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Stephen Marley has shared a music video for his new single, “Old Soul.” The upbeat acoustic song reflects on Marley’s relationship with his dad, Bob Marley, and his journey through the family legacy.

The video showcases a vibrant retrospective that includes old family photos, vintage album covers and images from the history of Jamaican music. Marley calls the clip a “tribute to the ones who made it all possible.”

Marley co-wrote the song with Jamaican pop star Omi, whose manager Specialist, brought it to Marley saying it fit him.

14 June 2023 — Today, Stephen Marley premieres the video for his highly anticipated new single “Old Soul.” The well-crafted retrospective video reveals never-before-seen old family photos, vintage vinyl album covers, and a collage of Jamaican music history, and it is available now Here on Stephen Marley’s Official YouTube Channel. The award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer chronicles his growth and innocence as a youth Marley kid, the second son of Bob Marley, and his personal rites of passage through the family legacy. The warm acoustic track takes the listener on a coming-of-age journey through allusions to personal legends and eras of musical influences that “made it all possible.”

“Old Soul” is available now on all streaming platforms and Stephen Marley’s Official YouTube Channel via Tuff Gong Collective/UMe/Ghetto Youths International/Universal Music Canada. Listen to “Old Soul” Here or watch the new video Here and Subscribe to Stephen Marley’s...

The duo behind last year’s NBC comedy pilot Old Soul have signed a two-year overall deal with the Peacock’s sister studio Universal TV. Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener will serve as exec producers on Eva Longoria comedy Telenovela, which NBC ordered straight to series in January. The duo worked together on ABC’s Happy Endings, where Bycel was Ep and Fener was co-ep, and earlier were co-exec producers on Fox’s Seth MacFarlane toon American Dad. Bycel also was showrunner for S…...

Former “Happy Endings” producers Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener have inked a new two-year overall deal with Universal Television Studios, TheWrap has learned. The duo will immediately join NBC’s “Telenovela” as executive producers. Most recently, Bycel and Fener executive produced NBC pilot “Old Soul.” Also Read: Kate Winslet, Michael B. Jordan Among Cast for Season 2 of 'Running Wild With Bear Grylls' In addition to co-executive producing “Happy Endings,” Fener earned the same credit at “American Dad.” Bycel, a showrunner on “Scrubs,” had the full executive producer title at “Happy Endings.” He was co-exec producer on “Pysch” and “American Dad.

Greta Lee (Girls, Wayward Pines) has joined the cast of Universal’s The Nest, the Amy Poehler-Tina Fey comedy about two grown sisters who throw one last party in their parents’ soon-to-be-sold house. Lee, who’s one of the stars of Inside Amy Schumer‘s viral “I’m So Bad” sketch, will play Hae Won, a young mother who by chance gets a pity invite to the party. It’s her second Poehler-ep’ed project after NBC pilot Old Soul, which Lee starred in opposite Natasha Lyonne and Ellen Burstyn. James Brolin recently joined the cast of The Nest, which is directed by Pitch Perfect‘s Jason […]...

Get ready to say farewell to Pawnee. NBC announced on Saturday that Parks and Recreation will come to an end after its upcoming seventh season. The show, which currently stands as NBC's longest-running comedy, will be returning for its final run next year in the middle of the season rather than the fall The Hollywood Reporter reports.

A Peek at Pawnee: Behind the Scenes of 'Parks and Recreation'

Signs of the show's impending end have been visible for some time. Showrunner Mike Shur told THR in April that this was...

Coming into today, there were five NBC comedy pilots in consideration: single-camera Bad Judge, Mission Control and Old Soul and multi-camera One Big Happy and untitled Jerrod Carmichael presentation. Today, the network picked up three, Bad Judge, Mission Control and One Big Happy — the latter two said to be for midseason with six-episode orders. The other two, Amy Poehler’s Old Soul starring Natasha Lyonne, and the untitled Jerrod Carmichael presentation, remain in contention. Everything else — on the comedy and drama side — is dead. I hear the idea considered for the Jerrod Carmichael project is to set up a writers room and write six scripts as well as shoot a new pilot. As I have pointed out, up-and-coming comedian Carmichael has been one of the discoveries of this pilot season, with his under-the-radar, low-budget presentation coming in surprisingly strong just as Carmichael started to break out. He is in this...

