ABC/Ed Herrara(LOS ANGELES) — Peter Weber, the the 28-year-old airline pilot from Hannah Brown’s just-ended season of The Bachelorette, will be the next star of The Bachelor for the show’s 24th season. Host Chris Harrison made the announcement during Tuesday’s Bachelor in Paradise season finale. “It’s still hitting me right now, and I feel so grateful …
Selena Gomez producing Netflix docu-series on immigration
ABC Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) — Selena Gomez has lined up another producing credit at Netflix. After producing 13 Reasons Why for the streaming service, the singer has announced she will be executive producing the new Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented. The project tackles the complex U.S. immigration system and follows eight undocumented families as …
Danny McBride in formation for a reboot of ‘Hogan’s Heroes’
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — The 1960s WWII comedy Hogan’s Heroes is getting the reboot treatment, Deadline is reporting. The sitcom, based in a prison camp, focused on a group of American POWs who constantly get the better of their German captors. The reboot will turn the show into an, “action adventure comedy series” co-produced by …
Chris Rock prepping new essay collection ‘My First Black Boyfriend’
Walt Disney Television/Yolanda Perez(NEW YORK) — The New York Times reports that Emmy-winning stand-up superstar Chris Rock is getting literary, penning a new essay collection. My First Black Boyfriend will chronicle Rock’s “experiences with race and relationships,” according to the Times, including “stories dating back to when he first began doing standup comedy in the …
Trebek setback: ‘Jeopardy!’ host undergoing chemotherapy again, says, “The thought of passing on doesn’t frighten me”
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek is remaining upbeat, despite revealing that he needed to undergo another round of chemotherapy to treat Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. In an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America, Trebek told ABC News’ T.J. Holmes, “I was doing so well…my numbers went down to the equivalent of a normal …
Are Jennifer Lawrence and her fiancé ready to tie the knot?
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Is Jennifer Lawrence ready to tie the knot? The actress and her fiancé, Cooke Maroney, were spotted at New York City’s marriage bureau on Monday, according to the New York Post. The couple reportedly looked super casual: Maroney was wearing a sweatshirt, and J-Law wore a gray blazer and jeans while …
‘Big Bang Theory’ headed to HBO Max; NBC’s “Peacock” to reboot ‘Saved By the Bell’ and ‘Battlestar Galactica’
Monty Brinton/CBS(LOS ANGELES) — The streaming arms race is white hot. Hours after it was announced Netflix would be getting exclusive rights to all 180 episodes of Seinfeld, HBO’s streaming service, HBO Max, has scooped up another hit sitcom: The Big Bang Theory, as NBC has revealed the name of its own service: Peacock. The …
Report: Netflix snaps up ‘Seinfeld’
Castle Rock Entertainment/Sony Pictures Television(LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles Times reports that Netflix, which suffered a major blow by losing the streaming rights to Friends and The Office, has made up for it by locking up the rights to all 180 episodes of Seinfeld for five years beginning in 2021, when its current deal with …
‘Jurassic World’ short film ‘Battle at Big Rock’ previews the terrifying aftermath of Fallen Kingdom
Universal Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow released what appears to be a preview of the third chapter of the franchise with the short film, Battle at Big Rock, which premiered on FX Sunday night, and online shortly after. Directed and co-written by Jurassic World writer/director Colin Trevorrow, the short picks up a year after …
‘Dancing with the Stars’ premiere recap: James Van Der Beek shines, but not as much as THAT shirt
ABC/Eric McCandless(NEW YORK) — The 28th season of Dancing with the Stars kicked off Monday night with an intense first-place performance — but it was a certain someone’s fluorescent green shirt that stole the show. While former White House press secretary Sean Spicer earned the second-lowest score of the night, the highly controversial competitor broke Twitter with his neon green …