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Netflix  has just scored a major content deal that could help it stem the loss of subscribers as competition among streamers heats up. The company announced it has acquired the global streaming rights to the popular sitcom “Seinfeld,” which will bring all 180 episodes of the Emmy winner to Netflix subscribers starting in 2021. The timing […]

“Games of Thrones” raked in 10 trophies on Sunday to dominate the second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, held at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. “Thrones” cleaned up in craft and technical categories, from visual effects to single-camera, non-prosthetic makeup to main title design to drama series casting. The show is […]

Norman Lear was already one of the most-honored people in television history, but now he has another distinction to add to his long career: At 97 years and 49 days, he’s the oldest person ever to win an Emmy Award. Asked about the achievement, he said backstage at the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday: “I don’t […]

Felicity Huffman was sentenced to 14 days in prison Friday afternoon in a Boston federal courtroom for her part in the college admissions scandal that rocked the nation earlier this year. She was also fined $30,000, and given a year of supervised release and 250 hours of community service, according to courtroom reporters. Huffman was […]

Saturday Night Live on Thursday announced three new hires ahead of Season 45, including the show’s first ever Asian cast member. Bowen Yang, who joined the late-night sketch comedy series as a staff writer last season, will become a featured player this fall. He made his unofficial debut back in March when he appeared as North […]

The totally unique and incredibly meta BH90210 concluded it’s six-episode first season on Wednesday and diehard fans are desperately pining for a second season. The show – which has yet to officially get picked up for another run – wrapped up in a drama-filled finale that saw things finally coming together for the show-within-a-show production, but with […]

This power couple has been championing environmentalist causes for decades. Suzy Amis Cameron has led a charge toward plant-based eating in efforts to reduce the dramatic carbon footprint that meat protein creates. James Cameron, the filmmaker behind classics such as “Titanic,” has woven climate-conscious themes into franchises like “Avatar.” He tells Variety the forthcoming three sequels will do the same. The […]

“Jeopardy!” fans can finally exhale. After four months on the mend, Alex Trebek returned to his iconic game show Monday night. The host was back on the air a mere six months after being diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. “I truly hope you folks have enjoyed revisiting some of our special tournaments throughout this past summer,” […]

After several fallow years, the first-run syndication market is poised for a shot of adrenaline in 2019. The next two weeks will bring more national launches — seven — than any year since 2011, when Oprah Winfrey still had her daytime show. Three talk shows — fronted by music star and The Voice judge Kelly Clarkson, former NBC […]

I have to admit that I’m not part of the target audience for Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film FestiIn fact, Heller and screenwriters Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster make a valiant effort to prevent A Beautiful Day from resembling a tearjerker for adults. Their main […]

Woody Allen has reiterated his support for the #MeToo movement and his feeling that he was an early adopter of their objectives. Speaking ahead of the French premiere of A Rainy Day in New York, Allen was asked if he regretted comments made in 2018, in which he said he “should be the poster boy for the #MeToo movement”. […]

Joe Biden traded jokes with Stephen Colbert while also defending his public record in his first campaign appearance on The Late Show on Wednesday night. The former vice president was in a joking mood when he sat down with the late-night host at the top of the appearance. Answering a question about how he was doing, Biden […]

Miley Cyrus’ “romantic friendship” with Kaitlynn Carter is still very romantic. Peoplereports the two moved in together and are doing great. “They live together and are very happy,” a Cyrus source told the outlet. “Miley is doing great. She is moving on. She seems to have no regrets. She loves being with Kaitlynn.” Carter and Cyrus’ romance […]

Justin Bieber shared a heartfelt message with fans Monday detailing his struggles with growing up in the spotlight, including being “resentful” and using “heavy drugs.” The chart-topping performer, who became an international superstar as a teenager, said in a lengthy Instagram post that early fame led him to make “every bad decision.” He began by saying he understands what it […]

As one of the largest hurricanes ever recorded hit the Bahamas and Texas was struck by another mass shooting, Sunday morning Donald Trump was on Twitter talking smack about “Will & Grace” star Debra Messing, who had called for a list of donors attending the president’s upcoming Beverly Hills fundraiser. “I have not forgotten that […]

Valerie Harper, the resilient sitcom star whose nine-season run in the 1970s as wisecracking straight-shooter Rhoda Morgenstern made her one of the most beloved TV actresses of her era, has died after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 80. Harper, who collected four Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe for playing the brash New […]