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British actor Regé-Jean Page is in high demand in Hollywood. Since his appearance as Simon Basset in the Shonda Rhimes Netflix show Bridgerton, which earned him an Emmy nomination, he has appeared in big budget films like The Gray Man, and his role as The Paladin in Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. 

Keke Palmer is quickly becoming one of the biggest names in Hollywood, and now, she's taking over a whole new world: the Metaverse.ET spoke with the 28-year-old ahead of the premiere of her new metaverse show, The series will air on Meta's Facebook and Instagram pages and aims to help shine a light on developments in the Metaverse. "[The show] does exactly what I always wanted to do, which is just inform everybody about all the great things that are happening digitally," Palmer tells ET's Lauren Zima. «I remember when I first worked on expanding my work on Instagram — I was really able to become not only a creator but a producer.

Sandra Bullock has maintained a position as one of the most bankable and beloved stars in Hollywood, so it came as a surprise to many when she announced her decision to step away from acting.MORE: Sandra Bullock reveals how trouble with her daughter introduced her to Channing TatumBack in June, the actress elaborated on her decision made in favor of spending more time with her family, particularly kids Louis and Laila.VIDEO: Brad Pitt and his secret with Sandra Bullock at the Bullet Train premiereSpeaking to The Hollywood Reporter, she said: "I don't want to be beholden to anyone's schedule other than my own.” "I'm so burnt out. I'm so tired, and I'm so not capable of making healthy, smart decisions and I know it." MORE: Exclusive: Brad Pitt praises friendship with Sandra Bullock: 'She would drop anything for me'The actress has said in numerous interviews that she isn't sure of how long she'll be gone for, confessing: "I really don't know."Work has always been steady for me, and I've been so lucky.

Editor’s note: This will start a regular column for Deadline journos to plant their flag in deals, hires and firings and industry developments before they’re fully baked. 

A League of Their Own.In the exciting video footage, it shows the series’ diverse cast of women and how they all face individual struggles that can be quite similar, regardless of race. League of Their Own – based on Based on a Story by Kim Wilson & Kelly Candaele – puts a new twist on Penny Marshall’s 1992 classic of the same name, and still tells the story of an entire generation of women with hopes of playing professional baseball.The highly anticipated series stars the ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood recipient Chanté Adams as Max, D’Arcy Carden as Greta, Gbemisola Ikumelo as Clance, Roberta Colindrez as Lupe, Nick Offerman as Dove, Saidah Arrika Ekulona as Toni, Kate Berlant as Shirley, Kendall Johnson as Gary,  Kelly McCormack as Jess, Alex Désert  as Edgar, Priscilla Delgado as Esti, Aaron Jennings as Guy, Molly Ephraim as Maybelle, Melanie Field as Jo, and Dale Dickey as Beverly as they forge their paths toward the baseball diamond, while finding themselves along the way.Based on the screenplay by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, A League of Their Own is co-created and executive produced by Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson.

For his first feature film in 15 years and third overall, acclaimed director Todd Field (“In The Bedroom”, “Little Children”) has tapped Cate Blanchett to star in “TÁR”.

Demi Moore is keeping her long hair intact! The Hollywood star and fashion designer is revealing that she is not interested in trying new hairstyles, after famously cutting all her hair for her performance in Ridley Scott’s 1997 film G.I. Jane.“I think now that I’m older … I don’t have anything to prove. So if they really need my hair different, they can give me a wig,” the 59-year-old actress said.

Euphoria star claiming Palmer had faced “colourism” since not becoming as successful in terms of “mainstream popularity”.“I’d like someone to do a deep-drive on the similarities and differences between Keke Palmer and Zendaya’s careers, Twitter user Melinda Eg had written.“This may be one of the clearest examples of how colorism plays out in Hollywood. They were both child-stars, but their mainstream popularity is very different.”I'd like someone to do a deep-drive on the similarities and differences between Keke Palmer and Zendaya's careers. This may be one of the clearest examples of how colorism plays out in Hollywood.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorTony Dow, the actor and director best known for playing the stalwart older brother Wally Cleaver to Jerry Mathers’ Beaver in the iconic series “Leave It to Beaver,” has died. He was 77.His official Facebook page posted that he died Tuesday morning.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorVariety has been given exclusive access to the first-look images from Neil Marshall’s action crime thriller “Duchess,” starring British actor Charlotte Kirk, who was linked to the downfall of two Hollywood moguls. Principal photography is in its third week on the movie, which is shooting in Tenerife.The film is co-written by Marshall and Kirk, the creative duo behind “The Lair,” which opens London’s horror and fantasy film festival Frightfest next month.Marshall’s credits include “Game of Thrones,” for which he received an Emmy nomination, “The Descent,” for which he won best director at the British Independent Film Awards, and, most recently, 2019’s “Hellboy” and 2020’s “The Reckoning,” which also starred and was co-written by Kirk.

