The nominations for the 2019 Tony Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 30. Gayle King, Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth, and Tony nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (Hamilton) read the nominees in the top eight categories on CBS This Morning. . ...Read Full Story
The next installment of the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise has a release date. On Monday, Warner Bros. Pictures announced the third “Fantastic Beasts” film will hit theaters Nov. 12, 2021.. ...Read Full Story
A brand new image from Spider-Man: Far From Home shows Tom Holland’s Peter Parker and Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio fully suited up and ready for action. . ...Read Full Story
“Avengers: Endgame” is setting multiple records at the box office the weekend of it’s release.. ...Read Full Story
Taylor Swift releasing her new single “Me!” just a few days ago, but the video, which was dropped the same time the song hit streaming platforms, has already made history.. ...Read Full Story
Actor Jussie Smollett’s “Empire” castmates called for his return to the show after he was cut from the end of its fifth season — in light of allegations that he staged a hate crime against himself.. ...Read Full Story
While there’s no title yet for Daniel Craig’s final outing as James Bond, fans did learn who’ll be joining him for his last appearance as the British super spy. On Thursday, the cast was revealed and it includes Ralph Fiennes, Rory Kinnear, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Lea Seydoux and Jeffrey Wright — back for the 25th movie in the popular film series.. ...Read Full Story
Zachary Levi was named the host for the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards.. ...Read Full Story
Jennifer Garner graces the front of this year’s “Beautiful Issue” of People Magazine. The magazine revealed the cover of the annual issue that hits newsstands Friday.. ...Read Full Story
Ionic musician Prince died in 2016, but left behind lots of thoughts about his life and work. Prince: The Last Interview was published earlier this year, collecting interviews Prince conducted across his 40-year career. Now Random House has announced that it will be publishing Prince’s own memoir, The Beautiful Ones, this fall in collaboration with the Prince Estate.. ...Read Full Story
Godzilla: King of the Monsters will debut in theaters next month, and the newest trailer has just been unveiled.. ...Read Full Story
Britney Spears spent Easter with her boyfriend Sam Asghari outside of the health facility she checked herself into earlier this month.. ...Read Full Story
On Monday, “Today” show correspondent Jenna Bush Hager announced on the NBC morning show that she is expecting her third child. “I’m only telling because Mila and Poppy found out yesterday in their Easter baskets,” Bush Hager explained, referring to her 2 daughters. . ...Read Full Story
Singer Adele has separated from her husband, Simon Konecki, according to a statement from her representative, Benny Tarantini. The statement read: “Adele and her partner have separated. They are committed to raising their son together lovingly. As always they ask for privacy. There will be no further comment.”. ...Read Full Story
Oscar-nominated director John Singleton, best known for the movies “Boyz n the Hood” and “Poetic Justice,” is in intensive care at an undisclosed hospital after he suffered a stroke this week, his family said over the weekend.. ...Read Full Story
A few weeks after “Avengers: Endgame” will drop at the box office, Ant-Man himself, Paul Rudd, will host the Season 44 finale of “Saturday Night Live” on May 18th. It will mark Rudd’s fourth turn hosting the NBC sketch-comedy. “Avengers: Endgame” hits theaters on April 26. . ...Read Full Story
Mike Myers is set to star in a new half-hour comedy series for Netflix, in which he’ll play multiple characters. This will be a six-episode limited series that Myers is producing alongside Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me producer John Lyons and The Gong Show producer Jason Weinberg. Details about the title or the plot of the series were not made available. The Netflix series will be his first scripted show telling a continuous narrative.. ...Read Full Story
Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” list was revealed, and some of the biggest musical artists in the world were recognized for their impact.. ...Read Full Story
Lollapalooza announced the daily lineup and released single-day tickets for the festival today. The Chicago festival is spread across four days with over 180 bands. The festival was created in 1991 by Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell as a farewell tour for his band. The touring festival ran annually until 1997 and was revived again in 2003. In 2005, it found its home in Chicago at Grant Park where it has been ever since. For its 25th anniversary in 2016, the festival extended from three days to four. . ...Read Full Story
Aretha Franklin has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation honor posthumously. This makes the “Queen of Soul” the first woman to receive the honor since 1930.. ...Read Full Story
