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Daytime Emmys: ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ and ‘The Young and the Restless’ Lead 2024 Nominations

hollywoodreporter.com 'The Bold and the Beautiful' and 'The Young and the Restless' The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced Friday the nominees for the 51st annual…

Zendaya Reveals How She and Tom Holland Dodged a Speeding Ticket

hollywoodreporter.com Zendaya offered a glimpse into her relationship with Tom Holland. The two-time Emmy-winning actress stopped Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday to promote her upcoming film,…

Grammy-Winning ‘American Idol’ Season 5 Alum Mandisa Dies at 47

hollywoodreporter.com American Idol alum Mandisa has died at 47. A rep for the Christian singer told The Tennessean that Mandisa was found dead in her Nashville home on Thursday. The cause of…

‘Pulp Fiction’ Cast Reunites and Reminisces on Film’s 30th Anniversary: “It Changed Cinema”

hollywoodreporter.com The TCM Classic Film Festival kicked off on Thursday with a 30th anniversary screening of Pulp Fiction at the TCL Theater. Original cast members John Travolta, Samuel L.…

‘She-Hulk’ Star Tatiana Maslany Was ‘So Heated Up’ When She Called Disney CEO Bob Iger ‘Out of Touch’ During the Strike: ‘It’s Hard to Articulate Yourself’ on…

variety.com “She-Hulk” star Tatiana Maslany went viral during the SAG-AFTRA strike last year when she called out Disney CEO Bob Iger for being “completely out of touch” due to his…

Ye Says Wife Was “Sexually Assaulted” by Unknown Man Who Ye Then Allegedly Attacked

hollywoodreporter.com Bianca Censori, the Australian designer and model, was “physically assaulted” earlier this week, according to a rep for her husband Ye (formerly Kanye West), by a man who Ye…

Larry David Hates When People Call ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Cringe Comedy: “I Want to Wring Their Necks”

hollywoodreporter.com Less than two weeks after Curb Your Enthusiasm aired its final episode, the cast reunited for a special event at PaleyFest on Thursday, where Larry David spoke publicly…

‘Ghosts’ Star Rebecca Wisocky on the Surprising Reveal of Her Character’s Cause of Death

hollywoodreporter.com [This story contains spoilers from the season 3, episode 8 of Ghosts, “Holes Are Bad.”] The premise of CBS’ hit comedy Ghosts is a notably ridiculous one: After a near-death…

Sony and Apollo Weigh Joint Bid for Paramount Global

hollywoodreporter.com Even as Paramount Global continues to hold exclusive talks with David Ellison’s Skydance and Gerry Cardinale’s Redbird Capital, another potential buyer group is considering…

Los Angeles Film and TV Production Sees Sluggish Rebound From Strikes, But There’s Optimism

hollywoodreporter.com Filming in Los Angeles has been slow to bounce back after production in the region was decimated by Hollywood’s historic season of strikes. The main reason for the sluggish…

Disney Publicist Marshall Weinbaum Departs for Netflix’s Awards Team (Exclusive)

hollywoodreporter.com Marshall Weinbaum, an admired publicist who has been a principal intermediary between The Walt Disney Studios and the press for the past 17 years, including on virtually…

Barbara O. Jones, ‘Daughters of the Dust’ Actress, Dies at 82

hollywoodreporter.com Clockwise from left: Alva Rogers, Barbara O. Jones and Trula Hoosier in 1991's ‘Daughters of the Dust.’ Barbara O. Jones, the admired actress who emerged from the L.A.…

Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert Fire Back at Donald Trump Over Renewed Oscars Criticism

hollywoodreporter.com Former President Donald Trump was roundly mocked on late-night television for an error-laden social media post in which he confused Jimmy Kimmel and Al Pacino as the…

Hollywood’s Most Notable Deaths of 2024

hollywoodreporter.com The entertainment industry has already had to say goodbye to several actors, singers, performers, creatives, executives and all-around industry legends this year. The…

