The Tonight Show will scale back to four new episodes a week, with Jimmy Fallon joining his fellow late-night hosts by airing repeats on Fridays. While Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Late Night With Seth Meyers had all stopped producing new episodes for Friday nights in …
Read More »SAG-AFTRA Reaches Interim Agreement on AI Protections With 80 Video Games
Just over a month after SAG-AFTRAchief negotiator and executive directorDuncan Crabtree-Irelandcalled for a strike against video game companies, 80 games have agreed to tiered-budget or interim agreements, which include “common sense A.I. protections.” “We applaud those video game companies signing our tiered-budget and interim agreement,” read a statement from Crabtree-Ireland. …
Read More »Doug Emhoff Addresses Donald Trump's Attacks on Kamala Harris: 'It's a Distraction'
Doug Emhoff made his first appeared as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night and took the opportunity to respond to Donald Trump‘s many attacks on his wife Kamala Harris. Host Jimmy Kimmel jokingly asked Emhoff, “What was your reaction when your wife turned Black? Were you surprised?” “All …
Read More »Jimi Hendrix Documentary Film Coming From 'Greatest Night in Pop' Director
A feature film documentary about the life of Jimi Hendrix is on the way. On Friday, the film’s producers announced that Bao Nguyen, the director behind The Greatest Night in Pop, will direct the upcoming film, Jimi. “Telling the story of Jimi Hendrix during his pivotal years in London is …
Read More »Lee Daniels Reflects on Making 'Empire': 'Absolutely the Worst Experience'
Lee Daniels‘ TV series Empire ran for six seasons on Fox, but the director has confirmed that the behind-the-scenes process wasn’t his favorite. In a new interview with The Film Stage, Daniels confirmed he “only didEmpirejust so I could see what that experience was like.” As it turned out, it …
Read More »Disney Pauses Adaptation of 'The Graveyard Book' Amid Neil Gaiman Allegations
Disney has halted development on a forthcoming film adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s The Graveyard Book in the midst of accusations of sexual assault against the writer. The film, from director Marc Forster, hasn’t been stopped completely, according to IndieWire, however “multiple factors, including the allegations, contributed to putting it on …
Read More »Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' Prosecutor Wants a Second Chance
Kari Morrissey, the lead special prosecutor in the recently dismissed involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin, wants a second chance. The lawyer filed a petition on Wednesday to Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer to reconsider her decision to abandon the case, alleging that defense attorneys had pulled one over on her, …
Read More »Will Ferrell Celebrates Harper Steele's Transition With Emotional Road Trip in 'Will & Harper' Trailer
Will Ferrell‘s friendship stands the test of time in the first trailer for Will & Harper, the forthcoming documentary following the actor as he embarked on a cross-country road trip with his best friend, Harper Steele. Out on Netflix Sept. 27, the film captures the pair at a pivotal moment …
Read More »Netflix Gets in the Ring With Vince McMahon in First Trailer for 'Mr. McMahon' Docuseries
A week after Netflix announced a docuseries focused on controversial WWE honcho Vince McMahon, the streaming service has shared the first trailer forMr. McMahon, arriving later this month. “People have wondered who I really am. Portrayal of me is I’m a bad guy,” McMahon says in the trailer’s opening moments. …
Read More »Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves Still Honor Their Potentially Real 'Dracula' Marriage
There are completely legal marriages that aren’t nearly as strong as the possibly, potentially real one Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves entered into while filming Dracula. Ever since a real Romanian priest was used during their wedding scene in the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola film, the pair have continued to …
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