James Lipton, who is remembered for hosting Bravo interview series “Inside the Actor’s Studio,” lost his battle with bladder cancer yesterday. He was 93. Born in Detroit on September 19, 1926, Lipton moved to New York City to study acting after leaving the Air Force. He took on a number of roles since his career […]
Ovation has acquired the U.S. broadcast rights for the second season of the Julia Stiles-led drama series “Riviera” from Sky Studios. Ten new episodes will be featured. The arts network also signed a deal for the first season (eight episodes) of “Hooten & the Lady.” which will debut on Ovation’s AVOD travel and culture channel […]
Ovation has hired the writing duo of Jeff Phillips and Lauren Conn to adapt Joel Eisenberg and Stephen Hillard’s fantasy book series “The Chronicles of Ara” for an eight-part miniseries. Phillips is an executive producer on DreamWorks Studios’ time-travel adventure Stealing Time. He has also sold screenplays to Warner Bros. (“Fort Knox”) and Spyglass (“Valley […]
