“The Flintstones” sequel series from Warner Bros. Animation is officially in development at Fox with Elizabeth Banks attached to star and executive produce. The animated series, titled “Bedrock,” is set 20 years after the events of the original series. Banks will voice an adult Pebbles Flintstone in addition to executive producing. Variety exclusively reported that Banks and WB Animation were developing a new iteration […]
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Carrie Ann Inaba will take a leave of absence from “The Talk.” “I have decided to take a leave of absence from @TheTalkCBS to focus on my health and well being. I appreciate the support from you and my family at The Talk and hope to be back soon!” Inaba wrote on her Twitter account. On Monday’s […]
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Fresh off its Oscar win for best international feature film, “Another Round” is getting the Hollywood treatment. The Danish dramedy about four friends who engage in an epic drinking binge will be remade in English. Leonardo DiCaprio is being eyed to star in the film in the role originated by Mads Mikkelsen, but there’s no formal […]
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Sunday night’s Oscars were the most inclusive ever in terms of one of Hollywood’s most overlooked areas of discrimination – ageism against older actors. At 83, Anthony Hopkins was the oldest ever to win for Best Actor; Frances McDormand, at 63, was the third oldest to win for Best Actress, and Youn Yuh-jung, at 73, was the third oldest to win for Best Supporting Actress. […]
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The Oscars joined a slew of other awards shows in falling to all-time ratings lows. The 93rd Academy Awards drew 9.85 million viewers and a 1.9 rating among adults 18-49 on Sunday. That’s a steep drop from from last year’s 23.64 million viewers and 5.3 in the key ad demographic — both of which were the previous all-time […]
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With a longer Oscar season than ever before, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences had even more people to remember in the annual In Memoriam segment. But inevitably, there are complaints on social media that some people were omitted. This year, nether “Arrested Development” star Jessica Walter nor “Glee” star Naya Rivera was included, both of whom […]
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Making Academy Awards history in the most awkward way imaginable, Anthony Hopkins won the Oscar for best actor for his performance in “The Father” as a man suffering from dementia. At 83, Hopkins is the oldest winner of an acting Oscar ever, exceeding the record set by Christopher Plummer when he won best supporting actor at 82 […]
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At the culmination of Hollywood’s unprecedented awards season, Searchlight’s Nomadland nabbed the top prize of Oscars’ best picture, best director for Chloé Zhao and best actress for Frances McDormand at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday night. Zhao became only the second woman ever to claim the directing honor at the Oscars. In acting categories, Anthony Hopkins won for best actor for Sony […]
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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s unwitting appearance in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” was named one of the year’s worst performances by voters for the annual Razzie prizes on Saturday. The Razzies, or Golden Raspberry Awards, were created in 1980 and serve as an antidote to Hollywood’s glitzy Oscars ceremony, which take place on Sunday. Giuliani […]
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Following allegations of workplace abuse, Scott Rudin is resigning from the Broadway League, Variety has confirmed. In a statement to the New York Times on Saturday, Rudin apologized for his behavior and revealed his resignation from the national trade association, which organizes the Tony Awards every year along with the American Theatre Wing. “I know apologizing is not, by any means, enough,” […]
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk will host Saturday Night Live‘s May 8 episode with Miley Cyrus as the musical guest. The announcement comes after Musk’s SpaceX launched a group of astronauts to the International Space Station in the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft — marking the company’s second operational crew launch for NASA and its third to date. Musk’s […]
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A night shoot at the Chateau Marmont for Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos was canceled just hours before production was to begin Thursday, April 22, when it ran afoul of a union picket line and a celebrity-fueled boycott movement. Over the past year, the legendary hotel has faced allegations it unfairly left its workers without affordable health […]
Read moreMatthew Del Negro talks with Ross Crystal on “Showbiz UpFront’ about his role as Detective Chris Caysen on Showtime’s “City on a Hill” and about his podcast and book titled “10,000 NOs: How to Overcome Rejection on the Way to Your YES”
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“NCIS: Los Angeles” has been renewed for Season 13 at CBS, with the broadcaster also ordering “NCIS: Hawaii” to series. “NCIS: Hawaii” was first announced as being in development back in February. Matt Bosack, Jan Nash, and Chris Silber are co-writing and executive producing, with Larry Teng attached to direct and executive produce. In the […]
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The 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards, held virtually on Thursday evening, marked another big night for “Nomadland” and more of this year’s indie gems. Usually a casual, day-drinking affair on the beach in Santa Monica, the digital ceremony marked the final stop before Sunday’s Academy Awards. The evening’s top prize of best feature went to “Nomadland,” […]
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Actor Hugh Jackman is speaking up in the wake of verbal and physical abuse allegations against prolific Broadway and Hollywood producer, Scott Rudin. Following a report in The Hollywood Reporter alleging that Rudin verbally and physically abused staff members at his production company over the years, the producer apologized in a statement to the Washington Post for his “troubling interactions […]
Read moreRoss Crystal catches up on the latest from Steven Weber and Brian Tee about their roles as Dr. Dean Archer and Ethan Cho on the NBC series “Chicago Med.”
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Jeopardy! has unveiled the final group of season 37 guest hosts, with Robin Roberts, LeVar Burton and George Stephanopoulous among the TV personalities set to lead the popular trivia game. Executive producer Mike Richards revealed that David Faber, who is a former Celebrity Jeopardy! champion, and Joe Buck will also step up to the lectern to wrap up the game show’s […]
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A “How I Met Your Mother” sequel series titled “How I Met Your Father” has been ordered at Hulu with Hilary Duff attached to star. In the near future, Sophie (Duff) is telling her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the year 2021 where Sophie and her close-knit group […]
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Just hours after NBC and Dick Clark Productions — the broadcast network and producing partner of the Golden Globes — asked the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. to expel a former president over an email that called Black Lives Matter a “hate movement,” that member is out of the organization. “Effective immediately, Phil Berk is no […]
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Moments after a Minneapolis jury found Officer Derek Chauvin guilty on three counts in the killing of George Floyd, Fox News late night talk show host Greg Gutfeld drew audible groans for his hot take in reaction. What was it Gutfeld said that elicited an “oh my God” from Dana Perino, “My goodness” from Juan Williams, and polite but stern push back from Judge Jeanine […]
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Ava DuVernay’s Array is getting into the animation business. The prolific producer behind Netflix’s Selma, 13th and When They See Us is adding an animated event series based on author Tui T. Sutherland’s best-selling book series Wings of Fire. The series, which will consist of 10, 40-minute episodes, is described as an epic fantasy saga that appeals to the whole family. […]
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“A Journal for Jordan,” a drama directed by Denzel Washington and starring Michael B. Jordan, has been set for release this December. The film will be released by Sony’s Columbia Pictures and will open on Dec. 10 in New York and Los Angeles, followed by a wide release on Dec. 22. “A Journal for Jordan” […]
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Netflix revealed that it will spend over $17 billion on content this year, according to its first-quarter earnings report. “As we’ve noted previously, the production delays from Covid-19 in 2020 will lead to a 2021 slate that is more heavily second half weighted with a large number of returning franchises,” said the company in its letter […]
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One America News Network fired a producer who recently went on the record to criticize the cable channel’s handling of the 2020 election, according to Rachel C. Abrams, a New York Times reporter who published a story about the network over the weekend. Marty Golingan, who had been a producer with OAN since 2016, told Abrams that […]
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