted Oscar shortlists – Diaries and Queendom for Documentary Feature and Instruments for Documentary Short. At the 40th IDA Documentary Awards in Los Angeles a few…

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Carlos López Estrada (Raya and the Last Dragon, Blindspotting) and his company Antigravity Academy are developing a feature film and an in-depth documentary project based on The Good Whale, a new podcast from The New York Times and Serial Productions. The Good Whale chronicles…

In the past 10 days, the documentary No Other Land has surged to Oscar frontrunner status after racking up an impressive array of awards: top honors from the Gotham Awards, critics groups in Los Angeles and New York, the IDA Awards, the European Film Awards, and an award from the National Board of Review…

Running throughout most of the past year, the Deadline ElectionLine podcast is now spotlighting the aftermath of the 2024 election. In that, we are still focussing on the often blurred lines between politics and entertainment in modern America. Hosted by Deadline political editor Ted Johnson and executive…

Taylor Swift and Joe Rogan are the Spotify MVPs this year: The service has announced its annual year-end Spotify Wrapped Lists of top streaming artists and podcasts. Swift, of course, ranked No. 1 as the year’s most-streamed artist globally on Spotify, her second consecutive year to take the honor…

At the IDA Documentary Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday night, Japanese journalist-turned-director Shiori Itō will receive the Emerging Filmmaker Award, recognizing the incredible reception for her directorial debut Black Box Diaries. It's the deeply personal story of Itō's attempt to seek justice and…

He doesn’t just pen left-field pop and indie electronica ditties. After winning Oscars for original songs “No Time to Die” from the same-titled 007 movie, as well as, “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie –both performed by sister Billie Eilish– Finneas O’Connell goes all in on scoring this season. And…

Filmmaker Jeff Zimbalist went to great lengths, and even greater heights, to make his latest documentary, Skywalkers: A Love Story. The Oscar-contending Netflix film tells the story of Angela Nikolau and Ivan "Vanya" Beerkus, a young Russian couple who bonded over their mutual desire to scale the…

It’s a death-defying act to split one property into two movies. Warner Bros did it with the greatest of ease on the final film adaptation of Harry Potter, 2010 and 2011’s Deathly Hallows, which combined grossed $2.3 billion worldwide. However, Lionsgate ran into a buzz saw and tried it with the…