Disney+ — Mike Smith/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images Bill Hader has some pretty deep geek bonafides, starting with his earliest credit, as a production assistant on the documentary Empire of Dreams: The Story of the ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy. Since then, the SNL vet logged viral imitations of both Jabba the Hutt, and Luke Skywalker’s Tauntaun from The Empire Strikes Back on Conan, which apparently …
Jennifer Hudson pitching new syndicated talk show
ABC/Paula Lobo Look out Kelly Clarkson, there’s another former American Idol alumna looking to conquer daytime talk TV. Jennifer Hudson is pitching a new daytime talk show to be produced by the team from The Ellen DeGeneres Show, according to Variety. The concept, while attempting to fill the void left by Ellen’s departure, is being shopped …
‘The Sopranos’ stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa come clean on the hit show in new book, ‘Woke Up This Morning’
Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images The new book, Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos, is an immersive dive into all things Sopranos, the hit television series created by David Chase that ran on HBO from 1999 to 2007. The book is co-authored by Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa who respectively played fan-favorites Christopher Moltisanti and Robert …
Jay Ellis says real-life experiences helped set the tone for episode three of ‘Insecure’
Photograph by Merie W. Wallace/HBO Jay Ellis says he stepped into the fifth and final season of Insecure with some real life connections to his character Lawrence. Ellis tells ABC Audio that when he started to film the new season, he and co-star Christina Elmore, who plays his ex and soon-to-be baby mother Condola, both found …
Noem contradicts labor secretary on meeting with daughter
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem contradicted her own labor secretary Thursday about a meeting last year in her office, saying it didn’t include any discussion about how her daughter could [Read More…]
South Dakota health care systems ready to inoculate children
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two of South Dakota’s largest health care systems are beginning to vaccine children ages 5 to 11 for COVID-19 now that Pfizer doses are arriving at their hospitals and clinics. [Read More…]
Brookings man pleads guilty in 2019 death of toddler
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Brookings man has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for his role in the 2019 starvation death of a toddler. Robert Price, Jr. entered the plea after reaching an agreement [Read More…]
Anna Faris fans drag Chris Pratt over praising his “healthy” daughter
Rich Polk/Getty Images for Disney Chris Pratt found himself in hot water yesterday by not only angering fans of his ex-wife Anna Faris, but also took some heat from his own followers for calling his baby daughter “healthy.” The Jurassic World star recently took to Instagram to mark wife Katherine Schwarzenegger‘s birthday ahead of schedule, but some took …
Will Smith opens up about hitting rock bottom and “basically lost everything” in the late ’80s
Apple TV+ Will Smith is ready to talk about one of the darkest periods in his life, which he says happened before striking gold with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Entertainment Tonight obtained an advanced clip of the actor’s interview with Oprah Winfrey as part of her The Oprah Conversation series on Apple TV+. Smith elaborates on what he wrote in his …
“Pink goes good with green”: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande to star in ’Wicked’ movie musical
ABC/Richard Harburgh; Eric Liebowitz/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images The beloved Broadway musical Wicked is finally heading to Hollywood and, on Thursday, Universal announced the two leading ladies who’ll bring Elphaba and Glinda to life on the big screen. Taking on the mantle — or long black cape — of Elphaba, aka the Wicked Witch …