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CBS’ Matlock is going to court for real with a lawsuit from a former writer on the Kathy Bates-led series who claims he was axed after raising concerns about alleged racist and sexual comments made by showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman. In a complaint filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court…

Sean Combs failed in his frantic efforts to secure a Get Out of Jail Free pardon from Donald Trump, but Diddy now will be exiting his cushy low-security prison in New Jersey a little earlier than expected anyhow. Sentenced to 50 months behind bars after a New York jury acquitted the Bad Boys…

EXCLUSIVE: In a tough and rough election year for incumbents, Paramount's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has become a political football in California and across the nation. Just a few feet from Donald Trump, a smiling David Ellison was front and center last night for the…

Erstwhile America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks has filed a defamation suit against Netflix, alleging that footage of her appearing on the streamer’s exposé docuseries about the cutthroat and controversial late aughts reality competition series was edited to construct a “false narrative” about…

UPDATED with Paramount & CA AG statements: The Department of Justice has approved Paramount’s pending $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros Discovery. The signoff Friday by the Paramount-friendly Trump administration was confirmed to Deadline by multiple sources. No significant concessions by…

Despite the “musings” of Donald Trump, he still going to get his 80th birthday present from UFC boss Dana White this weekend. A federal judge on Friday slapped down the last-minute move by a lawsuit backed by the Public Integrity Project to choke out Sunday’s scheduled fights from the White…

Blake Lively will be getting some money from Justin Baldoni out of what happened during the making of It Ends With Us and the reputational fallout that ensued in the summer of 2024. “Lively is entitled to fees and costs,” Judge Lewis Liman wrote Friday in deeply reasoned 47-page order over…

Two months after Jeff Shell was axed as president of Paramount over accusations of loose lips and more, former exec has settled with the self-styled professional gambler who threatened to bring down the whole house of cards. “Plaintiff R.J. Cipriani hereby requests dismissal of the entire…

French star Patrick Bruel is set to appear before investigating judges in Paris on Wednesday for questioning related to multiple allegations of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment. The hearing, announced by the Nanterre prosecutor's office in a press release, is related to alleged…

Facing the possibility of the death penalty for the murder of his parents last year, Nick Reiner is trying to get the best defense money can buy by unlocking a $1.5 million trust fund Rob and Michelle Reiner set up for him decades ago. “Nick has a defense to present in the criminal case, and he…

Following a retrial for his “propaganda activity against the regime,” Tehran Revolutionary Court has upheld Jafar Panahi’s one-year prison sentence. On Sunday, the It Was Just An Accident writer/director’s attorney Mostafa Nili announced that Judge Iman Afshari rejected their objections and…

The former business partner of the incarcerated "midwestern, millennial Madoff” who ripped off investors and pals to the tune of $650 million with promises of lucrative licensing rights to HBO and Netflix flicks is plenty peeved at Amazon Studios, Vice Studios and director Rebecca Chaikin. “As…