Comedian Richard Lewis revealed that he has Parkinson’s disease and plans to step away from stand-up comedy, but not acting and writing. “I have Parkinson’s disease, but I’m under a doctor’s care, and everything is cool,” Lewis said in a video shared on social media yesterday, April 23. “I love …
Read More »Michelle Obama Tells Oprah She 'Slow-Ghosted' Friends When Reaching White House
A new Netflix special, The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey, will premiere April 25 on Netflix, five months after the release of the former first lady’s bestselling self-help book of the same name. The special, running an hour and thirty minutes, features a sit-down conversation in Los …
Read More »The 'Succession' Kill List Contest Could've Been a Lot More Like 'The Hunger Games'
This post containsspoilers for this week’s episode ofSuccession, “Kill List.” On Sunday night’s Succession, Kendall and Roman goofed their way into a deal to sell Waystar RoyCo for a price that only someone who is definitely not a serious person would refuse. Meanwhile, the rest of the company’s high-ranking personnel …
Read More »Don Lemon Out at CNN: 'I Am Stunned'
Tucker Carlson isn’t the only cable news host leaving a major network today. Don Lemon is officially out at CNN. Lemon shared the news on Twitter Monday, April 24, writing that he was “informed this morning by my agent” that he’d been ousted from the network. Lemon said he was …
Read More »Nick Cannon Says Jamie Foxx Is 'Awake' and 'Alert' Following 'Medical Complication'
Nearly two weeks ago, Jamie Foxx‘s daughter Corinne Foxx revealed that the actor was recovering from an unspecified medical complication. In the days since, few updates have been shared about his condition or recovery, though his peers and colleagues have continued to send prayers and well wishes his way. But …
Read More »Time to Grow Up: 'Big Mouth' (and the Pains of Puberty) to End After Season Eight
Thankfully puberty doesn’t last forever, but unfortunately the same has to be true of Big Mouth: The animated Netflix series, which has offered a hilarious, unsparing look at the horrors and joys (but mostly horrors) of early adolescence will end after its eighth season. The show’s end isn’t exactly imminent, …
Read More »Matthew Perry Promises to Remove Keanu Reeves Barbs From Future Copies of His Memoir
Matthew Perry has promised to remove the unprovoked swipes at Keanu Reeves from future printings of the Friends actor’s memoir. In Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Perry twice poked fun at Reeves when writing about the deaths of “talented” actors like Heath Ledger, Chris Farley and River Phoenix. …
Read More »Jake Gyllenhaal Fakes Southern Accent, Sings 'Mr. Brightside' With Kelly Clarkson
Jake Gyllenhaal stopped by the Kelly Clarkson Show on Friday to go head-to-head with the “Stronger” singer in a game of “Sing That Name That Tune.” Matt Iseman played host while laying out the rules: Once the house band played a song, the first one to to guess the tune …
Read More »Barry Humphries, Australian Comic Who Starred as Dame Edna, Dead at 89
Barry Humphries, the Australian comedian who for over 60 years played his character Dame Edna Everage on the stage and screen, has died at the age of 89. Humphries’ family announced his death Saturday at a Sydney hospital, where he had been due complications from a hip surgery he underwent …
Read More »'Beef' Cast Responds to David Choe Controversy: Rape Story Is 'Fabricated' But 'Undeniably Hurtful'
David Choe‘s past came back to haunt him as resurfaced footage from a 2014 podcast episode found the actor, who appears in the popular Netflix series Beef, recounting in explicit detail a story about sexually assaulting a Black massage therapist. In a new statement released to Variety, the show’s creator …
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