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Rafe Judkins Moves to Paramount TV Studios With New Overall Deal

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Paramount Television Studios inked an exclusive overall deal with “The Wheel of Time” creator Rafe Judkins to create and develop original scripted series for the studio.

“Right now is a time to take risks and be ambitious in television with the kind of stories we tell and the way we tell them, no matter how big or small,” Judkins said. “That’s the kind of television I want to make, and I feel lucky to have found partners at Paramount who are also looking to expand, take risks and create something new.”

Judkins will report to president of Paramount Television Studios Matt Thunell, creating original series for the studio. His previous deal was with Sony Pictures Television.

“I have long been a fan of Rafe’s extraordinary writing and producing and am grateful he chose Paramount as his new creative home,” Thunell said. “We are amazed by his ability to build immersive worlds, craft action-packed stories and realize vibrant characters. We cannot wait to build with him.”  

Judkins previously served as the showrunner of “The Wheel of Time” for Amazon and Sony Television. The series was canceled after three seasons in May 2025.

The creator was also attached as showrunner for the “God of War” series, which is an adaptation of the popular video game from PlayStation Productions and Amazon MGM Studios. He was later replaced with “Outlander” and “For All Mankind” creator Ronald D. Moore.

Judkins began his career as a writer on the NBC drama series “My Own Worst Enemy,” starring Christian Slater. He then served as a writer and producer for three seasons of NBC’s action-comedy series “Chuck” and two seasons of Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” He also wrote “Uncharted,” the action-adventure film starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg.

He served as showrunner of “The Red Tent” for Netflix, which came out in 2014, based on Anita Diamant’s best-selling novel.

The writer-creator is repped by CAA, Kaplan Perrone and Hansen Jacobsen Teller.

Paramount TV Studios has also recently struck longterm creative partnerships with “Yellowjackets” creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, as well as a joint deal with joint deal with Liz Tigelaar (“Little Fires Everywhere”) and CBS Studios. Issa Rae also inked a three-year first-look deal to produce both film and TV shows for Paramount earlier this year.

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‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’ Trailer Teases Life & Death of Anna Nicole Smith

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Trust us, you won’t want to miss “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor.”

The upcoming film from Briarcliff Entertainment dropped its trailer on Thursday, introducing Kal Penn as Dr. Sandeep Kapoor opposite Linda Hamilton, David Julian Hirsh and Abbie Cornish as Anna Nicole Smith.

“‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’ follows Dr. Sandeep Kapoor after his life is turned upside down when he is implicated in the death of his former patient, model and reality television star Anna Nicole Smith,” per the logline. “Set against the height of the early 2000s tabloid era, the film chronicles Kapoor’s fight to clear his name as paparazzi descend on his office, police raid his home, private journals are leaked and every aspect of his personal life becomes public.”

“With the guidance of respected attorney Ellyn Garofalo, Kapoor must navigate a high-stakes drug conspiracy trial while confronting the intersection of celebrity, justice, politics and personal redemption,” the synopsis continued. “The film explores the intense legal battle and media frenzy that followed one of the most sensational celebrity cases of the early 2000s.”

Written and directed by Thane Economou, the movie comes nine years after the real-life Kapoor released his memoir, “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor: My Life Before, During and After Anna Nicole Smith.”

Smith died in February 2007 at the age of 39 due to combined drug intoxication.

“Trust Me, I’m a Doctor” hits theaters on Oct. 16.

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Trump’s Latest Financial Disclosure Shows Significant Sales Of Netflix

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Donald Trump reported more than 1,000 purchases and sales of corporate securities in June, including those of Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery, The Walt Disney Co. and Comcast.

The White House has previously said that the president’s stock and bond portfolio is independently managed.

According to the president’s latest financial report, released by the Office of Government Ethics, he sold between $50,001 and $100,000 of Netflix on June 12, another $500,001 to $1 million on June 18, between $15,001 and $50,000 on June 16, and between $50,001 and $100,000 on June 24. He bought between $1,001 and $15,000 on June 3, and between $1,001 and $15,000 on June 23.

Per the filing, the president also purchased between $50,001 and $100,000 in The Walt Disney Co. on June 18, and between $1,001 and $15,000 on June 3. He purchased between $1,001 and $15,000 in Warner Bros. Discovery on June 16. The form also showed the sale of $1,001 to $15,000 in Comcast securities on June 16, $1,001 to $15,000 on June 23, $1,001 to $15,000 on June 3, and between $100,001 and $250,000 on June 24.

The report also showed the sale of $100,001 to $250,000 shares of Amazon on June 12 and the sale of $100,001 to $250,000 on June 24. It showed the purchase of $15,001 to $50,000 of Amazon on June 15, the purchase of $1,001 to $15,000 on June 23, the purchase of $1,001 to $15,000 on June 3.

The OGE report does not require specific amounts of sales or purchases, but ranges.

A White House official did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But the administration has previously said that “all holdings are maintained in discretionary accounts and invested through computer-based model portfolios that automatically replicate recognized indexes, such as the Schwab 1000.”

The official said that Trump does not have the ability to “direct, influence, or provide input regarding how the portfolio is invested or when investments are bought or sold.”

Some of the companies have regulatory business before the Trump administration. The Justice Department approved Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery on June 12. Disney, meanwhile, is challenging the FCC over its order that it submit the licenses of its eight owned stations for early renewal. Disney filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the agency earlier this month.

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Jake Reiner Says He Hasn’t Spoken to Brother Nick Since Parents Murder

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Jake Reiner sat down for his first interview since the murder of his parents Rob and Michele Reiner this week and, though he wouldn’t say much about his brother Nick or Nick’s trial, he did confirm that they haven’t spoken.

The Reiners were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home in December, and shortly thereafter, Nick Reiner, Jake’s 32-year-old younger brother, was charged with two counts of murder. Speaking to ABC7 Los Angeles, Jake Reiner didn’t comment on his current feelings about Nick or how his case is progressing, or say whether he has any interest in speaking to Nick eventually.

“For me, it manifests into anger. It manifests into rage, into how unfair this was, how I didn’t get a say in what happened,” Jake Reiner said. “I didn’t get to stop it from happening. I had no choice in the matter. I just have to accept the reality of it. And to me, that is just one of the most infuriating parts of all of this.”

“I’ll never understand. I don’t care how it’s explained to me,” he added. “I don’t care what facts come out. I will never understand why this happened.”

Nick Reiner very publicly struggled with addiction and mental health prior to the killings of his parents, even working with Rob Reiner on the 2015 film “Being Charlie.” The movie was loosely based on Nick’s own life, and in his interview this week, Jake Reiner made it clear that his parents “never stopped wanting to help” Nick.

Reiner also noted that it’s hard to understand a situation like this “until you’re living it.”

“It’s been eight months. It feels like eight years at the same time,” he admitted. “And it also feels like eight minutes because every moment that I wake up, I’m reminded of my reality.”

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