8:37 AM EDT 3/17/2015
America Ferrera, 30, who played the title role in ABC's Ugly Betty and for which she won multiple awards as best actress, is now attached to star and executive produce in the new NBC pilot sitcom Superstore.Read more
8:31 AM EDT 3/17/2015
James Floyd, a versatile film, TV and stage actor with a BIFA award to his name, is set to play the part of Ish-Boseth, the youngest warrior son of Saul and Ahinoam, in ABC's pilot for Of Kings And Prophets, a drama written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage and executive produced by Jason Reed, Reza Aslan and Mahyad Tousi of BoomGen Studios, along with Jeffrey Nachmanoff, who will also direct the upcoming show.Read more
8:22 AM EDT 3/17/2015
NBC's sitcom Undateable will be going live May 5 for its special two-hour penultimate episode before the show ends its run for season 2. As to why, Entertainment Weekly was told by executive producer Bill Lawrence that: “Everything with Undateable starts with the fact that [showrunner] Adam [Sztykiel] and I like the show, we think the performers are funny, and we’d do anything to give the show a shot. We saw how much success NBC was having, specifically with live programming. [NBC Chairman] Bob Greenblatt called up and asked if we’d do an hour-long live sitcom, an episode for both coasts. And we foolishly said yes, until we realized what an over-the-top nightmare this could possibly be. But I think it’ll be fun.”Read more
8:19 AM EDT 3/17/2015
Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actress Barbara Hershey, 67, last seen on the small-screen as Cora Mills in Once Upon A Time, will be co-starring in Lifetime's Damien, a straight-to-series TV sequel to 20th Century Fox's 1976 classic The Omen.Read more
8:13 AM EDT 3/17/2015
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson will be seen lip syncing Taylor Swift's “Shake It Off” in LL Cool J's Lip Sync Battle, a celebrity competition show based on the popular Jimmy Fallon sketch of the same name on the Tonight Show that will now debut April 2 as a regular series on Spike TV. In an Instagram video post sharing snippets from the upcoming show, the macho actor and wrestler wrote: “ #LipSyncBattle OF ALL Lip Sync Battles... Channelin' my inner @taylorswift And comin' to take the title from @jimmyfallon #IJustShakeItOffBaby #RockVsFallon #Spike APRIL 2nd.”Read more
8:46 AM EDT 3/16/2015
Community, the single-camera sitcom about a group of students at a community college in the fictional town of Greendale, Colorado, which aired for five seasons on NBC was acquired by Yahoo! and renewed for a sixth 13-episode season that will premiere tomorrow, March 17, on the Internet TV. Even years before its cancellation by NBC, fans have already taken to the slogan “six seasons and a movie,” a line from the episode the show's 21st episode. At Sunday's panel discussion during the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, the slogan was the topic of discussion with fans in relation to Community's future, according to Variety.Read more
8:43 AM EDT 3/16/2015
At Saturday's PaleyFest 2015 panel discussion, held 5:10 pm in Los Angeles, with Aisha Tyler hosting and moderating, fans got to see and meet in person the entire cast of The Flash: Grant Gustin (Barry Allen/The Flash), Jesse L. Martin (Det. Joe West), Tom Cavanagh (Dr. Harrison Wells/Reverse Flash), Candice Patton (Iris West), Rick Cosnett (Det. Eddie Thawne), Danielle Panabaker (Dr. Caitlin Snow), and Carlos Valdes (Cisco Ramon), along with executive producers Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg.Read more
8:40 AM EDT 3/16/2015
At Saturday's PaleyFest 2015 panel discussion, held 4:15 pm in Los Angeles, with the cast and producers of Arrow, and with Aisha Tyler hosting and moderating, fans asked what's in store for the forthcoming episodes of the show, considering that Oliver was last seen being told by Ra's al Ghul that he wants him to take his place.Read more
8:37 AM EDT 3/16/2015
Weinstein Live Entertainment and MSG Entertainment's production of the New York Spring Spectacular extravaganza at Radio City Music Hall, featuring the Rockettes, Nashville actress Laura Benanti, and Dancing with the Stars' Derek Hough, will be bringing and showcasing the music of Beyonce, Pharrell Williams, Madonna, Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars, Demi Lovato, and Taylor Swift. After previewing Thursday, March 12, the show will formally be opened on March 26 and will run through May 3, 2015.Read more
8:25 AM EDT 3/16/2015
White Collar star Matt Bomer, 37, who will also soon be seen on the big-screen reprising his Ken character in the upcoming Channing Tatum flick Magic Mike XXL, along with Broadway actor Cheyenne Jackson, 39, have both signed on to join Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta), 28, in the cast of FX's American Horror Story season 5, the next edition in the Emmy-nominated anthology sci-fi horror-thriller drama series created by Ryan Murphy and Brafd Falchuck.Read more
8:08 AM EDT 3/16/2015
Robin Thicke, 38, was the guest and main performer at the 2015 amfAR (The Foundation for Aids Research) gala at Shaw Studios in Hong Kong for its first-ever charity event and auction on Saturday.Read more
8:05 AM EDT 3/16/2015
Following persistent rumors that she's had her legs insured for $40 million, her pet cat Meredith scratched one of them. “GREAT WORK MEREDITH I WAS JUST TRYING TO LOVE YOU AND NOW YOU OWE ME 40 MILLION DOLLARS,” Taylor Swift wrote on her Instagram page.Read more
8:03 AM EDT 3/16/2015
Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Bieber endured hours of verbal torture from such sadistic roasters as Kevin Hart, Martha Stewart, Snoop Dog, Ludacris, Jeff Ross, Shaquille O'Neal, among others, during Friday's taping for the Comedy Central Roast special episode that will be airing March 30 on the premium cable network. He survived intact, apparently a changed and better person.Read more
7:49 AM EDT 3/16/2015
Music icon Sir Elton John vows to “never wear Dolce & Gabbana ever again.” The legendary singer-songwriter is furious at Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, the founders of the Italian luxury industry fashion house named after them, for remarks they have made which were published in the Italian-language magazine Panorama.Read more
7:45 AM EDT 3/16/2015
Nickelodeon just made itself a subject for heated debate on the social media when parents got wind of an episode of Oggy and the Cockroaches, which aired March 5 in the US on the children channel NickToon, that showed a scene with framed picture of a sexy anthopomorphic duck in a pair of tiny bikini briefs, huge sunglasses, big hair, and with exposed inordinately large boobs with protruding swollen nipples hanging on the wall.Read more