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Britney Spears’ journey in the music industry is nothing short of a rollercoaster ride, which is one for the storybooks, and it appears the execs at Universal recognized the potential of bringing her story to the silver screen. Back in August, it was disclosed that the industry giant landed the rights to Spears’ memoir, The Woman in Me, which shed light on her struggles throughout her run in the realm of music.

Britney Spears | Credit: Toxic/Jive

While it can’t be said for certain who’ll be on Universal’s radar for an adaptation of the acclaimed memoir, TikTok influencer Addison Rae is certainly not considering the potential job.

Addison Rae Doesn’t See Anyone Fit To Play Britney Spears Onscreen Addison Rae in He’s All That | Credit: Netflix

After battling the hate train following her rise as a TikTok influencer, Addison Rae’s career faced a resurgence...

Amanda Bynes had always been a natural performer. She began acting as a child, appearing in several TV commercials, demonstratively oohing and ahhing over the Cut N' Style Barbie or snacking on Buncha Crunch to a variation of the "Addams Family" theme music. At school, she appeared in the musicals "Annie," "The Sound of Music," and "The Music Man." She was bitten by the theater bug early on.

Bynes experienced her big break in 1996 when she joined the cast of the hit sketch comedy series "All That" on Nickelodeon. She was 10. "All That" ran for a whopping 11 seasons from 1994 to 2005 and proved to be a stamping ground for up-and-coming talents, serving sort-of as a junior version of "Saturday Night Live." Keenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, Jamie Lynn Spears, and Nick Cannon also broke out thanks to the popularity of "All That." Bynes was a regular cast member for the show's third through sixth seasons,...

Ab-Soul is giving us a bit of a break from Ab-Soul. The Carson, California rapper’s last album, Herbert, sheds his alter-ego and gives listeners their clearest glimpse of who the man born Herbert Anthony Stevens IV is. And for Soul Burger, released today, he’s decided to rap from the perspective of a new rapper who’s a fusion of Ab-Soul and Doe Burger, his friend who passed away in late 2021.

The Tde studios served as Ab’s grounds for cathartic creation, as songs like “Peace” show him rapping...

Nick Cannon has amassed a fortune thanks to his career in the entertainment industry. Despite how lucrative his career’s been, however, he wouldn’t want his children following in his footsteps.

Nick Cannon feels being in the entertainment industry would come too easy for his kids Nick Cannon | Julia Beverly/Getty Images

Cannon knew what it was like growing up in the entertainment industry. He had his start in the classic Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That before moving on to bigger things. Since then, he’s built himself a lucrative acting and music career while also developing his own popular sketch comedy show Wild N’ Out.

But although Hollywood has been good to him, Cannon wouldn’t want to see his kids follow in the same footsteps. Back in 2014, Cannon wasn’t against his twin children, which he shared with Mariah Carey, pursuing acting careers. Still, he hoped...

Amanda Bynes has taken to social media to share an update on her health and weight loss journey, revealing she’s recently dropped six pounds. The All That alum took to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, November 5, where she posted a screenshot of a step counter app, which revealed she’d walked 14,895 steps and a distance of 6.60 miles that day. The image also showed her flight count as 12. “Down 6lbs! 154lbs now ,” Bynes captioned the screenshot, which also noted she’d burned 481/320 Cal. The Amanda Show star has been open about her weight loss journey and her mental health issues over the years. According to Us Weekly, in March, Bynes shared an Instagram Story where she revealed she’d “gained over 20 lbs” over the course of several months “from being depressed.” Amanda Bynes Instagram “I’m doing a lot better now and have learned to do opposite action when I...

Saturday Night Live, née NBC’s Saturday Night, has broken so much new ground in late-night television that in many ways, it’s shaped the industry in its own image. But who were the firsts among the firsts?

14 The First Cast Member

Big names like Chevy Chase, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd have gotten more press over the years, but Gilda Radner was the first person Lorne Michaels added to the roster. She tragically passed away in 1989.

13 The Most ‘Live From New York’s

Chevy Chase got there first, announcing the calling card after the first sketch ever aired. But Darrell Hammond would say the famous phrase the most often throughout his career, clocking in at 70 times.

12 The First Host

The structure of the show was a lot different in the beginning, but Michaels was already set on a rotating menu of hosts. The first to do it was George Carlin...

All That is one of the most beloved shows from the ’90s.

