“Batwoman” has found its new series lead, with Javicia Leslie set to step into the cape and cowl for the show’s upcoming second season on The CW. “I am extremely proud to be the first Black actress to play the iconic role of Batwoman on television, and as a bisexual woman, I am honored to join this groundbreaking […]
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Facebook has removed more than 100 accounts tied to Roger Stone, the former Trump campaign adviser and convicted felon, for violating the company’s policy against “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” Stone’s personal Instagram account was removed as part of the purge, as well as several other fake accounts Facebook said he’d been using to spread misinformation. Altogether, […]
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Shepard Smith, a longtime anchor on Fox News, is joining NBCUniversal’s CNBC, where he will helm a new nightly newscast in a bid to broaden the cable network’s audience. Smith will have his own hour-long program, “The News With Shepard Smith,” airing weeknights at 4 p.m. (7 p.m. EDT), the business news channel announced Wednesday. […]
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Johnny Depp’s lawyer heaped more mud on Amber Heard in court on Tuesday — repeating claims that she cheated on the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star with Tesla chief Elon Musk and actor James Franco, a report said. Depp’s lawyer called the alleged hook-ups “extra-marital affairs” or “extra-relationship affairs,” the Daily Mail said. The claims surfaced on […]
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President Donald Trump’s estranged niece paints a portrait of a man trained in deception and braggadocio by a distant and dysfunctional father in her highly anticipated family memoir set to be published next week. Mary Trump writes in her book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,” that […]
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Halle Berry has pulled out of a role in an upcoming film in which she’d play a transgender character after facing backlash online. In an Instagram live interview on Friday, the actor said she had been preparing for the role, but had not been officially cast. “[It’s] a character where the woman is a trans character, […]
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Kristian Alfonso is leaving “Days of Our Lives” after playing Hope Williams Brady for 37 years on the NBC soap opera. “I will not be returning to Days when it resumes production in September. I’ve already filmed my last episodes several months ago,” she wrote in an Instagram post Monday. She started on the television series in […]
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Oscar winner Ennio Morricone, composer of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and “The Mission” and among the most prolific and admired composers in film history, has died. He was 91. Morricone died early Monday in a Rome clinic, where he was taken shortly after suffering a fall that caused a hip fracture, his lawyer […]
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Broadway actor Nick Cordero, known for his roles in “Rock of Ages,” “Waitress,” “Bullets Over Broadway” and “A Bronx Tale The Musical,” died on Sunday after battling complications from COVID-19 for several months. He was 41. His wife, Amanda Kloots, made the sad announcement on her Instagram account on Sunday night. In March 2020, Cordero was […]
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“Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular” didn’t go off with a ratings bang Saturday, hitting new lows in both the key adults 18-49 demographic and total viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen data. Airing from 8-10 p.m., the annual NBC event — which was only able to be semi-live this year to maintain social distancing — […]
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Israel’s leading pay TV operators YES (“Fauda”) and HOT (“Euphoria”) are getting ready to restart filming thanks to an agreement signed with local broadcasting regulators that will cover potential damages caused by COVID-19. The agreement will cover damages totalling up to 10% of production costs. That effectively means that if a $10 million show has to stop because one […]
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Days Of Our Lives is joining the other three daytime dramas in setting return-to-production plans. Corday Productions, the company behind the venerable NBC soap, on Thursday sent emails to the cast notifying them that taping new episodes would resume on September 1, I have learned. Reps for NBC, Corday and Sony Pictures TV declined comment. When the show […]
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On Friday, the network will honor Reiner — who died Monday at age 98 — by airing a colorized hour-long special of The Dick Van Dyke Show, multiple outlets reported. The special, titled The Dick Van Dyke Show – Now In Living Color! A Special Tribute To Carl Reiner, will feature two colorized back-to-back classic episodes of the beloved 1960s series. […]
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Willie Nelson’s annual Fourth of July Picnic is going ahead this year, but to reduce concerns about the coronavirus the event will be virtual. Fans can tune in to the nearly 50-year-old music bash Saturday via luck.stream and williepicnic.com. Tickets for the picnic are on sale at williepicnic.com. Other performers expected to play include Sheryl Crow, Ziggy Marley, Steve […]
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Hugh Downs, the genial, versatile broadcaster who became one of television’s most familiar and welcome faces with more than 15,000 hours on news, game and talk shows, has died at age 99. Downs died of natural causes at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Wednesday, said his great-niece, Molly Shaheen. “The Guinness Book of World […]
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He was the quintessential guest when he appeared on my show in Washington, DC. Interviewing a comedy legend was scary enough, but somehow Carl Reiner put a young talk host at ease. RIP @carlreiner, you entered laughing and made the world happier and smarter. Read more about the legendary Carl Reiner in: The Hollywood Reporter, […]
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Johnny Mandel, the Oscar and Grammy winning composer whose noted work included composing the MASH theme, has died at the age of 94. Details of his death have not been disclosed but his friend and fellow musician Michael Feinstein confirmed the news on Facebook, as did numerous others close to Mandel. “A dear friend and extraordinary composer […]
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Carl Reiner, the quintessential straight man for Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks who based beloved sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show on his own life and jump-started Steve Martin’s big-screen career, has died, his assistant Judy Nagy confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 98. The influential writer, director, actor, author and multiple Emmy Award-winner died Monday night at […]
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Katy Perry says her mental health was in a very bad place in 2017. The “Daisies” singer said during an interview on CBCListen’s Q With Tom Power that her breakup with Orlando Bloom that year, as well as disappointing album sales for Witness, had a “seismic” effect that “literally broke me in half.” During that period, she experienced suicidal thoughts. “I lost my […]
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MTV is moving forward with its plans to stage the 2020 VMAs at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. The show will have “limited capacity or no audience” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re elated to bring the 2020 “VMAs” back to NYC, the cultural mecca of the world where music and entertainment are woven into the DNA,” […]
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CBS’ first-ever simulcast of the BET Awards didn’t bring in a huge audience, but it’s likely to help the telecast match or beat last year’s audience. ABC’s game shows, meanwhile, snagged the top spot among adults 18-49 on Sunday. The three-hour BET awards telecast, which also aired on BET and BET Her, averaged just under […]
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Broadway will remain dark through the rest of the year, and it’s unclear when shows will be able to return to the stage. This marks the fourth extension for Broadway, prolonging the shutdowns that began in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s the longest period of time that theaters have been closed. The Broadway League announced Monday […]
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Sacha Baron Cohen is at it again. On Saturday, the comedian crashed a meeting of the Washington State Three Percenters in Olympia, Washington, leading a sing-along and generally disrupting things. It is unclear if the appearance was yet another installment of his Who Is America? program, the first installment of which aired on Showtime. Reps for Cohen and […]
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The 2020 BET Awards were handed out Sunday night, with Beyoncé, Lizzo, Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch among the winners. Comedian and Insecure actress Amanda Seales hosted the annual show, which organizers this year said “expanded its footprint to go beyond the confines of a traditional stage show in response to safety precautions in light of the […]
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The Rolling Stones are taking “further steps” to prevent Donald Trump from using their music at his rallies after the president’s campaign ignored the previous cease-and-desist letters. “This could be the last time Trump uses any Jagger/ Richards songs on his campaigns,” the band’s rep said in a statement. In a statement Saturday, the band announced that their […]
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