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It’s been mere days since filming on Game of Thrones ended forever, and HBO is getting right back in the saddle. The Belfast Telegraph reports that shooting on the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series will start soon. According to Fansided, the prospective series will take place about 1,000 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and will shoot in Belfast, Ireland. It seems like a […]

NBC has announced changes to their East Coast primetime schedule for Monday due to Donald Trump’s Supreme Court announcement. American Ninja Warrior will air 8-9 PM ET. The Supreme Court announcement will air approximately 9-9:20 PM ET. American Ninja Warrior will continue 9:20-10:20 PM ET followed by Dateline NBC 10:20-11 PM. EARLIER: Broadcast networks are gearing up for President Donald Trump’s Monday night primetime […]

Disney/Marvel’s Ant-Man And The Wasp took flight in 41 offshore markets this session, supersizing to $85M for its international box office bow. The Paul Rudd/Evangeline Lilly sequel buzzed in about 45% ahead of the first film and landed above industry expectations, despite the lack of some key markets in this early mix. Overseas, the pesky superhero and his new female partner, The […]

Evangeline Lilly has become a pivotal part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, stealing the show in Ant-Man and now getting promoted to double-billing for Ant-Man and the Wasp. But it almost never happened — if not for Peter Jackson. Lilly shot to fame after the beloved ABC sci-fi series LOST premiered in 2004 to rave […]

As temperatures soared past three digits in L.A. on Saturday, Hollywood shared how they were keeping cool — or failing to — on social media. Jennifer Lopez still opted for sweating, tweeting that she had gone to the gym and worked out in white snakeskin leggings. Halle Berry shared a photo at the beach. Paula Abdul asked […]

Last night, MoviePass customers encountered a problem when they went out to their local theater: an outage prevented some users from checking in to a film. While the company says that the issue has been resolved, and that it’ll reimburse customers who paid out of pocket for tickets, it’s not a good look for the service, […]

It would seem that so far, the relationship between Ariana Grande and Saturday Night Live‘s Pete Davidson has gone super well. Heck, they’ve only been dating for a couple months or so and they’re already engaged. That said, it hasn’t been completely without issue: Davidson is facing some criticism for a controversial joke he made last year, about the […]

Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry brought vintage rock to the mythic stage of the Montreux Jazz Festival on Thursday, performing as the Hollywood Vampires for a sellout crowd. The American trio, all dressed in black with silver chains around their necks, lived up to their reputation as “bad boys” during the 90-minute […]

The future of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox is live TV. Last week, Fox bought the rights to broadcast “WWE SmackDown” for five years. It made another five-year deal for Thursday night NFL games earlier this year. The two franchises are among the most popular on TV. Although the terms of each deal weren’t publicly disclosed, The […]

Dame Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent (Paddington), and Eddie Izzard (Victoria & Abdul) are all set to star in a new film, but don’t expect a feel-good movie. It’d be understandable if you did, given Jim’s form as Professor Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter films, and Dame Judi’s recent slew of historical and comedy dramas — not to mention her Victoria & Abdul co-star […]

HBO is a prime destination for great comedy with shows like Silicon Valley, Veep, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Larry Sanders Show and more in the cable network’s roster. But their new collaboration with Fred Armisen and Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels is something much different. HBO has given a series order to the Spanish-language comedy […]

Suzanne Somers is speaking out to defend Morgan Freeman after he was accused of inappropriate behavior. Somers, 71, defended her friend on “The Ingraham Angle,” describing him as simply a “big flirt,” after eight women came forward with accusations of sexual harassment. “Well, this probably won’t be real popular, but I think that women … I totally understand the [Harvey] Weinstein […]

Greta Gerwig is directing a new adaptation of Little Women and pretty much everyone in Hollywood is here for it. Saoirse Ronan, Emma Stone, Florence Pugh, and Timothée Chalamet are currently in talks to star, along with none other than Meryl flippin’ Streep. And while many assumed the queen of the Oscars and their gifs […]

The Miz and Maryse have cemented themselves as WWE superstars, and now they’re taking over reality TV with their own docuseries. USA Network hAS announced it has greenlit MIZ & MRS. (WT), a docuseries chronicling the lives of WWE® Superstars (and married couple) The Miz and Maryse. The six-episode, half-hour series will feature the pair, […]

Known as a gatekeeper for Hollywood investment into China’s highly regulated entertainment sector, CMC founder Li Ruigang has made investments into CAA, Warner Bros.’ Chinese studio, Ron Howard’s Imagine and much more. China Media Capital Inc., the entertainment and media conglomerate headed by Chinese tycoon Li Ruigang, revealed Tuesday that it has raised $1.5 billion […]

Fans of Bojack Horseman don’t have to be sold on Emmy consideration anymore. For four seasons, they’ve watched the Netflix animated series deliver a scathing commentary on Hollywood and the world at large through the lens of anthropomorphic animal celebrities and interspecies romance. We’d previously covered Bojack Horseman’s fourth season, the one that is currently […]

Powerhouse lawyer Jaia Thomas concluded that there should have been one focal area to discover diverse talent when it came to staffing up behind-the-scene groups in the entertainment industry. Up until this point, one was left to assemble staffs piecemeal, which generally, came by the way of recommendations from industry peers. Thomas created the mechanism, […]

Actor Ben Stiller has been named global goodwill ambassador to the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR. The agency announced the appointment on Monday after Stiller concluded a trip with UNHCR to Guatemala, where he met refugees who fled from their homes in Central America to escape violence from organized criminal groups and gangs. In recent years a growing number of […]