“Black-ish” star Tracee Ellis Ross will host the American Music Awards this year. It will be the first time that the Emmy-nominated actress will host the awards show. This Sunday’s show will be a big night for the actress and her family. Her mother, Diana Ross, will be honored with the 2017 AMA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and is also slated to perform live after receiving her award.... [Read Full Story]
Eighteen members of One Tree Hill cast and crew, including actors Sophia Bush, Hilarie Burton, and Bethany Joy Lenz, have accused showrunner Mark Schwahn of sexual harassment. The creation of the letter came about after Audrey Wauchope, a former writer for One Tree Hill tweeted over the weekend in which she detailed the alleged inappropriate behavior she and other women experienced at the hands of an unnamed showrunner while working on the show.... [Read Full Story]
Amazon will produce a new “The Lord of the Rings” TV series, the company announced Monday. Amazon acquired multi-season, global television rights to the project. The show will be a prequel to the J.R.R. Tolkien book “The Fellowship of the Ring,” and is based on new story lines. It will be available for Amazon Prime members. There is also the potential that the show could also lead to a spin-off series.... [Read Full Story]
Days after releasing her sixth studio album, Reputation, Taylor Swift has announced a 27-date U.S. stadium tour for 2018. The tour will launch on May 8 in Arizona and run through October. Swift is set to tour through the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, with additional dates to be revealed in the coming weeks. Tickets for the North American sting go on-sale to the public on Dec. 13.... [Read Full Story]
Liz Smith, the legendary gossip columnist who detailed New York goings-on for decades, died Sunday. She was 94. Smith’s column was syndicated to nearly 70 newspapers and is credited with helping to bring forth the era of celebrity journalism. Literary agent Joni Evans told the Associated Press that Smith died of natural causes in New York.... [Read Full Story]
TIffany Haddish made history last night as the first African-American female comedian to host the long-running sketch show Saturday Night Live on Saturday. The comedienne shined through the opening monologue and throughout the episode in her history-making hosting gig. This was the first time a black female stand-up comic has hosted the show in 43 seasons. ... [Read Full Story]
“Friends” star Jennifer Aniston is coming back to television and she’s partnering with Reese Witherspoon. The Apple streaming service said Wednesday the actresses will star in and produce a behind-the-scenes drama series about a TV morning show. The new series marks a TV reunion for its stars: Witherspoon and Aniston played sisters on an episode of “Friends.”... [Read Full Story]
Amazon has opened up an investigation into Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor after sexual harassment allegations were made against him. No other details are available at this time, as the investigation is in its early stages. According to a statement Tambor, a “former disgruntled assistant” claims he “acted in an improper manner toward her.” Reports state that this assistant made those claims in a private Facebook post.... [Read Full Story]
Elton John has achieved one of Harvard University’s highest honors: Humanitarian of the Year. The celebrated musician’s philanthropic efforts to combat HIV and AIDS garnered the Harvard Foundation’s Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award, which John received during a ceremony at the Cambridge, Mass.-based institution on Monday.... [Read Full Story]
“Gossip Girl” star Ed Westwick is denying claims made by actress Kristina Cohen, who went on Facebook on Monday to state in an explicit post that the actor raped her. Westwick posted a statement Tuesday regarding the accusation. He wrote on his social media pages, “I do not know this woman. I have never forced myself in any manner, on any woman. I certainly have never committed rape.”... [Read Full Story]
George Clooney explained in a new interview why he’s not going to be acting as much anymore, stating that he just doesn’t need the money. The 56 year old Clooney and his business partners sold their popular tequila company, Casamigos, in June. Clooney said the billion-dollar deal gives him leeway to continue to “fight to make the movies I want to make” and that he is shifting his efforts towards political activism and humanitarian work.... [Read Full Story]
Kate Upton and Justin Verlander are giving fans a look at their wedding with a stunning photo taken moments after they said “I do.” The 25-year-old model and the 34-year-old Houston Astros baseball player tied the know during an intimate ceremony in Italy on Saturday, November 4. The happy couple took to Instagram to share the wedding photo.... [Read Full Story]
Thor: Ragnarok soared to a $121 million opening this past weekend. It surpasses the $85 million made by its predecessor, Thor: The Dark World. Thor: Ragnarok is the eighth MCU film to gross over $100 million in its opening, with three of those films coming from 2017 alone. ... [Read Full Story]
Jimmy Fallon is taking time away from the camera after his mother’s death. NBC has canceled taping of “The Tonight Show” for the week of Nov. 6-10 following the death of Gloria Fallon, who died Saturday at a Manhattan hospital.... [Read Full Story]
CBS Corporation CEO Leslie Moonves confirmed on Thursday that CBS All Access is working on a refresh of the iconic sci-fi anthology series The Twilight Zone. It remains to be seen whether the project has been ordered or is simply in development, but Marco Ramirez, who has previously worked on the Netflix/Marvel collaborations The Defenders and Daredevil, will pen the series’ script.... [Read Full Story]
