ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(FLORIDA) — Shaquille O’Neal will pay tribute to his former teammate, Kobe Bryant, at his Super Bowl party in Miami. The Hall of Famer is hosting his Shaq’s Fun House carnival tonight, and he’s dedicating it to those who died in the fatal helicopter crash on Sunday in California. All proceeds will be donated to the Kobe & Vanessa Bryant Family …
Controversial ABC, CBS and NBC head Fred Silverman dies at 82
Taylor Hill/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Fred Silverman, the legendary executive behind All in the Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Happy Days, and the only person in TV history to head all Big Three broadcast networks, died on Thursday at his home in the Pacific Palisades, California, according to Variety. He was 82. Over his career, Silverman was …
“Gretel & Hansel” and “The Rhythm Section” among this week’s new releases
Patrick Redmond/Orion Pictures(NEW YORK) — Opening nationwide on Friday: * Gretel & Hansel — It‘s Sophia Lillis and newcomer Sammy Leakey play the titular characters in this terrifying film adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale, which finds 16-year-old Gretel leading her eight-year-old brother Hansel through the woods in search of food and work. As in the classic story, they come across a …
After getting slammed in Taylor Swift’s new documentary, Senator Marsha Blackburn reaches out
Courtesy Netflix (NASHVILLE) — 2018 marked the first time Taylor Swift broke her silence on politics, where she threw her support behind Tennessee Democrat Phil Bredesen who was running against Republican Marsha Blackburn. Said Taylor during the campaign season “[Blackburn] believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples” and “believes they should not have the right to …
Tom Brady posts cryptic message that has Pats fans freaking out
Maddie Meyer/Getty Images(FOXBOROUGH, Mass) — Love him or hate him, Tom Brady is one of the most successful players in NFL history. However, Patriots fans are slowly coming to terms that their star quarterback will eventually hang up his helmet and shoulder pads. A cryptic new message Brady posted on social media on Thursday has Pats Nation freaking out …
Lori Loughlin lists mansion for $28 million amid college admissions scandal
filo/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — As Fuller House actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, remain embroiled in a college admissions cheating scandal, the couple put their sprawling Bel-Air estate for sale on Thursday. The couple reportedly listed the mansion at $28 million. Well, actually, it’s listed at $28,650,000 if you want to be precise. E! News claims the listing isn’t related to Loughlin’s ongoing legal …
David Schwimmer speaks out on the lack of diversity in ‘Friends’
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (LONDON) — David Schwimmer recently weighed in on a Friends reboot, as well as recent criticism about the iconic television show’s lack of diversity. The U.K. paper The Guardian asked the actor, who played Ross Geller during the show’s 10-year run, for his take on the possibility of bringing back the …
They’re not too old for this s*** — Cast, director reunites for ‘Lethal Weapon 5’
Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The boys are back! Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and director Richard Donner have reunited for a fifth Lethal Weapon movie. The trio — Oscar winner Gibson, 64, 73-year-old Glover and Donner, who will be 90 in April — will reportedly be joined by their former co-stars Joe Pesci …
No, Blake Lively doesn’t look like her ‘Rhythm Section’ drug addict without makeup
Andrew Lipovsky/NBC(LOS ANGELES) — Blake Lively wants people to know she doesn’t wake up looking red-carpet perfect — but she doesn’t wake up looking like a drug-addicted hooker, either. The actress appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night to note how a before-and-after Instagram image of herself and her The Rhythm Section …
Holy shirt! After four seasons, ‘The Good Place’ comes to a close
Colleen Hayes/NBC(LOS ANGELES) — If your version of The Bad Place is a world without any more new episodes of The Good Place, then, yes, this is The Bad Place. After four seasons, the NBC fantasy comedy comes to an end Thursday night with a final double episode. Speaking to ABC Audio, The Good Place star …