Rick Rowell-Paula Lobo/ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Oscar winner Nicole Kidman is in talks to play former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson in the untitled film about the late, disgraced Fox News Chief Roger Ailes — and the women who took him down. Kidman would join Charlize Theron, who’as already been cast as former Fox News host …
CBS hires outside law firms to investigate sexual misconduct allegations against CEO Les Moonves
Photo: Bill Inoshita/CBS 2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(NEW YORK) — The CBS Board of Directors has hired a pair of outside law firms to conduct investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct by CBS President and CEO Leslie Moonves. In a statement released Wednesday, the company says the board of directors “approved the retention …
J.J. Abrams’ first-ever tweet honors Carrie Fisher, announces ‘Star Wars IX’ shooting has begun
Keith Tsuji/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Believe it or not, there’s actually a Hollywood celebrity who’s not on Twitter. Or wasn’t, until just now. Writer/director J.J. Abrams joined Twitter Wednesday, and used his very first tweet to announce that shooting’s started on Star Wars Episode IX, while also honoring the late Carrie Fisher. “Bittersweet starting this …
Hillary Clinton to team up with Steven Spielberg for suffragette-themed TV project ‘The Woman’s Hour’
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Hillary Clinton will be teaming up with Oscar-winner Steven Spielberg to adapt Elaine Weiss’ book The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote for a television project. The former first lady and Secretary of State will gain a new title — executive producer — for the project, which documents …
Sherri Shepherd stresses importance of sisterhood in Hollywood: “We need other women to help us stay strong”
ABC/Lisa Rose(NEW YORK) — Sherri Shepherd has been through a lot over the last few years. After a messy divorce and child support battle with her now ex-husband Lamar Sally, Sherri is thanking some of her close girlfriends for standing with her thought it all. “It scares me when I hear women say, ‘I don’t …
She, too: Jennifer Aniston says she’s been “treated worse” by women than men in Hollywood
Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — When it comes to toxic workplace environments, Jennifer Aniston said she has been treated worse by women than men in Hollywood. Aniston was asked about the #MeToo movement and more in a new wide-ranging interview for the September issue of InStyle. “I’ve definitely had some sloppy moves made on …
Final season of Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Parts Unknown’ to return this fall, both with and without him
CNN(LOS ANGELES) — The seven-episode, 12th and final season of Anthony Bourdain’s acclaimed series Parts Unknown will air this fall on CNN, the Los Angeles Times reports. Just one episode was completed prior to Bourdain’s death by suicide on June 8, and that installment — a trip to Kenya, Africa with TV host W. Kamau …
Hasta La Vista, Ladies: Paramount reveals “Women of the New ‘Terminator'”
©2018 Skydance Productions, LLC and Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — The movie doesn’t yet have a title, but Paramount has revealed a breathtaking shot of the kick-butt “Women of the New Terminator” movie. Against a background of a bombed out highway, the photo shows actresses Natalia Reyes, a shredded and scarred Mackenzie …
Henry Cavill was game for ‘Mission: Impossible’ stunts — even the one that “probably would have killed everyone”
© 2018 Paramount Pictures(NEW YORK) — With Tom Cruise starting to match Jackie Chan’s bone-breaking legacy of performing his own death-defying stunts, it’s safe to say his Mission: Impossible — Fallout co-stars didn’t want to let their doubles take their falls. Henry Cavill was more than game, he tells ABC Radio, and made it known …
Chris Hardwick returning to TV after being cleared of abuse accusations
AMCChris Hardwick will make his first TV appearance since being accused by an ex-girlfriend of abusive behavior, serving as a guest judge on the August 7 episode of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, according to Variety. Hardwick also was recently reinstated by AMC as host of Talking Dead, and will make his return to The Walking …