Senate confirms former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary.
Google has planted a flag in the digital-advertising ground: The internet giant said it will no longer sell ads using personally identifiable information from web browsers. Google already announced that its Chrome browser would phase out support for third-party cookies by 2022. Now, “we’re making explicit that once third-party cookies are phased out, we will […]
Liverpool's Brazilian players Alisson Becker, Fabinho and Roberto Firmino and Portugal forward Diogo Jota could face 10 days in quarantine on their return to the United Kingdom from COVID-19 "red-list" countries. World soccer governing body FIFA has said clubs can refuse to release players if they are required to quarantine for more than five days on their return.
Wed. March. 3 Byron Allen Acquires Civil Rights-Era Biography ‘From Selma to Sorrow’ For Film Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group feature film division, Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures, has announced it has acquired global media rights to the critically-acclaimed historic biography “From Selma To Sorrow: The Life And Death Of Viola Liuzzo.” “From Selma To Sorrow: […]
Dozens of African migrants are feared to have died on Wednesday after smugglers threw them overboard off Djibouti as they were en route to Yemen, hoping to enter Saudi Arabia to find work. Their boat, carrying 200 migrants, left Oulebi in Djibouti at 2 a.m., according to Yvonne Ndege, spokeswoman for the U.N. International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Drownings in the waters off Eritrea, typically involving migrants from Ethiopia or Somalia trying to escape poverty and war at home by finding work in Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates, have become common.
Freedom House on Wednesday downgraded India from free to partly free, voicing fear that the world's largest democracy was descending into authoritarianism under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is sharing a quarantine cell in central Russia, allies said on Wednesday, revealing his location for the first time since he was moved from jail in Moscow last week to serve a 2-1/2 year sentence in a penal colony. The whereabouts of Navalny, 44, had been a mystery since he left jail in Moscow. His lawyer Vadim Kobzev told Reuters he had met Navalny at the Kolchugino jail in the Vladimir region northeast of Moscow.
Eugenie shared her hopes for her future child before he was born.
Newly released drone footage shows Iranian ballistic missiles raining down on a base in Iraq where US forces were sheltering on January 8, 2020.The attack was conducted in retaliation for the January 3 assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Iraq by US forces.Though no US personnel were killed in the barrage, over 100 suffered brain injuries from the force of explosions.Iran mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner leaving Tehran hours later.This footage was released by CENTCOM, the US military command that oversees operations in the region. Credit: CENTCOM via Storyful
“Shadows,” “Winnipeg,” and “Sheba” feature among 10 nominated in the running for a Eurimages Award at this year’s Cartoon Movie, one of Europe’s principal animated movies forums. The Eurimages Co-production Development Award will be the only prize granted at 2021’s Cartoon Movie online edition, which will not feature traditional tributes nor a territory spotlight. Nadia […]
The end came quietly with the humdrum announcement of a deal between two state-owned TV groups, China Central Television (CCTV) and South Korean public broadcaster KBS. The pronouncement of “cooperation in various aspects of the cultural industry by using the strengths of both in online video,” could scarcely have been more banal. But China watchers […]
Spain's royal family came under fire Wednesday after King Felipe VI's sisters confirmed they were vaccinated for the coronavirus while visiting their father in the UAE, sidestepping Spanish immunisation protocols.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a press conference in Albany, N.Y.
