Eric Vitale/Getty Images Dan Schneider filed a defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against the creators of the Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV docuseries. Attorneys for the former television creator, who is featured in the docuseries, which was released in March about what allegedly went on behind the scenes at Nickelodeon in its …
Paul Walter Hauser joining Liam Neeson for ‘Naked Gun’ reboot, and more
Paul Walter Hauser has been tapped to star alongside Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson in Paramount Pictures’ Naked Gun reboot, according to Deadline. The new movie is based on the Naked Gun film franchise and the TV series Police Squad!, which starred Leslie Nielsen as bumbling detective Frank Drebin. The new project, from Chip ‘N …
Carl Clemons-Hopkins says ‘Hacks’ season 3 is worth the wait
Clemons-Hopkins, Smart – Max/Beth Dubber Max’s Emmy-winning comedy Hacks returns for a third season on Thursday — two years after season 2 began. The third season sees Deborah Vance, played by Jean Smart, “riding high off the success of her standup special” while her former writer, Hannah Einbinder‘s Ava, “pursues new opportunities back in Los …
Scoreboard roundup — 5/1/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUEDetroit 4, St. Louis 1Milwaukee 7, Tampa Bay 1Oakland 4, Pittsburgh 0Atlanta 5, Seattle 2Philadelphia 2, LA Angels 1Boston 6, San Francisco 2Washington 1, Texas 0 AMERICAN LEAGUEMinnesota 10, Chi White Sox 5Kansas City 6, Toronto 1NY Yankees 2, Baltimore …
Producer says it was Ryan Gosling’s idea to use Taylor Swift song for ‘The Fall Guy’
Universal If you only know one thing about The Fall Guy, it’s probably that in one scene Ryan Gosling‘s character sits in a car and cries while listening to Taylor Swift‘s song “All Too Well.” It turns out the filmmakers were going to use a different song, until Gosling stepped in. Producer Kelly McCormick tells Vanity Fair that …
‘Ahsoka’ baddie Ivanna Sakhno downloading role in ‘M3GAN 2.0’
Lucasfilm Star Wars: Ahsoka star Ivanna Sakhno has a “major part” in the upcoming sequel to the killer toy movie M3GAN, Deadline is reporting. Sakhno, who played baddie Shin Hati in the Disney+ Star Wars show, will join returning stars Allison Williams and Violet McGraw for M3GAN 2.0, which was announced shortly after the modestly …
TNT’s ‘Rich & Shameless’ to follow NBA Western Conference Finals with a focus on sports scandals
TNT TNT has announced that its hit true-crime anthology series Rich & Shameless will return during the NBA Western Conference Finals with a most appropriate focus: sports scandals. The series will highlight “the true stories of the successes, failures, thrills, and miseries behind the biggest sports stars to reveal the dangers of making it in …
Baskin-Robbins is turning imagination into ice cream with ‘IF’ promotion
Baskin-Robbins As a tie-in to the Ryan Reynolds/John Krasinski family film IF, Baskin-Robbins is helping turn fans’ imaginations into real ice cream. Starting May 1, the company is launching two new flavors named after the movie’s imaginary friends who come to life onscreen. There’s Blue’s Boardwalk Bash, inspired by the Steve Carell-voiced Blue from the …
Keke Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Brothers Osbourne and more to judge ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’
Paramount+ Paramount+ dropped the trailer to the ninth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Tuesday and with it, revealed some of its celebrity judges. Actress, recording artist and author Keke Palmer will be a witness to the onstage slaying, as will Everything Everywhere Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu, country superstars Brothers Osbourne, Nashville alumna Connie …
New Line snaps up Josh Gad-directed Chris Farley biopic starring Emmy winner Paul Walter Hauser
Paul Walter Hauser — Steven Simione/FilmMagic Variety reports that New Line Cinema is backing a Chris Farley biopic that will star Black Bird actor Paul Walter Hauser as the Saturday Night Live superstar. Farley died on December 18, 1997, at just 33 years old. As reported, Frozen‘s Josh Gad will be making his directorial debut …