Taylor Swift won video of the year at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night. In her speech, she revealed she is dropping her new album on Oct. 21, with more details coming at midnight later that night. Taylor Swift set two records with the win: becoming the only artist ever to win three VMAs for video of the […]
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Earlier this week, long-time Law & Order: SVU star Kelli Giddish announced that she will be leaving the hit NBC series after the upcoming 24th season. However, it appears the shock exit wasn’t her decision. According to Variety sources, Giddish’s departure wasn’t her idea, nor was it showrunner David Graziano’s. Instead, the “shake-up was a call made from above,” Variety reported. Another source close to […]
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“Daily Pop” and “Nightly Pop” have been canceled by E!, the network has confirmed to Variety. The cancellation comes as part of a restructuring of the network. Details of the talk shows’ end as well as the new leadership team were announced to staff in a memo from Tracie Wilson, who serves as NBCUniversal’s executive vice […]
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Bring back the old timecode. Or better yet, give the slot to Jay Leno. As usual, social media has a very cynical reaction to the news that NBC may give back the third hour of primetime to its affiliates. Besides the oft-repeated slam, “wait, there’s still broadcast TV,” many viewers turned to social media to (jokingly?) suggest that […]
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Tucker Carlson briefly cut into a speech by President Joe Biden, hoping to show his viewers a verbal misstep or two from the historically gaffe-prone politician on Thursday. However, the Fox News host came away empty-handed and tried to save face by seizing on an innocuous comment by the president. During a tongue-in-cheek monologue that nonetheless infused […]
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Multiple current and one former Fox News hosts have been or will be deposed in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion lawsuit against the network in the coming days, according to a new report. Among them are prime time stars Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, as well as host Jeanine Pirro and Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy. Citing court records in Delaware Superior […]
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In a return to acting — and television — Oscar winner Joe Pesci will star opposite Pete Davidson and Edie Falco in Bupkis, Peacock’s upcoming half-hour live-action comedy that tells a heightened, fictionalized version of Davidson‘s life. The high-profile casting completes Davidson’s on-screen family, with Pesci playing his grandfather and Falco his mother. For Pesci, who is a series regular, this […]
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Law & Order: SVU will say goodbye to one of its long-time regulars in the 2022-23 season. Kelli Giddish will depart the show midway through the season — her 12th on the NBC drama. She joined SVU as Detective Amanda Rollins in its 13th season in 2011; her tenure is the third longest among the show’s current cast […]
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Although Curb Your Enthusiasm shot — and then discarded — a death scene for Larry David to end its previous season, both the show and its central character are alive. HBO has picked up a 12th season of the comedy series, eight months after season 11 aired its last episode. The premium cable outlet has more or less an open-door policy with […]
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The three-hour program is hosted by John Berman and Brianna Keilar. Speculation about the fate of CNN hosts and programs has swirled anew after last week’s shakeup. Confider reported CNN’s dismissal of Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter was supposed to be announced on Friday, but word of it leaked to the press: The news of Stelter’s axing was actually supposed to be announced Friday […]
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Samantha Bee and Soledad O’Brien are teaming to tackle the women’s health care crisis in the U.S. Deadline understands that the pair are to front a comedic docuseries on the topic. It marks familiar territory for both Bee and O’Brien: Bee regularly covered the topic, including abortion rights, on her TBS show Full Frontal, and former CNN […]
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Laura Peterson hive, rejoice! Julianna Margulies — who plays an anchor at UBA, a love interest for Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) and the former rival of Alex (Jennifer Aniston) — will return to “The Morning Show” for its third season. The Apple TV+ series is currently in production, and recently announced that Jon Hamm has joined the Season 3 […]
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CNN is dropping its Sunday show Reliable Sources while its host, Brian Stelter, is exiting the network. A spokesperson for CNN said, “CNN will end its Reliable Sources program on Sunday, August 21st. As a result Brian Stelter will leave the company. We appreciate his contributions to the network and wish him well as he embarks on new endeavors.” Stelter did not immediately […]
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) called primary opponent Harriet Hageman to congratulate her on her victory, calling into question a claim by the latter just hours before. Politico reporter Olivia Beavers obtained the audio and published it mere hours after Hageman claimed on Hannity she received an incredibly brief message from Cheney. “While I was going in and getting ready to do my […]
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Former Democratic Sen. Al Franken roasted his old Republican colleague Ted Cruz while guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday. During his monologue, Franken listed a series of “threats” facing the country before getting to one of the graver issues of our time. “I really think one of the most serious issues facing our country today is just how big a dick […]
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They join previously announced Naomi Watts and Chloë Sevigny. Hollander will star as Truman Capote, Flockhart as Lee Radziwill and Lane as Slim Keith. As previously announced, Watts stars as Babe Paley, wife of CBS head Bill Paley, and Sevigny portrays C.Z. Guest. An adaptation of Laurence Leamer’s bestselling book Capote’s Women: A True Story of […]
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Robert De Niro will be sharing the screen with Hollywood legend Robert De Niro in the upcoming gangster drama “Wise Guys.” The movie, set at Warner Bros. and intended to play in theaters, will be directed by Barry Levinson, the veteran filmmaker who is best known for “Rain Man” and “Wag the Dog.” It reunites De […]
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Did you really think J.Lo and Ben Affleck were going to stop at a low-key wedding? In the month since they married in Vegas, this couple has been very busy; they went to Paris and Dunkin’ Donuts and apparently managed to plan a big wedding party in Georgia. That’s right: It’s finally time for Bennifer’s official wedding party, which is reportedly happening this weekend […]
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson dubiously claimed MSNBC host and former Rep. Joe Scarborough “was accused of committing murder” during his show on Monday night. In 2001, an aide to Scarborough named Lori Kaye Klausutis, 28, was found dead in the then-congressman’s office in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. There were no signs of foul play and a medical examiner ultimately concluded she […]
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Fox News host Brian Kilmeade addressed the outrage over airing a fake photo of the judge who authorized the FBI’s raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property. Authorities were in search of allegedly classified documents taken from the White House. “This is the judge in charge of the, of the, of the, um, as you know, of the warrant, and we’ll see if he’s going to […]
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“Dr. Phil” is downsizing. The long-running daytime talk show, which returns in September for its 21st season, resumed production this month with 25 fewer staffers. The employees, who were mostly in production, were let go in a cost cutting move, the show confirmed to Variety. “Going into season 21, we streamlined production to ensure longevity. As […]
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FBI agents seized several boxes of papers from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate during its Monday raid, including documents marked “top secret,” according to documents reviewed by multiple outlets that suggest the former President is being investigated under the Espionage Act. According to the Wall Street Journal, the FBI seized 20 boxes of items, including documents marked “Various classified/TS/SCI” documents. […]
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Anne Heche, star of “Six Days, Seven Nights” and an early LGBT role model for openly dating TV host Ellen DeGeneres in the 1990s, died Friday from injuries she sustained in a horrific car crash a week before. She was 53. Her death was first noted by friend Nancy Davis, who posted a tribute on Instagram Friday […]
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After 7 seasons, huge changes have come to “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” On Thursday’s episode of the show, Colbert announced that Grammy winning songwriter and musician Jon Batiste is exiting the show and will be replaced as Band Leader by longtime “The Late Show” band member Louis Cato. “We’ve been so lucky to […]
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Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under, Servant) is joining the second season of Yellowjackets in a series regular role. She’ll play the adult version of Vanessa Palmer, who was played as a teenager in season one by Liv Hewson. Vanessa, or Van, was romantically involved by Taissa — played as a teen by Jasmin Savoy Brown and as an adult […]
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