2013 was a wild time for Miley Cyrus. Her engagement to Liam Hemsworth had been called off, bringing a temporary end to their four-year relationship. Her music video for new single “We Can’t Stop,” her first in three years, introduced the world to a new era in the young star’s career—one of untethered, rampant hedonism. And her now-infamous performance […]
Read moreThe journalist behind a viral article about Drew Barrymore is explaining how the bizarre piece — which many people believed to be fake — came to be. On Tuesday, a profile on the actress in EgyptAir’s in-flight magazine fast became a hot topic on Twitter due to its unusual and at times unflattering comments about the actress, […]
Read moreDamon Wayans says that he’s leaving Fox’s “Lethal Weapon.” In an interview with the website Eurweb.com, Wayans said that he plans to exit the Warner Bros. Television-produced drama after finishing production on the 13 episodes ordered by Fox for season three. “I’m going to be quitting the show in December after we finish the initial 13,” […]
Read moreA CBS executive has been placed on leave after multiple individuals spoke to CNN accusing the senior vice president of talent for CBS Televisions Studios, Vincent “Vinnie” Favale, of using sexual and homophobic language in the workplace. “I’ll never forget the day he told me he got four erections while watching Jennifer Hudson rehearse,” a […]
Read moreChristian Bale is known for delivering shocking physical transformations, from his dramatic weight loss in “The Machinist” to his hefty weight gain in “American Hustle,” and he’s up to his usual tricks as Dick Cheney in “Vice.” Originally titled “Backseat,” “Vice” is writer-director Adam McKay’s next dramatic feature following the Oscar-winning success of “The Big Short.” Vanity Fair has […]
Read moreTo raise awareness for the mental health of children, actress Emma Stone spoke to the president of the Child Mind Institute, Dr. Harold Koplewicz, about her struggles with anxiety and panic attacks and how acting saved her life. While speaking with Dr. Koplewicz, Stone said she had her first panic attack in the second grade and always struggled with […]
Read moreDirector and producer Brett Ratner has dropped his defamation lawsuit against a woman who accused him of rape. Accusations against Ratner were first officially reported in November 2017, shortly after the reckoning against Harvey Weinstein began. Ratner was first accused of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct by at least six women, including Olivia Munn, Natasha Henstridge, Katherine […]
Read moreBrad Kern is no longer a producer on the CBS series “NCIS: New Orleans,” Variety has confirmed. “We have ended Brad Kern’s role as consulting producer on ‘NCIS: New Orleans’ and his overall deal with the Studio,” a CBS Television Studios spokesperson said in a statement to Variety. Variety first reported in December that Kern was investigated twice in 2016 by CBS’ human resources department for […]
Read moreHBO has given a series order to The Righteous Gemstones, the Danny McBride-created half-hour comedy about a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work — all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. John Goodman stars the patriarch Eli Gemstone, and the order comes as his other series, ABC’s Roseanne Barr-less The Conners, […]
Read moreGail Berman‘s Jackal Group is developing a biographical project about the late legendary comedian George Carlin, which will be written by Stan Chervin, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind Brad Pitt’s Moneyball. Carlin’s prolific career spanned over five decades, more than 130 Tonight Show appearances, 14 HBO specials and 23 solo albums that earned him five Grammy Awards. His infamous 1972 […]
Read moreBronx-born hip hop star Cardi B turned herself in at a Queens police precinct stationhouse Monday after being accused of engaging in a heated altercation with a pair of bartenders at a strip club, sources said. The “I Like It” rapper was charged with assault and reckless endangerment, both misdemeanors, after she allegedly hurled items […]
Read moreWhoopi Goldberg had some advice for Kanye West on “The View” Monday morning. The moderator of the ABC daytime talk show recommended the rapper “think” before he speaks in wake of his calls to abolish the 13th Amendment. “The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, Kanye,” the frustrated TV personality said during the Hot Topics segment. “So maybe you want to think and […]
Read moreMike Campbell doesn’t cry when he talks about the early-morning phone call that told him Tom Petty, his bandleader and best friend of nearly 50 years, had just been rushed to the hospital. The Heartbreakers guitarist doesn’t cry when he remembers playing to a sold-out Hollywood Bowl with Petty one week before that horrible October morning either, […]
