Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images(LONDON) — As movies and television shows rethink their past material, opting to edit out scenes or remove episodes that depict offensive content, actor Idris Elba made a case against that form of censorship. In a Tuesday interview with Radio Times, the Pacific Rim star said racist content should remain available to viewers in order to serve an …
Television Academy announces Emmy nominations will be revealed, virtually, on July 28
Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced that the 2020 Emmy nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. Due to COVID-19, the yearly nominations process was delayed. Now, the nominees will get the good news via a virtual event that will stream live on Emmys.com. …
‘The Magic School Bus’ author Joanna Cole dead at 75
Scholastic/Annabelle Helms(NEW YORK) — Joanna Cole, former librarian who created the bestselling book-turned TV series The Magic School Bus, has died at 75. Her publisher, Scholastic, says the author succumbed to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Cole’s 1986 creation became a hit animated series, and recently it was announced that Elizabeth Banks would play the bus’ time-and-space-travelling teacher, Mrs. …
Amber Heard’s ex-assistant: actress appropriated her story of being sexually abused
JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) — Amber Heard’s former personal assistant testified at Johnny Depp’s libel trial against British tabloid The Sun that a story she told in confidence to the Aquaman actress regarding a violent sexual assault she endured was twisted by Heard for her own use. Kate James, who worked for Heard from 2012-2015, claimed she had told …
Flood Warning issued July 16 at 7:57AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River At Huron James River Near Forestburg James River At Mitchell .The following river forecasts include forecast precipitation through
Fox says Nick Cannon will continue hosting ‘The Masked Singer’ following apology for controversial racial comments
Michael Becker / FOX. © 2020 FOX MEDIA LLC(LOS ANGELES) — Fox announced on Wednesday that it is sticking with Nick Cannon as the host of its popular reality competition series The Masked Singer, following his apology on Facebook earlier in the day. “When we were made aware of Nick Cannon’s interview with Richard Griffin on YouTube, we immediately began a dialogue …
Chrissy Teigen makes Twitter account private after posts tying her to Jeffrey Epstein
Gotham/GC Images(LOS ANGELES) — If you can’t see Chrissy Teigen’s tweets on your Twitter feed, that’s because, in a surprising move on Wednesday, she made her account private. The development came after the Bring the Funny host blocked over a million Twitter accounts propagating a conspiracy theory that she is linked to Jeffrey Epstein because she allegedly flew on one …
Kim Kardashian, Barack Obama among celebrities hacked in Twitter Bitcoin scam
NBC/Photo Bank via Getty Images, Getty Images/Getty Images for EIF & XQ(LOS ANGELES) — What do Kim Kardashian, former President Barack Obama, Kanye West, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates all have in common? They were just a handful of the celebrities whose Twitter accounts were hacked by Bitcoin scammers. It went down on Wednesday when the celebrity accounts all tweeted some …
Nick Cannon calls out “deceptive” ViacomCBS after firing over anti-Semitic comments
Amanda Edwards/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Nick Cannon is speaking up after he was fired from ViacomCBS over his alleged “anti-Semitic” and “hateful” speech on his YouTube podcast. On Wednesday, Cannon addressed the termination in a lengthy statement on his Facebook page, while making a few claims about the “deceptive” media company that owns MTV. “I am deeply saddened in a moment …
New York City ready for lights, camera, action in August, following COVID-19 shutdowns
iStock/LeoPatrizi(NEW YORK) — The COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench into movie and TV production all over the world. But as productions are starting to resume in places like Los Angeles and Atlanta — with new safety measures in place — shooting in one of the virus’ hardest-hit cities, New York, has still been dark for …