Showbiz News

Netflix is still figuring out its way in the comedy talk show arena. The Internet network has opted not to continue with its two recent entries in the genre, The Break with Michelle Wolf and The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale. Both shows were toplined by comedy personalities with successful track records, McHale as long-time host of The Soup on […]

On Tuesday, a photo surfaced showing Rihanna posing with Donald Glover, supposedly on a film set in Cuba, causing immediate speculation about the nature of the project. It was accompanied by a report from the Cuban culture magazine Vistar, claiming that the two performers were shooting a mysterious project called “Guava Island,” which would also feature actors Nonso Anozie, […]

USA Network has officially announced that it is picking up the Jason Bourne TV spinoff Treadstone to series. The show is being written and executive produced by Tim Kring, with Ramin Bahrani (director of HBO’s Fahrenheit 451) lined up to call the shots on the pilot episode. Treadstone explores the origin story and present-day actions of a CIA black ops program known […]

Alex Brightman will follow in Michael Keaton’s footsteps, assuming the title role in “Beetlejuice” on Broadway. It’s a familiar challenge for the Tony Award nominee. Brightman previously had to put his own spin on a character made famous by Jack Black when he portrayed a hard-playing guitarist/substitute teacher in the Broadway musical “School of Rock.” […]

J Balvin has criticized artists for what he characterizes as lyrically focusing on “the attitude of criminals and drug dealers.” Balvin wants to change the negativity that he believes is consuming the urban genre, and has no tolerance for romanticizing criminal violence. He took to Instagram on Tuesday (Aug. 14) to ask his colleagues to create music […]

More than a week after other services pulled the plug on Alex Jones and InfoWars, CNN reports that Twitter has given the personality a one-week suspension. The move came after a Periscope video session where Jones told viewers “now is time to act on the enemy” ahead of a “false flag” attack. His ability to tweet and retweet is […]

With “Conan” set to switch to a half-hour format beginning in January 2019, the TBS show is doing away with regular musical performances to focus more on comedy and what host Conan O’Brien calls a “leaner” late-night program. With that change, producer and music booker Roey Hershkovitz will depart the show, leaving the door open for consulting work on the occasional special […]

Someone asked director Neill Blomkamp who he’d like to see as RoboCop in his upcoming sequel, and his answer was both surprising and kind of awesome. As we found out recently, Blomkamp has been tapped by MGM to helm RoboCop Returns, a movie that will serve as both a direct sequel to the 1987 sci-fi classic and a reboot of the franchise, […]

Last week, we got our first look at Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The project has been steeped in controversy since its announcement, as it will pair the notoriously provocative director with a subject matter undeserving of glorification or gratuity: the Manson Murders. At […]

The 2018 Teen Choice Awards were held Sunday night (August 12) at the Forum in Los Angeles and broadcast on Fox. Featuring performances by Bebe Rexha, Meghan Trainor, Khalid, Lauv and The Four” season one winner Evvie McKinney, presenters included Noah Cyrus, Chloe Grace Moretz, Lucy Hale, Hudson Yang, Maddie Ziegler, Nina Dobrev and more. Winners were awarded the traditional Teen Choice surfboard. Fan-voted […]

Chris Hardwick teared up and got emotional on Sunday night’s episode of Talking Dead as he obliquely addressed the abuse allegations made against him and thanked “the Walking Dead community” for supporting him. Hardwick was dropped from hosting AMC’s The Walking Dead after show after abuse allegations surfaced in an essay by his ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra. Following an investigation by AMC, Hardwick was reinstated. Dykstra revealed that she […]

Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth are no longer boldly going where no person has gone before. The two actors were in negotiations to star in Star Trek 4, but sources say that talks between the two actors and the companies making the new installment, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media, have fallen apart, with both sides walking […]

When it was reported that pop singer Demi Lovato had potentially overdosed on heroin, a particular digital gasp quickly made its way around the Internet. We’re used to seeing images of bright young things spilling out of clubs and into cabs, the cocktails and bottle service, even cocaine, that perennial party drug, all cheekily implied (and now […]

The iconic Brady Bunch house in Studio City, California sold for almost twice its asking price, thanks to the entry of HGTV into the bidding wars. The Los Angeles Times reports the sale of the home at 11222 Dilling Street closed Friday at $3.5 million, or $1.6 million more than the listing price of $1.885 million. The […]

“The Meg” swims into theaters this weekend and is looking to nab the No. 1 spot at the box office with an estimated $40 million from 4,118 North American locations. The estimate is significantly higher than earlier predictions, which had placed the film in the $20 million to $22 million frame. The Warner Bros. film […]