Red Reddington’s to-do list is getting longer again. NBC has renewed its espionage drama The Blacklist for a 10th season. Star and executive producer James Spader announced the pickup Tuesday during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, a few days before the show’s return from a month-long hiatus. The renewal will also take the series past the 200-episode […]
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The long-hyped launch of former President Donald Trump’s social media network Truth Social has not gone particularly well – a fact users will reportedly not be able to point out on the platform. The Washington Post called the launch “disastrous” on Tuesday and noted that even “Jenna Ellis, a former member of his legal team, posted to Instagram a photo […]
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Fox’s anthology drama Accused has lined up its first episodic star. Emmy winner Michael Chiklis (The Shield, HBO’s upcoming Winning Time) will star in the first episode of the series, which comes from Homeland’s Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa and The Good Doctor’s David Shore. Michael Cuesta (Homeland, Dopesick) has also signed on to direct the series premiere. Accused is based on a […]
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Bill Murray and Aziz Ansari are teaming up for an untitled comedy drama at Searchlight Pictures, according to an individual with knowledge of the project. Ansari is also making his feature directorial debut on the project, which is based on the Atul Gawande nonfiction book “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.” Searchlight is […]
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Donald Trump’s new social media app, Truth, might’ve topped the charts on the Apple App Store, but the launch was anything but seamless. Many users trying to sign up for the new social media platform either got an error message or were forced to go on a waitlist. Seth Meyers blasted Trump’s app launch as a “clusterfuck,” but he […]
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Wendy Williams’ daytime talk show is officially winding down. The Wendy Williams Show will end after 14 seasons, distributor Debmar-Mercury announced Tuesday morning. Sherri Shepherd — who’s been a frequent guest host this season as Williams has dealt with health issues — will headline a new syndicated strip in the fall that will take over the time periods […]
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Bob Beckel, a political analyst and former Fox News host, has died. He was 73. Columnist Cal Thomas shared the news of Beckel’s death via Facebook on Monday afternoon. “We did so many things together and I hope we modeled what two people of different political persuasions can be like when they love one another,” he wrote, in-part. A […]
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The 2022 NAACP Image Awards is announcing winners in several non-televised categories via streaming presentations this week. On Monday, the NAACP presented awards in a number of literary and podcast categories as well as a special award for youth activist of the year to NAACP Howard University chapter president Channing Hill. Notable literary winners from night one included Will […]
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Jane Marczewski, the singer known as Nightbirde who found fame on America’s Got Talent last year and chronicled her battle with breast cancer on social media, died Sunday of the disease. She was 31. The Zanesville, OH, native earned a judges’ standing ovation and the NBC show’s sought-after Golden Buzzer with her audition performance of an original song, “It’s Okay” […]
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While the Republican base and MAGA-world fixtures will be meeting in Orlando, Florida at the annual Conservative Political Action Committee gathering, anti-Trump Republicans will hold their own meeting in Washington, D.C. The two-day conference, titled “Principles First: The Summit,” will take place on Feb 26-27 at the National Press Club. While the Republican base and […]
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Neil Cavuto returned to the anchor chair on his Fox Business Network show “Cavuto Coast to Coast” on Monday for the first time since January 10, saying he had been battling Covid pneumonia which put him in intensive care. It was previously unknown why he had been away. “I did get Covid again…but a far, far more serious […]
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It’s Britney’s book, bitch. Britney Spears has sealed a bombshell book deal said to be worth as much as $15 million. Publishing insiders say Spears, 40, has reached a landmark deal with publishing house Simon & Schuster for her tell-all memoir about her career, her “Toxic” life and her family. The deal comes after a […]
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Sony’s Uncharted is easily finding treasure at the domestic box office, where it’s on course to earn a projected $51 million over the long Presidents Day weekend, including an estimated $44.2 million for the three days. The video game adaptation stars Tom Holland — who is still in theaters in the mega-blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home — and Mark Wahlberg. Uncharted did far more business […]
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Fox News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin had some sobering words for hosts of The Five who suggested the Biden administration is overhyping the crisis in eastern Europe for political purposes. President Joe Biden delivered remarks about the situation on Friday, saying he’s “convinced” that Vladimir Putin has already “made the decision” to invade. After the president’s speech, Five cohosts Greg Gutfeld and Kennedy suggested the administration is hyping or even […]
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Mrs. Doubtfire will return to Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre on Thursday, April 14, a month later than originally planned. “We needed to see that Omicron was slowing down,” producer Kevin McCollum said in a statement to Deadline. “In the short time we were running before Omicron hit Broadway we saw two major audiences building. Doubtfire is a family show and we […]
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Taking an obvious cue from the popularity of Peter Jackson’s recent “The Beatles: Get Back” documentary, Paul McCartney has announced what he’s calling his “Got Back” tour, a 13-city, 14-gig outing through the U.S. that begins just a little more than two months from now. “I said at the end of the last tour that I’d see […]
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Alan Dershowitz appeared on Newsmax Thursday to give his reaction to a motion filed by Special Counsel John Durham. Durham was appointed in 2019 by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the origins of the probe into potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia. That investigation wrapped up with the release of the Mueller Report. The motion contained technical jargon about […]
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Atlanta‘s fourth season will be its last, FX chairman John Landgraf revealed during an executive session on Thursday. News of the comedy’s fourth and final season comes a little more than a month before season three is set to drop on FX on March 24. “After a four year absence, we’re graced with the return of Atlanta. Donald Glover and […]
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Sara Haines shocked her fellow co-hosts on The View after she revealed that she follows one of her husband’s exes on Instagram. Haines shared the news while The View hosts were discussing the benefits of communication in a relationship on Thursday. “Well, communication apparently is the key to a good relationship — I wouldn’t know — but a therapist told […]
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Prepare to say farewell to the Upside Down. Netflix revealed early Thursday that Stranger Things will end with a newly announced fifth season. The streamer also set a release-date strategy for its long-awaited fourth season and hinted that an all-new Stranger Things series could be in the works. “Seven years ago, we planned out the complete story arc for Stranger Things,” […]
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Ahead of the Season 4 premiere of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” on Feb. 18, Amazon Prime Video has announced that the award-winning series has been renewed for its fifth and final season. Production for Season 5 is currently underway in New York City. “Amy, Dan, and ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ have blazed an unparalleled path, elevating the […]
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HBO’s two-part documentary “The Larry David Story,” in which Larry David, the creator of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and co-creator of “Seinfeld” looks back at his career, will debut March 1 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, the cabler said Wednesday. It will also be available to stream on HBO Max. The two-time Emmy winner reveals he never […]
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Kate McKinnon is the latest A-lister to be enlisted for Barbie. The SNL star is in talks to join Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera and Simu Liu in the Warner Bros movie. Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach wrote the script for the long-gestating project, with Gerwig set to direct. Plot details are held tight to the pink vest. […]
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NBC and MRC Live & Alternative announced today that the “2022 Billboard Music Awards” (BBMAs) will air live on Sunday, May 15 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on NBC. The show will return to Las Vegas, broadcasting from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Host and performers will be announced in the coming […]
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“Billions” has been renewed for Season 7 at Showtime, Variety has learned exclusively. Season 6 of the series debuted on Jan. 23, with new episodes airing every Sunday on Showtime. In season 6 , the dust of season five clears to reveal a world that has evolved. With Axe (Damian Lewis) gone and Michael Prince (Corey Stoll) assuming […]
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