Bill Maher lit into Amy Coney Barrett and the Catholic Church, saying the prospective Supreme Court justice has been “”groomed since birth” to overturn Roe v. Wade. As the Real Time host began tonight’s show-ending monologue about Barrett, he joked that he had nothing against Catholics “except my entire upbringing.” (He grew up in both
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Exclusive A crazy jewelry heist scene on “NCIS: New Orleans” got way too real for the actors involved … when real cops showed up and pointed their guns at them … and now they’re suing. The 2 actors involved in the scene, along with the jewelry store owner, have filed a lawsuit in L.A against
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Harrison, whose presence has been key to the success of ABC’s venerable Bachelor reality franchise, has signed with Gersh for representation. Harrison is the only host that The Bachelor franchise has ever had, beginning with the launch of the mothership show, now heading into its 25th season, in 2002. The following year he added
UPDATED with Twitter response: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said the social media giant’s handling of an oddly sourced New York Post story about Hunter Biden was “wrong.” Twitter disabled links to the story, eliciting an outcry by President Trump and the GOP and prompting the FCC to announce a review of longstanding rules on Internet
Joel Martinez, better known as The Kid Mero of the uber-popular Desus & Mero on Showtime, is not known for his seriousness. As half of the late-night duo beloved for their riffing on current events, Mero seems able to find the funny in almost everything — one of the reasons the former podcasters known as the
EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Wachtel is leaving NBCUniversal after almost two decades at the company, most recently as President of NBCUniversal International Studios. According to sources, there had been internal complaints about Wachtel’s management style. They led to a discussion between the company leadership and Wachtel about respect in the workplace, and a decision was made for
The feud between the cast of the original Charmed and its reboot continues to heat up. Rose McGowan, who was part of the Instagram Live that Sarah Jeffery responded to earlier this week, has now thrown in her two cents. Jeffery slammed McGowan and Holly Marie Combs following the video in which they both expressed
EXCLUSIVE: Former The Last Ship star Travis Van Winkle and NCIS: New Orleans alumna Shalita Grant are set as series regulars opposite Penn Badgley and Victoria Pedretti on the upcoming third season of Netflix series You. Developed by Sera Gamble and Greg Berlanti, You is based on Caroline Kepnes’ bestselling books You and Hidden Bodies. In the second season,
More than 100 writers, actors, directors and producers are speaking out against NBC’s plan to air a town hall with President Donald Trump tonight at 8 PM directly opposite the Joe Biden town hall on ABC. In an open letter to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and NBCU News Group chairman Cesar
Play video content CBS Kenneth Walker says he and Breonna Taylor were watching a movie when they heard a loud bang at the door, and despite asking who it was they never got an answer … until the door blasted open and bullets started flying. Breonna’s boyfriend gave his firsthand account of her fatal shooting
Spectrum has opted not to order a third season of cop drama L.A.’s Finest, an offshoot from the Bad Boys movie franchise headlined by Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba, I have learned. The decision comes a little over a month after the show’s second season launched on the platform. Spectrum had no comment. Season 2
What’s that you say? 2020 hasn’t been scary enough for you? Well, Showtime is here for you. The network announced that they will be bringing back “America’s favorite serial killer” Dexter for a limited ten-episode run. Star Michael C. Hall and executive producer/showrunner Clyde Phillips will be returning for the new episodes. Dexter originally premiered in the fall
EXCLUSIVE: Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is once again doing a national ad buy during an awards telecast with the debut of a new spot on The Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday evening. The 30-second spot, called “Vote For,” features Nina Simone’s New World Coming. The spot is a positive ad, featuring Biden saying, “The days
The long wait for This Is Us Season 5 is almost over. NBC on Wednesday dropped the first official trailer, weeks ahead of the two-hour season premiere, and we’re still worried about Kevin and Randall. If you watch This Is Us online, you know the brothers butted heads, and their relationship broke down. “This worst
Netflix today released the trailer for director Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy, giving a first look at the film adaptation of J.D. Vance’s bestselling memoir, starring Amy Adams young woman struggling with opioid addiction and Glenn Close as her aging mother who steps in to raise grandson J.D. As the adult J.D. Vance, Gabriel Basso, as
