We lost some entertainment giants in 2024. Among the big-screen legends who died during the past 12 months were Donald Sutherland, James Earl Jones, Maggie Smith, Carl Weathers, Shelley Duvall, Dabney Coleman, Teri Garr, Louis Gossett Jr., Anouk Aimée, Marisa Paredes and Gena Rowlands. RELATED: Saying Goodbye: A Video…

Another year is behind us — is your favorite TV show gone for good? To find out, click through Deadline's 2024 list of series cancellations, which covers broadcast, cable and streaming. Note that our compilation includes shows whose endgame was announced during the past year but aren’t actually wrapping until 2025 or…

Even though there’s still $2 billion-$3 billion missing in the post-Covid domestic box office, there was plenty to be thankful for in 2024, which is coming in at an estimated $8.72B, off 3% from 2023’s $9B. That figure is factored from Comscore and Deadline calculations. First of all, many were…

Even a casual market watcher knows that 2024 on Wall Street was defined by a spectacular rise in tech stock valuations. Tech also helped the entertainment sector overcome many of its challenges, dominating the list of the calendar year’s biggest percentage gainers. Reddit, Spotify and Netflix may…

The past year, 2024, was supposed to be a big audience uplift for major cable news networks: a presidential election, with proven ratings-getter Donald Trump as one of the major players. While Fox News, MSNBC and CNN did see a rise in ratings, the latter two networks saw big post-election drop-offs…

It’s a new year — is your favorite TV show coming back for another season? To find out, click through Deadline’s 2024 list of series renewals, which covers broadcast, cable and streaming. We update this list often, so check back to see which comedy, drama, reality, docuseries, animation and other programs have been…

As 2024 draws to a close, Deadline's film critics have each chosen their Top 3 international movies of the year. A trio of those selected recently made the International Feature Oscar shortlist — though not all titles below were put forth by their country of origin. Overall, as Deadline's Awards…

Deadline’s film critics have been on the frontlines of 2024’s movie releases since way back at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Since then, they’ve been on the beaches of Cannes, the canals of Venice, the mountains of Telluride and the sidewalks of Toronto, discovering the best the year in movies…

We've had elections, high-minded dramas, down-and-dirty comedies and more filling our screens in 2024, but somehow when a Christmas tree-transfixed Otis Heiss (Klaus Tange) uttered "we're all in the Night Country now" in the fourth episode of the HBO series True Detective, he spoke for almost all of…

An elderly woman turns to a camera over her shoulder and, staring into the lens, says without self-pity, "I'm dying." Incarcerated men, unaccustomed to wearing suits and ties, anxiously adjust their attire in preparation for a daddy-daughter dance behind bars. A drag performance artist walks through…

The year 2024 proved that big budgets aren't everything, with a new wave of independent filmmakers crafting stories that resonated with audiences and critics alike. These underdogs of the silver screen reminded us that sometimes, the smallest films cast the biggest shadows. Notable highlights in this year’s extensive…

Keeping score in streaming – never an easy prospect given the amount of data hidden away in corporate black boxes – is about to get even tougher in 2025. Netflix will stop reporting subscriber numbers (for more than a decade the ultimate metric in streaming) as of the upcoming January-to-March…