The sketch comedy series, created by Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin, originally aired on Nickelodeon from April 1994 to October 2005, lasting ten seasons.

The series features original short comedic sketches and weekly musical guests aimed at kids and teens, and featured a ton of talented actors who went on to become superstars in their own right.

We’ve rounded up the highest earning stars of the series, and ranked them according to estimated net worth.

Click through to see who the richest alumni of All That are, ranked…...

The indie dramedy Me, Myself And The Void is now available on VOD platforms. Produced by Echobend Pictures, the movie has made appearances at film festivals around the world over the last year, picking up a few awards along the way. Struggling comedian Jack (no last name listed) has a unique dilemma to deal with. While his body is flat face down on the floor of his bathroom, Jack is hovering between live and death, caught in a black void. In this moment, he’s forced to take stock of his life, his decisions and his friends. How will he return to his body? Perhaps by confronting his own fears and mistakes. if that doesn’t work maybe he’ll try yelling. Jack De Sena stars as Jack, previously a child actor who had roles on Nickelodeon’s All That as well as Avatar: The Last Airbender. The two other...

Sean Combs continues to make headlines, not only for his crimes against humanity but for his real and fictional cameos on TV shows ranging from South Park to All That to MADtv.

Satirist Robert Smigel also got in some punches on Saturday Night Live, featuring Combs in a TV Funhouse cartoon called Diddy Kiddies.

Diddy Kiddies are three multi-ethnic middle-schoolers “solving mysteries, doing the bad thing, they out there going for the brass ring.” What mystery are the Kiddies trying to solve this week? They’re trying to get to the bottom of what exactly Diddy does for a living.

He doesn’t contribute much to his music videos, creative efforts that feature an all-star team of 2006 celebrities with Diddy popping in for a few frames. “Any clues to what I do?” he asks the kids. “Am I rapping?”

Diddy’s mouth opens and some words come out, but it doesn’t really qualify.

From teen queen to Hollywood wild child, Amanda Bynes has had quite the rollercoaster ride since her glory days in the mid-2000s. Fast forward to 2024, and her transformation’s nothing short of jaw-dropping. We’re talking about a journey filled with ups, downs, and some serious glow-ups!

Amanda Bynes in She’s the Man | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Amanda’s candid confessions about her plastic surgery have added even more layers to her story, sparking conversations about beauty standards and self-acceptance. So, let’s take a nostalgic trip down memory lane and check out the before-and-after that showcase Amanda’s evolution.

Amanda Bynes: From Nickelodeon Star to Plastic Surgery Confessions Amanda Bynes | Image by The Heart Truth, licensed under Cc By-sa 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Ever since her Nickelodeon days, Amanda Bynes has been a household name! From her debut on All That in 1996, she quickly became a staple of comedy. After All That,...

Catapulting to fame at an early age, Amanda Bynes had become a successful child actor with an envious career. It was particularly her comedic chops and infectious personality that turned her into a beloved actress and one of Nickelodeon’s top talent, by the age of 13. Prior to achieving her big break, Bynes had already starred alongside icons like Nick Cannon.

Amanda Bynes in All That | image: Nickelodeon

Following her work on the children’s network, Amanda Bynes navigated towards mainstream Hollywood and quickly became a comedy teen queen. Appearing in rom-coms and winning awards for her roles, Bynes had developed a career that was filled with envious opportunities. But then came her health setbacks and legal troubles that led her to quit acting. Once in full glory, Bynes has now become a mystery to be unraveled.

Amanda Bynes’ Rise as a Nickelodeon Star

California-born Amanda Bynes initially started her...

Amanda Bynes was once a popular young actress who successfully charmed the viewers with her bubbly personality. Although her portfolio boasts a few movies, she was one of the most in-demand actresses of her time.

However, Bynes’s bright future suffered when she suddenly decided to quit the industry. The Hairspray actress left the spotlight but still made headlines. She appeared to have had a downward spiral, facing public outbursts and scandals. Finally what everyone feared came true and the potential star started using substances. Once a rising star, the drugs affected her life so much that even her net worth suffered.

The bright star who dwindled too soon

Amanda Bynes gained fame through successful movies like What a Girl Wants, Hairspray, She’s The Man and many more. She worked with the likes of Colin Firth, Channing Tatum, and other famous personalities. However, her hit stints and shows on Nickelodeon...

Kenan Thompson makes history every time he steps onto the Saturday Night Live stage. The veteran comedian holds the record for longest-tenured cast member in series history, and it's not even close at this point.