Roger Dicken, VFX Artist on ‘Alien’ and ‘When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth,’ Dies at 84

hollywoodreporter.com Roger Dicken, the Oscar-nominated British special effects artist, sculptor and model maker known for his work on Alien and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, has died. He was…

Tobias Menzies Reflects on ‘Manhunt’ Ahead of Finale Fate: “Democracy Is Fragile”

hollywoodreporter.com Tobias Menzies has already caught Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth going into the finale of Apple TV+‘s Manhunt, which will sign off on Friday after seven…

‘GMA3’ Co-Host Dr. Jennifer Ashton to Leave ABC News to Launch Wellness Company (Exclusive)

hollywoodreporter.com The GMA3 co-host and ABC chief medical correspondent will depart the network in June when her contract ends. Ashton says she made the decision to leave so that she could…

‘The Jinx’ Filmmakers Revisit That Robert Durst Confession: “We Screamed”

hollywoodreporter.com “Killed them all, of course.” Those five words were spoken by Robert Durst when the New York real estate heir, who was still mic’d, walked to the bathroom after completing…

New Rom-Com Wave Is Big on Imagining Real-Life Offline

hollywoodreporter.com I’m not embarrassed to admit that I consume all kinds of rom-coms: the good, the not-so-good, the somewhere in-between. (I draw the line at anything that stars Ashton…

Marvel Officially Confirms The Avengers' Status After Endgame

looper.com Marvel Officially Confirms The Avengers' Status After Endgame - And It Isn't Good Ever since "Avengers: Endgame" rocked the world in 2019, the rest of the Marvel Cinematic…

Janelle James on That ‘Abbott Elementary’ Guest Star and Why it’s Time for an Ava Clothing Line

hollywoodreporter.com [This story contains spoilers from the April 17 episode of Abbott Elementary, “2 Ava 2 Fest.”] Ava Fest returned to Abbott Elementary for a second year in a row during…

Tyler Cameron Says ‘Golden Bachelor’ Divorce After Three Months Put a “True Stain on Love”

hollywoodreporter.com Tyler Cameron is sharing his thoughts on The Golden Bachelor‘s Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist divorcing after three months of marriage. The reality star, who became the…

Quentin Tarantino No Longer Making ‘The Movie Critic’ as Final Film

hollywoodreporter.com Quentin Tarantino is going back to the drawing board when it comes to his final film. The director had been preparing to shoot The Movie Critic this year, but is backing…

‘Ridiculousness’ Writers Reach First Union Contract

hollywoodreporter.com About nine months months after the writers on MTV’s viral comedy clips show Ridiculousness launched their attempt to unionize, the group has reached a first labor contract…

Hollywood’s Hottest Free Agents Are the Kelce Brothers

hollywoodreporter.com Last April, Jason Kelce entered the NFL’s west coast media hub in Inglewood, California (it’s right next door to SoFi Stadium), with trepidation. In an otherwise nondescript…

Why Civil War Blew Up At The Box Office

looper.com Learn More Why Civil War Blew Up At The Box Office It's become routine for A24 to deliver box office hits that take people by surprise. In 2023 alone, the studio put out…

As AI-Created Photorealistic Images Proliferate, Documentary Producers Draw Up Guidelines

hollywoodreporter.com In a demonstration of OpenAI's video tool Sora, this still was created from the prompt, "The camera directly faces colorful buildings in Burano, Italy. An adorable dalmatian…

Disneyland Character Workers File for a Union Election With the NLRB

hollywoodreporter.com The workers who play characters like Goofy and Mickey Mouse and cheer and dance at parades at Disneyland have taken a step forward in their push to unionize with Actors’…

Zendaya Got Advice From Timothée Chalamet Before Working with Luca Guadagnino on ‘Challengers’

hollywoodreporter.com Before teaming up with director Luca Guadagnino on Challengers, Zendaya sought advice from Dune costar Timothée Chalamet, who starred in Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name in…

