Shepard Smith, the former Fox News host now anchoring his own show at CNBC, unloaded on his former employer in a new interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday. Smith, who became a household name among Fox News viewers over the decades after hopping aboard at the network’s founding in 1996, left his post in October […]
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Fox News laid off nearly 20 staffers across Fox News Digital on Tuesday as part of restructuring efforts first announced last year. Included in the layoffs is digital politics editor Chris Stirewalt, who joined the network in 2010 and recently worked on Fox News’ Decision Desk during the 2020 election. “As we conclude the 2020 election cycle, […]
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SAG-AFTRA took a major step Tuesday towards kicking Donald Trump out of the union. Meeting in special session, the national board of directors voted overwhelmingly to find “probable cause” that Trump, who has been a member for over 30 years, has “violated the union’s Constitution,” and ordered the matter to be heard by SAG-AFTRA’s Disciplinary Committee. If found […]
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Country legend Dolly Parton is celebrating her 75th birthday Tuesday. On the special day, the music icon shared a post in which she thanked her fans for their messages and described her birthday wish.”This year my wish is a call for kindness,” she wrote alongside a smiling throwback photo. “We can’t just hope for a […]
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A new spin on You Bet Your Life, the personality-driven game show that gave Groucho Marx a new level of fame on the then-emerging medium of television, has been sold in 85% of the country ahead of its fall debut. Hosted by Jay Leno, the new version of the show will launch across Fox’s portfolio of 29 […]
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Donald Trump is facing possible expulsion from SAG-AFTRA. Deadline has learned that the union’s national board of directors will meet Tuesday morning in a special session regarding disciplinary action against him, which could lead to his expulsion. The former star of The Apprentice – and soon-to-be former president – has been a member of the union and its […]
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Garth Brooks will join Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez as a performer at the swearing-in ceremony Wednesday for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, he announced in a press conference Monday morning. Brooks declined to say what he will perform at the ceremony, only saying that his mind had gone toward choices with a patriotic bent. But he did […]
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Maria Bartiromo, Brian Kilmeade and Trey Gowdy are among the list of rotating hosts who will anchor Fox News Primetime, set for its debut in the 7 PM hour as part of a plan to fill the slot with opinion programming. Last week, Fox News announced that the newscast The Story with Martha MacCallum would be moved to 3 PM. […]
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Hit BBC drama “Peaky Blinders” will end after its sixth and final season, but creator and writer Steven Knight has promised the story will “continue in another form.” Hugely popular overseas, the series follows the story of Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) and his notorious family’s rise to power against the backdrop of working class, post-WWI Birmingham. BBC […]
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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ Presidential Inauguration Committee has revealed the list of participants in its “Parade Across America” scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. The virtual parade will be held in lieu of the traditional parade through Washington D.C. leading to the White House. The event will be hosted by actor, director and […]
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Fox News had a very unique mandate attached to their settlement with the parents of murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich, Joel Rich and Mary Rich, stemming from their lawsuit against the cable news network: the seven-figure settlement amount would stay a secret until after the presidential election. The revelations came Sunday night in a column from The New York Times media columnist Ben Smith. The […]
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There will be cake. James Earl Jones will be celebrating his landmark 90th birthday in appropriate style from his home in upstate New York on Sunday. “I will keep having to remind myself that it’s my birthday,” Jones writes in an email to USA TODAY, adding that on the special day, “I’ll make an exception and enjoy a slice […]
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Betty White turns 99 today, a life milestone that few people ever reach, let alone performers who are still in the public eye. In September, White reflected on her 70 years in television in an interview with Variety. She knew the medium was here to stay when she saw the impact of her first TV series, “Hollywood on […]
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Bruce Springsteen, the Foo Fighters, John Legend, Eva Longoria and Kerry Washington will be among the celebrities at Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. The Foo Fighters, Legend and Springsteen will give remote performances while Longoria and Washington will introduce segments of the event. The news follows Variety’s exclusive announcement that longtime Biden supporter Lady Gaga will sing the national […]
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The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday for inciting an insurrection, finding that he poses a threat to democracy and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office. The House voted 232-197 to approve the impeachment article, with 10 Republicans joining 222 Democrats in voting yes. The Republicans included Rep. Liz Cheney, […]
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The Kennedy Center Honors announced Wednesday that choreographer and actress Debbie Allen, singer-songwriter Garth Brooks, actor Dick Van Dyke, singer-songwriter Joan Baez and violinist Midori will be the honored at this year’s ceremony, which was pushed to May from its traditional December date. The Kennedy Center is planning for in-person medallion ceremonies with a limited […]
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Fox News’ Brit Hume bluntly told Tucker Carlson Tuesday night that President Donald Trump’s political fortunes are essentially dead. Carlson questioned why Democrats would push to impeach the president now with less than two weeks to go in his term. Democrats (and as of this posting, three Republicans) are voting to impeach the president over his rhetoric and actions that led […]
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Add YouTube to the list of online spaces where Donald Trump can no longer rile up his supporters. The company announced Tuesday that “in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence,” it has slapped the outgoing president with his “1st strike” and has blocked him from uploading new videos “for a *minimum* of […]
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Following a press conference by the FBI and Department of Justice on Tuesday, former FBI director James Comey shared with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show his confidence that those who participated in riots in the nation’s capital last week will be caught. Comey noted that for the FBI, they’re viewing the shocking events of last Wednesday […]
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Sophia Loren, the Oscar winner who has returned to the screen starring in this year’s Netflix move The Life Ahead directed by her son Edoardo Ponti, will receive this year’s KCET Cinema Series Lumière Award. The honor, which recognizes excellence, artistry and innovation and outstanding contribution to film, will be bestowed during a special screening of the film January […]
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Meghan McCain is still fuming about the U.S. Capitol riots, and she wants Trump — and the entire Republican party — to take responsibility for what happened. On Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” the subject of Trump’s possible second impeachment was still on the table, and McCain had a lot to say. “It’s absolute lunacy, […]
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Facebook currently has no plans to allow Donald Trump to regain access to his social accounts, after the social giant suspended him indefinitely following the Jan. 6 insurrection in the nation’s capital, COO Sheryl Sandberg. Also Monday, Facebook said it has begun removing content with the phrase “stop the steal,” which has become a popular rallying cry among […]
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Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott has just announced a new daytime programming line-up that will debut on Monday, January 18th. The most notable changes have news anchor Martha MacCallum moving from her 7 p.m. slot to hosting a dayside show at 3 p.m. Harris Faulkner will no longer host Outnumbered Overtime a 1 p.m., and will now host The Faulkner Focus at 11 a.m. Chief White […]
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Hallmark, based in Kansas City, Missouri, has asked Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley and Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall to return its political donations. “HALLPAC, Hallmark’s political action committee, supports elected leaders from a wide variety of viewpoints–including Democrats, Republicans and Independents,” said a statement from a Hallmark representative. The statement continued: “Hallmark believes the peaceful transition […]
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Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are in negotiations to play Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Amazon and Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos, the film about the relationship between the I Love Lucy stars. Having penned the screenplay, Academy Award winner Sorkin also will direct the film from Amazon Studios and Escape Artists. The film is set during one production week of I Love Lucy — […]
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