ABC/Richard Cartwright(LOS ANGELES) — ABC announced today that its Emmy Award-winning series Modern Family is coming back — for an 11th and final season. “For 10 years, our characters have bravely faced turning points in life and moved through them to great personal enrichment; we have chosen a different path by doing one more season …
Oscars appetizer: Nominees gather for the Academy Awards luncheon
Regina King – Tatum Mangus / Annapurna Pictures (LOS ANGELES) — Every year, ahead of the Academy Awards, that year’s crop of new nominees gather for a luncheon that culminates in a star-studded group photo. This year’s event took place on Monday, and ABC’s Chris Connelly caught up with some of this year’s hopefuls. Melissa …
Watch what happens at diaper time: Andy Cohen welcomes baby boy via surrogate
Bravo/Charles Sykes(NEW YORK) — The host of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen, announced Monday night via Instagram that he welcomed a son named Benjamin, via a surrogate. “He is named after my grandfather, Ben Allen,” Cohen posted of the nine-pound, two-ounce bundle of joy. “I’m in love. And speechless. And eternally grateful to …
“I’m not a racist”: Liam Neeson explains his controversial desire for revenge after close friend was raped
ABC(NEW YORK) — Liam Neeson has come under fire after he revealed in an interview with British paper The Independent earlier this week that he wanted to “unleash physical violence” against black men after a close friend revealed she had been brutally raped by one decades ago. Neeson’s revelation was part of an interview about …
AMC renews ‘The Walking Dead’ for 10th season
AMC(LOS ANGELES) — The Walking Dead will be creeping back onto your TV screens for a 10th season. AMC made the not-so-surprise announcement Monday with a video posted to the show’s official Twitter page, with the caption, “Listen closely.” As previously announced, TWD returns for the second half of its ninth season Sunday, although it’s already available …
Super Bowl viewership falls to an 11-year low
Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images(ATLANTA) — The numbers are in for CBS’ broadcast of of Super Bowl LIII Sunday, and they’re almost as lackluster as the game itself. The championship contest in Atlanta attracted an average TV audience of 98.2 million people. While impressive compared with other TV fare, that figure represents a five percent …
‘The Bachelor’ recap: A bitter battle escalates into accusations of bullying
ABC/Craig Sjodin(NEW YORK) — Monday’s episode of The Bachelor featured an unexpected departure and a tense battle between two of the women, leading one of them to accuse the other of being a bully. More on that later. The episode began with Colton Underwood continuing his search for a bride in Khao Lak, Thailand, and a one-on-one date with “never …
New ‘US’ trailer shows Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke fighting for their lives
Universal(LOS ANGELES) — Jordan Peele is offering fans a deeper look into the riveting, nightmare world of his new thriller US. In a new trailer, first released during Sunday night’s Super Bowl, Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke come face-to-face with their doppelgangers while on a family vacation. “Who is that?” asks Duke in the trailer, …
Ahead of the Oscars, Bradley Cooper says Las Vegas duet with Lady Gaga was “just to see” if he’d be “horrendous”
Neal Preston(LOS ANGELES) — Now that Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are officially going to sing “Shallow” at the Oscars, Cooper says that — unlike his surprise performance with Gaga in Las Vegas — he really needs to start rehearsing. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Cooper says when he sang with Gaga at her Enigma residency …
In interview, Liam Neeson confesses to “horrible” thoughts of revenge after rape of a loved one
Summit Entertainment/Doane Gregory(LONDON) — In his new movie Cold Pursuit, Liam Neeson plays an everyman who has vengeance on his mind after his son is killed in a gang-related incident. But in an interview about the project with The Independent, Neeson confesses that his character’s mindset is something that he’s personally experienced. According to the …