How did “Jeopardy” screw this up? The departure of Mike Richards, announced only last week as the new host of the venerable game show, is the culmination of the greatest PR crisis in the show’s history — casting into disarray a new season that’s meant to be in production right now and calling into question Sony […]
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Hank Azaria will play Apple CEO Tim Cook in Showtime’s anthology series “Super Pumped.” The first season tracks the rise of Uber. Based on Mike Isaac’s book “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber,” the series will “depict the roller-coaster ride of the upstart transportation company, embodying the highs and lows of Silicon Valley,” according to […]
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Amazon is getting into the awards show business. The tech and retail giant’s Prime Video streaming platform will stream the Academy of Country Music Awards live in 2022. The awards, produced by MRC’s Dick Clark Productions, are moving to the streamer from their long-time home at CBS, which has aired ACM Awards since 1998. “We’re excited to continue […]
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It seems that Alan Dershowitz’s ties to the Trump administration have made him persona non grata among the Martha’s Vineyard elite — including Larry David. A Page Six spy spotted the Harvard Law professor — who was once, like David, a fully paid-up member of the Democrat cool kids — bumping into the comic on […]
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Since restarting his tour in July, Garth Brooks has played to over 300,000 fans in five cities. Now, citing “a new wave of the Covid-19 virus spreading across the nation,” Brooks has canceled dates in the stadium tour’s next five cities. In a statement, the country superstar called it a “very difficult decision,” saying he would be issuing […]
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Tim Robbins has signed onto the series adaptation of Hugh Howey’s “Wool” at Apple, Variety has learned. Robbins will star alongside previously announced cast member Rebecca Ferguson. “Wool” is a set in a ruined and toxic future where a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full […]
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It’s baby joy for Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost. The Tony winner, 36, and her Saturday Night Live star husband, 39, recently welcomed their first baby together, Johansson’s rep Marcel Pariseau exclusively confirms to PEOPLE. Johansson is also mom to daughter Rose Dorothy, who turns 7 years old this fall. Jost briefly mentioned their pregnancy news during a stand-up performance at The […]
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In response to increased COVID-19 cases, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has expanded its existing mask mandate to include events in large outdoor venues like SoFi Stadium and the Hollywood Bowl. The order, which will go into effect just before midnight on Thursday, will require operators of concerts, sports games and other […]
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An appeals court on Tuesday threw out a defamation lawsuit that accused Rachel Maddow of defaming One America News by calling the network “paid Russian propaganda.” The 9th Circuit Court of Appeal held that Maddow’s commentary was protected by the First Amendment, as she was simply offering her opinion based on a Daily Beast story that revealed […]
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FX chairman John Landgraf shared an update on the long-awaited return of Donald Glover’s Atlanta, set for release in early 2022, during the network’s TCA presentation on Friday. “We haven’t locked down the scheduling for Season 3 yet as it just finished shooting — it’s shot primarily in Europe,” Landgraf revealed during the executive session. “It’s in post-production and it’s a […]
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Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, says in a court filing he will step down as her conservator after an “an orderly transition.” “There are, in fact, no actual grounds for suspending or removing Mr. Spears as the Conservator of the Estate … and it is highly debatable whether a change in conservator at this time […]
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Kelly Clarkson can “Breakaway” from Brandon Blackstock with more money in her pocket. A judge has fully upheld the “Stronger” singer’s prenuptial agreement with Blackstock in their highly contentious divorce, TMZ reported Thursday. The agreement reportedly segregated all assets and income derived during her marriage to the former entertainment manager. Blackstock had been fighting the prenup in order to […]
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AT&T is in talks to sell WarnerMedia’s celebrity gossip site TMZ to Fox, Deadline has confirmed, in yet another deal paring down the telco’s entertainment assets, one that comes as it prepares to spin off Warner and merge it with Discovery. That $43 billion-deal was announced in May and may not close until the middle of next year. Meanwhile, until then, the […]
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Former Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly decided to share his thoughts on the sexual harassment scandal that caused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign Tuesday, but the conservative broadcaster’s own checkered past has people wondering why he thought this was an appropriate subject to discuss online. In a tweet, O’Reilly seemed to criticize Cuomo for […]
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday he will resign in two weeks. His announcement comes a week after the state attorney general issue a report concluding that the governor had engaged in sexual harassment against 11 women. He was not criminally charged. Now, according to reporting from The New York Times, his brother Chris Cuomo may have convinced him to […]
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Peacock has rounded out the supporting cast for its original holiday movie The Real Housewives of the North Pole. Jearnest Corchado (Sneakerheads, Little America), Kyle Selig (Welcome to Flatch, Broadway: Mean Girls), Tetona Jackson (Boomerang, All Night), Carlos Ponce (Julie and the Phantoms, Spy), Alec Mapa (Doom Patrol, Ugly Betty) and Damon Dayoub (Stitchers, NCIS) will join Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars Betsy Brandt and Kyle Richards in the movie spawned by the reality franchise. […]
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The Television Academy is taking the Emmys outdoors. The org announced Tuesday afternoon that the Emmy ceremonies, both Primetime and Creative Arts, will be held on the Event Deck at L.A. Live, next to the Microsoft Theater — marking the second year in a row that the Emmys were not actually held inside the Microsoft. More from the org: […]
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Dan Bongino faced the wrath of his supporters after a clip of his Fox News interview with President Donald Trump was edited to remove false claims about the 2020 election. In an interview that aired on Fox News Saturday night, Trump told Bongino that the 2020 election he lost to Joe Biden was “fake.” While that comment aired in full […]
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Jeopardy! executive producer Mike Richards, who recently emerged as the frontrunner to succeed Alex Trebek as host of the venerable game show, has made his first public comments about decade-old lawsuits that have been revisited in light of his pending Jeopardy! hosting deal. “I want to address the complicated employment issues raised in the press during my time at The Price is Right ten […]
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Netflix’s upcoming Tim Burton Addams Family drama series Wednesday has found its Morticia. Catherine Zeta-Jones has been tapped to serve as a guest star and play the matriarch in the eight-episode series from director Burton and showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville, Into the Badlands). Wednesday is described as a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a […]
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Former child star Jane Withers died on Saturday evening in Burbank, California, surrounded by her loved ones. She was 95. The Atlanta native began a career in show business as a young child thanks to her mother’s determination to have one child in show business. Even her name was picked specifically so that “even with a long […]
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After having its YouTube channel suspended for one week and facing a government inquiry, Rupert Murdoch’s Sky News Australia has taken down videos that include COVID-19 disinformation both on YouTube and its own site. On Sunday, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd posted screencaps of pages on the Sky News Australia website of videos that […]
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Markie Post, who became a star in the 1980s playing a plucky public defender on “Night Court” and had a long run of TV roles, died Saturday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 70. Post waged a nearly four-year fight with cancer. She kept working until very recently despite her illness. Post co-starred […]
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NBC has scrapped reality competition series The Ultimate Slip N’ Slide. The show will not be returning to production after pausing on June 2 as a result of a crew member testing positive for giardia, the network said today. Filming on The Ultimate Slip N’ Slide had been almost completed when the shutdown happened. According to sources, the logistics and […]
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Herbert Schlosser, a longtime NBC executive who oversaw the development of Saturday Night Live, has died at his home in Manhattan. He was 95. Schlosser’s wife Judith confirmed his death to The New York Times on Friday. Born in New Jersey in 1926 and educated at Princeton University and Yale Law School, Schlosser began his career working on television projects […]
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