Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic has found its king of rock ‘n’ roll. After numerous screen tests, Austin Butler has been tapped to play Elvis Presley in Luhrmann’s next feature film for Warner Bros. The studio tested with a handful of actors in full hair and make-up at the end of June to see who would join Tom Hanks, who is […]
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Authorities believe they have found the remains of missing Hollywood actor Charles Levin in a remote area of southern Oregon, according to local officials. Levin was reported missing from Grants Pass by his son on July 8, said local news station KTVL. The son, who lives in L.A., hadn’t heard from Levin in several days. […]
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You don’t need an actual television to watch the best-of-TV 2019 unveiled. On Tuesday, the nominees for the 71st Emmy Awards will be named from the Wolf Theatre at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center, and you can follow along via a livestream. The official Emmys website will stream the announcements, which will be emceed by actors […]
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On July 15 at 6:30 p.m., Norah O’Donnell becomes the next anchor of the brand-defining CBS Evening News. It’s still a heady perch — one once occupied by Walter Cronkite during seminal moments in history (the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Vietnam). But it’s also one with many challenges in the always-on Trump-tweet fueled news cycle. […]
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Longtime HBO communications head Quentin Schaffer is stepping down from his post next month after 39 years as a key architect of HBO’s premium TV brand. Schaffer will exit as HBO’s executive VP of corporate communications next month, after steering HBO through one last Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills. He is the latest in a string of […]
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Scarlett Johansson is speaking out against the backlash regarding recent comments about politically correct casting. “An interview that was recently published has been edited for click bait and is widely taken out of context,” the actress said in a statement to Variety, referring to a recent article from the arts and culture publication As If. “The […]
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Beatles fans got something Saturday night they hadn’t in 53 years: the sight of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr playing together on stage at Dodger Stadium. Although McCartney himself is not a stranger to the venue, having last played there just five years ago, two Beatles taking to the outfield together was something that hadn’t happened since August 28, […]
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Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn made it official … in secret. Sheeran, 28, confirmed on Friday that he and longtime girlfriend Cherry Seaborn tied the knot in an interview with Charlamagne tha God about his new album. In his new song with Eminem and 50 Cent, “Remember My Name,” he refers to Seaborn, 27, as his wife: “Watch how the […]
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On the basis of the new charges filed against R. Kelly this week, all of them stemming from longstanding claims of sexual misconduct or abuse, the singer could be looking at a minimum of 15 years in prison if he is found guilty, says attorney Priya Sopori, a partner at Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger […]
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Kristen Schaal has a message for the Wyld Stallyns. Schaal has joined the cast of Bill & Ted Face the Music, the third installment of the series that stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, and she will play a messenger from the future named Kelly. Face the Music picks up with Bill S. Preston Esq. (Winter) and Ted […]
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In the 1950s, an iconoclastic quantum scientist and mathematician named Hugh Everett developed the many-worlds theory, a controversial idea that would lay the groundwork for a canon of alternate universe sci-fi detailing parallel dimensions. Everett’s work focused on the splits in the universe caused by measuring quantum objects, but became fodder for the idea that […]
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Denise Nickerson, who played the bratty, bloated Violet Beauregarde in 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and a sweet-natured orphan bedeviled by ghosts and werewolves on the classic ’60s supernatural soap Dark Shadows, died Wednesday night at a hospital near her home in Colorado. In declining health since suffering a stroke last year, Nickerson was removed from […]
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Heidi Klum is officially off the market. The supermodel, 46, and musician Tom Kaulitz, 29, secretly got married in late February, TMZ reported Thursday. Klum announced on Christmas Eve that the Tokio Hotel rocker had proposed after a little more than a year of dating. In early February, Klum told “Entertainment Tonight” that she and Kaulitz had set a wedding […]
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Warner Bros. Animation and Elizabeth Banks’ Brownstone Productions are teaming up for a new “Flintstones” series, Variety has learned exclusively. The project, which is in early development, is described as a primetime animated adult comedy series based on an original idea featuring characters from “The Flintstones.” The series will be produced by Warner Bros. Animation. No network is […]
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After a four-year hiatus, Kanye Westreturns to Forbes’ Celebrity 100 list and secures the No. 3 spot—surpassed only by his sister-in-law Kylie Jenner (No. 2) and Taylor Swift, who tops this year’s list. The annual Celebrity 100 ranks the world’s highest-paid celebrities in music, sports and entertainment, from Hollywood to Bollywood. Nearly a third of the celebrities on this year’s list are from outside the U.S. This year’s Celebrity 100 […]
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Katherine Heigl is set to star in and executive produce the upcoming Netflix series “Firefly Lane,” which is based on the book by Kristin Hannah. Based on the New York Times Bestselling book, the 10-episode “Firefly Lane” adaptation tells the story of two inseparable best friends and their enduring, complicated bond, spanning four tumultuous decades. […]
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Neil Young and Promise of The Real debuted their version of Neil’s “On The Beach” on Tuesday night as part of a concert at Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium. Young hadn’t performed the title track from his 1974 studio album with a band in 45 years. The iconic rocker and POTR also fit two more tour debuts […]
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Rip Torn, a prolific actor best known for HBO’s “The Larry Sanders Show” and the “Men in Black” franchise, died Tuesday at his home in Lakeville, Connecticut, his representatives said. He was 88. In a career spanning more than six decades, Torn established himself as a versatile performer, appearing in 10 Broadway plays (and directing […]
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Arizona State University is awarding its 2019 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism to Lester Holt, news anchor for NBC. Holt has anchored NBC’s flagship Nightly News broadcast since 2015, following eight years as anchor of the newscast’s weekend edition and 12 years as co-anchor of Weekend Today. The university’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass […]
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Norah O’Donnell said Tuesday she wouldn’t be the new “CBS Evening News” anchor if not for the network’s recent upheaval. O’Donnell, who takes over on July 15 as the anchor of the network’s evening newscast, spoke at TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast NYC about how CBS has changed its corporate culture since the ouster of CEO […]
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Some of the most powerful people in media and technology are arriving Tuesday in Sun Valley, Idaho, for Allen & Co’s secretive gathering, ready to talk deals, politics and, perhaps more than in previous years, potential regulations surrounding social media. The retreat is off the record, but here are the topics likely to dominate discussions […]
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Get ready to make “Friends” with HBO Max: That’s the name of WarnerMedia’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service, set to launch in the spring of 2020 with some 10,000 hours of content, including all episodes of ’90s hit “Friends.” However, WarnerMedia still hasn’t announced pricing for the service, which will compete with Netflix, Hulu, and Disney Plus, among others. Under […]
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Heather Mills, the former wife of Paul McCartney, and her sister have received an apology and a settlement from Britain’s defunct News of the World tabloid over the hacking of their phones. Heather Mills and her sister Fiona Mills both received a formal apology in Britain’s High Court on Monday. In a statement read outside […]
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Do not expect to see much, if any, of Sarah Paulson in the new season of “American Horror Story.” Variety has learned from sources that Paulson will not appear in a significant role in the FX anthology series’ upcoming ninth season, which is titled “American Horror Story: 1984.” Paulson has appeared in all eight of the preceding seasons […]
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Before Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper took another look at “A Star Is Born,” Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson played the doomed lovers in the 1976 version of the film with a lot more curls and significantly less bronzer. And just in case anyone forgot who did it, well, third ― Janet Gaynor originated the starring […]
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