Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for MTV(NEW YORK) — Media personality Charlamagne Tha God has inked a deal with HBO for a series of four interview specials, called The Gray Area with Charlamagne Tha God, it was announced on Wednesday. The series, “will provide a safe space for ‘unsafe’ people to curate their stories and control …
Producer Cheo Hodari Coker says “Luke Cage” season 2 gives fans the Iron Fist/Cage collabo they’ve always wanted
David Lee/Netflix(NEW YORK) — Netflix unveils the second season of Luke Cage Friday, and with it, says showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker, will come a collaboration that fans first saw in the pages of Marvel Comics in 1972: Luke Cage teaming up with the mystical martial artist Iron Fist. While 2016’s debut season of Luke Cage, …
Peter Fonda apologizes for threatening Baron Trump with kidnapping
Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Actor Peter Fonda has apologized for a series of what he now calls “vulgar” tweets, one of which said, “…We should rip Barron Trump from his mother’s arms and put him in a cage with pedophiles.” Barron Trump is the 12-year-old son of President Trump and wife …
Fran Drescher talks “Hotel Transylvania 3”, teases possible “The Nanny” reboot
ABC(NEW YORK) — Fran Drescher, “The Nanny” herself, stopped by Good Morning America Thursday to dish on the new animated movie, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation. Drescher, who voices Eunice Stein — the wife of Kevin James’ Frank Stein — in the film, said she is “delighted” to be part of the franchise. “I don’t …
From “Supergirl” to super songwriter: Melissa Benoist stars as Carole King in Broadway’s “Beautiful”
Joan Marcus(NEW YORK) — Supergirl star Melissa Benoist is making her Broadway debut in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, playing Carole King, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer behind hits like “So Far Away,” “It’s Too Late” and “You’ve Got a Friend.” While she’s done musical theater in the past and sang every week …
Jerry Seinfeld, Matthew Broderick rev up fans for another serving of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”
Netflix(NEW YORK) — Netflix has just debuted a trailer for the upcoming season of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. The clip starts of with Seinfeld and Matthew Broderick introducing the teaser with a black and white scene modeled after an early car commercial. Jerry pokes fun at other “too complicated” streaming shows, boasting each episode of …
Scott Baio and Nicole Eggert react to LA County District Attorney decision to decline sexual assault charges
Photo by Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images(LOS ANGELES) — Scott Baio and his former Charles in Charge co-star Nicole Eggert have both weighed in after the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office rejected her sexual molestation claims against him. The L.A. County D.A. ruled on Tuesday that the statute of limitations had expired on any …
“SNL” star Pete Davidson confirms engagement to Ariana Grande: it’s “like I won a contest”
Kailey Fellows/NBC(NEW YORK) — Pete Davidson was Jimmy Fallon’s guest on Wednesday’s The Tonight Show, where he confirmed his engagement to Ariana Grande publicly for the first time. “You know you didn’t have to get engaged to Ariana Grande to come on our show,” Fallon began, to which Davidson replied, “But I did!” “I feel like I won a contest,” the Saturday Night Live star, told …
“black-ish” creator Kenya Barris and Pharrell Williams developing “Juneteenth” musical
ABC/Bob D’Amico(LOS ANGELES) — Pharrell Williams and black-ish creator Kenya Barris are developing a stage musical based on the Juneteenth African-American holiday, which celebrates the final day of slavery in the U.S.: June 19, 1865. “I dream about projects like this,” Pharrell said, according to Deadline.com. “Juneteenth will change culture and change history. We couldn’t sign …
Kevin Costner says “Yellowstone’s” Montana setting is like “the Garden of Eden”
Paramount Network(NEW YORK) — Kevin Costner is no stranger to Westerns, starring in films like Dances with Wolves and Silverado. Now, he’s taking on the modern-day Western in the new Paramount Network series, Yellowstone. Costner plays John Dutton, a fifth-generation rancher defending his sprawling Montana property from land developers while dealing with dysfunctional relationships with …