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Bryant Gumbel Had Sexist Attitude About Maternity Leave 5
Katie Couric said that her first maternity leave from NBC’s Today show in 1991 was met with an “incredibly sexist attitude” from co-anchor Bryant Gumbel. “He got mad at me because I was doing something on maternity leave,” Couric recalled with some laughter on Sunday’s Club Random podcast with Bill Maher. “And he was giving […]
Seth Meyers on 10 Years of ‘Late Night,’ New Lonely Island Podcast 5
Hitting 10 years as host of NBC’s Late Night, Seth Meyers has learned many lessons along the way. The biggest among them? The ability to be “as nimble as possible,” according to the late night host. He has learned not to “marry yourself to an idea before the show actually tapes,” Meyers told The Hollywood […]
James Gandolfini Reprises Tony Soprano Role in Newly Found Footage 5
A long-rumored video of James Gandolfini reprising his Emmy-winning role of Tony Soprano has been unearthed. The footage (below) has Gandolfini and his co-star Edie Falco back in their roles as The Sopranos power couple Tony and Carmela. The clip was privately produced in 2010 — three years after the HBO drama’s finale — in […]
Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder Back at the Start 5
Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) are right back where they started in the Hacks season 3 trailer. After Deborah let Ava go as a way for her to spread her wings and grow as a writer, Ava finds herself unable to move on without her mentor. Since viewers last saw Deborah, her […]
Mom Stopped Even Stevens Inappropriate Moment 5
Amid new scrutiny on child performers in the wake of the Quiet on Set docuseries, former Disney actress Christy Carlson Romano is opening up about the moments when she and her mother had to speak up on the set of Disney show Even Stevens, which Romano starred in as a teen. In a conversation on […]
Sylvester Stallone Returns to ‘Tulsa King’ Set Amid Casting Controversy 5
Sylvester Stallone took to social media this week to promote the forthcoming second season of his Paramount + series, Tulsa King, without addressing the accusations that he and one of the show’s unnamed directors were allegedly responsible for a “toxic” on-set environment for its hired background actors, who were reportedly mocked by both for their […]
Jerrod Carmichael Clarifies ‘Slave Play’ Joke, Apologizes to Chappelle 5
Jerrod Carmichael is addressing criticism he’s received over a joke made in his new HBO series. In a recent episode of the Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, the comedian said: “My boyfriend, he makes me smarter, he makes me read. I have so many books. Realistically I’m not gonna read all those books. He knows that. […]
Travis Kelce Is Becoming a Game Show Host for Amazon 5
Travis Kelce‘s next gig: Game show host. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end has booked his first TV series job and it’s hosting a spin-off of the Fox game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? for Amazon‘s Prime Video. The new show is titled Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? and it will […]
Lily Gladstone, Riley Keough DM’d For Years Before ‘Under the Bridge’ 5
The star-studded casting of Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough in Hulu‘s Under the Bridge, as it turns out, all started in the DMs. The series, which counts Keough as an executive producer, is based on the true story of Reena Virk, a 14-year-old girl who was beaten and murdered by a group of teenagers in […]
Ryan Murphy’s New ABC Drama ‘Dr. Odyssey’ Adds Phillipa Soo 5
ABC‘s forthcoming drama Dr. Odyssey continues to add to its cast. Phillipa Soo (Hamilton) has joined the drama from Ryan Murphy Television, which scored a straight-to-series order in March. She’ll star opposite Joshua Jackson and Don Johnson in the series, which is slated for next season at the network. Details about Dr. Odyssey are being […]
Lily Gladstone in Hulu’s True Crime Drama 5
Deep into Hulu’s Under the Bridge, author Rebecca Godfrey (Riley Keough) defends the focus of her latest manuscript. “People can do horrible things, and that doesn’t make them inherently evil,” she insists. As she sees it, her book is simply challenging the reader to consider that an individual’s humanity is not defined by their worst […]
Newly Discovered Video Brings Tony Soprano Back to Life 5
Now everyone knows that Tony Soprano was last seen in a booth at Holsten’s ice cream parlor on June 10, 2007. But what a 14-year-old video that just got released to the public this morning presupposes is… maybe he wasn’t? In 2010, NBA superstar LeBron James was entering free agency for the first time in […]
Heidi Gardner on Breaking Character in SNL Beavis and Butt Head Sketch 5
Heidi Gardner admits she left the Saturday Night Live stage in “a little bit in shock” after breaking character during the viral “Beavis and Butt-Head” sketch. During the sketch in Saturday’s episode hosted by Ryan Gosling, Gardner portrayed a NewsNation host who must confront two town-hall attendees distracting everyone for looking like Beavis (Gosling) and […]
Emma Thompson, Ruth Wilson Join Apple Series from ‘Slow Horses’ Team 5
Apple TV+ and producers of Slow Horses are teaming up on another series. Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson will star in Down Cemetery Road, a thriller based on a novel by Mick Herron, whose Slough House spy series is the source material for Slow Horses. The new project is the third Apple TV+ series from […]
Beatles Let It Be Documentary Streaming on Disney+ After 50 Years 5
Disney+ is adding to its library of music documentaries, bringing a long lost Beatles doc to its slate. The streaming service is adding the 1970 film Let It Be to its platform, beginning May 8, 2024. It will be the first time that the film, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, has been made available to watch […]
US Metalcore Giants Wage War Announce New Album, ‘STIGMA’ 5
Hot on the heels of their Australian tour for Knotfest 2024, Wage War have got a brand new slab of metalcore primed to drop on our eardrums. The Florida act have just announced the imminent arrival of their fifth studio album STIGMA on Friday, 6th September. The big news comes seasoned with a brand new slice […]
Tyler Perry, BET Extend Their Content Partnership 5
Tyler Perry and BET are continuing their fruitful business relationship. The cable outlet and Perry have signed a new, multi-year content partnership that will have Perry create and produce hundreds more hours of programming for BET and its streaming service, BET+. The deal, which runs through 2028, extends and builds on a relationship that dates […]
March Madness Gave Cable a Needed Viewing Boost 5
Cable outlets saw their share of viewing rise in March for the first time in months, thanks to March Madness and the annual State of the Union address. Cable captured 28.3 percent of all TV viewing in March, according to Nielsen‘s monthly Gauge report, up from 27.6 percent in February. That’s the first time since […]
Childish Gambino Announces Two Final Albums During An Instagram Live 5
American rapper Childish Gambino also known by the real name Donald Glover has made a big announcement on GILGA Radio’s Instagram Live, the rapper revealed that he will release his two final albums soon. The first release would be a polished version of his 2020 album “3.15.20”, but this time it will be called “Atavista”. […]
Lil Skies Returns With New Album ‘Out Ur Body’ Music’ 5
American rapper Lil Skies has returned after a long hiatus with his new album Out Ur Body Music. The singer was on a break due to fatherhood and now once again he has captured the attention of rap fans worldwide with the release of his new album. Born Kimetrius Christopher Foose on August 4, 1998, […]