NPR spoke with a chef about the best way to cook and eat cicadas, and one recent CBS News report noted how common insect-eating is around the world. Brood X cicadas emerged from underground after 17 years, and the phenomenon has impacted the news media too. On Monday, CNN’s Brianna Keilar actually ate a dead cicada on live television. Chef Bun Lai is serving up cicadas at his family’s […]
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May ratings are in and Fox News beat its cable news competition in total-day viewership and primetime viewership in both total average viewers and viewers in the key demo, according to Nielsen Media Research data. CNN lost half of its key demo viewership year over year, but maintained its year-to-date lead in the demo. Overall, […]
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ABC’s unscripted wildlife comedy series When Nature Calls has found its voice. Helen Mirren will narrate the series, which will now be titled When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren. The series, which premieres on Thursday June 24, looks at the funny things that animals get up to in the wild such as the surprising sounds that come out of the […]
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Indie doc studio XTR is at work on In Her Own Words, a feature documentary about Fox News Channel alums Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky and their campaign against Roger Ailes and the use of nondisclosure agreements. The premium nonfiction producer has tapped Cynthia Lowen to direct the doc set to feature Carlson and Roginsky. The duo launched Lift Our Voices to stop companies […]
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The company that owns the National Enquirer has paid a $187,500 fine to the Federal Election Commission for the tabloid’s role in help covering up a potentially damaging story about Donald Trump during the 2016 election. In documents dated June 1 and made public by Common Cause, the FEC ruled that American Media Inc., which rebranded […]
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Cheryl Ladd is headlining the country-music-driven feature A Cowgirl’s Song that Samuel Goldwyn will distribute worldwide. The pic, the fourth installment in the Cowgirls ‘N Angels series, begins filming Tuesday in Chickasha, OK. A Cowgirl’s Song is a coming-of-age drama that follows an aspiring but adrift teen singer who goes to live with her grandmother, once a country music legend, but […]
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Discovery is merging with WarnerMedia, and it’s now announced a new name for the combined company: Warner Bros. Discovery. According to The Wall Street Journal, the name was first revealed during a staff meeting today. The merger was announced last month. AT&T said it would spin off WarnerMedia — the entertainment giant containing Warner Bros., HBO, DC Comics, and CNN, […]
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Gavin MacLeod was a versatile and dependable actor who was a good friend to his co-stars during the seven-season run of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Ed Asner told Variety in paying tribute to the TV veteran who died Saturday at the age of 90. MacLeod was an ally to his co-stars in any scene, recalled Asner, who played the […]
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Debris is done. NBC has canceled the sci-fi drama after one season. The Jonathan Tucker-led sci-fi drama was picked up and filmed during the pandemic and, while it was an internal favorite of the network’s previous regime, did not cut through with viewers. A co-production between Legendary Television and Universal TV, the drama from Fringe‘s J.H. Wyman was […]
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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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