HBO/Liane Hentscher Sunday night’s first season finale of The Last of Us went out on a high note in the ratings. According to HBO Max, the show’s ninth chapter attracted a series-topping 8.2 million viewers across the streaming service and linear telecasts — that’s a 75% jump from its already strong January 15 debut. Based …
D’Amelio and Ballas — ABC/Andrew Eccles “I’m coming to a close tonight, this is gonna be my last dance.” That was the word from Dancing with the Stars hoofer Mark Ballas during Sunday night’s final performance of the DWTS tour. The 20-season veteran’s words were captured by a fan at the Pearl Concert Theater at …
BETTMANN/CONTRIBUTOR via GETTY IMAGES It’s nearly inevitable that in every awards show an in memoriam segment comes up short, and this year’s Oscars was no exception. While the Motion Picture Academy explained a special QR code was shown that included some forgotten names, it wasn’t enough to salve hurt feelings. “Paul Sorvino was one of …
ABC Brendan Fraser‘s career comeback reached its apex Sunday evening when he reached for his Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Darren Aronofsky‘s drama The Whale. Backstage, an emotional Fraser explained the parallels he saw between his character’s struggles in life and his own. His character, Charlie, is a morbidly obese man trying to …
Kevin Mazur/WireImage The Rembrandts seemingly struck gold by performing the iconic Friends theme song, “I’ll Be There for You,” but a singer from the band says the opposite happened. Danny Wilde, who fronted the band with Phil Solem, told The Guardian that while the song’s popularity helped him put his kids through college, it “broke up the band.” “It all happened wildly …
ABC Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was a presenter at Sunday night’s Oscars, alongside his Jungle Cruise co-star Emily Blunt, but before he took the stage, Variety asked him about the fate of Black Adam. As reported, DC Studios and its co-CEOs, James Gunn and Peter Safran, announced that Johnson’s hero wouldn’t be a part of …
ABC As most know by now, newly minted Everything Everywhere All at Once Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan was a former child star, first breaking through with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and following it up with The Goonies. However, opportunities became scarce as he got older and he transitioned to a career …
The first teaser for Only Murders in the Building‘s third season arrived Sunday, which shared a first look at Meryl Streep joining the Hulu comedy. The clip also provided a look at Paul Rudd, who made a cameo in the season two finale. A release date for the show’s third season was not announced… Abbott Elementary creator Quinta Brunson will make …
PhotoAlto/Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — March Madness fans rejoice: Selection Sunday is now behind us and we now know the 68 teams that will be participating in this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The competition kicks off on Tuesday, March 14, with the First Four in Dayton, Ohio. The first round of …
Will Heath/NBC Saturday Night Live took aim at the Academy Awards in its cold open. Marcello Hernández pretended to be Mario Lopez while Heidi Gardner played Maria Menounos or Kit Hoover, joking, “They haven’t told me yet.” The bit saw them interviewing various celebrities, like Chloe Fineman‘s Jamie Lee Curtis and Keenan Thompson‘s Mike Tyson, for Access Hollywood. They joked Tyson was hired …