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  • Stacey Sher Inks First-Look Deal With MGM Television Joseph Otterson
    Stacey Sher and her Shiny Penny production banner have signed a first-look deal with MGM Television, Variety has learned. Under the deal, acclaimed producer Sher will develop and produce TV series for the studio across all platforms. “Stacey is a visionary producer with an extraordinary track record of bringing bold, culturally resonant stories to life […]
     

Stacey Sher Inks First-Look Deal With MGM Television

27 April 2026 at 17:00
Stacey Sher and her Shiny Penny production banner have signed a first-look deal with MGM Television, Variety has learned. Under the deal, acclaimed producer Sher will develop and produce TV series for the studio across all platforms. “Stacey is a visionary producer with an extraordinary track record of bringing bold, culturally resonant stories to life […]

‘Star City’ Creators Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert Say Artemis II Has Reignited Excitement for Space Exploration Because ‘It Wasn’t About the Wealthy’: ‘This Is for All of Us’

27 April 2026 at 08:16
Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert, who co-created “For All Mankind” and now its spin-off “Star City” with Ronald D. Moore, are adamant that people are dreaming of space exploration again. “With the Artemis II launch that just happened, I felt that excitement again. It wasn’t about space tourism; it wasn’t about the wealthy. It was […]

Darrell Sheets, Auction Bidder Who Starred on ‘Storage Wars,’ Dies at 67

23 April 2026 at 19:23
He appeared in 13 seasons of the long-running reality television show about storage-unit auctions. He later opened an antique shop in Arizona.

Author whose books inspired Heated Rivalry to receive award

22 April 2026 at 15:49
Rachel Reid’s Game Changers book series has clearly lived up to its name — so much that the Nova Scotia author’s latest accolade seems to have been inspired by the famous hockey romance TV series. Read More
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  • Nathalie Baye, prolific star of French and Hollywood cinema, dies aged 77 Staff and agencies
    Actor who worked with the great French auteurs in the 1970s and 80s and starred in Spielberg’s Catch Me if You Can died of Lewy body dementia, says familyThe French film star Nathalie Baye, who starred in a string of highly regarded French films as well as Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, has died at the age of 77, her family said on Saturday.Baye, a stalwart of France’s domestic cinema, starred in about 80 films and took home the best actress César, France’s equivalent of the Oscars, fou
     

Nathalie Baye, prolific star of French and Hollywood cinema, dies aged 77

19 April 2026 at 11:06

Actor who worked with the great French auteurs in the 1970s and 80s and starred in Spielberg’s Catch Me if You Can died of Lewy body dementia, says family

The French film star Nathalie Baye, who starred in a string of highly regarded French films as well as Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, has died at the age of 77, her family said on Saturday.

Baye, a stalwart of France’s domestic cinema, starred in about 80 films and took home the best actress César, France’s equivalent of the Oscars, four times, including three years running from 1981 to 1983. She died on Friday evening at her home in Paris from Lewy body dementia, her family told AFP.

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Jodi Picoult’s ‘Book of Two Ways’ in Development as Netflix Series, ‘Outlander’s’ Matthew B. Roberts to Write (EXCLUSIVE)

18 April 2026 at 00:15
Netflix is developing a series version of the Jodi Picoult novel “The Book of Two Ways,” Variety has learned exclusively from sources. The project hails from Matthew B. Roberts, who will pen the adaptation in addition to serving as executive producer and showrunner. Sony Pictures Television, where Roberts is under an overall deal, will produce. […]

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