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ABC’s Designated Survivor will not see a third season. The network has canceled the Kiefer Sutherland starrer after two seasons. The May 16 season finale will now serve as the series finale. The political conspiracy drama began its run as one of ABC’s most promising, snagging the Critics’ Choice award for most exciting new series in its first season. […]

Stevie Wonder discussed politics, talked pop culture and poked fun at his eyesight — sometimes all at once — between playing his hits at a tiny West Hollywood club in preparation for a series of shows. “So Donald!” Wonder yelled at one point during a set at the Peppermint Club that ran into the early […]

On the day in late February when I arrive at Georgina Chapman’s town house in the West Village to interview her, it’s unseasonably hot, nearly 80 degrees. I am ushered to the parlor floor, where, even though it feels like August outside, a fire is roaring away. As I wait, it suddenly dawns on me […]

Movie stars don’t shine as brightly as they did a decade ago. In the 1990s and early aughts, the likes of Julia Roberts, Will Smith, Tom Hanks and Jim Carrey routinely commanded salaries of $20 million for every film they anchored, plus enjoyed substantial profit participation from the first ticket sold at the box office. […]

Experts are eager for Muslim characters to be portrayed in ways that have nothing to do with terrorism — and in more progressive storylines than on this week’s episode of “Roseanne.” Tuesday’s episode centers on Roseanne Barr’s character spouting irrational fears that her new Muslim neighbors are terrorists, until she actually meets them and realizes […]

Taylor Swift and Katy Perry have called “End Game” on their long, drawn-out feud. After years of rumored bad blood between the pop stars and dramatic airings of grievances via song, Swift revealed Tuesday that Perry had extended a literal olive branch via snail mail. “Hey old friend, I’ve been doing some reflecting on past […]

The stars aligned at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday, May 7, for the 2018 Met Gala. The fashion event’s co-chairs Anna Wintour, Rihanna, Amal Clooney and Donatella Versace were joined by A-list couples such as Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost as well as Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen. Met Gala 2018 Red Carpet Fashion: What the Stars Wore But not […]

The dress code for the 2018 Met Gala, which celebrated the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibition “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination,”was described as “Sunday best.” And while it’s true that overall the outfits that crossed the arrivals red carpet were perhaps a little but less revealing skinwise than in past […]

Avengers: Infinity War knocked fans for a loop — but audiences can’t say they weren’t warned. Directors Anthony  Russo and Joe Russo used a particular camera movement early in the film to clue in audiences that they were in for a wild ride. The roll, a movement that turns up in several films in the Marvel […]

George Lucas may have passed over the reins on Star Wars to Disney and a fresh crop of directors, but he still has opinions on what his original characters would do or say. When Ron Howard stopped by The Late Show on Thursday, he revealed that Lucas suggested a joke during the filming of Solo: A Star Wars Story that Howard […]

The vote came during a meeting Tuesday night and was “in accordance with the organization’s Standards of Conduct,” the Academy said in announcing the news Thursday. “The Board continues to encourage ethical standards that require members to uphold the Academy’s values of respect for human dignity,” it said in a statement. The act of kicking […]

MoviePass announced the return of their ticket-per-day subscription package Wednesday, just a few weeks after removing the option for a cheaper deal that offered an iHeartRadio subscription and one ticket per week. At CinemaCon last week, MoviePass execs told TheWrap that the iHeartRadio bundle deal that was introduced on April 13 would only be for […]

Even when your shelves are already groaning with prizes, it still feels good to be nominated for a Tony Award. Here’s what nominees had to say about earning nods on Tuesday. Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond The husband-and-wife duo are longtime collaborators (Ms. Fey writes, Mr. Richmond composes music) and had previously worked together on […]

To say it’s challenging to cut through in a Peak TV landscape where the number of scripted series is expected to top 500 in 2018 is an understatement. And to break through in the broadcast space — where you’re competing for eyeballs against scores of other scripted fare on at the same time on top […]

This past weekend, the biggest concern facing film writers toiling away in the pop cultural discourse’s vast salt mines is the overwhelming fear that our critical skills have grown irrelevant in the face of Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel Studios’ latest superhero event. Stress on the word “biggest:” the sheer size of Infinity War — a film that pits the genocidal Titan Thanos […]

Fox has acquired movie rights to “Bolivar,” Sean Rubin’s graphic novel about a dinosaur living in modern-day New York City. The book was published by the Boom Studios’ Archaia imprint in November. It was listed on the New York Public Library’s best children’s books of 2017 and carries the description, ” In this ode to […]