Coronavirus concerns have caused the temporary shutdown of TV’s “The Amazing Race,” according to a report. The global-competition reality series on CBS filmed three episodes of Season 33 when the network pulled the plug, citing “concerns and uncertainty regarding the coronavirus around the world,” Variety reported Friday. The suspension of taping is only precautionary, a CBS […]
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Several actresses have walked out of the César awards ceremony in Paris after Roman Polanski, who was convicted of the statutory rape of a 13 year old in 1977, won best director. The awards – France’s equivalent of the Oscars – have been mired in controversy after Polanksi’s An Officer and a Spy received 12 […]
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Star Trek: Picard has made a huge change to the galaxy by eliminating the Romulan Neutral Zone, which had existed for over 200 years. The Romulans have returned to prominence in the new CBS All-Access series charting the twilight years of Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). In fact, the last two decades of the Starfleet legend’s life […]
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Get ready to have your buttons pushed all over again — The Proud Family is officially returning to Disney+ with new episodes, TVLine has learned. Titled The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, the revival series (premiere date TBD) finds the titular animated family right where we left them 15 years ago. And as you can see from the […]
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Paris (AFP) – Controversial film director Roman Polanski told AFP on Thursday he would not attend the French Oscars because he fears a “public lynching” by feminist activists. The veteran is at the centre of a storm of protest after his new film about the Dreyfus affair, “An Officer and a Spy”, topped the list […]
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A federal judge on Thursday scheduled an Oct. 5 trial for actor Lori Loughlin, her husband and six others in the college admissions bribery scandal. Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, face charges of bribery, money laundering and fraud for allegedly paying $500,000 to get their daughters admitted to USC. Attorneys for the couple alleged in a […]
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Two days after apologizing for sexual harassment allegations, opera star Placido Domingo has walked back his statement. “My apology was sincere and wholehearted,” he said. “But I know what I haven’t done, and I will deny it again.” The reversal occurred as European opera houses were questioning whether Domingo should still appear at performances he has scheduled through summer, […]
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Lee Phillip Bell, Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and co-creator of the daytime series The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, died Tuesday. She was 91. “Our mother was a loving and supportive wife, mother and grandmother. Gracious and kind, she enriched the lives of all who knew her. We will miss her tremendously,” Bell’s children […]
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CNN’s Chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta and President Donald Trump are sparring again. During a press conference in New Delhi, Acosta pressed back on the President’s assertion that CNN had to walk back a recent report from several news organizations on Russia trying to interfere in the 2020 election. Acosta asked Trump if he would repudiate foreign interference in that […]
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As the union representing opera performers prepared to release the results of an inquiry finding that the superstar Plácido Domingo had engaged in “inappropriate activity” with women, it was quietly working to reach a financial agreement with him. But the deal they were working on — which called for the union, the American Guild of […]
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It’s the end of an era at The Walt Disney Company. The conglomerate said on Tuesday that it is naming Bob Chapek as its next CEO, succeeding Bob Iger immediately. Iger is assuming the role of executive chairman and will lead the board through his contract’s end on Dec. 31, 2021. Chapek, who has been […]
Read moreRoss Crystal talks with Rosario Dawson about her USA anthology series “Briarpatch” and her thoughts about Washington, DC. in light of her relationship with New Jersey Senator Cory Booker. All in this edition of the “Showbiz Express Minute.”
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As the number of cases of the coronavirus swell in Italy to a reported 219 cases, the biggest number outside of China, Japan, and South Korea, the Venice, Italy local government has put a stop to all public gatherings including a halt to the upcoming production of Paramount’s Mission: Impossible 7 in the floating city according to […]
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Deadline has confirmed that Warner Bros’ EVP Worldwide Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Dee Dee Myers is leaving the studio after five years in the job. She will depart the Burbank lot on April 1. A successor to the post hasn’t been named; I hear there will be a search. The news was a bit of a surprise […]
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Harvey Weinstein, once regarded as one of the most influential forces in the film industry, was found guilty of committing a “criminal sexual act” and third-degree rape on Monday morning. He was acquitted on two counts of predatory sexual assault. The verdict comes two years after more than a dozen women accused Weinstein of sexual harassment, assault […]
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NBA legend Michael Jordan was the latest to give a moving speech about Kobe Bryant during Monday’s public memorial, bringing some much-needed levity while paying tribute to his “little brother.” “In the game of basketball and life as a parent, Kobe left nothing in the tank. He left it all on the floor,” he began. […]
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Longtime Republican Clint Eastwood is pulling support from Donald Trump in the 2020 election. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the actor-director signaled that he thinks a different candidate would be the better choice. “The best thing we could do is just get Mike Bloomberg in there,” he said. After endorsing Mitt Romney and famously delivering a speech at the 2012 […]
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Amazon Prime’s new series “Hunters” has come under fire from the Auschwitz Memorial for being historically inaccurate, particularly by creating macabre games that take place in concentration camps. The show’s creator David Weil responded to the criticism Sunday in a statement, explaining that “symbolic representations provide individuals access to an emotional and symbolic reality that allows us […]
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Model, restaurateur and lifestyle guru Barbara “B.” Smith has died at her Long Island home, her family announced in a statement on social media. She was 70. Smith died Saturday evening after battling early onset Alzheimer’s disease, which she was diagnosed with in 2013. She and her husband, Dan Gasby, raised awareness of the disease, […]
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Lizzo was crowned entertainer of the year at the 51st NAACP Images Awards on Saturday night, an evening that recognizes the best in film, television, music and literature. The ceremony was hosted by Anthony Anderson, who received his sixth win for Black-ish. Additional winners include Just Mercy for outstanding motion picture, while Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx […]
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After a close box office battle, Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” pulled ahead of Disney and 20th Century’s “The Call of the Wild” on North American charts. The two movies had been in a surprising tug-of-war for first place. Heading into the weekend, “Sonic” was expected to easily dominate again but Harrison Ford’s “Call of the Wild” […]
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It’s happening: The “Friends” cast is reuniting for an exclusive untitled unscripted special on HBO Max. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will return to the original “Friends” soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank to celebrate the long-running series, which ended its run in […]
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Julia Roberts is reuniting with Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail on another podcast adaptation as she is attached to star, alongside Sean Penn, Armie Hammer and Joel Edgerton, in a remake of Slate’s Watergate audio series Slow Burn. Roberts, who worked with Esmail on Amazon’s Homecoming, will play Martha Mitchell, wife of Richard Nixon’s Attorney General John Mitchell in Gaslit from UCP. The NBCUniversal Content Studios division […]
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NBC has renewed “The Blacklist” for an eighth season. The series stars James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington, one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives. Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Harry Lennix, Amir Arison, and Hisham Tawfiq also star. Season 7 of the show will resume Friday, March 20 with back-to-back episodes. “Congratulations to our incredible cast, […]
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Bethenny Frankel is returning to her reality TV roots with a competition series at HBO Max. The Skinnygirl founder and former Real Housewives of New York City star will front an eight-episode series called The Big Shot With Bethenny, in which aspiring business moguls compete for a job on Frankel’s executive team. The Apprentice-like show hails from MGM TV, […]
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