In a very bizarre development, the wife of Leave It To Beaver actor Tony Dow now says she was mistaken in announcing his death. Los Angeles ABC reporter George Pennacchio just posted on Facebook that Dow’s wife, Lauren, mistakenly thought her husband had died during the night at their home and mistakenly informed Dow’s management that he had passed. Dow […]
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) ripped Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) over his criticisms of the Jan. 6 committee hearings after he admitted he hasn’t actually watched any of them. Cheney is one of two Republicans who serve on the panel, and she has greatly jeopardized her seat by taking then-President Donald Trump to task over his actions (and inaction) that day. Appearing on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show […]
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Aaron Latham, a screenwriter, journalist and author whose story in Texas Monthly inspired the 1980 smash “Urban Cowboy,” died July 23 in Pennsylvania of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 78. Latham was married to “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl. He died at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Stahl and the couple’s daughter, Taylor […]
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Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” is getting a kick in the rear from Warner Bros. Discovery. The show, which became a signature program for the large cable network TBS, “will not return to the network in the fall,” according to a statement from Bee’s representatives. “As we continue to shape our new programming strategy, we’ve made some difficult, […]
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Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Fox & Friends Monday morning for allegedly “botching” his poll numbers in an early morning segment that said was “no doubt on purpose.” It’s not clear exactly what specific portion of the three-hour show he was referencing in a TruthSocial post he put up at 8:19 am, but Trump called the show […]
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Paul Sorvino, the burly character actor who made a career out of playing forceful types, most notably the coldhearted mobster Paulie Cicero in Martin Scorsese’s GoodFellas, has died. He was 83. Sorvino, the father of Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite), died Monday of natural causes, his wife, Dee Dee, announced. “Our hearts are broken, there will never […]
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Fox News Anchor Bret Baier discussed how damning the January 6th House select committee hearings are becoming for former President Donald Trump on Sunday. Last week, the select committee held its eighth hearing investigating the Capitol riots of January 6th, in which it called on former Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger and former Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Matthews to the witness stand in front […]
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On July 25, Laura Linney is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It’s exactly the kind of high-profile status symbol Wendy Byrde might finagle to burnish her place among Tinseltown’s most successful and respected, except that the actor earned the honor precisely for playing the master manipulator on “Ozark” (and dozens of other […]
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Actor Dwayne Johnson made a dramatic entrance at the annual Comic-Con pop culture convention on Saturday, hovering above a smoke-filled stage in a sleek superhero costume and promising “the DC Universe will never be the same.” Johnson previewed his upcoming Warner Bros film “Black Adam,” a story inspired by DC Comics about a former slave who is granted god-like […]
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Vince McMahon announced that he is retiring from WWE amid the ongoing misconduct investigation being undertaken by the company’s board of directors. “As I approach 77 years old, I feel it’s time for me to retire as Chairman and CEO of WWE,” McMahon said in a statement released by the sports entertainment company. “Throughout the years, it’s been […]
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Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo is planning his comeback: and it’s a podcast. Cuomo on Thursday launched The Chris Cuomo Project, an interview podcast with plans to release two episodes per week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The podcast will see Cuomo give “his signature take on today’s pressing current events — and explores how these stories are being covered by […]
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As news broke on Thursday morning that President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19, Fox News’s coverage of the breaking news notably pointed out on numerous occasions that Biden had been double boosted and as a result was likely to recover quickly. Fox News anchor Bret Baier was on air discussing polling with America’s Newsroom anchors Bill Hemmer and Sandra Smith when the news broke […]
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Federal investigators are mulling charging Hunter Biden, sources told CNN on Thursday. If charges are filed, they will likely allege he made a false statement to the FBI and committed federal tax violations. On OutFront, host Erin Burnett reported President Joe Biden’s son has been the subject of a Department of Justice probe dating back several years. The investigation initially was a broad […]
