‘Dear White People’s Jeremy Tardy Announces Exit From Netflix Series, Accuses Lionsgate Of Racial Discrimination; Studio Denies Bias In Cast Negotiations

Dorinda Medley has revealed she is putting her beloved New York apartment on the market for $2.5million after becoming an 'empty nester'.The Bravo star, 57, is ready for a fresh start and looking to offload the property after more than two decades now that her daughter Hannah, 28, has moved out.She tells DailyMail.com exclusively: 'After 21 years in my beautiful two bedroom apartment, I am officially an empty nester and I've decided to put it on the market. New chapter!Dorinda Medley has revealed she is putting her beloved New York apartment on the market for $2.5million after becoming an 'empty nester''Having spent the pandemic renovating it, it is now ready for a new family to enjoy.'I'm now on the hunt with my original and fabulous agent Laurie Cooper from Douglas Elliman to find a new home somewhere on the Upper East Side.

Sharon Stone revealed her harsh childhood in rural Pennsylvaniawhere she was hit with a belt by her father and sexually assaulted by her grandfather in her bestselling book The Beauty Of Living Twice.And in the new issue of Rake Magazinethe blonde Hollywood bombshell explained more to writer Tom Chamberlin.The Basic Instinct vet shared that she was asked to be silent and be a good little girl even when things were terrible, and she felt that was far from healthy. Looking back:Sharon Stone revealed her harsh childhood in rural Pennsylvania in her book The Beauty Of Living Twice.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Anonymous Content has put in development a limited series adaptation of Tom Cooper’s novel Florida Man, with Joel Edgerton set to star and executive produce. Quarry co-creator/exec producer Graham Gordy is attached to pen the adaptation and executive produce.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVFour nights in, the virtual 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards had gone without a hitch, successfully juggling dozens of categories and hundreds of pre-taped speeches. But during Night 5, the main Creative Arts Emmy ceremony airing live on FXX, the announcement of the winner for Outstanding Guest Actor i=In a Drama Series was botched.This Is Us‘ name Ron Cephas Jones appeared onscreen while the voiceover read Jason Bateman’s name; the Ozark star was nominated in the category for HBO’s The Outsider.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVIn 1978, the first installment of the Star Wars film saga earned John Williams a Music, Original Score Oscar. Forty two years later, the first season of the first live-action Star Wars TV series, Disney+’s The Mandalorian, landed Ludwig Göransson a Music Composition for a Series Emmy Award.Göransson warned his first ever Emmy nomination for The Mandalorian after winning an Oscar last year for Black Panther.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVHBO’s Succession and Pop’s Schitt’s Creek solidified their frontrunner status in the Outstanding Drama and Comedy Series Emmy categories, respectively, by landing their first casting Emmy awards.At the start of Night 4 of the 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Succession won Casting for a Drama Series, while Schitt’s Creek took Casting for a Comedy Series. It was the second consecutive nomination in the category for sophomore Succession; it was Schitt’s Creek’s first nom for its sixth and final season.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: This will come as a shocker to Stumptown fans. The breakout series starring Cobie Smulders, which was renewed for a second season in May, will not be going forward with the Season 2 order.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVABC has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to Rebel, its Katey Sagal-starring drama inspired by the life of activist Erin Brockovich today. It hails from Brockovich, Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19 executive producer/showrunner Krista Vernoff, Davis Entertainment, Sony Pictures TV and ABC Signature.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVSaturday Night Live’s Don Roy King’s Emmy winning stream continues.Tonight, the TV veteran won the directing for a variety series award for the fourth year in a row during Night 2 of the 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. King won for the SNL episode hosted by former cast member Eddie Murphy in his return to the NBC show.In his pre-taped acceptance speech, King started off by thanking “two people, (SNL boss) Lorne Michaels, who makes my work the best it can be, and my daughter Cameron, who makes my life even better.” He went on to expand the list to “a hundred and two” by acknowledging the winning episode’s host Eddie Murphy and musical guest Lizzo as well as the SNL cast, crew and writers.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVOn the heels of the historic deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, the two Middle Eastern countries are also set to make TV history. The long-running Israeli docu-reality series Goalstar will film its upcoming season in the United Arab Emirates, becoming the first Israeli television production to be shot in the UAE.The news comes on the day of the signing ceremony at the White House for the agreement brokered by the U.S., in which Israel established formal ties with two Arab states, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.Goalstar, from ADD Content, has been airing since 2012 on Israel’s leading cable network Hot.

