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By now you’ve no doubt heard that White House spokesman TJ Ducklo reportedly threatened Politico reporter Tara Palmeri for working on a story about his relationship with Axios reporter Alexi McCammond. News broken by Vanity Fair revealed a nasty exchange in which Ducklo “made derogatory and misogynistic comments” and apparently even accused Palmeri of being “jealous.” Before Friday’s White House briefing, press secretary Jen Psaki announced on […]

Reporters weighed in on the suspension of deputy White House press secretary TJ Ducklo Friday, and many questioned if he’d be fired after threatening to “destroy” a Politico reporter who was looking into his relationship with another member of the press. Reporters were quick to point out that after his inauguration, President Biden claimed he […]

Earlier this year, social media accusations began to swirl against a frontrunner on the current season of “The Bachelor,” who has been criticized for photos that have re-surfaced from her past. The contestant, Rachael Kirkconnell, appears to have been photographed in attendance at an antebellum plantation-themed fraternity formal back in 2018, though she has not verified […]

As impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell was presenting chilling security and other video footage during the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on Wednesday, Fox News cut away to The Five. The network did carry the Senate proceedings throughout the day, including earlier graphic footage, but the at 5 p.m. ET cutaway came at a particularly emotional moment, as […]

Claire Danes is taking on the lead role in Apple’s drama series The Essex Serpent. The former Homeland star takes over for Keira Knightley, who was cast in the project last year but later dropped out, citing concerns around a rise in coronavirus cases in the U.K. The Essex Serpent is based on an award-winning novel by Sarah Perry. Danes […]

J.K. Simmons and Nina Arianda are in negotiations to join Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem in Aaron Sorkin’s drama centered on television icons Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz of I Love Lucy fame. The project, titled Being the Ricardos, is set up as a feature at Amazon Studios. Kidman and Bardem are in negotiations to portray Ball and Arnaz, the […]

Sandra Bullock is the latest star to come aboard Sony Pictures’ action thriller “Bullet Train,” Variety has confirmed. Bullock joins an ensemble cast jam-packed with stars, including Brad Pitt, Joey King, Lady Gaga, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Zazie Beetz, Logan Lerman, Bad Bunny, Andrew Koji, Brian Tyree Henry, Masi Oka, Michael Shannon, Hiroyuki Sanada and Karen Fukuhara. The details […]

In a signal of things to come from the Biden administration, the Justice Department on Monday dropped out of a lawsuit that seeks to block California from enacting its own net neutrality law. The acting chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel, hailed the decision and said that the FCC is now “charting a course” to restore […]

“Mank” led all films in nominations for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards, the Critics Choice Association announced on Monday. Boosted by seven nominations in below-the-line categories, David Fincher’s drama set in 1930s Hollywood received 12 nominations, two more than the runner-up, Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari.” Other films with multiple nominations include “Ma Rainey’s Black […]

CBS’ new drama The Equalizer dedicated its premiere to the series’ executive producer Richard Lindheim, who died Jan. 18 of heart failure at the age of 81. The post-Super Bowl debut, which likely attracted tens of millions of viewers, ended with a card that read, “Dedicated to the memory of Richard Lindheim.” A veteran TV executive, Lindheim co-created the […]

The Weeknd blew the crowd away with a Super Bowl halftime show that preserved all the unnerving neon vibes of his hit 2020 song “Blinding Lights,” which means it was mission accomplished for a chart-topping artist who, according to his manager, spent $7 million of his own money to make sure the performance was everything […]

Lisa Vanderpump, who departed “The Real Housewives” in 2019, is staying in the world of reality TV. The television personality and restaurateur has landed her own show on E!, called “Overserved With Lisa Vanderpump,” where she invites her famous friends over to her Beverly Hills mansion for a swanky at-home dinner party. Vanderpump will bring […]

Michelle Williams has signed on to play Peggy Lee in a biopic for the legendary singer, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The biopic will be directed by Todd Haynes. Marc Platt, who produced Reese Witherspoon’s two Legally Blonde films, Pamela Koffler and Christine Vachon will join Witherspoon in producing the project. Fever, based on a Nora Ephron screenplay, was delayed […]

The new year kicked off with what will likely be the most bizarre celebrity story of 2021: Armie Hammer — the genetically blessed movie star of “Call Me by Your Name” and “The Social Network” fame, and heir to the Hammer family oil fortune — began trending online for being a cannibal. Hammer is not a cannibal. […]

Salma Hayek’s first project for HBO Max is a comedy where a 40-year-old woman’s boobs start talking to her. The streaming service is developing an adaptation of Leslie Lehr’s upcoming novel, “A Boob’s Life: How America’s Obsession Shaped Me–and You,” which is due out March 2. The series will be a half-hour comedy about Leslie, […]

Elliot Stabler is back. NBC has set a premiere date for its high-profile new Dick Wolf series Law & Order: Organized Crime, which features the return of Christopher Meloni as the NYPD detective he played for years in Law & Order: SVU. And he will be reunited with Olivia Benson as the series debuts April 1 as part of a two-hour […]

Voting machine company Smartmatic filed a lawsuit Thursday against Fox News and several of its top stars, along with Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, for pushing a false conspiracy theory involving the company’s machines, becoming the second voting company to seek retribution against the far right for using the voting machines in their attempt to overturn the […]

The Screen Actors Guild Awards spread the wealth when the organization announced nominations Thursday for its 27th edition, failing to signal there were any clear frontrunners in either the film or television races. “Minari,” the story of an immigrant family trying to build a life in the rural South, “Da 5 Bloods, a Vietnam epic, […]