Entertainment
Entertainment Industry News: Trump Doc, Paramount Deal, and More
Netflix is set to release a documentary about Donald Trump’s secret plane swap in Turkey. Meanwhile, Paramount Pictures has signed Range Studios for a two-year first-look deal, and Jean Smart joins the cast of Amazon MGM Studios’ romantic comedy ‘Egg Baby’. Additionally, California lawmakers have passed a bill to carve out compromises for film industry tax credits.
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Deadline
The California Legislature passed a bill Monday night, as the legislative session neared its midnight deadline, to allow film and television studios a few key exemptions from a recently enacted statewide restriction on corporate tax credits. The fix was introduced on Friday evening and, given that C
2026-09-01 16:39 UTC
Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Jean Smart has joined Amazon MGM Studios’ romantic comedy Egg Baby, Deadline has learned. For Smart, the project is the first since wrapping her run on the lauded HBO comedy series Hacks. For her turn as Vegas comic Deborah Vance, she recently scored her 15th Emmy nomination —
2026-09-01 16:45 UTC
Variety
In July, leaving a NATO summit in Turkey, Donald Trump was captured on camera boarding Air Force One. But the president did not fly back to the United States on that plane. Instead, he slipped out the other side and onto a secret catering truck that transported him to a different aircraft, leaving a
2026-09-01 16:46 UTC
Deadline
Range Studios, the production arm of Range Media Partners, has inked a two-year first-look deal with Paramount Pictures, Deadline can confirm. Range’s focus will be producing commercially elevated theatrical releases for Paramount. Already, the companies have a handful of features in developme
2026-09-01 16:47 UTC