Photo: © Michael Lionstar(NEW YORK) — Toni Morrison, the famed author whose book Beloved won her the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, died on Monday night at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. She was 88. In a statement, her family said, “It is with profound sadness we share that, following a short illness, our adored …
‘The Rookie’ star Afton Williamson identifies people she claims sexually assaulted, bullied her
ABC/Ed Herrera(LOS ANGELES) — The Rookie‘s Afton Williamson, who announced on Sunday that she was leaving the show after she was allegedly subjected to sexual harassment and racial discrimination, has revealed the names of the alleged perpetrators. “This season on The Rookie, I was sexually harassed by fellow actor Demetrius Grosse. I was Racially Bullied …
Former ‘Simpsons’ scorer sues for alleged age discrimination
THE SIMPSONS ™ and © 2017 TCFFC ALL RIGHTS RESERVE(LOS ANGELES) — Alf Clausen, who wrote and conducted music for The Simpsons for 27 years, is suing Disney, 20th Century Fox Television and James L. Brooks’ Gracie Films, the animated sitcom’s production company, for alleged age discrimination, according to Deadline. Clausen, 78, was given his …
“I see dead people”: ‘The Sixth Sense’ turns 20
Hollywood Pictures(NEW YORK) — On this day in 1999, The Sixth Sense, a small film from a then-unknown 29-year-old writer-director named M. Night Shyamalan, first hit theaters. Made for $40 million, the film went on to earn $672 million worldwide, becoming the second-highest-grossing movie of the year in the U.S., after Star Wars: Episode I — …
Mariah Carey creates theme song for ABC’s new ‘black-ish’ spinoff ‘mixed-ish’
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Mariah Carey has spoken about how growing up biracial had a huge impact on her — so it’s fitting that she’s been tapped to create the theme song for ABC’s new black-ish spinoff comedy, mixed-ish. Mariah will write, produce and record the theme song, called “In the Mix,” for the new series, …
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 …
‘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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …