Late night hosts had a field day with Donald Trump’s latest attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential win. From criticism to musical numbers, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel and more targeted Trump’s demand that Georgia officials find him more votes to secure a second term. “Virtually the entirety of the Republican party started off the year by making it clear that […]
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President Donald Trump is promising to drum up a burst of political theater in his waning weeks in office, starting with Wednesday’s election certification procedure in the U.S. Senate. Even after four years of drama and desperation, Trump proved he hasn’t lost his power to shock after the Washington Post released audio of a telephone conversation the President […]
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Gerry Marsden, the frontman of Gerry and the Pacemakers and singer of Liverpool Football Club anthem “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” has died, according to the BBC. He was 78. Marsden’s friend and journalist Pete Price broke the news via Twitter on Sunday, stating that the singer died “after a short illness which was an infection in his heart. […]
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To wrap up a tumultuous year in the absence of live music, many artists are returning to the virtual stage to celebrate the new year with their fans. Pay-per-view concerts providing an incentive to stay in include shows by BTS, Justin Bieber, Jason Isbell, the Avett Brothers, Bob Weir, Melissa Etheridge, Michael Franti and more. Themed shows include a special webcast from […]
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Howard J. Rubenstein, New York’s most influential public relations guru of the past half-century, died on Tuesday in his Manhattan home at 88. He was a power broker with grace — a true prince of the city. Brooklyn-born Rubenstein was technically a publicist. But he was much more — a political kingmaker and a behind-the-scenes macher […]
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A set of five “Jeopardy!” episodes with late host Alex Trebek are scheduled to air from Jan. 4 to Jan. 8, marking the last new installments of the series to include the beloved host. Taped in late October, the upcoming episodes took place just before Trebek died on Nov. 8. The first episode in the week’s set […]
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Classic TV comedies Murphy Brown and Roseanne ran on parallel tracks — they premiered within weeks of each other in fall 1988 for similarly long runs and came back with revivals that debuted just months apart. Now, in a powerhouse sitcom team-up, Murphy Brown star Candice Bergen will appear on ABC’s Roseanne spinoff, The Conners. Guest starring on Jan 13 when The Conners‘ third season returns, Bergen […]
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Dawn Wells, the girl-next-door actress and former beauty queen who played the sweet Mary Ann Summers on the iconic CBS sitcom Gilligan’s Island, died Wednesday morning. She was 82. Wells died in Los Angeles of causes related to COVID-19, her publicist announced. Other than Tina Louise, Wells was the last surviving member of the regular cast of the […]
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A number of CBS Studios productions — including “NCIS,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “Seal Team,” “Why Women Kill” and “Diary of a Future President” — are extending their holiday hiatus by one week amid the spiking COVID-19 surge in Los Angeles County, Variety has learned. Those productions will resume on Jan. 11. Other CBS Studios shows are scheduled […]
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Channing Tatum is in final negotiations to star opposite Sandra Bullock in the Paramount Pictures film “The Lost City of D,” multiple sources tell Variety. Bullock is producing the project through her company Fortis Films, along with Liza Chasin and her 3dot Productions. To be directed by Adam and Aaron Nee, the pic stars Bullock as a reclusive romance novelist who […]
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Wonder Woman 1984 opened to an estimated $16.7 million over Christmas weekend, the best three-day debut at the distressed domestic box office since the novel coronavirus began, according to Warner Bros. Any sign of moviegoing is welcome news for Hollywood even if WW84 scored the lowest number in decades for a yuletide winner. The film unfurled in 2,150 […]
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One good turn deserves another. Ten months after Donnie Wahlberg left an obscenely generous $2,020 tip at an Illinois restaurant, “Blue Bloods” star Tom Selleck repeated the feat at a New York eatery. “I am honoring my friend Donnie Wahlberg’s ‘tip challenge’ with my sincere hope for a better 2020,” wrote the 75-year-old star who […]
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Reshet’s “The X Factor Israel” will return to screens across Israel next year with a brand new but familiar face on the judging panel: Simon Cowell. The veteran producer and reality TV judge will be joining the fourth season of the show, which last aired in Israel in January 2018. Cowell created the original version of “The […]
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On this Christmas Eve, we hear that a deal is coming together for Hulu to acquire Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday. The movie, which stars Andra Day as the legendary jazz singer, is currently scheduled for a theatrical release by Paramount on February 26, 2021, in time for this year’s Oscar season eligibility. However, sources say that deal […]
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Christmas just got a lot less festive for Fox News Channel, Newsmax and Rudy Giuliani because of a threatened big bucks defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems. “This disinformation campaign against Dominion has caused the company permanent and irreparable damages which are exacerbated by your ongoing refusal to retract,” says a letter sent today to the trio on behalf of the […]
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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) is reportedly looking to introduce a bill that would throw a lifeline to struggling journalists hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the Columbia Journalism Review reported today. The possible legislation would be modeled after the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal-era government program that employed writers and journalists to write stories about America – and Americans – […]
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers and John Malkovich are starring in pandemic thriller The Survivalist for Yale Productions, with the project having recently wrapped in the Tri-state area. Jon Keeyes directed the movie from an original script by Matthew Rogers. It takes place a year and a half after the fall of civilization from a virus outbreak. A former FBI agent (Rhys […]
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Oprah Winfrey has taken a stake of $35 million-plus in Discovery Inc. as part of a deal that boosts the factual content giant’s holding in OWN, a joint venture with Winfrey’s Harpo, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Discovery and Harpo’s original deal to form OWN in 2008 included options for Harpo to sell its stake to […]
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John Krasinski is ready to spread “some good news” ahead of the holidays. After concluding an eight-episode run of his DIY web series Some Good News earlier this year, the actor took on hosting duties once again with a holiday episode of Some Good News on Sunday. Krasinski kicked off his show by sharing some questionable fan art of […]
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Disney this morning has named Alan Bergman as Chairman, Disney Studios Content, with Alan Horn continuing to serve as the division’s Chief Creative Officer. The two previously served as Co-Chairmen since May 2019. News was swirling heading into Disney Investor Day on Dec. 10 that Horn might possibly retire, but that’s not the case for the motion picture industry vet […]
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The nation has a president-elect. But who will play him on “Saturday Night Live” as he prepares to be sworn into office? The question is open anew after actor Jim Carrey took to Twitter Saturday to tell fans he was leaving behind the impression of Joe Biden he has offered over the course of the first six episodes of […]
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Connie Chung — the former ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN anchor — has dished in a revealing new interview on behind-the-scenes tensions with colleagues including Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters and Dan Rather, as well as her seemingly flirtatious relationship with David Letterman, and how she ruffled Hugh Grant’s feathers during her cameo in the recent […]
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Jim Carrey shifted away from his typically negative political cartooning this week to offer his congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The actor also celebrated “democracy, decency and truth” in his colorful, joyful drawing. “The war between fact and fantasy continues in America, but for now… a sigh of relief,” Carrey captioned the […]
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A Lizzie McGuire revival at Disney+ isn’t going forward, star Hilary Duff said Wednesday. Duff announced the project’s end in an Instagram post, writing that “the stars just didn’t align” for the project. “I know the efforts and conversations have been everywhere trying to make a reboot work but, sadly and despite everyone’s best efforts, it isn’t going […]
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Tom Cruise expressed his frustration with crew members on the set of “Mission: Impossible 7” after he saw them breaking COVID-19 guidelines, two sources close to the production confirm to Variety. As first reported by The Sun, after Cruise saw two crew members standing too close to one another in front of a computer screen, he told the crew: […]
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