Amid broad cost-cutting moves, Meta is shuttering the Facebook Watch originals group, whose small slate of shows included the hit “Red Table Talk” hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, Variety has confirmed. A Meta representative confirmed that the company is shuttering its originals group but declined to provide further comment. The…
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Nick Grudin is leaving his short jaunt into the NFT world to return to Meta, rejoining the social-media giant as head of content partnerships — the same job he left last fall, Variety has confirmed. Grudin had left Meta in September 2022 to join NFT startup Dapper Labs as chief…
August Alsina — the singer who had an “entanglement” with Jada Pinkett-Smith — watched Chris Rock’s comedy special, with its jokes about the affair. And, a source said, “He thought it was … funny.”
FX has placed a pilot order for “The Answers” with Kit Steinkellner set to write and executive produce. Darren Aronofsky (“Kindred,” “One Strange Rock”) and Danny Strong (“Dopesick,” “Empire”) will also executive produce. The one-hour drama pilot will be produced by 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios. Based on…
The “Nashville” actress said on “Red Table Talk” that her daughter, now 7, dissolved into “goo-goo gaga speak,” when they talked.
The actress opened up about relinquishing the custody of her only child, Kaya, amid past battles with substance abuse.