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The record deep freeze that has taken hold of the Midwest has affected production on several TV shows that film in Chicago. NBC’s Chicago P.D halted production for today and tomorrow due to the polar vortexthat has dropped temperatures well below zero over a wide swath of the country. Current temperature in Chicago is -10 with a wind […]

Universal Studios has become the first major Hollywood studio to accept the 4 Percent Challenge to hire more female directors in 2019. In the wake of the sordid revelations regarding film producer Harvey Weinstein that emerged in 2017, and the subsequent accusations of sexual abuse, misconduct and gender discrimination involving various other figures in the movie industry, the Time’s Up […]

Netflix is offering a mix of classics and new titles to watch from the comforts of your home. Starting in February, subscribers can laugh with a few “American Pie” movies, enjoy a scare with the “Jaws” franchise, and sing along to “Hairspray.” Several original shows and movies are debuting in February as well, including Dan Gilroy’s horrifying […]

 Maroon 5 has canceled its news conference to discuss the band’s Super Bowl halftime performance, choosing to not meet with reporters as most acts have done. The NFL announced Tuesday that “the artists will let their show do the talking as they prepare to take the stage this Sunday.” Maroon 5, with frontman Adam Levine, will be […]

CBS is working on a spinoff of the freshman drama “FBI,” Variety has learned. The new series would be titled “FBI: Most Wanted.” It would follow the division of the FBI tasked with tracking and capturing the notorious criminals on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. It will air as a planted spinoff episode, or backdoor pilot, of “FBI” […]

Finally the Rock has come to Sundance, and not to snowboard but to show festival attendees the passion project he executive produced, developed and co-stars in: Fighting With My Family.  And there weren’t just cheers at the end of tonight’s premiere at the Ray Theater in Park City, but tears for this triumphant tale about Norwich, UK born […]

Christina Aguilera has announced a Las Vegas residency, which will take place at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino’s Zappos Theater. Dubbed “Christina Aguilera: The Xperience.” She unveiled the news on The Ellen Show on Tuesday, where she also discussed her first major tour in more than a decade in support of Liberation, which recently wrapped. “I’m a mama bear, I […]

Embed from Getty Images   Former Fugees rapper Pras has become the latest American celebrity to find himself tangled up in a massive Malaysian embezzlement scandal. Prakazrel ‘Pras’ Michel, a founding member of the hit 1990s group, is now fighting the US government over a $38 million civil forfeiture complaint. The complaint says Michel was engaged […]

CBS has renewed the freshman drama “God Friended Me,” the network announced on Tuesday. Led by Brandon Micheal Hall, the Sunday night drama centers on an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he receives a friend request on social media from “God” and unwittingly becomes an agent of change in the lives […]

Disney has set a one-week engagement for “Black Panther” to return to theaters to celebrate Black History Month during Feb. 1-7 at 250 participating AMC locations. Tickets are free for everyone, and there will be two showings per day at each participating theater. Disney will also give a $1.5 million grant to support the United Negro College Fund […]

Lady Gaga’s Vegas audience were in a for huge surprise last night when she invited Bradley Cooper on stage. This could mean only one thing – surely the pair would have to do their duet from A Star Is Born? Sure enough, the co-stars of the hit film soon had the crowd ecstatic with joy when they performed the film’s song ‘Shallow’ as the […]

“Saturday Night Live” pulled out the stops in a “Fox News” cold open with Alex Moffat’s Tucker Carlson and a screaming Jeanine Pirro (Cecily Strong), who examined the finer points of Donald Trump’s total capitulation to the Democrats on the government shutdown. Zaniest of all was a return of longtime “SNL” favorite Steve Martin as […]

The Screen Actors Guild Awards winners can diverge from other awards season kudos due to the sheer size of the org’s voting body. That often means using them as a bellwether for Oscar or Emmy glory can be difficult. Boasting around 160,000 members from across the country, voters frequently give the ensemble awards in TV […]

The GLAAD Media Awards nominations have recognized “Blockers,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Deadpool 2,” “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” and “Love, Simon” as the outstanding film in the wide release category. GLAAD announced their 30th annual nominations at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday. The Media Awards recognize and honor media for “their fair, accurate and […]

Food Network has struck a deal with Rachael Ray to revive “30 Minute Meals” as a linear series augmented with extensive digital content. “30 Minute Meals” was a staple of Food Network from November 2001 through February 2012. The how-to cooking show helped establish Ray as a culinary TV star. The new edition is set to premiere April 1, with […]

CNN is attempting to rebut claims that it was “tipped off” to the Friday morning arrest of former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone after being the only network to film the FBI coming to the door of Stone’s Florida home. The claim spread through conservative social media channels like wildfire Friday morning, culminating — as it often […]

Resident Evil is coming to the small screen  according to Deadline.com. Netflix is developing a scripted series based on the hit action horror franchise. The series will be a Netflix global original. German production and distribution company Constantin Film, which is behind the Resident Evil movies loosely based on the Capcom video game series, is the studio. Search is […]

Anne Hathaway gave a much-needed update on the status of Princess Diaries 3 during her appearance on Watch What Happens Live yesterday. Up until this point, there hadn’t really been talk of the new addition to the 2001 and 2004 film series in the last year. Hathaway and Andrews, 83, starred as Princess Mia Thermopolis and Queen Clarisse Renaldi, respectively, in […]

In the end, Anthony Scaramucci was worse at Celebrity Big Brother than he was at The White House. Daily Mail on Wednesday spotted Scaramucci at the Davos economic forum in Switzerland, after dedicated Big Brother franchise live-feed watchers noticed he was MIA from the Celebrity Big Brother house Tuesday night. Among obsessive live-feed watchers, Daily Hampsterwatch, reported Scaramucci’s housemates thought he was a “mole,” maybe […]

Vin Diesel has always had a grand plan for the Fast and Furious franchise, one that Universal Pictures has been more than happy to embrace, given that it’s the studio’s single biggest global franchise. But the truth is that for the Fast franchise to continue beyond Justin Lin‘s upcoming ninth installment and a tenth film that has already been announced, it will […]