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Rutger Hauer, the versatile Dutch leading man of the ’70s who went on star in the 1982 “Blade Runner” as Roy Batty, died July 19 at his home in the Netherlands after a short illness. He was 75. Hauer’s agent, Steve Kenis, confirmed the news and said that Hauer’s funeral was held Wednesday. His most […]

Lifetime is following up its hit docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” with a similar show called “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein.” The project will center on convicted pedophile Epstein, 66, who is currently locked up without bail pending trial on child sex-trafficking charges, network execs announced Tuesday at the summer Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. The […]

Jon Stewart is speaking out against Sen. Rand Paul’s opposition to fast-tracking the bill funding a 9/11 victims’ compensation fund, calling the Republican lawmaker’s decision “outrageous.” “It’s absolutely outrageous, and you’ll pardon me if I’m not impressed in any way by Rand Paul’s fiscal responsibility virtue-signaling,” the former Daily Show host told Bret Baier during an appearance […]

A criminal case of alleged sexual assault against actor Kevin Spacey was dropped Wednesday, according to the Nantucket District Court Clerk’s Office in Massachusetts. The reason given was “the unavailability of the complaining witness.” Mitchell Garabedian, the attorney for the man accusing Spacey, said in a statement, “My client and his family have shown an […]

Authorities believe they have found the remains of missing Hollywood actor Charles Levin in a remote area of southern Oregon, according to local officials. Levin was reported missing from Grants Pass by his son on July 8, said local news station KTVL. The son, who lives in L.A., hadn’t heard from Levin in several days. […]

You don’t need an actual television to watch the best-of-TV 2019 unveiled. On Tuesday, the nominees for the 71st Emmy Awards will be named from the Wolf Theatre at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center, and you can follow along via a livestream. The official Emmys website will stream the announcements, which will be emceed by actors […]

On July 15 at 6:30 p.m., Norah O’Donnell becomes the next anchor of the brand-defining CBS Evening News. It’s still a heady perch — one once occupied by Walter Cronkite during seminal moments in history (the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Vietnam). But it’s also one with many challenges in the always-on Trump-tweet fueled news cycle. […]

Longtime HBO communications head Quentin Schaffer is stepping down from his post next month after 39 years as a key architect of HBO’s premium TV brand. Schaffer will exit as HBO’s executive VP of corporate communications next month, after steering HBO through one last Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills. He is the latest in a string of […]

On the basis of the new charges filed against R. Kelly this week, all of them stemming from longstanding claims of sexual misconduct or abuse, the singer could be looking at a minimum of 15 years in prison if he is found guilty, says attorney Priya Sopori, a partner at Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger […]

Denise Nickerson, who played the bratty, bloated Violet Beauregarde in 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and a sweet-natured orphan bedeviled by ghosts and werewolves on the classic ’60s supernatural soap Dark Shadows, died Wednesday night at a hospital near her home in Colorado. In declining health since suffering a stroke last year, Nickerson was removed from […]

Heidi Klum is officially off the market. The supermodel, 46, and musician Tom Kaulitz, 29, secretly got married in late February, TMZ reported Thursday. Klum announced on Christmas Eve that the Tokio Hotel rocker had proposed after a little more than a year of dating. In early February, Klum told “Entertainment Tonight” that she and Kaulitz had set a wedding […]

Katherine Heigl is set to star in and executive produce the upcoming Netflix series “Firefly Lane,” which is based on the book by Kristin Hannah. Based on the New York Times Bestselling book, the 10-episode “Firefly Lane” adaptation tells the story of two inseparable best friends and their enduring, complicated bond, spanning four tumultuous decades. […]

Arizona State University is awarding its 2019 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism to Lester Holt, news anchor for NBC. Holt has anchored NBC’s flagship Nightly News broadcast since 2015, following eight years as anchor of the newscast’s weekend edition and 12 years as co-anchor of Weekend Today. The university’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass […]

Norah O’Donnell said Tuesday she wouldn’t be the new “CBS Evening News” anchor if not for the network’s recent upheaval. O’Donnell, who takes over on July 15 as the anchor of the network’s evening newscast, spoke at TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast NYC about how CBS has changed its corporate culture since the ouster of CEO […]

Some of the most powerful people in media and technology are arriving Tuesday in Sun Valley, Idaho, for Allen & Co’s secretive gathering, ready to talk deals, politics and, perhaps more than in previous years, potential regulations surrounding social media. The retreat is off the record, but here are the topics likely to dominate discussions […]

Heather Mills, the former wife of Paul McCartney, and her sister have received an apology and a settlement from Britain’s defunct News of the World tabloid over the hacking of their phones. Heather Mills and her sister Fiona Mills both received a formal apology in Britain’s High Court on Monday. In a statement read outside […]

Do not expect to see much, if any, of Sarah Paulson in the new season of “American Horror Story.” Variety has learned from sources that Paulson will not appear in a significant role in the FX anthology series’ upcoming ninth season, which is titled “American Horror Story: 1984.” Paulson has appeared in all eight of the preceding seasons […]

President Trump tore into Fox News in a series of tweets Sunday, slamming the right-leaning network for “loading up with Democrats” and forgetting “the people who got them there.” “Watching @FoxNews weekend anchors is worse than watching low ratings Fake News @CNN, or Lyin’ Brian Williams…and the crew of degenerate Comcast (NBC/MSNBC) Trump haters, who […]

Martin Charnin, the Tony-winning lyricist, writer and librettist best known for creating and directing the sensational Broadway musical Annie, has died. He was 84. Charnin died after suffering a heart attack on Wednesday, his daughter, Sasha, wrote on Facebook. “As loving as he was, [he] has kept all of us completely directionless. Which way do we go Daddy? […]

Actor Cameron Boyce, best known for his roles in Disney Channel’s The Descendants and Jessie, died Saturday. He was 20. In a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, a rep for Boyce’s family said Sunday that he died due to an “ongoing medical condition.” “It is with a profoundly heavy heart that we report that this morning we lost […]

Lee Daniels shared an update to the saga of his canceled Fox drama “Star” on Friday — it will not be coming back for a new season, but it may return for a final goodbye in the form of a two-hour “movie of the week.” “I wanted to share some and news and good news. […]

A man suing Kevin Spacey for alleged sexual assault and battery abruptly dropped the suit Wednesday, according to court documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. The man accusing Spacey of assault, which led to the actor being charged with a felony, filed a lawsuit against the former House of Cards star last month. The reason for the dismissal was not […]

Starting July 4, MoviePass will be out of commission for the next several weeks — at least — with the struggling theater-subscription service provider saying it needs to fix technical issues and finish work on a new version of its app. There was also a hint that the money-losing MoviePass business is running low on funds. The company, in […]