Jospeh Gordon-Levitt will provide the voice of Jiminy Cricket, while Cynthia Erivo will play the Blue Fairy in Disney’s live-action retelling of “Pinocchio.” That means that Gordon-Levitt will give his pipes a workout, singing “When You Wish Upon a Star,” which became an anthem of sorts for the Disney brand. They join a cast that […]
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Updated March 3 with “The Simpsons” renewed for Seasons 33 and 34 at Fox. With the arrival of 2021 has come the premieres of many new and returning broadcast TV shows that normally would have been part of networks’ fall slates if it weren’t for the pandemic. The new year’s start also means we’ll begin to see more announcements about which series will be renewed, canceled and ordered for the 2021-2022 broadcast season. But with production delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, broadcasters are faced with some unprecedented problems while making these annual decisions over the coming months. Below is every scripted show that ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and The CW have renewed or canceled so far for the 2021-2022 broadcast TV season, along with those still awaiting their fates. Also Read: Jared Padalecki's 'Walker' Among 12 Series Renewed by The CW Check back with TheWrap regularly for updates. NBCRenewed Series: “The Blacklist,” “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago Med,” “Chicago P.D.” (entire “Chicago” franchise renewed for two more seasons each), “Law & Order: SVU” (renewed through Season 24), “New Amsterdam” (renewed through Season 5), “This Is Us,” “Transplant” Canceled/Ending Series: “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Connecting,” “Superstore” Series Awaiting Decisions: “Debris,””Good Girls,” “Kenan,” “Manifest,” “Mr. Mayor,” “Young Rock,” “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” Series That Haven’t Premiered Yet: “Law & Order: Organized Crime” Newly Ordered Series: “American Auto,” “Grand Crew,” “La Brea” AMERICAN AUTO Genre: Comedy (single-cam) Studio: Universal Television Production companies: Spitzer Holding Company, Kapital Entertainment Writer/EP: Justin Spitzer (“Superstore”) Director/EP: Jeff Blitz (pilot) EP: Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor Cast: Ana Gasteyer, Jon Barinholtz, Harriet Dyer, Humphrey Ker, Michael B. Washington, Tye White and X Mayo Logline: Set at the headquarters of a major American automotive company in Detroit where a floundering group of executives try to rediscover the company identity amidst a rapidly changing industry. GRAND CREW Genre: Comedy (single-cam) Studio: Universal Television Writer/EP: Phil Augusta Jackson (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) EP: Dan Goor Director/Co-EP: Mo Marable (pilot) Cast: Echo Kellum, Justin Cunningham, Carl Tart, Aaron Jennings and Nicole Byer Logline: A group of Black friends unpack the ups and downs of life and love at a wine bar. LA BREA Genre: Drama Studio: Universal Television Production company: Keshet Studios Writer/EP: David Applebaum (“NCIS: New Orleans”) EP’s: Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan, Ken Woodruff Cast: Natalie Zea, Zyra Gorecki and Chiké Okonkwo. Additional cast will be announced shortly. Logline: When a massive sinkhole mysteriously opens in Los Angeles, it tears a family in half, separating mother and son from father and daughter. When part of the family finds themselves in an unexplainable primeval world, alongside a disparate group of strangers, they must work to survive and uncover the mystery of where they are and if there is a way back home. Also Read: 'Superstore' Spinoff 'Bo & Cheyenne' in Development at NBC ABCRenewed Series: N/A Canceled/Ending Series: “Stumptown,” “United We Fall” Series Awaiting Decisions: “A Million Little Things,” “American Housewife,” “Big Sky,” “black-ish,” “Call Your Mother,” “The Conners,” “For Life,” “The Goldbergs,” “The Good Doctor,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “mixed-ish,” “The Rookie,” “Station 19” Series That Haven’t Premiered Yet: “Home Economics,” “Rebel” Newly Ordered Series: “Women of the Movement,” Untitled Alec Baldwin-Kelsey Grammer Comedy Also Read: Ray Fisher Joins ABC's 'Women of the Movement' Limited Series FoxRenewed Series: “Bob’s Burgers,” “Family Guy,” “The Great North,” “The Simpsons” Canceled/Ending Series: “Filthy Rich,” “Last Man Standing,” “Next” Series Awaiting Decisions: “9-1-1,” “9-1-1: Lone Star,” “Bless the Harts,” “Call Me Kat,” “Duncanville,” “The Moodys,” “Prodigal Son,” “The Resident” Series That Haven’t Premiered Yet: “Housebroken” Newly Ordered Series: “Fantasy Island,” “This Country” CBSRenewed Series: “Bob Hearts Abishola,” “The Neighborhood” Canceled/Ending Series: “Mom,” “NCIS: New Orleans” Series Awaiting Decisions: “All Rise,” “B Positive,” “Blood & Treasure,” “Blue Bloods,” “Bull,” “Clarice,” “The Equalizer,” “Evil,” “FBI,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “MacGyver,” “Magnum P.I.,” “NCIS,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “SEAL Team,” “S.W.A.T.,” “The Unicorn,” “Young Sheldon” Series That Haven’t Premiered Yet: “United States of Al” Newly Ordered Series: N/A The CWRenewed Series: “All American,” “Batwoman,” “Charmed,” “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “Dynasty,” “The Flash,” “In the Dark,” “Legacies,” “Nancy Drew,” “Riverdale,” “Roswell, New Mexico,” “Superman & Lois,” “Walker” Canceled/Ending Series: “Black Lightning,” “Supergirl” Series Awaiting Decisions: “Bulletproof,” “Burden of Truth,” “Coroner,” “DC’s Stargirl,” “Dead Pixels,” “Devils,” “The Outpost,” “Pandora,” “Trickster,” “Two Sentence Horror Stories” Series That Haven’t Premiered Yet: “Kung Fu,” “Republic of Sarah” Newly Ordered Series: N/A Read original story 2021-22 TV Season: Every Broadcast Show Canceled, Renewed and Ordered – So Far (Updating) At TheWrap
Channing Tatum and his Free Association production company partners Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan have signed a first-look film deal with MGM. In kicking off the partnership, MGM will release “Dog,” the directorial debut of Tatum and Carolin. The movie is expected to debut theatrically in 2021. “We jumped at the chance to work with […]
After the winter storm that caused blackouts for millions of Texas households and left others with multi-thousand-dollar electric bills this month, the next upheaval in the state’s electricity market was easy to predict: people seeking independence from the state’s electrical grid by going solar. Online solar installation marketplace EnergySage reports new user registrations in Texas spiked 335% in the week after the storm. The solar industry has been here before.
