James Corden, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and more star in the teaser trailer for Netflix’s upcoming Ryan Murphy movie The Prom. The film, based on the Tony-nominated Broadway musical of the same name, is set to hit select theaters in December and will begin streaming on Dec. 11.. ...Read Full Story
Netflix has dropped the trailer for The Christmas Chronicles 2, the sequel to Netflix’s 2018 movie The Christmas Chronicles. The movie once again features Kurt Russell reprising his role as Santa Claus, as well as Goldie Hawn’s portrayal as Mrs. Claus. Also returning for the sequel is Kate Pierce, Julian Dennison, Kimberly Williams Paisley, Judah Lewis and Jahzir Bruno.. ...Read Full Story
The streaming platform Disney+ has ordered a sequel series to the 1988 classic film Willow.. ...Read Full Story
Netflix has canceled its Hilary Swank-starring drama Away after just one season. The cancellation news comes just six weeks after the series debuted on September 4.. ...Read Full Story
Disney has debuted a brand new trailer for Season 2 of The Mandalorian which will start streaming on Disney+ October 30. . ...Read Full Story
Bette Midler shared a first-look teaser from rehearsal with her “Hocus Pocus” co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, who are preparing to reunite for a Halloween virtual event on Oct. 30, 2020.. ...Read Full Story
Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges revealed on Twitter Monday night that he’d been diagnosed with lymphoma. The 70-year-old actor said his doctors say his “prognosis is good” and will start treatment.. ...Read Full Story
Lady Gaga will be back on the big screen after landing the leading role in Ridley Scott’s new film, Gucci. Gaga will star alongside Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Adam Driver and Jared Leto as Patrizia Reggiani, an Italian socialite and ex-wife of Mauricio Gucci, who was convicted of organizing his assassination. . ...Read Full Story
The characters from the classic sitcom Designing Women reunited for a table read for charity nearly three decades since the finale of the show.. ...Read Full Story
Casting news has been announced for the upcoming “Mad Max” sequel which focuses on the character of Furiosa, who was portrayed by actress Charlize Theron in 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road”. Theron will not reprise the role for the new flick, and will instead be played by “Glass” star Anya Taylor-Joy. Taylor-Joy who will portray a younger version of Furiosa in the spin-off. Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will also star in the movie.. ...Read Full Story
Adele announced over the weekend that she is set to host next week’s episode of Saturday Night Live, on Oct. 24. “Bloooooody hellllll I’m so excited about this!!” Adele wrote on Instagram on Sunday, “And also absolutely terrified! My first ever hosting gig and for SNL of all things!!!! I’ve always wanted to do it as a stand alone moment, so that I could roll up my sleeves and fully throw myself into it, but the time has never been right. But if there was ever a time for any of us to jump head first into the deep end with our eyes closed and hope for the best it’s 2020, right?”. ...Read Full Story
Fox has announced that Last Man Standing will end after Season 9. The final season of the sitcom will begin airing in January.. ...Read Full Story
Joaquin Phoenix and director Ridley Scott are teaming up for the film Kitbag, a movie about French military leader Napoleon.. ...Read Full Story
The 2020 Billboard Music Awards were held without an audience on Wednesday evening inside the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, with Kelly Clarkson serving as host. “Tonight is about the way music touches us all because music connects with us in so many ways, no matter who you are it moves us sometimes literally,” Clarkson said.. ...Read Full Story
Stevie Wonder has released two ‘surprise’ new songs. The songs have been released through Stevie’s new label So What The Fuss Music, marketed and distributed by Republic Records/Universal Music Group. Both tracks are written and produced by Stevie Wonder.. ...Read Full Story
Dexter is coming back to TV. Showtime announced on social media that Michael C. Hall will return as serial killer Dexter Morgan for a 10-episode limited series. Hall will be reunited once again with showrunner Clyde Phillips, and filming is expected to begin in early 2021.. ...Read Full Story
Robert Pattinson and Colin Farrell are back to work and were spotted on the set of the upcoming The Batman filming scenes in Liverpool, United Kingdom.. ...Read Full Story
The Crown Season 4 trailer has been released, and will feature a first look at Princess Diana. . ...Read Full Story
Days of Our Lives is halting production for two weeks after a crew member tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The positive COVID-19 test was discovered as part of the show’s testing protocol and the production team member who tested positive is now in isolation for 14 days, according to Deadline. . ...Read Full Story
