Adrian S. Burrows Sr./NBC(CHICAGO) — NBC’s Chicago Fire has shut down filming for two weeks on Sunday after several crew members tested positive for COVID-19, according to Deadline. The positive tests triggered guidelines set by and outlined by NBCU, which included contact tracing. Since the affected individuals performed duties that required close proximity to other members of the cast …
Jean Trebek, Alex Trebek’s widow, shares photo of their wedding in heartfelt message to fans
Gregg DeGuire/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Jean Trebek broke her silence Wednesday regarding the death of her husband, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. The beloved TV icon died Sunday, November 8, after a hard-fought battle against stage IV pancreatic cancer. He was 80. In a heartfelt but brief message to fans, Jean thanked everyone who extended their condolences and support to her and her …
Reba reveals she was offered a seat on ‘The Voice’ before Blake Shelton
Rick Diamond/Getty Images for ACM(LOS ANGELES) — Blake Shelton has become a staple of NBC’s The Voice for nine seasons now, but that spinning red chair he currently occupies was originally offered to another country superstar — Reba McEntire. “It is very true,” McEntire, told Andy Cohen Tuesday on his Bravo series Watch What Happens Live. So what made her turn down …
Just deux it — Netflix renews ‘Emily In Paris’ for a second season
Carole Bethuel/Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — It looks like Lily Collins will be spending another year in the City of Lights. Her hit Netflix show, Emily In Paris, has been renewed for another season. The series follows the story of her title character, a marketing executive who jets off to France for an unexpected job opportunity providing the American perspective to a …
COVID-19 shuts down ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ for two weeks
Milos Bicanski/Bravo(GEORGIA) — COVID-19 has done what nobody else ever could: It’s stopped the cast of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Atlanta from fighting. Deadline reports that after a member of the production tested positive for the virus, shooting on season 13 of the show was halted for 14 days, “out of an abundance of caution,” according to a …
‘Dating Amber’ stars discuss making a “hopeful” queer coming-of-age story
Courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films(NEW YORK) — In the new comedy Dating Amber, Fionn O’Shea and Lola Petticrew play gay classmates in mid-90s Ireland who pretend they’re dating in order to avoid ridicule from their peers. Along the way, they help each other come to terms with who they are. O’Shea and Petticrew, who became …
A recovered Hugh Grant tells ‘The Late Show’ that he and his wife had COVID-19
2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LONDON) — On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tuesday night, Hugh Grant revealed that he and his wife, Anna Eberstein, contracted COVID-19 in February, and since have fully recovered. However, the battle wasn’t pretty, Grant joked to the chat show host. “It started as just a very strange syndrome where I kept breaking into a …
“We were starving” — Jason Momoa reveals his family struggled after ‘Game of Thrones’
ABC/Rick Rowell(LOS ANGELES) — Jason Momoa isn’t lacking for work these days, but the Aquaman star says it was a different story when he left HBO’s Game of Thrones in 2011. The 41-year-old actor, who played Khal Drogo during the show’s first season, tells In Style that he, wife Lisa Bonet and their two children, Lola and Wolf — now 13 and 11, respectively — “were starving.” “I couldn’t …
Rebel Wilson discusses why she committed herself to a “year of health” and set a strict goal weight
Wilson in 2019 – ABC/Rick Rowell(LOS ANGELES) — Australian actress Rebel Wilson started the year with an ambitious weight-loss goal and, now, she’s revealing why she wanted 2020 to be a transformative year. During her Tuesday appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, the 40-year-old actress opened up about why she challenged herself to hit a goal weight of 165 pounds. “I was …
Wiping away the COVID-19 cobwebs: Hollywood production ramping up
iStock/gorodenkoff(LOS ANGELES) — Film permits for the Los Angeles area jumped by 24% in October versus September, Variety reports, in a sign that COVID-19’s grip on the entertainment industry may be loosening. With new safety protocols in place, many shows have already started production. But while the 2,565 film permit applications that were applied for in the past …