For the second time this year, Hollywood gathered to honor TV’s biggest stars. After the 2023 ceremony was delayed to January 2024 by last year’s Hollywood strikes, it’s only been eight months since TV’s biggest stars gathered at Los Angeles’ LA Live Peacock Theatre to announce the Emmy winners. Like months ago, “The Bear” stars […]
Read moreThe year’s biggest names in music gathered Wednesday at UBS Arena in Long Island, NY, for a chance to take home a Moon Person. Hosted by Megan Thee Stallion, the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards featured the likes of Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Glorilla, Karol G and LL Cool J, making his first VMAs gig in over 25 years, all […]
Read moreTaylor Swift has formally endorsed Kamala Harris after the candidate’s debate with Donald Trump, following up the ABC-hosted match-up with a strong message posted to her Instagram Story — saying that the vice president “fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I […]
Read moreTributes are pouring in following the news of the death of distinguished actor James Earl Jones. Widely regarded as one the world’s great stage and screen actors, Jones passed away this morning at his home in Dutchess County, NY at the age of 93. Jones, among the few entertainers to attain EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) status, is also […]
Read moreThe last of TV’s big five-original-nights-a-week late-night show is giving up 24 hours out of its schedule. NBC will move “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” to four nights a week, the latest in a series of moves across the late-night daypart aimed at shoring up the economics of the programs as audiences move away from watching TV in linear fashion. […]
Read moreA “Reacher” spinoff series is currently in the works at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned from sources. According to sources, Nick Santora is writing the spinoff with Nicholas Wooton. Santora developed “Reacher” for television and serves as executive producer and showrunner on the series. Exact plot details for the spinoff are being kept under wraps, but it is believed […]
Read moreOprah Winfrey is set to host a primetime special for ABC that will tackle the use and impact that artificial intelligence has on people’s everyday lives. The special, titled “AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special,” is set to air Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. ET and stream on Hulu the next day. The event […]
Read moreThe Drew Barrymore Show lives on. Ahead of its Sept. 9 return, the daytime talk show has been renewed for a sixth season, which will take it through the 2025-26 season. It will continue to air on CBS stations, though its time periods have been upgraded in seven of the top 20 markets. The Thursday announcement was made by Wendy […]
Read moreOne Piece season two is rounding out its cast. Katey Sagal and Mark Harelik are the newest additions to the cast, Netflix announced Wednesday. They’ll portray Dr. Kurehao and Dr. Hiriluk, respectively. Sagal is known for her roles in Sons of Anarchy and The Conners, while Harelik recently appeared in AppleTV+’s Presumed Innocent and The Morning Show. The actors join previously announced new castmembers Brendan Sean […]
Read moreParamount Global‘s board has extended the go-shop window under its Skydance Media deal for 15 days as it engages with an investor group led by Edgar Bronfman Jr., which on Wednesday proffered a higher $6 billion bid to take control of the media conglomerate. Bronfman and his backers on Wednesday made the higher bid to acquire National Amusements […]
Read moreJennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are divorcing after just over two years of marriage. Lopez filed on Tuesday, August 20, in L.A. County Superior Court, Variety confirms. The official separation date is listed as April 26. Lopez, 55, and Affleck, 52, married in Las Vegas in July 2022 after re-sparking their relationship from two decades prior, which was dubbed “Bennifer” […]
Read moreThe Democratic National Convention will again feature celebrity hosts each night, taking a page from the all-virtual event held in 2020. Tony Goldwyn will host on Monday night, Ana Navarro on Tuesday, Mindy Kaling on Wednesday and Kerry Washington on Thursday, according to a convention official. Washington was part of the lineup of hosts in 2020, when an in-person event was canceled due to […]
Read moreTV personalities are paying their respects to pioneering talk show host, Phil Donahue. The late daytime television icon, who hosted more than 6,000 iterations of The Phil Donahue Show from 1967 until 1996, died on Sunday night at his New York City home after suffering from a long illness. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Marlo Thomas, […]
