Shailene Woodley (Secret Life of the American Teenager) is closing in on a deal to join HBO’s Big Little Lies. The limited series stars Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. Kidman leaked the news Saturday at India’s Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.
That’s not all from Go90. The MCN Endemol Beyond announced that it will debut Culture Chic, a new travel and lifestyle series starring fashion blogger and YouTuber Sonya Esman, on Verizon’s mobile service. And there’s more from Endemol: On December 5, the company debuted season 2 of Pretty Little Pranksters, its beauty-themed prank series, on […]
Penrose Studios: VR innovators to keep an eye on. The company, founded by former Oculus exec Eugene Chung, will premiere The Rose and I, its new animated VR short, at the Sundance Film Festival next year. (In total, the fest’s New Frontier program will feature 30 VR experiences.) The company has also released a […]
After nabbing dynamite ratings in year one, year two of the College Football Playoff has its contenders. Playoff action is carried on ESPN and begins on Dec. 31 at 4p with Oklahoma/Clemson, followed by Michigan State/Alabama at 8p. While controversies typically accompany the postseason selections, this year’s biggest heat may come from the Mountain West […]
Meanwhile, CBS Sports reports that its coverage of Alabama’s win at the SEC Championship game on Saturday ranks as the highest-rated college football game of the year. The matchup drew an overnight household rating/share in the metered markets of 8.3/17, for a rise over 8% over last year’s 7.7/16 for Alabama-Missouri.
HBO dropped the first teaser for the sixth season of Game of Thrones, which returns in April–and it’s an all-Jon Snow (played by Kit Harington) affair.
YouTube Red, YouTube’s recently launched subscription service, has already announced a handful of digital series set to roll out early next year. But in the long run, will those be enough to get users to pay-and keep paying-the $9.99 a month subscription fee? YouTube may not think so. The Wall Street Journal reports that […]
Watch out, Periscope. While Facebook made live-streaming features available to certain celebrities earlier this year, now the company is turning its sights to the teeming masses. Facebook is beginning a rollout that will eventually allow all users to broadcast live video to followers and friends. The feature has initially been made available to a select […]
Super Bowl 50 will see Coldplay as a headliner for the Feb. 7 event. The news was broken before last night’s TNF game on CBS and NFL Network, with other acts (unannounced at press time) also set to join Chris Martin and the band during the Pepsi-sponsored celebration. Coldplay’s appearance follows the release of their […]