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Prolific producer and former top film and top executive Leonard Goildberg, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 85, never slowed down. At the time of his death, he was still working as executive producer on the hit CBS cop family drama Blue Bloods starring Tom Selleck. Blue Bloods originated more than a decade

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Lamman Rucker‘s got mixed reactions to Kid Rock‘s drunken rant — he sticks up for his “aunties,” Oprah and Joy Behar … but says he feels compassion for whatever the rock star’s going through. The “Greenleaf” star — whose show airs on Oprah’s OWN channel — was at LAX Wednesday

Briana Cuoco, actress, singer, dancer, choreographer and sister of The Flight Attendant star and executive producer Kaley Cuoco, has been tapped for a recurring role on the upcoming HBO Max series.The Flight Attendant is a story of how an entire life can change in one night. Kaley Cuoco stars as Cassie, a flight attendant who

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, the creators of British anthology series Inside No. 9 and co-creators of dark comedy The League of Gentleman, have struck a first-look deal with BBC Studios. The production arm of the British public broadcaster has closed the exclusive deal with the pair to develop new comedy and comedy drama projects

[embedded content] [Warning: The following contains spoilers for the latest episode of Vikings. Read at your own risk!] Oh Bjorn (Alexander Ludwig). Sweet, idealistic, Bjorn. Ragnar’s (Travis Fimmel) oldest son finally achieved his dream of becoming King of Kattegat last season, but Vikings‘ two-hour Season 6 premiere proved that ruling isn’t quite as easy as

Apple is negotiating to take off the table a documentary on singer Billie Eilish that will be directed by R.J. Cutler, the documentarian behind films including The World According to Dick Cheney and The September Issue. The film will be streamed on Apple TV+. Eilish — full name Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell — is the

Legacies has played host to the returns of actors from The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, and fans have been questioning whether Ian Somerhalder could be the latest star to stop by the spinoff.  The actor has spoken out about it while promoting his new vampire drama, V Wars and it sounds like the ship

Jennifer Lopez is hosting NBC’s Saturday Night Live this weekend, so including the network’s annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting in the show’s weekly promo was a no-brainer. She just needs to push the button. Featuring a funny turn by cast member Heidi Gardner, the JLo spot has the two peering out 30 Rock to

EXCLUSIVE: Most things James Corden touches turns to gold these days, but a new comedy entertainment show from his company Fulwell 73 may be a rare exception to the rule. Pants On Fire, an extreme bluffing format hosted by The Circle presenter Emma Willis, has been quietly rested by Channel 4’s youth station E4 two-thirds

Play video content @LionsShareNews Jay Leno‘s trying like hell to put a positive spin on the firestorm around Gabrielle Union‘s ‘AGT’ firing and his role in it, but for the most part … he’s at a loss for words. Leno was asked point-blank Sunday night about Gabrielle calling him out to ‘AGT’ producers for making

Sharon Osbourne unloaded on Simon Cowell and America’s Got Talent Tuesday in the wake of Gabrielle Union’s firing from the series. Osbourne — who spent six years as a judge on the NBC competition show — said it’s run like a “boys club.” “It is a boys club, okay, it is,” Osbourne said Tuesday on

UPDATING Dorothy Fontana, the first female Star Trek writer and a stalwart presence in television science fiction for four decades, died on Monday. She was 80. The screen credit “D.C. Fontana” is a familiar one to several generations of sci-fi television viewers and Star Trek fans in particular but most didn’t know that the pen name

[Warning: The following contains spoilers for the latest episode of Prodigal Son, “Silent Night.” Read at your own risk!] The fall finale of Prodigal Son was an eventful one all right. Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne) is in big, big trouble after he failed to correctly profile the blind grandma of the Junkyard Killer and ended

Aided by spending on the 2020 presidential election, total spending on advertising in the U.S. is expected to rise 6.2% in 2019, according to the latest prediction from major ad agency GroupM. Even after the wave of political spending peaks, 2020 is expected to see growth of 4%, the agency predicts in a report it

What was Spencer thinking? With no immediate plan, Spencer walked away from football, the Bakers, and Beverly Hills on All American Season 2 Episode 8. That’s good, because it appears his friends in Crenshaw are going to need him when the series returns Jan. 20. His decision came out of nowhere. After Spencer was named the

