ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Bachelorette stars Clare Crawley and Dale Moss admit they are both struggling with their breakup last week. Moss, 32, first broke the news January 19 that he and Crawley, 39, were no longer together. A few days later, the former Bachelorette inferred that she was blindsided by the reveal and needed some time to “really digest this.” A week after the …
Tony Bennett reveals he has Alzheimer’s; forthcoming album with Lady Gaga may be his last
Neil Lupin/Redferns(NEW YORK) — Tony Bennett’s family has revealed that for the last four years, the legendary crooner, who’s 94, has been battling Alzheimer’s disease. Breaking their silence in AARP The Magazine, the family explains that Bennett’s long-awaited sequel to his Grammy-winning 2014 album with Lady Gaga, Cheek to Cheek, is going to be released this spring, but because of his condition, …
Serial killer thriller ‘The Little Things’ arrests top slot at box office
Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Inc.(LOS ANGELES) — The Denzel Washington and Rami Malek-led crime thriller The Little Things topped the pandemic-weakened box office over the weekend, Deadline confirmed. The film, which also stars a third Oscar winner, Jared Leto, and which premiered in theaters and on HBO Max, brought in a $4.8 million from over 2,000 theaters and $7.6 million worldwide. The …
Jane Fonda gives a thumbs up while receiving COVID-19 vaccine
ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) — Jane Fonda has finally received the COVID-19 vaccine and was delighted to share the good news with fans on Sunday. The Grace & Frankie star shared a photo of her flashing the thumbs up after she got the jab and wrote, “Got vaccinated today! Yay!” Fonda, 83, also had some additional good news to …
‘Saturday Night Live’ pokes fun at conspiracy theorists, vaccine rollout and more
Will Heath/NBC(NEW YORK) — Saturday Night Live came out swinging against the nation’s state of affairs, leaving no stone unturned when premiering its first episode of 2021. Kate McKinnon opened the show by hosting the spoof talk show “What Still Works?” that tackled the controversy of freshman Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, the highly criticized vaccine rollout, social media outlets, …
Sara Gilbert reportedly tackling “Varsity Blues” cheating scandal in pilot for series ‘Verbatim’
ABC/Jeff Niera(LOS ANGELES) — Sara Gilbert, the star and executive producer of ABC’s The Conners, is reportedly taking a look into the so-called Varsity Blues college cheating scandal, as part of her new fact-based HBO Max series called Verbatim. Deadline reports the show will be based on the New York Times‘ digital documentary series of the same name, which re-enacts actual events, …
Who’s that? Fans jump to Dave Chappelle’s defense after ‘Jeopardy!’ contestants fail to recognize him
Lester Cohen/Getty Images for The Recording Academy(LOS ANGELES) — Emmy and Grammy Award winner Dave Chappelle may be a familiar face to most — but apparently not to some recent contestants on Jeopardy! During an episode of the popular game show, Chappelle’s photo was featured as part of a question during a Double Jeopardy round. “This comedian displayed …
Nielsen now says ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ conquered holiday streaming content
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc./HBO Max(LOS ANGELES) — In a do-over of its rankings for the end of 2020, Nielsen streaming data now shows that Wonder Woman 1984 was the most streamed show for the week of December 21-27, besting Disney/Pixar’s Soul. According to the revised numbers, 2.25 billion minutes of the Patty Jenkins-directed sequel were watched, easily topping the 1.6 …
‘Palmer’ director impressed by “chameleon” Justin Timberlake’s “charisma” and “intelligence”
AppleTV+(LOS ANGELES) — Justin Timberlake’s new movie Palmer debuts on Apple TV+ today. Justin stars as Eddie Palmer, a high school football star-turned-ex-con, who returns to his home town and begins mentoring a non-binary young boy abandoned by his mother. Director Fisher Stevens wasn’t entirely convinced that Justin Timberlake was the right guy for the movie, but the pop star soon changed …
Ciera Payton says ‘Wendy Williams The Movie’ shows you the Wendy “that no one else knows”
Photo credit: Ryan Plummer(NEW YORK) — Ciera Payton says fans will get to see the “grounded and authentic side” of Wendy Williams in the new Lifetime biopic Wendy Williams The Movie. “People know Wendy so well and they watch the show think[ing] that’s what she’s like – 24/7,” Payton, who plays Williams, tells ABC Audio. “But no one knows …