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The Hollywood Walk of Fame is looking ahead as it prepares to honor the star-studded Class of 2025. On Monday, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced next year’s selections to receive a star on Hollywood Boulevard’s storied walk, including the likes of Jane Fonda, David Beckham, Fran Drescher, Al…

EXCLUSIVE: Alan Cumming, the host and producer of Peacock’s reality phenom The Traitors, has signed a first-look producing deal with NBCUniversal. The pact spans scripted and unscripted content for NBCU's portfolio of brands.   The Traitors, which was renewed for a third season in February, has been…

Alan Cumming is reflecting on his past film roles and has a particular thing to say about 2003’s X2: X-Men United. The Traitors host played the role of Nightcrawler in the sequel to the 2000 Bryan Singer film X-Men. In a new interview, Cumming talked about why this superhero film was so…

The second season of The Traitors saw the surprise return of one of its stars from Season 1 as well as a number of updates to its Scottish castle. Expect a few more twists and turns in Season 3 of the Peacock series. Speaking at Deadline's Contenders TV: Documentary + Unscripted event, host…

Alan Cumming is opening up about Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion and the sequel that Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow are soon to pitch to the studios. In 1997, Cumming starred in the comedy film as Sandy Frink, the unpopular geek who has a crush on Kudrow’s Michele and turns into a successful…

Producers of The Traitors talked about casting the Peacock competition series and gave insight into what goes into deciding who gets to participate. During a panel at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Wednesday, Feb. 14, producers name-dropped some big celebrities as they look…

The Traitors has been one of the few bright spots in the unscripted world in recent years, becoming a smash hit for the BBC and Peacock's most watched unscripted original of all time. As such, the NBCUniversal streamer has ordered a third season of the mystery game. It comes as the second season…

Scottish actor Alan Cumming says hosting the US version of The Traitors makes him feel like a "James Bond villain." Cumming, who previously appeared in 1995 Bond film GoldenEye, told the BBC that the show's producers asked him to "camp it up" and portray a flamboyant character within the show…

Let the scheming recommence. The Traitors season 2 is to return to Peacock on Friday, January 12, with weekly episodes rolling out on Thursdays at 6pm PT/9pm ET thereafter. Season 2 is also getting a companion show, The Traitors Postmortem, which will stream following new episodes, and be played…

The Traitors has been a breakout hit in the unscripted world, with one exec saying that it did for the global formats genre what Top Gun: Maverick did for the summer blockbuster. For Deadline's Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event, host Alan Cumming, contestants Cirie Fields and Kate…

EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s Crave has swooped for the U.S., UK and Australian versions of The Traitors while the smash Dutch format is set to made in six more territories, bringing the overall total to 20. Crave owner Bell Media has taken the unprecedented step of buying all three versions of The Traitors…

Smash hit gameshow The Traitors has been renewed for a second season by the BBC. In one of the least surprising bits of commissioning news of the year so far, the pubcaster has opted to greenlight a 12-part series two of the Claudia Winkleman-hosted game show in which a group of “faithfuls” try and…