Canton Entertainment is developing Lucille, the first authorized feature film about blues legend B.B. King. Producer Mark Canton will partner with The B.B. King Music Company & Estate on the project. The biopic traces King's journey from Mississippi cotton fields…
Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. will write and star in a horror movie exploring Sammy Davis Jr.'s connection to the Church of Satan. The film adapts Alex Bhattacharji's August 2024 Rolling Stone article "Dance With the Devil." The story examines…
A federal judge sentenced Dr. Salvador Plasencia to 30 months in prison Wednesday for distributing ketamine to Matthew Perry before the actor's 2023 overdose death. Plasencia apologized to Perry's family in Los Angeles federal court, stating "I failed Mr. Perry.…
New details have emerged about the arrests of Zachery Ty Bryan and his girlfriend, Johnnie Faye Cartwright. TMZ reports Bryan exited his pickup truck Saturday near Lowell, Oregon, when Cartwright tried to run him over. The vehicle ended up in…
NBC will partner with more than 25 content creators across YouTube, Meta and TikTok for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games. The creators will receive exclusive on-site access in Milan and Cortina during the competition. NBC's 2024 Paris Creator…
Former Full House star Dave Coulier received a new cancer diagnosis just months after defeating Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The 66-year-old actor revealed Tuesday on TODAY that he has P16 squamous carcinoma at the base of his tongue. "In October…
Netflix's Stranger Things Season 5 shattered streaming records by drawing 59.6 million views during its first five days. The debut marks the highest premiere-week viewership for any English-language Netflix series and ranks third overall behind only Squid Game seasons 2…
MrBeast topped YouTube's 2025 creator rankings with 452 million followers, maintaining his number one position. Netflix's animated film KPop Demon Hunters emerged as a major trend, placing four songs in YouTube's top music list including "Golden," "Soda Pop," "Your Idol"…
The Wiggles "do not support or condone the use of drugs in any form," a spokesperson said after members appeared in a TikTok video set to musician Keli Holiday's song "Ecstasy." Anthony Field (Blue Wiggle) and Dominic Field (Tree of…
NBC will air an encore of Wicked: One Wonderful Night on New Year’s Eve at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The two-hour special features stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande with Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, and Marissa Bode. The broadcast…
The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case determining whether internet service providers must police music piracy on their networks. Cox Communications, America's largest private broadband company serving over 6 million customers, faces a coalition of more than 50…
Scarlett Johansson told The Telegraph she doesn't know if supporting Woody Allen has affected her Hollywood career or personal relationships. "I guess it's hard to know," she said. "You never know what the domino effect is, exactly." The actress, who…
Sean "Diddy" Combs' rep condemned Netflix's documentary Sean Combs: The Reckoning as a "shameful hit piece" using "stolen footage that was never authorized for release." The series, produced by 50 Cent, launches December 2nd. Director Alexandria Stapleton told Variety "we…
Ray J was arrested early Thanksgiving morning in Los Angeles. The 44-year-old musician was taken into custody around 4 a.m. and later released on a $50,000 bail bond. An LAPD rep said that Ray J was arrested on suspicion of…
This year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade reached an all-time viewership record with 34.3 million watchers across NBC and Peacock, according to preliminary Nielsen data. The audience increased 8% from last year, adding 2.5 million viewers. Younger viewers under 25 jumped…
English actor Callum Turner has become the leading candidate to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond, according to betting company Coral. The 35-year-old star of Fantastic Beasts and The Boys in the Boat gained momentum after his role in A24's…
Disney's Zootopia 2 dominated the Thanksgiving box office with $156 million domestically and $400 million internationally for a $556 million global debut. The animated sequel, featuring voices from Shakira, Quinta Brunson, and Macaulay Culkin, pushed Wicked: For Good to second…
Former Home Improvement star Zachery Ty Bryan was arrested Saturday in Lane County, Oregon for allegedly violating probation from a prior domestic violence conviction. Bryan is being held without bail at Lane County Jail and scheduled for release Wednesday. His…
Stranger Things has become the first Netflix series to have all four seasons rank in the Top 10 at the same time. The surge comes as millions of viewers revisit the show ahead of the imminent Season 5 premiere. Season…
Amazon MGM is developing a "modern reimagining" of the 1987 comedy Baby Boom, six weeks after original star Diane Keaton died from pneumonia at age 79. Michael Showalter will direct the project. The original film starred Keaton as a workaholic…
Ray Romano definitively stated Everybody Loves Raymond will never return as a reboot during the show's recent 30th Anniversary Reunion special. "We're never going to do [a reboot], because we're missing three cast members, three family members," Romano explained. "We'd…
Eric Dane earned a 10-minute standing ovation from cast and crew while filming NBC's Brilliant Minds in October. The 53-year-old former Grey's Anatomy star guest-starred as Matthew, a firefighter hiding his ALS diagnosis from family. Dane was diagnosed with the…
Netflix has selected Anthony Anderson as host for its Star Search revival launching January 13, 2026. The show will broadcast live on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT with real-time global voting by viewers. The competition features…
Paramount is finalizing a distribution agreement for Rush Hour 4, marking Brett Ratner's return to major studio filmmaking after sexual misconduct allegations in 2017. The studio would handle distribution and receive fees but not finance the Warner Bros. project. Jackie…
