NBC/Art Streiber(LOS ANGELES) -- If you're wondering if Simon Cowell might return to the American Idol fold for ABC's reboot of the show, sorry -- you won't be going to Hollywood. Speaking to his former girlfriend Terri Seymour on Extra, the former America's Got Talent host said, "I was asked to do it, and the answer is no.” Simon, who left the show in 2010 but returned briefly for last year's finale, added, "I have no interest. […]
NBC/Will Heath(NEW YORK) -- Melissa McCarthy is taking her Sean Spicer impression to the streets of Manhattan. The actress' impression of the White House press secretary on Saturday Night Live has received rave reviews, but it seems as though a skit planned for this weekend will take the joke to a whole new level. In clips posted on social media today, fans saw McCarthy, who's hosting SNL on Saturday, dressed as Spicer, zooming around on a motorized podium while […]
HBO/Craig Blankenhorn(LOS ANGELES) -- Thursday night, HBO held a premiere event for The Wizard of Lies, the network's new movie about Bernie Madoff, the Wall Street financier who pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that is believe to be the largest fraud in U.S. financial history. The movie stars Robert De Niro as Madoff, and Michelle Pfeiffer as his wife Ruth. At the event, De Niro said that while he did research into Madoff, that wasn't […]
ABC/Craig Sjodin (NEW YORK) -- Whoopi Goldberg and Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito have been tapped to star in the mistaken identify comedy, Shriver. According to The Hollywood Reporter Goldberg and Esposito will star alongside Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church in forthcoming comedy based on Chris Belden's novel with the same name. Similar to the book, the movie is said to follow the story of a loner who is mistaken for a renowned, reclusive author. While posing as the the author, the […]
HBO/Craig Blankenhorn(LOS ANGELES) -- Thursday night, HBO held a premiere event for The Wizard of Lies, the network's new movie about Bernie Madoff, the Wall Street financier who pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that is believe to be the largest fraud in U.S. financial history. The movie stars Robert De Niro as Madoff, and Michelle Pfeiffer as his wife Ruth. At the event, De Niro said that while he did research into Madoff, that wasn't […]
© 2017 WARNER BROS. ENT. INC., VILLAGE ROADSHOW FILMS NORTH AMERICA INC. AND RATPAC-DUNE ENT. LLC(LOS ANGELES) -- Here's a look at the new movies opening nationwide Friday: * King Arthur: Legend of the Sword -- Guy Ritchie directed this action adventure starring Charlie Hunnam as Arthur, heir to his late father's throne, before having it wrestled away by his power-hungry uncle. After pulling the sword from the stone, he is forced to fulfill his true legacy […]
© 2017 WARNER BROS. ENT. INC., VILLAGE ROADSHOW FILMS NORTH AMERICA INC. AND RATPAC-DUNE ENT. LLC(LOS ANGELES) -- Here's a look at the new movies opening nationwide Friday: * King Arthur: Legend of the Sword -- Guy Ritchie directed this action adventure starring Charlie Hunnam as Arthur, heir to his late father's throne, before having it wrestled away by his power-hungry uncle. After pulling the sword from the stone, he is forced to fulfill his true legacy […]
Getty Images/Samir Hussein(LONDON) -- Should you happen upon a postcard with a Harry Potter prequel handwritten on it? Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling would like you to know two things. A) It's legitimate; and B) it was stolen. "PLEASE DON'T BUY THIS IF YOU'RE OFFERED IT," Rowling tweeted Friday morning. "Originally auctioned for @englishpen, the owner supported writers' freedoms by bidding for it." She was responding to a tweet from police in the English town of Kings […]
ABC/Jeff Niera(LOS ANGELES) -- I Love Dick, Amazon's new series from Transparent creator Jill Soloway, premieres on Friday. The show stars Kathryn Hahn as a movie director who becomes obsessed with her husband's professor, played by Kevin Bacon, whose name is Dick, and if the title makes you a little uncomfortable, Hahn says you're not alone. "Driving onto the lot it was hilarious because...the security guards [would say] like, 'Oh, you're here for ILD?' And we were like, 'Uh, […]