Jeremy Tardy, who appears in Netflix's "Dear White People," has announced that he's exiting the show, citing "racial discrimination" as the reason for the move. Tardy, 29,  has appeared in the show's first three seasons in varying capacities.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVChicago P.D.’s Lisseth Chavez is set as a new series regular in the upcoming sixth season of season 6 of the CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. The Warner Bros. TV-produced superhero drama moved in to cast Chavez shortly after she became available following a season-long stint as a series regular on NBC’s Chicago P.D.  Chavez will play Esperanza “Spooner” Cruz.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterJeremy Tardy, a recurring actor on the Lionsgate-produced Netflix series “Dear White People,” announced on Twitter that he would not be returning to the show, and alleged that the studio discriminated against him during pay negotiations. Lionsgate has denied the claims, calling it “a purely financial matter.”“After being offered to return for several episodes my team was notified that our counter offer would not be considered and that the initial offer was the ‘best and final,'” he tweeted.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Unbelievable star Kaitlyn Dever is set as a lead opposite Michael Keaton in Dopesick, Hulu’s eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book, from The Handmaid’s Tale executive producer Warren Littlefield and Touchstone Television.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Danny Strong and directed by Barry Levinson, Dopesick is described as an ambitious, harrowing and compelling look into the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction. It takes viewers from a distressed Virginia mining community to the hallways of the DEA and to the opulence of “one percenter” Big Pharma Manhattan.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVAmazon Prime Video has taken in for development a scripted series starring Nicolas Cage as the infamous Joe Exotic, made a household name by the hugely popular Netflix docuseries Tiger King. The project, which had been in the works at CBS TV Studios, hails from Brian Grazer, American Vandal showrunner Dan Lagana, and Paul Young.The yet untitled series was taken out to buyers in May, with Amazon quickly emerging as its likely destination.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to comedy Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. (working title), a re-imagining of the popular 1989 ABC series Doogie Howser, M.D.. The project (fka Doogie Kealoha, M.D.), which reboots the Neil Patrick Harris-starring half-hour medical dramedy with a female lead, comes from How I Met Your Mother and Fresh Off the Boat alumna Kourtney Kang and 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Kang and set in modern-day Hawaii, Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVMara Brock Akil, the prolific creator/showrunner behind such series as Girlfriends, The Game and Being Mary Jane, has signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix to create new original content.The deal comes just ahead of the September 11 release date of her popular series Girlfriends on Netflix, marking the series’ 20th anniversary.“We are thrilled to welcome Mara Brock Akil to Netflix,” said Channing Dungey, VP Original Series, Netflix. “Her signature storytelling, authentic perspective and captivating characters have long entertained audiences and proven to be relevant, timely and endlessly engaging.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVWarner Bros. has confirmed that Susan Rovner, President of Warner Bros.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVIt’s an end of an era at Netflix as Cindy Holland, who led the streamer’s foray into original programming and helped turn the DVD-by-mail company into an original series powerhouse, will be leaving.A month and a half after longtime Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos was named co-CEO, he is shaking up the streamer’s top TV executive ranks. Netflix’s vast original TV content portfolio had been split between Holland, VP, Original Content, who has overseen all English-language programming, and Bela Bajaria, VP, Local Language Originals, who has been leading non-English TV programming.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThere are just a handful of independent production companies with three or more half-hour series currently on U.S. television.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVIt’s a wrap at Tyler Perry Studios after a marathon two-month shoot of new installments of four Perry series.Sitcom Bruh was the shortest order, 19 episodes, and the shortest shoot, four days. The BET+ comedy, which started filming Sept.