You can shout out on the street: Billy Eichner is set to star in a comedy pilot presentation for USA Network. The forceful comedian, who hosts Fuse’s renegade pop culture game show Billy on the Street, will join forces with his Street head writer Julie Klausner for Difficult People, a scripted comedy in which the pair will play struggling comedians in NYC who love pop culture and hate everyone but each other. Klausner, who also hosts the podcast How Was Your Week?, will write the Difficult People script and serve as co-creator with Eichner, who tweeted about the project today.

TV News and notes:

- Here's all the proof you need that CBS isn't going to continue with its limited series "Hostages": The network has just cast star Dylan McDermott as the lead in Kevin Williamson's new psychological thriller pilot. McDermott will play a Los Angeles police detective who handles stalking incidents. [Deadline]

- "Battle Creek," the pilot from "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan (who wrote it) and "House" creator David Shore (who will run it), has found its lead. Dean Winters will star as a no-nonsense police detective who teams up with another detective with a completely different worldview and crime-solving tactic. [Entertainment Weekly]

- Prince will take over "The Arsenio Hall Show" on March 5, performing multiple songs and sitting down to talk with Hall about what he has in the works for 2014. The news was announced on Hall's show via a Prince impersonator. [Billboard]

- CBS is staging a "Go On...

Gabourey Sadibe and the gay mimes, The Muppets sing “We’re Doing a Sequel,” Disney World dumps Boy Scout sponsorship

Matthew Morrison is set to star in Harvey Weinstein’s stage production of Finding Neverland. Because when you think of someone to step into the role Johnny Depp played, you automatically think of Matthew Morrison.

As these Right To Discriminate laws pop up (and hopefully die) all over the country, it’s important to remember that no so long ago, “religious liberty” was also used as an excuse for racism.

Clay Aiken has officially filed the papers to run for Congress in the 2nd District in North Carolina against incumbent Republican Renee Ellmers, assuming he makes it out of a crowded Democratic primary.

Ellen Burstyn is set to star as the lesbian aunt in the Amy Poehler produced sitcom Old Soul, about a woman who takes care of elderly people...

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Michelle Obama will appear in a cameo on the season finale of Parks & Recreation.

With the Oscars approaching, Dave Holmes relives 1989 noting the TV (anyone remember Men?) leading up to Rob Lowe‘s big Oscar Night performance with Snow White.

Canadian channel Showcase has ordered a fifth season of the very gay inclusive Lost Girl. That should make it easier for Syfy to continue airing it stateside.

Ellen Burstyn has joined the cast of the NBC comedy pilot Old Soul, which stars Natasha Lyonne as a woman running a nursing home. Burstyn will play Lyonne’s aunt, a lesbian cancer survivor.

The New York Daily News claims that CNN doesn’t know who will take over Piers Morgan‘s soon-to-be-vacated time slot but the channel’s top choice is Rosie O’Donnell. Joy Behar, Ann Curry, Star Jones and Rachel Maddow are also on CNN’s list. That’s...

Based on the speed and trajectory of her comeback, we're sometimes tempted to wonder if Natasha Lyonne mighty have found some sort of magical ring that grants wishes in a cave somewhere. And if so, we wants it. Ellen Burstyn is just the latest exciting name to join Lyonne's NBC pilot Old Soul, in which the Orange is the New Black actress stars as Nadia, a former party girl who now cares for the elderly, including Fred Willard and Rita Moreno. Burstyn joins the Amy Poehler co-written and produced pilot as "Nadia’s aunt Eileen, an earthy lesbian with a New Age bent who has recently survived cancer." Oh come on! This show has everything we would put in our own pilot. Leave a few great ideas for the rest of us.