Thompson absolutely clears previous SNL record holders like Darrell Hammond and Seth Meyers. Hammond stayed on the series for an impressive 14 seasons, and Meyers turned in an impressive 13 seasons, but Thompson has left them all in the dust with a staggering 21 consecutive seasons.

Kenan Thompson has been on SNL since 2003 Saturday Night Live -- "Regé-Jean Page" Episode 1798 -- Pictured: (l-r) Host Regé-Jean Page as Kingsley Ben-Adir, Chris Redd as Daniel Kaluuya, and Kenan Thompson as Ice Cub during the "Actors Spotlight" sketch on Saturday, February 20, 2021 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC)

The 50th season of Saturday Night Live will mark Thompson's 22nd season, which is a record that will likely never been broken. He has...

Think Kenan Thompson was living large on all of that sweet Kenan and Kel cash before he landed Saturday Night Live? Think again. Like many child stars, there were adults in his life who weren’t exactly looking out for his best interests.

There wasn’t that much money in the Thompson house to begin with. “That first commercial when they paid me, it was like $800,” he says in Demi Lovato’s documentary Child Star, now streaming on Hulu. “I was 12, and it might as well have been a million dollars. You know how much candy I was thinking $800 was going to buy me?”

That eventually led to more acting jobs, but they were infrequent enough to keep Thompson grounded. “It was almost like I was forced to stay humble, if you will, because when I could have been at my most boisterous, ‘everybody knows my name’ kind of years,...

Echobend Pictures has announced a worldwide VOD release for the indie dramedy Me, Myself And The Void, which premiered at Dances with Films and has made appearances at similar film festivals around the world, earning the award at FilnQuest for Best Ensemble Cast and nominations for Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing and Best Score. Doncha just hate it when you’re caught in a void? Struggling comedian Jack (no last name listed) sure knows how that feels. While his body is flat face down on the floor of his bathroom, Jack is hovering between live and death, forced to take stock of his life, his decisions and his friends. How will he return to his body? Perhaps by confronting his own fears and mistakes. if that doesn’t work maybe he’ll try yelling. Jack De Sena stars as Jack, previously a child...

Demi Lovato is back with her fourth documentary “Child Star,” and you’re going to see quite a few familiar faces in it.

The singer does step in front of the camera for this doc, now streaming on Hulu, but she also makes her directorial debut, directing alongside Nicola Marsh. PEr the official synopsis, “Through celebrity interviews, vérité scenes and archival footage, this film deconstructs the stages of earlier stardom and looks at the entertainment system over the last century.”

To accomplish that, Lovato sits down with other child stars from various generations throughout the film. Here are the faces you’ll recognize.

Christina Ricci (Getty Images) Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci is probably best known for playing Wednesday Addams in the “Addams Family” films, or as Kat from “Casper.” She was one of the most popular child stars of the 1990s.

Drew Barrymore attends the 24th Annual Mark Twain Prize...

Watch the Trailer for Smile 2: "About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control."

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Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Isaac Klausner, Parker Finn, Robert Salerno

Written & Directed By

Parker Finn

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Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Ray Nicholson, Dylan Gelula, Raúl Castillo and Kyle Gallner

Smile 2 Is Only In Theatres, Dolby Cinema, 4Dx And Premium Large Formats On October 18, 2024

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Curse Of Crom 2: "Writer-director Rob York is taking us back to the haunted world of Mary Eldritch and the terrifying Irish entity Crom Cruach with his gateway horror sequel Curse of Crom 2: Crom's Fury that's now funding on Kickstarter.

Dwayne Johnson departed from Dceu after Black Adam’s critical and commercial failure, but that won’t stop the former wrestler-turned-actor from playing comic book characters again on the big screen. In fact, the latest rumor in town claims he’s joining the MCU for a brand-new stint in the superhero realm.

Credits: Dwayne Johnson in Black Adam / Warner Bros. Pictures

With Marvel boss Kevin Feige’s confirmation that the Mutant Saga is finally arriving to the MCU, there is an absolutely high level of anticipation for the upcoming X-Men installments.

MCU Reportedly Casts Dwayne Johnson As Apocalypse

Last month, Kevin Feige revealed that the era of mutants is finally happening with the release of Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool & Wolverine. This allows Marvel Studios to finally work with X-Men characters that they hadn’t had access to prior to Disney’s acquisition of Fox.

