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PROJECT RUNWAY RETURNS TO BRAVO: After a long run on Lifetime, Bravo is welcoming Project Runway back to its fold. “Project Runway is coming back where it all started, its’ coming home on Bravo,” the network’s Andy Cohen announced during NBCUniversal‘s upfront presentation. Project Runway hit a snag largely because of its producer, The Weinstein Company, which filed for bankruptcy in April following sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein. A+E (Lifetime‘s parent company) pulled the plug on Runway January 10^th. (Deadline – Click our Twitter or Facebook buttons to share this link!)

MERYL STREEP TO STAR IN PANAMA PAPERS THRILLER: Meryl Streep is set to lead The Laundromat, a drama based on the Panama Papers. Steven Soderbergh will direct. Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas are in talks to join as well. The Panama Papers were leaked documents showing how a law firm based in Panama allowed wealthy people illegally funnel money. Netflix is said to be eyeing the film, which is based on the book by Jack Bernstein titled Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite.

CBS SUES REDSTONES TO BLOCK VIACOM MERGER: A Delaware court is being asked to stop Shari Redstone from disrupting a meeting later this week that may dilute her company’s voting power at CBS. The network filed suit in court targeting Shari, Sumner Redstone and National Amusements, Inc., currently the controlling stakeholder for CBS. The Redstones want CBS to merge with Viacom, but the Leslie Moonves-led CBS is pushing for public shareholders to have a say. “CBS‘s management team, led by Leslie Moonves (CEO and Chairman), is one of the most accomplished and successful in the media business,” states the complaint, per The Hollywood Reporter. “In a demanding and rapidly changing marketplace, the Moonves-led team articulated a strategic plan, executed on that plan and consistently delivered superior results. Nevertheless, Ms. Redstone has acted to undermine the management team, including, without board authority, talking to potential CEO replacements, deriding the Chief Operating Officer and threatening to change the Board. These escalating attacks make it difficult for management to perform its duties and threatens continuity of management.”

WATCH TRAILER FOR THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT: Lars Von Trier is back at the Cannes Film Festival after getting the boot over controversial remarks. A trailer for his new film, starring Matt Dillon as a serial killer, has been released ahead of its bow at Cannes. In the peek at The House That Jack Built, viewers will see Dillon attacking Uma Thurman and taunting Riley Keough, when he isn’t hauling dead bodies around.

JEAN-LUC GODARD’S THE IMAGE BOOK ACQUIRED: Kino Lorber has snagged rights for Jean-Luc Godard‘s The Image Book (Le Livre D’Image) after it premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The film will be released in theaters in 2019.