UPDATED with final winners: Netflix had a dominant night at the IFP Gotham Awards on Monday, notching four wins for Marriage Story and one apiece for American Factory and When They See Us. With the book closed on Thanksgiving, the Gothams represented one of the film industry’s first dips into the awards season pool. As

20th Century Fox SVPs Dana Sharpless and Steve Sicherman have been named co-heads of the studio’s Current Programming department. They will succeed Carolyn Cassidy who was promoted to President of Creative Affairs in July. Reporting to Cassidy, Sharpless and Sicherman will oversee Disney TV Studios unit’s slate of live-action series for all networks, cable and

Play video content Exclusive Details Ashley Benson brought holiday cheer early this year for a group of people who need it the most — calling sick kids across the country … and then popping into a hospital for some one-on-one time as well. The “Pretty Little Liars” star recently partnered up with this new app

HBO and Sky drama Chernobyl was a double winner at the Rose D’Or awards. The event, which was held in London and presented by Lenny Henry, awarded The Golden Rose Award to the Sister Pictures-produced limited series, which also picked up the best drama award, ahead of Killing Eve, Succession, Years and Years, 8 Days and Escape

Shelley Morrison, who passed away Sunday at the age of 83, was best known for playing Karen Walker’s (Megan Mullally) opinionated maid Rosario Salazar during the original run of the Emmy-winning NBC comedy. Morrison made her debut as Rosario in the season one finale. She quickly became a fan favorite and was named a series

Internet gold, Baby Yoda is. The Mandalorian‘s latest episode gave audiences exactly what they wanted, which was a new excuse to go into extreme meme mode over the little green dude’s latest adventures. Like the Mandalorian himself, the internet cannot get enough of this pint-sized humanoid alien, and, after he sipped on a bit of

With the controversy over the firing of Gabrielle Union from America’s Got Talent showing no signs of subsiding, and the wave of support for the actress growing every day, NBC and the companies behind AGT, Fremantle and series creator Simon Cowell’s Syco, on Sunday issued a new statement about the situation. “We remain committed to

A Fosters reunion is coming to Good Trouble! If you’ve been missing The Fosters clan being all together again, then the Good Trouble two-hour holiday special will give you everything you’ve sought. Throughout Good Trouble Season 1 and Good Trouble Season 2, various members of the Foster clan have dropped in and visited Callie and

Despite serving time in a Pennsylvania prison, Bill Cosby has had a busy week. The comedian, or someone tasked with managing his official Twitter account, posted a series of Thanksgiving tweets urging fans to avoid the nation’s media giants and instead support black-owned outlets that “propel the truth.” Cosby’s social media musings followed his November

That’s a wrap on filming this year for James Cameron’s forthcoming Avatar sequel. The official Avatar Twitter account shared a behind-the-scenes photo Friday to mark the end of live-action filming for the year. The picture offered a behind-the-scenes look at a craft called the “Sea Dragon.” “That’s a wrap, Na’vi Nation!” the photo was captioned.

Exclusive Details TMZ/Getty Gabrielle Union‘s claims of a toxic workplace at ‘AGT’ has Ellen Pompeo sounding off in support of Gabby — but now someone’s also defending Jay Leno, saying his Korean joke wasn’t racist at all. You’ll recall, Gabrielle reportedly feels she was canned because she complained to producers and NBC about racially insensitive

Joan Staley, the film, TV and stage actress whose memorable film roles included opposite Don Knotts in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, alongside Elvis Presley in Roustabout, and on TV in series including Perry Mason and 77 Sunset Strip, died November 24. She was 79. Her first husband, onetime TV director Chuck Staley, announced the

This story is part of a series, “I See You Man,” about depictions of manhood and masculinity running through the month of November, which is Men’s Health Awareness month. Billy Porter has had a hell of a year. He wore an instantly iconic tuxedo gown to the Oscars in February, floated onto the red carpet

UPDATED, Friday PM with new Instagram post: Gabrielle Union was back on social media Friday, a day after she took to Twitter to thank fans for their support following her recent exit as a judge on America’s Got Talent. Its the latest message from her since NBC on November 22 announced that Union and fellow

Was this the best episode yet?  The Mandalorian Season 1 Episode 4 picks up exactly where The Mandalorian Season 1 Episode 3 leaves off, with our favorite Mandolorian — Mando — flying through space with the cutest Jedi baby ever in the world, er, galaxy. Koochie koochie koo, da poochie poochie poochie, Jedi baby! Sorry, it’s