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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 […]

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, […]

Singer-actress Halle Bailey will be part of Disney’s world. Bailey, who with her sister forms R&B duo Chloe x Halle, has nabbed the starring role in Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, and will play the role of Ariel, the rebellious daughter of King Triton who longs to live on dry land. The decision was made today, […]

Arte Johnson, who won an Emmy for his work on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” has died at the age of 90. Johnson died of heart failure on Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which first broke the news Wednesday. His death followed a three-year battle with bladder and prostate cancer. The […]

The “Gremlins” animated series is officially moving forward at the WarnerMediastreaming service. The series, which Variety exclusively reported back in February, will be titled “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.” Set in 1920s Shanghai, the series will tell the story of how 10-year-old Sam Wing (future shop owner Mr. Wing in the 1984 movie) met the young Mogwai called Gizmo. […]

With its fourth consecutive year of sending invitations to several hundred prospective members, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is on track to meet or surpass the diversity goals it set for itself three years ago at the height of the #OscarsSoWhite movement. It has already met its goal of doubling the number […]

This is the greatest … proposal ever? Hugh Jackman helped an audience member pop the question to his girlfriend during the entertainer’s “The Man. The Music. The Show” tour stop in St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier this summer. In a newly circulating video of the June 22 concert, Jackman, 50, tells the crowd at the Xcel Energy […]

Mark Wahlberg is in negotiations to star in Infinite, an action thriller that Antoine Fuqua is directing for Paramount. The actor is stepping into the shoes previously worn by Chris Evans, who dropped out of the project in recent weeks. Sources say that the Avengers: Endgamestar, who boarded the project in February, ran into scheduling issues with […]

Laurie Luhn, the former Fox News staffer who made sexual abuse allegations against Roger Ailes, has dropped a $750 million lawsuit against Showtime over the forthcoming miniseries “Loudest Voice.” Luhn filed suit in January, accusing Showtime, Blumhouse and journalist Gabriel Sherman of violating her right to privacy. The suit alleged that Sherman was “cashing in” on her history of psychosexual torture […]

Melissa McCarthy may be ready to help some poor unfortunate souls in Disney’s live-action version of “The Little Mermaid.” Sources tell Variety that while the deal is not yet completed, McCarthy is in early talks to play the sea witch Ursula in the live-action adaptation of “The Little Mermaid.” As Disney preps its live-action version of the undersea […]

Dale, Pop TV, dale! Four months after Netflix canceled One Day at a Time, Vulture has learned the sitcom is getting a new life on the CBS Corporation–owned cable network best known as the American home of Schitt’s Creek. Pop has green-lit season four of the Sony Pictures TV–produced comedy, ordering 13 episodes for a 2020 premiere in what appears to […]

Michael, Jim, Pam and the rest of the Dunder-Mifflin gang are on the move and they aren’t the only popular television characters expected to decamp from Netflix for new streaming services over the next few years. NBCUniversal’s June 25 announcement that it is pulling The Office from Netflix when that deal ends at the start of 2021 is the […]

On what would have been his 63rd birthday, people across the food world and beyond are coming together to remember author and TV host Anthony Bourdain’s life on Bourdain Day, created in memory of the late chef by his friends, chefs Eric Ripert and José Andrés. So far, people like CNN host Christiane Amanpour, Top Chef host Padma […]

WARNING: This post contains video that may upset or offend. The endless drip of information from Jussie Smollett’s unsealed criminal case file took a harsh turn Monday with new video dropped by the Chicago Police department. Among the nearly 70 hours of footage, one particular jarring video stands out of the scene inside’s the Empire star’s upscale Windy […]

Disney’s domination over the box office only seemed to strengthen this weekend as “Toy Story 4” easily topped box office charts. The fourth entry in Pixar’s animated series collected $118 million in ticket sales when it debuted in 4,575 North American theaters. While that haul is significantly below expectations – early estimates initially anticipated a […]

NBC’s Today show on Thursday celebrated 25 years of broadcasting from Studio 1A off New York’s Rockefeller Plaza with a video montage featuring memorable moments from the popular morning program’s history. The five-and-a-half-minute-long clip highlighted major news stories throughout the years, on-set bloopers and beloved hosts, such as Hoda Kotb, Kathie Lee Gifford, Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly and Craig […]

CBS Entertainment is pledging to improve disability inclusion in Hollywood, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. The company — which includes the network, CBS Television Studios and streamer CBS All Access — has become the first in the industry to respond to a request from the disability advocacy organization Ruderman Family Foundation: to commit to auditioning actors […]

Two of TV’s busiest comedians, D’Arcy Carden and Ken Jeong, have been tapped by the Television Academy to announce this year’s Emmy nominations. Carden, whose credits include both NBC’s “The Good Place” and HBO’s “Barry,” and Jeong, seen on Fox’s “The Masked Singer” and his Netflix special “Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho,” will present the nominations on […]

Married duo J. J. Abrams and Katie McGrath run Bad Robot as co-CEOs. The sweepstakes to land a massive overall deal with Bad Robot, the famed production company run by J.J. Abrams and his wife and co-CEO Katie McGrath, is nearing the finish line. Following a months-long courting process that included multiple suitors, WarnerMedia is […]

The CW has released fall premiere dates for the new shows “Batwoman” and “Nancy Drew,” as well as season premiere dates for returning shows like “Riverdale,” “Supergirl,” “All American,” “The Flash,” “Black Lightning,” “Legacies,” “Charmed,” “Dynasty,” “Arrow” and  “Supernatural.” The premiere dates for midseason series like the new “Riverdale” spinoff “Katy Keene,” and returning series […]

Tiffany Haddish canceled an upcoming standup comedy show in Atlanta over Georgia‘s controversial “heartbeat” abortion law. “After much deliberation, I am postponing my upcoming show in Atlanta,” Haddish, 39, said in a statement to ticketholders Saturday, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I love the state of Georgia, but I need to stand with women and until they withdraw Measure HB481, I cannot in good faith […]

Tom Hanks may not be a stranger when it comes to promoting his myriad of films, but the actor revealed that he has to abide by strict rules when discussing Toy Story 4 thanks to Disney. “I have these talking points that Disney gives you at the beginning of the press junket thing and these things are […]

Taylor Swift has announced her seventh studio album: Lover. It comes out August 23 via Republic. Lover includes Taylor Swift’s latest single “ME!,” as well as a new track titled “You Need to Calm Down.” The new album is Taylor’s follow-up to 2017’s reputation. “You Need to Calm Down” is out now—listen here—while its accompanying music video will arrive June 17. […]

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. was charged with forcible touching Thursday after meeting with NYPD sex crimes detectives over accusations he groped a woman’s breasts Sunday at a Midtown bar, his lawyer said. The “Jerry Maguire” star was being transported to Manhattan Criminal Court, where he will plead not guilty to the Class A misdemeanor in […]

Warner Bros. Television is debuting a new primetime scripted programming development executive team, in addition to restructuring of the current programming department. Clancy Collins-White has been upped to executive vice president of drama development, and will continue to spearhead dramatic series development for all platforms. She was most recently senior VP of drama development. At upfronts, […]