35-year-old Keira Knightley will no longer be starring in Apple TV+’s The Essex Serpent. The actor’s rep said in a statement that Knightley has exited the streaming service’s original series “due to family reasons” amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.. ...Read Full Story
Joshua Jackson has joined Peacock’s Dr. Death series in the title role. Actor Jamie Dornan had originally been cast as Dr. Christopher Duntsch in the series based on the hit Wondery podcast of the same name, but due to production delays caused by the pandemic, Dornan can no longer make the filming requirements work for his schedule and NBCUniversal had to recast the role. Jackson was announced as the new star of Dr. Death on Monday.. ...Read Full Story
“Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot will reteam with director Patty Jenkins to bring Cleopatra back to the big screen. The two have hired “Alexander” and “Shutter Island” writter Laeta Kalogridis to script the project. The biopic is apparently the brainchild of Gadot and her production company Pilot Wave. The project is reportedly on an “accelerated timetable” as studios try to recover from the hits that the film industry has taken due to the coronavirus pandemic. . ...Read Full Story
“Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins will bring Cleopatra back to the big screen once again. The two have teamed up with“Alexander” and “Shutter Island” writer Laeta Kalogridis to script the project. The biopic is apparently the brainchild of Gadot and her production company Pilot Wave. The project is reportedly on an “accelerated timetable” as studios try to recover from the hits that the film industry has taken due to the coronavirus pandemic.. ...Read Full Story
“Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins will bring Cleopatra back to the big screen once again. The two have teamed up with“Alexander” and “Shutter Island” writter Laeta Kalogridis to script the project. The biopic is apparently the brainchild of Gadot and her production company Pilot Wave. The project is reportedly on an “accelerated timetable” as studios try to recover from the hits that the film industry has taken due to the coronavirus pandemic.. ...Read Full Story
“Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins will bring Cleopatra back to the big screen once again. The two have teamed up with“Alexander” and “Shutter Island” writer Laeta Kalogridis to script the project. The biopic is apparently the brainchild of Gadot and her production company Pilot Wave. The project is reportedly on an “accelerated timetable” as studios try to recover from the hits that the film industry has taken due to the coronavirus pandemic.. ...Read Full Story
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” star and creator Larry David married girlfriend Ashley Underwood in a ceremony in Southern California last week. David and Underwood were introduced by actress Isla Fisher and her husband, actor Sacha Baron Cohen, at a birthday party for Cohen in 2017. Underwood was a producer of Cohen’s 2018 Showtime series “Who Is America?”. ...Read Full Story
Eboni K. Williams has joined the cast of “The Real Housewives of New York City.” Williams, an attorney and the television host/executive producer of Revolt Black News, is the first black cast member in the history of the program. Williams, 37, will join returning cast members Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Leah McSweeney, and Sonja Morgan for Season 13 of the reality series. The news was confirmed by Bravo.. ...Read Full Story
Suzanne Somers took to Instagram to explain why she has been absent from social media, explaining she fell down the stairs, suffering a neck injury as a result. The 73-year-old Somers said she underwent surgery and said she’s starting to feel better.. ...Read Full Story
Netflix Inc. has been indicted by a grand jury in a Texas county on the charge of promoting lewd visuals of a child in the French film Cuties. The Texas House of Representative tweeted a copy of a document stating that a grand jury has indicted Netflix for “promotion of lewd visual material depicting child.” The indictment also alleges that the promotion of the film was “authorized or recklessly tolerated by” Netflix Co-CEO and Chairman Reed Hastings and Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.. ...Read Full Story
Warner Bros says it is delaying the release of Dune and The Batman due to coronavirus pandemic lockdowns and physical distancing measures that have closed theatres worldwide. Dune is now scheduled to open in October 2021, instead of this December. The release of The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson, has been moved from October 2021 to 2022. . ...Read Full Story
Netflix dropped the surprise announcement that it has cancelled its Emmy-nominated comedy “GLOW.” The series had previously been renewed for a fourth season, and had already gone into production before the COVID-19 pandemic halted its progress. A Netflix spokesperson said in a statement: “We’ve made the difficult decision not to do a fourth season of GLOW due to COVID, which makes shooting this physically intimate show with its large ensemble cast especially challenging.” . ...Read Full Story
Legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen has died. The co-founder of the band Van Halen died Tuesday morning after a years-long battle with throat cancer, his son Wolf confirmed on Twitter. He was 65.. ...Read Full Story
The latest James Bond film No Time to Die has been delayed once again, and is now scheduled for an April 2nd, 2021 release. Daniel Craig’s fifth and final mission as 007was originally expected to premiere in the US on April 10th, but was delayed in the early days of the pandemic, setting a new date of November 20th. However, with major markets like Los Angeles and New York still in various stages of lockdown,, MGM has postponed the movie once again.. ...Read Full Story
Zendaya has signed on to star in a new biopic about Ronnie Spector. According to reports, the biopic will be based from Spector’s memoir, Be My Baby, and rumor has it that Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury will write the film’s script.. ...Read Full Story
Netflix has dropped a new teaser trailer for its highly anticipated third season of Cobra Kai and not only does it announce a premiere date of January 8th, 2021, but it also confirms a fourth season is “officially training to join the fight.”. ...Read Full Story
The cast of Dazed and Confused is reuniting as part of a “get-out-the-vote” fundraiser in Texas. To ensure voters in the Lone Star state get to the polls November 3rd, original cast members including Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, and Parker Posey will reunite on October 11th for a one-time virtual table reading of Richard Linklater’s classic 1993 film. Actors Joey Lauren Adams, Jason London, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Rapp, Rory Cochrane, and Marissa Ribisi are also expected to participate, as will Cole Hauser, Esteban Powell, Deena Martin, Christine Harnos, and Wiley Wiggins, among others.. ...Read Full Story
Nicki Minaj is officially a mom. TMZ confirmed that the rapper welcomed her first child with husband Kenneth Petty on Wednesday in Los Angeles. There’s no word yet on the baby’s gender or name as of press time.. ...Read Full Story
Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins is set to direct the sequel to Disney’s 2019 live-action “The Lion King.” Jenkins, who directed the films “Moonlight and “If Beale Street Could Talk,” confirmed the news on his Twitter page.. ...Read Full Story
Helen Reddy, the Grammy-winning Australian singer who became a feminist icon thanks to her hit “I Am Woman,” has died. She was 78.. ...Read Full Story
Actor and comedian Kevin Hart and his wife Eniko Parrish welcomed their second child together, a baby girl named Kaori Mai Hart, on Tuesday, September 29. Kevin and Eniko also share son Kenzo Kash, 2½, and Hart also has two children — a 15-year-old daughter, Heaven, and a 12-year-old son, Hendrix — from his previous marriage to Torrei Hart.. ...Read Full Story
The View’s Meghan McCain and her husband, Ben Domenech welcomed the birth of their first baby, a girl named Liberty Sage McCain Domenech. A tweet from the official Twitter account of “The View” confirmed the news.. ...Read Full Story
The “Saved by the Bell” reboot has an official premiere date at Peacock. The streaming service said the reimagined version of the hit show will hit the air on November 25.. ...Read Full Story
Amanda Seyfried and husband Thomas Sadoski have welcomed their second child together, a baby boy. The pair announced the news via INARA and War Child USA. “Since the birth of our daughter 3 years ago our commitment to the innocent children that are so brutally affected by conflict and war has been a driving force in our lives. With the birth of our son the work of INARA and War Child has become our North Star.”. ...Read Full Story
HBO announced Monday it has renewed Real Time with Bill Maher for two more seasons, which will keep the show on air through 2022. Each episode features an opening monologue, followed by round-table discussions with guests and interviews.. ...Read Full Story
Samuel L. Jackson is set for a return as Nick Fury in a new breakout Marvel spinoff series on Disney+. Details are still slim, but Mr. Robot‘s Kyle Bradstreet is reportedly set to write and executive produce the still-untitled series. . ...Read Full Story
Grown-ish star and Black-ish alum Yara Shahidi is set to play Tinker Bell in Disney’s new live-action version of Peter Pan and Wendy. The cast includes Jude Law as Captain Hook, Alexander Molony as Peter Pan and Ever Anderson as Wendy, with Pete’s Dragon director David Lowery heading up the project. No release date is scheduled at this time.. ...Read Full Story
Netflix announced on Twitter that a “Father of the Bride” reunion is headed our way. The streaming service posted a short teaser video, with George Banks (played in the film by Steve Martin) checking his emails. There are messages in his inbox from “Masks-R-Us,” and one reading “Just when we thought 2020 couldn’t get worse…” He then clicks on an email reminding him to join an upcoming family video call on September 25.. ...Read Full Story