Amy Poehler’s NBC comedy pilot Old Soul already boasts two Oscar winners, and casting is barely half-way done. Ellen Burstyn is set for a plum lead role opposite Natasha Lyonne in the single-camera pilot written/exec produced by Poehler, Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener and directed by David Wain. Old Soul centers on a reformed wild child Nadia (Lyonne) who has a business caring for the elderly and feels she has more in common with her colorful old clients than she does with people her age. Burstyn will play aunt Nadia’s aunt Eileen, an earthy lesbian with a New Age bent who has recently survived cancer. Nadia may take care of her elderly clients, which are Eileen’s friends, but Eileen takes care of Nadia. Burstyn, repped by Innovative and the Schiff Co., joins recently cast Fred Willard and Oscar winner Rita Moreno and two of Eileen’s friends.

Updated: Michael Rosenbaum is set to co-star opposite Krysten Ritter in NBC pilot Mission Control, a Universal TV-produced comedy from studio-based Gary Sanchez Productions and executive producers Adam McKay and Will Ferrell. A workplace ensemble set in 1962, Mission Control examines what happens when a strong woman (Ritter) butts heads with a macho astronaut in the race to land on the moon. Rosenbaum will play Bus, a handsome, jockish, stubborn and loudly likeable Nasa astronaut. Rosenbaum, repped by Apa, Untitled and Barnes, Morris, Mark Yorn & Levin, was most recently seen in feature Back In The Day, which he wrote, produced, starred in and directed. Comedy veteran Fred Willard is set to co-star opposite Natasha Lyonne and Rita Moreno in NBC‘s single-camera comedy pilot Old Soul. Co-created/exec produced by Amy Poehler, Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener and directed by David Wain, Old Soul centers on a reformed wild child...

Here is Deadline’s annual list of The Overachievers Of Pilot Season. For anyone, landing a pilot is a major accomplishment. These selected few individuals/production companies took that achievement to the next level. Related: Primetime Pilot Panic! With marquee comedy clients including Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Kevin Hart, 3 Arts has been building a strong TV production business. The management/production company has set a new personal record this season with nine greenlights. That includes one straight-to-series order for the Tina Fey/Robert Carlock comedy Tooken at NBC, one pilot/series track order at Fox for Cabot College, from Matt Hubbard, Fey and Carlock, and five more pilots: the comedies untitled Kevin Hart project at ABC, Amy Poehler’s Old Soul and Love Is Relative at NBC and Tom Papa’s More Time With the Family at CBS, plus untitled Richard Lagravenese drama at ABC. Additionally, three 3 Arts pilots from last season,...

Actor-comedian-musician Nick Thune is set as the young male lead opposite Natasha Lyonne in NBC‘s single-camera comedy pilot Old Soul. Co-created by Amy Poehler, Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener and directed by David Wain, Old Soul centers on a reformed wild child, Nadia (Lyonne), who has a business caring for the elderly and feels she has more in common with her colorful old clients than she does with people her age. Thune, repped by 3 Arts and Wme, will play Nadia’s roommate and friend who shares her offbeat sense of humor. Saturday Night Live alum Tim Meadows has been cast in Marry Me, NBC’s single-camera comedy pilot from David Caspe, Sony TV and Jamie Tarses’ Fanfare. The project, directed by Seth Gordon, centers on a young couple, Annie (Casey Wilson) and Jake (Ken Marino), who get engaged — something they quickly realize is harder than it looks. Meadows, repped by Apa and Brillstein Entertainment,...

Greta Lee (Girls) is set to co-star opposite Natasha Lyonne in NBC‘s single-camera comedy pilot Old Soul. Co-created by Amy Poehler, Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener and directed by David Wain, Old Soul centers on a reformed wild child Nadia (Lyonne) who has a business caring for the elderly and feels she has more in common with her colorful old clients than she does with people her age. Lee, repped by CAA, Regarding Entertainment and Kimberly Jaime, plays Alix, Nadia’s loyal friend with a type A personality and “will not fail” attitude. She will be seen in Fox’s M. Night Shyamalan’s event series Wayward Pines and features St. Vincent de Van Nuys and While We’re Young. Derek Webster (Revolution) has booked a role on ABC alien drama pilot The Visitors from Amblin TV. It chronicles the race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien...

