Andrew Toth/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — Award-winning fashion designer Kate Spade was found hanged in her Park Avenue apartment on Tuesday, the New York Police Department has confirmed to ABC News. She was 55. Police were called to the apartment by a household employee at about 10 a.m. They are treating the death as an apparent …
Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition, will no longer judge based on physical appearance
ABC/Paula Lobo(NEW YORK) — Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition and will no longer judge contestants based on physical appearance. “We are no longer a pageant,” Gretchen Carlson, the first former Miss America to be named chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Organization, announced on Good Morning America Tuesday. “We …
“Luke Cage” showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker explains how “The Wire” influenced his Marvel superhero series
Netflix(NEW YORK) — Cheo Hodari Coker had a major undertaking ahead of him when he first signed on to helm the Marvel television series, Luke Cage. Coker, who is now gearing up for season 2 of the hit superhero show on Netflix, reveals he immediately turned to one of his favorite HBO series and it’s creator …
Watch now: Vanellope meets the Disney princesses in new trailer for “Wreck-It Ralph 2”
Disney(LOS ANGELES) — Video game bad guy Ralph, voiced by John C. Reilly, and his friend and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz, voiced by Sarah Silverman, are back in a new peek of their upcoming adventure, Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2. The Walt Disney animated adventure has the pair traveling to the world wide …
Could “Roseanne” become “Darlene”? Spin-off rumors heating up
ABC/Adam Rose(LOS ANGELES) — Talks between ABC and Roseanne producers are reportedly heating up after the show’s recent cancellation, and the a spin-off could be in the cards. A source tells Variety that the network has become “increasingly interested” in finding a way to continue the series without its star, Roseanne Barr, whose racist tweet triggered the abrupt cancellation of …
“The Bachelorette” recap: Jordan and Blake bare all while Becca deals with early drama
ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) — Becca Kufrin is on the hunt for love and redemption, so on the second episode of The Bachelorette Monday, she planned two group dates and a one-on-one for a lucky guy. But, in the end, the rocky week had Becca feeling defeated after drama overshadowed her hopes. “I didn’t think it was going to …
See Julianna Marguiles send up the fashion magazine industry in AMC’s “Dietland”, tonight
AMC(NEW YORK) — Former E.R. and The Good Wife star Julianna Marguiles can be seen tonight in the debut of AMC’s dark comedy Dietland. She plays Kitty Montgomery, the flame-haired editor-in-chief of the women’s magazine Daisy Chain. Unlike her other famous characters, Marguiles says Montgomery has basically has no moral center. “For me it was just delicious to …
Watch now: Viola Davis leads a group of criminal wives in Steve McQueen’s “Widows”
© 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Not for sale or duplication.(LOS ANGELES) — Viola Davis confidently takes the lead in the newly released first trailer for Steve McQueen’s crime drama, Widows. The film, set in today’s Chicago, is an adaptation of the popular 1980s British series of the same name. It …
Sara Gilbert “stands by” ABC’s decision to cancel “Roseanne”
Johnny Vy/CBS(LOS ANGELES) — Sara Gilbert, who played Darlene on ABC’s just-canceled reboot of Roseanne, spoke out about the controversy Monday on CBS’ The Talk, the show on which she is a panelist. Acknowledging that it had been a “difficult week,” Gilbert started by saying that “a lot of people have been hurt” by ABC’s …