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CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss defended the network’s decision to fire 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, telling staffers on Wednesday that after attempting to engage with him “we had to part ways.” Nick Bilton, who Weiss tapped as the new executive producer of the newsmagazine last week, wrote a letter to Pelley on […]

EXCLUSIVE: Cortez Smith, best known for playing Nuck on Showtime’s hit series The Chi, has signed with Exclusive Artists Agency for representation and Untamed Artists LA for management. Smith has portrayed Nuck, the street-savvy, master manipulator villain on the show for six seasons. The eighth and final season of Lena Waithe’s drama series premiered late May on Paramount+. Born and raised […]

The future of “60 Minutes” could well hinge on two people with deep ties to CBS News’ past. Many staffers and producers at the beleaguered newsmagazine are left wondering whether Lesley Stahl and Bill Whitaker, two CBS News veterans who have been with the news division now controlled by Paramount Skydance since 1971 and 1984, […]

Alfie Williams, the British teenage actor who enjoyed a major breakout last year thanks to his lead role in “28 Years Later,” has landed U.S. representation. Following what it described as a “highly competitive situation involving all major agencies,” Gersh has now signed the 15-year-old for representation in all areas. Williams became one of the […]