HBO/ Liane Hentscher The Last of Us and The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal is headed to studio 8H. The actor announced via Instagram that he will be making his debut as Saturday Night Live host on February 4. Coldplay will be the musical guest, making their seventh appearance on the long-running sketch show. Among those cheering the news was West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler, who enthused, “no you don’t …
‘Succession’ returns to HBO March 26
HBO/Claudette Barius In a new teaser, HBO revealed its Emmy-magnet drama Succession is coming back March 26. In the preview for the forthcoming fourth season, the Roy siblings appear to be gunning for their dad, Logan, played by Brian Cox. “This is not getting about getting back at Dad,” Sarah Snook‘s Shiv Roy says to …
Keke Palmer slips on ‘The Tonight Show’ about her “baby boy”
NBC/Todd Owyoung After apparently faking out social media followers with speculation about having a baby girl with boyfriend Darius Jackson, Keke Palmer seemed to slip on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night that she’s actually having a boy. An excited Fallon began the chat by making sure the very pregnant Palmer was comfortable, …
Kylie Jenner has a laugh at viral video poking fun at renaming her son Aire
David Livingston/WireImage (NOTE LANGUAGE) When Kylie Jenner announced that she and Travis Scott rebranded their 11-month-old son, Wolf, as Aire, people on social media had a laugh, particularly when folks pointed out that it means “my penis” in Arabic. “Anyway, I doubt many people have noticed,” Antoinette Lattouf wrote. “After all, Arabic is only spoken …
Lady Gaga reacts to Oscar nom, confirms she’s filming ‘Joker’ sequel
Interscope Lady Gaga shared her reaction to being nominated for Best Original Song at the 2023 Academy Awards for “Hold My Hand,” from the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack, along with an update on the status of the upcoming Joker sequel. “Thank you so much to the Academy for nominating my song ‘Hold My Hand’ for …
‘Creed III’ star and director Michael B. Jordan gets carried away in ‘SNL’ promo
NBC/Rosalind O’Connor Michael B. Jordan apparently got carried away with his role in the Creed movies while shooting the promo for the upcoming edition of Saturday Night Live, which he’ll host. In the promo, released on Wednesday, Jordan is surveying the SNL studio when cast member Michael Longfellow approaches him from behind, startling the Black …
In Brief: CBS orders ‘Bob Hearts Abishola’ for Season 5, and more
CBS has renewed Bob Hearts Abishola for a fifth season. In its current fourth season, the Chuck Lorre-produced sitcom, starring Billy Gardell and Folake Olowofoyeku as the titular characters, is averaging 5.99 million viewers in its Monday 8:30 p.m. time slot. Factoring in Live+35 day multiplatform viewing, that number swells to more 6.9 million viewers. …
Peacock’s ‘Poker Face’ is a nod to classic TV mysteries, says creator Rian Johnson
Evans Vestal Ward/Peacock Knives Out creator Rian Johnson is keeping the mystery alive, with his new show Poker Face out Thursday on Peacock. The series stars Natasha Lyonne as a woman with a super-tuned b.s. detector, and Johnson tells ABC Audio that though both Poker Face and Knives Out involve solving mysteries, this show is way different than the movies. “To me it is such a …
Riley Keough, Sam Claflin take to the stage as ’70s rock stars in teaser for ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’
Prime Video/Lacey Terrell Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, follows in The King’s footsteps in the new teaser to the Amazon Studios series Daisy Jones & The Six. The streaming service just dropped a teaser for the 10-episode show about the fictional titular ’70s band that broke up at the height of their fame. …
Report says Jeremy Renner was trying to save nephew from snowplow; ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ co-star sounds off
Paramount+/Dennis P. Mong Jr. (NOTE LANGUAGE) He plays a superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Jeremy Renner was apparently injured in a real-life heroic act. According to a report from the Washoe County, Nevada, Police Department obtained by CNN, Renner was attempting to save his nephew from being crushed by the actor’s sliding Snowcat …