Entertainment

NBC/Will Heath(NEW YORK) -- There was champagne and hugs all around on Saturday Night Live as the show did a send-up of the Republican celebration of the confirmation of Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh. In a parody of the celebrations currently ongoing during the MLB playoffs, senators like Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham -- played for the second straight week by Kate McKinnon -- took a victory lap on faux […]

ABC/Angus Young(LOS ANGELES) -- ABC's critically acclaimed comedy Speechless returns Friday night, and the season 3 premiere has the DiMeo clan heading across the pond, to London, where they'll meet the father of Minnie Driver's character Maya -- played by comedy legend John Cleese. Show star John Ross Bowie, who plays dad Jimmy DiMeo, tells ABC Radio the cast was up bright and early taking it to the streets of […]

ABC/Heidi Gutman(LOS ANGELES) -- Denzel Washington is set to receive one of the movie industry's most prestigious honors. According to Variety, Washington will be the 47th recipient of AFI's Life Achievement Award.  He'll be presented the award in June of 2019 in Los Angeles. The tribute ceremony will air on TNT at a later date. "Denzel Washington is an American icon. As an actor, he stands tall as a heroic, stoic embodiment […]

Steve Zak Photography/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) -- Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are officially divorced, People confirms. The two reportedly finalized the split at Garner’s house with lawyers and a private judge Thursday, three years after first announcing their separation. Garner and Affleck separated in June 2015, after 10 years of marriage and three children together: 12-year-old Violet, nine-year-old Seraphina and six-year-old Samuel. They both filed for divorce in April 2017. News […]

Lucasfilm(NEW YORK) -- A new animated Star Wars series enters the universe this weekend. Star Wars Resistance debuts Sunday night on the Disney Channel, with a one hour premiere episode called "The Recruit."  Set decades after the events of Return of the Jedi, and months before the events in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the show follows young pilot Kazuda Xiono (ZEE-ono), who is tapped as a spy by the band of heroes […]

MTV(NEWARK, NJ) -- The Situation has gotten himself into a bad situation. Jersey Shore’s Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino was sentenced Friday to eight months in prison for tax offenses to which he pleaded guilty earlier this year. In addition to the prison term, he will have to serve two years of supervised release.  “Michael accepts the Court’s judgment," his defense attorney Henry Klingeman said in a statement. "He is looking […]

ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) -- Sunday night, the kids take over the ballroom, with the series premier of Dancing With the Stars: Juniors. The new show will feature 12 celebrity kids and professional junior ballroom dancers, including Here Comes Honey Boo Boo star Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, Dance Moms' Mackenzie Ziegler and black-ish actor Miles Brown, who tells ABC Radio they never allowed themselves to get too caught up in […]

Credit: Frank Masi - ©2017 CTMG. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) -- Here are the films opening nationwide on Friday: * Venom -- This Spider-Man spinoff stars Mad Max: Fury Road's Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, a jaded journalist who becomes the host of a parasitic alien being that turns him into the fearsome, shape-shifting, titular creature. Also starring Michelle Williams and Riz Ahmed. Rated PG-13. * A Star Is Born -- This fourth iteration of the classic film, which is already generating […]

Harvey Weinstein arrives in handcuffs May 25, 2018 for arraignment in New York City following his arrest on sex crimes charges; Steven Ferdman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- From the Harvey Weinstein allegations to the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, the year since allegations of sexual misconduct became a national dialogue has shown both how far the movement has come...and how far it still has to go. The New York Times published its explosive […]