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ABC/Ida Mae Astute(NEW YORK) -- Hugh Jackman's return to the Great White Way, which was affected by the COVID-19 shutdown of Broadway that began March 12, will begin performances April 7, 2021.  The Hollywood Reporter notes that Broadway itself has a lot riding on Jackman's lead in The Music Man, post shutdown: the play's official opening date is May 20 of next year. Tony winner Jackman will team up with stage and screen vet Sutton Foster, who was […]

ABC/Heidi Gutman(LOS ANGELES) -- When it comes to diversity in Hollywood, Kerry Washington says there is still work that needs to be done and she opened up about it on Tuesday's episode of the Hollywood, The Sequel podcast. "When we say that we’re committed to diversity -- it’s diverse from what? We’re still centering whiteness as the most important thing and inviting diversity around that or when we talk about […]

Rich Fury/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews says the show’s writers are scrapping previously written episodes of its upcoming eighth season and starting over again to address racism in the United States. “We’ve had a lot of somber talks about it and deep conversations and we hope through this we’re going to make something that will be truly groundbreaking this year.  We have an opportunity and we plan to use it in […]

Photo by Montgomery County Correctional Facility via Getty Images(PENNSYLVANIA) -- Nearly two years after Bill Cosby’s conviction for the 2004 rape of Andrea Constand, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Tuesday agreed to review his appeal. Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court will first decide on whether Cosby should have been charged in late 2015 for the sexual assault of the former Temple University employee because his then attorneys struck a secret deal with a […]

Photo by Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Ron Jeremy has been charged with forcibly raping three women and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents dating back to 2014, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced in a press release on Tuesday. The 67-year-old adult film star, born Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, is accused of forcibly raping a 25-year-old woman at a home in West Hollywood in May 2014, according to […]

Freeform/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) --The fallout over disgraced comedian Chris D'Elia continued on Tuesday when his agency, Creative Artists Agency, announced that they fired him as a client. The comic was accused last week of assaulting several women, several of whom were underage at the time.  He is also accused of not only sending underage victims unsolicited messages, but also pressured them to take nude pictures of themselves.  The Hollywood Reporter reports that […]

Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures(LOS ANGELES) -- A rep for Mel Gibson is hitting back at Winona Ryder, after the Stranger Things actress gave an interview in which she claimed she overheard him years ago making anti-Semitic and anti-gay comments. In the interview with the U.K.'s Sunday Times, Ryder said, "We were at a crowded party with one of my good friends. And Mel Gibson was smoking a cigar, and we're […]