Photo: Perfecto Cuervo(NEW JERSEY) — Most parents of high schoolers have to grin and bear it through the same tired old musicals and janky recitals — but not the parents of New Jersey’s North Bergen High School. On Friday night, they were treated to a seriously professional take on a sci-fi classic, with Alien: The …
‘Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists’ gets “really dangerous, really fast,” says star Sasha Pieterse
Freeform/Kurt Iswarienko(NEW YORK) — If you thought last week’s premiere episode of Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists was wild, buckle up for episode two, airing tonight on Freeform, when we see Alison, Mona and the Perfectionists dealing with the aftermath of a pretty gruesome murder on the Beacon Heights University campus. Sasha Pieterse, who plays Alison, …
Mayor says Jussie Smollett “abused the city of Chicago”
ABC(NEW YORK) — Shockwaves continue to reverberate from the Cook County, Illinois prosecutors’ announcement yesterday that they’re dropping all 16 felony charges against Empire star Jussie Smollett. Authorities still contend that Smollett faked a hate crime against himself on January 29, and fabricated claims that supporters of Donald Trump sat in wait for him at …
Jussie Smollett update: community service reportedly served; federal investigation continues
Jussie Smollett addresses the press March 26 after Cook County, IL prosecutors dropped charges against him; Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Even those who believed Jussie Smollett didn’t fake that January 29 hate crime attack against him in Chicago had to be shocked Tuesday when Cook County, Illinois prosecutors announced they’d dropped all 16 felony charges against …
‘The Kids Are Alright’ snags Danny Bonaduce for tonight’s ‘Partridge Family’-themed episode
ABC/Richard Cartwright(LOS ANGELES) — Tonight’s episode of ABC’s 1970s-set comedy The Kids Are Alright will feature a guest appearance from former child star Danny Bonaduce, co-star Michael Cudlitz tells ABC. In the episode, titled “Low Expectations,” Jack Gore’s character, Timmy — one of eight boys in an Irish Catholic family in suburban L.A. — enters a …
Chicago State Attorney who dropped charges against Smollett still believes actor filed a false report
Chicago Police Department (CHICAGO) — The prosecutor who dropped the charges against Jussie Smollett told ABC News affiliate WLS that he still believes the Empire star’s story about being attacked was a hoax, but decided to drop the charges anyway. “We stand behind the investigation and the facts revealed,” said Joe Magats, the first assistant …
Chicago mayor, top cop say dropping charges against Jussie Smollett a “whitewash of justice”
Scott Olson/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — After charges against Empire star Jussie Smollett were dropped Tuesday in Chicago, the city’s mayor and the Chicago Police Department are reacting to the news. Smollett had been indicted on 16 counts of disorderly conduct and filing a false report after he claimed that he had been the victim of …
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ gets the graphic novel treatment
Doubleday(NEW YORK) — The Handmaid’s Tale, the novel from Margaret Atwood that became a 1990 film, a stage production, and most recently, an Emmy-winning Hulu drama, is getting graphic. That is to say, the series has inspired its first graphic novel, which was published by Doubleday Books and released today. Canadian artist Renée Nault, whose …
Jussie Smollett speaks out for first time since being exonerated: “I’ve been truthful and consistent since… day one”
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(CHICAGO) — At a press conference on Tuesday morning, Jussie Smollett spoke out for the first time since being exonerated of felony charges related to his claim that he was the victim of a racially-motivated attack in Chicago in January. After his lawyer Patricia Brown Holmes spoke to the press, Smollett delivered his own prepared …
All charges dropped in case against ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett
Chicago Police Department(CHICAGO) — In a unexpected reversal, Cook County prosecutors have decided to drop all charges against Empire star Jussie Smollett, who had previuosly been indicted on 16 felony counts related to his claim that he was the victim of a racially-motivated attack in Chicago in January. “Today, all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett were …