Lionel Richie and Walt Disney Studios have teamed up to develop a movie based on the songs from the music legend, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. With a working title of All Night Long, after his 1983 No. 1 hit, the project sees Richie producing with his manager Bruce Eskowitz as well as Dana Brunetti (Fifty Shades of […]
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Fox News’ Chris Wallace appeared on ABC’s “The View” Tuesday and lamented President Donald Trump’s treatment of the press — again. “I think it’s awful,” he said when co-host Joy Behar asked him about Trump’s labeling of the news media as the enemy of the American people. “I think it’s one of the most — […]
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Bonnie Pointer, a Grammy-winning founding member of the Pointer Sisters, who was essential to the group’s early success but left the group before most of their biggest hits, died Monday. Pointer died of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, publicist Roger Neal said. She was 69. “It is with great sadness that I have to announce […]
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Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam are sporting different looks in the “Looney Tunes Cartoons” that launched on the new streaming service HBO Max. While their outfits remain the same, both will no longer be carrying guns. The cartoons will still have plenty of sticks of Acme dynamite and cartoon violence, but Fudd will no longer […]
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Film and TV production will be allowed to resume in California as early as June 12, according to guidelines issued by the state Friday. Like rules for other industries, the OK for work to resume will be given on a county-by-county basis using benchmarks like COVID-19 infection rate. The guidelines give great leeway for the industry […]
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Paul McCartney is speaking out against racism following the death of George Floyd. The former Beatles member took to social media Friday (June 5) to share an encouraging message about working together to fight social injustice as protests over Floyd’s murder continue around the country. “I know many of us want to know just what we can be […]
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Chernobyl leads the pack of 2020 BAFTA TV nominations by a sizeable stretch, having been shortlisted in 14 categories across both the TV and TV craft awards. Announced Thursday, nominations were also doled out to The Crown, with seven nominations, and six for both Fleabag and Girl/Haji. HBO/Sky’s Chernobyl picked up nominations in the mini-series, leading actor (for Jared Harris) and supporting […]
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Lea Michele has issued an apology after “Glee” costar Samantha Marie Ware accused her of creating a bad work environment on the set of the show. The exchange began after Michele posted a message on social media Friday, “George Floyd did not deserve this. This was not an isolated incident and it must end,” she […]
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MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi has covered conflict zones around the world throughout his lengthy career in broadcast journalism, but he never expected one of those places to be Minneapolis, Minnesota. That’s where Velshi was shot by a rubber bullet on Saturday night while covering the protests stemming from the killing of George Floyd. “I have […]
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Meal-kit company HelloFresh has ended its partnership with actress Lea Michele after she was accused by former “Glee” co-star Samantha Marie Ware of making her life “a living hell” on set. “HelloFresh does not condone racism nor discrimination of any kind,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday. “We are disheartened and disappointed to […]
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Craig Gore, a writer whose credits include “S.W.A.T.” and “Chicago P.D.,” has been fired from Dick Wolf’s upcoming “Law & Order” spinoff series after controversial Facebook posts about looters and the recent curfew put in place across Los Angeles. “I will not tolerate this conduct, especially during our hour of national grief. I am terminating […]
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With the aim of getting the entertainment industry back to work safely amid the threat of COVID-19, the Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee Task Force — whose members include AMPTP, SAG-AFTRA, the Directors Guild, IATSE and the Teamsters — submitted on Monday a white paper to California Governor Gavin Newsom and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as well as […]
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Paramount is moving forward with more Sonic the Hedgehog. The studio and Sega Sammy are in early development on a sequel to the video game adaptation, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Jeff Fowler will be back in the director’s chair, with Pat Casey and Josh Miller returning to write the script. The first Sonic opened in February, with Ben Schwartz voice-starring as […]
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The British Academy’s 2020 TV and TV craft awards are set to go ahead, but under new COVID-19-era restrictions. Originally scheduled for the spring, both ceremonies were postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but BAFTA has now confirmed that the TV craft awards will take place on July 17 and the main TV awards […]
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Top national reporters at CBS News were among the hundreds of ViacomCBS staffers laid off this week. A source with knowledge of the layoffs told TheWrap the cuts affected 300 people, of whom 75 were from the news division, “including some senior producers and reporters at top shows.” Journalist Yashar Ali named veteran White House reporter Mark […]
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President Donald Trump said he signed an executive order to “defend free speech” from social-media companies by limiting their legal protections from liability — an action he took two days after Twitter applied fact-checking labels to two of his inaccurate tweets about mail-in ballots. The White House announced Trump’s order seeking to limit legal protections of social-media companies on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The […]
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If you think 2020 feels like a horror story, just wait until 2021. FX on Tuesday confirmed that the upcoming 10th season of American Horror Story is being held until next year, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This news doesn’t come as a complete shock, considering there’s no clear plan for how (or when) television productions can safely resume […]
Read moreDerek Hough is back on the judge’s panel and talks with Ross Crystal on ‘Showbiz Express’ about the latest season of NBC’s ‘World of Dance’
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Joe Rogan may have just signed an industry-shaking deal, reportedly worth more than $100 million, to bring his massively popular podcast to Spotify, but he doesn’t feel comfortable bragging about it — especially while millions of people are unemployed due to the coronavirus pandemic. “It feels gross,” Rogan told The New York Times Monday about his new […]
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Kenny Loggins has played the Hollywood Bowl many times. But never like this. The artist performed Saturday night at the iconic Hollywood amphitheater and sang some of his biggest hits, including “Footloose,” the single he co-wrote for the hit 1984 Kevin Bacon film of the same name. The unique concert was part of an ongoing […]
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The Venice Film Festival will go ahead as planned this fall, the region’s governor confirmed on Sunday. Luca Zaia, governor of Veneto, said the world’s longest-running film festival, which was due to take place Sept. 2-12, is still on. The official’s confirmation comes days after the Venice Biennale, which oversees the film festival among a number of […]
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Ann Coulter went on an early Sunday morning Twitter tear, calling President Donald Trump “the most disloyal actual retard that has ever set foot in the Oval Office.” The far-right media pundit and former Trump defender was triggered by the president’s Friday tweet in which he called for Alabama voters to “not trust Jeff Sessions” […]
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Minutes after 4 p.m. Saturday, Richard and Demi Weitz sat next to each other facing the same computer screen as they readied, for a tenth time, to co-host “Quarantunes,” their pandemic Zoom concert series. The series started two months ago as a way to celebrate Demi’s 17th birthday with a little music and some industry […]
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Nominations for the 47th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced on Thursday and ABC’s General Hospital led the soapy pack with 23 total nods, edging out Days of Our Lives‘ 22. The Young and the Restless followed with 21, while CBS sister series The Bold and the Beautiful netted 13. Rookie talker The Kelly Clarkson Show put up a strong showing, scoring seven total nods (the most […]
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ABC on Thursday solidified its 2020-21 season schedule with renewals for the bulk of its scripted and unscripted lineup while also cutting three comedies and a rookie drama. Returning for additional seasons are the comedies American Housewife (season five), Black-ish (season seven), Mixed-ish (season two), The Conners (season three) and The Goldbergs (season eight), plus the dramas A Million Little Things (season three), The Rookie (season three) and freshman Stumptown. The […]
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