Television Academy – 2021(LOS ANGELES) — CBS and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that the 73rd Annual Emmy Awards will be held on Sunday, Sept. 19. The broadcast, which will also stream live and on demand on CBS’ Paramount+ platform, will be held live, but a venue and a host have yet to …
‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ star Kelly Marie Tran muses on scoring the Disney pop-culture Triple Crown
Disney(LOS ANGELES) — On Friday, Star Wars actress Kelly Marie Tran will be heard voicing the heroic warrior Raya in Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon. The film is already winning praise for its stunning visuals and strong representation of the Asian community. While its setting, Kumandra, is fictional, its world is based on Southeast Asia, and brought to life by …
Golden Globe winner Andra Day shares significance of winning awards as a new actress
Photo credit: Takashi Seida(NEW YORK) — Golden Globe winner Andra Day isn’t taking award show season lightly. Considering her dramatic transformation in becoming the renowned Jazz singer Billie Holiday — which included a 40-pound-weight loss — Day tells ABC Audio that to be recognized in Hollywood for her portrayal would be “amazing.” “It was a huge reward for me to be on set with …
The Mauritanian, starring Golden Globe winner Jodie Foster, out on VOD today
STX Films/Graham Bartholomew(NEW YORK) — Fresh off Jodie Foster’s Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe win for The Mauritanian on Sunday, the film hits Video On Demand today. It follows the true story of Mohamedou Ould Salahi, played by Tahar Rahim, a man held without charges in Guantanamo Bay who fights for his freedom with the help of his dedicated lawyer, Nancy …
Spike Lee to produce new HBO documentary for 20th anniversary of 9/11
ABC/Arturo Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Spike Lee and HBO have teamed up to produce a new documentary chronicling the historical events of September 11, 2001 and COVID-19. According to Variety, the film will follow “the life, loss and survival of New York residents over the twenty years since the terrorist attacks on the original World Trade Center complex.” As director and …
Paris Hilton recalls “mean” interview with David Letterman
YANN COATSALIOU/AFP via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Paris Hilton used Monday’s episode of her podcast This Is Paris to speak out about a 2007 interview she did with David Letterman, then host of CBS’ The Late Show, in which she felt he intentionally set out to humiliate her. Hilton claims Letterman’s public relations team had been after her to appear …
Golden Globes ratings tank; broadcast beat by ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’
NBCUniversal(NEW YORK) — Since it could be argued that some of the cringey technical glitches from Sunday night’s Golden Globes belonged on America’s Funniest Home Videos, it’s ironic the telecast apparently got beat in the ratings by the family-friendly show on ABC. The bug-filled NBC awards show hosted by Tina Fey in New York, and Amy Poehler in Los Angeles, and …
San Diego Comic-Con going virtual…again
Comic-Con International(SAN DIEGO) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Like last year, San Diego Comic-Con will be virtual again, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the event’s organizers have announced. In a posting on its official website, the organizers noted, “While we are buoyed by the…growing number of individuals being inoculated, it appears that July will still be too early to safely …
Dios Mio! Hilaria and Alec Baldwin welcome their sixth child
Walt Disney Television/Yolanda Perez(NEW YORK) — If you’re keeping count, Hilaria and Alec Baldwin have just welcomed their sixth child. However, if you’re really keeping count, you’ll know that they just welcomed their fifth child back in September. Baldwin posted to Instagram a picture of his bilingual Bostonian wife laying down with their growing brood, including the new bundle of joy, whose name …
Nick Jonas won’t star in action thriller ‘The Blacksmith’ after all
Anthony Mandler(LOS ANGELES) — While Nick Jonas is very busy these days, there’s one particular iron he doesn’t have in the fire anymore. Nick was set to star in the action thriller The Blacksmith, which would have featured him as a Jason Bourne-meets-MacGyver character: A weapons expert for intelligence agencies who must go on the run with only …