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UPDATE, 6 AM PT: President Joe Biden said that he “just doesn’t understand this sort of macho thing” in refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine. ABC’s Good Morning America aired co-anchor George Stephanopoulos’ sitdown with Biden, as he addressed concerns that a large share of the population would refuse to take the vaccine, potentially jeopardizing
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Tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, host Jimmy Kimmel addressed the need to “remain vigilant” with regard to the Covid-19 pandemic, with businesses across the U.S. opening up, and a potential new wave of the virus on the horizon. “The White House is trying to get as many people vaccinated before the new, more contagious variants
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EXCLUSIVE: Viacom veteran Paula Kaplan is leaving Nickelodeon where she most recently served as EVP of Nickelodeon Talent, I have learned. I hear this was a personal decision Kaplan made, and she just informed her colleagues of her pending departure. It comes after Kaplan’s team helped mount the 2021 Kids Choice Awards ceremony this past
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Killing Eve is coming to an end with its upcoming fourth season. The hit BBC America and AMC drama will begin shooting in the U.K. and places across Europe this summer, meaning that the series will be sitting the entirety of 2021 out. 2022 when the fourth — and now final — season will hit
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Netflix’s live-action take on the anime classic Cowboy Bebop finally has wrapped production on its first season after a long injury layoff and the coronavirus shutdown. The streamer confirmed the news to Deadline tonight after series regular Daniella Pineda posted about it on social media. It’s been a twisty road to the film can for Cowboy Bebop. The series
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Syco’s Lee McNicholas Joins ITV Studios’ Lifted EntertainmentLee McNicholas, an executive producer and creative director at Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment, is joining Lifted Entertainment, the new label created by ITV Studios to house its entertainment hits including I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and Love Island. McNicholas will become Lifted’s creative director after a
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As Last Week Tonight enters its first birthday of coming from the white void, host John Oliver started Sunday’s episode with the much-talked-about interview between Oprah Winfrey and Megan Markle and “her unemployed husband” as they addressed the instances of racism in the royal family. Of course, Fox News and people like Piers Morgan did not
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The Grammys awarded Billie Eilish’s theme song for the upcoming James Bond movie No Time to Die its Best Song Written for Visual Media on Sunday, a highlight of the pre-primetime Grammy Awards recipients. Eilish co-wrote the song for the film with brother Finneas. The tentpole franchise pic has moved several times during the pandemic,
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The 63rd annual Grammy Awards will kick off Sunday live on CBS and Paramount+ beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Trevor Noah will host the 3 1/2-hour ceremony, which will celebrate the best of music during the past year. Grammy organizer the Recording Academy has already announced that the hybrid show will include performances
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Marvelous Marvin Hagler died Saturday, his wife confirmed today, on his Facebook fan page. The iconic middleweight boxer and actor was 66. “Today unfortunately my beloved husband Marvelous Marvin passed away unexpectedly at his home here in New Hampshire,” wrote Kay G. Hagler. “Our family requests that you respect our privacy during this difficult time.”
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Selection Sunday, when the teams playing in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament are announced, returns to its usual CBS timeslot this weekend. A year ago, the sudden cancellation of the tournament left a yawning void in the sports and cultural calendar. The demise of March Madness in 2020 ranks as one of the most jarring
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You know it’s a good week on Real Time when the two stories that have consumed the week’s news — the accusations against Andrew Cuomo and the accusations against the Royal Family — take a backseat to weightier topics such as crony capitalism and the hegemony of China. “We’re not losing to China,” said Maher
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For the first time since the launch of The Bachelor franchise, an installment won’t be hosted by Chris Harrison. Amid continuing controversy, Harrison will not be hosting the upcoming season The Bachelorette, ABC and The franchise producer Warner Horizon said iFriday night. Speculation that Harrison will continue to be sidelined was further fueled when TMZ
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WarnerMedia chief Jason Kilar offered some fresh thoughts and a sprinkling of numbers about HBO Max’s progress and outlook, emphasizing the boost expected to come from the forthcoming ad-supported tier. “We have worked hard to earn more of consumers’ precious time, and it’s working,” Kilar said. The service, which launched just prior to Kilar’s arrival
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Did the future of Cloud 9 hinge on customer satisfaction? On Superstore Season 6 Episode 12, Jeff returned to the store with a bombshell. Meanwhile, Mateo turned to Garrett for assistance in his relationship with Eric. Elsewhere, Dina, Glenn, and Cheyenne’s plans to boost the scores changed things a lot in the store. Use the
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Fremantle, the RTL-owned global production empire behind shows including American Idol, Too Hot To Handle, and We Are Who We Are, suffered a 39% drop in earnings as the coronavirus pandemic wiped out TV shoots across the world. Fremantle’s adjusted earnings before interest, tax, and amortization (EBITA) stood at €87 million ($104M) in the full-year
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A solemn but sturdy President Joe Biden took to airwaves tonight in his first presidential primetime address to tell a divided and coronavirus battered America that help is truly on the way with vaccines and financial aid. Just 50-days in office, Biden’s careful crafted speech also proved a steady but stark contrast to his predecessor
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