Новости за 08.02.2020

An estimated 7.86 million viewers watched Friday night’s Democratic debate in New Hampshire, a slight boost from last month’s event and still down from earlier in the cycle. ABC News, Apple News and WMUR-TV co-sponsored the event, the last debate before the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. The viewership are early numbers from Nielsen and […]

Fox’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown has returned to the top of the Friday night demos, posting an 0.8 in its two-hour time slot. The strong showing allowed Fox to win the overall network battle on the evening. Fans tuned in to see Carmella clinching a SmackDown Women’s Championship opportunity with a Fatal 4-Way victory. Goldberg also […]

President Donald Trump is back on the attack. After laying low in the latter stages of his Senate hearing, the Commander-in-Tweet continued his victory laps today with a tweetstorm that carved up a few of his foes. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman came in for some of the more brutal blows, with Donald Trump Jr. chiming […]

Orson Bean, whose subtle wit made him a staple on television in the 1950s and 1960s, was killed in a pedestrian traffic accident Friday in Venice, Calif. He was 91 and his death was confirmed by the Los Angeles County coroner. Bean was struck by a car and killed while crossing Venice Boulevard in Venice […]

The X Factor won’t air on ITV in the UK this year as Simon Cowell figures out how to breathe new life into his once all-conquering talent show. Cowell recently signed a five-year deal with ITV for Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor, with the plan being to broadcast a final season of the […]

It would make a great St Valentine’s Day greeting card message for political foes and idealogical rivals: “I wish we had someone on our side as as evil as you…” That was the less-than-warm closing comment on Friday by talk show host Bill Maher as he walked away from testy guest Steve Bannon, the infamous […]

It’s Oscar weekend in Hollywood. So, naturally, any protests had to have star power to cut through the noise, and so they did. Jane Fonda brought her “Fire Drill Friday” climate change demonstrations to Los Angeles for the first time today. Fonda has been one of the more visible protesters in similar Washington, D.C. demonstrations, […]

There was a moment in the Democratic debate when candidates started to turn to the contender not on stage — Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire who is shattering records in campaign spending to the point where he is now a ubiquitous presence during TV commercial breaks. “I guess is you’re worth $60 billion and you can […]

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit.  Well, it is all just about over but the counting, and in fact, I would guess PriceWaterhouse accountants have even finished that at this point. What that means is two numbers crunchers out of everyone in the whole world are now looking at every pundit’s predictions, […]

There’s good news for those who just can’t get enough Oscars glitz and glamour: “Live From Hollywood: After the Awards” is making sure Hollywood’s biggest night doesn’t end too soon. The one-hour live broadcast from outside the Governors Ball will highlight the best moments of the evening, from the red carpet to the main show. […]

A musical drama based on the life of Elvis Presley has signed Maggie Gyllenhaal to play the icon’s mother. In the movie, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann (“The Great Gatsby,” “Moulin Rouge!”) will explore the life and music of Presley through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker, played in […]

As they have for past gatherings of the Democratic candidates for president, Trevor Noah and the online team at The Daily Show are monitoring tonight’s debate. The stakes are high for tonight’s gathering. It’s the last debate before the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, and the assembled will be looking to build momentum – or recover, […]

EXCLUSIVE:  With cameras set to roll on Thursday, Sony is rounding out the cast for Kay Cannon’s new telling of Cinderella, starring Camila Cabello. Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Minnie Driver is set to play Queen Beatrice, with Grammy-Award winning musician Missy Elliott in talks to play the role of the Town Crier. Meanwhile, the […]

After several delays, the Motion Picture Academy unveiled its gleaming new 1,000-seat theater to an impressed press and public audience Friday during a tour of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on the eve of Oscar weekend. The upshot: The Academy will have a lot less trouble next year persuading its voters to attend screenings […]

Sam Claflin is set as the male lead opposite Riley Keough in the upcoming Amazon original series Daisy Jones & The Six. Based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones and the Six is a musical drama detailing the spectacular rise and precipitous fall of a renowned (fictional) rock band in the […]

As promised during the Lionsgate earnings call on Thursday, Lionsgate has set a release date for their long-awaited sci-fi Daisy Ridley-Tom Holland movie Chaos Walking which is the post-MLK weekend frame of January 22, 2021. There are no wide entries scheduled on that date. The pic will follow in the wake of Guy Ritchie’s Jason […]

WME just signed Wes Ball and his Oddball Entertainment partner Joe Hartwick. The duo is in the early stages of rebooting the Planet of the Apes franchise for 20th. They will produce, and Ball will direct. Ball is best known for directing the Maze Runner trilogy that collectively grossed around $950 million worldwide. He also […]