In 1968, the same year that The Boys in the Band debuted Off Broadway, Phllip Morris launched Virginia Slims, its new female-focused tobacco brand, with the tagline “You’ve come a long way, baby.” Conflating gay liberation with a campaign designed to make women smoke skinny pastel cigarettes might be a reach, but it’s almost impossible not to think […]
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On Wednesday’s edition of “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,” the host sought to make a point about the U.S. immigration policies under President Donald Trump. Bee ended up striding headlong into a debate around what is and is not acceptable for a TV personality to say, one that’s too easily defined by bad faith and one […]
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Roseanne Barr took to Twitter yet again on Thursday evening to once more address the cancellation of her show Roseanne by ABC after she made a since-deleted racist tweet on Tuesday morning about former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, this time saying she “begged” Disney-ABC Television Group chief Ben Sherwood not to cancel the series. “I begged Ben […]
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Samantha Bee, the host of TBS’ Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, on Thursday afternoon issued an apology for using a vulgarity to refer to first daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump on her Wednesday night show. “I would like to sincerely apologize to Ivanka Trump and to my viewers for using an expletive on my show to describe […]
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President Donald Trump met with Kim Kardashian West on Wednesday. “Great meeting with @KimKardashian today,” Trump tweeted, along with a picture of the two, “talked about prison reform and sentencing.” The meeting was set up by Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, who as a top White House adviser has made prison reform one of his major priorities. It came after […]
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Actress Brigitte Nielsen has a baby on the way at the age of 54. The star revealed she’s pregnant with her fifth child by sharing a pair of Instagram posts that show off her baby bump in a form-fitting cream dress and stylish accessories. She has a 34-year-old son named Julian with musician Kasper Winding and a […]
Read moreSolo: A Star Wars Story flew a little low at the weekend box office, bringing in just $103 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend: a huge drop from early tracking, which predicted the movie bringing in $170 million or more. It also marks the lowest opening for any one of Disney’s Star Wars films, […]
Read moreThe cast of Roseanne is speaking out following news that the ABC show has been canceled as a result of Roseanne Barr’s racist tweets. On May 29, 2018, Barr tweeted about Valerie Jarrett, a woman known for her role as a senior advisor to President Barack Obama during his White House administration. Responding to a […]
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Woody Harrelson is 56 now, turning in mature, nuanced performances in lauded films including “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and “LBJ,” the kinds of roles one might associate with Tommy Lee Jones or the late Sam Shepard. And, of course, he stopped smoking pot. That was the news last year, anyway, when Mr. Harrelson, a […]
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When Reese Witherspoon was 17, she had already appeared in four films. Still, she took an unlikely part-time job, as an intern in Disney’s post-production department. “I wanted to learn about editing, visual correction, and sound mixing,” she tells me 25 years later. Not long after, she worked as a production assistant on the 1995 […]
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Hollywood actor and Russian citizenSteven Seagal has launched a sports promotion company in Russia to produce a live fight show. Zhara Fight, with Seagal at the helm as president, will promote live events featuring MMA and other fighters from various countries. The inaugural show is scheduled for May 30 at one of Moscow’s most popular venues, […]
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Tom Werner, who executive produced the original Roseanne series from 1988-97 and also EP’d the revival, is out with a statement saying he supports ABC’s decision to cancel the sitcom today in the wake of Roseanne Barr’s offensive tweets. “I support ABC’s decision to cancel the show in the wake of Roseanne Barr’s most recent reprehensible tweets,” he said. “Our goal […]
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Does ABC’s decision to cancel Roseanne, in the wake of a racist tweet Tuesday morning by executive producer/star Roseanne Barr, also cancel its Emmy prospects? The answer appears to be yes. The Alphabet network is suspending its FYC campaign on behalf of the show, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. The first visible evidence of this will come on Sunday, […]
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Upfronts season has come and gone, and that means broadcast networks have canceled many a show to make room for their newly-ordered series (Or because their lead star sent out a racially-charged tweet). But not every program that got the ax went out with bad Nielsen numbers. Here’s a look at the highest-rated shows didn’t […]
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ABC canceled its hit sitcom “Roseanne” on Tuesday after the show’s biggest star, Roseanne Barr, went on a racist Twitter rant. “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” ABC said. The cancellation comes just months after the show premiered to huge ratings. Barr […]
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It’s no secret that the last few years have been good to Laura Dern. From Enlightened to Wild to Certain Women to Twin Peaks: The Return to Big Little Lies to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, there’s been no shortage of reminders that she’s an actress of extraordinary range and ability, one just as capable of tremendous subtlety as she is delivering crushing moments of overpowering emotion. Dern has […]
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Bob Fuss, the inspirational reporter for CBS Radio and United Press International who forged a long, outstanding career in journalism despite being forced to use crutches since birth, has died. He was 64. Fuss died Sunday in Falls Church, Virginia, after being diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia in February 2016, his close friend, […]
Read moreFor most people, the idea of living a life of total solitude isn’t exactly ideal (unless your significant other’s family members are coming to stay; then it sounds mighty fine indeed). But with all the pressures and pitfalls of a life in the spotlight, we can certainly understand why some big stars prefer to seek […]
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The past few years have seen a rigorous expansion of stand-up comedy after years of neglect. Hence why there are hundreds of titles in Netflix’s stand-up category. Even for budding comedy fans, there’s a lot of must-see specials to choose from. So here are the 25 best stand-up specials on Netflix right now. These titles aren’t […]
Read moreMichael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones‘ son is all grown up! The actress posted photos of Dylan, 17, going to prom on Sunday — and looking every bit like his famous parents. The proud mom took the opportunity to gush about her oldest child, who graduates from high school this year and will be attending college afterwards. “Graduation […]
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Reynolds had a falling out with his father, but his wife, Blake Lively, encouraged him to repair their relationship before he passed away. According to the actor, “She has a gift for foresight.” After their reconciliation, the couple named their first daughter after his father. “It felt right,” Reynolds says. “All family relationships come with some […]
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Country Music Hall of Famer Willie Nelson came to Charlotte’s PNC Music Pavilion on Saturday night specifically to headline his Outlaw Music Festival, then left without ever playing or singing a single note — leaving fans confused, angry and disappointed. Live Nation issued a press release after 11 p.m. Saturday night, saying, simply: “Due to […]
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“Star Wars” just fell to earth. In the first big box office test of Hollywood’s high-stakes summer season, “Solo: A Star Wars Story” collected about $83.3 million between Friday and Sunday, a huge total for any franchise film — unless that franchise is “Star Wars,” which has always performed at stratospheric levels. “Solo” also sputtered overseas, […]
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