EXCLUSIVE: Chance The Rapper is at the center of Hope, an original movie musical that MGM will develop and finance. The three-time Grammy winner is partnered as producer with Haight Films' Pat Corcoran and Tradecraft's Scott Bernstein, latter of whom was a producer on Straight Outta Compton. Scripting will be Carlito…

As said in its new trailer, Slice is a movie about a ghost, a werewolf, and a “pretty sh*tty pizza place” — and it’s also Chance the Rapper’s feature acting debut! The A24 pic echoes classic B-movie horror fun and follows a story about a string of pizza delivery boy deaths in a spooky small town. Chance the Rapper…

Sam Rockwell, who won an Oscar this year for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Grammy winner Chance the Rapper have just joined the cast of DreamWorks Animation's Trolls 2, the sequel to the animated family film that grossed $346.8 million worldwide and also garnered an Oscar nomination for…

Last night’s telecast of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Chance The Rapper and featuring musical guest Eminem, drew a 4.3 household Live+Same Day rating in the metered markets and a 2.0 in adults 18-49 in the markets with local people meters.  That was in line with last week’s show, hosted by Tiffany Haddish with…

Chance the Rapper made the most of his opportunity to host Saturday Night Live last night, a solid, confident turn for his first time at the gig. The show itself was, well, here’s hoping the Thanksgiving break provides cast and crew a chance to regroup and refresh. Despite a few highlights – a missing-you love ballad…

UPDATE with video The Trump boys, as played by Saturday Night Live‘s Mikey Day and Alex Moffat, filled in for an absent dad on the show’s cold open tonight. Bypassing the usual cast-stuffed gathering, tonight’s introductory sketch featured just the two Trump sons and Kate McKinnon wearing a vaguely Andy Warhol-ish wig…

Saturday Night Live is taking a Girls Trip and a Chance with its next two episode hosts. Season 43 of the NBC late-night stalwart continues with actress and comic Tiffany Haddish fronting the November 11 episode and Chance the Rapper set for the following week. Both are making their SNL hosting debuts. Their…

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Austin Vesely, the principal visual collaborator for chart-topping and Grammy winning recording artist, Chance The Rapper, has inked with WME for representation in all areas. Vesely most recent project is Slice, an upcoming feature that he directed, wrote and stars in with Chance, which A24 will…

Russell Simmons is looking to restart his Def Poetry Jam and is talking with Grammy-winner Chance the Rapper to host it. Simmons teased the new project, which would be called All Def Poetry, today on Instagram, saying the potential series is in the works at HBO. Simmons has a long-standing relationship with HBO, where…

Refresh For Updates Bill Maher’s use of the N-word on Real Time With Bill Maher last night has drawn condemnation from HBO, an apology from the host, comparisons to Kathy Griffin’s bloody Trump photo, and even a “what I should have said” response from Maher’s guest last night, Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse. Chance the Rap…

Casey Affleck’s guest-host performance on last night’s Saturday Night Live is in no danger of overshadowing his magnificent turn in the Oscar-leaning Manchester By The Sea, but he had his moments, none better than “Dunkin Donuts,” a pre-taped short disguised as a commercial. Testimonials from cheery, well-put-together…

Beyonce led all acts with nine nominations as the 59th annual Grammy Awards nominations were unveiled today, first with the marquee Record, Sony and Album of the Year in which Beyonce’s Formation and Adele’s 25 made the cut in each. Adele scored five nominations total for the album and song “Hello.” Drake, Rihanna and…