Sarah McLachlan helped welcome Jimmy Kimmel back to the airwaves Tuesday night with a performance of “Better Broken,” the title track from her new album. McLachlan’s presence on Jimmy Kimmel Live! was especially apt: Last week, after ABC abruptly yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live! under pressure from the Trump administration, McLachlan …
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Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo face off, and team up, in the final trailer for Wicked: For Good, which is set to arrive in theaters Nov. 21. The massive three-minute clip offers a comprehensive overview of what fans can expect in the highly anticipated sequel. It starts with Grande’s Glinda …
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Do not deny the star power of June Squibb. Resistance is futile. You may as well fistfight the tide. Even before she was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Alexander Payne’s Nebraska (2002), the 95-year-old actor had been a go-to Everygrandma, doling out enough geriatric sass to make …
Read More »Jimmy Kimmel's Comeback Monologue Breaks His YouTube Record
Jimmy Kimmelmade his returnto late-night on Tuesday, a week after Disney and ABC made the call to pullJimmy Kimmel Live!from the air, citing the host’s comments about the right-wing response to Charlie Kirk’s death. Media companies Sinclair and Nexstar are continuing to preempt the series. Still, while it didn’t air …
Read More »Jessica Chastain Says She's 'Not Aligned' With Apple's Decision to Postpone 'The Savant'
Jessica Chastain expressed her disappointment with Apple’s decision to postpone the release of her upcoming limited series The Savant — about an undercover investigator who goes after online extremist groups — in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. AppleTV+ announced its decision to hold the show on Tuesday, Sept. 23, …
Read More »John Mulaney on Wrigley Field Gig: 'I'm Hoping All Gangs Form a Truce for the Night'
John Mulaney has one humble goal as he plans for the biggest crowd of his career: “I’m hoping all gangs form a truce for the night. I think it’d be a real statement that we’re gonna put down the switchblades and the guns tonight and for 90 minutes all of …
Read More »Emma Watson Says Conversation With J.K. Rowling About Anti-Trans Views 'Was Never Made Possible'
Six years have passed since Emma Watson last appeared in a film, and nearly 15 years have passed since the Harry Potter film franchise concluded. In that time, the actress has ruminated on her relationship with it from the perspective gained with distance. During a recent appearance on On Purpose …
Read More »Jimmy Kimmel May Be Back. Trump's Attacks on the First Amendment Aren't Over
It’s difficult to think of Jimmy Kimmel as a canary or imagine Stephen Colbert in a coal mine, but here we are. Having worked in late-night television during the presidency of our country’s most revered Republican icon, Ronald Reagan, I know firsthand how bizarre the harassment of talk-show hosts by …
Read More »Claudia Cardinale, Italian Film Star Who Appeared in 'The Leopard' and '8½,' Dead at 87
Claudia Cardinale, the Italian movie star known for her captivating performances in The Leopard, 8½, and Once Upon a Time in the West, has died at the age of 87. Cardinale died in Nemours, France, with her children by her side. Her agent, Laurent Savry, confirmed the news to Agence …
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! is back. Last week, ABC and Disney abruptly suspended the long-running late-night series, citing an “ill-timed and thus insensitive” monologue in which the comedian criticized right-wingers for trying to “score political points” off the murder of Charlie Kirk. Jimmy Kimmel kept quiet in the days that followed, …
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