Disney announced several films that had originally been scheduled for late 2020 release, including Black Widow and West Side Story, will now be pushed back until 2021. The studio said Marvel movie Black Widow, starring Scarlett Johansson as the titular hero, is being pushed back from Nov. 6 until May 7, 2021. The Eternals, starring Angelina Jolie, is being delayed from Feb. 12, 2021, until Nov. 5 of that year. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Marvel’s first movie led by an Asian hero, will be released July 7 of next year, instead of the previously announced May 7.. ...Read Full Story
MTV announced that it is bringing back the iconic series 16 and Pregnant as a newly reimagined docu-series. The series launched over a decade ago and helped to reduce teen pregnancy to record lows. The six-episode season premieres on Tuesday, October 6 at 9PM ET/PT on MTV. The new season will follow the pregnancy journey from multiple perspectives, not just from the young mother. . ...Read Full Story
The CW and Warner Bros. Television announced that the superhero drama “Supergirl” is coming to an end after its upcoming sixth season. The show is set to start production on its final season “later this month,” the CW said.. ...Read Full Story
Less than 24 hours after the comedy hit Schitt’s Creek completed a history-making sweep at the Emmys, the show’s sixth and final season will make its way to Netflix beginning October 7th. Schitt’s Creek Season 6 originally aired on Pop TV between January and April of this year. . ...Read Full Story
On Tuesday, the nominees for the 2020 Billboard Music Awards were announced with Post Malone leading all artists with 16 nominations. Lil Nas X earned 13 nominations, and Billie Eilish and Khalid tied with 12 nominations each.. ...Read Full Story
The first trailer for Disney+’s Wandavision was just released, with Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany returning as Wanda Maximoff and Vision. Wandavision is a “blend of classic television and the Marvel Cinematic Universe,” says Disney+. It follows Wanda and Vision, “two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives” who “begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.” . ...Read Full Story
Ellen DeGeneres returned on Monday to kick off the Season 18 premiere of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and addressed workplace misconduct allegations against her and her team. The daytime talk show came under investigation over the summer for being a “toxic” workplace. DeGeneres has been at the center of a scandal after BuzzFeed News published a report in July 2020 which detailed staffers negative experiences on the Ellen set, including claims of being penalized for taking medical leave, and fear of retribution for raising complaints.. ...Read Full Story
The 72nd Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, looked much different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show was held from the mostly vacant Staples Center in L.A., with winners accepting awards remotely, virtually, and digitally.. ...Read Full Story
The 72nd Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, looked much different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show was held from the mostly vacant Staples Center in L.A., with winners accepting awards remotely, virtually, and digitally.. ...Read Full Story
Giuliana Rancic and Vivica A. Fox announced Sunday they would not be hosting the E! channel’s Emmy Awards pre-show special because they tested positive for COVID-19.. ...Read Full Story
Comedy Central said in a news release that “South Park” is returning on September 30 for a hour-long special, tackling Covid-19. Titled “The Pandemic Special,” the episode will see Stan’s father Randy Marsh capitalizing on a growing market for pot for his recreational pot business “Tegridy Farms” as he “comes to terms with his role in the COVID-19 outbreak.” A preview clip from the episode shows the kids back at school with barriers around their desks and face shield-wearing police replacing their teachers.. ...Read Full Story
Jerry Harris, the star of the Netflix docuseries Cheer, has been arrested on a federal charge for allegedly producing child pornography. Harris, 21, was formally charged in Chicago on Thursday. A statement from federal officials alleges Harris was arrested “for allegedly enticing an underage boy to produce sexually explicit videos and photos of himself.”. ...Read Full Story
The top spokesman at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Michael Caputo, will take a two-month leave of absence, the agency said on Wednesday. The move came two days after the New York Times reported that Caputo, a former adviser to President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, said on Facebook that government scientists were engaging in “sedition” in their handling of the pandemic.. ...Read Full Story
