Louise Bourgeois, Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler, Yayoi Kusama, Agnes Martin, Joan Mitchell and more – some of the greatest artists of recent times owe something to one person, art collector Ginny Williams. Before the art establishment recognized the talent of these women, Williams discerned…

Marty Reisman was a rather notorious figure from the late 40’s in New York City’s underground table tennis (aka ping pong) world as a young 20-something shark who lured unsuspecting amateur players in and made big bets on himself at Lawrence’s Broadway Table Tennis Club. Later in 1958 and 1960 he…

EXCLUSIVE: The director and producer who took Top Gun: Maverick all the way through the 2022 awards season to a Best Picture Oscar nomination are now on the path again, this time trading fast fighter jets for fast racing cars with their latest…

EXCLUSIVE: Tuc Watkins (The Mummy), Daria Berenato (former WWE star Sonya Deville), Thomas Dekker (Heroes) and Brenna D’Amico (Descendants) are set to star in horror-comedy Zombois from writer-director Garrett Abdo.  Due to enter production in Atlanta this month, the feature centers on a group…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran indie film publicist Caitlin Hughes has joined forces with longtime collaborator Pat King to launch U.S. PR firm Sound & Vision. Hughes has been working under the Caitlin Hughes PR moniker since 2017 and had brought King into the fold in 2022. They plan to expand the new label…

UPDATED with latest: The Emmys are history, and film awards season is taking shape — time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows and nominations dates ahead. Check back often for updates. December 1: Gotham Film Awards 2: New York Film Critics…

Spanish director Guillermo Galoe's Sleepless City won the top $75,000 Best Narrative prize at the Doha Film Festival which brought its inaugural edition to a close on Friday. Galoe's first feature, Sleepless City is a hybrid work shot in the Spanish shanty town of La Cañada Real on the outskirts…

EXCLUSIVE: Mad Distribution has taken MENA rights for Moroccan director Meryem Benm'Barek's Behind The Palm Trees which world premiered in Competition at the Marrakech Film Festival over the weekend. The distribution arm of the Cairo-based pan-Arab film and talent company will oversee the…

EXCLUSIVE: The UK association of child actor agents has blasted the Equity union for refusing to prioritize or fight for the next generation, especially those from under-privileged backgrounds. The Agents of Young Performers Association (AYPA) sent a statement brimming with frustration to…

EXCLUSIVE: Tunisian actor and director Dhafer L'Abidine's third feature Sophia makes its world premiere at the Marrakech Film Festival this week and Deadline can reveal a first international teaser. Jessica Brown Findlay stars as a British woman who travels to Tunisia with her daughter Sophia so…

While the Back to the Future romantic lead changed hands for Parts II and III, one other actress almost portrayed Jennifer Parker. In his recent memoir Future Boy, Michael J. Fox explained that when he replaced leading man Eric Stoltz as time-traveling teen Marty McFly, co-star Melora Hardin was…

The Wicked universe is officially expanding in all its technicolor splendor. Author Gregory Maguire, whose 1995 novel inspired the Broadway phenomenon-turned-Universal blockbuster starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, is returning to the land of Oz with a prequel novel exploring the…