Denise Nickerson, who played the bratty, bloated Violet Beauregarde in 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and a sweet-natured orphan bedeviled by ghosts and werewolves on the classic ’60s supernatural soap Dark Shadows, died Wednesday night at a hospital near her home in Colorado. In declining health since suffering a stroke last year, Nickerson was removed from […]
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Heidi Klum is officially off the market. The supermodel, 46, and musician Tom Kaulitz, 29, secretly got married in late February, TMZ reported Thursday. Klum announced on Christmas Eve that the Tokio Hotel rocker had proposed after a little more than a year of dating. In early February, Klum told “Entertainment Tonight” that she and Kaulitz had set a wedding […]
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Warner Bros. Animation and Elizabeth Banks’ Brownstone Productions are teaming up for a new “Flintstones” series, Variety has learned exclusively. The project, which is in early development, is described as a primetime animated adult comedy series based on an original idea featuring characters from “The Flintstones.” The series will be produced by Warner Bros. Animation. No network is […]
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After a four-year hiatus, Kanye Westreturns to Forbes’ Celebrity 100 list and secures the No. 3 spot—surpassed only by his sister-in-law Kylie Jenner (No. 2) and Taylor Swift, who tops this year’s list. The annual Celebrity 100 ranks the world’s highest-paid celebrities in music, sports and entertainment, from Hollywood to Bollywood. Nearly a third of the celebrities on this year’s list are from outside the U.S. This year’s Celebrity 100 […]
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Katherine Heigl is set to star in and executive produce the upcoming Netflix series “Firefly Lane,” which is based on the book by Kristin Hannah. Based on the New York Times Bestselling book, the 10-episode “Firefly Lane” adaptation tells the story of two inseparable best friends and their enduring, complicated bond, spanning four tumultuous decades. […]
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Neil Young and Promise of The Real debuted their version of Neil’s “On The Beach” on Tuesday night as part of a concert at Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium. Young hadn’t performed the title track from his 1974 studio album with a band in 45 years. The iconic rocker and POTR also fit two more tour debuts […]
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Rip Torn, a prolific actor best known for HBO’s “The Larry Sanders Show” and the “Men in Black” franchise, died Tuesday at his home in Lakeville, Connecticut, his representatives said. He was 88. In a career spanning more than six decades, Torn established himself as a versatile performer, appearing in 10 Broadway plays (and directing […]
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Arizona State University is awarding its 2019 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism to Lester Holt, news anchor for NBC. Holt has anchored NBC’s flagship Nightly News broadcast since 2015, following eight years as anchor of the newscast’s weekend edition and 12 years as co-anchor of Weekend Today. The university’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass […]
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Norah O’Donnell said Tuesday she wouldn’t be the new “CBS Evening News” anchor if not for the network’s recent upheaval. O’Donnell, who takes over on July 15 as the anchor of the network’s evening newscast, spoke at TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast NYC about how CBS has changed its corporate culture since the ouster of CEO […]
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Some of the most powerful people in media and technology are arriving Tuesday in Sun Valley, Idaho, for Allen & Co’s secretive gathering, ready to talk deals, politics and, perhaps more than in previous years, potential regulations surrounding social media. The retreat is off the record, but here are the topics likely to dominate discussions […]
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Get ready to make “Friends” with HBO Max: That’s the name of WarnerMedia’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service, set to launch in the spring of 2020 with some 10,000 hours of content, including all episodes of ’90s hit “Friends.” However, WarnerMedia still hasn’t announced pricing for the service, which will compete with Netflix, Hulu, and Disney Plus, among others. Under […]
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Heather Mills, the former wife of Paul McCartney, and her sister have received an apology and a settlement from Britain’s defunct News of the World tabloid over the hacking of their phones. Heather Mills and her sister Fiona Mills both received a formal apology in Britain’s High Court on Monday. In a statement read outside […]
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Do not expect to see much, if any, of Sarah Paulson in the new season of “American Horror Story.” Variety has learned from sources that Paulson will not appear in a significant role in the FX anthology series’ upcoming ninth season, which is titled “American Horror Story: 1984.” Paulson has appeared in all eight of the preceding seasons […]
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Before Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper took another look at “A Star Is Born,” Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson played the doomed lovers in the 1976 version of the film with a lot more curls and significantly less bronzer. And just in case anyone forgot who did it, well, third ― Janet Gaynor originated the starring […]
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Netflix says it will cut back on depictions of smoking in its shows in the wake of a report that called out the streamer for the number of instances in which characters use tobacco in shows like Stranger Things. “Going forward, all new projects that we commission with ratings of TV-14 or below for series or […]
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President Trump tore into Fox News in a series of tweets Sunday, slamming the right-leaning network for “loading up with Democrats” and forgetting “the people who got them there.” “Watching @FoxNews weekend anchors is worse than watching low ratings Fake News @CNN, or Lyin’ Brian Williams…and the crew of degenerate Comcast (NBC/MSNBC) Trump haters, who […]
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Martin Charnin, the Tony-winning lyricist, writer and librettist best known for creating and directing the sensational Broadway musical Annie, has died. He was 84. Charnin died after suffering a heart attack on Wednesday, his daughter, Sasha, wrote on Facebook. “As loving as he was, [he] has kept all of us completely directionless. Which way do we go Daddy? […]
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In a win for Sony and Kevin Feige’s Marvel Studios, Spider-Man: Far From Home scored a sensational six-day launch of $185.1 million from 4,634 North American theaters, including a near-record $93.6 million over Fourth of July weekend. Globally, it now has amassed $580.1 million. The only tentpole to have earned more over Independence Day weekend was Transformers: Dark […]
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Actor Cameron Boyce, best known for his roles in Disney Channel’s The Descendants and Jessie, died Saturday. He was 20. In a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, a rep for Boyce’s family said Sunday that he died due to an “ongoing medical condition.” “It is with a profoundly heavy heart that we report that this morning we lost […]
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Lee Daniels shared an update to the saga of his canceled Fox drama “Star” on Friday — it will not be coming back for a new season, but it may return for a final goodbye in the form of a two-hour “movie of the week.” “I wanted to share some and news and good news. […]
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It’s hard to believe it’s been 30 years since Seinfeld debuted on our television screens, ushering a new era of comedy for its parent network, NBC, and a new wave of television fans, whose die-hard fervor and enthusiasm would help the show become of the most popular productions of all time. The first episode of Seinfeld aired on July 5th, […]
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A man suing Kevin Spacey for alleged sexual assault and battery abruptly dropped the suit Wednesday, according to court documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. The man accusing Spacey of assault, which led to the actor being charged with a felony, filed a lawsuit against the former House of Cards star last month. The reason for the dismissal was not […]
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It’s time to worry, Alfred E. Neuman. Mad magazine — the iconic satirical publication with freckle-faced, jug-eared mascot Alfred E. Neuman — will soon no longer appear on newsstands after nearly seven decades. The magazine, which was billed as a creation of “The Usual Gang of Idiots,” announced it will stop running issues with new […]
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Starting July 4, MoviePass will be out of commission for the next several weeks — at least — with the struggling theater-subscription service provider saying it needs to fix technical issues and finish work on a new version of its app. There was also a hint that the money-losing MoviePass business is running low on funds. The company, in […]
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An earthquake rattled a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday morning, making hanging lamps sway and photo frames on wall shake. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The 6.4 magnitude quake measured struck near in the Mojave Desert, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles, […]
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