Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham have made Fox News’ witness list for its defamation trial against Dominion Voting Systems. On Tuesday, a legal filing submitted by the network revealed a slew of people it submitted as potential witnesses in the $1.6 billion lawsuit against the network. Among them were several Fox News personalities, […]
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Former President Donald Trump told Sean Hannity he has “the right to take stuff” such as government documents as the former president. Trump addressed the FBI’s execution of a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago estate in August where agents found troves of government documents, some of which were classified. The material in question was supposed to be turned over […]
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Layoffs have begun in Disney’s television divisions. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Monday’s layoffs focused production and acquisitions. Among the notable staffers let go Monday are Jayne Bieber, senior vp production at Freeform/Onyx Collective; Mark Levenstein, head of production and postproduction at Hulu; and Elizabeth Newman, head of Disney’s acquisitions department. Sources note Newman’s entire acquisitions team […]
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Tony Shalhoub will appear in ABC’s “The Company You Keep” in a recurring role. Shalhoub will join the new series with a two-episode arc, acting opposite Milo Ventimiglia, Catherine Haena Kim, William Fichtner, Tim Chiou, Freda Foh Shen, James Saito, Sarah Wayne Callies, Felisha Terrell and Polly Draper. “The Company You Keep” follows con-man Charlie (Milo Ventimiglia) […]
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As Fox News finds itself beset by an internal crisis fueled by Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation suit, long-simmering tensions between network CEO Suzanne Scott and star host Tucker Carlson have taken center stage. Carlson, according to sources inside and outside the network who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, has for years been at odds with […]
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Jon Hamm is joining the Mean Girls Musical in the role of Coach Carr, the resident gym coach and incompetent sex-ed teacher. The feature adapts the Broadway musical, which is itself an adaptation of the 2004 teen comedy Mean Girls. Mean Girls Musical hails from Paramount, which is planning a Paramount+ debut. Hamm joins a previously announced cast of Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel […]
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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell harshly ridiculed House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) over his attempt to get the Manhattan District Attorney to answer questions about an investigation he is conducting. District Attorney Alvin Bragg has reportedly been mulling whether to indict former President Donald Trump for falsifying business records to hide a payment to Stormy Daniels, with whom Trump supposedly had an affair. […]
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Vertigo — the Alfred Hitchcock film long considered one of Hollywood’s best — may be getting a remake. Paramount Pictures has acquired the remake rights to the 1958 movie, which starred Jimmy Stewart as an ex-detective hired to follow a friend’s wife (Kim Novak) who has been acting erratically. Robert Downey Jr. is eyeing the Stewart role, with Peaky Blinders creator Steven […]
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Late last night, Christina Applegate took to Twitter to express her horror at comments made Tuesday by conservative commentator Candice Owens on her Daily Caller show in which Owens questioned a promotion for Skims’ Adaptive Scoop Bralette that features a woman in a wheelchair. Applegate, who announced in 2021 that she has multiple sclerosis has been public about her struggles with the condition. MS […]
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Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul, musicians Lil Yachty, Ne-Yo, Soulja Boy, Akon and Austin Mahone and adult film star Kendra Lust were charged Wednesday for illegally promoting the securities of crypto companies being investigated by the SEC. The commission today charged crypto asset entrepreneur Justin Sun and three of his wholly owned companies for the unregistered offer and […]
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Piers Morgan asked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis if he has a preference for any of the nicknames former President Donald Trump has been trying out against him. DeSantis is widely considered to be a potential 2024 candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, which would put him on a collision course with Trump, who declared his candidacy in November. Publicly, Trump […]
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With Disney’s April 3 shareholder meeting — a virtual affair this year — less than two weeks away, some clarity is emerging about the company’s plans to reduce staff and cut costs. Insiders tell Deadline that multiple rounds of cuts are being prepared. The first one is being targeted for next week, we hear. (March 30 […]
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A Delaware judge threw cold water on some arguments made by a lawyer representing Fox News on Tuesday, less than a month before a trial is expected to begin in Dominion Voting System’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network. As both Fox and Dominion made their arguments for summary judgment and pleaded for an […]
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Rashida Jones has joined Kate McKinnon to star in In the Blink of Eye, a sci-fi drama that Andrew Stanton is directing for Searchlight Pictures. Stanton is known for his animated classics WALL-E and Finding Nemo but is going live-action with a story that seeks to explore no less than the entire history of the world and tackle the nature of life, love, […]
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Iconic sports broadcaster Brent Musburger revealed how he coined the term “March Madness” for the very popular college basketball tournament. On Friday, Musburger was on The Rich Eisen Show with guest host Suzy Schuster. She brought up the famous phrase that the NCAA uses today as part of the Men’s and Women’s college basketball tournaments and his role in the phrase’s usage. […]
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Julianne Hough, who has boosted her career through several seasons-long stints with “Dancing With the Stars,” is set to return to the ballroom, this time as host. The news comes on the heels of Tyra Banks announcing she will not return for Season 32. Alfonso Ribeiro will return as co-host, and Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and […]
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The veteran TV creator and showrunner, known for such TV hits as Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon, and his Chuck Lorre Family Foundation gifted the funds to help underserved people seeking to pursue a career in the healthcare industry. “Choosing to collaborate with Cedars-Sinai, one of healthcare’s most respected institutions, was not a tough […]
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Joe Biden’s first White House press secretary Jen Psaki began her new MSNBC program on Sunday by telling the audience, “It’s a hell of a week of launch a new show.” She was talking about the big news of the weekend: Donald Trump’s potential arrest and his call on his supporters to protest, and that she led with it […]
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AFC Richmond is going to D.C. The cast of “Ted Lasso” will visit the White House on Monday to participate in a discussion with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on “the importance of mental health to promote overall wellbeing. Apple announced the meeting Sunday afternoon. President Biden teased the appearance minutes before Apple’s confirmation, posting a […]
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Lance Reddick, the actor who broke out with a complex, powerful performance as Lt. Cedric Daniels in the seminal HBO show The Wire, has died. The actor’s body was discovered in his Studio City home on Friday, TMZ reported. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed on Friday that he died of natural causes. He was 60. Reddick had recently been […]
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Almost 16 years ago Denzel Washington and Ridley Scott wowed audiences with their hit crime drama American Gangster, and now it looks like the the two A-listers are ready to get back together in a big way. Sources tell Deadline that Washington is in final negotiations to co-star in Scott’s sequel to his Oscar Best Picture winner Gladiator for Paramount. Paul Mescal is on […]
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The “Dancing With the Stars” ballroom is changing once again. Tyra Banks, who joined the ABC-turned-Disney+ reality show as host in 2020, will not be returning next season, Variety has confirmed. Banks spoke to TMZ on Thursday, revealing that she’ll be focusing on other businesses and producing TV. “I think it’s time to graduate from the dance floor to the […]
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More than a fifth of Fox News Channel viewers are less trusting of the cable network in the wake of publicly disclosed text messages and emails from Fox executives and on-air personalities, according to a new survey But only 9% of Fox News viewers say they aren’t watching the network as much as they used to, per […]
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Zachary Levi credits a breakthrough in therapy and personal healing for helping him land the role of the superhero Shazam. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote his starring role in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Levi said he initially decided against auditioning for any role in the DC franchise partly because he was battling personal demons. […]
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The Defective Detective is back! Peacock has ordered a “Monk” reunion film with the original series stars and creators returning, Variety has learned. Tony Shalhoub will once again star as Adrian Monk, the consulting detective who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and a wide range of phobias. Other returning cast members are Ted Levine as Leland Stottlemeyer, Traylor Howard as […]
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