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Co-host of Fox News’s The Five, Dana Perino, recalled some of her reporting about the ongoing environmental disaster in East Palestine, Ohio on Wednesday in a discussion framed around the failures of the federal government’s response. Perino offered her sober analysis of the unfolding catastrophe and cited the area’s Republican congressman’s satisfaction with the Biden administration when asked […]

After performing a Super Bowl halftime show and pregnancy announcement so momentous that it briefly took down Twitter, Rihanna was probably feeling pretty good. But in a devastating turn of events for the singer, Donald Trump announced to the nearly 5 million people following him on Truth Social, his struggling social-media site, that her show was an “EPIC FAIL.” Her performance being named the “single […]

Weigel Broadcasting Co. is flipping its digital broadcast network Decades into the sitcom-centric Catchy Comedy on March 27, Variety has learned exclusively. The over-the-air network will focus on a library of classic comedies, with an emphasis on key female stars including the signature shows from Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore and Carol Burnett. But also central to the Catchy Comedy […]

The streaming service Tubi had everyone questioning where their TV remotes were when its 2023 Super Bowl ad aired on Sunday. In the 15-second spot, it appeared that the Super Bowl LVII broadcast returned from a commercial break with Fox Sports announcers, Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen. But suddenly, it seemed like the screen had been taken over by […]

A spokesperson for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) said the senator did not speak to embattled Rep. George Santos (R-NY), who claimed she told him to “hang in there, buddy” before the State of the Union address. Since his election, Santos has been exposed as a serial liar who has fabricated much of his life story, including his schools, employers, […]

News Corp, parent of media outlets including the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones, announced plans to cut headcount by 5%, eliminating about 1,250 positions, with its CEO citing “obvious global challenges.” The media and publishing company, led by exec chairman Rupert Murdoch, said the job cuts would occur in this calendar year. News Corp […]

Unlike most conservatives who weighed in on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ (R-AR.) rebuttal to the State of the Union address, Steve Bannon is not a fan. Sanders gave remarks shortly after President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. In her speech, Sanders ripped the left’s “woke fantasies” and said the president has handed the country over to the […]

Bob Iger is back as Disney’s CEO — and swinging the axe. Disney will reduce its workforce by 7,000 employees in a bid to cut costs, Iger said Wednesday on the company’s earnings call for the year-end 2022 quarter. The figure represents 3.2% of Disney’s total headcount of about 220,000 worldwide as of Oct. 1, 2022. The […]

The 65th annual Grammy Awards telecast brought in 12.4 million in total viewers on Sunday night according to Nielsen’s time zone-adjusted fast national ratings, making it the most viewed show of the night and the largest audience for the ceremony since 2020. That’s up 30% from last year’s show which drew in approximately 9.6 million total viewers […]

Times, they are a-changin’. And a Bob Dylan musical is about to hit the big screen. Blueprint Pictures (the company behind “The Banshees of Inisherin”) announced today that Chlöe Bailey, Tosin Cole, Olivia Colman and Woody Harrelson will star in “Girl from the North Country,” an adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway show inspired by the […]

Spinoffs of “Billions” and “Dexter” are being planned at Showtime as the premium cabler rebrands to Paramount+ With Showtime and reconfigures its programming. “Dexter,” which ran from 2006 to 2013 and followed forensic technician and serial killer Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), is first on the docket for expansion. Showtime has already greenlit “Dexter: Origins” (working title), a prequel […]

Harry Styles’ Harry’s House found a home at the 2023 Grammys, winning album of the year on the same night Beyoncé became the most decorated artist in Grammy history. “Shit,” Styles said Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles as he won the top prize. “I’ve been so, so inspired by every artist in this category with […]

ESPN will relaunch “Sports Reporters” as a stand-alone YouTube program six years after ending the program’s 29-year run on its flagship linear network. The former Sunday morning stalwart’s revival will debut in mid-2023, according to the Sports Business Journal, which first reported the development. It will be hosted by ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap, the son of Dick […]

Tucker Carlson utterly ignored the many lies of Rep. George Santos (R-NY) and discussed just two of the freshman congressman’s fabrications, which are fairly frivolous. After being elected to represent New York’s third congressional district in November, the New York Times published a report indicating his life story was largely fraudulent. Santos falsely claimed to have gone to Baruch College on […]

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy broke from the MAGA wing of the Republican Party — and its most popular voices Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene — by declaring that Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt was not murdered by a police officer. The comments illustrate the growing divide between those in the Republican Party who see the Jan. 6 riot at the US […]

Sylvester Stallone and his family are the latest to join the reality TV world. On Thursday, Paramount+ announced “The Family Stallone,” which will follow the Oscar nominee, wife Jennifer Flavin Stallone and daughters Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet. The eight-part reality series will debut on the streaming service this spring. “After playing some of the most legendary characters in […]

Lawyers for Hunter Biden are demanding Fox News issue corrections about some of its coverage of the president’s son or risk a defamation lawsuit, according to the Washington Post. The attorneys also fired off threatening letters to others, including Steve Bannon and Rudy Giuliani. Biden has been the subject of unyielding coverage in conservative media after he reportedly left his now-infamous […]