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Rob Riggle has joined the cast of The Pro. The NBC comedy pilot stars Rob Lowe as a fallen tennis doubles champion who reunites with his former partner (Riggle) after hitting hard times. I’m watching this one since it comes from out Emmy-winner Todd Holland as a director.

CNN is cutting back on Anderson Cooper. The news channel has pulled from the schedule AC360 Later a “more relaxed” companion series for Cooper’s regular news hour. If you’re not familiar with AC360 Later, that might be because it was infrequently scheduled and would sometimes disappear from the schedule for weeks. Did anyone catch it? Will you miss it?

Vulture talked with Sarah Paulson about the upcoming season of American Horror Story. (Yeah, we’re already talking about next season. Deal with it.) When asked if she’s preparing for her new role the same way Jessica Lange...

Rita Moreno, fresh off winning a lifetime achievement award at the SAG Awards, has been tapped to co-star opposite Natasha Lyonne in NBC‘s single-camera comedy pilot Old Soul. Co-created/exec produced by Amy Poehler, Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener and directed by David Wain, Old Soul centers on a reformed wild child Nadia (Lyonne) who has a business caring for the elderly and feels she has more in common with her colorful old clients than she does with people her age. Moreno will play one of the clients, a character that appears tailored for her down to the name, Rita. A sexy old gal and a ball of joy, Old Soul‘s Rita (Moreno) is a flamboyant, larger-than-life Broadway vet who has been happily married to her writing partner/husband for over 50 years. Moreno, repped by Innovative Artists, was the first and one of the very few performers to win an Oscar,...

New York casting directors were attached to several network pilots set to shoot in March. John Ort is set to cast NBC’s “The Pro,” which stars Rob Lowe, Backstage has learned. The comedy centers on a former tennis doubles champion who gets reunited with his ex-partner after a public feud. Ort is also doing the New York casting for ABC’s untitled Anthony Anderson/Kenya Barris Project. Meanwhile, New York-based casting directors Julie Tucker and Ross Meyerson are now attached to NBC’s “Lifesaver,” a comedy about a pair of opposites forced together by a kidney donation. Tucker and Meyerson are also casting NBC’s “Old Soul,” a comedy about a young woman (Natasha Lyonne) trying to find herself as she works as an aide to a group of elderly people. The partners are also attached to an NBC drama. Tucker and Meyerson are set to cast “Salvation,” which...

David Wain is reteaming with Amy Poehler. Wain, who directs the Parks and Recreation star in the upcoming big-screen rom-com parody They Came Together and helmed their 2001 cult hit Wet Hot American Summer, has signed on to helm Old Soul, an NBC comedy pilot from Poehler that stars Orange is the New Black’s Natasha Lyonne as a woman who works as an aide for the elderly.

Poehler co-created and is executive producing Old Soul with Happy Endings writer-producers Jonathan Fener and Josh Bycel.

Role Models helmer David Wain has signed on to direct NBC‘s single-camera comedy pilot Old Soul, co-created by Amy Poehler and starring Natasha Lyonne. The Uni TV-produced project, which Poehler co-created with Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener, centers on a reformed wild child Nadia (Lyonne) who has a business caring for the elderly and feels she has more in common with her colorful old clients than she does with people her age. Old Soul reunites Wain with Poehler — his Lionsgate feature They Came Together starring Poehler and Paul Rudd just premiered at Sundance. Wain, repped by Wme, Principato-Young and attorney Rick Genow, executive produces Adult Swim’s Newsreaders as well as Childrens Hospital, which he also directs. In another NBC comedy pilot director hire, Robbie Duncan McNeil (Chuck) is set to helm single-camera project Mason Twins, from Casey Wilson, June Rafael, Stacy Traub and ABC Studios. Having been estranged for 15 years,...