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Angel Studios: The Promise That Bans The F-Word

via The promise: Deadline · The Fox News interview: Fox News · The ban list: Variety

According to Deadline, Angel Studios announced “The Angel Promise” on Thursday: content standards that ban on-screen sex, nudity, the F-word and “misuse of God’s name,” shipped with parental controls and backed by a self-described 3-million-member Angel Guild …

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Blair: I Take This Very Seriously, Eventually

via The apology: Deadline · The arrest: People · First public appearance since the arrest: Just Jared

According to Deadline, Selma Blair finally broke her silence on Friday — nineteen days after Port Authority police met her at the JFK gate — in an on-camera apology in which she said she never “intended to hurt or frighten anyone” and that she “take[s] this ve…

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Holmes Doc Steals Halloween From Horror Movies

via The numbers: Deadline · The meme craze: Deadline · The Ripa costume special: E! News · The Oscar prediction: Deadline

According to Deadline, A24's three-hour Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything" is expected to lead the weak Halloween frame with more than $10 million, for a U.S. 14-day cume of $52.7 million. A three-hour documentary about a convicted fraudster…

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Paramount's New PR Boss Fires Seven PR People

via The Zukerman memo: Deadline · The streaming side: Deadline · The international shuffle: Deadline · Variety's take: Variety

In an internal memo obtained by Deadline on Oct 30, Melissa Zukerman, chief communications officer of merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, revealed the post-merger communications organization — and named the seven people losing their jobs. The merged compa…

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Witherspoon Cuts Hello Sunshine In Half

via The layoffs: Deadline · The buyback: Deadline · The Candle questions: Deadline · Variety's take: Variety

According to Deadline, Hello Sunshine is laying off roughly 30 people — about half the staff — three weeks after co-founder Reese Witherspoon bought the company back from Blackstone-backed Candle Media with France's Mediawan. The buyback was the good-news week…

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Hudson Softs Out Of Special Forces

via The triple exit, full story: E! News · Tiesi on why she quit: EW · Episode recap and exit list: TV Insider · Candace Cameron Bure's tearful marriage reveal on the show: E! News

According to E! News, Fox's "Special Forces: World Toughest Test" dropped three more celebrities in its Oct. 29 episode: Oliver Hudson voluntarily withdrew on day six after his team failed a challenge, Bre Tiesi quit on day five, and Olympic skater Maxim Naumo…

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Howard: The Next Empire Is The White House

via The lobby interview: TMZ · Full quotes, syndicated: Yahoo Entertainment · The clip, fan-recycled: PopTingz on X

According to TMZ, Terrence Howard told a TMZ photographer in New York on Wednesday that he is "looking forward to becoming president," adding that if the people in power will not make a difference, "somebody's got to do something." His proposed platform: 400 y…

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Ross: Felony Dropped, Brand Intact

via The arrest and the drop: TMZ · Arraignment details: NBC Miami · The charge swap, court docs: BallerAlert · Rival coverage: AllHipHop

According to TMZ, Miami-Dade prosecutors dropped the felony battery-by-strangulation charge against Rick Ross and are moving forward with two misdemeanor battery counts. He surrendered to Miami Beach police in early October over an alleged domestic violence in…

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Weiner Bails On Murphy's Chairman

via The exclusive: Variety · Confirmation and the sources: Deadline · The original announcement: Deadline

Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner has exited Eddie Murphy's upcoming Peacock series "The Chairman" as writer and showrunner, Variety first reported, and Deadline has confirmed. Sources say the split was "creative," decided by Peacock, Universal and 101 Studios ex…

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