Today show host Hoda Kotb announced that she has adopted another child. The morning show co-host shared the happy news on Tuesday’s broadcast that she has welcomed a second daughter named Hope Catherine. Kotb is already mom to 2-year-old Haley Joy, whom she adopted in February 2017.. ...Read Full Story
Legendary pop star Madonna has announced her newest project, a record she has titled “Madame X.” This will be the artist’s first new music since her last album, “Rebel Heart,” in 2015.. ...Read Full Story
According to court documents filed on Monday, actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are pleading not guilty to charges they took part in the sweeping college admissions bribery scam. The couple is accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters admitted to the University of Southern California as crew recruits, even though neither is a rower.. ...Read Full Story
“Shazam!” held on to the top spot in North American theaters this weekend, as the superhero film easily defeated the poorly received remake of “Hellboy” and other new releases.. ...Read Full Story
Taylor Swift revealed a cryptic countdown clock on her website around midnight ET on Friday, counting down to April 26. That’s 13 days from when she posted it (which also happens to have significance as 13 is Swift’s lucky number.)\. ...Read Full Story
25 years after the original animated film was released, Disney has released the first full-length trailer for the upcoming live action “Lion King” movie.. ...Read Full Story
On Wednesday, Discovery announced that Chip and Joanna Gaines will soon be getting their own cable TV channel as part of the launch of a new multi-platform media company led by the pair. The still unnamed network will debut in summer 2020 and take over the space currently occupied by the DIY Network, which reaches 52 million US homes, Discovery said. A new subscription streaming service is also in the plans.. ...Read Full Story
AMC has announced it is green-lighting a third scripted series set in the world of The Walking Dead. According to the network, the series “will feature two young female protagonists and focus on the first generation to come-of-age in the apocalypse as we know it. Some will become heroes. Some will become villains. In the end, all of them will be changed forever. Grown-up and cemented in their identities, both good and bad.”. ...Read Full Story
Oprah Winfrey plans to donate $2 million to disaster relief in Puerto Rico, which is still recovering from devastating effects of back-to-back 2017 hurricanes.. ...Read Full Story
On Tuesday, actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, along with 14 other parents, were hit with a new money laundering charge, this in the wake of the college admissions bribery scheme. The new charges come a day after actress Felicity Huffman and 12 other parents and a coach agreed to plead guilty. An indictment brought Tuesday adds a charge of money laundering conspiracy against the couple and 14 other parents.. ...Read Full Story
Sara Gilbert announced on Tuesday’s episode of The Talk that she is leaving to focus on her career as an actress and producer. Gilbert cried as she revealed her departure, with co-hosts Eve, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Carrie Ann Inaba tearing up as well.. ...Read Full Story
On Monday, the Department of Justice said that actress Felicity Huffman and 13 other defendants pleaded guilty to charges related to a national college bribery and recruitment scheme.. ...Read Full Story
“Grace and Frankie” star Lily Tomlin joined comedian Kathy Griffin at a block party celebration to help launch Los Angeles LGBT Center’s new campus.. ...Read Full Story
DC Comics “Shazam!” opened in first place at the box office this weekend. The film earned $53.5 million over the weekend, above analyst predictions of $40 million to $45 million, plus $3 million in advanced screenings for a cumulative $56.8 million. Internationally, the film earned $102 million for a global gross of $158.8 million.. ...Read Full Story
Adam Sandler, who got his start on “Saturday Night Live” as a writer and cast member, is returning to the show to host it for the first time. NBC announced Friday that Sandler is schedule to host on May 4 and will be accompanied by musical guest Shawn Mendes. “We are happy to welcome Adam back to ‘SNL’ in what is sure to be a special night,” executive producer Lorne Michaels said in a statement Friday.. ...Read Full Story
Netflix price increases, announced earlier this year, will begin starting next month. According to a report from CNN, Netflix is sending emails to all their subscribers announcing Netflix prices are going up in the next 30 days.. ...Read Full Story
Streaming service Netflix announced that the Ricky Gervais-created comedy-drama series “After Life” will return next year for a six-episode second season. Gervais created the series, and wrote and directed each episode in Season 1. On “After Life” he portrays a widower who contemplates suicide before deciding to live long enough to punish the world for his wife’s cancer-related death. . ...Read Full Story
