Apple announced iOS 14 on Monday, the new software that will launch for iPhones in September. Apple iOS 14 includes a lot of new features, including widgets that will transform the way your home screen works, and a whole new way to sort through several pages of apps. It will support phones as old as 2016′s […]
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“The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run” from Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies is skipping theaters and will premiere on premium Video On Demand, followed by a debut exclusively on Viacom’s CBS All Access, ViacomCBS announced Monday. The movie was meant to open in theaters on Aug. 7 after being pushed back from a May 22 […]
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Joel Schumacher, who directed some two dozen films including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Brat Pack pics St. Elmo’s Fire and The Lost Boys along with Falling Down and John Grisham adaptations The Client and A Time to Kill, died today. He was 80. His publicists at ID PR said he had a yearlong battle with cancer. Schumacher was revered as one of Hollywood’s great storytellers. He […]
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The 2021 Golden Globes will take place on Feb. 28 — about eight weeks before the 93rd Academy Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the announcement Monday morning. Just a week earlier, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the 93rd Academy Awards telecast has been postponed by two months to April 25, 2021. Variety was the first to […]
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There may be new Batman in town. And he’s the same as the old Batman. Michael Keaton, who famously starred as the Caped Crusader in the Tim Burton-directed Batman movies, is in talks to reprise the character for Warner Bros.’s DC movie, The Flash. Ezra Miller is on board to star as Barry Allen, AKA, the […]
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Jimmy Kimmel is taking “a couple of months off” from his ABC late-night talk show, the host announced Thursday. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will take a two-week hiatus starting next week before resuming with guest-hosted episodes starting Monday, July 6. “Jimmy is taking time off to spend even more time with his family,” the network said […]
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AMC Theatres, the world’s largest exhibitor, has unveiled plans to re-open after coronavirus forced it to close its more than 600 venues in the U.S. for nearly four months. The company is expected to resume operations in 450 of those locations on July 15 and expects to be almost fully operational by the time that Disney’s “Mulan” debuts […]
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Like a plethora of other awards shows, the Critics’ Choice Awards is following the Academy Awards in pushing back its 2021 ceremony as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The 26th annual Critics’ Choice Awards will air live on Sunday, March 7, the Critics’ Choice Association announced Thursday. It will again take place at […]
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Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the 72nd Emmy Awards on ABC, the network and Television Academy announced on Tuesday. This marks the third time Kimmel has hosted the Emmys, following the 64th event in 2012 and 68th in 2016. The Primetime Emmy telecast will take place as planned on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. ET. But beyond that, […]
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The 2021 Oscars will go on — just not on Feb. 28. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Monday that the 93rd Academy Awards telecast has been postponed by two months to April 25, 2021. Variety was the first to report in mid-May that the Academy was considering delaying the big night in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “For over […]
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Nanci Ryder, the beloved Hollywood publicist who co-founded BWR Public Relations, on Thursday lost her courageous six-year battle with ALS. She was 67. Ryder died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles at 2:24 p.m., CAA partner Bryan Lourd, her longtime friend, said. Ryder was one of the first power publicists in Hollywood, earning the title […]
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Kelly Clarkson wants to put an end to her marriage. E! News can confirm The Voice coach has filed for divorce from husband Brandon Blackstock after almost seven years of marriage. According to court documents obtained by E! News, the American Idol winner quietly filed in Los Angeles last week and cited irreconcilable differences. The date of separation is listed as “TBD.” […]
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Jon Kroll, executive producer and show runner for “Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted” gives Ross Crystal a preview, on “Showbiz Express” of the show’s second season and some of the amazing events that took place in putting the series together.
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Disney and T-Mobile have pulled their advertising from Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show in light of his recent comments about the Black Lives Matter movement and the killing of George Floyd. As first reported by Judd Legum in his newsletter, Popular Information, Disney has instructed its third-party ad buyer to stop placing ads on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” and […]
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Lionel Richie and Walt Disney Studios have teamed up to develop a movie based on the songs from the music legend, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. With a working title of All Night Long, after his 1983 No. 1 hit, the project sees Richie producing with his manager Bruce Eskowitz as well as Dana Brunetti (Fifty Shades of […]
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Fox News’ Chris Wallace appeared on ABC’s “The View” Tuesday and lamented President Donald Trump’s treatment of the press — again. “I think it’s awful,” he said when co-host Joy Behar asked him about Trump’s labeling of the news media as the enemy of the American people. “I think it’s one of the most — […]
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Bonnie Pointer, a Grammy-winning founding member of the Pointer Sisters, who was essential to the group’s early success but left the group before most of their biggest hits, died Monday. Pointer died of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, publicist Roger Neal said. She was 69. “It is with great sadness that I have to announce […]
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Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam are sporting different looks in the “Looney Tunes Cartoons” that launched on the new streaming service HBO Max. While their outfits remain the same, both will no longer be carrying guns. The cartoons will still have plenty of sticks of Acme dynamite and cartoon violence, but Fudd will no longer […]
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Film and TV production will be allowed to resume in California as early as June 12, according to guidelines issued by the state Friday. Like rules for other industries, the OK for work to resume will be given on a county-by-county basis using benchmarks like COVID-19 infection rate. The guidelines give great leeway for the industry […]
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Paul McCartney is speaking out against racism following the death of George Floyd. The former Beatles member took to social media Friday (June 5) to share an encouraging message about working together to fight social injustice as protests over Floyd’s murder continue around the country. “I know many of us want to know just what we can be […]
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Chernobyl leads the pack of 2020 BAFTA TV nominations by a sizeable stretch, having been shortlisted in 14 categories across both the TV and TV craft awards. Announced Thursday, nominations were also doled out to The Crown, with seven nominations, and six for both Fleabag and Girl/Haji. HBO/Sky’s Chernobyl picked up nominations in the mini-series, leading actor (for Jared Harris) and supporting […]
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Lea Michele has issued an apology after “Glee” costar Samantha Marie Ware accused her of creating a bad work environment on the set of the show. The exchange began after Michele posted a message on social media Friday, “George Floyd did not deserve this. This was not an isolated incident and it must end,” she […]
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MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi has covered conflict zones around the world throughout his lengthy career in broadcast journalism, but he never expected one of those places to be Minneapolis, Minnesota. That’s where Velshi was shot by a rubber bullet on Saturday night while covering the protests stemming from the killing of George Floyd. “I have […]
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Meal-kit company HelloFresh has ended its partnership with actress Lea Michele after she was accused by former “Glee” co-star Samantha Marie Ware of making her life “a living hell” on set. “HelloFresh does not condone racism nor discrimination of any kind,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday. “We are disheartened and disappointed to […]
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Craig Gore, a writer whose credits include “S.W.A.T.” and “Chicago P.D.,” has been fired from Dick Wolf’s upcoming “Law & Order” spinoff series after controversial Facebook posts about looters and the recent curfew put in place across Los Angeles. “I will not tolerate this conduct, especially during our hour of national grief. I am terminating […]
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