Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Actress, cookbook author, and Food Network personality Valerie Bertinelli has opened up to AARP The Magazine‘s February/March issue about love, loss, and regret. The ex-wife of music icon Eddie Van Halen is frank in the piece, noting, “I don’t buy it when someone says, ‘I have no regrets. It’s made me who I …
‘The Afterparty’ is “a love letter to murder mysteries,” says director
Apple TV+ It’s time to go to The Afterparty! The new comedy series hits Apple TV+ today, and it stars Tiffany Haddish as a detective who is trying to solve a murder at the after party of a high school reunion. The show was created by The Lego Movie writer/director Chris Miller, who tells ABC Audio that the series is “more …
Cher, Tina Fey, Jay Leno and more will be ‘Celebrating Betty White’ on NBC
NBCUniversal When Betty White died on December 31, just weeks shy of her 100th birthday, Cher was one of the celebrities who took to social media to mourn her loss. Now she’ll be joining many other stars in helping to celebrate the award-winning TV icon in a new NBC special. Celebrating Betty White, America’s Golden Girl airs January …
Wendy Williams not returning to talk show until at least March
ABC It looks like Wendy Williams won’t be returning to her daytime talk show for at least another month. The show announced on Thursday that Williams’ absence will continue through February and into early March, according to Page Six. When asked if the 57-year-old TV personality is likely going to sit out the rest of the season, a …
In Brief: ‘Licorice Pizza’ and others hailed by Writers Guild; Christian Slater joins John Cena’s ‘Freelance,’ and more
Mr. Robot‘s Christian Slater has been tapped to star alongside John Cena, Alison Brie and Narcos‘ Juan Pablo Raba in Taken director Pierre Morel’s action-comedy Freelance, according to Deadline. Freelance follows Cena as an ex-special forces operator who takes a job providing security for a journalist — played by Brie — who’s hoping to salvage her career by interviewing a dictator. Things go awry when a military coup breaks out …
W. Kamau Bell says ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’… even though it’s hard
Courtesy of Aundre Larrow W. Kamau Bell is not afraid to have a tough conversation about the man once hailed as “America’s Dad.” Bell’s new docuseries, We Need to Talk About Cosby, premieres Sunday and will provide an unflinching look at Bill Cosby’s groundbreaking legacy as well as his downfall for allegedly raping dozens of women. Speaking to ABC Audio, Bell addresses …
Halle Berry has found true love with Van Hunt, ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ cast members revealed, and more
Robin L Marshall/WireImage Following three failed marriages, and then breaking up with Gabriel Aubry, father of her 13-year-old daughter Nahla, Halle Berry was sour on relationships. However now she says, “I really believe I’ve found my person” with singer Van Hunt. “I have this new amazing love in my life,” the Oscar winner tells AARP Magazine. “Because of COVID we spent …
“Pro Choice” Marvel movie star Evangeline Lilly protesting vaccine mandates
VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images In a post on her Instagram, Evangeline Lilly, the Lost veteran who plays Hope van Dyne/The Wasp in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, blasted COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Along with a picture of someone carrying a sign that read “Vaxxed Democrat for medical freedom” at last weekend’s Washington, D.C. protest of mandating the jabs, Lilly posted that …
‘Peacemaker”s streaming performance stuns even writer-director James Gunn
HBO Max Sure, he wrote and directed Peacemaker, but even James Gunn was surprised to learn his small-screen spin-off of The Suicide Squad has become the biggest streaming show in the world. With a shocked “Holy crap, this is incredible,” Gunn retweeted a Business Insider story that explained HBO Max’s Peacemaker became the most in-demand original streaming …
‘The Fallout’ tackles the trauma of school shootings
Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max The aftermath of a school shooting — that’s the focus of the new teen drama The Fallout that debuts today on HBO Max. It was written and directed by actress Megan Park, in her first time behind the camera, and she talked to ABC Audio about her goal to move the needle” by showing “the …