Kelly Preston, the actress who starred in such movies as Jerry Maguire and, most recently, opposite husband John Travolta in Gotti, has died. She was 57. Preston died Sunday after a two-year battle with breast cancer, Travolta wrote on Instagram. “It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year […]
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Fox News executives issued a memo on Saturday to condemn the “racist, misogynistic, and homophobic” online activity of host Tucker Carlson’s former top writer that were revealed in a CNN Business report. In the internal memo obtained by Business Insider, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and President and Executive Editor Jay Wallace wrote that the network […]
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There’s hardly been a more charged, fascinating moment in TV this summer than Jada Pinkett Smith sitting at her famed Red Table with her husband, Will Smith, to talk about their marriage like never before. In the 25 years they’ve been married, Pinkett Smith in particular has cultivated a brand borne of her willingness to talk about anything […]
Read moreFrom his roles in iconic films like ‘Deer Hunter’ to the ‘Thin Red Line’ to Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing’ actor John Savage joins us at ‘Showbiz UpFront’ for a candid conversation about his life, career and his latest recurring role in the CBS series ‘Seal Team.’
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In a searing New York Times op-ed published Thursday night, Sen. Tammy Duckworth pushed back against statements by Donald Trump and right wing Fox News host Tucker Carlson calling her patriotism into question. “Attacks from self-serving, insecure men who can’t tell the difference between true patriotism and hateful nationalism will never diminish my love for […]
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Fox News’ Tucker Carlson attacked CNN’s Don Lemon Wednesday over differences he sees in Lemon’s broadcasts from seven years ago and today. “If you’re running a channel like CNN, you want dumb people on TV because they’re compliant. They’ll say what they’re told. They’ll tell the audience what the moment demands. They’ll never stray from […]
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Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams are attached to star in an HBO limited series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s “Scenes From a Marriage,” Variety has learned. Bergman’s version aired on Swedish television in 1973, consisting of six episodes. Bergman directed the series with Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson starring. The new version is said to re-examine the show’s depiction of love, hatred, desire, […]
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“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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