The Walt Disney Studios revealed the cast for its upcoming live-action adaptation of its 1994 animated classic “The Lion King.” Beyoncé is joining the cast as the voice of Nala. Other cast members had been previously announced for the film, including Donald Glover as Simba and James Earl Jones as Mufasa, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, Alfre Woodard as Sarabi, Seth Rogen as Pumbaa, Billy Eichner as Timon and Keegan-Michael Key as a Kamari.... [Read Full Story]
Lady Gaga is reportedly engaged. Us Weekly reports that Gaga and Christian Carino “secretly got engaged over the summer” after he asked her father for his blessing. They have apparently put a hold on wedding plans, however, while Gaga as focuses on her ongoing battle with chronic pain that comes from her Fibromyalgia. Neither Gaga or Christian have officially commented on the news that they’re engaged.... [Read Full Story]
Olivia Munn and five other women have come forward with sexual harassment and misconduct allegations against director Brett Ratner, in an exposé released by the Los Angeles Times. Actresses Jamie Ray Newman, Katharine Towne, Jorina King, Natasha Henstridge and model Eri Sasaki also spoke to the Times claiming they were sexually harassed by Ratner.... [Read Full Story]
Wendy Williams had a scary moment on her TV talk show when she passed out during a live broadcast on Tuesday morning. Dressed as an elaborate Statue of Liberty, Williams was introducing a Halloween costume contest segment on her daytime talk show when she began slurring her words. She started shaking and lost her balance before collapsing on the ground. Producers rushed over to help Williams and the show cut to a commercial break before Williams came back on air and addressed the incident.... [Read Full Story]
Production on “House of Cards’s” sixth and final season was halted Tuesday amid sexual abuse allegations against star Kevin Spacey. On Monday, Netflix announced that the sixth season of Emmy-acclaimed political drama would be the last. Season 6 was expected to consist of 13 episodes and debut mid-2018 on Netflix.... [Read Full Story]
The Netflix series House of Cards has announced it will suspend production following sexual assault allegations against actor Kevin Spacey.... [Read Full Story]
Corey Feldman wants to expose child predators in Hollywood, but the actor/musician says he needs $10 million to do it properly. Feldman wants to use crowd-sourced funds to produce a feature film focused on those who molested him, and he promises to name names with the project. During his Today show interview on Monday, October 30, Feldman defended his decision to wait to give names of the alleged harassers.... [Read Full Story]
Simon Cowell is explaining his scary fall down the stair that landed him in the hospital last Friday. In a new interview, the 58-year-old America’s Got Talent judge reveals he fainted and tumbled due to low blood sugar. Since the health scare, Cowell has made a vow to take better care of himself for the sake of his 3-year-old son, Eric.... [Read Full Story]
After hanging out at Selena Gomez’s Los Angeles home last week, Justin Bieber and his ex was spotted having breakfast and going to church together on Sunday, Oct. 29. A photo of the former lovebirds surfaced, of them having a casual conversation. However, sources say that the couple have a totally platonic relationship. Gomez’s current boyfriend, The Weeknd, is away on tour.... [Read Full Story]
British actor Charlie Heaton, who plays Jonathan Byers in Netflix’s Stranger Things, was caught with traces of cocaine at Los Angeles International Airport and barred entry to the US, according to reports. Heaton was not allowed to enter the U.S. and was sent back to London. He was not arrested or charged.... [Read Full Story]
An emotional Ashley Judd made her first TV appearance on “Good Morning America” since coming forward with allegations of misconduct against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Judd was one of the first women and actors to come forward with allegations against Weinstein. ... [Read Full Story]
Selma Blair and Rachel McAdams are the latest women to accuse director James Toback of sexual harassment. In separate interviews with Vanity Fair, Blair and McAdams recounted their alleged experiences with Toback, whom they’d met in business meetings years ago. ... [Read Full Story]
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay has come clean to reveal his quitting ‘Iron Chef Showdown’ on-air was nothing more than a poorly conceived prank. As was reported, the audience was shocked when Flay, 52, ripped off his apron in the midst of the culinary competition to reveal a t-shirt beneath, which read: “THIS IS MY LAST IRON CHEF BATTLE EVER.” ... [Read Full Story]
Fats Domino, a rock and roll pioneer who penned classics like “I’m Walkin” and “Ain’t That a Shame” and popularized “Blueberry Hill,” has died at 89. Hailing from New Orleans, Domino was among the first acts inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and was reportedly only second to Elvis Presley in record sales with over 65 million records sold. Domino’s death was announced by Domino’s daughter to a local television station, and was confirmed by an official from New Orleans coroner’s office.... [Read Full Story]
Mike Hopkins is leaving Hulu. Hopkins, who’s been Hulu’s CEO since 2013, is headed to Sony Pictures Television where he’ll serve as Chairman. The Chairman role was previously held by Steve Mosko, who left Sony last year. Randy Freer, a Hulu board-member who’s served as President and COO of Fox Networks Group since 2013, will take over for Hopkins as Hulu’s CEO.... [Read Full Story]
