Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the 72nd Emmy Awards on ABC, the network and Television Academy announced on Tuesday. This marks the third time Kimmel has hosted the Emmys, following the 64th event in 2012 and 68th in 2016. The Primetime Emmy telecast will take place as planned on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. ET. But beyond that, […]
Read moreThe network on Monday night handed out a third-season to bubble drama Manifest as it also canceled three rookie series: Bluff City Law and comedies Sunnyside and Indebted. Manifest, a co-production between Warner Bros. TV and Universal TV and from creator Jeff Rake, averaged a 1.5 rating among the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demo and 7.7 million total viewers with seven days of delayed viewing. […]
Read moreThe 2021 Oscars will go on — just not on Feb. 28. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Monday that the 93rd Academy Awards telecast has been postponed by two months to April 25, 2021. Variety was the first to report in mid-May that the Academy was considering delaying the big night in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “For over […]
Read moreJon Kroll, executive producer and show runner for “Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted” gives Ross Crystal a preview, on “Showbiz Express” of the show’s second season and some of the amazing events that took place in putting the series together.
Read moreDisney and T-Mobile have pulled their advertising from Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show in light of his recent comments about the Black Lives Matter movement and the killing of George Floyd. As first reported by Judd Legum in his newsletter, Popular Information, Disney has instructed its third-party ad buyer to stop placing ads on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” and […]
Read moreFilm and television production may be able to resume in California on June 12, but major studios are still weeks — if not months — away from rolling cameras. Before shooting can start or resume on movies and TV shows, the various labor unions that represent everyone from the grips to the actors to the directors, […]
Read moreElmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam are sporting different looks in the “Looney Tunes Cartoons” that launched on the new streaming service HBO Max. While their outfits remain the same, both will no longer be carrying guns. The cartoons will still have plenty of sticks of Acme dynamite and cartoon violence, but Fudd will no longer […]
Read moreHowie Mandel chats with Ross Crystal on Showbiz Express and recounts his experience of shooting Season 15 of AGT in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic.
Read moreParamount is moving forward with more Sonic the Hedgehog. The studio and Sega Sammy are in early development on a sequel to the video game adaptation, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Jeff Fowler will be back in the director’s chair, with Pat Casey and Josh Miller returning to write the script. The first Sonic opened in February, with Ben Schwartz voice-starring as […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump said he signed an executive order to “defend free speech” from social-media companies by limiting their legal protections from liability — an action he took two days after Twitter applied fact-checking labels to two of his inaccurate tweets about mail-in ballots. The White House announced Trump’s order seeking to limit legal protections of social-media companies on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The […]
Read moreDerek Hough is back on the judge’s panel and talks with Ross Crystal on ‘Showbiz Express’ about the latest season of NBC’s ‘World of Dance’
Read moreKenny Loggins has played the Hollywood Bowl many times. But never like this. The artist performed Saturday night at the iconic Hollywood amphitheater and sang some of his biggest hits, including “Footloose,” the single he co-wrote for the hit 1984 Kevin Bacon film of the same name. The unique concert was part of an ongoing […]
Read moreMinutes after 4 p.m. Saturday, Richard and Demi Weitz sat next to each other facing the same computer screen as they readied, for a tenth time, to co-host “Quarantunes,” their pandemic Zoom concert series. The series started two months ago as a way to celebrate Demi’s 17th birthday with a little music and some industry […]
Read moreABC on Thursday solidified its 2020-21 season schedule with renewals for the bulk of its scripted and unscripted lineup while also cutting three comedies and a rookie drama. Returning for additional seasons are the comedies American Housewife (season five), Black-ish (season seven), Mixed-ish (season two), The Conners (season three) and The Goldbergs (season eight), plus the dramas A Million Little Things (season three), The Rookie (season three) and freshman Stumptown. The […]
Read moreIt’s come to this. Fed up with their lengthy locks, celebrities including Kelly Osbourne and Olympian Lindsey Vonn will attempt to cut their own hair on CBS. The one-hour special, “Haircut Night in America” will feature top stylists guiding viewers, celebs and frontline healthcare workers on how cut their own hair, which has, like the […]
Read moreThe Daytime Emmy Awards are heading back to TV. Nine years after the kudocast last aired on a broadcast network — and five years after it was last on TV — CBS will once again telecast the Daytime Emmys, to be held on Friday, June 26. CBS last aired the Daytime Emmys in 2011. The telecast then moved […]
Read moreBen Stiller reflected on his last days with his father, the late comedic legend Jerry Stiller who passed away last week at the age of 93, in an interview with the New Yorker Tuesday. The 54-year-old actor talked about what it meant to him to be able to spend quality time with his dad as he neared […]
Read moreKen Osmond, best known for his role as the troublemaker Eddie Haskell on the television comedy “Leave It to Beaver,” died on Monday morning. He was 76. Sources tell Variety Osmond died at his Los Angeles home surrounded by family members. The cause of death is unknown. “He was an incredibly kind and wonderful father,” Osmond’s son Eric said […]
Read morePhyllis Ann George, the 50th winner of the iconic Miss America pageant, pioneering sportscaster, and former First Lady of Kentucky, died Friday, May 14, following a long struggle with a blood disorder. George was born June 25, 1949 in Denton, Texas. She attended the University of North Texas for three years until being crowned Miss Texas in 1970. […]
Read moreSeveral of Hollywood’s biggest names shared parting tributes to Fred Willard on Saturday, after the longtime comedian, best known for his work in “Best in Show,” “Anchorman” and “Everybody Loves Raymond,” died at 86. His daughter, Hope, said he died of natural causes. Jimmy Kimmel tweeted there was “no man sweeter or funnier” than Willard, […]
Read moreABC is keeping the lights dimmed on American Idol, renewing the singing competition for Season 19 (its fourth on the network), TVLine has learned. Through the first 15 episodes of Season 18, American Idol is averaging a 1.24 demo rating and 6.8 million total viewers, down 6 and 11 percent from its Spring 2019 cycle — and only […]
Read moreFollowing the success of Chris Hemsworth’s “Extraction,” Netflix is doubling down on action movies, tapping Jessica Alba to lead the next one. Sources tell Variety that Alba will star in the new Netflix action-thriller “Trigger Warning,” with Mouly Surya directing. Josh Olson and John Brancato penned the script, and Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee are producing. Alba will exec […]
Read moreShanghai Disneyland Park reopened Monday and the entire week sold out almost immediately, according to Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Chapek. The sprawling China resort put strict health measures in place for guests (and employees), and it appears by the ticket demand, those changes did not deter would-be visitors. That could bode well for Disneyland’s […]
Read moreYou can’t keep a good Reuben down. After closing temporarily at the end of March, Beverly Hills delicatessen Nate ’n Al’s will reopen for takeout and delivery this Friday. Shelli Azoff, who owns Nate ’n Al’s with her husband, entertainment executive Irving Azoff, said that the couple had always wanted to reopen the 75-year-old restaurant, but were […]
Read moreVictor Rasuk talks with Ross Crystal on ‘Showbiz Express’ about his role as Daniel Garcia in the ABC series “The Baker and The Beauty.” ‘The Baker and The Beauty’ airs Monday nights at 10pm Eastern on ABC
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