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Many fans have wondered about Amanda Bynes' 2024 whereabouts as the actress has taken an extended time away from the limelight.

In 1996, when she was just 10 years old, Amanda Bynes made a name for herself with American kids when she was added to the cast of Nickelodeon’s hit sketch comedy series All That.

Three years later, Bynes was the recipient of a sketch show of her very own, The Amanda Show, which also served as a launching pad for other successful Nickelodeon personalities.

Read full article on The Direct.

Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV may have exposed the ugly underbelly of ’90s kids TV, but good things have come from the documentary series that’s up for Best Documentary at this year’s Emmy Awards.

In Deadline’s conversation with the executive producers and participants of the Investigation Discovery project during Contenders Television: The Nominees, former All That cast member Bryan Hearne says he feels like there is a “100 percent chance” that positive change will follow now that executive producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz have shined a light on this dark period.

The docuseries, which is also vying for an Emmy in Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program, set out to uncover the toxic and dangerous culture on the sets of Dan Schneider’s Nickelodeon children’s shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Related: Deadline’s Contenders TV: The Nominees – Full Coverage...

Keke Palmer’s mom Sharon remembers Dan Schneider’s Nickelodeon sets as having a “weird” and “cultish” vibe.

“I honestly do remember you having a lot to say about the Dan Schneider sets,” Keke Palmer said at the top of Tuesday’s “Baby, This Is Keke Palmer” podcast with her mother. “I remember you feeling a way about Nickelodeon.”

The mother-daughter duo reminniesced on the podcast about Keke’s early career as the star of Nickelodeon’s “True Jackson, VP” in the wake of the “Quiet on Set” documentary that aired earlier this year. Sharon recalled the atmosphere and the other parents on set both being off-putting.

“My honest opinion is I thought the whole atmosphere of the Dan Schneider set was very weird, very cultish,” Sharon said. “The parents were very secretive, and I honestly thought they all took themselves way too seriously.”

Watch the full podcast below:

Sharon continued,...

Released in 1999, She’s All That left a lasting cultural legacy, becoming a quintessential teen rom-com beloved by millennials everywhere. It epitomizes the late ’90s high school experience with its portrayal of cliques, prom culture, and the power of love. Of course, we can’t reminisce about She’s All That without mentioning its stars Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook. On July 24, the former co-stars reunited, notably 25 years after their career-making film premiered.

‘She’s All That’ stars Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook film a scene for the 1999 movie together | Miramax via Youtube

She’s All That popularized the “makeover” trope, where an “ugly duckling” is transformed into a swan. Its soundtrack, featuring iconic songs like Sixpence None the Richer’s “Kiss Me,” became synonymous with the era. Prinze Jr. had already established himself with 1997’s I Know What You Did Last Summer. But his role as Zack Siler in...

The creators of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV say they’re open to making a follow up to the series, which scored two Emmy Nominations today, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.

The five-part Investigation Discovery series documented alleged abuse suffered by stars of Nickelodeon series when they were children, including Drake Bell and Raquel Lee Bolleau of The Amanda Show, Shane Lyons, Katrina Johnson, Leon Frierson, Giovonnie Samuels, and Bryan Hearne of All That, and Alexa Nikolas of Zoey 101.

“The response to the project has been overwhelming, surprising and gratifying,” Executive Producer Mary Robertson told Deadline. “It has certainly grown beyond our every expectation, and it’s particularly rewarding to see the response to the [series] evolve into calls for protection within the entertainment industry.”

Alexa Nikolas in ‘Quiet on Set’

Related: ‘Quiet On Set’: Dan Schneider, Others React To Investigation Discovery Docuseries

Added co-ep Emma Schwartz,...

Author Sable Yong has a bone to pick with the beauty business. A former beauty editor and journalist, Yong has spent the past 12 years covering the trends, culture, and 400 billion-plus industry behind the beauty economy. But following the Covid-19 pandemic, she noticed something was changing about how people talked about attractiveness online.

“There were very polarizing groupthink ideas,” Yong tells Rolling Stone. “A lot of it was either use femininity as a means to attain power that the patriarchy possesses, or reject beauty wholesale and don’t be a pawn to the system of oppression.

Emma Roberts weighed in on the allegations raised by the Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV docuseries.

The Investigation Discovery series featured former Nickelodeon stars retelling their experiences on the set of shows produced for the cable network under Dan Schneider’s leadership.

