CBS has found the second star for its upcoming drama Boston Blue. Sonequa Martin-Green will play a lead role in the Blue Bloods spinoff opposite Donnie Wahlberg, who is reprising his role as Danny Reagan from the long-running series that ended in December 2024. Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery) will play Lena Peters, a Boston police detective who becomes Danny’s partner as […]
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Several decades ago, Jon Voight first met Donald Trump at an Oscars afterparty. The Academy Award-winning best actor can’t remember the exact year, but he thinks it was not long after the debut of Franco Zeffirelli 1979 sports classic “The Champ.” The two men bonded over the film and Voight’s iconic performance as a former boxer looking for personal […]
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Peacock has unveiled a new look at “Law & Order: Organized Crime” Season 5, featuring guest star Mariska Hargitay reuniting with Christopher Meloni. As the series makes the move from NBC to Peacock, the newest season takes place in New York City and follows the detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau as crime syndicates threaten lives. The official synopsis […]
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NBC has ordered its third comedy pilot of the season. The network has picked up the Untitled Ornelas, Keliiaa and Wilson Project, an ensemble comedy set at a Native community center in Oakland, CA. In the comedy, the employees hustle to keep the lights on while lifting up those in need. The pilot joins previously announced Tracy […]
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The star-studded cast of Guy Ritchie’s crime drama MobLand is adding another notable name. Janet McTeer will be part of the Paramount+ series, which is set to premiere March 30. The Emmy and two-time Oscar nominee joins an ensemble led be Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren. MobLand centers on a London-based Irish crime family headed by Brosnan’s Conrad Harrigan, […]
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The Oscars want more Conan! After a rapturous reception at this year’s Academy Awards, emcee Conan O’Brien will return to the Dolby Theatre for the 98th Oscars on March 15, 2026. The announcement comes from Bill Kramer, Academy CEO, and Janet Yang, Academy president, who also confirmed the return of the Emmy-winning producing team Raj Kapoor and Katy […]
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Emmy winner Jeff Daniels (The Looming Tower) has been tapped to recur opposite Jason Segel and Harrison Ford in the upcoming third season of Apple TV+’s popular comedy Shrinking. Co-created by Segel, Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, Shrinking follows grieving therapist Jimmy (Segel) who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training […]
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Lester Holt, the NBC News anchor known for his ability to lead hours of breaking news coverage without pause, is finally ready for a breather. The NBC News veteran plans to step away in early summer from his anchor duties on “NBC Nightly News,” which he has held since 2015. After that, he plans to devote himself […]
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“Conclave,” a thriller about the election of a new pope, triumphed at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, winning the top prize for best motion picture cast. “Shōgun,” an epic look at feudal Japan, and “Only Murders in the Building,” a mystery satire, won the TV ensemble prizes in the drama and comedy […]
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No stranger to Broadway‘s Tony Awards, Cynthia Erivo has been announced as the host of this year’s 78th Annual Tony Awards, broadcasting live on CBS from Radio City Music Hall Sunday, June 8. The announcement was made today by The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. The 78th Tonys will honor productions from the 2024-2025 Broadway season. “I […]
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CBS is heading back to the world of Blue Bloods — at least partially. The network has given a straight-to-series order to a drama titled Boston Blue, which will see Donnie Wahlberg reprising his Blue Bloods role as Danny Reagan. The new show — CBS is calling it a “universe expansion” of Blue Bloods — is set to premiere in the 2025-26 season. It will follow Danny as […]
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The 2025 Grammys were handed out Sunday, with Beyoncé taking home the top award of the night for album of the year and Kendrick Lamar sweeping all the categories in which he was nominated, including song and record of the year. Beyoncé won album of the year along with best country album for Cowboy Carter. During the premiere ceremony, […]
