Stephen Colbert told Showtime viewers to “hold on tight” as the presidential election remained in the balance. The host of Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020 oversaw a slightly chaotic live show with Zoom guests, a live spot on CBS News and a five-minute version of Our Cartoon President entitled “Election Knight Rises.” […]
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A number of Los Angeles landmarks have been turned into polling locations. From major sports stadiums to one iconic Hollywood members-only club, voters have unique options to cast their 2020 ballot. Staples Center and Dodgers stadium are both polling locations. According to reports from the ground, there were no lines to vote in the early […]
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On the eve of Election Day, late night hosts Trevor Noah, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel got real about what they think is on the line for the 2020 Presidential race. And after four years of criticizing President Donald Trump for his various scandals and news-worthy moments, they didn’t hold back. “Tomorrow is our chance to prove him wrong. […]
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Jennifer Lawrence, Chelsea Handler, Joshua Jackson, Adam McKay, Eva Longoria and more stars gathered on Monday night to issue a last-minute plea for voters — hampered occasionally by tech issues — to turn out at the polls on Tuesday. Those stars and others joined the second Telethon for America, hosted by Rosario Dawson and Ben Gleib and featuring […]
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NBC has extended Jimmy Fallon’s contract, according to people familiar with the matter, a vote of confidence in the “Tonight Show” host amid a roiling political cycle. Terms of the new deal could not be immediately learned. Fallon signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with NBC in 2015 that extended a previous contract to the fall of 2021. He […]
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Judge Andrew Nicol has ruled against Johnny Depp in the actor’s libel case against News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, and the tabloid’s executive editor Dan Wootton over a 2018 article alleging he was a “wife beater.” Depp’s lawyers said it is highly likely he will appeal against the ruling. In his conclusion, the judge wrote: “The […]
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With only two days before the presidential election, John Oliver recorded a supersized episode of Last Week Tonight in which he featured two main stories critical of the Trump presidency. The first one spotlighted Trump’s handling of the coronavirus, and the second focused on Attorney General William Barr. For the first story, Oliver played a clip in […]
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What a pleasure and privilege for a young Washington, DC talk host to interview 007. One of the great actors of our time. RIP Sean Connery.
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Sean Connery, the rugged, sardonically assured Scotsman who won an Academy Award and portrayed James Bond seven times, proving to the world that nobody could do it better, has died. He was 90. Connery’s son Jason told the Associated Press on Saturday that his father died peacefully in his sleep overnight in the Bahamas where […]
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Taylor Swift approved her song “Only the Young” for a pro-Joe Biden advertisement, a source close to the situation confirms to Variety. The song, from the Netflix documentary “Taylor Swift: Miss Americana,” appears in a new Biden ad that made the rounds on social media on Friday, four days before the 2020 election. California’s Democratic representative Eric Swalwell shared […]
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CNN had a “Veronica’s Closet” diss at the ready when the actress Kirstie Alley tweeted to her followers on Friday morning that the network overplayed the dangers of COVID-19. “Kirstie, you are welcome to change the channel – just like countless viewers did every time ‘Veronica’s Closet’ came on TV. But don’t downplay the loss […]
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Lori Loughlin on Friday began her prison sentence following her conviction in the college admission scandal. Her inmate number is 77827-112, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Full House actress surrendered to authorities at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, NBC News reported. The facility, which Loughlin was allowed to choose, is about 40 miles east of San […]
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Actors Awkwafina and Sandra Oh are joining forces for an untitled new comedy at Netflix. The award-nominated pair will play sisters in the feature film, to be produced by Gloria Sanchez’s Jessica Elbaum. Jen D’Angelo, the writer on Disney Plus’ upcoming “Hocus Pocus” sequel, will pen the script and produce as well. Oh will star as a lonely recluse whose life […]
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On Wednesday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson went on air with the latest twist in the conservative saga to connect the rote corruption of Hunter Biden to his father, despite there being no proof of Joe Biden’s involvement in his son’s business dealings — and quite a bit of documentation detailing how the White House shopped around for reporters willing to publish […]
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Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are “Jost married.” The couple, who announced their engagement in May 2019, tied the knot in an intimate ceremony over the weekend after three years of dating. The “Black Widow” star and the “Saturday Night Live” comedian broke the news via the Meals On Wheels America Instagram account on Thursday, which noted […]
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One of the biggest names in broadcast syndication is making the leap to streaming. Judy Sheindlin, the star of top-rated daytime strip Judge Judy, will front a new court show for IMDb TV, Amazon’s free, ad-supported streaming platform. The untitled show. Judge Judy is airing its 25th and final season in syndication, where it has been at […]
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Tucker Carlson spent most of his show on Wednesday once again pushing conspiracies about Joe Biden’s son Hunter, and this time we got a new wrinkle. Tucker told a story about how his show had a source that gave them a bunch of secret new documents about the Biden family. But then those documents, Tucker […]
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Comic-turned-media mogul Byron Allen and his Allen Media Group have acquired MGM’s over-the-air broadcast television networks This TV and Light TV. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but both TV nets feature a slew of MGM’s film and TV titles as they broadcast for free round the clock to around 81 million domestic households […]
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“The Rachael Ray Show” long had a reputation as a model for how to treat a crew. Veterans of the syndicated daytime talker praise the workplace culture that endured over its first 14 seasons. Even as signs of belt tightening began to creep in a few years ago, those on set appreciated the show’s inclusiveness, the parties […]
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The ugliness of real world politics has trickled down to an informal presidential poll of kids sponsored by Nickelodeon. The ViacomCBS cable network said the online poll, part of its Kids Pick the President special that aired Tuesday night, was targeted by bots. The poll was designed to record one vote per household device, so that multiple […]
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Ice-T is headed to daytime TV. The Law & Order: SVU star and rapper will host a syndicated legal show called The Mediator. The half-hour series will get a four-week tryout on some Fox-owned stations, including those in New York and Los Angeles, in March 2021. In each episode, Ice-T will hear arguments from two parties involved in […]
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Jon Stewart is returning to the world of news with a current affairs series at Apple, Variety has confirmed. The show is part of a multi-year first-look deal the former “Daily Show” host has signed with the streamer via his production company, Busboy Productions. Apple has ordered multiple seasons of the new show right out of the […]
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Jamie Foxx’s younger sister, DeOndra Dixon, has died at age 36. The Oscar-winning actor shared the sad news on social media, writing the “pain is unbelievable.” “My heart is shattered into a million pieces… my beautiful loving sister Deondra has transitioned,” Foxx said on Monday. “I say transitioned because she will always be alive… anyone […]
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LeBron James is continuing to use his power for good. The NBA icon’s company Springhill Entertainment is producing a documentary on the 1919 Tulsa, Oklahoma race massacree. According to Variety, SpringHill is teaming with CNN on the project. Titled Dreamland: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street, the film is already in production. Jamal Henderson, SpringHill’s chief content […]
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Thomas Haden Church will star in and executive produce the multi-cam comedy “The Texanist” currently in development at Fox. The series, which Variety exclusively reported was in development back in January, is innspired by the long-running Texas Monthly column of the same name. It centers on Dave (Church), an opinionated Austin-area radio show host who calls ‘em like he sees […]
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