It’s been 30 years since Say Anything…opened in theaters and Cameron Crowe’s directing career took off, but when John Cusack appears on the screen via Skype at the anniversary screening of the film at the Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday night, it’s as if Lloyd Dobler never left. Dobler, of course, is the optimistic hero (played […]
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The year was 1984. Oprah Winfrey was making her way to the Hotel Bel-Air for the first time. As she weaved up Stone Canyon Road, the once impoverished talk show host from rural Mississippi was mesmerized by the opulence tucked behind towering gates. “It’s the first time that I actually realized how rich white people really lived,” […]
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Longtime “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak is spinning his way up the ladder at Hillsdale College, and has landed in the chairman’s seat. The small liberal arts college about 60 miles southeast of Battle Creek announced the well-known television game show host will lead the governing board. Sajak has been vice chairman of the […]
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TBS host Samantha Bee had no shortage of targets on Friday night, taking aim at President Donald Trump, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Fox News hosts like Tucker Carlson in the second edition of her Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, taped in front of a live audience in Washington, D.C. Bee […]
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Lori Loughlin is worried that the criminal charges she faces in the nationwide college admissions scandal will destroy her reputation, according to a new report. “Lori is shocked and saddened that this is what her legacy is going to be,” a source familiar with the case told People magazine. The 54-year-old “Full House” star and her fashion […]
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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are jumping on TV’s seemingly evergreen true crime bandwagon. The producers and married couple behind Milojo Productions have signed a new development deal with the crime-loving Oxygen network. Under the pact, the duo and fellow executive producer Albert Bianchini will develop a slate of unscripted series in the true crime […]
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More than a decade after embarking on its audacious plan to forge an interconnected cinematic universe — resulting in 22 films and $18.8 billion in worldwide box office — Marvel is finally putting a cap on one of the most historic runs in cinematic history. While “Avengers: Endgame” marks a fervent end to Marvel’s self-fulling […]
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I have a ridiculously small bladder, so I’m very conscious of when to go to the bathroom during movies. Normally, my strategy is just to go before the movie starts and then not drink anything during the film. But I also have to see the entire film for my job, whereas most people (aka normal […]
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Shannon Ryan, who most recently served as chief marketing officer for Fox Television Group, is joining Disney as president of Marketing for ABC Entertainment and Disney Television Studios. The move, which had been in the works for months, reunites Ryan with her boss at Fox, Dana Walden, chairman of Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment. In her new […]
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The 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival opened with Roger Ross Williams’ documentary “The Apollo” at the iconic uptown venue which performers and Harlem community members call “home.” “You can feel the history, the echo of the entertainers,” Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Robert De Niro said in a speech before the film. “In this administration, during these disturbing times of promoting racism, […]
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After dropping hints on his social media accounts all week, Bruce Springsteen has finally announced details about Western Stars, his upcoming album out on June 14th. “This record is a return to my solo recordings featuring character-driven songs and sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangements,” Springsteen said in a statement. “It’s a jewel box of a record.” According to a press release, “the […]
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Selena Gomez is currently taking a break from the spotlight and has even taken to limiting her time on social media, only updating her Instagram when she has a new project in the works or a fire selfie to drop while Justin Bieber talks about how he still has love for her. But Selena just went on Coach’s […]
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Taylor Swift appeared on the cover of this year’s Time 100 issue, celebrating the most influential people in culture, politics, technology and more. On Tuesday night, as an honoree at Time’s 100 Gala, Swift performed an exclusive acoustic set on guitar and piano. The pop star performed five songs from across her career, including “Style,” “Delicate,” “Love Story,” […]
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“The Good Fight” has been renewed for a fourth season at CBS All Access, Variety has learned. The legal drama, executive produced and run by Michelle King and Robert King, is currently streaming its third season on the Eye’s digital network. The show “continues to be a flagship original series for the service,” said Julie McNamara, executive vice […]
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Joe Ianniello, who has been running CBS Corp. on an interim basis since Leslie Moonves exited under allegations of sexual misconduct, has been extended as acting CEO for an additional six months, the entertainment conglomerate said Tuesday. Perhaps more significantly, CBS also said that it has suspended its search for a permanent replacement for Moonves, a move that […]
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The tradition of hearing Kate Smith perform “God Bless America” won’t end in one popular New Jersey beach town, despite moves by the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Yankees to distance themselves from the late singer over racist lyrics. That’s according to Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano, who said the customary 11 a.m. daily broadcast on […]
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Nearly two months after he died, Luke Perry‘s final episode of “Riverdale” is set to air on Wednesday. Creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has revealed that this week’s episode of the hit CW show was the last episode Perry filmed before his death. “This week’s #Riverdale is the last episode Luke filmed,” he tweeted on Sunday. “As always, Fred’s […]
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Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has nabbed the U.S. rights to the legal drama All Rise, which stars Kelvin Harrison Jr. as a straight-arrow Harlem youth arrested for his peripheral involvement in a deadly crime. The first feature from music video and commercial director Anthony Mandler bowed in competition at Sundance as Monster. Harrison Jr. plays Steve Harmon, a […]
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CBS has renewed “NCIS: Los Angeles” for an 11th season, and “NCIS: New Orleans” for a sixth season. Both action drama are spinoffs of “NCIS,” which was renewed in early April. “NCIS: Los Angeles” follows a Naval Criminal Investigative Service division based in the City of Angels that is tasked with catching dangerous and elusive criminals who pose […]
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When actress Felicity Huffman announced she would plead guilty to charges related to the college admissions scandal, she expressed unwavering remorse for her actions. “I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem […]
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As promised, Kanye West brought his “Sunday Service” to Coachella on Easter morning, as dozens of musicians, singers and dancers performed a set of spiritual songs, covers and songs by the rapper himself — including a new one called “Water” — for an audience of thousands from a hilltop on the festival grounds in Indio, California. While […]
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Clare Bronfman, the 40-year-old billionaire heiress to the Seagram Company fortune, pleaded guilty to enabling a sex ring for Keith Raniere, the self-anointed leader of NXIVM, a cult-like group based in upstate New York. In a federal court in Brooklyn on Friday, Bronfman said she harbored someone who was living in U.S. illegally for unpaid “labor […]
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Jimmy Kimmel will present a live 90-minute primetime event paying tribute to Norman Lear’s groundbreaking comedy series All in the Family and The Jeffersons on ABC. An original episode from each iconic Lear comedy will be re-created; Jimmy Burrows is directing the live special. Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All In The Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons’ will air […]
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Mike Myers is set to star in and executive produce a new comedy series at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively. The half-hour series, which has received a six-episode order, will feature Myers portraying multiple characters. “I love creating characters, and Netflix has given me a fantastic playground to play in,” Myers said. Myers first broke out as a cast member on “Saturday […]
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Will Ferrell and Adam McKay have mutually decided to branch out separately and refocus their creative efforts. This will wind down one of the longest creative partner relationships in town. The duo met when they were hired the same day on Saturday Night Live in 1995, and 13 years ago they formed with Chris Henchy the multi-platform comedy generating production […]
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