Roberts starred in Unfabulous, a sitcom created by Sue Rose, which ran for three seasons on Nickelodeon.

“It’s inexcusable,” she said in an interview with Flaunt about the sexual harassment allegations. “Kids need to be protected, adults need to be protected.”

The experience that Roberts had at Nickelodeon was different with her mother on the set with her.

“I have been lucky with the family I have and the people that I’ve worked with,” she added. “I try to keep doing my job and keep my head down.”

Related: Ariana Grande Says ‘Quiet On Set’ Nickelodeon Allegations Are “Devastating”: “The Environment...

Ariana Grande Shares Her Experience As A Nickelodeon Star(Photo Credit –Instagram)

With the release of Investigation Discovery’s docuseries, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, the plight of child actors on television show sets has become a topic of discussion. Singer Ariana Grande, who herself shot to fame as a child star on Nickelodeon, is now reflecting on her experience.

The singer-actress was a part of the Nickelodeon’s teen sitcom Victorious and its spin-off Sam & Cat between 2010 and 2014. Both the shows were created by Dan Schneider, who has been accused of mistreating children on set.

Ariana Grande Reflects on Her Time as a Child Actor

Ariana recently appeared on Penn Badgley’s podcast Podcrushed, where she revealed that she has some special memories of her Nickelodeon days, but is reprocessing her experience now. “We had some very special memories, and we feel so privileged...

Kel Mitchell is looking back to his days on All That and recalls an incident he had with Dan Schneider.

The actor revealed that Schneider yelled at him in a closet when he was a teenager. Mitchell’s comments come after the ID docuseries Quiet On Set, in which former Nickelodeon stars recall their experience working with Schneider.

While appearing on the Baby, This is Keke Palmer podcast, Mitchell said “the vibe of the show started to change a little bit,” when Schneider took over All That from creator Brian Robbins.

“They left us with the head writer, Dan Schneider. So he’s writing, and me and him kind of bump heads a little bit,” Mitchell said. “I remember me and Dan had a big argument on set. He was like, ‘Let’s go over here to this room right here, in this closet.’ He closed the door and he just took off,...

“All That” and “Kenan & Kel” actor Kel Mitchell revealed on the “Baby, This is Keke Palmer” podcast that Dan Schneider allegedly yelled at him in a closet on set once when he was 18 or 19 years old. Mitchell’s story is the latest misconduct allegation made by a former Nickelodeon actor against Schneider. The recent Investigation Discovery documentary series “Quiet on Set” included several other actors alleging mistreatment by Schneider during his tenure at Nickelodeon.

“The vibe of the show started to change a little bit,” Mitchell said when Schneider took over “All That” from original co-creator Brian Robbins, who “started to do ‘Varsity Blues’ and all these different movies and the production team started to blow up, so they left.”

“They left us with the head writer, Dan Schneider. So he’s writing, and me and him kind of bump heads a little bit,” Mitchell continued. “I remember me...

It’s been a couple of months since the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV brought allegations of abuse on the sets of Nickelodeon kids shows to light. Now one of the network’s biggest stars, Kel Mitchell (All That, Kenan & Kel) is opening up about his experiences with writer and showrunner Dan Schneider, who allegedly allowed a hostile work environment to develop for the shows’ stars. Some of the accusations against Schneider that were described on Quiet on Set include gender discrimination, overlooking people of color,...

Ariana Grande is reflecting on her time on Nickelodeon’s Victorious and Sam & Cat and admits that she is now “reprocessing” her experience amid Investigation Discovery’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV docuseries.

While appearing on the most recent episode of the Podcrushed podcast, co-hosted by Penn Badgley, who recently starred in her “The Boy Is Mine” music video, Grande recalled her time starring on Victorious and Sam & Cat, both of which were series created by Dan Schneider, who was a key subject in Quiet on Set.

“I was 14 and I flew out to audition with Liz Gillies for Victorious, and we were all very excited and we got cast and it was the best news we could hear,” Grande said. “We were young performers who just wanted to do this with our lives more than anything, and we got to and that was so beautiful.

Kenan Thompson and Bowen Yang have had very different “Saturday Night Live” trajectories. And yet, they both have made history. Thompson, who joined the show in 2003, is the longest-tenured cast member in the show’s history. When Yang joined, first as a writer in 2018 then moving to the cast the following year, he became the first Chinese American “SNL” player.

Despite joining the show 15 years apart, they adapted in a similar way: by listening.

