TBS(NEW YORK) — Samantha Bee returned to television Wednesday night, just a week after calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless c—” on her TBS late-night show Full Frontal. In the new episode, Bee addressed her controversial remarks at the top of the show. “It is a word I have used on the show many times, hoping to reclaim it,” she said. “This …
New A&E documentary about David Cassidy reveals the truth about the cause of the pop star’s death
Photo by A&E Network – Copyright 2018(LOS ANGELES) — David Cassidy: The Last Session, a new A&E Biography episode focusing on the late pop idol, premieres this Monday, June 11, and features a surprising revelation: He lied about what caused his death. In a phone conversation with Cassidy featured in the program, taped a few weeks before his …
Willy or won’t he? Donald Glover reportedly in the running for WB’s remake of Willy Wonka
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Solo star and Atlanta creator Donald Glover is reportedly in the running to star in the remake a classic movie. According to Collider, Glover is on the shortlist to play the title role in a new Willy Wonka remake commissioned by Warner Bros. The reported short list also includes Ryan Gosling and …
Mission Kim-Possible: President Trump commutes sentence for grandmother Kim Kardashian defended
ABC/Byron Cohen(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — ABC News has confirmed President Trump has commuted the sentence of Alice Johnson, a 63-year-old grandmother serving a life sentence on drug charges, whose cause was championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian. “Best News Ever!!” Kardashian tweeted. Kardashian lawyer Shawn Holley told ABC News, “I’m sobbing too many tears of …
Watch Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper sing and fall in love in “A Star Is Born” trailer
Neil Preston/Warner Bros.(LOS ANGELES) — The much-anticipated trailer for the remake of A Star Is Born is out. Directed by and starring Bradley Cooper, plus Lady Gaga in her big screen debut, the trailer makes it appear as though a star has indeed been born. Gaga, completely without the glam trappings we accustomed to seeing, …
EPA announces renovations on HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” violated lead paint rules
Photo by Donna Ward/Getty ImagesThe Environmental Protection Agency says it has settled with Chris and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Homes of the HGTV show Fixer Upper for violating rules related to lead-based paint. Paint made with lead is no longer used in new homes, but the EPA has rules to prevent chips or dust from lead …
Jared Leto reportedly set to star in stand-alone Joker film
Warner Bros.(LOS ANGELES) — After the massive success of Marvel’s Avengers and movies featuring its various characters, Warner Bros. is trying its luck at expanding its world of superheroes with a new Joker film. Jared Leto is set to reprise his role from Suicide Squad in a stand-alone film that follows the popular villain, Joker, Variety reports. The Thirty Seconds …
Have a cosmo or two: “Sex and the City” celebrates 20th anniversary
Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Raise your cosmo glass: Sex and the City turns 20 today. The show that popularized cosmopolitans, Manolo Blahniks, Magnolia Bakery, and so much more debuted on HBO June 6, 1998. Based on a book by Candace Bushnell, it starred Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall, and Kristin …
Cast members talk their dream superpowers at “Incredibles 2” premiere
Disney Pixar(LOS ANGELES) — The cast of The Incredibles 2 came together Tuesday night on the red carpet for the premiere of the film in Hollywood, California — almost 14 years after the original debuted in 2004. Holly Hunter, who plays matriarch Elastigirl in the film, said the wait is worth it. “This movie has the ingredients that people …
Stephen Colbert gives Bill Clinton a “do-over” on Monica Lewinsky comments on “The Late Show”
Photo: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS ©2018 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.(NEW YORK) — Bill Clinton appeared on Tuesday’s Late Show to promote his book, The President Is Missing, but before he and co-author James Patterson had a chance to talk about it, host Stephen Colbert grilled the president over remarks he made about Monica Lewinsky that were criticized as being …