Tom Cruise is ready for some football. And for some jet fighter action. CBS Sports and the NFL married Cruise and footage from the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick into the AFC Championship tease that aired leading into the game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Kansas City Chiefs. The clip was headlined, “The Time is […]
EXCLUSIVE: Dozens of Vice post-production staff and employees are about to receive a wage increase and a more stable work week. By an overwhelming 97% margin, editors and other members of the Brooklyn-based unconventional outfit voted via videoconference yesterday for a new three-year agreement with the Hollywood union and the Editors Guild, Local 700. “I […]
For Dylan Dreyer, the weekend forecast is sunny. After a decade as the Weekend Today meteorologist, her time is coming to an end. On Saturday, Dreyer revealed she’ll no longer appear on the weekend edition of the daytime talk show, intending to spend more time with family. Her stretch was saluted with a video montage of her […]
EXCLUSIVE: IFC Films is closing a deal for North American distribution rights on the Sundance buzz title Watcher, Deadline hears. The Chloe Okuno-directed thriller stars Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman and Ciubuciu Bogdan Alexandru. Acquisition is for IFC Midnight, and Shudder will take the first streaming window. When Julia (Monroe) hangs up her acting aspirations to […]
Howard Hesseman, part of the ensemble that made WKRP in Cincinnati a television staple, died Saturday at Cedar Sinai hospital in Los Angeles from complications following colon surgery. In addition to WKRP in Cincinnati, Hesseman played Captain Pete Lassard in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, Sam Royer on One Day at a Time, and schoolteacher Charlie […]
As the Best International Feature race comes to a close, it’s fairly clear to see who the favorites are. Since it premiered at Cannes last year, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car has dominated the landscape, featuring highly in international critics’ awards and even penetrating the consciousness of the Golden Globes. But—as we saw at Cannes, […]
Refresh for latest…: Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home scaled fresh heights this session as it reached an amazing new milestone by crossing the $1B mark at the international box office. The offshore cume through Sunday is an estimated $1.003B for a global total of $1.74B. With the new milestone, No Way Home becomes only the 10th movie ever […]
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Archewell Productions has issued a statement on the current controversy over Spotify and alleged misinformation the platform is disseminating on Covid-19 issues. The couple’s Archewell Productions claimed they have expressed their concerns about misinformation to Spotify as far back as last April, and asked for action. Today’s statement did not […]
There are far weightier consequences of the Omicron variant’s holiday-season surge than New York media types having to puzzle out the fate of red-carpet events. And yet, that visible subset of the city has been tantalized by visions of a genuine spring awakening — assuming the fresh foot of snow ever melts. Covid numbers are […]
It’s a bit unusual when any FCC nomination becomes controversial — and even a bit strange when Tucker Carlson seizes on it. But that is what has been happening in recent months in the case of Gigi Sohn, a longtime public interest advocate whose nomination to fill a vacancy on the commission is scheduled to […]
On tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Live, former NFL player Peyton Manning stopped by the Weekend Update desk under the guise of discussing this weekend’s playoff games, but ended up spending most of his segment gushing about his obsession with the Netflix series Emily in Paris. After introducing the Hall of Fame quarterback and two-time […]
Seth Meyers used to hold the most appearances behind Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update desk. The Late Night host left SNL with 154 appearances behind the desk but was surpassed by Colin Jost in October. He has now been pushed back into third place as tonight Michael Che became the second longest-tenured Weekend Update host […]
Willem Dafoe made his debut as host of Saturday Night Live, speaking tonight in his opening monologue about his excitement in returning to New York, where his career as an actor began. “I moved here when I was 21, had no money, and rented an apartment on 10th and Avenue A for 200 bucks a […]
John Mulaney will join the Five Timers Club on Saturday Night Live as he returns to host February 26. The Kid Gorgeous comedian will be joined by musical guest LCD Soundsystem as the late-night comedy returns for its next run of shows. Mulaney has had an eventful couple of years include a drug relapse, intervention […]
James Austin Johnson returned as President Joe Biden on the Saturday Night Live cold open, this time as he meets in the Oval Office with advisers who give him the goods on Russia’s disinformation machine over Ukraine. “Take a look at these posts that are circulating on Ukrainian Facebook,” Biden’s adviser (Alex Moffat) instructs the […]
While the hosts of The Today Show‘s third hour were lampooned in a recent episode of Seth MacFarlane’s adult animated sitcom Family Guy, they made it clear on Friday’s show that they’re taking the joke in stride. “Yes, we made Family Guy!” said weatherman Al Roker, with co-host Dylan Dreyer adding, “This is like the highlight […]
EXCLUSIVE: Four senior staffers who resigned in protest from the International Documentary Association are responding to a public statement from the IDA board dismissing their concerns about how the nonprofit organization is being run under new executive director Rick Pérez. The board published a letter on the IDA website on Friday acknowledging “a number of […]
Get your big hair ready. The Rainbow Bar & Grill, the famed rock ‘n roll hangout on the Sunset Strip, is planning a big 50th celebration on April 24. The bar, famous as the second home for the late Motörhead bassist Lemmy Kilmister, will have live performances from 1-10 pm featuring some of the acts […]
UPDATE: Tom Brady’s mother, father and agent have weighed in on his alleged retirement plans following an ESPN report that the great quarterback will call it a day. NBC Bay Area said the reports were incorrect. “I think his family would know first. I’m not sure where it (retirement story) all got started,” said Brady’s […]
Julia Child knew her way around a sauce the way Leonard Bernstein knew his way around a sympathy, the way Patrick Mahomes knows his way through a defense. That is to say, with panache. The renowned cookbook author and pioneering TV personality is the subject of the documentary Julia, directed by Betsy West and Julie […]
UPDATED, 3:05 PM: Producer Adam Shankman took to Instagram on Friday to unveil a premiere date for the anticipated Hocus Pocus 2, announcing that the sequel to Kenny Ortega’s 1993 Disney classic will debut on Disney+ this Halloween. “SISTAAAAAHHHHSSS! Aaaaand that’s a WRAP!!! #hocuspocus2 Congratulations to the amazing team @bettemidler @sarahjessicaparker @kathynajimy @567and8 @mrsleshem and the […]
On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 73 new deaths from Covid-19, as well as 21,709 new positive cases. The number of deaths and confirmed cases relayed today may reflect delays in weekend reporting. But today’s data brings the County to a total of 28,886 deaths and 2,631,994 positive cases. 3,998 […]
The deals keep coming at the 2022 Virtual Sundance Film Festival. MUBI closed the docu Free Chol Soo Lee, including North America, and Warner Bros is negotiating a near $7 million WW rights deal for the Tig Notaro/Stephanie Allynne film Am I Ok? to place the film on HBO Max. The Lauren Pomerantz-scripted film stars […]
DistroTV, a free ad-supported streaming television platform, is moving into original content with the global debut of a feature film, Escándalo Secreto: En Plena Cuarentena. The comedy feature, directed and written by Jorge Cano, will bow on February 25th. Translated as Secret Scandal: In Quarantine, the Spanish language film will debut exclusively on DistroTV Español and […]