Ross Crystal

Jimmy Kimmel had the daunting task of being the first to take the stage Monday and open ABC’s portion of the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour following a weekend that featured not one, but two mass shootings in the U.S. The late-night host and increasingly prolific producer was asked first to comment on the […]

Not surprisingly at today’s CW panels at TCA, journalists in the audience took note of the fact that the new Batwoman series breaks ground by introducing TV’s first “out and proud” gay superhero, Kate Kane’s Batwoman, portrayed by Australian Ruby Rose, an out and proud lesbian in real life. Despite the CW’s touted commitment to diversity, however, the network can’t […]

Barbra Streisand walked an artistic tightrope at Madison Square Garden Saturday night for her first Manhattan show in 13 years. The outspoken Democrat had plenty she wanted to say about President Donald Trump and his administration, especially clear after warm introductions of President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the crowd, […]

The Rookie series regular Afton Williamson, who played John Nolan’s (Nathan Fillion) training officer Talia Bishop, will not be returning for Season 2. In an Instagram postpublished early Sunday, Williamson alleges that she quit the ABC series because of systematic racism/racially charged comments, bullying, and sexual harassment, which remained largely ignored by the producers of the show until […]

Nancy O’Dell is leaving her post at “Entertainment Tonight” after nine years of co-hosting the show. “Tonight, I’m excited to tell you about the start of a new chapter in my life,” O’Dell said on Friday night’s broadcast. “It means leaving this position, but it does not mean I am leaving the genre. I’ll be […]

Chuck Lorre donned an “IMAG” hat — the logo standing for “Immigrants Make America Great” —  during a press conference for his upcoming CBS sitcom “Bob Hearts Abishola” Thursday. He passed out a handful of the hats, which are yellow to contrast with President Trump’s trademark red “MAGA” hat, to TV critics after the panel […]

Adam McKay’s HBO pilot about the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers has found its first castmember. Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty, HBO’s upcoming Catherine the Great) will play NBA legend Jerry West in Showtime, which McKay (Succession, Vice) is directing and executive producing. The actor will play NBA legend Jerry West in the drama about the team in the […]

Salma Hayek had no idea she was being considered for the cover of Meghan Markle’s guest-edited September issue of Vogue UK. In fact, the actress told CNN in an article published Wednesday that the two had never spoken until British Vogue Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful called to put her on the phone with Meghan. At first, she […]

“Crumple the flower, Jane. Now try to make it look new again,” instructs Alba, Jane’s abuela, in the opening minutes of Jane the Virgin’s pilot episode. “I can’t,” Jane replies. “That’s right, you can never go back. And that’s what happens when you lose your virginity. You can never go back. Never forget that, Jane,” warns […]

After a weeklong trial, a California jury has concluded that Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” is a copyright infringement. The lawsuit was brought by Christian rapper Marcus Gray, professionally known as Flame, who asserted that Perry’s 2013 hit tread on his own work titled “Joyful Noise.” In particular, the plaintiff alleged that the Dr. Luke-produced song took […]

Abigail Breslin will star alongside Matt Damon in the upcoming movie “Stillwater,” which will be directed by Tom McCarthy. Participant Media acquired the project after Damon boarded the movie in May. Participant previously worked with McCarthy on his Oscar-winning drama “Spotlight.” “Stillwater” follows an American oil-rig rough neck from Oklahoma, played by Damon, who travels to Marseille to […]

Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — testing whether moviegoers will embrace an original summer tentpole amid a tsunami of branded IP — successfully rode its first wave in launching to $40 million at the North American box office. As expected, the Sony movie placed second over the weekend behind Disney’s The Lion King, which is […]

It’s no secret that Jeffrey Tambor’s “Transparent” character Maura Pfefferman is killed off on the Amazon series’ upcoming musical finale. The challenge for creator Jill Soloway was how to pull that trigger tastefully, as Tambor’s exit from the show was anything but. “Our tone has always been one of — I heard someone call it ‘vigorous tonal shifts,’” Soloway […]