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How ‘The Daily Show’ Is Thriving Post-Trevor Noah With Return Of Jon Stewart, Revolving Hosts And An Election Season – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted
After winning the Emmy earlier this year for the final season of Trevor Noah’s hosting stint, The Daily Show surprised just about everyone with the announcement that its multiple Emmy-winning previous star Jon Stewart would be returning to host Monday editions during this election year, while other regulars would take turns hosting during the rest …
4-min read - BusinessDeadline
Bob Bakish To Step Down As Paramount Global CEO Amid Skydance Talks
Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish is set to step down from the media company as early as Monday morning amid talks with Skydance, and ahead of the company’s quarterly earnings that afternoon. News Bakish might exit started circulating Friday. Paramount’s controlling shareholder and executive chair Shari Redstone, while once clearly on the same page with …
2-min read - EntertainmentDeadline
‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ Makers On Finding 456 Leads And Embracing The Chaos – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted
Casting for Netflix’s reality competition series Squid Game: The Challenge was a unique challenge: finding 456 diverse and international lead characters. Casting director Erika Dobrin described the gargantuan task by saying, “I don’t think that’s ever quite been done before on the scale it was done here.” The Netflix series, based on the streaming’s mega-hit Korean survival …
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Harvey Weinstein Hospitalized, Undergoing Tests For Physical Ailments
Former producer Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized for a battery of tests regarding an undisclosed ailment, his lawyer said Saturday. Weinstein is at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. He arrived there Friday after returning to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction. “They examined him and sent him to Bellevue. …
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Ken Jeong Is “At My Most Real And Authentic” On ‘I Can See Your Voice’ – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted
Can you tell who has a “good” voice and who has a “bad” voice just by looking someone in the face who is lip-syncing to a song? This is the question posed to participants weekly on the Fox game show I Can See Your Voice, hosted and created by Ken Jeong. “The whole show is …
4-min read - EntertainmentDeadline
JoJo Siwa Says “We’re All Different Human Beings In One Way Or Another” After ‘Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test’ Experience – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted
Before Jojo Siwa decided to join Season 2 of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test on Fox, the pop star considered herself a “very sheltered” celebrity whose small-screen career involved dancing, not jumping out of helicopters or rappelling down mountains. “I made a joke that I was wrapped in bubble my whole life. That really is …
3-min read - BusinessVariety
Bob Bakish Out as Paramount Global CEO
Amid the M&A drama enveloping Paramount Global, Bob Bakish is about to step down as CEO after eight years at the helm of Shari Redstone’s media empire. Bakish is expected to resign under pressure as early as Monday. The executive has been with Paramount and its Viacom predecessor since 1997. He was recruited by Redstone …
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