ABC’s’ “Celebrity Family Feud” returned with a bang offering a standoff between the Kardashian family and Kanye West’s family, which got surprisingly heated at times. The first spot of friction came when the families were introduced. Kim Kardashian West, despite giving the family name some recognition, opted to side with her husband and his cousins […]
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Awards shows rarely shy away from political comments, with winners often using their time onstage to address hot-button issues, and there was no exception at the 2018 Tony Awards on Sunday night. Robert De Niro earned a standing ovation from the audience when he walked onstage toward the end of the Tonys and stated, “Fuck […]
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• “The Band’s Visit,” a delicate musical about an Egyptian police orchestra stranded for a night in Israel, swept the awards, winning 10 prizes including best new musical. • “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” a sequel to the seven-novel series, won best play. • The biggest upset of the night: “Once on This Island” defeated “Carousel” […]
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“Solo: A Star Wars Story” may soon hold a dubious honor: becoming the first “Star Wars” movie to lose money. Even the prequel trilogy, which received negative reviews and earned scorn from longtime fans, did gangbusters at the box office; unlike those three films, “Solo” hit theaters just five months after its predecessor and within […]
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Cops and robbers have been some of the most durable subjects for TV since the inception of broadcast television: Jack Webb’s Dragnet was the original docudrama. And Netflix is no exception, with great shows like Orange Is The New Black, Narcos, and Peaky Blinders tackling everything from the emotional connections between gang members to the struggles of surviving prison. But, when […]
Read moreUniversal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s adventure film opened with $151.1 million in 48 international markets. The tentpole was the No. 1 film in all 48 territories. Korea saw the biggest debut with $27.2 million, followed by the United Kingdom and Ireland with $19.9 million, France with $10 million, and Spain with $9.5 million. Other top […]
Read moreKanye West claimed his eighth consecutive Number One album as the rapper’s Ye opened atop the Billboard 200. Ye sold 205,000 total copies in its first week of release, although the bulk of that haul was thanks to 120,000 streaming equivalent albums (SEAs). 85,000 copies of the seven-song LP were from traditional sales; it’s unclear whether the physical copies […]
Read moreGirls run the world, or rather, heist in Ocean’s 8. So how’d they do, according to critics? Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Awkwafina, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway star in the film, a spinoff of the popular comedy trilogy, directed by Gary Ross. George Clooney, who starred in the original films, co-produced Ocean’s Eight, which sees Bullock play his character’s the estranged sister, who attempts to […]
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The Hollywood Reporter’s chief theater critic, David Rooney, shares his choices, while awards analyst Scott Feinberg names his predictions to win in the top categories ahead of the June 10 ceremony. It’s been a thin season for new work on Broadway but a robust one for revivals. That means there’s little competition for the frontrunners […]
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Jared Leto’s performance as the Joker is one of the lowest points in the Warner Bros. franchise known as the DC Extended Universe, which includes “Man of Steel” and “Justice League.” His appearance in “Suicide Squad” was largely panned by fans and critics alike, yet he is still being considered for a comeback in a […]
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Shonda Rhimes has set her first project at Netflix: The streaming service and Shondaland have acquired the rights to a magazine article about infamous New York society fraud Anna Delvey, TVLine has confirmed, and Rhimes is attached to pen a series for Netflix based on the scandal. The New York magazine article, published last month, […]
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Hollywood stars and other public figures were quick to take to social media to weigh in on the shocking death of famed chef Anthony Bourdain. He was 61. Bourdain — who hadn’t posted anything on social media for four days — was in Strasbourg, France working on an upcoming episode for his award-winning CNN original series […]
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Netflix is flexing its media conglomerate muscle, announcing on Monday that it has acquired not just a comic book, but an entire comic book house. In a press release, the streaming service revealed that it struck a deal with Mark Millar to buy his company, Millarworld, the banner behind stories featured in action flicks including “Kingsman: […]
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Charles Krauthammer, the beloved and brilliant Fox News Channel personality who gave up a pioneering career in psychiatry to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning political analyst, on Friday revealed the heartbreaking news that he is in the final stages of a losing battle with cancer. The 68-year-old’s incisive takes on politics of the day have been […]
Read moreAnthony bourdain, the television personality and writer, who shot to fame with his culinary-driven globe trotting, has died by suicide. He was 61. CNN, the network for which Bourdain hosted the popular “Parts Unknown,” a food-focused travel series, confirmed the news.“It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony […]
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“I love being a part of this industry,” George Clooney said as he accepted the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award tonight at a gala dinner at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. “I’m very proud of the changes I’m seeing in this industry. They’re much overdue.” He also thanked his parents, who were present, calling […]
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Surprising pretty much no one, FX has decided to continue its relationship with rising superstar Donald Glover and his critically beloved dramedy series Atlanta. The network announced today that it’s just renewed Atlanta for a third season of rap, love, weirdness, and the occasional dip into outright horror. For the uninitiated, the series stars Glover as Earn Marks, […]
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The star-studded, female-fronted Ocean’s 8 should have no trouble winning this weekend’s box-office crown with a domestic debut in the $35 million-$40 million range, toppling holdover Solo: A Star Wars Story. From Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow, Ocean’s 8 is a spinoff of the Ocean’s Eleven film series and is among a slew of gender-swapping reboots and remakes being plotted by Hollywood studios. The pic […]
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Justin Bieber has been accused of scoring a hit on a guy in Cleveland in 2016 — and now the guy is hitting back, with a lawsuit. In the suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday, Rodney Tobias Cannon says that he was introduced to Bieber at the Westin Hotel in Cleveland in […]
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“Judge Judy” topped the May sweeps syndication ratings for the ninth consecutive year, with this year marking the show’s widest margin of victory in eight years. “Judge Judy” averaged a 7.1 household rating for the time period of April 26 – May 23. It’s nearest competition was “Family Feud,” which averaged a 6.2 in the same period. “Dr. […]
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It’s hard to believe it took until 1993 for someone to earn the nickname “The Hollywood Madam.” That honor went to Heidi Fleiss, one of six children born to Paul Fleiss, a popular Los Feliz pediatrician. In 1987 and at age 22, Heidi was taken under the wing of Madam Alex, a procuress to the […]
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Mariska Hargitay has no plans to leave “Law & Order: SVU.” The show, now entering its 20th season this fall, has seen Hargitay, 54, as the star since the pilot in 1999. “I’m in it for the long haul,” she said at a Paley Center panel, per The Hollywood Reporter. “I said, ‘You keep writing like […]
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