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New Gallup poll says “overwhelming majority” of Americans back striking actors, writers
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images As the dual Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes against the studios continue, grinding Hollywood production to a halt in the process, those picketers can take comfort in a new [Read More…]

James Gunn, Rian Johnson mourn death of accomplished assistant director Jamie Christopher
Getty Images Jamie Christopher, an assistant director who worked with the likes of David Fincher and Rian Johnson and on Marvel films like the Guardians of the Galaxy, died on Tuesday, August 29, at 52. [Read More…]

Lady Gaga wondered if she was “a really bad actor” ahead of ‘A Star Is Born’ Venice premiere
Franco Origlia/Getty Images This year’s Venice Film Festival kicked off August 30, but most Lady Gaga fans remember the entrance she made there 2018: She arrived by boat in full old Hollywood-style glam, wearing platinum blonde pin curls and [Read More…]

Did Selena Gomez break the SAG-AFTRA strike rules with ‘Only Murders’ post?
Hulu Selena Gomez‘s currently focusing on her music career, having just released the new track “Single Soon.” But she’s also an actor and actors are currently on strike — which is why some people were [Read More…]

‘Bachelor’ alum Matt James reacts to his mom competing on ‘The Golden Bachelor’
ABC/Christopher Willard – ABC ABC revealed the 22 women who will vie for Gerry Turner‘s heart on The Golden Bachelor, and one of them should be familiar to Bachelor Nation — it’s Bachelor alum Matt [Read More…]

In Brief: McG wants Barrymore, Diaz, and Liu for ‘Charlie’s Angels 3’, and more
Joseph McGinty Nichol, known professionally as McG, and who directed the 2000 film adaptation of Charlie’s Angels, starring Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, and Cameron Diaz, and its 2003 sequel Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, hasn’t given [Read More…]

‘Bottoms’ filmmaker Emma Seligman dishes on her unconventional high school comedy
Orion Pictures The new movie Bottoms is here to make you laugh, and also slightly alter the paradigm of teen sex comedies. “Bottoms is about Josie and PJ, two horny, unpopular girls in high school who start a [Read More…]

Hulu cancels ‘The Great’ after 3 seasons
Hulu Hulu has pulled the plug on the anachronistic period drama The Great after three seasons, ABC Audio has confirmed. The show, which starred Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult, had the former playing Catherine the [Read More…]

Did Selena Gomez break the SAG-AFTRA strike rules?
Patrick Harbron/Hulu Selena Gomez‘s currently focusing on her music career, having just released the new track “Single Soon.” But she’s also an actor and actors are currently on strike — which is why some people [Read More…]

On new podcast, Jimmy Kimmel says he was “very intent” on retiring before the WGA strike
ABC/Jeff Lipsky In the first installment of Spotify’s Strike Force Five podcast, Jimmy Kimmel told his fellow late-night hosts he was “very ready” to retire before the Writers Guild of America strike forced their shows [Read More…]

Netflix announces its star-packed upcoming slate
Netflix On Wednesday, Netflix laid out its schedule for the fall through December. It includes documentaries, series and feature films from the likes of director and star Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster [Read More…]

Meet the 22 women competing for Gerry Turner’s heart on ‘The Golden Bachelor’
ABC/Ricky Middlesworth The 22 women who will compete for Gerry Turner‘s heart on the first season of The Golden Bachelor have finally been revealed. Turner, a 71-year-old retired restaurateur from Indiana, will meet women from [Read More…]

“That’s going to be total torture”: ‘America’s Got Talent’ judge Simon Cowell says his son wants to compete
NBC/Trae Patton While Simon Cowell is the producer and resident tough judge on America’s Got Talent and its U.K. version, he’s worried about a soft spot for a potential hopeful: his 9-year-old son, Eric. “[Eric] [Read More…]

Adam Driver drives to win in teaser to Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’
NEON/Lorenzo Sisti On Wednesday, August 30, independent movie company NEON released the teaser to Ferrari, the anticipated biopic about legendary supercar designer Enzo Ferrari, which was directed by Heat‘s Michael Mann. Set in the summer [Read More…]

Meg Ryan directs returns to rom-com roots with David Duchovny in ‘What Happens Later’
Bleecker Street Films On Wednesday, August 30, Bleecker Street Films released the trailer to What Happens Later, a later-in-life romantic comedy starring, co-written and directed by Meg Ryan. When an airport delay forces a chance [Read More…]

Martha Stewart faces backlash over iceberg cocktail
Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images Martha Stewart is facing backlash following a post from her cruise to Greenland. The 82-year-old lifestyle maven shared a photo from her getaway, sitting at a bar aboard a ship and showcasing [Read More…]

In Brief: Bob Barker tribute coming to CBS, and more
A tribute special honoring longtime The Price is Right host Bob Barker is in the works at CBS, according to Entertainment Weekly. The Price is Right: A Tribute to Bob Barker is a one-hour special [Read More…]

And Just Like Cat… Sarah Jessica Parker adopts Carrie Bradshaw’s kitty
Craig Blankenhorn/Max Sarah Jessica Parker took to Instagram on Tuesday to share that she and husband Matthew Broderick have adopted Carrie Bradshaw’s And Just Like That… cat, who plays Shoe on the Max series. “His off-camera name is Lotus. He [Read More…]

‘The Bachelorette’ star Josh Seiter “alive and well,” blames “cruel” hack for suicide post
Getty Images A day after news of Bachelorette contestant Josh Seiter‘s apparent suicide spread on his Instagram page, the reality show veteran told fans in a video on Tuesday, August 29, that he’s actually “alive [Read More…]

‘Suits’ creator says Buckingham Palace took a word of dialogue out of Meghan Markle’s mouth
L-R: Patrick J. Adams, Markle — Shane Mahood/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images With Suits having become one of the hottest shows ever to come to Netflix, The Hollywood Reporter published an interview with [Read More…]