“Get me started in the business,” the kid tells his mom. She’s hesitant: “These streets don’t play, Kanan — that’s what I’m trying to tell you.” Set to LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out” with period correctness, here’s the first trailer for Power Book III: Raising Kanan, the third series in Starz’s Power universe. The prequel follows young Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis) in 1991 as he learns the game on the streets of South
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EXCLUSIVE: Famed sports broadcaster Jim Rome has signed with ICM Partners for representation. Boasting more than three decades as a broadcasting star, Rome is best known for his nationally syndicated radio program, The Jim Rome Show, which airs on CBS Sports Radio and streams to over two million listeners on 200 stations across North America. Also serving as the host of two popular podcasts, The Jim Rome Podcast and The Reinvention Project, he was inducted into the Radio
EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Merchant’s BBC and Amazon comedy-drama The Offenders has assembled an eye-catching cast since it began shooting last year — and now you can add another name to the list. Centering on a group of strangers completing their community payback sentence in Bristol, England, Dracula and The Square star Claes Bang joins the show as Dean, a mysterious and terrifying London gang boss, who is chasing a debt owed by the offenders. Bang will
Ernie Lively, a character actor who amassed more than 100 credits during a 45-year film and TV career and was Blake Lively’s father, has died. He was 74. The actor’s rep confirmed to Deadline that he died June 2 in Los Angeles of cardiac complications. He played the father of Blake Lively’s character in 2005’s The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and its 2008 sequel. Ernie Lively began his screen career with guest roles on
Siân Heder, exec producer and co-showrunner of Little America and writer/director of feature CODA, is staying in business with Apple. Heder has signed an overall deal with the streamer that gives it an exclusive deal for series written and developed by her as well as a first-look on features. It comes ahead of the August 13 premiere of CODA, which Apple landed worldwide rights for in a competitive battle for a number just north of