The oddest Thanksgiving in several centuries is in the rear-view mirror. So it’s not surprising that audiences sought a little comfort while confined to their homes, and turned largely to some old favorite holiday specials on Friday night.
There was, however, one big exception.
NBC had a one-two punch, leading with…
DreamWorks Animation/Universal's The Croods: A New Age looks set to lead the weekend in China where the cume an estimated $11.6M through its first two days, and pre-sales are solid. This portends an FSS frame of $20M, per Uni, with family uptick throught the weekend . Six other markets are also getting a first look at…
Heart’s Ann Wilson says a biopic about her band Heart is being produced for Amazon.
The singer of the classic rock band made the announcement to host Lyndsey Parker on SiriusXM’s Volume West show. Wilson said Carrie Brownstein of the punk band Sleater-Kinney and the costar of IFC’s Portlandia, will write and direct.…
The annual holiday tradition of a special edition of Doctor Who will have some shocking twists in its upcoming launch.
The Doctor’s arch-enemy, the Daleks, will sport a new look. Gone is the toilet plunger and the crude mechanical outside. Now, the Daleks have a sleek new exterior, which was previewed on the front of…
On the eve of yet another Los Angeles curtailment of public assemblies and mandatory business rules related to the Covid-19 pandemic, a growing number of people are questioning, and in some cases defying, the orders.
An increasingly restive group of business and religious leaders are leading the charge. But citizens…
Saturday AM Update:Â This is what happens when a major studio spends a bit more money on P&A then just a paltry single digit sum to open a film in a world where not all movie theaters are open: Universal/Dreamworks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age, is on its way to grossing $14.2M over 5-days at the domestic B.O. and…
It was a different Thanksgiving for former Bachelor star Arie Luyendyk Jr. The day marked his revelation on Instagram that he has caught Covid-19 and is dealing with the disease.
“Many of you have been wondering why we haven’t done Bachelor Brunch, why we’ve been so absent on social media and why I’m sitting like…
Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Jon Stewart have a message for New Jersey: “Wear a friggin’ mask!”
The admonition is part of the #MaskUpNJ ad campaign, sponsored by the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund.to encourage Garden State residents to wear masks during the pandemic.
In a just-released ad, the three…
EXCLUSIVE: Filming on MTV's Floribama Shore was shut down on Wednesday for two weeks after a production team member tested positive for COVID-19. While a Season 4 renewal has not been announced, production on new episodes had been underway, which is not unusual for a hit MTV reality series.
After the positive Covid-19…
As good a basketball player as Charles Barkley was during his long NBA career, he never won a championship. Thus, today’s victory in the televised golf showdown known as The Match was extra sweet.
Barkley and pro golfer Phil Mickelson were easy winners over opponents Stephen Curry of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors…
Amazon has opted not to order a second season of Utopia, its straight-to-series adaptation of the British drama, written by Gone Girl author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn. The series, starring John Cusack, Sasha Lane and Rainn Wilson, premiered on Sept. 25 to so-so reviews and had a quiet run.
Utopia follows a…
Rising coronavirus cases have led Los Angeles County public health officials to issue yet another round of “stay-at-home” orders. Starting Monday, certain public and private gatherings are prohibited, a decree lasting until Dec. 20.
The new mandate prohibits all public and private gatherings of people outside a single…
