“Connecting” is being pulled from the NBC schedule, the broadcaster announced Monday. The final four episodes of the social distancing comedy series will air on streaming service Peacock and NBC.com. Episodes of “Superstore” will air in its place on Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT through Nov. 19. “Connecting” was ordered to series in June and
NBC has extended Jimmy Fallon’s contract, according to people familiar with the matter, a vote of confidence in the “Tonight Show” host amid a roiling political cycle. Terms of the new deal could not be immediately learned. Fallon signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with NBC in 2015 that extended a previous contract to the fall of
Originally planned for this March but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first appearance of Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder on SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Show” Monday touched on everything from the death of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell to the origin story of classic Pearl Jam songs to advising Bradley Cooper about “A Star Is
MONDAY, Nov. 2 ‘The Craft’ Sequel, ‘Unhinged’ Show Strength Blumhouse’s “The Craft: Legacy,” the follow-up to 1996’s “The Craft,” and Russell Crowe’s thriller “Unhinged” have been the top titles at Vudu and FandangoNOW, respectively, for the past week on Fandango’s transactional streaming services. “The Craft: Legacy” is Vudu’s top title for the past week (Monday
One of the big awards season question marks has been answered. Regina King’s “One Night in Miami” will campaign Kingsley Ben-Adir, who plays Malcolm X in the period drama and Eli Goree, who plays Cassius Clay, in the best actor race. His co-stars Aldis Hodge (Jim Brown) and Leslie Odom, Jr. (Sam Cooke) will seek
Four years ago, Stephen Colbert stood onstage, looked out at his hopeful audience and told them that they didn’t know yet who had won the 2016 presidential election. “But for the life of me,” he continued, “I cannot understand how Trump’s candidacy even got this far.” Cut to: Jeff Goldblum, standing to the side with
William Dalrymple’s best-selling historical book on colonialism “The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company,” is being adapted into a series by independent studio Wiip and India’s Roy Kapur Films. Set during 1599 to 1802, “The Anarchy” traces the ascent of The East India Company against the decline and fall of the Mughal
Triller has named Daniel Gillick global co-head of partnerships, the company announced Monday. Most recently, he was senior manager of music content and industry relations at TikTok, where he was one of of the company’s first hires in the area of music operations. Last month, Triller brought on Mary Rahmani, TikTok’s former director of music
Cam (nee Camaron Ochs), a California girl turned Nashvillian, came out of the gate as a country music firebrand in 2015 with the massive hit “Burning House.” Then she waited five years to release a sophomore album, spending part of that time at odds with her record company (Sony Nashville) over “value” issues she’s reluctant
In today’s TV news roundup, Taraji P. Henson will host the American Music Awards, and NBC released a trailer for the eighth season of “The Blacklist.” FIRST LOOKS NBC released a trailer for the eighth season of “The Blacklist.” Season 8 finds Raymond Reddington (James Spader) facing his most worthy adversary yet in Elizabeth Keen
“Baby Shark,” the annoyingly catchy kids’ tune that took the world by storm two years back, is now the king of YouTube, having topped 7 billion views on the platform (and counting). The official two-minute “Baby Shark Dance” music video — with its trademark, “doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo” refrain — dethrones “Despacito,” the
Eight California mayors have called upon Gov. Gavin Newsom to reconsider the state’s safety guidelines and offer a new plan to reopen theme parks. The letter, which suggests that safety can be met while also reopening the parks in limited capacities, was signed by Mayor Harry Sidhu of Anaheim, Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles, Mayor
The winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or for his dark family drama “Shoplifters and one of Japan’s most outspoken filmmakers, Hirokazu Koreeda is also a moving force behind “Asia Lounge.” This is a new series of online conversations being held over eight days at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival. In addition to helping to
Kevin Bacon is joining Travis Fimmel and Colson Baker, also known as recording artist Machine Gun Kelly, in the new action-thriller “One Way.” Andrew Baird (“Zone 414”) is directing from a script by Ben Conway. Principal photography is set to begin in February in Los Angeles and Tulsa, Okla. Highland Film Group is handling worldwide
John Boyega was surprised to see the recent articles about him saying he’s willing to return to the “Star Wars” franchise because it’s not the first time he’s expressed interest. However, the actor said during an interview for an upcoming episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket” that he’s in no hurry
For too long, the stories of Native and Indigenous people have been told by Hollywood through the eyes of everyone but us. It’s an exciting time in film and television, with more Natives writing, directing, and developing content. We’re challenging images and stereotypes and wiping the war paint off the lens. These are the films,
On the eve of Tuesday’s presidential election, the famously press-shy filmmaker Lilly Wachowski is speaking out about the urgency for people to vote and mobilize at this critical juncture when everything in our democracy—from human rights to climate change—are at stake. “I feel like we’re at this point in our history where we’re facing this
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat character is making a satirical pre-election pitch to female voters, asking them not to vote in the presidential election. In a video posted Monday to Borat’s Twitter account, he said, “This is important message. Women — do not vote tomorrow. We hear if you do then glorious Premier Trump will lose.
