Vincent Pastore, known for playing mobsters in film and TV, most notably Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on HBO’s The Sopranos, has died. He was 80. The veteran actor was found dead in his Bronx residence today, Aug. 1, by a neighbor. Pastore’s manager had not heard from him for three days though…

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about Episode 2 of HBO Max’s Stuart Fails To Save the Universe. After Denise (Lauren Lapkus) got separated from Stuart (Kevin Sussman), Bert (Brian Posehn) and Kripke (John Ross Bowie) at the end of the first episode of Stuart Fails To Save the Unive…

UPDATED with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s statement: Marvel has changed its mind about Wonder Man. Despite a previously announced Season 2 renewal, the series officially has been canceled at Disney+, Deadline has confirmed. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who stars as the titular super-powered actor…

“There’s absolutely no shame in living out your remaining days alone,” the ostracized local fishmonger is told. But she’s having none of that and weaves together a plan. Here is the rather randy first trailer for Wicker, the comedic fable starring Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård and Peter…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoliers for the series finale of Hacks. Paul W. Downs joins me for this week’s edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side to talk about saying goodbye to Hacks. For the HBO Max show’s fifth and fina…

Jean-Pierre Dorléac, the French costume designer who won Emmy Awards for his work on TV’s Battlestar Galactica and The Lot and was Oscar nominated for the film Somewhere in Time, died July 23 of natural causes at his Hollywood Hills home. He was 83. His death was reported by a family…

Glen Hansard, the Irish musician, composer and actor who starred in the hit indie 2007 film Once and won the Best Original Song Oscar ‌for writing that movie’s “Falling Slowly,” died early Wednesday in a motorcycle crash in Dublin. He was 56.  His death was announced by his management company…

French DJ Kavinsky, who was best known internationally for his track “Nightcall” that opened Nicolas Winding Refn's 2011 film Drive, has died. He was 50. French media reported that the music artist, producer and DJ was found dead July 28 at his home in Paris. The Paris Prosecutors…

The future of Apple looks a lot like its past judging by how the company’s outgoing CEO Tim Cook and his successor John Ternus showed up at the Ted Lasso Season 4 premiere wearing virtually identical outfits — navy suits, white unbuttoned shirts and Believe pins on the lapel. For Cook, this was…

What was rumored has become reality. Three-time Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling has been named Marvel’s next Ghost Rider. The Gosling movie will come out in 2028, and he’s reteaming with Shawn Levy and Jonathan Tropper after Star Wars: Starfighter. Levy will direct, and Tropper is writing the script…

Director, writer, producer and showrunner Ralph W. Hemecker, known for his work on Witchblade, Blue Bloods, Once Upon a Time, The Flash, and The X-Files, among many others, has died. Hemecker died at his Glendale, CA home on July 10, his family confirmed to Deadline. The cause of death was not…

Charles Russell, the director of such 1980s and ’90s films and cult favorites as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Mask, The Blob and Eraser, died at his San Diego-area home Wednesday, July 22. He was 74. His death has been reported by TMZ, and was confirmed by Deadline’s…