“The Simpsons” has been renewed for a Season 33 and 34 at Fox. At the conclusion of Season 34, slated for 2023, the iconic animated sitcom will have produced 757 episodes total. The landmark 700th episode, “Manger Things,” will air on March 21. “The Simpsons” is the longest-running primetime scripted show in television history, having […]
“The Simpsons” has been renewed for two more seasons, Fox said Wednesday, revealing that the animated series has been picked up for both a 33rd and 34th installment. This means that “The Simpsons,” which is currently airing Season 32, will be with fans through at least 2023 and 757 episodes. Originating as a sketch on “The Tracey Ullman Show,” “The Simpsons” is the longest-running primetime scripted show in TV history. As probably all of you are aware, the cartoon focuses on the title Simpson family — Homer (Dan Castellaneta), Marge (Julie Kavner), Bart (Nancy Cartwright), Lisa (Yeardley Smith) and Maggie — as well as the oddball residents of their hometown Springfield, like barkeep Moe Szyslak (Hank Azaria) and nuclear power plant owner Mr. Burns (Harry Shearer). Also Read: 6 White Voice Actors Who Left Their Roles as Animated Characters of Color (Photos) “The Simpsons” is currently averaging 7 million multiplatform viewers in its 32nd season, according to a week’s worth of delayed viewing data from Nielsen. This season marks the first since Fox announced the show would no longer have white voice actors voice Black characters last summer. “Woo Hoo! With any luck the show will soon be older than I am,” Homer Simpson *said* in a statement about the show’s two-season renewal. Series creator Matt Groening added: “Everyone at ‘The Simpsons’ is thrilled to be renewed once more, and we are planning lots of big surprises. Homer will lose a hair, Milhouse will get contact lenses, and Bart will celebrate his tenth birthday for the thirty-third time.” “The Simpsons” is executive produced by James L. Brooks, Groening, Al Jean and Matt Selman. The series is a Gracie Films Production in association with 20th Television. The Gracie Films Worldwide Brand Division develops and produces the licensed content for the series. Also Read: 'The Simpsons': White Voice Actor Harry Shearer Won't Voice Black Character Dr Hibbert Anymore “The Simpsons” will hit its 700th episode milestone this season with “Manger Things,” airing Sunday, March 21 at 8/7c. This week’s episode, “Yokel Hero,” features a guest-voice appearance by Albert Brooks, and sees “Cletus becomes a singing sensation, while Homer becomes a new man. Then Cletus turns on his fans, ruining everything.” “It’s a sincere pleasure to announce the Season 33 and 34 pick-ups for ‘The Simpsons.’ We keep hoping that, eventually, they’ll get it right,” Charlie Collier, CEO of Fox Entertainment, said. “Profound respect for and congratulations to Matt, Jim, Al and the many other wonderful partners working really hard to finally elevate ‘The Tracey Ullman Show.’ As they say, ‘practice makes perfect.'” Read original story ‘The Simpsons’ Renewed for 2 More Seasons at Fox At TheWrap
When online licensing marketplace Vuulr expanded its international reach early last year, the Singapore-based startup anticipated a gradual rollout. Launched in Asia in 2019, the platform went global in January 2020, thinking it would take some time to convince industry players to move their activities online. “As a digital platform for licensing and acquisition, we […]