Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — After pulling off eight radical makeovers in Georgia in its first season, the “Fab Five” of Queer Eye will soon be back for another round. The Netflix reboot of the original Queer Eye for the Straight Guy TV series, which broke ground with its cast of openly gay men when it first appeared on television in …
At awards show, Samantha Bee addresses Ivanka Trump insult outrage
TBS(LOS ANGELES) — Full Frontal host Samantha Bee is sorry/not sorry for calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless c**t” during her show broadcast earlier this week. At a podium accepting an award from the Television Academy in Hollywood Thursday night, Bee declared, “Every week, I strive to show the world as I see it, unfiltered. Sometimes I should probably have a filter. …
Roseanne Barr tells reporter, “I love all people;” Podcast host Joe Rogan says she’s “not doing well”
ABC(UTAH) — Roseanne Barr spoke publicly for the first time since Tuesday, when her ABC show was canceled, telling a reporter that despite what’s happened in the past few days, “I love all people.” Barr, 65, was approached in her home state of Utah on Thursday by a reporter from the U.K. tabloid The Daily …
Montel Williams hospitalized following workout
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 …