Thirty years ago, Thompson was on the premiere of “All That,” the kids’ version of “SNL” that aired on Nickelodeon in the 1990s. “To have Kenan be at the show now is only a sign that he has the foresight, fortitude and forbearance to just be a pure master at this,” says Yang. He turned to his co-star: “I don’t take it for granted that I sit next to you at read-through. I absorb so much just being in proximity.

Drake & Josh star Drake Bell said in a new interview that his three-year-old son helped inspire him to vocalize the alleged sexual abuse he suffered as a child star. Bell has made headlines in recent months as the principal subject of the five-part docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, where Nickelodeon crew members, child actors, and parents detail a kids network rife with misconduct, discrimination, and abuse. In an interview that aired on Today Monday, he decided to come forward once his mental health took a dive.

Drake Bell, Josh Peck, Kenan Thompson and Victoria Justice are among numerous former Nickelodeon stars who have spoken out following the harrowing allegations revealed in Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.

Investigation Discovery’s five-part docuseries outlines allegations of abuse, sexism, racism and inappropriate behavior involving underage stars and crewmembers on Nickelodeon TV show sets run by Dan Schneider. Some of the programs mentioned included The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, iCarly, Victorious and Sam & Cat.

In the series, former creatives and crewmembers detailed their experiences behind the camera, claiming they endured toxic workplaces. Amanda Bynes, who was a prominent young figure on Nickelodeon in the 1990s and early 2000s, starring in The Amanda Show and All That, was also frequently mentioned throughout, although she did not participate in the docuseries.

Below, The Hollywood Reporter has compiled comments made by former Nickelodeon actors following the release of Quiet on Set.

Victoria Justice, who headlined Nickelodeon’s popular series “Victorious” for four seasons and 57 episodes between 2010 and 2013, said in a new interview with Marie Claire that she feels like series creator Dan Schneider owes her an apology as she was “treated unfairly” at times on the show. Schneider also created the series “Zoey 101,” which Justice appeared on prior to “Victorious.”

Schnieder has come under fire this year in the wake of the Investigation Discovery series “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” which included many misconduct allegations against him from his tenure at Nickelodeon. Clips from “Victorious” were heavily featured in the documentary as Schnieder was accused of making his young actors do inappropriate things on camera. Justice starred in the show alongside Ariana Grande, Elizabeth Gillies and more.

“Something that was very evident in the documentary is that Dan had a very large ego,” Justice told Marie Claire.

Lori Beth Denberg, the former Nickelodeon and All That star is making claims against Dan Schneider.

In a new interview, the former child actor says Schneider showed her porn, initiated phone sex, and more when she was a teenager.

Denberg told Business Insider that on her 19th birthday in 1995, Schneider showed her pornographic clips on his computer, saying, “I feel like that is the first time he preyed on me.”

The comedic actress starred in the sketch show between 1994 and 1998. Denberg also alleges that they would give each other massages when she was over at his place. One night, when she was 20 or 21, she said that he fondled her and put his mouth on her breasts.

Denberg also told the publication that she voiced her concerns to then-president of Nickelodeon Albie Hecht and All That co-creator Brian Robbins over Schneider’s treatment of Amanda Bynes. The actress claims that she...

Former Nickelodeon star Lori Beth Denebrg has come forward with claims about the “weird, abusive friendship” she developed with producer Dan Schneider while the two worked together on All That.

In a new interview with Business Insider, Denberg said Schneider was prone to bursts of anger, showed her porn, initiated phone sex, and once made her hide a gun during a traffic stop. Denberg also said the pair frequently gave each other massages, and she described one alleged incident at Schneider’s home where a bet on a game of Jeopardy!

In the wake of headline-making docuseries Quiet on Set, its subject Dan Schneider is facing new claims of sexual misconduct.

Former All That star Lori Beth Denberg tells Business Insider, in an interview conducted by Quiet on Set executive producer Kate Taylor, that Schneider played pornography for her, lashed out at her on set and once initiated phone sex.

In 1995, the powerful kids TV producer, who served as head writer on All That, called Denberg into his office, telling her that a female producer had met with him to discuss Denberg’s weight gain. He was reportedly upset and told Denberg he should’ve been the one to talk with her, since he “understood what it was like to be overweight,” Business Insider writes.

The conversation shifted, Denberg says, and Schneider showed Denberg, who was 19 at the time, pornography clips on his computer. This included a video of a woman...

