Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for WE tv(NEW YORK) — Braxton Family Values star Traci Braxton releases her second album, On Earth, on Friday, and after years of struggle, she says she’s feeling better than ever about her life, and her career. Traci realizes that she hasn’t achieved the success of her sisters Toni and Tamar, but …
Massachusetts woman accuses Mario Batali of sexual assault
Joe Kohen/WireImage(BOSTON) — Mario Batali is being sued by a Massachusetts woman who claims the celebrity chef forcibly kissed and groped her at a Boston restaurant in April 2017, according to a court documents obtained by the Boston Globe. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, alleges that when Batali spotted Natalie Tene, 28, taking …
‘The Happytime Murders’ tops this weekend’s new movie releases
Hopper Stone; Motion Picture Artwork © 2017 STX Financing, LLC(NEW YORK) — Here are the movies opening nationwide Friday: * The Happytime Murders — This raunchy detective comedy from Brian Henson — the son of Muppets creator Jim Henson — takes place in a world where puppets and humans co-exist, and Detective Connie Edwards — played …
A toast to the King in the North: ‘Games of Thrones’ Jon Snow-themed beer coming this fall
Macall B. Polay/courtesy of HBO(NEW YORK) — There’s still a ways to go before the final season of Game of Thrones premieres on HBO, so why not drown your sorrows in a new beer inspired by Jon Snow? Entertainment Weekly reports that Brewery Ommegang is releasing King in the North, a new beer described as …
Report: ‘Bewitched’ reboot from ‘Black-ish’ creator Kenya Barris moves forward at ABC
ABC/Rick Rowell(HOLLYWOOD) — A Bewitched reboot might soon be twitching its nose on ABC. According to Deadline, a new version of the 1960s supernatural sitcom has received a pilot production commitment from the network. This new take, from Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, will feature an interracial blended family. It’s the last project Barris sold to …
Carson Kressley says he wasn’t throwing shade at ‘Queer Eye’ reboot
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — No, Carson Kressley was not throwing shade at the Netflix reboot of Queer Eye. The original Queer Eye fashion guru gave a statement to People clarifying comments he made earlier this week, when he said the OG series was “more groundbreaking” than the reboot. “I loved being a part …
George Clooney tops “Forbes” list of highest-paid actors in the world
ABC/Randy Holmes(HOLLYWOOD) — George Clooney is the highest-paid actor in the world, according to Forbes. The A-Lister raked in a whopping $239 million between June 1, 2017 and June 1, 2018. If you’re wondering how he managed to do that without a hit movie during that time, the answer is tequila. Clooney sold his Casamigos …
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star and director will buy out theater to support John Cho’s ‘Searching’
Sanja Bucko/Warner Bros. Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding and director Jon M. Chu are paying it forward. After their film did so well at the box office last weekend, they decided to buy out a theater for another Asian-led film set to debut this coming weekend: Searching, starring John Cho. “Me …
‘The Big Bang Theory’ to end in 2019 after 12 seasons
Monty Brinton/CBS(NEW YORK) — The Big Bang Theory is officially going out with a bang! The CBS comedy — the longest-running multi-camera series in television history — will end its successful 12-season run in May 2019. Warner Brothers Television, CBS and Chuck Lorre Productions made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday, writing, “We are forever …
Kevin Spacey facing second US sexual assault case
Frazer Harrison/BAFTA LA/Getty Images for BAFTA LA(LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office confirmed on Tuesday that it is investigating a second sexual assault case against actor Kevin Spacey here in the U.S. In a statement to ABC News, the LADA says “a sex assault case was presented yesterday (8/21) to our office by …