Fox News’ Ex-Host Ed Henry Accused of Rape, Hannity & Tucker Carlson of Sexual Harassment in Lawsuit
Fox News and some of its top on-camera stars face new accusations of misconduct in a lawsuit filed by Monday by two women. One woman accused Ed Henry, a host who was fired by Fox News earlier this month, of sexual assault as well as harassment — while a second woman who frequently appeared as […]
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Netflix has a come out on top of a hot bidding war that will see Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington reunite for the first time since 1993’s The Pelican Brief. The streaming giant has landed Leave the World Behind, an upcoming novel by Rumaan Alam, with Sam Esmail, the creator of Mr. Robot and Homecoming, set to write the adaptation and […]
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“Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace challenged Donald Trump in an interview this weekend on several hot button issues, including the reopening of schools, the COVID-19 mortality numbers and his November opponent, Joe Biden. First up, Wallace challenged the president’s boast that Biden would not do as well on a cognitive test as he did. […]
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Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid and the original cast of 1998’s “The Parent Trap” will reunite on July 20, director Nancy Meyers announced via her Instagram. The virtual reunion will be the first time the cast has gotten together since its release exactly 22 years ago. Meyers, who directed the remake wrote, “Sorry for the mini delay but the […]
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Nick Cannon’s daytime talk show, which was scheduled to premiere later this year, has been pushed to 2021 in the aftermath of anti-Semitic comments he made on a podcast. The show’s producer, Lionsgate-owned Debmar-Mercury, confirmed the news in a statement obtained by Variety, saying that it is “standing by” Cannon given that his “public comments don’t reflect his […]
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Lisa Vanderpump’s love of animals will be highlighted in a new “Vanderpump Dogs” series on Peacock, NBC’s streaming service that launched this week. The reality TV star and animal rights activist — an original cast member of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” — seemingly confirmed the announcement, tweeting Friday “Well good morning …I’ve known about this […]
Read moreEmmy Award winning TV talk show host, producer and author Bill Boggs joins Ross Crystal on Showbiz UpFront to talk about his latest book The Adventures of Spike the Wonder Dog: As Told to Bill Boggs and shares some of his great moments on television hosting New York’s Midday Live and behind the scenes as […]
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NBC has ordered the unscripted series “Home Sweet Home,” which hails from Ava DuVernay. In the 10-episode hour-long series, two families who lead very different lives go through a full-immersion cultural experiment. The show chronicles walking a mile in another person’s shoes by challenging racial, religious, economic, geographic, gender and identity assumptions as participants exchange homes for […]
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The four Primetime Emmy Awards won by the late actress Valerie Harper will not be sold to the highest bidder — at least not on Friday morning, as had been scheduled to occur. On Thursday, the United States District Court serving the Central District of California granted a temporary restraining order, requested by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, […]
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Simon Cowell is to take full control of “Got Talent” and “The X Factor” producer Syco Entertainment after agreeing to buy out Sony Music Entertainment’s stake in the joint venture. Cowell is personally buying out the stake and the move will give him sole ownership of the entertainment company. It is the result of a […]
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Peacock, the NBCUniversal streaming service that launched in April in Comcast homes, started expanding nationally overnight as Tuesday turned to Wednesday on the East Coast. Along with Comcast’s X1 and Flex, Peacock will be available on Apple and Google platforms, Microsoft’s Xbox, Vizio and LG smart TVs, Cox Contour and, starting next week, Sony PlayStation. Talks are ongoing with major […]
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Apple has acquired Justin Timberlake’s ‘Palmer,” the company announced on Wednesday. “Palmer” was directed by Fisher Stevens. “Palmer” joins Apple’s expanding film slate, which includes “Greyhound” and the upcoming 2020 Sundance US Grand Jury Prize Award-winning Documentary “Boys State”– as well as “Emancipation,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Snow Blind.” “Palmer” is about a […]