Former Nickelodeon actress Lori Beth Denberg says All That writer Dan Schneider showed her pornography and tried to start phone sex with her when she starred on the kids’ comedy series. This comes two weeks after Schneider filed a lawsuit against the producers of ID‘s Quiet on the Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV docuseries, which posited that Schneider’s myriad TV shows sexualized young child stars like Ariana Grande and Jamie Lynn Spears.

In an interview with Business Insider, Denberg claims Schneider repeatedly put her in uncomfortable situations where he had a clear power advantage during her four seasons on All That.

“All That” cast member Lori Beth Denberg has accused Dan Schneider of showing her porn, initiating phone sex and more when she was just a teenager. Denberg starred on “All That” for four seasons between 1994 and 1998. Schneider was a head writer on the series. Denberg gave an interview to Business Insider in which she detailed the alleged situations Schneider put her in.

According to Denberg, it was around her 19th birthday in 1995 when Schneider asked for a meeting with her and allegedly showed her clips of pornography on his computer. She said the “grand finale” of the clips was one that depicted a woman performing oral sex on a donkey.

“I feel like that is the first time he preyed on me,” Denberg told Business Insider.

This is not the first time Schneider has been accused of showing pornography to someone he worked with on Nickelodeon. During an episode of...

Dan Schneider, the former creator and showrunner of Nickelodeon series “All That,” “iCarly,” and “Zoey 101,” is suing the producers of the hit documentary series “Quiet on Set.” IndieWire has obtained the lawsuit.

Schneider says his portrayal in the Investigation Discovery series, which peels the layers back on alleged child abuse — including, in some cases, sexual abuse — on Nickelodeon series of the era, is a “hit job” and that his reputation has been “destroyed” by the popularity of the series. The suit names Warner Bros. Discovery, Maxine Productions, Sony Pictures Television, and directors Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz.

“‘Quiet on Set’s’ portrayal of Schneider is a hit job,” the lawsuit from Schneider’s attorneys Jana Moser and Richard McKie reads. “While it is indisputable that two bona fide child sexual abusers worked on Nickelodeon shows, it is likewise indisputable that Schneider had no knowledge of their abuse, was not complicit in the abuse,...

Former children’s television producer Dan Schneider is suing the producers of ID’s Quiet on the Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV docuseries, calling the show a “hit job” that implied he was a sexual abuser of children.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by TVLine, states: “While it is indisputable that two bona fide child sexual abusers worked on Nickelodeon shows, it is likewise indisputable that Schneider had no knowledge of their abuse, was not complicit in the abuse, condemned the abuse once it was discovered and, critically, was not a child sexual abuser himself.

Showrunners are the creative visionaries of a series.

They might not be the original creators, but they cover all aspects of the creative elements, evolve the show's vision, and decide where the story and character arcs will go.

They run the writing rooms, head the development, hire writers, and ensure actors are kept happy and that the budget is not exceeded.

Series are usually a collective effort, with writers giving their thoughts, but showrunners have the final say and are essential.

Where would the industry be without people like Shonda Rhimes, Matt and Ross Duffer (Stranger Things), and Ryan Murphy?

It would be mundane and repetitive.

Intelligent and prolific showrunners are the difference between a hit and a flop.

They set an unwavering tone for their ideas, and consistency is vital.

If the reason you fell in love with a series is altered or gone one day, then the connection created is absent,...

Exclusive: Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries will soon debut two new comedy podcasts: Tiny Dinos, from Connor Ratliff and James III, and Allan McLeod’s Walkin’ About.

Tiny Dinos premieres May 7, with episodes dropping weekly on Tuesdays, while Walkin’ About debuts on May 15, with episodes released weekly on Wednesdays. Both series will be available on major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. A trailer for Tiny Dinos can be found above.

Tiny Dinos

“Connor, James and Allan are all very talented comedians, and Lord knows we all can use some laughter these days,” said McKay in a statement to Deadline. “But they’re also asking questions that boldly challenge the international corporate power structure like ‘What happens if I start taking regular walks?’ And ‘What would happen if we brought dinosaurs back but they were super tiny?'”

In Tiny Dinos, Ratliff takes improv to the next...

Megadeth have announced the “Destroy All Enemies” Summer 2024 US tour, featuring support from Mudvayne and All That Remains.

The outing kicks off August 2nd in Rogers, Arkansas, and runs through September 28th in Nashville. Megadeth and company will hit such cities as Denver, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Boston, and Minneapolis along the way.

