Art Streiber/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ©2015 — WBEI/Bill Inoshita/CBS 2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Chuck Lorre, creator of CBS TV’s biggest shows, including The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon and Mom, has worked closely with CBS President and CEO Les Moonves — the latest entertainment figure to face allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior. So …
Will “fat shaming” petition take a bite out of Netflix’s ‘Insatiable’?
Tina Rowden/Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — A Change.org petition is demanding Netflix cancel its original series Insatiable, before it even airs. The petition had more than 204,000 signatures as of Sunday night from people accusing the series — about a formerly overweight high school girl who takes revenge on the kids who bullied her — of “fat-shaming,” based on …
‘Mission: Impossible’ star Ving Rhames says police held him at gunpoint after neighbor reported “large black man” breaking into home
© 2018 Paramount Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Mission: Impossible — Fallout star Ving Rhames is speaking out about a time he had to deal with racism, on his own front doorstep. In an interview Friday with Clay Cane on SiriusXM, the 59-year-old actor explained that he was held at gunpoint in his Santa Monica home after …
Adam Rippon, Val Chmerkovskiy and choreographer Mandy Moore to judge ‘Dancing With the Stars: Juniors’
ABC(NEW YORK) — Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon, two-time Mirror Ball champ Val Chmerkovsky and La La Land choreographer Mandy Moore will be judges for the upcoming spin-off series, Dancing With the Stars: Juniors. The judges for the highly-anticipated new competition that pairs celebrity kids with professional, pint-sized, ballroom dancers were revealed on Good Morning …
‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout’ tops the box office with franchise-best debut
L-R: Henry Cavill, Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson in “Mission: Impossible — Fallout”; Chiabella James/© 2018 Paramount Pictures(NEW YORK) — Paramount’s Mission: Impossible — Fallout topped the weekend box office, earning an estimated $61.5 million — the largest three-day opening in the history of the franchise, topping Mission: Impossible II‘s $57.8 million debut back in …
“Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris leaving ABC Studios: “It has been an incredible ride”
ABC/Rick Rowell(HOLLYWOOD) — Kenya Barris, creator, producer and showrunner of ABC’s Black-ish and Freeform’s Grown-ish, is leaving ABC Studios, Variety reports. His current deal wasn’t set to expire until 2021. While Barris will remain an executive producer of his shows Black-ish will now have two new co-showrunners, both of whom have deals with ABC Studios. …
Omari Hardwick explains why this season of ‘Power’ has been the most “challenging” and “difficult” for him
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Omari Hardwick – ABC/Fred Lee(NEW YORK) — Omari Hardwick has played a lot of intense characters during his career, but the Sorry to Bother You star says playing the gritty “calm, cool collected” and “uber-bright” character of James “Ghost” St. Patrick on Starz’ Power has been the most challenging for …
Daveed Diggs & Rafeal Casal discuss their Oakland-based drama, ‘Blindspotting’; want to tell more hometown stories
Photo Credit: Ariel Nava(NEW YORK) — Real-life friends and Oakland natives Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal have teamed up for their Oakland based drama, Blindspotting. The film centers on Diggs’ character, Collin, and the complicated relationship he has with his best friend, Miles. Casal, who plays Miles, says they wanted to make the film to …
Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams & the late Carrie Fisher will all appear in “Star Wars: Episode IX”
Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney(HOLLYWOOD) — Carrie Fisher may have left us, but General Leia Organa lives on. Despite denials last year that the late actress would appear in Star Wars: Episode IX, Disney announced Friday that Fisher’s Leia Organa will indeed be present in the film, “using previously unreleased footage shot for Star Wars: …
Anthony Mackie swoops into the lead role for season two of ‘Altered Carbon’
Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Marvel movie star Anthony Mackie will be the new face — and body — of Takeshi Kovacs for season two of Netflix’s Altered Carbon. The sci-fi series, based on the science fiction novels written by Richard K. Morgan, centers on far-future tech that lets people transfer their consciousness into new bodies. This …