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Dancing with the Stars is logging a couple of firsts in its 31st season. Chief among them: a new digital home, a significant star from a competing broadcast network and its first-ever drag queen competitor. Actor and Performer D.J. “Shangela” Pierce, who was the first contestant to compete on three separate seasons of RuPaul’s Drag

The original cast of the Lord of the Rings movies are speaking out about the racism leveled at the cast and creators of the TV adaptation The Rings of Power. Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, and Dominic Monaghan took to social media to share photos to stand up for diversity on the series. Wood,

Julie Chin, the Oklahoma news anchor that suffered the beginning of a stroke during a live broadcast, is opening up about the tense moments. The journalist made an appearance on the Today show where co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie caught up with Chin four days after the incident. “I feel good, I’m so grateful,” Chin

Two past winners, both considered upsets in their respective victories, are back to square off against four veteran stars looking for their first win in this category. Three of the nominees are on their last chance for their popular series but, with no one from last year mucking things up, this race looks too close

Play video content TMZ.com Sherri Shepherd is set to take over Wendy Williams‘ TV spot in less than a week’s time … and she’ll do it armed with some “amazing” advice from Oprah Winfrey. We got Sherri Tuesday in rainy NYC, and she told us the “Oracle” — aka Oprah — gave her some wise

The BBC has unveiled its first Diversity & Inclusion Director, with L’Oréal (UK & Ireland) diversity exec Chinny Okolidoh taking on the role. Okolidoh will oversee the development and implementation of initiatives related to on-air and production, talent representation, commissioning guidelines, diversity and inclusion training programmes and metrics to measure progress. She will work with

The Bordelon family’s return for their final season wasn’t as much of a bang as was expected, but more of a slow burn. Something was missing from Queen Sugar Season 7 Episode 1, or should we say, someone.  Dawn-Lyen Gardner chose not to return as a regular cast member this season, and her absence was felt

Erin Moriarty is calling out the “misogynistic trolling” she has experienced by some fans who watch Amazon’s The Boys. The actor portrays the character of Annie January, Starlight, who has been heavily criticized. Moriarty took to Instagram where she shared an article titled “#IStandWithStarlight?: The betrayal of Erin Moriarty by The Boys ‘fans’.” The article

EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation Entertainment TV is developing a limited series based on R.O. Kwon’s critically acclaimed novel The Incendiaries. The series will be written by Lisa Randolph (Jessica Jones, Star Trek: Discovery) and directed by Kogonada (Pachinko, After Yang). FilmNation Entertainment will produce in association with Wishmore Entertainment. The project is currently being shopped around. The Incendiaries

Play video content Instagram / @babyjade “BMF” star Lil Meech is off the hook in his grand theft case over a $250K Richard Mille watch … we’re told it was tossed after the accusers decided they were done pursuing it. A rep for the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office tells TMZ Hip Hop … cops conducted

BBC Chair Richard Sharp has said MacTaggart lecturer Emily Maitlis was “completely wrong” to say due process was not followed after her now-infamous Dominic Cummings Newsnight rant, and rubbished her claim that a Conservative Party agent sits on the BBC Board. Maitlis, who has now left the BBC and is fronting a Global podcast, made the comments

I don’t know what to say. What was that? No, but seriously, what was it? This formerly great series ended abruptly withIn The Dark Season 4 Episode 13. It genuinely pains me to my core to say that it was unequivocally one of the worst finales I’ve ever witnessed. In the Dark has always been

Julie Chin, a news anchor on the Tulsa, Oklahoma NBC affiliate KJRH, has revealed she suffered the “beginnings of a stroke” during a live television broadcast. The journalist was delivering the news on Saturday morning when she started stumbling and was unable to read the words right in front of her. “The episode seemed to

As President Joe Biden, the January 6th Committee and a number of longtime conservatives sound the alarm over the threat to American democracy, the latest Frontline, debuting on Tuesday on PBS, examines the warning signs. The two-hour season premiere, Lies, Politics and Democracy, digs into Donald Trump’s influence and grip over the Republican party. The

