May the Force be with John Boyega, who has ‘fessed up to being the actor whose “Star Wars” script landed on eBay. “It was scary, I got calls from every official,” Boyega, who plays Finn in the highly anticipated “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” said on “Good Morning America” while promoting the flick. Earlier in the week, […]
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A New York judge has denied Harvey Weinstein’s latest effort to have the criminal case against him dismissed and consolidated the two indictments against the producer, which means a Sopranos actress who accused him of rape will likely take the stand. Prosecutors in August went back to a Grand Jury for a superseding indictment in order to call an […]
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Elizabeth Banks is set to direct and star in “Invisible Woman” for Universal, which is based on her own original pitch. “The Girl on the Train” scribe Erin Cressida Wilson penned the script with Banks and Max Handelman producing for their Brownstone Productions. Brownstone’s Alison Small will executive produce. Plot details are being kept under wraps, […]
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Erin Andrews is not here for the haters. After the “Bachelorette’s” Hannah Brown and her professional dance partner, Alan Bersten, were crowned the “Dancing with the Stars” Season 28 winners on Monday evening, the Internet had a lot to say about Andrews’ apparent reaction to the results. According to People magazine, once it was revealed who would be getting the mirror ball […]
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Hoda Kotb is tying the knot. The “Today” co-anchor, 55, announced on the morning show Monday that she and longtime boyfriend Joel Schiffman are engaged. Showing off her giant engagement ring, Kotb revealed that Schiffman, 61, surprised her with a marriage proposal while they were on vacation recently in Mexico. “Literally we went on our usual vacation. We […]
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“Bombshell,” a drama about Fox News journalists who set to expose CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment, will be honored the Producers Guild of America’s Stanley Kramer Award. The award, established in 2002, recognizes a production, producer or other individuals whose achievement or contribution illuminates and raises public awareness of important social issues. “Bombshell” will receive the […]
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Former HBO, Viacom and Universal Studios chief executive Frank Biondi Jr. has died at the age of 74. Biondi died Monday at his home in Los Angeles following a battle with bladder cancer, his daughter told the Los Angeles Times. As an entertainment executive in the 1980s and ’90s, Biondi helped shepherd the rise of HBO […]
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Few shows have changed the way we watch television like “The Sopranos.” As one of the most critically and commercially successful TV shows in history, “The Sopranos” has also maintained a cult-like following that has lasted since its literal abrupt ending in 2007. So it makes sense that fans would rally together to commemorate 10 […]
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Has there ever been so much suspense over a televised award that didn’t even involve an “envelope, please” moment? Taylor Swift’s appearance at Sunday’s American Music Awards, where she was being honored as artist of the decade, was easily the most anticipated awards show appearance of the year, both for whether she’d be able to perform disputed material […]
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Following Michael Bloomberg’s announcement of his entrance into the 2020 presidential campaign, Bloomberg News will suspend its editorial board while several of its members join the former New York City mayor on his campaign staff, according to an internal memo from Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait. In the memo, which was first published by Washington Post’s Paul Farhi, […]
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Harry Morton, the businessman best known for founding L.A. establishment Pink Taco, has died. He was 38. The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that Morton died at his residence Saturday afternoon and the Beverly Hills Police Department is investigating. According to TMZ, Morton was found unresponsive in his Beverly Hills home by a family member and […]
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Princess Anna and Queen Elsa — and the power of sisterhood — thawed hearts around the globe in their triumphant return to the big screen over the weekend. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ music-infused Frozen 2 opened to a record $127 million in the U.S. and a fiery $223.3 million overseas from 37 markets for a massive worldwide […]
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After more than five decades of stardom, it’s fair to say Dolly Parton knows a thing or two about the industry — but don’t call her “Dollyisms” advice. “You can’t really give advice,” the country legend, 73, says in this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday. “Like I say, I have information, but it’s really not […]
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Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen isn’t joking around when it comes to Facebook and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Cohen, speaking Thursday at the Anti-Defamation League’s “Never Is Now” Summit in New York City, skewered Facebook for not doing enough to combat racism and anti-Semitism on its platform. Cohen said Zuckerberg’s stance that “people should decide what’s credible, […]
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ABC has put in development Text Me When You Get Home, a single-camera comedy based on Kayleen Schaefer’s book, from American Housewife writer-producer Lauren Caltagirone, Modern Family star Julie Bowen’s Bowen & Sons production company and ABC TV Studios, part of Disney TV Studios. Written by Caltagirone, Text Me When You Get Home explores the unique and complicated bonds amongst women who grow […]
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James Corden got competitive with Idina Menzel in The Late Late Show‘s latest edition of “Crosswalk the Musical.” Frozen 2 stars Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad and Jonathan Groff joined Corden in performing hits from the first film and its sequel, which hit theaters tomorrow. In an individual interview, Gad reflected on his past times participating in […]
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“Cats,” one of the most puzzling offerings of this holiday movie season, will likely be competing for the Golden Globes after all. Earlier reports had suggested that the film based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 musical about Jellicle cats would not be vying for end-of-year awards because it isn’t done yet. But sources tell Variety that “Cats” has been scheduled to […]
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Jussie Smollett filed a malicious prosecution counterclaim in federal court late Tuesday against the city of Chicago, including multiple Chicago Police Department officers. The suit names Superintendent Eddie Johnson, as well as brothers Abimbola Osundairo and Olabinjo Osundairo, stating that “as a proximate result of the wrongful conduct engaged in by Counterclaim-Defendants, Mr. Smollett has […]
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For fans that just can’t get enough “Days of Our Lives,” a digital series called “Last Blast Reunion” is premiering on The DOOL app on Black Friday. Set in 2000, the digital series will feature characters played by the original actors who were in the roles at that time, as well as the surprise return […]
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Disney has continued to break records at the box office this year — and is on the verge of setting a new one. The studio has already garnered more than $8 billion at the global box office since January, breaking the record for the highest-grossing year for a studio ever, which it set in 2016. Not […]
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Fox News maintained its lead over cable competitors CNN and MSNBC during Tuesday’s round of hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. However, all three broadcast networks had more demo viewers than all of the cable news networks in both the morning and afternoon sessions, with ABC leading the way Fox News brought […]
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For years, the Grammys fielded all-too-familiar accusations over some of the more head-scratching choices. Critics charged them with being out of touch with modern music. Exhibit A, for album of the year: They often turned that contest into a de facto lifetime achievement award, recognizing releases by acts who were in the sunset of their artistic careers, […]
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It may be 25 years since the last episode of the iconic sitcom Friends aired on NBC, but the mania the series inspired shows no sign of abating. Last month, Jennifer Aniston joined Instagram, then Warner Bros. opened an immersive pop-up space in New York City, and now an auction selling off a selection of the show’s props has been […]
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Kelly Clarkson’s presence as a talk show host is about to get stronger. NBCUniversal has renewed the “The Kelly Clarkson Show” through the 2020-2021 season, extending Clarkson’s daytime run. The “American Idol” and “Voice” coach’s show has been hitting hight notes in the ratings so far, with its debut back in September scoring the highest debut […]
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Fox Television Stations has signed on to serve as the launch group for Nick Cannon, the recently announced daily, nationally syndicated daytime talk show headlined by the actor-comedian. The program, from Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury, is set to premiere in September 2020 and originate from New York. Fox will carry double runs of Cannon’s eponymous, live-to-tape daily daytime talk show in […]
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