Britney Spears is reportedly receiving treatment at a mental health facility amid her father’s health battle.. ...Read Full Story
Britney Spears is reportedly receiving treatment at a mental health facility amid her father’s health battle.. ...Read Full Story
Netflix price increases, announced earlier this year, will begin starting next month. According to a report from CNN, Netflix is sending emails to all their subscribers announcing Netflix prices are going up in the next 30 days.. ...Read Full Story
Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin appeared in federal court alongside other parents on Wednesday to face charges in the college bribery scandal. . ...Read Full Story
Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin appeared in federal court alongside other parents on Wednesday to face charges in the college bribery scandal. . ...Read Full Story
New York Police Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said that magician David Blaine is under investigation after reports of sexual assault were made against him.. ...Read Full Story
Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger is set to undergo heart surgery this week, according to sources close to the band. Reportedly, the surgery is to replace a valve in his heart.. ...Read Full Story
The latest incarnation of Rod Serling’s classic “The Twilight Zone” made its debut on the streaming site CBS All Access. . ...Read Full Story
Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch’s upcoming zombie movie The Dead Don’t Die has just released it’s first official trailer.. ...Read Full Story
Elton John has joined actor George Clooney in calling for a boycott of nine Brunei-owned hotels over the sultanate’s new death-penalty laws for gay sex and adultery.. ...Read Full Story
Tim Burton‘s live-action reboot of “Dumbo” earned $45 million in its debut weekend, coming in below the $50 million mark that early predictions expected. For a Disney project. Dumbo now sits toward the bottom of the Disney live-action films, well below The Jungle Book($103 million), Alice In Wonderland ($116 million), and Beauty and the Beast($174 million). After this weekend, the film’s worldwide total is $116 million, $71 million coming from overseas.. ...Read Full Story
Angelina Jolie could be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jolie is in negotiations to star in The Eternals, one of Marvel’s properties that’s about to head to the mainstream.. ...Read Full Story
CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” has made television history. The long-running show began shooting it’s 276th episode this week, making it the longest running multi-camera sitcom. The show surpassed “Cheers,” which made 275 episodes.. ...Read Full Story
Five new series regulars join the cast of HBO’s untitled Game of Thrones prequel pilot. . ...Read Full Story
Lionel Richie will release his latest album, Live from Las Vegas, on August 23, as well as embarking on his Hello Tour this summer.. ...Read Full Story
Justin Bieber responded to fans asking for new music from the singer by announcing on social media that he was going to take a break from music to repair “deep rooted issues.” . ...Read Full Story
On Tuesday, prosecutors and attorneys for Jussie Smollett said all charges against the actor — who had been accused of staging a hate crime and filing a false police report about it — have been dropped. It is a dramatic reversal in a case in which Chicago police alleged just last month that the 36-year-old “Empire” actor hired two acquaintances to attack him in late January to promote his career.. ...Read Full Story
Almost a year after Oprah Winfrey signed a multi-year deal with Apple for original content, she took the stage at Apple’s Steve Jobs Theater to reveal the first projects she has been working on. They include two documentaries: Toxic Labor, about workplace harassment, and a yet-untitled multi-part series focusing on mental health. Additionally, Winfrey announced that she is partnering with Apple for “building the biggest, most vibrant, most stimulating book club on the planet.” Book club has always been a big part of the Oprah brand, with her picks often translating to bestseller status.. ...Read Full Story
Uma Thurman and Tony Goldwyn are headed to Netflix in a new horror series.. ...Read Full Story
Two years after Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” became a box-office sensation, his follow-up, “Us,” debuted with $70.3 million in ticket sales over the weekend.. ...Read Full Story
The “Roseanne” spin-off “The Conners” officially received a second season order from ABC. “The Conners” was a solid performer for ABC in its freshman season, averaging 9.5 million viewers and coming in as the season’s No. 1 new comedy.. ...Read Full Story
Netflix showed viewers a new way of getting involved with a series with Black Mirror’s interactive spin-off series, Bandersnatch which allowed viewers to choose their own adventure in the life of the main character. . ...Read Full Story
The Late Late Show host James Corden will be back to host the 2019 Tony Awards, honoring the best of Broadway.. ...Read Full Story