Read moreWith less than a month to go before the 76th Emmy Awards, the telecast’s hosts are finally set. As expected, the father-son duo of Eugene Levy and Dan Levy will emcee this year’s Emmys, which take place on Sunday, Sept. 15, live on ABC. The two made history in 2020 as the first father and son to win major awards […]
Read moreA third hour of CBS Mornings is in the works, in a significant expansion of the morning news program. The third hour is slated to launch in late September on some CBS-owned stations, and will also simulcast on the network’s streaming platform CBS News 24/7, though many details remain TBD. CBS Mornings executive producer Shawna Thomas revealed the news […]
Read morePeter Marshall, Emmy-award winning game show host of “Hollywood Squares,” died of kidney failure Thursday in Encino. He was 98. His wife Laurie said in a statement that he died at home. Emmy-nominated 19 times, with five wins, he hosted more than 5,000 episodes of the original version of game show “The Hollywood Squares” and […]
Read moreThe Paris Olympics closing ceremony was full of surprises on Sunday and featured performances by Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, H.E.R and Phoenix. Phoenix, originally from France but now based in the U.S., kicked off the show with their 2009 hit “Lisztomania,” as athletes danced and sang along to the indie classic. Their set featured surprise appearances from French […]
Read moreTru Valentino wants to thank his fans. The Rookie actor who is exiting the drama before its seventh season posted on Instagram Friday that he will “always cherish my time on The Rookie, but couldn’t be more excited for what the future has in store.” “I adore the friends and relationships made while being there,” he wrote on […]
Read moreMegyn Kelly admitted Wednesday that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was “amazing” at his first campaign rally as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate — and that that made a “feeling of fear rise up in my throat.” Calling the Democratic vice presidential nominee “a spectacular speaker” — and one who’s “charming,” at that — the […]
Read moreThe newest judge on American Idol is someone very familiar to longtime viewers of the music competition. Carrie Underwood, who won the fourth season of Idol back in 2005, is set to join the show as a judge for its coming 23rd season early next year. She’ll take over the spot vacated by Katy Perry, who departed at the end […]
Read moreColin Jost’s new TV gig: Jeopardy! host. The Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live star has been tapped as the host of Prime Video’s upcoming Pop Culture Jeopardy! Quipped Jost: “What is: I’m excited.” The show’s official description: “Pop Culture Jeopardy! is a brand-new twist on the classic quiz show’s answer-and-question format that combines the academic rigor of Jeopardy! with the excitement and unpredictability of […]
Read moreMaya Rudolph has been sworn back in to “Saturday Night Live,” where she is expected to play Vice President Kamala Harris through the 2024 presidential election. Season 50 of “SNL” will premiere on Sept. 28. While Rudolph was preparing to shoot Season 3 of her Apple TV+ comedy series “Loot,” sources indicate that the production has been pushed […]
Read moreNorah O’Donnell will cede the reins of the venerable “CBS Evening News” after the 2024 presidential election in favor of a new role as a senior correspondent who will seek out big interviews and opportunities for deeper reporting, the latest major change at CBS News after its business was merged with that of the local-TV […]
Read moreNBC has picked up its two outstanding pilots to series: the hourlong Suits: L.A., starring Stephen Amell, and Grosse Pointe Garden Society. However, it has not been determined whether either of them will premiere during the 2024-25 season. NBC already has four new series set for next season: dramas Brilliant Minds and The Hunting Party which, like Grosse Pointe Garden Society, originated as a […]
Read moreLou Dobbs, conservative political commentator and former host of Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN and Fox Business Network, has died. The news was announced Thursday by Former President Donald Trump, whom Dobbs publicly supported, on Truth Social. “The Great Lou Dobbs has just passed away — A friend, and truly incredible Journalist, Reporter, and Talent,” Trump wrote. “He […]
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