With Nicole Kidman starring in a HBO drama written by David E. Kelley, it’s easy to imagine The Undoing as a sort of Big Little Lies spinoff, with Kidman’s Celeste moving from Monterey to New York City and finding love again with Hugh Grant after that unfortunate Perry situation. (Hey, she deserves it!) But The
Less than two weeks after President Donald Trump announced his COVID-19 diagnosis, the commander-in-chief is back exciting his fan base with a rally in Pennsylvania. There to joke about the President’s campaign events was Jimmy Kimmel. “Trump did about an hour of material in Florida and he killed – he really killed,” the Jimmy Kimmel
Breaking News Mike Tyson says he was NOT inebriated, stoned or punch-drunk during his bizarre “Good Morning Britain” interview … explaining Tuesday he was just REALLY tired!! Tyson had joined Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid to promote his Nov. 28 boxing comeback vs. Roy Jones Jr. … but once the interview kicked off, it was
For 12 seasons, Conchata Ferrell played sharp-tonged housekeeper Berta on CBS’ Two and a Half Men. Starting off as a recurring character in Season 1, Berta quickly became a fan favorite, and Ferrell became a series regular for the remainder of the sitcom’s long run on CBS, earning two Emmy nominations. Following Ferrell’s death at
It’s day two of virtual Mipcom. Deadline will keep this page updated with some of the day’s most notable deals, so hit refresh for updates. While you’re here, two things worth reading from the Cannes market yesterday: the producers of buzzy BBC/Amazon drama The Pursuit Of Love revealed their vision for the period romp, and
The world isn’t going to be the same again. Here’s your first look at the Season 4 premiere of #TheGoodDoctor. pic.twitter.com/1ftS347AqE — The Good Doctor (@GoodDoctorABC) October 12, 2020 There was simply no way The Good Doctor wasn’t going to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Season 4. As this sneak peek for the two-part premiere
The celebration of Columbus day has become highly-debated as more people have started to understand the Italian explorer’s unintentional discovery of America as one that exploited and led to the killings of large Native American populations. So with observers hesitant to take the day off in the name of Christopher Columbus, The Daily Show host
Diverse representation is of importance, and that’s why it’s an ongoing discussion in the media. The fact of the matter is people deserve to see themselves reflected in the media they consume. When discussing racial diversity specifically in the media, Indigenous representation is disturbingly underrepresented or misrepresented. Not to mention riddled with stereotypes, one-dimensional, or
EXCLUSIVE: Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age may take a little longer to make it to screen. Deadline understands that production on the long-gestating drama has been shut down due to COVID-19. It’s understood that two crew members on the show, which is a co-production between HBO and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, tested
The History Channel has greenlit the new nonfiction series Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman (working title) which will look back at some of the biggest jailbreaks from some of the most notorious prisons in the world. The six one-hour series will be hosted and executive produced by the Oscar-winning actor, and he’ll produce with Revelations Entertainment
Breaking News Margaret Nolan — who served as the iconic golden-plated babe portrayed in the opening sequence of “Goldfinger” — has died. The legendary British artist and glamour model passed away last week, according to her son, Oscar Deeks. The news wasn’t broken, however, until Sunday when director Edgar Wright — who’d cast Margaret in
Fireworks can be heard in the distance as the city of Los Angeles celebrated the L.A. Lakers’s win over the Miami during game six of the NBA finals. The Lakers extinguished the heat 106-90, to nab their 17th championship and their first with NBA superstar LeBron James, who was also named NBA Finals MVP. The
This week is another great week of TV. It’s pretty amazing how much stuff the streaming services had banked/were able to finish remotely so people would have stuff to watch as the year dragged on. And there’s also stuff like The Bachelorette, which was postponed, filmed in the summer as safely as possible, and is
Welcome to…Animaniacs! During New York Comic-Con, Hulu dropped an a clip at the reboot of the animated series co-produced by Amblin TV and Warner Bros. Animation — with a Jurassic Park twist. From the jump, the clip is a spoof of Jurassic Park featuring animated versions of Sam Neill’s Dr. Alan GrantLaura Dern’s Dr. Ellie Sattler, Jeff
Autumn is the best. The crisp scent of changing leaves that crunch under your feet make way for candy, pumpkin pie, and ALL KINDS OF SCARY PROGRAMMING! Horror is right at the top of my favorites list year around, so this month with movies and series premiereing left and right to scare us silly is