‘No one wants to see a picket line on Sesame Street’ but that’s exactly what’s happening as writers unanimously vote for strike

aol.com Having a sunny day and sweeping the clouds away can be an increasingly difficult task without a signed contract. And behind Sesame Street’s eight-foot big bird, vampire who…

Kelly Clarkson Recalls Scary Hospitalization During Pregnancy, Calls Arizona’s Near-Total Abortion Ban ‘Backwards’

billboard.com Kelly Clarkson got emotional on Monday (April 15) when talking to former First Lady Hillary Clinton about the challenges she faced during her two pregnancies and the…

‘Shogun’ Star Anna Sawai Breaks Down the Climactic Penultimate Episode: “It’s the Long Fight”

hollywoodreporter.com [This story contains major spoilers from Shōgun’s ninth episode, “Crimson Sky.”] The Japanese actor, who was born in New Zealand and raised in Japan, considers the acclaimed…

Seth MacFarlane on Why He Doesn’t “See a Good Reason to Stop” Making ‘Family Guy’

hollywoodreporter.com Family Guy is 22 seasons in and it doesn’t look like Seth MacFarlane has any plans to end the beloved animates series anytime soon. The creator and star of the popular show…

A complete timeline of Henry Cavill and Natalie Viscuso's relationship

aol.com None Actor Henry Cavill and TV executive Natalie Viscuso confirmed their relationship in April 2021. • None Since then, the couple have attended premieres together and…

Shemar Moore's Reaction To The S.W.A.T. Season 8 Renewal Is Perfect

looper.com Shemar Moore's Reaction To The S.W.A.T. Season 8 Renewal Is Perfect "S.W.A.T." has become the little drama that could at CBS — twice canceled and twice revived by the…

Babs Olusanmokun Talks ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ and a ‘Dune 2’ Surprise

hollywoodreporter.com The mark of a successful actor goes beyond top billing, box office draw, trophies and name-dropping headlines. Perhaps the purest indicator of an actor’s success is when…

Dan Goozee, Renowned Walt Disney Imagineering and Movie Poster Artist, Dies at 80

hollywoodreporter.com Dan Goozee, the acclaimed artist who created posters for such films as Clash of the Titans, Superman IV and the James Bond movies Moonraker, Octopussy and A View to a Kill,…

Henry Cavill made a subtle dig at his Superman drama with WB and DC Studios: 'I don't have much luck with post-credit scenes'

aol.com None Henry Cavill referenced the drama over his scrapped Superman return on Monday. • None He joked about it while introducing his new movie "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly…

‘Civil War’: Red States and Blue States Set Aside Their Differences for Alex Garland’s Movie

hollywoodreporter.com Alex Garland’s dystopian Civil War, about America torn asunder by a president run amok and brutal acts of war committed on ordinary citizens, sparked plenty of speculation —…

Seth Meyers Looks Back at 10 Years of ‘Late Night,’ New Lonely Island Podcast with Andy Samberg

hollywoodreporter.com 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,”…

Michael Douglas Wishes His ‘Ant-Man’ Character Had Been Killed Off in a “Fantastic Way” in ‘Quantumania’

hollywoodreporter.com Michael Douglas had a request for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: He wanted his character to die. The Oscar-winning actor stopped by The View on Thursday to promote his…

James Gandolfini Reprises Tony Soprano Role in Newly Found Footage

hollywoodreporter.com 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…

What to Know About Travis Kelce's New Gig As a TV Host

newsweek.com Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Travis Kelce is briefly hanging up the football cleats as he embarks on his first TV job — hosting a…

James Tynion IV Returns to ‘Nice House on the Lake’ for Sequel (Exclusive)

hollywoodreporter.com When comics author James Tynion IV’s comic mini-series The Nice House on the Lake first hit stores, it was 2021 and the coronavirus pandemic was in full force. Isolation and…

Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough DM’d About Indigenous Issues for Years Before ‘Under the Bridge’

hollywoodreporter.com 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…

Online Audition Platform Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Pay-to-Play Tactics

hollywoodreporter.com Talent listing service Casting Networks is facing a proposed class action lawsuit accusing it of exploiting actors by charging them for opportunities to audition for roles.…

Verified pro-Nazi X accounts flourish under Elon Musk

nbcnews.com Elon Musk’s X is a thriving hub for Nazi support and propaganda, with paid subscribers sharing speeches by Adolf Hitler or content praising his genocidal regime. NBC News…

Ron Thompson, Actor in ‘No Place to Be Somebody’ and ‘American Pop,’ Dies at 83

hollywoodreporter.com Ron Thompson, the unheralded actor who starred on Broadway for Charles Gordone in the Pulitzer Prize-winning No Place to Be Somebody and played father and son musicians for…

‘Jurassic World’ Eyes ‘Wicked’ Star Jonathan Bailey for Lead

hollywoodreporter.com Universal is looking to stay in business with Jonathan Bailey, one of the stars of its upcoming Wicked films. Bailey is in early talks for a leading role in the studio’s new…

The Celebration of Mimi: Inside Sold-Out Opening Night of Mariah Carey’s Las Vegas Residency

hollywoodreporter.com When news broke in early February that Mariah Carey had booked a return ticket to Las Vegas to mount another residency, it was revealed that she would design the setlist as…

O.J. Simpson’s Lawyer Reverses Opinion on Payments to Goldman Family

hollywoodreporter.com O.J. Simpson’s longtime attorney, who was named executor of the former NFL star’s will ahead of his death last week, has said he will ensure that any claim the parents of…

Original ‘Blair Witch’ Team Reacts to Not Being Involved in New Movie: “It’s Bittersweet”

hollywoodreporter.com The team behind the original 1999 film The Blair Witch Project didn’t know about the plan for a new movie in the horror franchise until it was announced during Lionsgate‘s…

Marvel Lays Off 15 Employees

hollywoodreporter.com Layoffs are occurring Monday at Marvel Entertainment in New York and Marvel Studios in Burbank. Around 15 people will be affected, including junior level employees in…

Keanu Reeves to voice Shadow in Sonic 3 movie, says report

polygon.com When Sega dubbed 2024 the year of Shadow the Hedgehog, the company really wasn’t kidding. Now, it’s looking like beloved actor Keanu Reeves may be the voice of Sonic’s rival…

‘Civil War’ Sound Editor on Balancing A24 Movie’s “Oppressive” Battle Noise With Abrupt Silence

hollywoodreporter.com In notching A24’s highest-grossing opening weekend to date, Alex Garland’s debate-stirring combat film Civil War has made plenty of noise — both figuratively and literally.…

Netflix Earnings Preview: Analysts Raise Stock Price Targets on Ad Tier, Paid Sharing Optimism

hollywoodreporter.com Netflix is getting ready to kick off the first-quarter 2024 earnings season for Hollywood on April 18, and the momentum of its subscriber growth, advertising tier and…

Comcast Names Former Hallmark Media CEO Wonya Lucas to Board of Directors

hollywoodreporter.com Comcast is adding a familiar name to its corporate board of directors. The cable giant and NBCUniversal owner is bringing on Wonya Lucas, the former CEO of Hallmark Media…

Keanu Reeves Joins ‘Sonic 3’ as Shadow

hollywoodreporter.com Keanu Reeves is speeding along to another franchise, with the John Wick star heading to Sonic the Hedgehog 3. He will be voicing the popular character named Shadow, multiple…

CBS Greenlights the First Black Daytime Soap Opera in 35 Years

hollywoodreporter.com The Paramount Global-backed broadcast network has handed out a formal series order to The Gates, the first Black daytime soap opera in 35 years. The network on Monday…

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