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Actor John Cusack has apologized for sharing a now deleted anti-Semitic image on his Twitter account. Cusack on Monday retweeted a cartoon image of a hand emblazoned with the Star of David pushing down on a group of people accompanied by a quote saying, “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you […]

Model, clothing designer, heiress and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt died at age 95, her son Anderson Cooper revealed on Monday. He told Fox News in a statement: “Gloria Vanderbilt was an extraordinary woman, who loved life, and lived it on her own terms. She was a painter, a writer, and designer but also a remarkable mother, wife, and friend. She was 95 […]

Veteran television producer Dick Wolf, best known for creating the “Law & Order” franchise, is eyeing what he believes will be the first-ever cross-network crossover. The crossover would be between his CBS freshman procedural “FBI” or its in-the-works spinoff “FBI: Most Wanted” and one of his NBC shows, such as “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” or “Chicago P.D.” The […]

Franco Zeffirelli, the Italian director renowned for his extravagantly romantic opera productions, popular film versions of Shakespeare and supercharged social life, died on Saturday at his home in Rome. He was 96. His death was confirmed by a spokesman for the Franco Zeffirelli Foundation in Florence. Critics sometimes reproached Mr. Zeffirelli’s opera stagings for a […]

Lena Dunham will direct and executive produce “Industry” for HBO, an eight-part series following a group of twenty-somethings breaking into the world of international finance. Variety reported in late 2017 that Jane Tranter’s Bad Wolf production company (“His Dark Materials”) was developing the show for HBO. The premium cabler has now given it a green light. Production on the series is underway […]

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who has steadied the ship since replacing the more combative Sean Spicer early in the Trump administration, is leaving her post at the end of June. Her boss, President Trump, made the announcement on Thursday afternoon. “After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving […]

Idris Elba has become the latest A-lister to bring a show to Jeffrey Katzenberg’s short-form streaming service Quibi. Elba (Luther, Hobbs & Shaw) and renowned rally driver Ken Block will star in a car-stunt series called, appropriately enough, Elba vs. Block. The eight-episode show will pit the two against each other to see who can outperform […]

When the Oscars move, so do the BAFTAs. Less than 24 hours after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled its dates for the 2021 and 2022 Oscars ceremonies, the British Academy followed suit Wednesday. The Oscars ceremony is moving back to its original slot on the last Sunday in February for both […]

Spotify is no longer a music-streaming company. On Wednesday morning, the company announced a new playlist that combines music, news and podcast content for the first time and in one single personalized feed. The change effectively offers a leveled-up alternative to terrestrial radio and positions the Swedish streaming service as an all-inclusive audio platform. The new […]

Singer-actor Steve Lawrence, who produced hit singles both solo and with his late wife and musical partner Eydie Gormé, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. “There have been a number of rumors and some press reaching out to me,” the Brooklyn-born Lawrence, 83, said in a statement to Newsday through his representative, Howard Bragman, “and I […]

Get ready for the Oscars in 2022. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that the 94th annual Academy Awards will take place on Feb. 27, 2022. The date follows previously announced plans for the 2021 Oscars on Feb. 28 and 2020’s ceremony on Feb. 9. “Timing of the 2022 Olympics, the Super Bowl and national […]

Geena Davis is hopping in the GLOW ring when it moves to Las Vegas. The Oscar and Golden Globe-winning actress will guest star in five of the 10 episodes of the third season of Netflix’s female wrestling comedy, which releases Aug. 9. Davis will play Sandy Devereaux St. Clair, the former showgirl turned entertainment director […]

Business picked up in a big way at the indie box office this weekend, as Amazon Studios/30WEST’s “Late Night” led a slew of new films in limited release. Opening on four screens in Los Angeles and New York ahead of its wide release next weekend, “Late Night” grossed just under $250,000 this weekend for a […]

A “controlled explosion” on the set of “Bond 25” damaged the 007 stage at Pinewood Studios and caused a “minor injury” to a crew member off stage, according to a tweet posted Tuesday from the official James Bond account. No injuries were reported on set. The production has been plagued with multiple setbacks, including an […]

Tracy Morgan is set to host the 2019 ESPY Awards. Morgan will be joined by entertainment and sports stars throughout the awards show to honor the past year in sports by recognizing major achievements in the industry, reminiscing about memorable moments and honoring the leading athletes of the year. “I am very excited to be […]

Leon Redbone, the trombone-voiced singer-songwriter whose eccentric, nostalgic Americana style of music found at least a temporarily frequent home on early episodes of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, died today. He was 69. His death was confirmed by his family in a whimsically worded announcement on Redbone’s website — an announcement that certainly bore a resemblance to Redbone’s own songwriting […]

On Wednesday, Ashton Kutcher testified in the trial of Michael Gargiulo, an alleged serial killer who has been charged with the deaths of two women, including Kutcher’s ex-girlfriend Ashley Ellerin. According to Kutcher’s testimony, he and Ellerin had made plans to get dinner and drinks on February 21st, 2001, and he had arranged to pick her up at her […]

Boy George is the latest musician getting the movie treatment. MGM is developing an untitled film based on the life of the Culture Club singer, with Sacha Gervasi attached to write and direct. Producers are Kevin King Templeton, a producer on MGM’s two “Creed” movies, and Paul Kemsley. George and Jessica de Rothschild will executive produce. The Boy George film will include […]

The Beach Boys, led by founding member Mike Love and longtime musician Bruce Johnston, have signed with WME worldwide in all areas. One of the most famous pop bands of all time with more than 100 million records sold, the group that now tours as The Beach Boys does not include founding songwriter, co-lead vocalist […]

MacKenzie Bezos, one of the world’s richest women after her divorce from Amazonfounder Jeff Bezos, joined a pledge to donate at least half her wealth — currently estimated to be around $37 billion — to charitable causes. MacKenzie and Jeff Bezos finalized the terms of their divorce in April, under which she will get 25% of the shares in Amazon that […]

Kanye West is getting candid about his struggle with bipolar disorder. The “Ultralight Beam” rapper, 41, has publicly grappled with mental health issues and is now explaining exactly what happens to him when he goes on and off his medication. “If you don’t take medication every day to keep you at a certain state, you have […]

Sammy Shore, an actor and standup comedian who co-founded the Comedy Store, diedSaturday. He was 92. Through a spokeswoman, Shore’s family said he died at his Las Vegas home surrounded by family. He was the father of actor-comedian Pauly Shore. Shore’s nearly seven-decade career stretched from the “Borscht Belt” summer resorts of New York‘s Catskill Mountains to Las Vegas to the studios of Hollywood. Shore […]

Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume had a few choice words for Donald Trump after the president called out the network on Sunday for hosting a town hall with Democratic presidential hopeful and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. “Say this for Buttigieg. He’s willing to be questioned by Chris Wallace, something you’ve barely […]

Wedding bells are in the future for actress Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost of “Saturday Night Live.” Johansson’s publicist Marcel Pariseau tells The Associated Press Sunday that the private couple is officially engaged after two years of dating. Pariseau says no date has been set for the nuptials. Johansson, 34, was previously married to actor […]

Producer Dana Brunetti filed suit on Friday seeking to block the second season of the anthology series “Manhunt,” which is set to dramatize the bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Brunetti sued Lionsgate, the production company, as well as Discovery Communications and Charter Communications. Brunetti, the producer of “Fifty Shades of Grey” and many other films, was […]