Norman Lear on Saturday morning said in all his 98 years, he never had a “more joyous” morning than when he learned Joe Biden had defeated Donald Trump to become the next president-elect of the United States. The iconic television show creator and producer said in a video posted to social media, “I could not […]
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It should come as no surprise, the Hollywood industry is over the moon over Joe Biden winning the 2020 presidential election — even if we had to wait a few extra days to find out. Reactions began pouring in immediately after Pennsylvania, the state in which Biden was born, was called on Saturday morning in favor […]
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Former Vice President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Friday night, as several thousand votes were still being counted in the tight presidential race, urging Americans to remain calm and sketching out his plans to unify the country. In his address, the former vice president made clear that “we don’t have a final declaration of […]
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Fox News Channel’s primetime coverage of Election Night 2020 topped all television networks and set a record for the most-watched Election Night coverage in cable news history, according to early data from Nielsen Media Research. FNC’s primetime coverage averaged 13.7 million total viewers and nearly 5 million in the 25-54 demographic, beating ABC, NBC, CBS and all […]
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Are you having “fun” tonight? John King sure is. Over on CNN, the chief national correspondent is manning the map on the “magic wall” and telling anchor Wolf Blitzer how “fun” things like the count in Florida are. “This is why elections are fun,” he said at one point, talking with Blitzer about the continually changing […]
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On the eve of the 2020 presidential election, Michael Moore — who famously foresaw a Donald Trump victory in 2016 — was not making any predictions about how the race between Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden would go. “I don’t think people are complacent this time, and I think most people are not taking […]
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Stephen Colbert told Showtime viewers to “hold on tight” as the presidential election remained in the balance. The host of Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020 oversaw a slightly chaotic live show with Zoom guests, a live spot on CBS News and a five-minute version of Our Cartoon President entitled “Election Knight Rises.” […]
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A number of Los Angeles landmarks have been turned into polling locations. From major sports stadiums to one iconic Hollywood members-only club, voters have unique options to cast their 2020 ballot. Staples Center and Dodgers stadium are both polling locations. According to reports from the ground, there were no lines to vote in the early […]
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On the eve of Election Day, late night hosts Trevor Noah, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel got real about what they think is on the line for the 2020 Presidential race. And after four years of criticizing President Donald Trump for his various scandals and news-worthy moments, they didn’t hold back. “Tomorrow is our chance to prove him wrong. […]
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Jennifer Lawrence, Chelsea Handler, Joshua Jackson, Adam McKay, Eva Longoria and more stars gathered on Monday night to issue a last-minute plea for voters — hampered occasionally by tech issues — to turn out at the polls on Tuesday. Those stars and others joined the second Telethon for America, hosted by Rosario Dawson and Ben Gleib and featuring […]
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NBC has extended Jimmy Fallon’s contract, according to people familiar with the matter, a vote of confidence in the “Tonight Show” host amid a roiling political cycle. Terms of the new deal could not be immediately learned. Fallon signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with NBC in 2015 that extended a previous contract to the fall of 2021. He […]
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Judge Andrew Nicol has ruled against Johnny Depp in the actor’s libel case against News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, and the tabloid’s executive editor Dan Wootton over a 2018 article alleging he was a “wife beater.” Depp’s lawyers said it is highly likely he will appeal against the ruling. In his conclusion, the judge wrote: “The […]
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With only two days before the presidential election, John Oliver recorded a supersized episode of Last Week Tonight in which he featured two main stories critical of the Trump presidency. The first one spotlighted Trump’s handling of the coronavirus, and the second focused on Attorney General William Barr. For the first story, Oliver played a clip in […]
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What a pleasure and privilege for a young Washington, DC talk host to interview 007. One of the great actors of our time. RIP Sean Connery.
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Sean Connery, the rugged, sardonically assured Scotsman who won an Academy Award and portrayed James Bond seven times, proving to the world that nobody could do it better, has died. He was 90. Connery’s son Jason told the Associated Press on Saturday that his father died peacefully in his sleep overnight in the Bahamas where […]
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Taylor Swift approved her song “Only the Young” for a pro-Joe Biden advertisement, a source close to the situation confirms to Variety. The song, from the Netflix documentary “Taylor Swift: Miss Americana,” appears in a new Biden ad that made the rounds on social media on Friday, four days before the 2020 election. California’s Democratic representative Eric Swalwell shared […]
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CNN had a “Veronica’s Closet” diss at the ready when the actress Kirstie Alley tweeted to her followers on Friday morning that the network overplayed the dangers of COVID-19. “Kirstie, you are welcome to change the channel – just like countless viewers did every time ‘Veronica’s Closet’ came on TV. But don’t downplay the loss […]
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Lori Loughlin on Friday began her prison sentence following her conviction in the college admission scandal. Her inmate number is 77827-112, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Full House actress surrendered to authorities at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, NBC News reported. The facility, which Loughlin was allowed to choose, is about 40 miles east of San […]
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Actors Awkwafina and Sandra Oh are joining forces for an untitled new comedy at Netflix. The award-nominated pair will play sisters in the feature film, to be produced by Gloria Sanchez’s Jessica Elbaum. Jen D’Angelo, the writer on Disney Plus’ upcoming “Hocus Pocus” sequel, will pen the script and produce as well. Oh will star as a lonely recluse whose life […]
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On Wednesday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson went on air with the latest twist in the conservative saga to connect the rote corruption of Hunter Biden to his father, despite there being no proof of Joe Biden’s involvement in his son’s business dealings — and quite a bit of documentation detailing how the White House shopped around for reporters willing to publish […]
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Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are “Jost married.” The couple, who announced their engagement in May 2019, tied the knot in an intimate ceremony over the weekend after three years of dating. The “Black Widow” star and the “Saturday Night Live” comedian broke the news via the Meals On Wheels America Instagram account on Thursday, which noted […]
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One of the biggest names in broadcast syndication is making the leap to streaming. Judy Sheindlin, the star of top-rated daytime strip Judge Judy, will front a new court show for IMDb TV, Amazon’s free, ad-supported streaming platform. The untitled show. Judge Judy is airing its 25th and final season in syndication, where it has been at […]
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Comic-turned-media mogul Byron Allen and his Allen Media Group have acquired MGM’s over-the-air broadcast television networks This TV and Light TV. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but both TV nets feature a slew of MGM’s film and TV titles as they broadcast for free round the clock to around 81 million domestic households […]
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“The Rachael Ray Show” long had a reputation as a model for how to treat a crew. Veterans of the syndicated daytime talker praise the workplace culture that endured over its first 14 seasons. Even as signs of belt tightening began to creep in a few years ago, those on set appreciated the show’s inclusiveness, the parties […]
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The ugliness of real world politics has trickled down to an informal presidential poll of kids sponsored by Nickelodeon. The ViacomCBS cable network said the online poll, part of its Kids Pick the President special that aired Tuesday night, was targeted by bots. The poll was designed to record one vote per household device, so that multiple […]
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