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ViacomCBS has cut ties with “Wild ‘N Out” host Nick Cannon after a podcast episode which the company said “promoted hateful speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.” “While we support ongoing education and dialogue in the fight against bigotry, we are deeply troubled that Nick has failed to acknowledge or apologize for perpetuating anti-Semitism, and […]
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ABC has found its new dancing queen. Former America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks will host and exec produce Dancing with the Stars as the network looks for a “creative refresh”. This comes two days after Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews revealed that they were leaving the competition show, which is based on BBC format Strictly Come Dancing. Banks will host season […]
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Ahead of the release of Wonder Woman 1984 in theaters this October, DC’s premiere heroine is getting a 1980s makeover with the September release of a special comic book tie-in to Patty Jenkins’ follow-up to the 2017 hit, featuring a story co-written by one of the movie’s associate producers. Wonder Woman 1984 No. 1, which is set to […]
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In the first excerpts of her interview with ABC News, Mary Trump recalled visiting the Oval Office just a few months after her uncle, Donald Trump, took office. “He already seemed very strained by the pressures … and I just remember thinking, ‘He seems tired. He seems like this is not what he signed up for,’” she said. […]
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Survivor will no longer be part of CBS’ fall schedule as a result of the COVID-19 production shutdown as S.W.A.T moves up from midseason as part of the network’s rejig. Producers had hoped to get Survivor up and running to hit the fall deadline, but will not make it in time. The network said that producers are continuing to work with […]
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What started as another dip in the TV nostalgia pool has ended up making waves for NBC as most of its independently owned affiliates are pledging not to air Thursday night’s 30 Rock reunion. The prime-time reunion, created by and starring the team behind the original NBC comedy mainstay, is scheduled to air Thursday night at 8PM […]
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Dancing With the Stars is cleaning house. On the heels of longtime host Tom Bergeron‘s shocking announcement that he will be leaving ahead of Season 29, ABC is now confirming that co-host Erin Andrews has also been pink-slipped. In joint statement, ABC and BBC Studios, which produces the series, said: “Tom Bergeron will forever be part of the Dancing with the Stars family. As we […]
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Tom Bergeron has revealed that he will no longer be hosting “Dancing With the Stars.” The longtime host made the announcement on Twitter on Monday night. “Just informed @DancingABC will be continuing without me. It’s been an incredible 15 year run and the most unexpected gift of my career. I’m grateful for that and for the […]
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A New York Supreme Court judge has lifted a restraining order that prevented Mary Trump from publicizing her new book about her uncle, President Donald Trump, and his family. Judge Hal Greenwald wrote that a confidentiality clause that was included in an agreement to settle the estate of her grandfather, Fred Trump Sr., was too […]
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Naya Rivera, the Grammy-nominated singer and actress best known for her role as Santana Lopez on Glee, was declared dead on Monday at the age of 33. A body was recovered Monday at Lake Piru in Southern California, the site where Glee actress went missing last Wednesday while boating with her 4-year-old son. Divers recovered the body around 9:30 a.m. […]
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The body of Naya Rivera, the actress best known for her role as Santana Lopez on the hit Fox show “Glee,” was recovered on Monday from the Southern California lake where she went missing last week. She was 33. Ventura county sheriff’s department confirmed the news to TheWrap on Monday ahead of a 2 p.m. […]
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The revelation that Fox News prime-time star Tucker Carlson’s top writer had posted racist, sexist and homophobic sentiments online for years under a pseudonym has led to renewed scrutiny of Carlson’s own commentaries, which have inspired a series of advertising boycotts. On Monday, Carlson is set to address the growing controversy, which led to the […]
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The NFL team in Washington D.C. will finally drop the word “Redskins” from its name, reversing decades of refusal from team ownership amid criticism dating back to the 1960s. Citing three unnamed individuals within the organization, the Washington Post reported Sunday that the team will announce on Monday that it will retire the name, though a new […]
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