tributes to late screen icon Paul Sorvino, who died Monday at 83 of natural causes, one video in particular seemed to resonate with fans: A clip of the “Goodfellas” star threatening to choke the life out of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. The old snippet amassed 126,000 views on Twitter as social media lauded the deceased thespian for standing up to predators.“It is reprehensible beyond description that women have been treated in this manner,” Sorvino told local news outlet KCAL9 at a Golden Globes Event in January 2018, addressing the highly-publicized scandal, in which multiple actresses — including the actor’s own daughter Mira Sorvino — stepped forward to accuse Weinstein, 70, of rape, sexual assault or sex harassment.“When you’ve had a phenomenal mother like I had, you are automatically a feminist.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentShimada Yoko, the Japanese actor who earned a Golden Globe for her role as Mariko in 1980s miniseries ‘Shogun,’ has died, age 69.Japanese media reported that she died of multiple organ failure due to colorectal cancer, in a Tokyo hospital on Monday (July 25, 2022).Born in 1953 in Kumamoto, a city on the southern island of Kyushu, Shimada made her TV debut in the 1970 drama “Osanazuma.” She became popular in the 1970s playing pure and virtuous types on TV and in films, including the 1974 hit “The Castle of Sand.”Despite limited English-language skills, she had one of the few English-speaking roles in “Shogun” when she was cast in the role of Mariko (aka Lady Toda Buntaro), the love interest of Richard Chamberlain’s shipwrecked British navigator turned samurai. Nevertheless, her portrayal as an aristocratic woman who dies saving her foreign lover’s life earned Shimada her first and only Golden Globe.

As the Duke of Sussex addressed the United Nations last week to discuss climate change, his wife Meghan looking on in support, the couple no doubt expected to make news around the world. And they did. But not, perhaps, in the way they’d hoped.

Lauren Ridloff and Joshua Feldman are being the change they hope to see in Hollywood. The creative duo spoke to Deadline about the importance of hiring deaf and disabled creatives on both sides of the camera to tell authentic stories—and they hope the industry follows their lead.

READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing star trains with Commonwealth Games squad His career in Hollywood spanned five decades and he had starred in nearly 50 films. His most memorable role came in 1990 as Paul Cicero in Martin Scorcese's mobster masterpiece.

Lil Wayne is mourning the policeman who saved him from suicide.The Lollipop hitmaker has previously spoken about his admiration for Robert Hoobler, who he called 'Uncle Bob,' after the cop saved his life when he was just 12-years-old, but the former officer died on Friday, leading the 39-year-old rapper to vow to 'live for' his friend.Sharing a photo of Hoobler, Wayne posted on Instagram: 'Everything happens for a reason. I was dying when I met u at this very spot.

Whoopi Goldberg, actor, comedian, author, and television personality, is perhaps one of the most well-known names in Hollywood. MORE: Whoopi Goldberg reveals The View co-star has tested positive for CovidShe became well-known and a pillar of Hollywood thanks to her Oscar-winning performance in the 1990s blockbuster Ghost.The Emmy award winner however is also the author of the Sugar Plum Ballerinas series which consists of six young children's books, and the series was launched in 2008 and continued through 2012.WATCH: Whoopi's problematic comments about the HolocaustThe actress posted an exclusive unboxing on Instagram to announce the wonderful news that she is rereleasing the first two books of Sugar Plum Ballerinas series - Plum Fantasitc and Toeshow Trouble.MORE: Whoopi Goldberg details 'break' from The View amid latest getawayWhoopi in the video is getting ready for The View and is in the middle of her glam, but she couldn't contain her excitement to see the reissue and so she and her 1.2 million admirers open the big box together, displaying the total transformation the books have undergone ten years after the last one was published.A post shared by WhoopiGoldberg (@whoopigoldberg)She says: “I want everybody to know about them because, you know, they're great stories for girls, and they're fun. They are to do with all these little brown girls and light skinned girls and all these girls who want to, you know, they want to be scientists and they want to be doctors and stuff and their moms want them to be ballerinas.” Adding: “So they all become friends because they're trying to appease their mothers.

TikTok star Addison Raecut an athletic figure in a blue t-shirt and pair of black figure-hugging leggings while on her way to a Pilates class on Monday.As she prepared to work up a sweat, the21-year-old social media influencershowed off her natural beauty with minimal makeup while toting a black Prada shoulder bag.The close friend ofKourtney Kardashian completed her sporty ensemble with white calf-length socks, chunky sneakers with orange accents and bright red manicure. Fit:TikTok star Addison Rae cut an athletic figure in a blue t-shirt and pair of black figure-hugging leggings that clung to her curves on her way to a Pilates class on MondayFollowing her workout, she sped back to her car with a bright smile as she allowed her glossy brown haircascade down shoulders.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAaron Latham, a screenwriter, journalist and author whose story in Texas Monthly inspired the 1980 smash “Urban Cowboy,” died July 23 in Pennsylvania of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 78.Latham was married to “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl.

Jennifer Aniston showed her fans that she has been living it up this summer and shared a selfie of herself on the beach earlier Monday.The Friends star sent a smile towards the camera as she soaked up the sun while relaxing on the sand.With summer already halfway over, the talented actress, 53, had a chance to spend time by the ocean amid her busy schedule. Selfie time: Jennifer Aniston, 53, shared a selfie to her Instagram followers as she soaked up the sun at the beachThe Morning Show actress uploaded a selfie to her 40.6 million followers on her main Instagram page.

Paul Sorvino died on Monday from natural causes, and Hollywood stars mourned the loss of the acting legend with tributes shared online. He was 83. "My father the great Paul Sorvino has passed," his daughter Mira Sorvino tweeted.