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A Live Nation ticket pre-sale begins Wednesday (April 24th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Riff. General ticket sales start Friday (April 16th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

“Our ‘Crush the World’ tour has been a tremendous experience for the four of us,” remarked Dave Mustaine in a press release. “We are all playing tight, and that has made it possible for me to...

Raven-Symoné became a child entertainer at just 16 months old, starring in shows like the The Cosby Show at age 3, and leading Disney Channel classics like The Cheetah Girls and That’s So Raven as a teenager. As discussion around child labor laws escalate within entertainment, Raven, now 38, says she was unaware of sexual predators lurking on set and was never asked to take a sexual harassment course as a young entertainer.

“As long as the child comes to set, and they know their lines and they do their marks and there...

Twenty years in, Kenan Thompson is the longest serving cast member on Saturday Night Live, but he likely owes part of his success on the show to his early work on another sketch comedy series, Nickelodeon’s All That, which premiered thirty years ago today on April 16th 1994.

Created as a Saturday Night Live for kids by Mike Tollin and Brian Robbins, All That consisted of comedy sketches performed by a cast of kids, alongside performances from some of the biggest musical acts of the day.

As it happened. Thompson—then fresh off his screen debut in D2: The Mighty Ducks—was the very first person All That viewers saw onscreen in a cold open:

Much like his SNL career, Thompson’s time on All That was marked by a large number of characters including Pierre Escargot, Superdude, and a Bill Cosby impression that he’d later bring to SNL.

There were a few unanswered questions in the wake of the Quiet On Set docuseries release.

Viewers wanted to understand the dynamic between Drake Bell and Dan Schneider. Bell's description of Schneider differed from the picture painted by everyone else interviewed.

Folks also wondered if any of the celebrities who backed Bryan Peck had spoken out since the series shed light on their support.

The latest episode of Investigation Discovery's Quiet On Set is a departure from the original four. This time, it's a less dramatic setting.

The episode features noted reporter Soledad O'Brien as she chats first with Drake Bell virtually and then in-studio with Giovonnie Samuels, Bryan Hearne, Tracey Brown, and Shane Lyons.

While the new episode didn't reveal anything quite as shocking as previous installments, it provided some clarity on a few things that were already addressed.

One of the most pressing questions O'Brien had for Drake...

It’s rare when a documentary series makes as big a splash as that created by “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.” The five-part Investigation Discovery docuseries has been seen by an estimated audience of more than 20 million over ID and Max and generated a groundswell of chatter over its revelations about toxic children’s TV production environments – primarily at Nickelodeon in the early 2000s. The filmmakers responsible for the series that premiered on March 17 – executive producer-director Mary Robertson and co-exec producer-director Emma Schwartz – are thrilled at a reaction that they describe variously as “inspiring” and “overwhelming.”

Adds Schwartz: “I think one of the most exciting parts of that is really to see how many people are not just impacted by watching it, but want to take action or improve the environment in which these problems occur. Taking the work to a next level is something you would hope for.

Drake Bell, the “The Amanda Show” and “Drake & Josh” star who speaks out publicly for the first time about the sexual abuse he endured from Brian Peck (who worked as a dialogue coach on Nickelodeon’s “Amanda Show” and “All That”) in the Investigation Discovery and Max series “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” told a packed FYC screening and panel event Tuesday night at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood that the overwhelming response to the five-part docuseries that premiered March 17 is what he feels “should have happened years ago.”

Watch the full panel discussion above.

Flanked on the panel (moderated by culture writer and author Scaachi Koul) by filmmakers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz as well as senior correspondent Kate Taylor of Business Insider and fellow onetime Nickelodeon child actors Giovannie Samuels and Bryan Hearne (who were regulars on the kids comedy-variety series...

The response to ID’s docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV has been overwhelming to say the least, the project’s co-directors and executive producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz said at an Emmys FYC screening and panel in Los Angeles Tuesday evening. It’s also brought into focus another industry where there’s a “clear lack of protection” when it comes to children, Schwartz said: social media.

“One thing that we’ve had conversations about as a result of this is that, if you look at where children’s entertainment, so to speak, is today, it’s not just in studios or in networks, it’s on social media,” said the filmmaker. “That is a universe where there’s almost no oversight as to what’s happening inside people’s homes, on these screens, and what’s happening to protect those kids as well, and...