L-R: “The Facts of Life” stars Kim Fields, Lisa Whelchel, Nancy McKeon, Charlotte Rae, Mindy Cohn; Frank Carroll/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Actress Charlotte Rae, best known as wise and lovable house mother Mrs. Garrett on The Facts of Life, died Sunday at her home in Los Angeles, She was 92. Rae’s publicist, B. …
Seth Rogen apologizes for use of blackface on a stand-in actor on the set of his film ‘Good Boys’
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Earlier this week, Seth Rogen faced immense backlash after a photo surfaced of a light-skinned black child actor wearing blackface on the set of the Seth’s upcoming film, Good Boys. According to TMZ, the child was reported to have been a stand-in for 11-year old Keith L. Williams. In the photo he …
Report: Director Matt Reeves won’t yet say if Ben Affleck will star in ‘Batman’
Warner Bros. While Ben Affleck had written a draft of a script when he scheduled to direct a Batman movie — and insisted last year that he wasn’t done playing the Caped Crusader — questions are still being raised about the actor’s participation in the project, which is now being directed by Matt Reeves. The …
Chris Rock to star in fourth season of FX series “Fargo”
John Lamparski/WireImage(HOLLYWOOD) — Chris Rock is heading to Fargo. FX announced on Friday that the comedian will star in the fourth season of the hit limited series. The new season will be set in 1950’s Kansas City, Missouri, where two criminal syndicates — one Italian, one African-American — have “struck an uneasy peace.” To …
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers present emails that “prove” a “consensual intimate friendship” with one rape accuser
Photo by Raymond Hall/GC ImagesHarvey Weinstein asked a New York City judge on Friday to throw out the two indictments returned against him in the last few months, arguing the Manhattan District Attorney’s office failed to meet its technical burden when it filed a series of sex crimes charges against him. A new court document …
Oprah Winfrey shares her perfect date night with longtime beau Stedman Graham
OWN(LOS ANGELES) — Oprah Winfrey is sharing some details about her love life and it seems she definitely agrees with that old saying, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” In a Q&A segment on O The Oprah Magazine‘s Instagram account, the media mogul answered questions from fans, including what a perfect date …
Jessica Alba dishes on ‘Bad Boys’ spinoff series with Gabrielle Union: “An opportunity I could not pass up”
ABC Image Group LA(NEW YORK) — Jessica Alba is says she’s thrilled to team up with Gabrielle Union for their upcoming Bad Boys television spinoff, L.A.’s Finest. The show, which was initially passed over by NBC in May, will become Charter Communications’ first scripted series and will air on their Spectrum cable platform. Alba — …
Tim Allen says revived ‘Last Man Standing’ won’t talk Trump
Frank Micelotta/FOX/PictureGroup(LOS ANGELES) — Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing returns to TV this fall, this time on Fox. With Roseanne gone, Allen’s character, Mike Baxter, is one of the few politically conservative starring characters on TV these days. But Allen and executive producer Kevin Abbott told the crowd at Thursday’s Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills that the …
‘Christopher Robin’, ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ top this week’s new movie releases
Disney(LOS ANGELES) — Here are the movies opening nationwide Friday: * Christopher Robin — Ewan McGregor plays the titular character — the boy we know from the A.A. Milne stories — all grown up and too wrapped up in his job to be with his family. Enter his old pals Pooh, Tigger and the other beloved …
‘The Simpsons” “Apu Problem”: Fox exec says the network trusts the producers to “handle it in a way that would be best for their show”
FOX(LOS ANGELES) — For about a year now, The Simpsons character of Apu has been under fire for cultural insensitivity. While the show finally addressed the controversy, it did so in an an offhand way. Now, a Fox executive says the “Apu Problem” will remain in the hands of the show’s producers. Comedian Hari Kondabolu’s documentary The Problem with …