“The Talk” is losing another host. Eve announced on the show Monday that she will be stepping away from her hosting duties after four seasons. She has been hosting the show from her London home over the past few months, and attributed her decision to a desire to remain close with her family. “It’s been
Candace Marie Stewart is a verifiable street style star (if/when such a thing existed) and has an impressive following on social media—people who are there to take notes on her bold, stylized fashion choices. She’s also a social media consultant for Prada and formerly worked for Barneys New York. In other words, Stewart may have
Christopher Walken has joined the cast of the upcoming Apple drama series “Severance.” He joins a cast that includes Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Zach Cherry and Britt Lower. The series is described as a workplace thriller that introduces Lumen Industries, a company that’s looking to take work-life balance to
Dawn Olmstead is leaving her perch at UCP to become chief executive officer and partner at Anonymous Content, marking the first new head of the company since the death of Anonymous founder Steve Golin in 2019. Meanwhile, David Levine has been elevated to chief creative officer of the management and production company. “Dawn is an
Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have become just the latest in a long line of celebrities advocating for Americans to vote — and just in time, too. With one day left until the 2020 presidential election, both artists took to social media to link fans to important voter information. Both also notably shared their support for
Play video content Breaking News C-SPAN “LeBron James Sucks!” That’s the chant that rang out at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Monday … and #45 loved every second of it. Trump was doing his usual anti-NBA thing … talking about how NBA ratings sucked this year and blamed the bad numbers on
Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, who goes by the more pedestrian name Bobby Hall, but is better known to the music world as recently retired (and usually bespectacled) rapper Logic, has put his sprawling estate in a low-profile but high-dollar gated enclave in L.A.’s affluent Calabasas suburb up for grabs at a buck less than
When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face the New York Giants this evening on “Monday Night Football,” it will mark a sort-of reunion — Bucs quarterback Tom Brady reunited with the Giants, the team that most bedeviled him during his legendary run with the New England Patriots. And though Brady’s no longer with the Patriots and
On the lawn of Jeff Whritenour’s house in Kinnelon, New Jersey, a sign reads, “Presidents are temporary, the Grateful Dead is forever.” A few feet away, a flag bearing the iconography of the Grateful Dead flies above a Trump 2020 banner. Passersby often pause for a double-take, no doubt questioning what many would perceive as
Will Donald Trump try to claim he won before enough votes are counted to determine a winner in the U.S. presidential election? That’s been the incumbent president’s plan, per an Axios report over the weekend. Facebook and Twitter claim they’re ready to respond quickly to add warning labels to posts on their services by any
Some of Michigan’s favorite sons are vocally supporting the Biden-Harris campaign on the day before the presidential election. Just hours after an ad in which Stevie Wonder calls upon residents of his home state to support the Biden ticket, an ad for the campaign featuring Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” — a song he rarely licenses, let
Tom Hardy, Pete Davidson, Stephan James, Bill Skarsgård, Tye Sheridan, Ashton Sanders, Martin Sensmeier, Moises Arias and Angus Cloud have been cast in the Vietnam War drama “The Things They Carried.” The project is based on Tim O’Brien’s novel about a platoon of young soldiers and their experiences on the front lines during the Vietnam