Conservative Newsmax TV host Eric Bolling issued an impassioned six-minute plea to Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday regarding his stance on Russia’s war on Ukraine. Bolling has shown solidarity with the people of Ukraine during his recent daily monologues. He asked Carlson to take back old comments and to stop making new ones the Kremlin can use […]
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As AMC’s Better Call Saul inches toward its conclusion, star Jonathan Banks has already lined up his next show. The Emmy nominee will star alongside Noomi Rapace in Constellation, a psychological thriller that has been ordered straight to series at Apple. Created by Peter Harness (War of the Worlds, Doctor Who, Wallander), Constellation is described as a conspiracy-based psychological space adventure that explores the dark […]
Read moreJason Beghe who plays Sgt. Hank Voight and Marina Squerciati who portrays Officer Kim Burgess talk with Ross Crystal about the latest season of NBC’s ‘Chicago PD’ and where their characters storylines may be headed.
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Ann Sarnoff, who has held a top film and TV studio role at WarnerMedia for nearly three years, is departing the company as it gets set to merge with Discovery. News of her exit spread quickly and then was confirmed in a press release. It will take effect upon the close of the $43 billion merger, which is […]
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The March 28 episode of “The View,” which featured co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Sara Haines breaking down the infamous Will Smith Oscar slap, was the talk show’s top telecast in all key target demographics in more than a year, ABC announced on Tuesday. Goldberg, who is on the board of the […]
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Bobby Rydell, the epitome of the early ’60s “teen idol,” who parlayed that fame into a starring role opposite Ann-Margret in the 1963 film “Bye Bye Birdie,” died today at age 79. The cause of death was pneumonia. His death just days away from his 80th birthday was confirmed by radio legend Jerry Blavat, Rydell’s longtime friend […]
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Late night television viewers got one heck of a surprise when they tuned in to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon or Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Friday night, both of which happened to fall on April Fools’ Day. The two agreeable hosts, who are often mistaken for one another (my mother doesn’t even bother trying anymore), pulled an […]
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CNN profiled a Holocaust survivor who was forced to flee Ukraine for the second time amid Russia’s invasion. A report during CNN Newsroom by Salma Abdelaziz featured Margaryta Zatuchna, who said she was born in 1940. “In 1941, her family fled their home in Kharkiv, where Nazis murdered an estimated 16,000 Jews [during the Holocaust]. She later returned, grew up and grew old in peacetime,” narrated Abdelaziz. “That […]
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In his first major TV series role, Harrison Ford has signed on to star opposite Jason Segel in Shrinking, Apple TV+’s 10-episode comedy series written and executive produced by Segel and Ted Lasso‘s co-creator/executive producer/showrunner Bill Lawrence and star/writer/producer Brett Goldstein. The Warner Bros. Television-produced Shrinking follows a grieving therapist (Segel) who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he […]
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Kanye West has pulled out of his scheduled appearance at the Coachella festival, a source confirms to Variety. Reps for West and the festival did not immediately respond to requests for comment; West had been scheduled to play the closing night of the two-weekend festival, which runs April 15-17 and April 22-24. The news was first reported by TMZ. The reason […]
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After a two-month delay, the 64th Annual Grammy Awards took place on Sunday night, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, without a slap in sight and “keeping people’s names out of our mouths,” joked host Trevor Noah early in the night. Jon Batiste — who was nominated for 11 Grammys — was the […]
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“The war. What’s more opposite to music?” asked Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky when he appeared on the Grammys telecast via video. A raspy-voiced Zelensky went on to an extended explanation of how war silences music and music can end war. Deadline hears the segment was taped in a bunker two days ago and bounced around to various points to […]
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A handler for Mel Gibson ended an interview the actor was doing with Jesse Watters after the host asked about The Slap at Sunday’s Academy Awards. Specifically, he asked Gibson if he’d be treated the same way as Will Smith was after he hit Chris Rock for making a bald joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. Will Smith was allowed to stay for […]
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After consoling Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, Denzel Washington has now spoken publicly about what happened at last Sunday’s awards show. Washington attended author and bishop T.D. Jakes’ leadership summit on Saturday morning for a discussion about his career and faith when Jakes asked him about what happened between Smith and Rock at the Oscars. “Well, […]
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the United States to send more arms to the country amid its ongoing efforts to fend off Russia’s invasion. In an exclusive interview aired on Friday’s Special Report, with Bret Baier, Zelensky stated through an interpreter, “Our military, our people, our soldiers are stronger than the Russian Federation. But they have a lot more weapons.” […]
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Will Smith, facing possible expulsion or suspension after he assaulted Chris Rock during last Sunday’s Oscars telecast, has instead resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. The move comes as the actor is embroiled in the gravest crisis of his career and as the organization behind the Academy Awards has struggled in its attempts to deal with the […]
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Broadway will maintain its mask and vaccine requirements through April 30, the Broadway League announced today. The organization, which represents the owners and operators of the 41 Broadway venues, will meet again on April 15 to determine whether to continue Broadway’s Covid protocols after April 30. The April 30 date coincides with the end of the current 2021-22 Broadway […]
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Andrew Sullivan slammed Jon Stewart on Friday after his appearance on the comedian’s show earlier in the week. Sullivan appeared on the show with Stewart and two other guests, one of whom was a woman named Lisa Bond. Bond is a “Resident White Woman” at a group called Race2Dinner, which – and this is real – dines at the […]
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Gillian Anderson knows that “The X-Files” fans would love to see more of FBI agent Dana Scully. That doesn’t mean she’s interested in taking it on again. When she joined the original Fox series, which aired from 1993 to 2002, she was excited to take on the obscure role that was different from “pretty much everything […]
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The White House press corps confronted Jen Psaki over a report Friday that she is in exclusive negotiations to join MSNBC as a host on the network. When asked if the report is accurate by CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe, Psaki said, “I have nothing to confirm about my length of public service or planned service or planned service or anything […]
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MSNBC’s Chris Hayes accused critics of Disney’s decision to oppose Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill of waging a “war against gay people.” The law forbids teachers from speaking about sexual orientation or gender identity to students from kindergarten to third grade. Critics have labelled it the “Don’t Say Gay” law, arguing it marginalizes gay and transgender […]
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Oscars producer Will Packer has addressed Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the ceremony on Sunday night. In a preview clip of Packer’s upcoming interview on “Good Morning America” with T.J. Holmes, he revealed that the Los Angeles Police Department was on the scene on Sunday night and ready to arrest Smith if Rock wanted to press charges. “They were […]
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Taraji P. Henson was among those appointed to the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Also named to the board was NBA star Chris Paul. The members of the board work to to “increase the capacity of HBCUs to provide the highest-quality education to its students and continue serving as engines of […]
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has claimed that it asked Will Smith to leave Sunday’s Oscars ceremony after he slapped Chris Rock. However, sources close to the situation are refuting that the actor was ever formally urged to leave the show. It appears that in the chaos that surrounded the altercation, the Academy and the show’s producer […]
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Both “The Rookie” and “The Good Doctor” have been renewed at ABC. For “The Rookie,” that means the show will go to a fifth season, while “The Good Doctor” will be back for a sixth. “The Rookie” currently airs Sundays on ABC with “The Good Doctor” airing on Mondays. The renewals come as ABC is also […]
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