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Sherri Shepherd has some thoughts about Meghan McCain’s role as co-host of “The View,” and she shared them with Andy Cohen on “Watch What Happens Live” Sunday night. Shepherd co-hosted “The View” from 2007 to 2014. McCain has been at it for almost a year. “She just has to evolve,” Shepherd said of the former Fox News contributor. “She has to get used to […]

Jonathan Gold, the restaurant critic whose curious, far-ranging, relentless explorations of his native Los Angeles helped his readers understand dozens of cuisines and helped the city understand itself, died on Saturday in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 57. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said Margy Rochlin, a close friend. In more than a thousand […]

A different kind of record was set this weekend in that it was the first weekend ever where eight of the top ten films at the weekend box office were sequels. Of those eight, two of the weekend’s new follow-up films are locked in a tight race at the top with Sony’s The Equalizer 2 pulling off […]

Colony premiered at Comic-Con in 2015 and has had a continuous presence at the fan confab including last year when the cast and producers teased big Season 3 changes. But there has been no trace of Colony at this year’s Comic-Con despite the sci-fi drama currently airing its third season. That is likely because the show has been canceled, Deadline has […]

Universal’s “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” and Sony’s “The Equalizer 2” are both on their way to overshooting box office forecasts, with an estimated $39 million and $33.21 million, respectively. “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” playing at 3,317 North American locations, had been pegged in the $30 million to $36 million corridor, while “The […]

The rush of films inspired by the dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand has now expanded to encompass six, plus a documentary, and a government committee has been set up to co-ordinate and oversee the planned productions. Thailand’s Ministry of Culture says it expects the military government’s Cabinet […]

What reaction were you hearing when you told people you wanted to do a romantic comedy? Juliet was so supportive of this the whole time. I felt like everybody really wanted to find a way to make it work because everybody loved romantic comedies so much. Producers and different studios I spoke to, sometimes the […]

An all-star cast is being assembled for the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s international feline hit Cats. Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, multiple Grammy winner Taylor Swift, Tony winner James Corden, and Tony winner Sir Ian McKellen have all been cast in the forthcoming Working Title motion picture, the production company confirmed. As previously reported, the film, directed by Oscar winner […]

David Cassidy‘s son Beau is set to inherit a lot more money than expected — up to $1.68 million more. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, the late actor and musician left his son, Beau Cassidy, the bulk of his estate, which was originally valued at around $150,000, minus some substantial debts. It is now estimated to […]

At long last, we know where The Vampire Chronicles will be spending its [after]life. Hulu announced Tuesday that they will be sinking their fangs into the television series based on the works by Anne Rice.  Also, the confirmation that the series will be about the chronicles, and not just the Brat Prince Lestat. It was first announced in […]

For months, the theories have been running rampant over what happens to Meryl Streep’s character in the sequel to ‘Mamma Mia’. Now, the time has come for the truth: Is she dead? When the trailer for Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again dropped earlier this year, fans were immediately taken aback by the complete and utter lack […]

Saturday Night Live has released a video full of bloopers from its latest season, its 43rd, on Tuesday (July 17). The team stepped up their game this year in terms of production and writing. From Kanye West and A Quiet Place to dolphin whispering, the level of ridiculousness hit a new peak. However, no matter how collected the celebrities, or seasoned the veterans, […]

A Chinese blockbuster hopeful backed by Alibaba Pictures Group and with a reported budget of over $100 million, was abruptly pulled from cinemas after a lackluster opening weekend at the box office. Producers are reportedly planning to rework the movie and release it again at a later date. Unless the film achieves much greater success […]

Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures announced today a relaunch of the kids’ entertainment franchise “Rugrats.” A new animated-series revival featuring the characters from the ’90s cartoon has received with a 26-episode order from Nickelodeon; and Paramount Players, the new film division launched to develop projects based on properties from Viacom cable channels, has given a greenlight to a live-action film featuring CGI […]