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“Emilia Pérez,” a musical about a drug kingpin who undergoes gender affirming surgery, topped the 2025 Oscar nominations with 13 nods. It was followed closely behind by “The Brutalist,” a historical epic the examines the immigrant experience, and “Wicked,” the hit screen version of a long-running Broadway sensation, which both nabbed 10 nominations. “Conclave,” a […]
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“Abbott Elementary” has made it to the fifth grade. Quinta Brunson’s scholastic sitcom has been renewed for Season 5 at ABC. Season 4 of “Abbott Elementary” is currently airing on Wednesdays on ABC at 8:30 p.m. ET and streaming the next day on Hulu. The series recently hit a viewership peak with 8.05 million people […]
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The Neighborhood universe is eying further expansion with a second spinoff. The upcoming Season 7 finale of the hit CBS comedy series starring Cedric the Entertainer will serve as a planted spinoff headlined by Marcel Spears and Sheaun McKinney. The premise of the offshoot echoes that of the mothership in reverse. It follows Marty (Marcel Spears) and Malcolm (Sheaun McKinney) Butler […]
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At Bob’s Big Boy Thursday night, coffee and chocolate milkshakes were raised in honor of David Lynch. Fans flocked to the Los Angeles landmark to pay tribute to the late filmmaker, who died at age of 78 and who once revealed that he ordered the quintessential menu items “for seven years every day at 2:30” after lunch and scribbled notes […]
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The 2025 Golden Globes were handed out Sunday night. Emilia Pérez was named best motion picture — musical or comedy and best non-English language film, while Zoe Saldaña took home the best supporting actress award for her performance. The movie’s song “El Mal” won best original song. Meanwhile, The Brutalist was named best motion picture — drama. Brady Corbet […]
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Linda Lavin, the beloved veteran stage and TV actress known for her Emmy-nominated role in the 1976 sitcom Alice and for her Tony-winning performance in the 1986 play Broadway Bound, died today, Dec. 29. She was 87. The news comes as a shock as Lavin has been working as recently as this month, promoting her new Netflix series No […]
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A young Jimmy Carter was no stranger to gospel music growing up in the small rural town of Plains, Georgia during the ’20s and early ’30’. He heard it sung by Black tenant farmers working on his father’s land. He heard it too during 24-hour gospel sings that occurred every fifth Sunday, where quartets, local and distant […]
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To mark the 10th anniversary of the “Mad Men” series finale, Jon Hamm will join the ATX TV Festival for the first time for a retrospective panel, Variety can exclusively announce. He will discuss his Emmy-winning performance of Don Draper, the series’ legacy and influence. Hamm portrayed the iconic protagonist for 92 episodes of the AMC series, which ran from 2007 […]
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Bad Monkey is coming back. The Bill Lawrence series, based on Carl Hiaasen’s novel of the same name has been renewed for season two at Apple TV+ with Vince Vaughn set to return. “I hope that people know that Carl Hiaasen is an idol of mine and an inspiration for me as a writer,” the showrunner and executive producer said in a […]
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Kristen Bell is set to host the 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. The actress/producer will taking on hosting duties for a second time. In 2018, Bell served as the first SAG Awards host since the ceremony’s inception in 1995. Megan Mullally took over hosting duties the following year. While the SAG Awards boasts numerous celebrity presenters, the show […]
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“Emilia Pérez” has a lot more to sing and dance about, raking in 10 nominations at Monday’s 2025 Golden Globe Awards nominations. Jacques Audiard’s charming drug cartel musical, acquired by Netflix out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, scored the most nods out of any feature film contender. It’s up for best motion picture – […]
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Beyoncé continues her reign as the queen of the Grammys: She leads the 2025 awards with 11 nominations, even sweeping all four country categories with her historic Cowboy Carter album. Beyoncé is up for album of the year and best country album, while her No. 1 country hit “Texas Hold ‘Em” is nominated for song of the year, record of the […]
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Quincy Jones, who distinguished himself over the course of a 70-year career in music as an artist, bandleader, composer, arranger and producer, has died. He was 91. Jones died Sunday night at his home in Bel Air, Calif., according to a statement shared with Variety by his rep Arnold Robinson. A cause of death was not disclosed. […]
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