The View is set to return from its holiday hiatus on Tuesday, January 3, and will celebrate the show’s creator Barbara Walters. The pioneering journalist died Friday, December 30 at the age of 93. “#TheView was her idea, her passion, her show. Tuesday morning, join us on @theviewabc as we celebrate the one and only Barbara Walters,” reads […]
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Robert J. Dowling, who carried The Hollywood Reporter to great heights during his 17-year run as the trade paper’s classy publisher and editor-in-chief, has died. He was 83. Dowling died Friday at his home in Santa Monica after a short battle with cancer, a family spokesperson announced. Dowling joined THR in September 1988, taking over from Tichi Wilkerson, widow of the newspaper’s […]
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News media and entertainment personalities were quick to react to the news of Barbara Walters’ death on Friday evening. The TV interviewing icon was 93. Her colleagues in the news business, from ABC News and “The View” to the many actors and entertainers who were inspired by her pioneering journalism, remembered her as “breaking the glass ceiling” […]
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Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as White House communications director during the chaotic final months of the Donald Trump administration, told members of Congress that former colleague Kayleigh McEnany, who served as press secretary, is a “liar” and an “opportunist” who pretended to believe his false claims about election fraud in order to land a job at Fox […]
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Sharon Osbourne has returned home after being hospitalized on Friday due to a medical emergency. Jack, her son, shared the news that she is now out of the hospital on his Instagram story Saturday, in a message that expressed appreciation for others’ sentiments of “love and support” for his mom. “She has been given the all […]
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Eddie Murphy is going to the Golden Globes. The legendary comedian, 61, has been confirmed to receive one of the night’s highest honors, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, given as a way to honor “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment,” per the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The selection is made by the HFPA’s board of directors. Murphy, […]
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Nicole Kidman has an important date on her calendar for 2023. The Oscar-winning actress and producer has been selected to receive the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award during a gala ceremony at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on June 10. In making the announcement, the American Film Institute noted that she becomes the first Australian actor to receive the honor. […]
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African American-focused news, lifestyle, sports and entertainment platform theGrio recently celebrated icons, leaders and legends at Byron Allen’s inaugural theGrio Awards, a black-tie event held at the Beverly Hilton. Co-hosted by The Talk’s Sheryl Underwood and Taye Diggs, Byron Allen Presents theGrio Awards will be broadcast Saturday, Nov. 26, at 8-10 p.m. ET/PT) on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Byron […]
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Taylor Swift won big at the American Music Awards 2022 taking home six awards, including Artist of the Year. “In the past few years, I have released more music than I did in the entire decade preceding that,” she said during her acceptance speech. “I really feel that’s down to the fact that you, the fans, made it […]
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In a stunning turn of events, The Walt Disney Co. says that Bob Chapek will step down as CEO, with Bob Iger returning to lead the company. Disney’s board of directors announced the decision Sunday night. “We thank Bob Chapek for his service to Disney over his long career, including navigating the company through the unprecedented challenges of the […]
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‘Avalon’ Not Going Forward At ABC; David E. Kelley’s Neve Campbell-Led Drama Being Shopped Elsewhere
ABC has passed on David E. Kelley’s crime drama series Avalon, starring Neve Campbell, after it was handed a straight-to-series order in February. The Disney-owned network is not moving forward with the project, which is based on a Michael Connelly short story, after it saw the pilot episode. While unusual for a straight-to-series order, ABC does have an option not to […]
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The CEO of CNN, Chris Licht, doesn’t take kindly to those claiming Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld beat out his former boss Stephen Colbert in ratings. Speaking with Kara Swisher for the Thursday edition of her podcast, On with Kara Swisher, Licht even refused to categorize Gutfeld’s show as a late-night program. Swisher asked about the competition late-night shows bring to a network like CNN […]
