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AMPAS Ahead of the Oscars on March 27, here’s a look at the leading contenders for Best Actor and Best Actress. Will Smith is nominated for Best Actor for his role in King Richard as the father of [Read More…]

Heeeere’s Benji! Deadline reports A new London stage adaptation of Stephen King‘s horror classic The Shining is in the works with Ben Stiller in talks to play the role of crazed, haunted dad Jack Torrance, portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the 1980 film. Rehearsals [Read More…]

ABC/Scott Everett White This season’s breakout hit network comedy is back tonight with new episodes. Quinta Brunson created and stars in ABC’s Abbott Elementary, which is basically a workplace comedy set in a Philadelphia public school, and [Read More…]

ABC/Eric McCandless Monday’s episode of American Idol saw a lot of talent come through the doors, with one lucky contestant securing the final Platinum ticket of the season. Here’s a look at the night’s talent. [Read More…]

Marvel Studios Oscar-nominated Dune director Denis Villeneuve is apparently looking at Academy Award-nominated Little Women star-turned-Marvel movie heroine Florence Pugh for the sci-fi epic’s sequel.  According to Variety, Pugh could play Princess Irulan Corrino, a [Read More…]

Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) In a recent interview with entertainment interviewer DJ Vlad, actor and comedian D.L. Hughley offered up his thoughts on Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s divorce. DJ Vlad kicked off the Kanye/Kim portion of the chat by mentioning how he [Read More…]

AMC “It’s great to be back home!” That was the word from multiple Emmy nominee Giancarlo Esposito, who will return to his Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul network AMC with a new series.  The Driver will have Esposito playing a cab driver whose [Read More…]

ABC/AMPAS The producers of the 94th Annual Academy Awards have announced their second round of presenters.  Oscar-winning actors Anthony Hopkins and Rami Malek will have podium time, as will Oscar-winning Black Panther costume designr Ruth E. Carter, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of [Read More…]

Warner Bros. Pictures The Batman star Zoë Kravitz has taken to Instagram to throw cold water on a story that made headlines, in which she seemed to say that she was turned down for the role of Catwoman in 2012’s The Dark Knight [Read More…]

Apple TV+ Emmy-nominated Ted Lasso star Juno Temple is putting her Twitter followers to work, helping her choose outfits for her sassy character Keeley Jones to wear in the Apple TV+ series’ third season. The British actress joined the platform [Read More…]

Lots of people said “I do” to the Jennifer Lopez/Owen Wilson romantic comedy Marry Me on Peacock. Comcast CEO and chairman Brian Roberts told investors that the feature, in which the global pop star plays, well, a global pop star, who [Read More…]

Courtesy of Netflix After her first Netflix special Quarter-Life Crisis was a huge success on Netflix, Taylor Tomlinson is back today with special number two titled Look At You.  Tomlinson tells ABC Audio that this time around she had a lot more [Read More…]

Cohan photo: Sam Jones — AMC AMC has announced a fifth (!) spin-off of The Walking Dead, this one featuring this final season’s combustible combination of Jeffrey Dean Morgan‘s Negan and Lauren Cohan‘s Maggie. Both will executive-produce. According [Read More…]

Photo: Vijat Mohindra Just days after teasing fans that she’s still got some surprises up her sleeve, Pamela Anderson will be making her Broadway debut. The former Baywatch icon will play Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago for an eight-week run [Read More…]

Live Nation Recently, we reported that both Kevin Hart and Chris Rock were launching respective stand-up tours, but now it’s been announced that the longtime friends are teaming up for a trek.  Live Nation reports that Hart and Rock [Read More…]

NBC/Jeff Daly — MEGA/GC Images While Kanye West‘s song “Eazy” takes more than a veiled dig at Pete Davidson — “dig” being the operative word, as Ye buries an animated avatar of the SNL star alive — the flap has [Read More…]

Warner Bros. Pictures As reported, The Batman was this weekend’s box office champ, but a recalculation of the numbers shows that the film made even more money than previously thought.  Variety reports that Robert Pattinson‘s first turn as the [Read More…]

Netflix (NOTE LANGUAGE) As reported last week, Western movie veteran Sam Elliott isn’t a fan of Jane Campion‘s 12-time Oscar-nominated The Power of the Dog. In fact, he called it a “piece of sh**.”  Elliott was speaking with on Marc Maron‘s WTF [Read More…]

Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF Aunjanue Ellis has a special request for whoever designs the dress she wears at her first-ever Academy Awards ceremony. The King Richard actress, who’s nominated for best supporting actress, told Good [Read More…]

NBC/Will Heath Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live opened with a sketch about a purported Fox News Channel telethon in which its anchors raised money for the “real victims” of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian oligarchs.  [Read More…]