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Paul Simon Joins Harry Styles On ‘SNL’

Paul Simon is one of Saturday Night Live’s most regular musical guests. Lorne Michaels’ friend has hosted the show four times and has been a musical guest 13 times (including as the oldest musical guest). He turned up again on tonight’s show to introduce Harry Styles’ second musical performance. Styles’ first song was introduced by … Read more

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‘Obsession’ Director Curry Barker At SXSW

Curry Barker’s buzzy horror Obsession made the jump from TIFF to SXSW tonight with one change – a few less head smashes in what may be the film’s goriest scene and biggest jump scare. In Toronto, where Obsession screened at the Midnight section, “there was about six or seven more smashes. And we were getting … Read more

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NBCU TV Executives Talk Shorter Seasons, Pilots, Competition At SXSW

Shorter seasons have reshaped the television landscape, controversially so. A trio of NBCUniversal development executives has mixed opinions. Financially, a longer season is a better model, said Vivian Cannon, EVP, Drama Development, Universal Television. “If you’re doing eight episodes, that means that everything you’re putting into your budget per episode is divided by eight, like … Read more

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