| TIM COOK TO STEP DOWN, JOHN TERNUS TO STEP IN AS APPLE CEO |
| THE MOVE IS THE RESULT OF A LONG-TERM SUCCESSION PLANNING PROCESS |
Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO, moving to executive vice president of the tech giant's board of directors in a massive corporate shift. John Ternus, SVP of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer, effective on September 1.
The transition, which was approved unanimously by the Board of Directors, follows "a thoughtful, long-term succession planning process," the company said Monday. There's been speculation for months that Cook might be stepping down with Ternus considered a leading contender to replace him.
Cook, 65, will continue in his role as CEO through the summer as he works closely with Ternus on a smooth transition. As executive chairman, part of his role will include engaging with policymakers around the world. >>>Questions About Content Strategy |
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Millie Bobby Brown Finds Her Director - Millie Bobby Brown may have just exited Perfect, the Netflix pic on Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug, but she continues to fill out her film slate. She’s enlisted Academy Award winner Tom Hooper to direct the feature adaptation of her New York Times bestselling novel Nineteen Steps for Netflix. >>> Looking To Star
WH Correspondents Pre-Parties - UTA and CAA are each hosting receptions the night before the White House Correspondents' Dinner, as they have in past years. Other events are kept on the QT, such as Paramount CEO David Ellison’s dinner “honoring the Trump White House and CBS White House correspondents.” That Thursday evening event is being held at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace. >>> List Of Events
Contenders TV: Documentary Streaming Site Launches - Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site for its Contenders Television: Documentary event. The showcase, which took place April 18 at the PMC Theater in Los Angeles, featured five buzzy nonfiction titles in the middle of their awards-season campaigns. >>> Watch
'Dark Horse' Emerges - Cyrus Nowrasteh, the director of Jair Bolsonaro biopic Dark Horse, has described the film as a “tense political thriller about power, media, and faith under fire” in an interview with Deadline. Producers have released an official still from the movie, showing star Jim Caviezel as the controversial former Brazilian leader. >>> Post-Production Nearing End
Amazon Visits 'Embassy' - Prime Video has swooped for rights to Embassy, the action-thriller series starring Anna Kendrick, Sam Heughan and J.K. Simmons, in six territories. The streamer landed rights in the UK, Ireland, Canada, France, Australia and New Zealand for the six-part AGC Television series, which is set to launch next year. Production has now begun in Europe. >>> Additional Casting
Roku-Peacock Pact - Peacock's ad-free tier, Premium Plus, is coming to Roku Premium Subscriptions under a distribution deal reached by NBCUniversal and the streaming provider. >>>Multiple Collabs
'Michael' Review - Pete Hammond gives his verdict on the feelgood biopic about the controversial King of Pop, with Jaafar Jackson channelling his uncle despite no real previous acting, dancing and musical experience. The darker parts of Jackson's story aren't addressed, Deadline's critic notes, but the dance sequences are superbly choreographed. >>>One For His Fans |
Spaceballs star Bill Pullman will make his Royal Shakespeare Company debut, joining the already-announced Kenneth Branagh and Helen Hunt in a new adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard penned by Laura Wade, a playwright who’s also an EP and writer on Disney+ hit series Rivals.
Pullman praised ‘the great joy of language” in Wade’s version, which will be directed by the RSC’s co-artistic director Tamara Harvey.
He will take the part of Gaev, the brother of Hunt’s Madame Ranyevskaya, the impoverished aristocrat who returns to the estate where the endangered cherry trees are located. Branagh will play Lopakhin, the former serf whose family once worked the land that he now owns. The production is set to run at the RSC’s intimate Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from July 10-August 29.
The actor told Deadline that when he was approached to do the role at Stratford, he didn’t hesitate because “I loved The Cherry Orchard so much.” >>>Baz Bamigboye's Column |
Exclusive9-1-1: Nashville is making a major move for Season 2, bringing in Ryan Phillippe as a new series regular. Phillippe, who has a multi-year deal, will star as a brilliant, iconoclastic detective who moves to Nashville from New York.
ExclusiveIce Cube and Tommy Lee Jones are on board to star in the Teton Ridge pic Outside Man from Oscar-winner Brian Helgeland.
ExclusiveRita Ora has joined the cast of Amazon MGM Studios' dramedy Honeymoon with Harry, opposite Kevin Costner, Jake Gyllenhaal and Sarah Pidgeon.
ExclusiveEd Helms, Pamela Adlon (Better Things) and Christine Ko (Dave) have wrapped roles in Circles , a relationship drama with a high-concept twist.
ExclusiveBill Nighy has joined the starry cast of Morten Tyldum’s Ibelin, re-telling the inspirational true story of late disabled Norwegian gamer Mats Steen, as production gets underway in Norway.
Exclusive C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi’s psychological drama A Blue Butterfly has completed filming in London and will move to Rwanda for a further two-week shoot, with Lucian Msamati, Anton Lesser, Eliane Umuhire, Andy Nyman, and Aggy K. Adams joining the cast. |
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| OBITUARIES
🕯️ Rif Hutton, an actor whose prolific work in television included roles on Doogie Howser, M.D., JAG and General Hospital, among many other series, died Saturday, April 18, at his home in Pasadena following a yearlong battle with the brain cancer Glioblastoma. He was 73. 🕯️ 2026 Deaths Photo Gallery
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Tue - Jon Stewart on Colbert
Wed - CA gubernatorial debate
Thu - Comcast earnings; WBD special shareholder vote on Paramount merger; NFL draft begins
Sat - White House Correspondents' Dinner
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