The DGA has unveiled nominees for its 70th Annual DGA Awards in the feature film category as well as for the category for first-time director. The theme of first-timers is clear: Four of the five films in the marquee category are first-time DGA nominees: Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water), Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird), Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, […]
Read moreRonan Farrow has signed an exclusive three-year deal with HBO to develop a series of investigative documentary specials, which will begin later this year and focus on personal and systemic abuses of power in the vein of his explosive New Yorker reported pieces on Harvey Weinstein, the first of which was published in October. (Weinstein has denied all […]
Read moreFor the actor and filmmaker James Franco, Sunday’s Golden Globes victory for his performance in “The Disaster Artist” was meant to propel him into Hollywood’s annual awards season with a shot at an Oscar nomination later this month. But questions about Mr. Franco’s behavior with women are following him into the spotlight. Since Sunday, several […]
Read moreRicky Martin says he is Livin’ la Vida married. The star of The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story says exclusively to E! News in the clip above, “I’m a husband, but we’re doing a heavy party in a couple of months, I’ll let you know.” Although no formal celebration has taken place, the 46-year-old singer says he and Jwan […]
Read more“Fast” Eddie Clarke, the Motörhead guitarist featured on many of the band’s classic albums and a founding member of Fastway, died Wednesday. He was 67. The group confirmed Clarke’s death on Facebook, noting that he was in the hospital for pneumonia. “We are devastated to pass on the news we only just heard ourselves earlier tonight. […]
Read moreOn the Friday before Christmas, Fox News confirmed that its chief Washington correspondent, James Rosen, had left the network. He had worked there for 18 years and become something of a legend. The U.S. Justice Department under the Obama administration was so frustrated by his reporting on U.S. intelligence about North Korea that it conducted […]
Read moreActor Michael Douglas, trying to get ahead of a potential media frenzy, is denying sexually harassing a former employee over 30 years ago. “I had the choice of waiting for a story to come out, one that will clearly get picked up by other newspapers and magazines, and then I have to sit there and […]
Read moreThe outrageously wealthy Getty family falls victim to chaos after the kidnapping of an heir in the enthralling new trailer for Trust. Trust will chronicle the Getty family through the 20th century over the course of several seasons, though it kicks off in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III. Harris Dickinson plays the shaggy-haired heir, while Donald […]
Read moreFresh off two Golden Globes for “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Hulu revealed today that the streaming service surpassed 17 million U.S. subscribers at the end of fiscal 2017 between its video-on-demand (VOD) and live-TV products. That’s up more than 40 percent from when Hulu last publicly reported subscriber numbers of 12 million in May 2016. In addition, Hulu said […]
Read moreOn September 12, Tucker Halpern was watching Apple’s keynote product release event when he heard a song that he recognized: his own. “Best Friend,” a song he produced with Sophie Hawley-Weld, one of his actual best friends and his musical partner in the dance-pop duo Sofi Tukker, soundtracked the unveiling of the iPhone X (price tag: $1,000). It was […]
Read moreCBS News has selected “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson as Charlie Rose’s replacement on the “CBS This Morning” program, pairing him with current anchors Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell. Rose was fired in late November following allegations of sexual misconduct. CBS appointed Dickerson on the sixth anniversary of the morning show, which is in […]
Read moreWhat almost seemed like a hallucination in 2017 is now a fast-approaching reality. American Idol, the most popular show on television for a large chunk of this still-young century, is returning to the airwaves on ABC two years after it was canceled by Fox. And, per producers and stars, it’s not changing (with one small […]
Read moreThe league announced Monday that Pink — or P!NK — will perform the national anthem before kickoff on Feb. 4 in Minneapolis. This will be the first Super Bowl appearance for the versatile star, who like halftime headliner Justin Timberlake, has maintained her popularity for, well, the entire century. This is not easy to do. Ask Hoobastank. […]
Read moreFox Searchlight’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won the Best Motion Picture Drama award tonight to wrap up the 75th annual Golden Globes. It marked a fitting end to a ceremony in which the film won an evening-high four trophies, including a Best Actress nod for star Frances McDormand that solidified her status an the […]
Read moreGive it up for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel! Amazon’s delightful period dramedy won the Golden Globe for Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy, on Sunday. This is the third time Amazon has won in this category: In 2016, Mozart in the Jungle won, and in 2015, Transparent took home the hardware. “Oy, the Spanx,” said Amy […]
Read moreChris Hemsworth is interested in continuing to receive millions of dollars to portray sexy thunder god Thor in the Marvel Cinematic universe, a shocking new interview reveals. Hemsworth was speaking to IGN after wrapping filming on Avengers 4when he dropped the bombshell revelation. “I’ve just, literally two days ago, finished Avengers 4 and that’s my contract – my preexisting contract is […]
Read moreA lawyer who represented actress Paz de la Huerta has filed a lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein and a former New York prosecutor, alleging they coordinated in a scheme to get the actress to drop her sexual misconduct complaint against the movie mogul. Aaron Filler’s firm, Tensor Law, filed the lawsuit Friday in Los Angeles against […]
Read moreThe National Society of Film Critics has declared Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” the best film of 2017. The organization also handed “Get Out” star Daniel Kaluuya and Sally Hawkins, of “The Shape of Water,” top acting honors Saturday. Willem Dafoe (“The Florida Project”) and Laurie Metcalf (“Lady Bird”) received supporting prizes, keeping them way out in front […]
Read moreCBS’ Instinct seems like a pretty standard procedural on the network famous for pretty standard procedurals, but when you look underneath the show, you’ll find it’s a pretty big departure from what you’re used to from the home of multi-flavored NCISes and CSIs. The series is based on James Patterson’s novel Murder Games and stars Alan Cumming as Dr. Dylan Reinhart, a criminal […]
Read moreEarlier this year, The Big Bang Theory was renewed by CBS for two more seasons — 11 and 12 — with the cast of the series also signed for two more years. While the presumption was that these would likely be the final seasons, CBS stopped short of setting an end date for the veteran series which […]
Read moreAge comes to all of us, even royalty, so it’s no wonder that Claire Foy, Vanessa Kirby and Matt Smith — however talented — have to be recast for the next series of The Crown. Olivia Colman has already been announced as taking over from Foy as the middle-aged Elizabeth II, and now we hear […]
Read more“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek is taking a medical leave after undergoing surgery to remove blood clots from his brain, Trebek and his production team said Thursday. Trebek, 77, was diagnosed in mid-December with a condition known as subdural hematoma, a complication from hitting his head in a bad fall in October, he said. He underwent […]
Read moreThe Animaniacs are back. The animated classic has been picked up for a two-season reboot at Hulu, the streaming service announced Thursday. “Animaniacs” originally ran on Fox Kids from 1993 to 1995, then on WB from 1995 to 1998. Over its five-year run, the show won eight daytime Emmy Awards. The reboot will be executive […]
Read moreComing together. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed that the final four presenters for the 2018 Golden Globes will be Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, Helen Mirren and Emma Stone. 5 of the Biggest Celebrity Splits: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Chris Pratt and Anna Faris and More! Jolie and Aniston, who share a mutual ex […]
Read moreAlex Trebek is taking a brief medical leave from his work as host of “Jeopardy” following surgery last month. Trebek is set to return to taping “Jeopardy” in mid-January. He underwent surgery on Dec. 16 for a subdural hematoma, or blood clots on the brain, that he incurred from a fall back in October. He […]
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