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Wednesday’s edition of Jesse Watters Primetime featured a graphic evoking a longtime trope of Jews as puppet masters pulling the strings of political power. Earlier in the day, President Joe Biden visited Somerset, Massachusetts, where he announced new climate change initiatives. Watters claimed Biden’s Green New Deal plan is actually “plagiarized” from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who is Jewish. The Fox News […]
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Christina Ricci is heading to Gotham City. The Yellowjackets star has been tapped to lead the voice cast for Spotify and Warner Bros.’ next audio series, Harley Quinn & The Joker: Sound Mind, as Harley Quinn herself. Ricci will be joined by Billy Magnussen as the Joker and Justin Hartley as Batman. The series, which has begun production, was developed by Homecoming writer and executive producer Eli Horowitz and […]
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One of last summer’s surprise news stories was an alleged confrontation that took place between Larry David and lawyer Alan Dershowitz. A source told Page Six that the two men fought at a convenience store on Martha’s Vineyard. David allegedly called Dershowtiz “disgusting” to his face. Dershowitz, who was a member of Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein’s defense […]
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The universe granted English actor Hugh Grant a wish as his fellow Brits blared the Benny Hill theme song outside the Palace of Westminster to celebrate Boris Johnson’s resignation as prime minister. Johnson agreed to step down as leader of the United Kingdom in the coming months after a massive revolt from within his own cabinet. Since the development presents a major shakeup […]
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Pandora has been hit with another lawsuit by a comedian accusing the streamer of shortchanging artists by neglecting to obtain the proper copyrights to stream their works — this time by Lewis Black. According to a complaint filed on Thursday in California federal court, Pandora “took and exploited his works solely to make themselves money while […]
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New York Times correspondent and noted “Trump Whisperer” Maggie Haberman said that ex-President Donald Trump “certainly is concerned” about the grand jury in Georgia, perhaps even more than he is about the Justice Department’s criminal probe. High-profile subpoenas were served to former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Sen. Lindsey Graham, and a host of other figures to appear before the special grand jury investigating Trump’s effort […]
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James Caan, who scored an Oscar nom as mafioso Sonny Corleone in The Godfather and an Emmy nom for playing NFL running back Brian Piccolo in Brian’s Song among a host of big film and TV roles including Elf and Las Vegas, died Wednesday night. He was 82. His family confirmed the news on Caan’s Twitter page. “It is with great sadness […]
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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins will serve as the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association in 2024 after she was elected to a three-year term on its board Wednesday. The WHCA Twitter account congratulated the network’s chief White House correspondent on the feat, which she accomplished in her fifth year with CNN at age 30. Collins was elected to […]
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Rumors of Behar’s retirement recently circulated as her current three-year contract with ABC expires this summer, but she set the record straight in a statement to the New York Post. “Fake news,” her representative told The Post on Tuesday, confirming that the new contract will keep her tied to ABC until 2025. Behar was reportedly paid $7 million per year as part […]
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Amazon Studios is heading to the altar. The streamer has landed the rights to an untitled wedding comedy from writer-director Nick Stoller that has Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon attached to star. The trio are also producing via their respective banners: Ferrell is producing with Jessica Elbaum via Gloria Sanchez; Stoller will produce with his Global Solutions shingle […]
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Newsmax host Eric Bolling left former Fox News colleague Bill O’Reilly speechless on Tuesday night with a question about Tucker Carlson running for president in 2024. Two years ago, Politico put a rocket booster on discussions of “Carlson 2024” in a piece suggesting the Fox News star could be a force to be reckoned with in the 2024 Republican primary. “I got another […]
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Kayleigh McEnany decried Americans who “kick and scream” when they don’t get their way, such as a certain former president. The Fox News personality did not mention Donald Trump, however. Tuesday’s edition of The Five took aim at those who took July 4 as an opportunity to criticize the United States. The table criticized President Joe Biden’s Independence Day speech in which he […]
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