Tamron Hall’s syndicated talk show is sticking around. The ABC News-produced show has scored a two-season renewal that will take it through the 2023-24 season. The network’s owned and operated stations, including those in top 10 markets New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Houston, will serve as Tamron Hall‘s lead station group. “Tamron […]
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Andrew Sullivan had Ann Coulter, who he once described as a “drag queen posing as a fascist,” on the Friday episode of his “Dishcast” podcast to discuss a range of topics, including just how dumb former President Donald Trump really is. Coulter, the bestselling conservative author, pulled no punches in describing Trump and how he let her down. She started […]
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Oscar winner and “American Idol” alum Jennifer Hudson is adding something completely different to her resume: Talk show host. Hudson, most recently seen on the big screen playing Aretha Franklin in “Respect,” is pitching a new daytime talker to be produced by the team from “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Variety has learned. Although not technically an “Ellen” replacement — […]
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Netflix announced that Dolly Parton will guest star on “Grace and Frankie’s” seventh and final season. The streamer did not announce who she would be playing or how she would interact with stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, though. In the show, Fonda and Tomlin play rhe titular characters who found their lives turned upside […]
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Challenge accepted. Guy Fieri said “yes” to Kristen Stewart’s request to officiate her wedding when she ties the knot with long-time girlfriend Dylan Meyer. Fieri shared the news with Stewart Thursday morning on the fourth hour of the “Today” show, surprising the actress with a video message. “Hey Kristen! Guy Fieri here, and I’ve heard through […]
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Queens star Eve is going on a maternity leave as she is preparing for the birth of her first child in February 2022, Deadline has learned. The singer-actress, who plays one of the leads on the new ABC drama, Brianna, announced her pregnancy Oct. 15. Eve has been commuting to Atlanta, where Queens films, from the UK where her family home is. ABC and […]
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Pete Davidson’s BDE got Kim Kardashian to his native Staten Island. The Skims founder and “Saturday Night Live” star dined at Campania’s Tuesday night, Page Six confirmed. “Pete arranged a dinner on the rooftop privately,” a restaurant source told us. “It was just the two of them.” Our source also added that they didn’t have any […]
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Greg Kinnear will make his Broadway debut as Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of the classic Harper Lee novel To Kill a Mockingbird, replacing outgoing star Jeff Daniels in January. Daniels, who originated the role when the play opened on Broadway in 2018 and returned when the production resumed performances after the Covid shutdown, will make his final appearance as […]
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Sofía Vergara is set to star in a Netflix limited series about notorious drug trafficker Griselda Blanco, Variety has learned. Titled “Griselda,” the series chronicles the real life of savvy and ambitious Colombian business woman who created one of the most profitable drug cartels in history. A devoted mother, Blanco’s lethal blend of charm and unsuspecting savagery helped her […]
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Kristen Stewart has announced her engagement to screenwriter Dylan Meyer. On Tuesday’s episode of SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show, the Spencer star said: “We’re marrying, we’re totally gonna do it.” The 31-year-old actor said previously that she’d met Meyer on the set of a movie but lost touch until they reconnected at a mutual friend’s birthday party six years […]
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“Inventing Anna” — the first show Shonda Rhimes has written for Netflix, and the first show she’s created since “Scandal” made its debut in 2012 — will premiere in February. “Inventing Anna” follows the massive success of “Bridgerton,” which Rhimes and her company Shondaland executive produced. Season 2 of “Bridgerton” will also premiere in 2022. In May 2018, […]
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After signing his new overall deal with Netflix, Zack Snyder is moving fast to get that first film under the deal in front of cameras, as sources tell Deadline he has set Sofia Boutella to star in Rebel Moon. Snyder is directing the film as well as co-writing it with Shay Hatten and Kurt Johnstad, based on a story by Snyder […]
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The Daily Show with Trevor Noah is the last remaining nightly variety show not to have an audience. Deadline understands that this is about to change. The Comedy Central series is testing out the return of a live studio audience. On Thursday November 4, Noah and his team will host a non-televised show designed to test out new spaces […]
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Robert Downey Jr. and Matt Damon will star in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming World War II epic “Oppenheimer,” a drama about the development of the atomic bomb. It is not clear who Downey Jr. and Damon will be playing in the film. Nolan is assembling a star-studded cast, one that includes Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Emily […]
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Apple is rounding out the cast for High Desert, the comedy that reunites Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette following Escape at Dannemora. Joining the ensemble cast of the comedy about an addict named Peggy (Arquette) in Yucca Valley who starts over as a PI after the death of her mother are Matt Dillon, Rupert Friend, Weruche Opia, […]
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The “Law & Order” revival at NBC has cast Jeffrey Donovan in a lead role, Variety has learned. Details are under wraps as to the nature of Donovan’s character on the show, other than the fact that he will be playing an NYPD detective. It was announced in September that the hit procedural would be returning to NBC for what will […]
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Jay Leno has come on board Fireside, a new app platform for creators to host live, interactive shows, with his first event to livestream from a Las Vegas car show on Nov. 2. Fireside, whose founders include Mark Cuban, publicly launched its app on iOS in early October. The startup promises to let professional creators — including podcasters, […]
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Jennifer Garner met up with ex-husband Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez while out trick-or-treating with the kids over the weekend. The stars were spotted out for Halloween in Malibu, with the actress meeting up with Affleck and Lopez at one point. Earlier that day, Affleck and Garner spent time with their kids at Huckleberry. “Everyone gets […]
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Kal Penn, the actor best known for his lead role in the “Harold & Kumar” comedy series, has come out, revealing that he is engaged to his partner of eleven years. Penn gave his story during an interview on this week’s CBS Sunday Morning while promoting his new tell-all memoir “You Can’t Be Serious,” touching on his […]
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The CW’s Walker will be down a member of the Rangers later this season. Lindsey Morgan will exit the series later in its second season, which premiered Thursday. In a statement, Morgan said she’s leaving the show “for personal reasons” and had the support of producer CBS Studios and The CW. “After much thoughtful consideration and introspection, […]
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Taylor Swift officially kicked off the 36th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame festivities with a tribute to Carole King, singing a show-opening cover of “Will You Love Me Tomorrow.” Speaking about King’s blockbuster “Tapestry” album, released 50 years ago, Swift said, “It was a watershed moment for humans in the world with feelings and for cats who […]
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Will Smith opened up about his mental health, revealing in a trailer for his upcoming YouTube docuseries that he once contemplated suicide. The “Aladdin” actor, 53, has been on a challenging fitness journey to lose 20 pounds in 20 weeks. Smith said the quest not only pushed him to get back into shape, but it […]
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Things are strange this Halloween season, according to host Bill Maher on tonight’s HBO episode of Real Time. Because of the pipeline backups and product shortages, “This year I’m trying to get kids to put toilet paper on my house,” Maher joked. Maher also found it strange that former Trump press secretary and Radical Nation author Sean Spicer wouldn’t agree with him on whether […]
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Rupert Murdoch’s 90th turn around the sun was feted on Thursday night in New York City as power brokers, longtime lieutenants and family members, with a conspicuous absence, gathered at Tavern on the Green for a long-delayed dinner celebration. Murdoch, one of the most influential media barons of the modern era who is executive chairman […]
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Ice Cube has departed Sony’s upcoming comedy, Oh Hell No, in which he would’ve co-starred with Jack Black, after declining a request from producers to get vaccinated, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Sony had no comment. A personal representative for the star declined to comment. WME, his agency, declined to comment. Oh Hell No is being produced by Matt Tolmach […]
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