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TV networks pay tribute to Sidney Poitier, Ciara salutes women working in the NFL, and more
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc OWN, BET and TCM are paying tribute to the late Sidney Poitier with a series of special programming. On Sunday, the Oprah Winfrey Network will feature the Academy Award-winning actor’s 2000 and 2007 appearances on The Oprah [Read More…]

‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ announces tribute to former host Bob Saget
ABC On Sunday evening, Bob Saget will be memorialized by one of the shows that made him a household name, America’s Funniest Home Videos. The long-running show, currently hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro, will open on Sunday night at 7 [Read More…]

Variety: Pete Davidson likely won’t host Oscars, but likely suspects could be ‘Only Murders’ stars
Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu While Hollywood wonders who will get the tap to host the 94th Annual Academy Awards, Variety says at least one name that has been bandied about “likely won’t” be behind the podium: Pete Davidson. The trade [Read More…]

Tim Allen will put on the beard again for a Disney+ ‘Santa Clause’ series
Disney Enterprises/Joe Lederer Tim Allen will reprise his role from The Santa Clause movies in a limited series for Disney+. 1994’s The Santa Clause had Allen playing Scott Calvin, a divorced dad who has to contractually fulfill the role of [Read More…]

‘Peacemaker’, John Cena’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ spin-off series, drops today on HBO Max
HBO Max Early Thursday morning, HBO Max debuted the first three episodes of Peacemaker, the series spinning off John Cena‘s clueless vigilante character from writer-director James Gunn‘s The Suicide Squad. Gunn surprised fans by announcing he was already at [Read More…]

John Mayer helps rescue Bob Saget’s car from LAX while remembering the late comedian
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images After the tragic news broke Sunday that Full House star and comedian Bob Saget had died, his friend John Mayer paid tribute to him Monday with an emotional post, and followed it up with another one on Tuesday. But on [Read More…]

An offer you can’t refuse: ‘The Godfather’ getting a theatrical re-release for its 50th anniversary
Paramount Pictures To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola‘s Oscar-winning epic The Godfather, Paramount Pictures has announced the acclaimed film is headed back to theaters. The masterpiece will screen for a limited time exclusively in [Read More…]

Asking for a friend…The Oscars reaches out on Twitter to see who people want to see as host
AMPAS and ABC Days after the producers of the 94th Annual Academy Awards announced the upcoming telecast will have a host for the first time since 2018, they’ve reached out to fans to see who they’d like to [Read More…]

In Brief: ‘Life Goes On’ getting NBC sequel series; Pete Davidson checks into ‘The Home’, and more
NBC has gone all-in on a sequel to the former ABC drama, Life Goes On, with original star Kellie Martin attached to reprise her role, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series, from All American showrunner Nkechi Okoro, will center on Martin’s Becca [Read More…]

Sharon Stone to play Kaley Cuoco’s mom in season 2 of ‘The Flight Attendant’
Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images — Karolina Wojtasik/HBO Max Kaley Cuoco‘s Emmy-nominated series The Flight Attendant has added an Oscar nominee to its cast: Sharon Stone. For the HBO Max show’s second season, Stone has been cast in a recurring [Read More…]

“Finish it, Sidney!” Check out the final trailer to ‘Scream’
Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures has dropped the final trailer to its upcoming fifth Scream film. As previously reported, the new film has Neve Campbell‘s Sidney Prescott, David Arquette‘s Dewey Riley, and Courteney Cox‘s Gale Weathers again facing somebody donning the mask of [Read More…]

The late Maya Angelou honored by US government, Whoopi Goldberg’s new TV series, and more
U.S. Mint The late Maya Angelou was honored by the United States Mint Monday in a very special way. Angelou became the first Black woman to have her image featured on a U.S. quarter. “It is my honor [Read More…]

Michael Jai White talks about the “reunion” of friends in his movie ‘The Commando’, and staying in superhero shape at 57
ABC News/Stephen Iervolino Michael Jai White has been an accomplished martial artist and movie star for decades, notably in the groundbreaking 1997 superhero movie Spawn, and as a crime boss who runs afoul of Heath Ledger‘s Joker in the [Read More…]

The next Oscars will have a host, ABC Entertainment president reveals
ABC/AMPAS The Oscars podium has remained empty since Jimmy Kimmel left the stage in 2018, but for this year’s 94th annual Academy Awards, a host will emcee the evening once again. “You heard it here first,” said Craig [Read More…]

Joseph Sikora stars in ‘Power Book IV: Force’ trailer; the late Michael K. Williams stars in ‘Black Market’ second season; and more
Courtesy Starz Joseph Sikora, who was featured as Tommy Egan in Power, stars in the new trailer for Power Book IV: Force, which dropped Monday. In the clip, Egan, called “the crazy white boy,” has moved from New York [Read More…]

Report: Betty White’s cause of death revealed
Vincent Sandoval/WireImage Betty White‘s cause of death has reportedly been revealed. According to a death certificate obtained by TMZ, the Golden Girls icon died due to a cerebrovascular accident, otherwise known as a stroke. She [Read More…]

‘The Morning Show’ renewed for third season on Apple TV+
Apple TV+ No surprise considering what an awards-nomination magnet the series has become, but Apple TV+ has renewed The Morning Show for a third season. Starring and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, the Emmy-winning series delves into [Read More…]

Netflix says “Oui” to seasons 3 and 4 of ‘Emily in Paris’
Netflix/Stéphanie Branchu Although season two just dropped on December 22, Netflix’s Emily in Paris has just been renewed for a third and fourth season. In an announcement, the streaming giant noted that the second season of the series, [Read More…]

New movie, same jackasses: New trailer drops for ‘jackass forever’
Paramount Pictures The final trailer has dropped for jackass forever, and once again, Johnny Knoxville and his black-and-blue buddies return for, as Paramount Pictures and MTV Entertainment Studios puts it, a celebration of “the joy of being back together with your best [Read More…]

Damon Wayans Jr. reportedly producing a female-driven reboot of ‘The Honeymooners’
John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Deadline reports that Damon Wayans Jr. and his Two Shakes Entertainment are producing a “reimagining” of the classic family comedy The Honeymooners — with “a bold, female-driven” twist. CBS Studios is producing the project, which [Read More…]