Alan Ladd Jr, the veteran film producer who won a Best Picture Oscar for Braveheart, commissioned George Lucas to write Star Wars and was an influential executive for Fox and MGM/United Artists, died today, his family said. He was 84. His daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who directed the 2017 feature documentary Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies wrote on social media: “With the heaviest of hearts, […]
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Vanessa Williams, Rachel Dratch and Julianne Hough will star on Broadway this May in Selina Fillinger’s new play POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. The trio will be joined by Lilli Cooper, Lea DeLaria, Suzy Nakamura and Julie White in the lead cast of 28-year-old Filinger’s Broadway debut, which will open at the […]
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Pamela Anderson is telling her story, her way, with a new documentary set at Netflix. Anderson announced the news on social media with a handwritten note on Netflix letterhead, which reads: “My life/ A thousand imperfections/ A million misperceptions/ Wicked, wild and lost/ Nothing to live up to /I can only surprise you /Not a victim, but a survivor […]
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Jennifer Hudson is joining the daytime TV game. The Oscar and Grammy winner will host a syndicated talk show that’s set to premiere in the fall. The Jennifer Hudson Show comes from Warner Bros., with Fox-owned stations set to carry the show. Hearst and other station groups are also on board, giving the show clearance in more than […]
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Brit Hume joined Jesse Watters Primetime ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday to offer his thoughts, though at point Jesse Watters seemed to give him additional ones he doesn’t necessarily hold. Right before Hume joined the show, Watters interviewed Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), who harshly criticized President Joe Biden for not deterring the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Hume suggested the […]
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Howard Stern, 68, is letting the world know he doesn’t agree with Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin when it comes to Russia’s tragic invasion of Ukraine. The radio host revealed that he strongly disagrees with the former U.S. president after he publicly called Putin’s moves “genius” last week. “The man [Putin] is a human stain. I don’t care how much power […]
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Bill O’Reilly Praises Jennifer Griffin While Ripping Fox News: ‘A Disservice to the American People’
Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly said his old network has changed for the worse, stating that it’s “a totally different operation now.” O’Reilly praised Fox News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin, who has on multiple occasions pushed back on, and even outright corrected various hosts and guests on the network over comments they’ve made about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. […]
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WarnerMedia’s streaming service HBO Max is officially getting into the live sports business as part of an eight-year deal with the U.S. Soccer Federation. The deal, which Sports Business Journal pegs at more than $200 million, will see TNT/TBS and HBO Max air 20 U.S. Women’s and Men’s National Team matches annually beginning in 2023. About half of those matches will stream on HBO Max and […]
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Paramount Pictures is the latest Hollywood studio to pause the theatrical release of its upcoming films in Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine last week. “As we witness the ongoing tragedy in Ukraine, we have decided to pause the theatrical release of our upcoming films in Russia, including ‘The Lost City,’ and ‘Sonic the Hedgehog […]
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Between “Friends” and the “Scream” franchise, Courteney Cox knew that playing both comedy and horror were well within her wheelhouse — but something told her that the new Starz series “Shining Vale” would test her skills in unprecedented ways. “Such a dramatic role that also was comedic was a balance that I hadn’t played in quite this way,” Cox […]
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Ned Eisenberg, an actor best known for his work on “Law and Order: SVU” for over a decade and for starring in Clint Eastwood’s “Million Dollar Baby,” has died. He was 65. Eisenberg died at his home in New York on Sunday after battling cancer, his agents told TheWrap. “As Ned would say, he was […]
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Apple TV+ has officially confirmed a limited event series starring Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin. The Oscar winner executive produces the project about the American polymath, from John Adams writer-executive producer Kirk Ellis, TV director, writer and producer Tim Van Patten (Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos), Tony Krantz and his Flame Ventures and Richard Plepler’s Eden Productions under the company’s deal with Apple […]
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Discovery Inc. made it official Monday that veteran news and late night producer Chris Licht will take over the reins of CNN in May. Licht will join the company after Discovery completes its acquisition of CNN WarnerMedia, serving as its chairman and chief executive officer. Licht has been with CBS since 2011, where he was executive vice […]
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David E. Kelley has landed a second show at ABC. The prolific creator is teaming with author Michael Connelly for a mystery drama titled Avalon at the network. ABC won a multiple-outlet bidding war for the project by giving it a straight to series order; it’s slated to be part of the broadcaster’s 2022-23 lineup. Avalon will join Kelley’s Big Sky at […]
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The 2022 SAG Awards took place on Sunday, where “CODA” won the top prize in the film categories in a landmark for deaf performers. In the film categories, the deaf cast of “CODA” won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture. Will Smith won the lead actor prize for “King Richard,” Jessica Chastain […]
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Several actors made emotional references to the situation in Ukraine during their speeches at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild awards ceremony. While accepting the award for best drama ensemble on behalf of HBO’s “Succession,” Brian Cox called attention to the way Russia’s actions affect actors and artists in particular. “One other thing I would like to add,” Cox […]
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Helen Mirren was honored at the 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony on Sunday night with the Lifetime Achievement Award, an accolade she says she owes to a personal mantra she lives by. “Lifetime Achievement, that sounds so grand. I supposed I’m still alive so by that measure, I’m eligible,” Mirren joked on stage to her fellow […]
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Green Day have canceled their concert scheduled for May 29 at Spartak Stadium in Moscow over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the band announced on Sunday. “With heavy hearts, in light of current events we feel it is necessary to cancel our upcoming show in Moscow at Spartak Stadium,” the band said in a statement to Variety. “We are […]
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The 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards kicked off Sunday against a backdrop of geopolitical conflict and a pandemic that has upended the way that movies and television shows are produced and distributed. “Ted Lasso,” the story of an optimistic coach tasked with revitalizing a failing U.K. soccer team, won best ensemble in a comedy series while […]
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CODA‘s Troy Kotsur made history at Sunday’s SAG Awards, becoming the first deaf actor in the history of the award show to claim an individual prize. He prevailed in the category of Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, besting the likes of Ben Affleck (Amazon Studios’ The Tender Bar), Bradley Cooper (MGM/UAR’s Licorice Pizza), Jared Leto (MGM/UAR’s House of Gucci) […]
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CNN has switched into full-battle mode to cover the fast-moving implications of the fighting in Ukraine, the first large-scale invasive war in Europe in more than 70 years. After months of preparation, the invasion by Russian forces began before dawn, following a TV address from Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow. It was followed just minutes later by explosions […]
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Oscar winning actor and director Sean Penn is currently in the Ukraine filming a documentary for Vice Studios about the Russian invasion, a spokesperson for Vice Studios told TheWrap. “The director specially came to Kyiv to record all the events that are currently happening in Ukraine and to tell the world the truth about Russia’s […]
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Sally Kellerman, the husky-voiced actress known for her Oscar-nominated portrayal of U.S. Army Maj. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H, has died. She was 84. Kellerman, who also sang and had a Grand Funk Railroad tune written for her, died Thursday morning at an assisted care facility in Woodland Hills after a battle with dementia, her […]
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Among many aspects of Ukraine coverage by Fox News that have come under fire, the “wag the dog” theorizing that the threat of invasion was hyped up to distract from President Joe Biden‘s domestic woes has aged particularly poorly. And former Fox analyst Bernard Goldberg made a succinct and cutting point on that subject Thursday as the sound of explosions […]
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Just prior to Russia launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, a series of social media users noted that The Simpsons appeared to once again predict the future back in 1998. Those social media posts did not go unnoticed by Simpsons showrunner Al Jean, who tells The Hollywood Reporter that the 24-year-old gag — now a stark reality — is “very sad.” The long-running […]
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