ABC/Brian Bowen Smith(NEW YORK) — Despite the pandemic, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest rolls on, live from New York’s Times Square Thursday night on ABC. But even without a massive crowd, Ryan and his co-hosts Lucy Hale and Billy Porter will still bring up the energy through the broadcast. “We will …
Alison Brie recalls “peeing incident” while filming ‘Mad Men’
Mat Hayward/Getty Images for Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — They say “one day you’ll look back at this and laugh” and that’s exactly what Alison Brie is doing. While chatting with Justin Long on the Life Is Short podcast, the 38-year-old actress recalled a slight incident that occurred with her wardrobe while filming the first season of the …
Chris Rock increases therapy sessions amid COVID-19 pandemic
Amy Sussman/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has been a stressful time for all of us, including Chris Rock, and he’s turned to counseling for help. In an interview with CBS This Morning, obtained by People magazine, Rock says he’s upped his therapy visits to about seven hours after the pandemic hit the U.S. in March. “You …
The Honest Trailers guys — along with Patton Oswalt — take on 2020
ABC/Christopher Willard(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) With just one day left in 2020, the folks from the coming attractions-spoofing YouTube hit Honest Trailers have slammed the door on the accursed year. “From the world that brought you 1918, 1347, and Woodstock ’99, comes a year we can’t wait to close the book on,” Trailer Voice Guy intones, over shots of plague, …
‘Bridgerton’ stars Phoebe Dynover and Regé-Jean Page on show’s romance, music and more
LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX(NEW YORK) — Bridgerton stars Phoebe Dynover and Regé-Jean Page joined Good Morning America virtually on Wednesday to discuss the latest hit from Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland. The Netflix series, created by Chris Van Dusen and based on Julia Quinn’s bestselling novels, is set in London during the Regency era and depicts the equally dramatic and …
Dawn Wells, Mary Ann from ‘Gilligan’s Island’, dead at 82 from COVID-19
Dawn Wells Archives(LOS ANGELES) — Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann Summers on the campy classic TV show Gilligan’s Island, has died from COVID-19, ABC News has confirmed. Her rep noted the actress, motivational speaker and philanthropist “passed peacefully [Wednesday] morning, in no pain as a result of complications due to Covid at the age of 82.” …
As details emerge of her Spanish “flavored” wedding, Hilaria Baldwin denies claims of cultural appropriation
Walt Disney Television/Yolanda Perez(NEW YORK) — As the Daily Mail detailed the “Spanish flavored” wedding ceremony of Alec Baldwin and the lifestyle influencer Hilaria Baldwin, she insisted Wednesday to The New York Times that she’s never been unclear about her true heritage. “The things I have shared about myself are very clear,” she insists. “I was born in Boston. I spent time in …
NCIS, other CBS shows extend holiday hiatus due to LA COVID-19 surge
“SEAL Team” – Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, SEAL Team, Why Women Kill and Diary of a Future President are among the shows extending their holiday hiatus for a week amid Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 surge, according to Variety. Those shows are set to resume production on January 11, while other CBS Studios …
Say goodbye to 2020 with Amazon Prime’s star-studded ‘Yearly Departed’, streaming now
Amazon Studios(NEW YORK) — Amazon Prime’s just-dropped Yearly Departed is a series of eulogies for 2020, hosted by Two Dope Queens‘ Phoebe Robinson and featuring a line-up of all female comedians including Tiffany Haddish, Rachel Brosnahan, Ziwe, Sarah Silverman, Patti Harrison, and Natasha Leggero. Executive producer and writer Bess Kalb tells ABC Audio of the …
The Year in Movies 2020: Pandemic pummels the box office
iStock/RawPixel(LOS ANGELES) — The COVID-19 pandemic took a terrible toll on the bottom line of the movie business. Thousands of theaters closed throughout the year amid lockdown restrictions, and production on untold numbers of films was temporarily delayed, indefinitely postponed or shut down for good. As a result, 2020’s highest-grossing film was Universal’s Bad Boys for Life. …