It probably isn’t coincidental that CBS and the Academy of Country Music Awards have recently gone through a fairly public breakup, creating the opportunity for the network to look no further than within its own ViacomCBS house for a rebound romance. The CMT Awards were traditionally held at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on the eve of […]
Max Rosenthal was known for his appearances on his son’s food-focused unscripted series, “I’ll Have What Phil’s Having” for PBS and “Somebody Feed Phil” for Netflix. According to a July 2018 report from New York Jewish Week, Max Rosenthal was a German immigrant who escaped Berlin just after the November 1938 Kristallnacht massacre that signaled […]
Taraji P. She taught me to go for it all in Hollywood — not just to be an actress, but to produce and direct,” Henson told Variety on the red carpet Sunday in Los Angeles. Latifah took the Microsoft Theater stage after a star-studded performance tribute featuring Lil Kim, Monie Love, Rapsody and MC Lyte. […]
Hosted by Julia Hardy, the event will consist of two live streams that will both contain exclusive short-form content and production insights. Key creators of the Witcher games and “The Witcher” Netflix series team up to test their knowledge of the wider Witcher universe. Hari Seldon predicts the impending fall of the Empire, he and […]
According to various media reports, shooting locations are reported to be Spetses, an affluent island off the northeastern Peloponnese coast and nearby Porto Heli, in the area known as the Greek Riviera. While Daniel Craig will reprise his role as the clever private investigator Benoit Blanc, Johnson’s sequel boasts a completely new cast. The original […]
NBC’s “Today” has long been part of many an American morning ritual. Libby Leist, the executive who oversees the ‘Today” empire, envisions commuters logging on to hear the top stories that Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb deliver at the top of the show’s first hour, many of which feature NBC News reporters on the ground […]
The comedy legend, who turns 95 Monday, is known to be relentless in pursuit of the creative freedom and resources required to deliver his unique brand of humor. Brooks was credited at the end of an item about a Broadway-bound musical revue dubbed “Curtain Going Up,” for which he wrote a few sketches. …Read the […]
The show, a BBC Studios Entertainment production, will return to BBC One with 12 episodes of 45 minutes each, filmed in Glasgow, Scotland. I’m hoping we’ve found a way to make both the fans of the show happy as well as bringing a new audience to it. “’Weakest Link’ has always been a firm favorite […]
Directed by Marlén Viñayo, “Unforgivable” follows a hitman for the 18th Street gang as he serves his sentence in an evangelical Salvadorian prison, where he is punished not only for his crimes, but for being gay. “Step Into the River,” from both China and France, won best animated short at the festival, with French film […]
As Justin Roiland’s synopsis for this week’s episode asks, “Who’s even real, broh? Are you real? Broh?” That is the question du jour while watching “Mortiplicity,” and while one can assume they have the correct answer by the final, pre-epilogue scene, the thing about “Rick and Morty” is that it always leaves that lingering question. […]
It was, unofficially speaking, a reenactment of the Civil War that divided this country 150 years earlier, and comedian-cum-filmmaker CJ Hunt was there to witness the standoff. We all know what Trump said of those on both sides of the issue, but Hunt’s alternately amusing and enraging essay film “The Neutral Ground” goes beyond the […]
And although most theaters remained closed on this sultry summer Saturday evening two and a half years later, the Boss has seen fit to lead Broadway’s reopening, as if to give a cautiously optimistic signal to audiences — hey, if Bruce thinks it’s okay, it should be okay. But like that change-of-heart master Neil Young, […]
John Langley, who created the long-running TV show “Cops” which helped usher in the reality TV era, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack in Baja, Mexico, according to his reps. For 32 seasons, it was a reality TV juggernaut, running for over 1,000 episodes and introducing the cinéma vérité style of documentary to television. […]
At the top of the Standard, a heavy gold-plated door separates Le Bain — the Standard’s night club — from the hotel’s exclusive lounge, which Thursday night housed hundreds of New York pride guests awaiting Madonna’s performance. Inside, guests like Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, Billy Eichner, Zachary Quinto, Lance Bass, Adam Lambert, Jon Batiste and Lady Fag could be spotted around the room, dancing high […]
The jaw-dropping details of the psychological manipulation that Raniere masterminded by encouraging his followers to participate in “master” and “slave” relationships — among other bizarre mind games disguised as self-help efforts — has become a cottage industry for documentary and unscripted content. Such an opportunity has offered me the time and strength I needed to […]
The action film, starring Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez, raked in $30 million on Friday alone from 4,179 theaters. Along with Diesel and Rodriguez, “F9” also stars Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster and Sung Kang. Though “F9” kicked off with a speedy start, “A Quiet Place Part II” is currently the […]
Critics hated Collins’ novels, dismissing the author as “the queen of trash.” But that’s deeply unfair. “Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story,” a new documentary from CNN Films, traces the author’s career and meteoric rise to the top of the best-seller lists, while also revealing the personal struggles that shaped her work. What was intriguing […]
Mack’s sentencing memo emphasizes that the former “Smallville” star has fully renounced her belief in Raniere. “It is now of paramount importance for me to say, from the bottom of my heart, I am so sorry,” Mack’s letter states. Federal prosecutors have described NXIVM as a multi-level marketing scheme with a sinister side that involved […]
Maher responded that they got started in the industry around the same time, but that he would not quit while at a career peak. “I don’t have a reason that I would want to say out loud that’s going to win any argument in the court of public opinion or supreme court or anything like […]
The social media movement kicked off after Shaw was essentially retconned to become a full-fledged Fast Family member, after saving Dom’s in an admittedly incredible fight scene involving a plane and a baby carrier in “Fate of the Furious.” But fans were concerned to see the antagonist welcomed in with open arms without much attention […]