Getty Images As expected, the first casualty of the writers strike is late night TV. ABC Audio has confirmed NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers will air repeats starting Tuesday, May 2, as will Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC. The Daily Show will also be affected by the strike; the show had been finding success with a …
Elvis’ hair has left the building: Warner Bros. Pictures teases Austin Butler and company in ‘Dune: Part Two’
Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures on Tuesday released the first footage for the follow-up to its adaptation of the sci-fi classic Dune, ahead of a full trailer release Wednesday, May 3. In the snippet, we see someone sticking a device known as a thumper into the sand. The device creates vibrations in the ground …
Maggie Simpson starring in new Disney+ short for ‘Star Wars’ Day
Disney+ As that geek from the IT department might have reminded you, Thursday, May 4, is Star Wars Day. This year, Disney+ is celebrating with another Simpsons short set in a galaxy far, far away … and also in Springfield. Maggie Simpson stars in Rogue Not Quite One, following the Emmy-nominated Maggie Simpson in The Force Awakens from Its Nap. This time around, everyone’s favorite …
‘Dancing with the Stars’ returning to ABC, will simulcast on Disney+ for season 32
ABC/Eric McCandless Dancing with the Stars is on the move once again. After airing for one season exclusively on Disney+, DWTS is returning to ABC for its upcoming season 32, airing this fall. The reality competition show will make history as the first series to simulcast across both ABC and Disney+, and will be available …
Woody Harrelson addresses the possibility he and Matthew McConaughey are actual brothers
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images In a new interview with Esquire, Woody Harrelson followed up on Matthew McConaughey‘s recent bombshell announcement that the two very similarly laid back stars might actually be blood related. “Well, it’s very much true,” Harrelson commented. “I learned from Ma Mac, Matthew’s mother, that she did have a relationship with …
Kim Kardashian says she’s getting acting lessons ahead of her ‘American Horror Story’ gig
ABC/Randy Holmes There were those who groused when Kim Kardashian was cast in the anthology series American Horror Story — among them Patti LuPone and Sharon Stone, not to mention the online snarkers. However, Kim K is taking her own advice and getting her butt to work. And not in the way we’re used to …
‘The Conners’ EP: Show’s sixth season could be its last
ABC/Eric McCandless The Conners‘ upcoming sixth season could also be its last, at least according to the ABC sitcom’s executive producer Bruce Helford. “Sara Gilbert expressed to the network that we don’t want to go out without knowing that we are going out with a series finale so we can build to the right ending …
Serena Williams pregnant, expecting second child with Alexis Ohanian
Taylor Hill/Getty Images Serena Williams is pregnant. The tennis superstar revealed that she’s expecting her second child with her Reddit co-founder husband Alexis Ohanian on Monday. Williams shared the news in an Instagram post, captioning a photo of the couple, “Was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the 3 of us to the Met Gala.” The pair also showed …
In Brief: ‘SNL’ film in the works, and more
Netflix has announced that the next installment of Ryan Murphy‘s Monsters anthology will be titled Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Lyle and Erik Menéndez were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez. The story of the Menéndez brothers has been the focus of several docs and scripted …
Movie and TV writers’ union gives go-head to strike
Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The union representing thousands of Hollywood movie and television writers has called for a strike effective 12:01 a.m. PT on Tuesday. It is the first such Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike since 2007; the latter action began November 5, 2007 and lasted until February 12, 2008. …