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Daveed Diggs to play Frederick Douglass in Showtime’s ‘The Good Lord Bird’ with Ethan Hawke

ABC/Kelsey McNeal(LOS ANGELES) — Daveed Diggs has been tapped to star along Ethan Hawke in the Showtime limited series, The Good Lord Bird. According to Deadline, black-ish co-star and Broadway veteran Diggs will play Fredrick Douglass in the pre-Civil War drama, based on James McBride’s award-winning novel of the same name. He joins Hawke, who …

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‘The Goldbergs’ will honor ‘Vacation’ with its season 7 premiere

ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) — ABC’s ’80s-set hit The Goldbergs has paid tribute to various Reagan-era movies during its run, like The Goonies and Ghostbusters — and now it’s adding Vacation to the list. The series will honor National Lampoon’s Vacation during its seventh season premiere, complete with two of the stars of the 1983 Chevy …

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ABC gives the green light to two more ‘Live in Front of a Studio Audience’ specials

ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) — It’s no surprise, but ABC wants more of its Jimmy Kimmel Live in Front of a Studio Audience specials. The network has ordered two more of the live specials after the success of the first, which recreated one episode of each of Norman Lear’s legendary sitcoms All in the Family and …

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Neil deGrasse Tyson apologizes after “insensitive” comments on this weekend’s mass shootings

Photo credit: National Geographic Channels(NEW YORK) — Physicist and TV personality Neil deGrasse Tyson is on the defensive, after his comment about this weekend’s deadly shootings was deemed “cold” — and worse. In response to the shooting in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH, deGrasse tweeted, “In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 …

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Jim Carrey gushes over working with Ariana Grande on ‘Kidding’: “She’s just magical”

Nicole Wilder/SHOWTIME.(LOS ANGELES) — Ariana Grande took to Instagram last week to gush about her experience working with one of her idols, Jim Carrey, on his Showtime comedy series Kidding. Now, it’s Carrey’s turn to gush. At the Television Critics Association summer press tour Friday, the actor said he was left thoroughly impressed by the …

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‘Fleabag’, ‘Chernobyl’ and ‘Russian Doll’ win at 2018 TCA Awards

Phoebe Waller-Bridge — Amazon/Steve Schofield(LOS ANGELES) — Amazon’s Fleabag was the big winner at The Television Critics AssociationTCA Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel Saturday.  The  British comedy series, starring creator and writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge, took home three trophies, including Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, Program of the Year, Individual Achievement in Comedy for Waller-Bridge. HBO’s Chernobyl, …

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“A new chapter” — Nancy O’Dell quits ‘Entertainment Tonight’ after 10 years

CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved(LOS ANGELES) — Nancy O’Dell has stepped down as co-host of Entertainment Tonight after nearly 10 years. In a statement read at the end of Friday’s broadcast and later posted on her social media platforms, including Instagram, O’Dell called the decision, “A new chapter for this small-town, grateful girl …

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ABC’s ‘The Rookie’ star quits, alleging sexual harassment, racial discrimination

ABC/Ed Herrera(LOS ANGELES) — Afton Williamson, who stars in the ABC drama The Rookie, says she won’t be returning to the show, citing alleged sexual harassment and racial discrimination. In a lengthy Instagram post on Sunday, the 34-year-old actress claims that throughout the filming of the show’s pilot, she “experienced racial discrimination/racially charged inappropriate comments …

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‘Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw’ races to number one at the box office with $60.8 million debut

Universal(NEW YORK) — Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw delivered another number-one opening weekend for the franchise with an estimated $60.8 million debut. While the action film didn’t come close to Fate of the Furious‘ $98 million debut in 2017, it did as well as expected. Overseas, Hobbs & Shaw scooped up an estimated $120 …

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Edward Norton’s drama ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ lands plum closing night slot at New York Film Festival

ABC/Paula Lobo(NEW YORK) — Edward Norton’s period piece Motherless Brooklyn will be honored with closing out this year’s upcoming New York Film Festival.  The 17-day event kicks off September 27 with a screening of Martin Scorsese’s anticipated crime drama The Irishman. Norton’s film, an adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s best-selling novel starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin, …

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