UPDATED with details: Fran Drescher has been elected president of SAG-AFTRA and, in a split decision, her opponent’s running mate, Joely Fisher, has been elected national secretary-treasurer. Drescher defeated Matthew Modine, who was making his second bid for the presidency, but her running mate, Anthony Rapp, lost to Fisher. The final vote count has yet
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Brian Austin Green is slipping into some dancing shoes … we’ve learned he’s the latest celeb to join the upcoming season of “Dancing with the Stars.” Brian’s famous for starring on the original “Beverly Hills, 90210” and now we’ll see if he’s got any skills in the ballroom. The official cast will not be announced
EXCLUSIVE: “Anybody seeing this for the first time will be saying, alright, tale away the amount of celebration of nostalgia, this is an examination of the human condition” says Tom Hanks of the seminal Band Of Brothers miniseries. “What do you think? What would you do?” asks the co-creator of the HBO miniseries in a
The Republic of Sarah will soon be over at The CW. Luke Mitchell, who plays Danny Cooper on the freshman drama, has revealed on Twitter the show has been canceled. “Only one episode left & unfortunately it will be our series finale,” the actor shared. “So much heart went into this show & we’re all
Most of the major networks are going all out next Saturday to cover the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. A least four networks are broadcasting live that day from Lower Manhattan as commemorative events are held at Ground Zero, the Flight 93 National Memorial and other sites connected with the tragedy.
More than 5,200 Covid cases have been detected among K-12 students in Los Angeles County over the past two weeks, a number the public health director called “sobering” today. According to figures released by the county Wednesday, 5,207 infections were identified among students in the county between Aug. 15-29 — along with 729 cases among
Play video content TMZ.com Jeremy Piven is on deck, waiting for another at-bat to reprisie his role for a potential ‘Entourage’ reboot — which, BTW, would be way different in 2021 … as would his character. We got the HBO vet Tuesday leaving a café in L.A., where we were able to shoot the breeze
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has signed an overall deal with TV scribe and playwright Brian Otaño. Otaño will create, produce, and write TV projects with Amazon Studios to premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. He has multiple projects currently in development with the studio. “The landscapes, characters, and
HBO Max has released the trailer and key art for the highly anticipated third season of Doom Patrol. The first three episodes of season three will debut Thursday, September 23, with subsequent episodes launching weekly every Thursday through November 11 on HBO Max. The series reimagines one of DC’s most beloved groups of superheroes: “Robotman”
Piers Morgan and ITV have been cleared by UK regulator Ofcom over comments the presenter made on Good Morning Britain about Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex. Morgan told viewers he didn’t accept claims made by Markle that her mental health had suffered so much since she joined the royal family that she “didn’t want
TV docudramas always walk a fine line between illumination and exploitation. But American Crime Story‘s first installment, The People v. O.J. Simpson, broke the mold by doing the impossible: It gave us a fresh perspective on a story we thought we already knew so well. It had depth, it had nuance, it made us rethink
Designated Survivor duo Dana Ledoux Miller and Michael Russell Gunn have been set as showrunners of Netflix’s upcoming Thai cave rescue miniseries. The streamer has also revealed the cast for the series, which includes local actors, including one who starred in a Thai dramatization of the story. The series is an adaptation of the Tham
Play video content TMZ.com JoJo Siwa thinks she’s already got a leg up on her “Dancing with the Stars” competition … she’s one half of the show’s first-ever same-sex pairing … and thinks it gives her an edge. We got JoJo heading into the ‘DWTS’ studio Tuesday in Los Angeles and asked her if there’s
Ruth Marx, whose singing voice was heard on classic TV commercial jingles that likely reached as many ears as the pop songs of her famous son Richard Marx, died of lung cancer at her home in California on Aug. 24. She was 85. Her death was announced to the Chicago Sun Times by son Richard.
