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Justin Bieber is sharing the latest with his fans concerning his struggle with depression. Late Saturday night, the “Sorry” crooner posted a black-and-white photo of himself praying while being embraced by manager Scooter Braun and Kanye West on either side.     View this post on Instagram   Just wanted to keep you guys updated a little bit […]

After the recent docuseries detailing sexual assault allegations about music icons Michael Jackson and R. Kelly, “Saturday Night Live’s” Pete Davidson took to the “Weekend Update” desk to try to institute a rule that if you still want to listen to their music, “you just have to admit they’re bad people.” “I’m not saying it’s an easy […]

Kevin Tsujihara, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment, is apologizing after Warners opened an investigation into his behavior. Two days ago, The Hollywood Reporter posted a report on Tsujihara’s inappropriate conduct in attempting to advance a woman’s career after apparently starting a sexual relationship with her. Warner Bros. said it would investigate. “I deeply regret that I […]

Jan-Michael Vincent, best known for playing the lead role in the 1980s CBS series “Airwolf,” died on Feb. 10 after suffering cardiac arrest, according to a death certificate obtained by several outlets. His death, first reported by TMZ, has only now come to light. He was 73. His image as a baby-faced blonde heartthrob was […]

Sidney Sheinberg, who served for more than 20 years as president and COO of MCA, Inc and Universal Studios and helped build the former agency into a potent entertainment corporation, died Thursday at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 84. Sheinberg’s son, Jonathan, confirmed the news in an email. “He was an amazing man,” he wrote. Jonathan […]

WarnerMedia is investigating claims that Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara promised acting roles in exchange for sex as detailed in The Hollywood Reporter Wednesday. The article includes text messages between British actress Charlotte Kirk and Tsujihara going back to 2013 when they were introduced by Australian billionaire James Packer at the Hotel Bel […]

Arrow is shooting its last…well, arrow. The Stephen Amell-led comic book drama from executive producer Greg Berlanti and Warner Bros. TV is ending its run with a final, abbreviated eighth season set to air this fall. Playing Oliver Queen has been the greatest professional experience of my life… but you can’t be a vigilante forever. Arrow will return for […]

With futuristic stage designs, cutting-edge video inserts and industrial noise blended with operatic arias, “Frankenstein” premieres in Brussels on Friday, posing timely questions about ethics, technological progress and creating artificial life. Based on Mary Shelley’s eponymous 19th century novel, the opera by U.S. composer Mark Grey is set in a dystopian, post-industrial future, where scientists […]

“NCIS” alum Pauley Perrette has lined her up next role, which could potentially see the actress return to CBS. After departing the long-running CBS procedural last year, Perrette is next set to join “Jane the Virgin” star Jaime Camil in the comedy pilot “Broke” for the network. Written by Alex Herschlag and executive produced by […]

Jeopardy host Alex Trebek has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The 78-year-old broke the news Wednesday in a video message. “I have some news to share with all of you, and it’s in keeping with my longtime policy of being open and transparent with our Jeopardy fan base,” Trebek says. “I also wanted to prevent you […]

Netflix announced on Wednesday that it had acquired the rights to develop Gabriel García Márquez’s seminal novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude” more than 50 years after it was originally published, in 1967. It will be the first time the novel is adapted for the screen. It was not for lack of interest. In a […]

In a new interview, R. Kelly told Gayle King that while he isn’t mad at stars like John Legend and Lady Gaga for publicly disavowing him after he was accused of sexual abuse, he does think they are being unprofessional. After mentioning Legend, who in January called Kelly a “serial child rapist,” and Lady Gaga, who publicly apologized for […]

Conan may yet return… but It might take a little convincing. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently sat down with website The Arnold Fans to talk about a number of projects including King Conan, the proposed sequel to 1982’s Conan the Barbarian and 1984’s Conan the Destroyer. Alternately referred to as Legend of Conan, the project had been teased as long ago as 2012, […]

Will Smith is set to star as Richard Williams, father of Tennis greats Venus and Serena Williams, in the biopic King Richard. This movie has become a hot-ticket item in Hollywood now that Smith is attached. The script was penned by Zach Baylin and it recently landed on the Black List, a list of the best […]

Break out your square-dancing shoes, urban cowboys: TV series “Nashville” is being adapted into a Broadway musical with Scott Delman set to produce. The stage show will be Lionsgate’s first-ever Broadway production — the studio plans to do more like adaptations with some of its other intellectual property. “‘Nashville,’ with its complex, relatable characters and […]

In December 2017, Rupert Murdoch stunned Hollywood by announcing the sale of most of 21st Century Fox to Disney. “A momentous occasion,” Murdoch called the $71.3 billion deal, which came as digital streamers were disrupting the entertainment status quo. Netflix and Amazon Prime may now be just as important as broadcast television ever was. Meanwhile, the old studio […]

Tamron Hall is pregnant! The host and TV personality tweeted the news Monday, announcing, “When one song captures the personal news I want to share with you (yes, you)!” “I’ve wanted to share this news for many months and now finally my doctor has said I am in a safe place, at 32 weeks, to […]

It’s official: Bob Greenblatt’s next chapter will be at WarnerMedia. Days after The Hollywood Reporter reported that the former NBC Entertainment chairman was being eyed for a top job at the AT&T-owned media behemoth, the executive has been tapped to serve as chairman, WarnerMedia Entertainment and direct-to-consumer. Reporting to WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey, Greenblatt will have oversight of […]

Wendy Williams made her big return to television Monday after more than two months away. Wearing a $2,200 Valentino dress, Williams opened the show with her signature “How you doing?” before telling viewers, “I’m doing better now, let’s get started!” The 54-year-old gossip queen appeared in good spirits in a new sleek blond bob and wearing […]

Though Alec Baldwin didn’t pop up as Donald Trump on this week’s “SNL,” that doesn’t mean the cold open was without star power. Indeed, we got Ben Stiller popping in to reprise his impression of Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen, and then “SNL” cast member Bill Hader showed up as Republican representative Jim Jordan. “Thank […]

Janice Freeman, a contestant on The Voice in 2017, has died at the age of 33. Freeman’s family confirmed her death to TMZ, saying “she was at home in Pasadena with her husband, Dion, when she started complaining she couldn’t breathe.” On Saturday, her husband called 911 and subsequently performed CPR on Freeman until paramedics showed up. Freeman […]

Johnny Depp has filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, claiming the actress made “hoax” allegations of domestic abuse against Depp. The lawsuit stems from a December 2018 op-ed that Heard penned for the Washington Postwhere she described her own experience as the victim of domestic abuse; Depp was not mentioned in the op-ed, but […]

After Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, distributed and campaigned for by Netflix, won three Oscars, Steven Spielberg is upping his disapproval of Netflix films at the Oscars by addressing it directly with the Board of Governors at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, trade publication Indiewire reported on Friday. Spielberg has spoken openly about how films debuting on streaming platforms […]

Seth Rogen is about to enter the fifth dimension, as he is the latest actor to join the cast of Jordan Peele’s reboot of “The Twilight Zone” for CBS All Access. The actor will star on an episode written by Alex Rubens. The anthology series will launch its first two episodes on April 1, with new […]

As the company celebrates its 80th anniversary, Marvel Entertainment is heading to SXSW this month to restate the importance of comic books to its cultural dominance. Current Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski and Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada will be appearing at the annual conference dedicated to film, music and interactive media Saturday, March 8, to […]