Play video content TMZSports.com It didn’t take long for NFL receiver Kalil Pimpleton — one of the stars of “Hard Knocks” — to find new work with the New York Giants … and he tells TMZ Sports he can’t wait to join his new team and hit the ground running. The 23-year-old former Central Michigan

BBC Three is to adapt Holly Jackson’s New York Times bestselling teen crime thriller A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder from Amazon Prime Video’s The Pursuit of Love producer Moonage Pictures. Poppy Cogan, who has also written BBC Three horror Red Rose, will pen the adaptation. A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder follows the murder of schoolgirl Andie Bell,

Things are heating up as we head into the midway point of the season. Raq is forever pushing forward and solving problems, but with so many things to juggle, she’s not fully aware of everything going wrong around her. And a lot is going wrong on Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 2 Episode 4.

Nathan Lane, a three-time Tony Award winner, has been a guest-starring fixture on broadcast with scene-stealing roles on some of television’s most popular series over the past two decades. Heading into this year, he had earned six Emmy nominations, three for comedy Modern Family and one each for comedies Frasier and Mad About You and

Eminem could be the next artist to achieve an EGOT status following his win at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Slim Shady became an Emmy award winner when the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show won for Outstanding Variety Special. The rapper joined Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar and 50

It’s as reliable as Labor Day itself … the Malibu Chili Cook-Off draws tons of celebs, and this year was no exception … even in exceptional heat. It’s part food, part carnival, part gawking at celebs who never fail to show. Mel Gibson was there with GF Rosalind Ross and son Lars. Madeline Banks from

Netflix has dropped the first teaser for Nicolas Winding Refn’s upcoming six-episode series Copenhagen Cowboy which will debut at the Venice Film Festival later this week. The series marks the filmmaker’s first production in his native Denmark in 15 years. Check out the teaser above and some new stills below. Copenhagen Cowboy revolves around a

The excitement leading into The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was off the charts. The highly-anticipated series, which is reportedly the most expensive TV show in history, got off the ground running with 25 million viewers in its first day. Deadline reported the news, revealing that those numbers make it the best

Norman Lear’s  Live In Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes may have been a favorite going into Emmy season, but there was absolutely no beating this year’s Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show. And turns out, Lear didn’t. The stellar, 12-minute performance at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium Feb. 13 that featured Dr.

SPOILER ALERT: This video contains details & exclusive behind-the-scenes video of the first episode of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which debuted on September 1. A new episode of Inside The Ring will drop every week of Season 1 of Rings of Power. Stick around for Episode 2 later today.  “Our

“Naked and Afraid” contestant Melanie Rauscher accidentally died from sucking in a lethal amount of compressed air used in cleaning products, this according to her autopsy report. Discovery ‘Naked and Afraid’ Contestant Melanie Rauscher Found Dead 35-year-old Melanie was found dead near cans of dust cleaner in Prescott, AZ, on July 17. The report, obtained

The end came suddenly for Serena Williams in tonight’s US Open singles match. But she battled until the last point. Now the question remains if we have seen the last of one of the greatest women’s tennis players of all-time. With the capacity Flushing Meadows crowd roaring on every Williams shot and groaning when she

1. Max Smiles – New Amsterdam Season 5 Episode 1 After the year he’s had, Max wants to move on. What does it mean for him and Helen? 2. Playing a Game – New Amsterdam After all the drama that’s plagued their lives, it’s time to relax and play some board games. 3. Back at

The 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards are being handed out over two ceremonies starting at 5 p.m. PT Saturday and Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Neither will be televised live nor livestreamed, but the highlights will be edited into a package set to air Saturday, September 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

CNN White House correspondent John Harwood said that today will be his last day at the network. Harwood wrote on Twitter, “Personal news: today’s my last day at CNN … proud of the work … thanks to my colleagues… i’ve been lucky to serve the best in American media – St. Petersburg Times, WSJ, NYT,