ABC(NEW JERSEY) — Miss America will unveil a number of changes during Sunday night’s broadcast of the 97-year-old competition. Good Morning America had an inside look behind Wednesday’s preliminaries. Besides the controversial swimsuit ban, it’s safe to say we’re in for a new kind of pageant — one that gets to know the ladies on a more personal …
Tori Spelling claps back at trolls who fat-shamed her kids in their back-to-school pic
ABC/Byron Cohen(LOS ANGELES) — After posting a smiling picture of her kids heading back to school earlier this week, former Beverly Hills 90210 actress Tori Spelling got some comments she never expected, including Instagram trolls shaming her children. “School officially began today for my 4 older kiddos,” Spelling wrote. “This marks the first year that they’ll all be in the same …
Terry Crews settles sexual assault lawsuit against the William Morris agency
ABC/Paula Lobo(LOS ANGELES) — Terry Crews has settled his sexual assault lawsuit against the Williams Morris Endeavor agency, and the agent he accused, Adam Venit, is reportedly retiring. “Terry Crews, Adam Venit and WME have settled the lawsuit Mr. Crews filed last year. It will be dismissed,” the agency said in a statement, according to …
Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn say goodbye to ‘Project Runway’; land new fashion show for Amazon
Barbara Nitke/Lifetime(LOS ANGELES) — “After 16 incredible seasons,” supermodel and entrepreneur Heidi Klum is bidding farewell to Project Runway. In a tweet, the German-born star said “Auf Wiedersehen” to the series she called “a show I was honored to host and help create.” Both she and her co-host of 14 years, Tim Gunn, are stepping …
‘Gilligan’s Island’ actress Dawn Wells reportedly in need of financial rescue
Photo by Monica Morgan/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Dawn Wells, best known for her role as Mary Ann Summers on the 1960s series Gilligan’s Island, has come upon hard times, but fans of the show are coming to her rescue. Dugg Kirkpatrick, a friend of Wells, has created a GoFundMe for the 79-year-old actress, who is nearly $200,000 …
100 car-strong Trans Am parade will salute “The Bandit” Burt Reynolds
Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In his song “Cadillac Ranch,” Bruce Springsteen name-checked “Burt Reynolds in that black Trans Am,” because the late actor made the car popular in his hit Smokey and the Bandit films. Now, that car will be part of a tribute to Reynolds later this month. A group of …
Report: Ex-‘Cosby Show’ star Geoffrey Owens accepts Tyler Perry’s ‘Have and Have Nots’ job offer
ABC(NEW YORK) — Former Cosby Show actor Geoffrey Owens, who was famously “job shamed” after being photographed working at a Trader Joe’s, has a new gig, TMZ is reporting. The gossip site reports that Owenshas accepted Tyler Perry’s tweeted-out offer to join the cast of the media mogul’s highly-rated OWN show The Haves and Have …
‘Iron Fist’ season two is now live on Netflix
(L-R) Jessica Henwick, Finn Jones, Clayton Barber / ABC Radio(NEW YORK) — Season two of Marvel’s Iron Fist is now live on Netflix. On the heels of last year’s original season — which was drubbed by some critics for fight scenes that were called “lackluster” — actor Finn Jones’ super-powered martial artist, aka Danny Rand, …
‘Peppermint’ and ‘The Nun’ among this week’s new releases
Photo: Tony Rivetti; © 2017 STX Financing, LLC. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Here are the films opening nationwide on Friday: * Peppermint — Jennifer Garner plays a young mother, out for revenge against a cartel that killed her husband and daughter. Also starring Kong: Skull Island‘s John Ortiz, The Newsroom‘s John Gallagher Jr., Narcos‘ …
‘Peppermint’ and ‘The Nun’ among his week’s new releases
Photo: Tony Rivetti; © 2017 STX Financing, LLC. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Here are the films opening nationwide on Friday: * Peppermint — Jennifer Garner plays a young mother, out for revenge against a cartel that killed her husband and daughter. Also starring Kong: Skull Island‘s John Ortiz, The Newsroom‘s John Gallagher Jr., Narcos‘ …