Ryan Seacrest has officially taken over as host of Wheel of Fortune. Last night marked Seacrest’s debut as host alongside Vanna White after the former co-host ofLive! with Kelly and Ryantook over for Pat Sajak after 41 seasons. The episode opened with the announcer intoning, “And now, together for the …
Read More »'SNL' Adds Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, Jane Wickline as Chloe Troast Departs
Saturday Night Live has announced the addition of three cast members, Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline, ahead of the late-night sketch show’s Season 50 premiere. Chloe Troast, who joined the cast last season, simultaneously announced her departure. “Unfortunately I was not asked back to ‘SNL’ this season,” Troast …
Read More »Near-Death Becomes Her: Natasha Rothwell Brings Main Character Energy to 'How to Die Alone'
When we meet Mel, the heroine of the new Hulu/Onyx Collective comedy How to Die Alone, she is living an existence that only a masochist might choose. She works at JFK Airport, driving a cart around the terminal to ferry passengers on their way to the kinds of trips she …
Read More »Donald Trump Learns Roy Cohn's Ruthless Rules for Winning in 'The Apprentice' Trailer
Donald Trump learns the best-worst lessons in the world from his mentor Roy Cohn in the new trailer for the upcoming biopic, The Apprentice. The film stars Sebastian Stan as a young Trump, and Jeremy Strong as Cohn, the infamous prosecutor and veteran of the McCarthy-era witchhunts who became a …
Read More »'Queer' Finds Daniel Craig Cruising for Sex, Drugs — and an Oscar
His name is Lee … Bill Lee. A man slouching toward middle age and suffering the malaise of someone who’s seen it all, heard it all, shot it all into his veins, he’s embraced the dissolute life of an ex-pat. Sporting an endless supply of filthy linen suits and ever-present …
Read More »Larry David to Take 'A Conversation With Larry David' on the Road This Fall
Larry David is living every yapper’s dream: going on a tour where his only job is to sit on stage and have conversations about himself. The comedian and actor has announced a slate of fall shows bringing A Conversation With Larry David to cities throughout North America. Each night, in …
Read More »Bad Bunny Joins Cast of Adam Sandler's 'Happy Gilmore' Sequel
Bad Bunny has landed another acting gig. This time, the Puerto Rican rapper will join the cast of Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore sequel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The rapper adds to a constantly growing cast: Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald, who starred in the 1996 comedy, will return for …
Read More »Ariana DeBose Cooks Up Moldy Meals in 'House of Spoils' Trailer
Ariana DeBose stars as a gourmet chef with a haunting, food spoilage problem in the trailer for House of Spoils. As DeBose opens up her first restaurant as head chef, she gathers fresh herbs and other plants, despite a neighbor’s warnings to not eat anything from the previous owner’s garden. …
Read More »George Lucas, Mark Hamill, More Remember 'Legendary' James Earl Jones
Hollywood is mourning a legendary actor. On Monday, following the death of James Earl Jones, dozens of celebrities shared tributes to the actor who voiced Mufasa in The Lion King and Darth Vader in Star Wars. Jones died at his home in New York at the age of 93. In …
Read More »'Chimp Crazy' Star Tonia Haddix Would Change (Almost) Nothing
Tonia Haddix says she never wanted the limelight. Small monkeys screech in the background as the exotic animal broker tells Rolling Stone that she’s frustrated by the whole media circus that has descended upon her life after being the “unwitting” star of HBO’s latest docuseries Chimp Crazy. “I don’t want …
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