President Joe Biden’s picks for various American ambassadorships were reported Thursday by multiple outlets. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was tapped to be Ambassador to India. Former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is tapped to be Ambassador to Japan and former State Department official Nicholas Burns is expected to serve as the ambassador to China. Garcetti’s nomination to the post […]
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court hasn’t yet ruled if Bill Cosby can leave prison or get a new trial on sex crime charges, but the Keystone State’s Parole Board has made its opinion very clear. “Following an interview with you and a review of your file, and having considered all matters required pursuant to the parole board, in […]
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Premiere Radio Networks has found its replacement for The Rush Limbaugh Show. The iHeartMedia-owned radio giant says that Clay Travis and Buck Sexton will host the daily program from 12-3 p.m. ET, beginning June 21. Premiere has been running reruns of Limbaugh’s show in the timeslot ever since the radio host passed away in February. Both Travis and Sexton […]
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It’s finally here: the long-promised, semi-delayed Friends reunion is now available on Sky and NOW in the UK, HBO Max in the US. Boldly defying the recent revive-everything trend, this isn’t a new episode of the classic sitcom Friends, set 17 years after the 2004 finale. It’s the kind of old-fashioned interviews-and-clips special that used to periodically turn […]
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The Anti-Defamation League, the leading anti-hate organization known for combatting antisemitism and other forms of discrimination, has signed with its first event agency of record in UTA. As antisemitic incidents have spiked across the United States, Europe and elsewhere, UTA will lead efforts with the creative community to advance the ADL’s work. “Amid a resurgence of extremism […]
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Christopher McDonald (Happy Gilmore) is the latest big name to join Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn in Secret Invasion, the upcoming Marvel series for Disney+, Deadline has learned. In Secret Invasion, Jackson and Mendelsohn reprise their MCU characters Nick Fury and the Skrull Talos, respectively, who first met in Captain Marvel. The crossover comic event series showcases a faction of shape-shifting Skrulls […]
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High-profile attorney Alan Dershowitz filed a lawsuit against Netflix and the producers of “Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich” on Wednesday, claiming the documentary made “false accusations of sexual misconduct” against him. Dershowitz, who represented the convicted sex offender in the late 2000s, is seeking more than $80 million in damages. Dershowitz’s lawsuit focuses on claims made […]
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Mr. Big is officially back in the Sex and the City building. Chris Noth has closed a deal to return to the HBO Max revival, titled And Just Like That. The actor will reprise his role as Carrie’s (Sarah Jessica Parker) love interest. It’s unclear though if The Good Wife alum and The Equalizer star will be a series regular on the 10-episode half-hour series. […]
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The CW’s chairman and CEO has weighed in on the network’s decision to bench its Powerpuff pilot. Speaking to reporters during a press call Tuesday, Mark Pedowitz was asked about the decision to rework the classic animated series into a live-action show. “The reason we do pilots is, sometimes things miss,” Pedowitz said. “We believe in the […]
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Actor Mark Ruffalo’s apology for social media posts that he said suggested Israel was “committing ‘genocide'” amid the recent fighting with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is drawing praise and backlash — highlighting the delicate and fraught nature of the longstanding conflict. Ruffalo, an outspoken Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated actor, tweeted Monday that he had “reflected & […]
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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Tuesday revealed nominees for the 48th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which will be presented June 25 in primetime on CBS and Paramount+. More than 40 categories will be given out during the broadcast and on social media after NATAs divided its annual awards for the best in television. The […]
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Timothée Chalamet has claimed his golden ticket. After on-and-off again negotiations, the actor has signed to star in Wonka, a big-screen reimagining of Roald Dahl’s classic children book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, being made by Warner Bros. Paul King, the director of the Paddington movies, will be sitting in the director’s chair when cameras roll in September. David […]
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Netflix has emerged the winner of a bake-off for a documentary about the life and times of media mogul Martha Stewart. Oscar-nominated director R.J. Cutler had been shopping a sizzle reel of the all-access look at the history of America’s preeminent hostess in recent weeks. Netflix closed the deal late last week, according to insiders. While specifics […]
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The Weeknd was the big winner at Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards, taking home top artist honors. He also won the first award handed out on the live telecast, for top Hot 100 artist. Appearing in a black suit and coat, he joked, “Thank God I don’t have to wear that red suit anymore,” a reference to the outfit […]
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The season finale of American Idol is here and a victor has been crowned. Chayce Beckham was chosen as the winner of 19th season of American Idol. Grace Kinstler was the first to go earlier in the episode. Willie Spence fell short of votes and was the runner-up of the 2021 season of American Idol. It was reported earlier […]
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Billboard Music Awards Host Nick Jonas Says the Pandemic Offered a Chance to “Think Outside the Box”
Billboard Music Awards host Nick Jonas says he and the producers have turned the challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic into an opportunity to create a unique awards show. “Because of some of the obstacles that are just naturally there because of COVID and other things, we’ve had to think outside the box and we view this as […]
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The board of Hollywood Foreign Press Association released a statement on Friday afternoon outlining its most recent moves to reform the organization. “As we’ve said before, we are dedicated to transformational reform and are implementing changes as quickly as possible without sacrificing the integrity of the process,” the statement reads, in part. “In the spirit of […]
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CNN host Chris Cuomo opened his show on Thursday by apologizing after a revelation that he participated in conference calls with his brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, to give advice on responding to sexual harassment allegations. “I understand why that was a problem for CNN. It will not happen again,” Cuomo said. “It was a mistake because I put my […]
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CNN reported on Thursday that the Trump administration had secretly obtained the phone and email records of its Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr. According to the outlet, the Department of Justice (DOJ) informed Starr on May 13 that prosecutors had obtained her phone and email records from June 1 to July 31, 2017. The letter from the DOJ reportedly […]
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Fox News viewers know a brawl is almost surely brewing whenever Geralda Rivera and Leo Terrell are on the air together. The two network contributors are known to clash on a variety of sociopolitical topics, and Mediaite has covered their conversations in the past since they have a knack for getting heated. On Thursday, Rivera and Terrell had an unusual meeting of […]
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Joe Biden met with this year’s Kennedy Center Honorees on Thursday morning, marking another departure from his predecessor who shunned the event. Among those participating in the meeting were this year’s honorees including Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, Midori and Dick Van Dyke. Also present were their guests including Allen’s husband Norm Nixon; Baez’s granddaughter Jasmine […]
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The BBC fell short of “high standards of integrity and transparency” over Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Princess Diana, an inquiry has found. Bashir acted in a “deceitful” way and faked documents to obtain the interview, the inquiry said. And the BBC’s own internal probe in 1996 into what happened was “woefully ineffective”, it added. […]
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Paul Mooney, the pioneering comic, writer and actor, has died, his rep, Cassandra Williams, told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 79. Mooney died Wednesday at 5:30 a.m. at his home in Oakland, California. “Thank you all from the bottom of all of our hearts …you’re all are the best!…… Mooney World .. The Godfather of Comedy […]
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus is set to star in the upcoming A24 movie “Tuesday.” Plot details are being kept under wraps, though the film is being described as a “mother-daughter fairytale.” Irish actor Lola Petticrew, whose credits include indie comedies “A Bump Along the Way” and “Dating Amber” will play the Louis Dreyfus’ daughter, named Tuesday, in the film. The cast […]
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Adam Levine will return to NBC’s The Voice for a season finale performance with Maroon 5. NBC shared that the former coach will come back as part of a number of musical performance set to close out the current cycle. Levine departed the singing competition series in 2019 after 16 seasons. Upon his exit, Levine explained his departure, noting that […]
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