Text messages obtained by CNN show Fox News host Sean Hannity and then-White House Chief-of-Staff Mark Meadows discussing the possibility of overturning the 2020 presidential election. The election was held on Nov. 3 and called for Joe Biden by numerous news outlets on Nov. 7. Donald Trump has falsely maintained the election was rigged against him ever since. One week after the election, Hannity asked […]
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A judge on Friday threw out part of the case against Kim Kardashian in former reality TV star Blac Chyna’s lawsuit while the jury deliberates on the elements that remain. Judge Gregory Alarcon ruled that Chyna’s attorney Lynne Ciani did not provide any statement during the trial from Kardashian that was defamatory toward Chyna. The case against […]
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Tucker Carlson and Charlie Kirk are back on Twitter, but their respective returns have nothing to do with Elon Musk, the company has clarified. Both were locked out of their accounts last month after comments in which they called Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine — a transgender woman — a man. A similar tweet about Levine from the Babylon Bee also saw […]
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James Corden is preparing to say his goodbyes to The Late Late Show. The Brit has extended his contract for the CBS late-night series for one year and will depart ahead of summer 2023. Corden will have hosted The Late Late Show for eight and a half years by the time he departs – a major achievement. “It’s been it’s a […]
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NBC has renewed its game show College Bowl for a second season — and is bringing aboard a revered producer to run it. Former Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune executive producer Harry Friedman has signed on to be the showrunner for season two of College Bowl. The Peyton Manning-hosted quiz show is set to return in the 2022-23 season. Friedman has won 14 […]
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Judge Judy Sheindlin is expanding her relationship with Amazon Freevee, formerly IMDb TV, with a new courtroom show. Sheindlin will serve as creator and executive producer on “Tribunal,” which will feature a panel of three judges collectively adjudicating real cases. Scott Koondel will also serve as an executive producer. The three judges are: Judge Patricia DiMango, […]
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Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard took a new turn Wednesday when his former CAA agent, Christian Carino, told the court that the actor had become unemployable in Hollywood following Heard’s allegations of abuse. Carino, a longtime agent who previously represented Depp, said he warned the actor’s handlers that his legal disputes were becoming […]
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Jesse Spencer is officially set to return to “Chicago Fire” for the Season 10 finale, Variety confirms. The actor exited the show last October, but will come back to the Windy City for Severide (Taylor Kinney) and Stella’s (Miranda Rae Mayo) wedding. “Basically, we went to Jesse a month ago or so. We officially said, ‘Severide’s getting married and […]
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“The Batman” is getting a sequel, with Robert Pattinson set to return as Gotham’s fiercest defender. Warner Bros. revealed its plans for another Caped Crusader story during its Tuesday evening presentation at CinemaCon, the annual trade show for theater owners. “The Batman” director Matt Reeves was on hand to announce the news that he will write and direct […]
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TNT and TBS are pausing their scripted game under new parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, which CEO David Zaslav has promised will find $3 billion in cost savings across the new company in the post-merger era, Variety has learned exclusively. The WarnerMedia-run cable channels is no longer developing new scripted content, three sources close to the matter tell Variety. According to […]
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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced dates, locations and lifetime achievement award honorees for the 2022 Daytime, News and Documentary and first-ever Children’s and Family Emmy Awards. The Daytime Emmys will take place on Friday, June 24, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and air on CBS, for the third year in a row, with Days […]
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The movie theater industry’s top lobbyist said that the persistent experimentation that saw studios release movies in cinemas at the same time they landed on streaming or on video-on-demand is over. “I am pleased to announce that simultaneous release is dead as a serious business model, and piracy is what killed it,” John Fithian, head of […]
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Tucker Carlson appears to have attempted to mislead his viewers as to why he is back on Twitter after a month-long break. Carlson, who was suspended by the censor-happy platform on March 23, attributed his return on Monday to Elon Musk on his nightly show. Twitter’s board of directors voted on Monday to accept Musk’s $44 billion offer to buy […]
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Former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro does not trust Elon Musk with Twitter. Navarro, who remains a staunch ally to former President Donald Trump, told Newsmax TV’s Eric Bolling on Monday he fears Musk might be compromised by China’s government. Musk’s $44 billion offer to purchase Twitter was accepted Monday. The news ends weeks of speculation about whether the billionaire would acquire the platform. […]
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David Harbour is set to star in the next film from “Cha Cha Real Smooth” filmmaker Cooper Raiff called “The Trashers,” which 30West is financing with filming hoping to kick off this fall. “The Trashers” tells the true story of the rise and fall of Jimmy Galante (Harbour), a Danbury, Connecticut, trash magnate and the […]
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Right on the heels of the news that Elon Musk is nearing a deal to buy Twitter, a television documentary about the polarizing businessman has been announced to premiere this May. Titled “Elon Musk’s Crash Course,” the upcoming film is the latest in FX and The New York Times’ collaborative documentary series “The New York Times Presents,” which provides […]
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Monday afternoon, it was announced the platform would be purchased by Elon Musk for $44 billion following a weeks-long battle for the platform. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Musk said in a statement. “Twitter has tremendous potential — I […]
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One of the first questions raised on Twitter after Elon Musk’s purchase was announced was whether Donald Trump would be returning to the platform. But Trump told Fox News on Monday that the answer is no. “The bottom line is, no, I am not going back to Twitter,” Trump said. Instead, the former president said that he would be going on […]
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Jim Hartz, who hosted the Today show with Barbara Walters in the mid-1970s, died April 17 in Fairfax County, Va. He was 82 and passed from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to his wife, Alexandra Dickson Hartz. Hartz was in mid-career when he joined Today, deploying a low-key style that was the low-key foil to the energy put out […]
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Warner Bros. Television Group Chairman Channing Dungey, Whoopi Goldberg, William Shatner, Amy Poehler, Alex Kurtzman, Maury Povich, and media investor Jeff Sagansky will be honorees at the 18th Annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards, the National Association of Television Program Executives announced on Thursday. The awards gala will be on June 2 at the Beverly Wilshire. It […]
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“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” has cancelled its upcoming live Thursday episode as a response to host Colbert testing positive for COVID-19. The news was announced through the official “Late Show” Twitter account, which tweeted a brief message Thursday morning. “Stephen Colbert has tested positive for Covid 19,” the message reads. “Tonight’s show is cancelled. As […]
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Robert Morse, who translated Broadway stardom into a film career in the 1960s, then re-emerged decades later as one of the stars of “Mad Men,” has died. He was 90. Writer-producer Larry Karaszewski, who serves as a VP on the board of governors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, tweeted news of […]
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Jimmy Kimmel had some choice words for Fox News host Tucker Carlson on a podcast released Thursday. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host appeared on the New York Times podcast, Sway, with Kara Swisher, who asked Kimmel if he thinks Carlson should be “canceled.” “No, I don’t think we should cancel Tucker Carlson,” he answered. “I think that Tucker Carlson is on commercial television. And […]
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Searchlight Pictures has suspended production on “Being Mortal,” a new movie starring Aziz Ansari, Seth Rogen and Bill Murray, over complaints about Murray’s inappropriate behavior on set. The studio sent a letter to the movie’s cast and crew on Wednesday, informing them filming had been suspended due to an unspecified complaint. “Late last week, we were made aware […]
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Red Table Talk is planning to address the Will Smith–Chris Rock Oscars incident — just not yet. In a message at the top of Wednesday’s pre-taped episode of the Emmy-winning Facebook Watch series, hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow Smith and her mother Adrienne Banfield, the show confirmed that Smith slapping Chris Rock at this year’s Academy Awards, […]
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