Image courtesy Warner Bros.(LOS ANGELES) — When The Big Bang Theory began production on its 276th episode on Wednesday, it became the longest-running multi-camera sitcom in American TV history, according to Warner Brothers. The previous record of 275 belonged to Cheers. For the record, the longest-running live-action sitcom of any kind is The Adventures of …
Report: Angelina Jolie could join the Marvel Cinematic Universe with ‘The Eternals’
Jesse Grant/Disney(LOS ANGELES) — Angelina Jolie could become the latest Oscar winner to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Jolie is in talks to star in Marvel Studios’ The Eternals, according to Variety. Although she’s previously been in genre films — a pair of Tomb Raider films as well as Wanted, which was based on a …
HBO to air ‘Game of Thrones’ documentary following series finale
Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke; Helen Sloane/HBO(NEW YORK) — If you’re a Game of Thrones fan who can’t bear to say goodbye to the series, HBO’s got a special treat for you. The premium cable channel will cap off the show’s eighth and final season in May with a two-hour “bonus” documentary, titled Game of Thrones: The …
Bear Grylls launching ‘You vs. Wild’, a Choose Your Own Adventure series for Netflix
Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Former soldier-turned-survival expert Bear Grylls [Grills] is coming to Netflix, with a new series that puts his fate in your hands. Or, more accurately, your hand-held remote control. The former star of Discovery’s Man vs. Wild is teasing You vs. Wild, a series that allows viewers to chose his next move. For …
Wendy Williams will take a “previously scheduled” hiatus amid reports of hospitalization
ABC(NEW YORK) — Wendy Williams is taking another break from her daytime talk show. Following her return earlier this month after a two-month hiatus, Williams is now scheduled to take another week off starting in April. “The Wendy Williams Show is taking a previously scheduled spring break hiatus and airing repeat episodes during the week of …
Dolly Parton reveals she, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are “pretty far down the road” working on the 9 to 5 sequel
ABC/Lou Rocco(TENNESSEE) — Its Oscar winning theme song was recently heard in the hit Deadpool 2, and can currently be seen in an empowering ad for Northwestern Mutual, but the 1980 smash 9 to 5 will be reborn on the big screen. Dolly Parton says she, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin are making progress …
High school play staging of ‘Alien’ gets thumbs-up from Hollywood
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 …