As the saying goes, “all you need is love.” One thing New Amsterdam manages to do is cling to the bits of hope and finds light in the darkness. It’s what often separates it from its medical drama counterparts. And New Amsterdam Season 3 finished on an upswing with Max racing to Helen’s apartment like something
Disney Plus has greenlit Kaiser Karl, a six-episode drama series about the famed fashion designer from Paris-based Lupin producers Gaumont. Jan Koeppen, president of Disney EMEA, announced the show during his Series Mania keynote this morning. The project is based on the biography of the same name by Raphaëlle Bacqué who is attached to the
Fran Drescher supporters have held on to two more national board seats as the SAG-AFTRA elections wrap up later this week. Incumbent Bill Mootos has been reelected in New England, and incumbent Mel MacKaron has been reelected in New Mexico. With only four of the union’s 25 local races to be decided, it now looks
Ellen DeGeneres just expanded her real estate portfolio … scooping up a home in Beverly Hills. Our real estate sources tell us the talk show host dropped a cool $8.5 million for the 5-bedroom, 4-bathroom home. The place is 4,614 square feet and it looks like a fixer-upper. Real talk … the home looks dated.
EXCLUSIVE: Judy Greer and Katy Mixon are set as leads opposite Renée Zellweger and Josh Duhamel on NBC/Blumhouse’s limited series The Thing About Pam. Based on a true-crime phenomenon — the real-life, stranger-than-fiction story behind the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that was featured on Dateline NBC — The Thing About Pam is produced by
Punky Brewster’s return to TV screens was shorter than anticipated. Peacock recently shared the sad news that the revival would not be renewed for a second season, and the show’s star is opening up about the decision. Soleil Moon Frye took to Instagram to share behind-the-scenes photos of her time on the series, including many
FX’s groundbreaking Pose — about an LGBTQ clique navigating AIDS, bigotry and drag-ball culture in ‘80s and then ‘90s New York — earned its third consecutive Best TV Drama win at GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ Dorians TV Awards for its third and final season. The show’s Mj Rodriguez, who last month became
CSI: Vegas gets its first official trailer ahead of its Oct. 6 premiere on CBS and not only are some franchise favorites back but so is the theme song. The sequel to the mothership CSI series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, features returning stars William Petersen, Jorja Fox, and Wallace Langham, and newly added series regulars Paula Newsome, Matt
Not even Oprah is safe from a years-later look back at questionable behavior — including an interview she did with Dolly Parton that’s now under the microscope … with a 2021 lens. Clips from the 2003 sit-down with the iconic country singer resurfaced this weekend, and it seems some people have questions about what Oprah
Ed Asner, legendary actor, activist and philanthropist, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, surrounded by family. He was 91. Asner, former president of the Screen Actors Guild, is best known for his role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoff Lou Grant, pulling off the extremely rare feet of playing
It’s so great to have Evil back again, and what a great episode to get us back into the swing of things. The search for three miracles at the monastery got underway, and it proved quite challenging for our favorite religious investigators. EVIL Season 2 Episode 7 proved that silence could be frightening. The consequences
Manifest will live on. After weeks of negotiations, Netflix has closed a deal for a super-sized fourth and final season of the missing plane drama, which will be available exclusively on the streamer worldwide. In a nod to Manifest‘s fans, whose passionate support helped resurrect the show following its cancellation by NBC, the announcement of
When production designer John P. Goldsmith was approached for HBO’s reboot of Perry Mason, he was compelled by the opportunity to dive into the world of 1930s Los Angeles. “Architecturally, what was happening then with modernism was so interesting, with Neutra, and Schindler and Frank Lloyd Wright, and these people that were there making amazing
James Corden hit the streets with Camila Cabello Friday for a skit that was fun and funny, but maybe not COVID-safe. James and Camila were in West Hollywood for a Cinderella spoof. James played the mouse, Camilla was Cinderella and Billy Porter was the Fairy Godmother. James Corden, Camila Cabello, Billy Porter and Idina Menzel
When the Smithsonian Institution launched a new series of events this week called Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past, it included a streamed forum from Los Angeles, where participants were immersed in an LED set and their discussion interspersed with taped testimonials on race from a diversity of Americans. It’s just a start
It’s happening, Manifest fans! As expected, the beloved drama has been picked up for a fourth season at Netflix. The exciting announcement was made Saturday, aka 828 day. The order is for a final season, however. 20 episodes have been ordered. Despite being canceled by NBC earlier this year after three seasons, the series emerged