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Time Spent With TV Advertising, Including Streaming, Forecast to Drop

The age of streaming and connected TVs will keep changing the landscape, including reducing the amount of TV advertising viewers are exposed to, even at a time when streaming services roll out advertising-funded tiers. Linear TV will, for now, nonetheless remain the primary source of ad inventory, with streamers that are ad-free or use limited

Updated Oscar Projections All 23 Categories

PLEASE NOTE: This forecast, assembled by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporters executive editor of awards coverage, reflects Scotts best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these projections by drawing upon conversations with voters and other industry insiders, analysis of marketing

'9-1-1' Boss Explains Buck's Sexual Awakening, Teases Maddie Wedding

[This story contains spoilers from season seven, episode five of 9-1-1, You Dont Know Me.] For seven seasons on 9-1-1 and five seasons on its spinoff Lone Star, co-creator and showrunner Tim Minear has consistently found new (and surprising) ways to deepen the relationships in his most successful TV universe to date.

'Arrow' Casts Talia al Ghul

Arrow is finally introducing Talia al Ghul. One of DC Comics most formidable characters, the oldest daughter of Ras al Ghul (Matt Nable) has only been seen so far in the Arrow-verse in the past as a young girl on Legends of Tomorrow, but The Hollywood Reporter has learned that she will finally appear as

'Sling Blade,' 'Simple Plan,' 'Twin Peaks' Actor Was 56

Brent Briscoe, the busy character actor who appeared alongside Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade and A Simple Plan and played Det. Dave Macklay on the recently revived Twin Peaks, has died. He was 56.