HBO/Helen Sloan(LOS ANGELES) — Last Sunday’s Game of Thrones‘ penultimate episode, “The Bells,” marked a ratings high for the series, drawing 12.5 million viewers. Factoring in HBO’s streaming platforms, the episode was watched by a season high 18.4 million people. Overall, Game of Thrones‘ eighth and final season is averaging 43 million viewers per episode …
Carol Burnett, others remember “one in a million” Tim Conway
Carol Burnett and Tim Conway in 2013; Joshua Blanchard/WireImage(NEW YORK) — After news of The Carol Burnett Show and McHale’s Navy star Tim Conway’s death on Tuesday, tributes from celebrities, including Burnett, have been pouring in. Burnett said in a statement Tuesday: “I’m heartbroken. He was one in a million, not only as a brilliant comedian …
Anthony Anderson to make directorial debut with tonight’s ‘black-ish’
ABC/Kelsey McNeal(LOS ANGELES) — Anthony Anderson will move from in front of the camera to behind on tonight’s installment of ABC’s black-ish. Anderson, who stars on the show as a father of five, directs the season’s pentuntimate show, which airs tonight. On Tuesday’s Good Morning America, Anderson, who also produces black-ish, said of the career …
‘Carol Burnett Show’ star Tim Conway dead at 85
Photo by Earl Gibson III/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Comic actor Tim Conway, best known as one of the stars of The Carol Burnett Show, has died, his rep confirms to ABC News. He was 85. Conway passed away in Los Angeles this morning from complications due to Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH), otherwise know as water on …
‘Scandal’ vet Kerry Washington joins Kimmel’s ‘Live in front of a Studio Audience’ special
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Scandal‘s Kerry Washington has joined the cast of Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons, the live sitcom special from Lear and Jimmy Kimmel. The special features an all-star cast recreating one classic episode each for each of the groundbreaking series, in front …
Celebrities troll ‘Fresh Off The Boat’ star Constance Wu by “cursing” their own success
ABC/Byron Cohen(LOS ANGELES) — For a working actor, learning your show has been renewed is one of the most thrilling pieces of news you can get. But Fresh Off The Boat‘s Constance Wu seemed less than thrilled about receiving that news a few days ago — so now, other celebrities aren’t letting her forget it. …
Shooting on new James Bond movie paused after Daniel Craig injures his ankle on set
© 2015 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions(JAMAICA) — Daniel Craig has once again been injured playing James Bond, and now shooting on the 25th 007 adventure has been suspended while producers evaluate his ankle. The Sun reports Craig hurt his ankle while running on the movie’s Jamaica set last week, and was flown to the U.S. …
Angelina Jolie and Michelle Pfieffer face off in the teaser-trailer for ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’
Disney(LOS ANGELES) — Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning reprise their roles as Maleficent and Princess Aurora, respectively, in the just-released new teaser-trailer for Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. And this time, they’re joined by Michelle Pfieffer. “I remember this story of an evil witch and the princess he cursed to sleep forever,” Oscar winner Jolie is heard …
‘The Bachelorette’ season 15 begins with a serial dater being outed by “Hannah’s Angels”
ABC/Ed Herrera(LOS ANGELES) — The Bachelorette‘s 15rd season kicked off Monday with Hannah Brown — a.k.a. Hannah B, a.k.a “Hannah Beast” — arriving in Los Angeles looking to rebound after being dumped by Colton Underwood on last season’s The Bachelor, and almost falling prey to a serial dater. The 24-year-old Tuscaloosa, Alabama native and former Miss …
Chris Harrison says Hannah B. will bring the drama on this season’s ‘The Bachelorette’
ABC/John Fleenor(LOS ANGELES) — It’s almost time to start handing out those roses — the new season of The Bachelorette premieres tonight on ABC. We watched Hannah B. look for love on last season’s The Bachelor, and now the beauty queen takes center stage, handing out roses of her own. Host Chris Harrison tells ABC Radio …