Read moreKanye West made a homeless man’s day following a chance encounter on Saturday morning (Sept. 29). ‘Ye ran into the man on the street in New York City and stopped to listen to the guy spit. TMZ was on hand to capture the footage. Yeezy was so impressed by the man’s bars and enthusiasm, he invited the stranger, […]
Read moreIn what started as Lindsay Lohan’s attempt at a philanthropic act to help a homeless Syrian refugee family turned into accusations of children trafficking and a scuffle with Lohan ending up on the ground crying. The Mean Girls actress documented all of this in a very strange Instagram video where she was insisting she help a Syrian family of […]
Read moreKanye West, this week’s musical guest on the season premiere of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, wasn’t the show’s first choice: the scheduled Ariana Grande canceled “for emotional reasons,” says creator Lorne Michaels. Michaels’ disclosure – and his gratitude to West – came during this week’s Origins With James Andrew Miller podcast, the last of a three-part arc about SNL. (Listen below.) “We […]
Read moreTony Goldwyn has joined the cast of “Network.” The stage adaptation of the film classic is one of the year’s most hotly anticipated Broadway productions and boasts serious star power in the form of Emmy winners Bryan Cranston and Tatiana Maslany. Goldwyn’s involvement should only enhance the buzz around the play. He is best known for […]
Read moreSeth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are teaming with Sony again to bring a New Yorker novella about a pickle maker to the big screen, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Rogen is set to star in the untitled project as Herschel Greenbaum, a young man who falls into a factory pickle barrel and emerges, one hundred years later, into hipster Brooklyn. […]
Read more“Playing Sam Malone was an anathema to me for the longest time,” Danson admitted about his ‘Cheers’ character. While many shows have been rebooted in recent years, Ted Danson has no interest in bringing back the iconic series Cheers.While visiting Late Night on Tuesday, the actor said that he has no plans to participate in a Cheers reboot. “It’d be […]
Read moreSiriusXM, the digital radio platform with more than 36 million subscribers, announced on Monday that it plans to buy Pandora, which, with its nearly 75 million active listeners, remains one of the largest streaming music companies in the business. The $3.5 billion deal would create what the company says will be the largest audio entertainment corporation in […]
Read moreFox said Wednesday it will sell the remainder of its stake in U.K.-based satellite TV broadcaster Sky to Comcast. The announcement came four days after the U.S. cable giant won majority ownership of Sky in an auction against Fox. Comcast and Fox had been embroiled in a bidding war for Sky, which is viewed as a coveted […]
Read morePadma Lakshmi said in an essay published Tuesday in The New York Times that she was raped when she was 16 years old and didn’t tell anyone about it until many years later. The “Top Chef” host felt prompted to come forward now, she said, after President Donald Trump and other politicians publicly wondered why two women accusing Supreme Court […]
Read moreSarah Silverman Reacts Against Mel Gibson’s ‘Wild Bunch’ Remake by Calling Out His Anti-Semitic Past
Warner Bros. has hired Mel Gibson to co-write and direct its upcoming remake of Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 Western “The Wild Bunch,” but the news wasn’t exactly met with cheers on social media. Gibson has a history of controversial behavior, ranging from making anti-Semitic comments to being convicted of battering his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. The director’s past reemerged on social […]
Read moreAnother day, another savage clap back from Instagram commenting queen Kelly Ripa. In the comments section of her husband Mark Consuelos’s #HeForShe post, the Live! With Kelly and Ryan host expressed how proud she was of her husband, saying “You make me proud @instasuelos 🙌.” Another day, another savage clap back from Instagram commenting queen Kelly Ripa. In the […]
Read moreNetflix is doubling down on its successful formula of commissioning original sci-fi and comedy series as the streaming giant looks to maintain its lead over subscription VOD competitors, a new study by Ampere Analysis has found. The study, released Tuesday, shows that Netflix still leads the SVOD pack by a large margin, with more than […]
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