Saturday Night Live’s annual will-they-stay-or-will-they-go debate is alive and well. The conversation over whether any key cast members will leave the fabled NBC institution is getting louder with rumors and gossip swirling around the likes of Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong and Colin Jost. However, Deadline understands that SNL supremo Lorne Michaels
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Nightbirde emerged as a fast favorite on the current season of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, but the contestant shared a sad announcement with social media fans: She’s exiting the show. Nightbirde, whose real name is Jane Marczewski, revealed via Instagram that she is leaving to focus on her fight against cancer. “Sharing my heart with
The View‘s Meghan McCain is exercising her right to a final work week of really unfiltered expression, responding to author Mary L. Trump’s claim that McCain lacked the courage to face off in an interview segment today. “There is no ‘good’ Trump family member to me,” McCain tweeted this afternoon. “Continue to wish they would
Well, Mr. Corman is certainly Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s vision. Not only does the actor star in the new Apple TV+ dramedy — in his first regular TV role since he was a wisecracking teen alien on 3rd Rock From the Sun — but he also serves as creator, writer, director and executive producer on the project.
Kathy Griffin revealed today that she has been diagnosed with lung cancer and will undergo surgery to have half of her left lung removed. “I’ve got to tell you guys something,” the comic wrote on Twitter today. “I have cancer. I’m about to go into surgery to have half of my left lung removed.” Later
Play video content TMZ.com Wayne Brady was the target of a racist, expletive-laced voicemail left at the studio where he films his game show … and it’s disgusting. TMZ’s obtained the audio of the message left at CBS Studios in L.A.’s Fairfax District where the affable comedian and singer hosts “Let’s Make a Deal.” The
John Oliver continued to take shots at Biden’s failed promises on this week’s episode of Last Week Tonight. Though the United States has moved most of their troops out of Afghanistan well ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline Biden set, thousands of Afghan translators who aided American troops during the war have yet to be
Soap actor Jay Pickett has died. The Port Charles actor passed away on Friday at the age of 60. He was on the set of a movie. Movie producer Jim Heffel revealed the news via Facebook. “Yesterday I lost a good friend and the world lost a great person,” Heffel eulogized in the post. “Jay
Voice actress Thea White, known for voicing Muriel Bagge on Courage the Cowardly Dog, died “peacefully of complications from surgery” related to liver cancer on Friday morning in Cleveland, according to her brother John Zitzner. She was 81. White’s nephew Brad Zitzner gave insight into her final moments via social media. “Sadly we lost our
EXCLUSIVE: Paper Girls developer and executive producer Stephany Folsom has stepped down as co-showrunner of the Amazon series, based on Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s graphic novel, which is currently filming. Folsom will have no active participation in the series going forward with co-showrunner Christopher C. Rogers becoming the solo showrunner. Production on Paper
Good news, folks … Bob Odenkirk is in such good spirits he’s now joking around with friends, according to one of them … actor David Cross. Cross says the “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” star is doing so good, in fact, fans will soon be hearing from him. Cross updated Bob’s legion of fans
UPDATED, 8:16 PM: Elite gymnast Simone Biles has pulled out another Olympic event: the individual floor exercise, scheduled for Monday. Whether she’ll compete in the balance beam event taking place Tuesday remains to be determined. USA Gymnastics confirmed the development on Saturday night, via their official Twitter account. “Simone has withdrawn from the event final
If you ask us, the resident bad boy of Virgin River had one of the most compelling arcs of Virgin River Season 3. The hit series is still topping the charts after nearly a month since its July 9 release on Netflix. With an emotional season filled with love, heartbreak, and in the case of
Saginaw Grant, the esteemed Native American character actor known for turns in The Lone Ranger, The World’s Fastest Indian and more, died on Wednesday at a private care facility in Hollywood, California. He was 85. Grant’s publicist and longtime friend, Lani Carmichael, confirmed his death to the Associated Press, saying that he died peacefully in his sleep
As the Delta variant drove infections across California to their biggest one-day jump of 2021 this week, Hollywood was not immune. The Los Angeles County Health Department reported an outbreak related to CBS’s S.W.A.T. at Santa Clarita Studios North of Los Angeles. Deadline confirmed with sources Friday evening that there were five cases on S.W.A.T.,
