Ruby Rose has played some dangerous characters, like an inmate in Orange Is the New Black and a scientist battling a prehistoric shark in The Meg. But the actress herself is now officially dangerous. Cybersecurity firm McAfee on Tuesday crowned Rose the most dangerous celebrity on the Internet. No other celebrity was more likely to land users on […]
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Director and producer Brett Ratner has dropped his defamation lawsuit against a woman who accused him of rape. Accusations against Ratner were first officially reported in November 2017, shortly after the reckoning against Harvey Weinstein began. Ratner was first accused of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct by at least six women, including Olivia Munn, Natasha Henstridge, Katherine […]
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Brad Kern is no longer a producer on the CBS series “NCIS: New Orleans,” Variety has confirmed. “We have ended Brad Kern’s role as consulting producer on ‘NCIS: New Orleans’ and his overall deal with the Studio,” a CBS Television Studios spokesperson said in a statement to Variety. Variety first reported in December that Kern was investigated twice in 2016 by CBS’ human resources department for […]
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HBO has given a series order to The Righteous Gemstones, the Danny McBride-created half-hour comedy about a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work — all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. John Goodman stars the patriarch Eli Gemstone, and the order comes as his other series, ABC’s Roseanne Barr-less The Conners, […]
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It’s a common theme on “The Voice”: During the audition episodes, country singers flock to Blake Shelton’s team, and all of his fellow celebrity coaches are jealous. After all, Nashville artists traditionally do very well on reality singing competitions. “I want a country artist like a fat kid wants cake, y’all,” Kelly Clarkson said sadly on Monday night, […]
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Controversial comic Louis C.K. performed another surprise set at New York’s Comedy Cellar late Sunday night — and patrons were not happy about it. “He went on around midnight,” said a comedy source. “A few women walked out. He didn’t address [the #MeToo allegations against him]. He was a little arrogant … he made some comment like, […]
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Julie Swetnick, in her first broadcast television interview since accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, told NBC News national correspondent Kate Snow she couldn’t be sure that Kavanaugh was one of the boys who assaulted her during a party in the 1980s. Swetnick, in a sworn affidavit released last week by her […]
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Gail Berman‘s Jackal Group is developing a biographical project about the late legendary comedian George Carlin, which will be written by Stan Chervin, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind Brad Pitt’s Moneyball. Carlin’s prolific career spanned over five decades, more than 130 Tonight Show appearances, 14 HBO specials and 23 solo albums that earned him five Grammy Awards. His infamous 1972 […]
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Bronx-born hip hop star Cardi B turned herself in at a Queens police precinct stationhouse Monday after being accused of engaging in a heated altercation with a pair of bartenders at a strip club, sources said. The “I Like It” rapper was charged with assault and reckless endangerment, both misdemeanors, after she allegedly hurled items […]
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Whoopi Goldberg had some advice for Kanye West on “The View” Monday morning. The moderator of the ABC daytime talk show recommended the rapper “think” before he speaks in wake of his calls to abolish the 13th Amendment. “The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, Kanye,” the frustrated TV personality said during the Hot Topics segment. “So maybe you want to think and […]
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Sam Claflin is set to star in Sony’s “Charlie’s Angels” reboot, sources tell Variety. Claflin is reteaming with his “Hunger Games” co-star Elizabeth Banks, who is directing and starring as one of the Bosley characters. Patrick Stewart and Djimon Hounsou will play the other two Bosleys. Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska will portray the film’s Angels. Jonathan […]
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Mike Campbell doesn’t cry when he talks about the early-morning phone call that told him Tom Petty, his bandleader and best friend of nearly 50 years, had just been rushed to the hospital. The Heartbreakers guitarist doesn’t cry when he remembers playing to a sold-out Hollywood Bowl with Petty one week before that horrible October morning either, […]
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Kanye West made a homeless man’s day following a chance encounter on Saturday morning (Sept. 29). ‘Ye ran into the man on the street in New York City and stopped to listen to the guy spit. TMZ was on hand to capture the footage. Yeezy was so impressed by the man’s bars and enthusiasm, he invited the stranger, […]
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After winning a legal battle that lifted the ban on the film in Kenya, Wanuri Kahiu’s film reminds us why stories of oppression are as important as ever. Something that is generally agreed upon regarding film is its ability as a medium to give a voice to the marginalized. Films with a powerful onscreen message […]
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In what started as Lindsay Lohan’s attempt at a philanthropic act to help a homeless Syrian refugee family turned into accusations of children trafficking and a scuffle with Lohan ending up on the ground crying. The Mean Girls actress documented all of this in a very strange Instagram video where she was insisting she help a Syrian family of […]
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Saturday Night Live tackled Supreme Court hopeful Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious hearing in its season 44 premiere on Saturday, with Matt Damon making a guest appearance as the SCOTUS nominee. Cast members Cecily Strong and Alex Moffat also appeared as senators Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Grassley, respectively, while Rachel Dratch made a cameo as Senator Amy Klobuchar. “I’m […]
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A “Jeopardy” contestant on Thursday shocked the audience when he turned to his girlfriend, who was in the stands, and asked her to marry him. Host Alex Trebek was going from person-to-person giving the audience and those watching from home information about the hosts. When Trebek went to Michael Pascuzzi, Trebek revealed there was no […]
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Kanye West, this week’s musical guest on the season premiere of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, wasn’t the show’s first choice: the scheduled Ariana Grande canceled “for emotional reasons,” says creator Lorne Michaels. Michaels’ disclosure – and his gratitude to West – came during this week’s Origins With James Andrew Miller podcast, the last of a three-part arc about SNL. (Listen below.) “We […]
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With the first official week of the 2018-19 TV season well underway, a couple of new shows have shown out strong in their premieres, while veteran network series are, for the most part, having a tougher time regaining their audiences. Here’s a rundown of what went well and what went badly for the networks in […]
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The WWE are to make history on October 28 when they hold their first network special that will consist solely of women’s matches. The event is being held at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York and will be available to watch on the WWE Network. Here is a rundown of what is […]
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Barbra Streisand, America’s funny girl, parent of dog clones, chronicler of broken hearts (and memories!), has turned her most venerable craft to her least favorite American president: Donald Trump. Yes, it’s time for the reemergence of Barbra Streisand, political activist. Streisand is a longtime Democratic supporter who appeared on a 1971 list of Richard Nixon’s political enemies, […]
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Tony Goldwyn has joined the cast of “Network.” The stage adaptation of the film classic is one of the year’s most hotly anticipated Broadway productions and boasts serious star power in the form of Emmy winners Bryan Cranston and Tatiana Maslany. Goldwyn’s involvement should only enhance the buzz around the play. He is best known for […]
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Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are teaming with Sony again to bring a New Yorker novella about a pickle maker to the big screen, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Rogen is set to star in the untitled project as Herschel Greenbaum, a young man who falls into a factory pickle barrel and emerges, one hundred years later, into hipster Brooklyn. […]
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