NBC experienced the “Taylor effect” on Sunday when Taylor Swift brought her celebrity friends — including Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively — to watch her rumored boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his teammates squeak by The New York Jets. NBC, which leaned heavily into Swift’s appearance, got a win as well,…… Read More…
ABC/Jeff LipskMonday, October 2 marked the long-awaited return of late-night TV following the writers strike, and the hosts addressed it in their respective monologues. Stephen Colbert applauded the new contract “that includes protections from A.I., cost of living increases, [and] better pay for streaming.” “Plus, thanks to the picket lines, my writers got fresh air and sunshine — and…… Read More…
DiscoveryDiscovery’s hit reality show Gold Rush just returned for its 14th season, and for one of its stars, Rick Ness, the stakes couldn’t be higher. “For me, this is a rebuilding year. You know, I stepped back and I took a year off. And that’s a tough thing to come back from. So financially, it…… Read More…
Sony PicturesSony Pictures and Apple Originals on Monday released a new behind-the-scenes video of their forthcoming Napoleon, this one highlighting Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix in the title role. His Gladiator director, Academy Award winner Ridley Scott, says, “I cast Joaquin because of his passion. He comes alive. He’s evolving into Napoleon Bonaparte.” Scott calls the…… Read More…
ABCHis penchant for showing skin aside, a producer of Unsolved Mysteries says Matthew McConaughey’s acting has come a long way since he got his first screen credit on the series. Way before he won an Oscar and became a bestselling author — in 1992, in fact — an up-and-coming McConaughey played a murder victim called…… Read More…
Paramount+Star Wars fans may have May the Fourth, but Mean Girls die-hards have October 3. That’s right, Tuesday is officially — or at least “officially” among fans — Mean Girls Day. The day honoring the 2004 film was so commemorated thanks to what happened to Lindsay Lohan’s Cady Heron: Her crush, Aaron Samuels (Jonathan Bennett),…… Read More…
Lionel Hahn/Getty ImagesJodie Turner-Smith has filed for divorce from husband Joshua Jackson after four years of marriage, Good Morning America has confirmed. Turner-Smith cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the dissolution of their marriage and is asking for joint custody of their 3-year-old daughter, according to court documents she filed October 2. The date…… Read More…
Courtesy MaxKim Cattrall has teamed up with that other famous Kim, Kim Kardashian, as a model in a campaign for the latter’s successful Skims shapeware line. The Best of Skims campaign features the Sex and the City star modeling various versions of the underthings. Joining her are actresses Hari Nef and Lana Condor, singer-actress Coco…… Read More…
Taylor Hill/FilmMagicTom Hanks is warning fans about a fake advertisement using an artificial intelligence-generated version of his likeness without his permission. He shared an image of the ad, which he says falsely depicts him, with what appears to be an aged-down version of Hanks made using AI, to Instagram over the weekend. “BEWARE!! There’s a…… Read More…
Paramount+A new photo promoting the October 12 return of the Emmy-winning sitcom Frasier gives a clever summation of the reboot’s plot: Frasier Crane is on the move. Kelsey Grammer is pictured standing, coffee cup raised in one hand and saucer in another, on the back of a moving truck, amidst a collection of boxes marked…… Read More…