Trey Parker and Matt Stone want to buy a beloved Colorado restaurant featured in “South Park,” but it’s still just a pipedream … because we’re told Casa Bonita is NOT for sale. Here’s the deal … the “South Park” creators made it pretty well known this week they want to buy the Mexican restaurant they
“Please don’t make the Olympics into the Oscars,” Bill Maher pleaded in his show-ending New Rules monologue in tonight’s return of Real Time to HBO after a month’s break. Last April, as he reminded the audience, he said the theme of this year’s Oscar show was, “We dare you to be entertained.” Its producers, he
We knew it was coming. Outer Banks Season 2 Episode 7 confirmed Ward’s death had changed Sarah and John B’s relationship — possibly for good. Their relationship has been a turbulent display of emotion, and while it seemed like they were bonded for life earlier on Outer Banks Season 2, they could not be further
After word came earlier today from Bob Odenkirk’s pal and sometimes creative partner David Cross that the world would be hearing soon from the Better Call Saul star — who collapsed on set Tuesday night — Odenkirk issued a statement. “Hi. It’s Bob. Thank you. To my family and friends who have surrounded me this
Hello, and welcome to International Insider! Jake Kanter here, guiding you through another busy week in global film and TV. To get this delivered every Friday, sign up here. Scarlett Takes Aim At Disney Leading the day: A potentially game-changing lawsuit pitting Black Widow herself Scarlett Johansson against Disney. Johansson is suing the mighty House of Mouse,
Play video content TMZ.com “Soul!” put Black culture on the TV map at a time when it hadn’t really been done before … and if you’ve never heard of the first Black variety show on American television, well, it’s an amazing story about an openly gay Black host who trailblazed in so many ways in
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has requested to have his ads pulled from the Fox News schedule, following a disagreement over a potential commercial. Lindell told the Wall Street Journal that he pitched Fox on an ad for a “cyber symposium,” which he intends to live stream in August. At this event, he is looking to prove
Disney is firing back at a lawsuit filed by Scarlett Johansson. Earlier on Thursday, news broke that the Black Widow actress had filed a lawsuit against the Marvel parent company over its release of the movie on Disney+ through Premiere Access at the same time it hit theaters. “There is no merit whatsoever to this
EXCLUSIVE: Black-ish co-executive producer Robb Chavis has signed an overall deal with CBS Studios. Under the pact, he will develop new half-hour series for the studio. This marks a return to CBS Studios for Chavis who worked as Executive Story Editor on its CBS comedy series Superior Donuts. “We really enjoyed working with Robb four
A big comeback for NBCUniversal paced Comcast’s results in the second quarter as the media giant beat Wall Street forecasts. Total revenue climbed 20% to $28.5 billion, while earnings per share increased 22% to 84 cents. Wall Street analysts had expected earnings of 67 cents a share and revenue of $27.2 billion. At NBCU, adjusted
Bob Odenkirk was hospitalized for a “heart-related incident” … sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ, and it was touch-and-go for the last day but it looks like he’s now out of the woods. Bob is awake inside an Albuquerque hospital and we’re told he’s on the rebound, but when he was rushed to the hospital
The FCC Wednesday announced fines totaling $9 million on 17 stations – or eight licensees – affiliated with Sinclair Broadcast Group for not negotiating retransmission consent agreement with AT&T in good faith. The so-called Forfeiture Order imposed a per-station penalty of $512,228 against each defendant “for willfully and repeatedly violating the Commission’s good faith negotiation standards,”
We had a chance to catch up with director Nikki M. James to chat about The Good Fight Season 5 Episode 5, which I deemed the best episode of the season. You think you’re emotionally prepared to watch shows cover the COVID-19 pandemic, having already braced yourself from the horrors that could be coming our way,
On July 20, California Governor Gavin Newsom, amid increasing Covid 19 infections in the state, urged every eligible resident to get vaccinated. When asked about other preventative measures the governor, who is facing a recall election in September, said increased vaccination was all the state needed. “The answer to the Delta variant is vaccination,” said
ITV has ruled out the prospect of buying BT Sport in a sign that the commercial broadcaster is not overly enthusiastic about major acquisitions ahead of the UK government potentially putting Channel 4 up for sale. Following the publication of ITV’s half-year earnings on Wednesday, CEO Carolyn McCall put an end to speculation that it