The proposed Roseanne spinoff is still very much alive at ABC, and negotiations are said to have moved to a new phase thanks to concessions from its erstwhile star. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Roseanne Barr has agreed in principle to walk away from the characters she helped create in order to allow Roseanne’s cast and crew to […]
Read moreCharles Krauthammer, the beloved and brilliant Fox News Channel personality who gave up a pioneering career in psychiatry to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning political analyst, on Friday revealed the heartbreaking news that he is in the final stages of a losing battle with cancer. The 68-year-old’s incisive takes on politics of the day have been […]
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Woody Harrelson is 56 now, turning in mature, nuanced performances in lauded films including “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and “LBJ,” the kinds of roles one might associate with Tommy Lee Jones or the late Sam Shepard. And, of course, he stopped smoking pot. That was the news last year, anyway, when Mr. Harrelson, a […]
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ABC canceled its hit sitcom “Roseanne” on Tuesday after the show’s biggest star, Roseanne Barr, went on a racist Twitter rant. “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” ABC said. The cancellation comes just months after the show premiered to huge ratings. Barr […]
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“Star Wars” just fell to earth. In the first big box office test of Hollywood’s high-stakes summer season, “Solo: A Star Wars Story” collected about $83.3 million between Friday and Sunday, a huge total for any franchise film — unless that franchise is “Star Wars,” which has always performed at stratospheric levels. “Solo” also sputtered overseas, […]
Read moreOn Tuesday night, the comedian Patton Oswalt was in Chicago at an event to promote “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” a chilling true crime book about the Golden State Killer, who committed a string of unsolved rapes and murders in California in the 1970s and ’80s. Mr. Oswalt told the crowd that he believed […]
Read moreAfter announcing intentions to spoil their own show ahead of time, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy have instead offered their version of one of the web’s great memes. “Rick, roll yourself back online.” Those words are not directly spoken in the latest look at Westworld, but creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy have certainly offered something up […]
Read moreThe Westfield Century City mall runs a dozen of the latest blockbusters at its modern movie theater here, but recently some of the most cutting-edge entertainment was playing one story below, at a pop-up store across from Bloomingdale’s. That’s where groups of six could enter a railed-off area, don backpacks and headsets, and wander in […]
Read moreIt’s not the plot of a Hollywood drama — Colin Firth’s wife confirms she waged an affair with a man she claims stalked her. Livia Giuggioli, who’s been married to Firth for more than 20 years, admitted to her past relations with journalist Marco Brancaccia after he asserted to British newspaper The Times that Giuggioli […]
Read moreHeather Locklear was arrested for investigation of domestic violence and fighting with sheriff’s deputies at her California home, authorities said Monday. Ventura County sheriff’s Capt. Garo Kuredjian said deputies responded to domestic disturbance around 10 p.m. Sunday in Thousand Oaks, west of Los Angeles. The victim of the alleged domestic violence was a boyfriend who […]
Read moreAt age 67, “Let’s Get Physical” actress Jane Seymour has just become a three-time Playboy model — but just as eye-opening as the photos is the story she shared with the magazine about an encounter with a handsy producer in the early days of her career. In the interview, Seymour recalls meeting with the producer, […]
Read moreWillie Nelson has cooked up a birthday present for himself: a new studio album. “Last Man Standing” is scheduled for release on April 27, two days before the revered country music singer and songwriter turns 85. Announced Friday, the collection includes 11 new songs Nelson has written with longtime songwriting collaborator and producer Buddy Cannon. It’ll […]
Read moreOn Monday, October 2, 2017, Harvey Weinstein arrived at work earlier than usual. As was his custom, he barked orders and moved from room to room inside his spacious office suite at 375 Greenwich Street, the New York City headquarters of the Weinstein Company (T.W.C.), a beautiful old red-brick factory building that had been converted […]
Read moreMost Americans are not familiar with the British talk show, The Graham Norton Show. Norton is a BAFTA Award-winning comedian who hosts his hour long show on BBC broadcast out of London. Norton has top celebrities on his show and they open up with some of the zaniest conversations that you won’t quite see on […]
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 moreTelevision heart-throb James Norton has been tipped to be the next James Bond — but could the War & Peace star be the wrong sex and colour? For producer Barbara Broccoli, who is in charge of the highly lucrative spy series, has dropped a big hint that 007 could next be played by a black […]
Read moreWhile CNN’s viewers waited for Don Lemon to get rip-roaringly drunk, and those watching ABC made anti-vaccination remarks about Jenny McCarthy, Steve Harvey raised his own fuss on Fox. In the above clip, Harvey stirred up a slight controversy on Twitter by declaring, “Three little black dudes singing the song better than any of the white people I know.” However, […]
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