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Emmy Award-winner Vicki Lawrence (Mama’s Family, The Carol Burnett Show) is set to guest star in an upcoming episode of Fox’s Call Me Kat‘s third season. Following the death of series regular Leslie Jordan, who Lawrence co-starred alongside in Fox’s The Cool Kids, she will portray his character Phil’s mother Lurlene Crumpler. Lurlene is a no-nonsense woman who fills in as the cafe’s […]
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Bradley Cooper is set to star in Steven Spielberg’s next film, an original feature based on the character of Frank Bullitt, the San Francisco cop first played by Steve McQueen in the 1968 thriller “Bullitt.” Josh Singer (“The Post,” “Spotlight”) is writing the screenplay for the film, which is currently in development at Warner Bros. Warner Bros. released […]
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With thousands of votes still left to count, Congresswoman Karen Bass has secured an insurmountable lead over billionaire Rick Caruso to become the first female mayor of Los Angeles. Bass also becomes the city’s second Black mayor, following Tom Bradley whose record-setting tenure lasted from 1973 to 1993. The Associated Press, Los Angeles Times and New York Times declared […]
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The brand-new cast of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of New York City” was unveiled with great fanfare exactly one month ago at BravoCon — but what was once a group of seven women is now down to six. Lizzy Savetsky has parted ways with the show, a Bravo spokesperson confirmed to Variety. “After thoughtful consideration and discussion with Lizzy, we have reached the […]
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Former Vice President Mike Pence took an indirect shot at his former boss, Donald Trump, when asked about the former president possibly announcing a third White House run on Tuesday night. “Your former boss, by all accounts, is going to get back into the presidential field. He is going to announce that he wants to seek the Republican nomination […]
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Rupert Murdoch “made it clear” to Donald Trump in recent days his vast media empire will not support his expected run for re-election, according to a new report. Sources close to Murdoch at News Corporation told David Parsley, chief news correspondent at British paper i, that Murdoch has spoken to the former president since the midterm elections. Murdoch reportedly told Trump […]
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“Hunters” will end with Season 2 at Amazon, which will debut on Jan. 13, Variety has confirmed. The conspiracy thriller series originally debuted on the streamer in February 2020 and was renewed for a second season in August of that year, though no mention was made at the time of the show ending with the new season. Per the official […]
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Fox News host Mark Levin pulled no punches on Tuesday morning in swatting down comments from Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who spent much of Monday attacking Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and pouring cold water on his bid to become House speaker. “Hey Flash, Jim Jordan said on my show he won’t run for speaker and is backing McCarthy. You’re misleading people,” […]
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Nominations for the 65th annual Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday morning, with Beyoncé leading the field with nine nods, Kendrick Lamar close behind with eight, and Adele and Brandi Carlile tied with seven. Four contenders enter the race with six nominations apiece: Future, Harry Styles, Mary J. Blige, DJ Khaled and Randy Merrill. It’s a field in which […]
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Republican Kari Lake lost her bid to become Arizona’s next governor to Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs. The race was called by NBC News on Monday night, nearly a week after the polls closed. A political novice, the former TV news anchor notched the endorsement of Donald Trump during the Republican primary thanks in part by repeating his false claim that […]
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Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) defeated former television news anchor Kari Lake (R) to become Arizona’s next governor, NBC News projects. Polls over the past few months showed Hobbs and Lake trading single digit leads back and forth, almost all within the margin of error, and RealClearPolitics rated the race as a “Toss Up.” In the end, Hobbs prevailed. […]
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The “Yellowstone” Season 5 premiere on Sunday night saw substantial gains in viewership over the show’s fourth season premiere last year. The fifth season opener aired across Paramount Network, CMT, TV Land and Pop, with the same networks having aired the previous premiere as well. On Paramount Network alone, the show drew 8.8 million viewers […]
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Jay Leno has been seriously injured by a fire that broke out in his Los Angeles car garage. The 72-year-old former late night icon was burned in what he has described as a gasoline fire on Sunday, a source confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. The former Tonight Show host was reportedly taken to Grossman Burn Center with “serious burns” […]
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