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The latest rumble between the Jets and the Sharks has come to a close as director Steven Spielberg wrapped production on his iteration of West Side Story. The official Amblin Twitter account posted pics from the set as well as a letter of gratitude from the Oscar-winning filmmaker, who notes that the production officially wrapped on September 28 […]

Joaquin Phoenix was “embarrased” by a clip of outtakes from “Joker” that were shown on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday night, leading him to “publicly apologize” to the film’s cinematographer. Jimmy Kimmel showed the “Joker” star an expletive-laded outtake reel of Phoenix on camera berating someone named Larry from just off screen. While the moment […]

Media magnate Elisabeth Murdoch, veteran Hollywood studio executive Stacey Snider and British television producer Jane Featherstone are teaming to launch Sister, a new global content company with offices in London and Los Angeles, the trio announced Tuesday. Murdoch — who has backed a string of enterprises over the years in forging her own career path […]

Stephen Colbert didn’t waste much time when he had former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on The Late Show on Monday night. During her appearance with daughter Chelsea Clinton (both promoting their co-authored Book of Gutsy Women), the CBS show host dug into the most pressing news story of the last few weeks, President Trump’s call with Ukraine […]

HBO Max is getting into business with Ellen DeGeneres. The WarnerMedia streaming platform has greenlit three series from the comedian — unscripted shows Ellen’s Home Design Challenge and First Dates Hotel and animated kids’ series Little Ellen — and is developing a fourth, a docuseries titled Finding Einstein. Said DeGeneres, “I’m very excited to bring my new shows to HBO Max. I […]

Dancing with the Stars Season 28 is here, and it features a star-studded cast that includes James Van Der Beek, Lamar Odom, Ally Brooke, Hannah Brown, Kel Mitchell, and more. Actor Charlie Sheen was also slated to appear on the show. In fact, he even planned to meet with your favorite dance coach. However, he reportedly turned the […]

HBO took the top drama honor for Game of Thrones, while Amazon’s Fleabag triumphed in the top comedy category at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night. HBO collected 9 honors in the televised ceremony, including for Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage in the supporting actor category and Bill Hader in the lead actor category. HBO’s Chernobyl nabbed three wins for […]

During an extremely heated conversation with Chris Cuomo Thursday night on CNN, Rudy Giuliani appeared to directly contradict himself when he denied he ever asked the government of Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, only to say “of course I did” moments later. Guiliani, who serves as Donald Trump’s attorney, was on to […]

Kodi Lee is the winner of America’s Got Talent! After weeks of competition, Lee has been crowned the champion of season 14. On Wednesday’s episode, the star bested fellow finalists opera singer Emanne Beasha, violinist Tyler Butler-Figueroa, dance troupe Light Balance Kids, singer Benicio Bryant and Ndlovu Youth Choir. Quartet Voices of Service (fifth place), dance troupe V. Unbeatable […]

NBCUniversal has unveiled the name, initial programming lineup and strategy behind its forthcoming streaming service. The ad-supported, direct-to-consumer platform will be called Peacock and launch in April 2020 with a lineup of more than 15,000 hours of content, including exclusive library titles like Parks and Recreation and originals including reboots of Battlestar Galactica, Saved by the Bell and Punky Brewster. Peacock will […]

“Saturday Night Live” is officially cutting ties with Shane Gillis. “After talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not be joining ‘SNL,’” an “SNL” spokesperson on behalf of Lorne Michaels said in a statement. “We want SNL to have a variety of voices and points of view within the show, and we hired Shane […]

Netflix  has just scored a major content deal that could help it stem the loss of subscribers as competition among streamers heats up. The company announced it has acquired the global streaming rights to the popular sitcom “Seinfeld,” which will bring all 180 episodes of the Emmy winner to Netflix subscribers starting in 2021. The timing […]

“Games of Thrones” raked in 10 trophies on Sunday to dominate the second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, held at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. “Thrones” cleaned up in craft and technical categories, from visual effects to single-camera, non-prosthetic makeup to main title design to drama series casting. The show is […]

Norman Lear was already one of the most-honored people in television history, but now he has another distinction to add to his long career: At 97 years and 49 days, he’s the oldest person ever to win an Emmy Award. Asked about the achievement, he said backstage at the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday: “I don’t […]

Felicity Huffman was sentenced to 14 days in prison Friday afternoon in a Boston federal courtroom for her part in the college admissions scandal that rocked the nation earlier this year. She was also fined $30,000, and given a year of supervised release and 250 hours of community service, according to courtroom reporters. Huffman was […]

Saturday Night Live on Thursday announced three new hires ahead of Season 45, including the show’s first ever Asian cast member. Bowen Yang, who joined the late-night sketch comedy series as a staff writer last season, will become a featured player this fall. He made his unofficial debut back in March when he appeared as North […]

The totally unique and incredibly meta BH90210 concluded it’s six-episode first season on Wednesday and diehard fans are desperately pining for a second season. The show – which has yet to officially get picked up for another run – wrapped up in a drama-filled finale that saw things finally coming together for the show-within-a-show production, but with […]

This power couple has been championing environmentalist causes for decades. Suzy Amis Cameron has led a charge toward plant-based eating in efforts to reduce the dramatic carbon footprint that meat protein creates. James Cameron, the filmmaker behind classics such as “Titanic,” has woven climate-conscious themes into franchises like “Avatar.” He tells Variety the forthcoming three sequels will do the same. The […]

“Jeopardy!” fans can finally exhale. After four months on the mend, Alex Trebek returned to his iconic game show Monday night. The host was back on the air a mere six months after being diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. “I truly hope you folks have enjoyed revisiting some of our special tournaments throughout this past summer,” […]

After several fallow years, the first-run syndication market is poised for a shot of adrenaline in 2019. The next two weeks will bring more national launches — seven — than any year since 2011, when Oprah Winfrey still had her daytime show. Three talk shows — fronted by music star and The Voice judge Kelly Clarkson, former NBC […]