President Donald Trump was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday evening, after feeling “fatigue” in the wake of his COVID-19 diagnosis. A White House spokesperson said Trump would spend “the next few days” at the facility. “Out of an abundance of caution, and at the recommendation of his physician and medical experts, the […]
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Rob and Michele Reiner have signed a multi-year overall production and directing deal with Warner Bros Television via their newly formed production company as the duo is reviving the Castle Rock banner. Reiner co-founded indie production company Castle Rock Entertainment in 1987. The company’s more than 125 films included When Harry Met Sally…, Oscar nominee A Few Good Men, In the Line of […]
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, he said Friday. The positive test comes a month until the election and after the president has spent the year largely downplaying the threat of the virus. Trump’s positive test comes just hours after the White House announced that senior aide […]
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They may have competing Sunday morning talk shows, but Chuck Todd, the host of NBC’s Meet the Press, says people should not blame Chris Wallace, the host of Fox News’ Fox News Sunday, for Tuesday night’s “trainwreck” of a first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden. Todd, speaking with The Hollywood Reporter for a piece that will run […]
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NBCUniversal tried to harness two Fox News anchors in the recent past and failed. Now the company no doubt hopes the third time’s the charm. The company’s CNBC on Wednesday evening launched former Fox News daytime anchor Shepard Smith in a new 7 p.m. news hour that, as Smith himself described it, aims to give viewers “journalists and experts, […]
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As expected, the Producers Guild of America is following the lead of the Oscars and other awards shows and moving its 32nd annual awards show into the spring of 2021. The American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Awards also announced Wednesday a later date for their awards, which will now be held on April 18, 2021, while adding an Animated Series […]
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Fox News’ Chris Wallace was slammed on social media for his moderating performance at Tuesday’s debate between Biden and Trump. “What is Chris Wallace doing? He has no control over this debate. He asks a question and lets Trump continue yelling. This is a disgrace,” Joe Scarborough tweeted. “Chris Wallace-GET CONTROL,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus tweeted, adding later […]
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Mac Davis, the singer-songwriter who parlayed pop and country hits into a network TV variety show and acting career, has died. He was 78. His manager of nearly four decades, Jim Morey, announced Davis’ death on Facebook Tuesday night. “He was a music legend but his most important work was that as a loving husband, father, grandfather […]
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Helen Reddy, the Australian singer whose global hit “I Am Woman” became a feminist anthem and who was the subject of a 2019 biopic of the same title, died today in Los Angeles. She was 78. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Helen Reddy, on the afternoon of September […]
Read moreJane Lynch talks with Ross Crystal on ‘Showbiz Express’ about her new NBC game show, “Weakest Link.”
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Sandy Kominsky is going to have to find himself a new agent. Alan Arkin, who plays rep Norman Newlander to Michael Douglas’ actor, is exiting “The Kominsky” method ahead of its third and final season at Netflix, Variety has confirmed. Sources with knowledge of the situation say the decision for Arkin to leave the series was made some […]
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Are you hungry for more “Somebody Feed Phil”? Good, because Netflix has set the premiere date for the fourth season of Phil Rosenthal’s adorable travel series. The “Everybody Loves Raymond” creator announced the news himself, telling fans in a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday that Season 4 will premiere Oct. 30. The third season […]
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“Supergirl” is officially hanging up her cape. In a joint decision, the CW and producers Warner Bros. Television and Berlanti Productions have announced that the upcoming sixth season of “Supergirl” will be its last. Production on the “Supergirl” curtain call is set to begin later this month, and the writers have already started developing storylines for the […]
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Books written about — and by — Ruth Bader Ginsburg have filled up Amazon’s best-sellers list in the days after the Supreme Court justice’s death. The second best-seller on Amazon is currently Bader Ginsburg’s “My Own Words,” a collection of speeches and writings she published in 2016. In third place is a 2016 children’s book […]
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The Television Academy gave out a record number of Emmy nominations to Black actors in 2020. Over the weekend, the Emmys followed that up by giving a record number of awards to Black performers. Regina King, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (both of HBO’s Watchmen), Uzo Aduba (FX on Hulu’s Mrs. America) and Zendaya (HBO’s Euphoria) all won honors during Sunday’s ceremony. They join […]
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Eugene Levy Wins Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his starring role in Schitt’s Creek.
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At the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, Schitt’s Creek completed its extraordinary journey from cult-favorite comedy to awards titan. Claiming the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, with its sixth and final season, it’s the first basic cable series ever to win in the category. “Holy cow. Oh my goodness. First of all, I just want to say thank you […]
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As Moira Rose might say, this is a most splendiferous development: Catherine O’Hara has won her first acting Emmy. The Schitt’s Creek matriarch was named Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at Sunday’s mostly-virtual ceremony, prevailing over Insecure‘s Issa Rae, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s Rachel Brosnahan, Dead to Me‘s Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini and black-ish‘s Tracee Ellis Ross. This is O’Hara’s second […]
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NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans talks with Showbiz UpFront Host Ross Crystal about the top nominees for the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards with some of their predictions on who the winners will be.
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Musician Van Morrison, best known for songs like “Brown Eyed Girl,” “Domino” and “Wild Night,” and for seminal albums “Moondance” and “Astral Weeks,” is set to release three songs protesting the U.K. lockdown. First up is “Born to Be Free,” out Sept. 25, followed by “As I Walked Out” on Oct. 9, and “No More Lockdown” […]
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Saturday Night Live is adding a big name to play one of the presidential candidates in its coming season. Jim Carrey will play Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the show’s 46th season, which debuts Oct. 3. SNL has also added three new featured players to its cast and announced it will have a “limited” studio audience for its […]
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Donald Trump and Joe Biden are getting the puppet treatment. Fox has ordered a satirical special called “Let’s Be Real,” which will cover politics, pop culture and the 2020 election (specifically the two candidates) through puppets, celebrity cameos and remote pieces. The special, set to air Oct. 1 on the network, hails from “Triumph the Insult Comic […]
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Norman Lear was recognized with a win during the second night of 2020’s virtual Creative Arts Emmys on Tuesday for Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times. At 98, Lear has surpassed his own record, set in 2019, as the oldest Emmy winner ever. Executive produced by Jimmy Kimmel, the live special features performances from holiday-themed episodes […]
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Kim Kardashian West and dozens of other celebrities have announced they will freeze their social media accounts to protest against the spread of “hate, propaganda and misinformation”. “Misinformation shared on social media has a serious impact,” Kardashian West wrote in a statement on Tuesday. The move is part of the #StopHateforProfit campaign which was organised […]
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Kelly Clarkson didn’t mince words this weekend when asked by Willie Geist on “Sunday Today” how’s she’s been doing post-divorce. “I mean, it’s no secret,” Clarkson, 38, said. “My life has been a little bit of a dumpster … personally, it’s been a little hard the last couple months.” “I’ve been talking to friends that have been through […]
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