See the full list of presenters below (with more names expected to be announced closer to showtime). The 70th Emmy Awards will air live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 17 at 8/7c on NBC. Alec Baldwin (“Saturday Night Live,” “Match Game”) – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Rachel Brosnahan (“The […]
Read moreA version of this story about Netflix first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine. For the last 17 years, HBO has ruled the Seven Kingdoms of Emmy-dom. But this year House Netflix finally slayed the premium-cable network, garnering the most nominations of anyone with 112, four more than its main rival. […]
Read moreFormer Secretary of State John Kerry called recent revelations about the Trump administration “foreboding” during an appearance on CBS’s “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on Wednesday. “It scares the hell out of me,” Kerry said, responding to the New York Times op-ed from an anonymous “senior official in the Trump administration” published on Wednesday, in which […]
Read moreFormer Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore filed a $95 million lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen and Showtime on Wednesday, alleging that he was duped into appearing on “Who Is America?” Moore alleges that he was lured to Washington, D.C., on the pretense of accepting an award for his support for Israel. Instead, he found himself being interviewed by “Col. […]
Read moreChristopher Lawford, a veteran actor and activist whose uncles were Ted, Robert and President John Kennedy and was the son of Peter Lawford, has died. He was 63. His cousin Kerry Kennedy announced the news on social media but gave no details. Lawford had dozens of film and TV credits during a 30-year acting career. He […]
Read moreKanye West appears to be trying to make amends with Drake after months of back-and-forth feuding. Early Wednesday morning, West took to Twitter to post a lengthy apology and explanation behind what led to the rappers’ beef. “Sending good energy and love to Drake and family and crew,” he captioned a screenshot of Drake’s stage. “I haven’t seen the show […]
Read moreWarnerMedia aims to make a statement to the entertainment industry by unveiling a broad diversity and inclusion policy to be implemented across all productions that hail from Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner. The goal is to ensure that all creative endeavors under the WarnerMedia roof go the extra mile to consider diversity and inclusion goals when staffing for […]
Read moreJonah Hill has amassed an impressive list of collaborators throughout his years in Hollywood as an actor, from Martin Scorsese to Bennett Miller and Quentin Tarantino, so it’s only fitting he relied on some of them to steer him in the right direction before cameras started rolling on his feature directorial debut, “Mid90s.” The night before Hill kicked […]
Read moreThe Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has declined to file sexual assault charges against “black-ish” star Anthony Anderson due to a lack of evidence, the office said Tuesday. The case was declined after the alleged victim declined to be interviewed by the investigating officer, leading to a “lack of sufficient evidence to assess the […]
Read moreChristopher Walken and Christina Ricci are starring in Percy, a legal drama from director Clark Johnson (The Wire, S.W.A.T., The Sentinel). Based on true events, the film focuses on a David-and-Goliath battle between a small-town Saskatchewan farmer, played by Walken, and a major conglomerate, with Ricci in the role of an anti-GMO activist. When the company’s genetically modified canola […]
Read moreCraig Melvin’s promotion on “Today” — announced in subtle fashion on Tuesday morning — is the latest sign that NBC is still treading carefully with its morning show nearly one year after Matt Lauer was fired. Melvin is the new news anchor on the program, a role previously filled by people like Lauer, Ann Curry […]
Read moreColton Underwood will be the one handing out roses come January, as ABC has tapped him to be The Bachelor‘s Season 23 suitor. Underwood first appeared on Season 14 of The Bachelorette, where he competed for Becca Kufrin’s heart (and notably revealed to her that he is still a virgin). After getting eliminated in fourth place, he went […]
Read moreNBC has ordered a new “Law & Order” series from Dick Wolf, the network announced Tuesday. The series is titled “Law & Order: Hate Crimes” and has received a 13 episode commitment. Co-created with former “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” showrunner Warren Leight, the latest installment of the iconic TV franchise is based on New York’s actual […]
Read moreNBC News Chairman Andrew Lack sent employees a detailed memo and an 11-page analysis Monday spelling out why the news organization felt it could not air journalist Ronan Farrow’s 2017 investigation into harassment allegations against movie-mogul Harvey Weinstein, the latest rebuke by the Comcast-owned unit against accusations it passed on one of the hottest stories in […]
Read more“Game of Thrones” is having a prequel TV series created by Jane Goldman. According to Screen Rant, the series is set to begin filming in Ireland by February 2019. Although the name of the series has not been finalized, a possible title is “The Long Night.” The series takes place thousands of years before “Game […]
Read moreGeoffrey Owens, a former actor on The Cosby Show, found himself at the center of the news cycle when shoppers captured photos of him working at a New Jersey Trader Joe’s. The sighting sparked a number of articles that many on social media saw as acts of job shaming, but something good came out of it, […]
Read moreMovies and politics have always been happy bedfellows, with actors and filmmakers regularly using platforms at public events to sound off about politicians and injustices. But rarely do you see the kind of political opinion aired by one Luciano Silighini Garagnani, an Italian filmmaker seen proudly parading about the Venice Film Festival wearing a homemade […]
Read moreTelevision was suppose to kill it. Then VHS. And, ultimately, streaming. But this summer, moviegoing was very much alive and kicking, with a projected near-record domestic box office haul of $4.8 billion, nearly toppling 2013’s banner $4.87 billion, per ComScore and Deadline calculations. That’s when we started the clock on April 27, when Avengers: Infinity War blasted this […]
Read moreWarner Bros.’ Crazy Rich Asians is closing out the summer 2018 box office in style. The Jon M. Chu-directed rom-com is once again coming in ahead of expectations in its third weekend with a projected $30 million or more from 3,865 theaters, on par with Labor Day record-holder Halloween, which debuted to $30.6 million over the four-day holiday […]
Read moreThe Village Voice, the Pulitzer Prize-winning alternative weekly known for its muckraking investigations, exhaustive arts criticism, naughty personal ads and neurosis-laden cartoons, is going out of business after 63 years. Its publisher, Peter Barbey, announced Friday that the paper is ceasing publication altogether because of financial problems, a year after it stopped circulating in print […]
Read moreOn Thursday night at midnight, 15-time Grammy-winning rapper Eminem quietly dropped a surprise album, Kamikaze — teasing the release on Twitter (with a middle finger emoji) by writing, “Tried not 2 overthink this 1… enjoy.” The LP, his second full-length studio album in eight months and tenth total in his career, was executive produced by the rapper and longtime collaborator/mentor Dr. […]
Read moreRecalling a time when Dwayne Johnson wasn’t a charismatic headliner is impossible. Even at the height of his professional wrestling career as The Rock (among other monikers), his infectious persona bolstered his popularity. He’s the People’s Champion for a reason. That personable quality definitely carries over seamlessly into his movie career, which began back in 2001. As a […]
Read moreThe cast and executive producers of ABC’s new comedy series “The Conners” reunited for the official start of production in Burbank, California. On Friday, ABC announced that production is underway on the Roseanne spin-off series, which is slated to debut on October 16. “The Conners,” a spinoff of the groundbreaking family comedy “Roseanne,” has been greenlit to […]
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