Photo by Tara Ziemba/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Television personality Montel Williams is recovering in a New York City hospital where he was taken after feeling unwell during a workout. His spokesperson, Jonathan Franks, tweeted a statement on Friday, explaining that the 61-year-old former talk show host, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, “overdid it” at the …
CNN “stands by its reporting” on Morgan Freeman accusing him of sexual harassment
ABC/Randy Holmes(ATLANTA) — CNN stands by its reporting on Morgan Freeman in which eight women accused the actor of sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct. The cable news network officially responded to a 10-page letter from Freeman’s attorney Robert Schwartz sent earlier this week demanding a retraction of the story and an apology. In its five-page response, CNN …
“Bachelorette” front-runner Garrett Yrigoyen on social media controversy: “I sincerely apologize”
ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) — Garrett Yrigoyen has broken his silence amid a controversy about his social media practices just days after earning the first impression rose and becoming a front-runner on the season premiere of The Bachelorette. “To those who I have hurt and offended: This is all new to me. I went on The Bachelorette for …
“Adrift” tops this weekend’s new releases
STXfilmsThe following movies open nationwide on Friday: * Adrift — Shailene Woodley stars in this action adventure drama based on the true story of Tami Oldham Ashcraft, who found herself in a race against time to save her fiancé Richard Sharp — played by The Hunger Games‘ Sam Claflin — who was badly injured after a massive hurricane left their boat in ruins. Rated PG-13. …
Samantha Bee apologizes for calling Ivanka Trump an expletive
TBS(NEW YORK) — Samantha Bee issued an apology Thursday for using an expletive to describe first daughter Ivanka Trump on her TBS show Full Frontal Wednesday night. The host referred to Trump as a “feckless c—” during her taped broadcast, which has resulted in sponsors State Farm and AutoTrader suspending their advertising. “I would like to sincerely apologize to Ivanka Trump …
Former Roseanne writer hopes the fictional Connors “can find a home somewhere”
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — As the Roseanne cancellation saga continues to unfold on Twitter, those who knew the comedian long before the show returned to ABC this year are speaking out. Stan Zimmerman was a writer on the original Roseanne run on ABC in the 1980s and 1990s. He says he doesn’t recognize the Roseanne Barr who made the racist comment on Twitter that …
Hailee Steinfeld to star in TV series about 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson
ABC/Kelsey McNeal(LOS ANGELES) — For her next acting gig, Hailee Steinfeld is getting literary. The singer and Oscar nominaed actress will star as real-life 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson in a new Apple series called Dickinson. The show will be a comedic coming-of-age story told from Emily’s point of view, which shows the budding writer trying …
Brigitte Nielsen is pregnant at 54
Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Danish actress Brigitte Nielsen is expecting a baby, she revealed Wednesday. The 54-year-old TV personality and model took to Instagram to unveil two photos of her pregnant belly and tell her nearly 86,000 followers: “family getting larger.” “happy time positive vibes #happyness [sic] #positivevibes,” she captioned one shot. This will …
“Luke Cage” showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker admits the loss of Mahershala Ali’s character “shifted” the series
Netflix – 2017(NEW YORK) — As Cheo Hodari Coker gears up for the second season return of his hit Netflix series, Luke Cage, the director-producer is also reflecting on the first season’s successes and challenges. In season one, the now Oscar-winning actor Marhershala Ali played villain Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes. Coker says because of Ali’s outstanding …
Tom Cruise posts a “Day 1” shot of “Top Gun 2”
Photo by Paramount Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Although his latest movie, Mission: Impossible — Fallout hasn’t opened yet, Tom Cruise is already hard at work on his next big picture: the long-in-development sequel to his 1986 blockbuster, Top Gun. Cruise shared an image on Twitter and Instagram of him depicting a picture …