‘Fifty Shades Freed’ Heading For $40M Weekend Climax – Late Night Update Writethru, Friday, 10:20 PM: E.L. James’ Fifty Shades Freed continues to keep it up at the B.O. with a $40 million-plusopening weekend, still only 14% off from the opening of Fifty Shades Darker last year ($46.6M), which is..

Multi-cam Veterans Andy Ackerman & James Burrows To Direct 3 CBS Pilots Venerable multi-camera comedy directors Andy Ackerman and James Burrows are back on pilot duty with projects at CBS. Ackerman is helming and executive producing Fam and Pandas In New York, while Burrows is directing and exec..

Jake Gyllenhaal, Ansel Elgort & Zendaya To Topline Crime Thriller ‘Finest Kind’ Jake Gyllenhaal, Ansel Elgort, and Zendaya have signed on to star in Finest Kind, a crime thriller written and directed by Oscar-winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential). It follows two brothers (Gyllenhaal and Elg..

Hollywood Remembers ‘The Wire’ & ‘House Of Cards’ Actor Reg Cathey Netflix is among those remembering Emmy-winning House of Cards and The Wire actor Reg Cathey, who died Friday at the age of 59. Related Reg Cathey Dies: 'The Wire' Actor Who Also Played BBQ Joint Owner On &..

Notes On The Season: ‘Three Billboard’s Martin McDonagh On Directing “Snub”; Senior Moments; Oscar Vets Return To Battle A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Martin McDonagh finds himself in rarefied territory this season after the Academy’s directors branch rath..

White House Speech Writer Resigns After Domestic Violence Accusation A second White House staffer has resigned following accusations of domestic abuse. David Sorensen, who worked with top advisor Stephen Miller as a speechwriter, left earlier today after his former wife accused him of abuse during ..

‘Homeland’ & ‘Our Cartoon President’ Review: Spy Drama Returns On Point; Colbert’s Trump Comedy Flounders If you are a big supporter of Donald Trump or happy that Hillary Clinton never made it to the White House, then Showtime has a Sunday lineup for you staring February 11 with the debut of Our..

The Real Opening Ceremony: Leslie Jones Heats Up The Winter Games With Tweets “Skate villain” hasn’t yet made it into the official lexicon of Olympic judges, and going Beyonce isn’t quite up there with the lutz, the axel or the salchow, but Leslie Jones is doing her best to bring a fresh eye – a..

John Gavin Dies: ‘Psycho’ & ‘Spartacus’ Actor Was 86 Actor John Gavin, who starred in Psycho, Spartacus and Imitation Of Life, and served as President Ronald Reagan’s U.S. Ambassador to Mexico in the 1980s, died Friday. He was 86. Related Jay Curtis Dies: Longtime CBS Brand Manager ..