The Outsiders and Stereophonic took home the top prizes of best musical and best play at the 77th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday. The best musical race had been one of the closest categories heading into Sunday’s ceremony, with The Outsiders, a story about young boys growing up in a rough setting, based on S.E. Hinton’s best-selling novel, and Hell’s Kitchen, featuring a score […]
Read moreKristen Stewart will make her TV series-starring debut in The Challenger, a limited series in which she’ll play Sally Ride, the astronaut and physicist who became the first American woman to fly in space. She did this as part of a NASA space shuttle astronaut class of 1978 that was the first to be diversified and not […]
Read morePat Sajak hosted his final episode of Wheel of Fortune on Friday, and took time to thank the viewers of the enduringly popular game show he’s hosted for more than 40 years. “The time has come to say goodbye,” Sajak said during the episode. “I have a few thanks and acknowledgments before I go, and I want to […]
Read more“The Voice” will return for its 27th season next spring, with new additions to its coaching team. Original coach Adam Levine will reclaim his red chair, alongside new coach Kelsea Ballerini and returning coaches Michael Bublé and John Legend. Ballerini, a multiple Grammy Award-nominated, multi-platinum artist and Grand Ole Opry inductee, is no stranger to “The Voice,” previously serving […]
Read moreAs Hollywood continues to adjust to the steady march of AI into the business, SAG-AFTRA has debuted a waiver for performers who are working on personalized audio commercials incorporating the technology. The actors union’s “Dynamic AI Audio Commercials Waiver,” announced to members on Tuesday, seeks to manage how voice performances from union members are used and compensated in AI-assisted […]
Read moreSteve Martin, Mark Hamill, Lynda Carter, George Takei and Sheryl Lee Ralph are among those in Hollywood who have taken to social media to share their reaction to Donald Trump’s guilty verdict in his New York criminal hush money trial. A jury found the former president, who could face four years in prison or probation, guilty on […]
Read moreGlenn Close is the latest star to board the new Knives Out mystery movie. The actress has joined the all-star cast of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Rian Johnson’s thriller headlined by Daniel Craig. The Netflix feature has been on a casting tear in the past week, furiously sewing up deals as it heads toward an […]
Read moreDabney Coleman, the Emmy-winning character actor who starred in the 1980 comedy classic “9 to 5” and whose career in film and television spanned six decades, died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 92. Coleman’s death was confirmed to Variety by his daughter, Quincy Coleman. “My father crafted his time here on earth […]
Read moreHollywood A-listers took to social media this weekend to honor Sam Rubin, the beloved KTLA anchor who died on Friday. “Your professionalism was unmatched by your kindness and humanity,” Viola Davis wrote on Instagram. “I will miss your presence on The Red Carpet. God bless your loved ones. Godspeed.” Rubin was a popular entertainment anchor on KTLA-TV’s morning […]
Read moreLaw & Order is losing another veteran actor. The NBC drama will bid farewell to star Camryn Manheim on May 16, the season 23 finale. The actress was a key part of the cast when Dick Wolf revived the flagship procedural for its 21st season. Manheim becomes the second star to depart L&O this season with her upcoming exit coming […]
Read moreAndy Cohen is continuing on with Watch What Happens Live. Bravo has renewed his much-buzzed-about late night talk show through 2025 after completing an investigation into accusations from former stars of The Real Housewives, the franchise on which he is also an executive producer. “The outside investigation into the recent allegations made by Brandi Glanville and Leah McSweeney against […]
Read moreKim Godwin, the ABC News president who was the first Black woman to run a broadcast network news operation, is leaving the Disney unit amid increasing concern about the way she was managing the home of shows like “Good Morning America” and “World News Tonight.” Godwin told staffers in a memo Sunday that she planned to “retire […]
Read moreThe “Night Court” sequel series has been renewed for Season 3 at NBC, Variety has learned. The multi-cam comedy aired its second season between December 2023 and March 2024, with the season finale airing on March 26. Per NBC, the 13 episode season has reached 24 million viewers combined across all platforms to date. It ranks as the […]
Read moreTikTok is capping off this week of NewFronts in New York with an even larger extravaganza than its first-ever edition in 2023. The show is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. ET, and this post will be updated as things unfold. While it is highly unlikely to be referenced during the event, TikTok has been under a […]
Read moreWhile announcing its schedule for the 2024-25 TV season Thursday, CBS also got a head start on the season after that. The network has formally greenlit Sheriff Country, a spinoff of its second-year drama Fire Country. Morena Baccarin (Deadpool, Gotham) will star, reprising her role from an April Fire Country episode that set up the spinoff. Sheriff Country won’t premiere, however, until the 2025-26 season. […]
Read moreGood news for The Conners fans. The Roseanne follow-up, which just marked its 100th episode, will be getting a seventh season. The renewal is being finalized, with a short order to wrap the story expected, sources said. I hear it will be around six episodes, and the main cast, including John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert and Lecy Goranson, is expected to return. Six […]
Read moreBarbra Streisand is addressing her Instagram reply to Melissa McCarthy after she went viral for asking if she had used Ozempic. “OMG,” Streisand shared in a statement on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “I went on Instagram to see the photos we’d posted of the beautiful flowers I’d received for my birthday! Below them […]
Read moreParamount Global CEO Bob Bakish is officially out at the company. The entertainment conglomerate — in the middle of a sales process — is turning to a handful of top executives to run the company. Chris McCarthy, George Cheeks and Brian Robbins will make up an “Office of the CEO,” running Paramount on a day-to-day basis […]
Read moreO.J. Simpson died April 10. But the media age ushered in by his presence, his saga and his white Bronco, remains very much with us. An all-time great NFL running back-turned-actor, Simpson was a minor celebrity and part of a circle of fame-adjacent Los Angeles hangers-on in the 1990s. (Notably, Simpson’s close friends included the Kardashian […]
Read moreChristopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” an unsettling look at the dawn of the atomic era, dominated the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, winning seven prizes, including best picture and best director. The film, which took on an added resonance at a time of international conflict, also scored Oscars for Cillian Murphy’s haunted lead performance as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Robert Downey […]
Read moreSteve Lawrence, a king among easy-listening crooners who rocketed to fame in the ’50s and ’60s as half of the duo Steve and Eydie, died Thursday at age 88. Lawrence died at home in Los Angeles, and the cause of death was complications from Alzheimer’s disease, according to a spokesperson for the family, Susan DuBow. […]
Read moreRichard Lewis, the stand-up comedian who also starred alongside Larry David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” has died due to a heart attack, Variety has confirmed. He was 76. Lewis announced last April he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and was retiring from stand-up comedy. He most recently appeared in Season 12 of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” currently airing on […]
Read moreBack To The Future star Michael J Fox, who is living with Parkinson’s disease, made a surprise appearance at the BAFTAs to present the best film award. The 62-year-old actor came onstage in a wheelchair but insisted on standing up at the podium to hand out the prize to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Fox received a […]
Read more“And the BAFTA goes to… Oppenheimer” Those words were on BAFTA Film Awards ceremony presenters’ lips a total of seven times in London on Sunday at the ceremony, hosted by Scottish actor David Tennant (Doctor Who, Inside Man) at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in the British capital. Those included the lips of Michael J. Fox, who unveiled the best […]
Read moreTaylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, SZA and Billie Eilish were among the winners at the 2024 Grammy Awards, which were handed out Sunday in 94 categories. The awards were presented in two separate ceremonies taking place in Los Angeles. Taylor Swift won album of the year for Midnights, making her the first person to win that category four […]
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