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’60 Minutes’ honcho Jeff Fager terminated after “threatening” text to colleague reporting #MeToo allegations

Scott Kowalchyk/CBS ©2017CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.(NEW YORK) -- Two days after CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves was fired over a fresh round of sexual misconduct allegations, the network on Wednesday fired 60 Minutes' top executive Jeff Fager. Network news president David Rhodes initially said Fager's firing was "not directly related" to allegations published in the New Yorker that Fager had groped women and covered for a sexist culture […]

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Jimmy Fallon and The Roots join Aerosmith for their classic “Walk This Way” performed with classroom instruments

Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC(NEW YORK) -- On Wednesday's Tonight Show, legendary rockers Aerosmith joined host Jimmy Fallon and his house band The Roots in the Tonight Show Music Room for a performance of their classic hit, "Walk This Way," performed with classroom instruments. In the recurring segment, Fallon and The Roots back music artists for a version of one of their popular songs, using instruments you would find in a classroom. In […]

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Halle Berry stepping into the ring as director, with ‘Bruised’

ABC/Kevin Mazur(LOS ANGELES) -- Halle Berry is set to make her directorial debut with the action drama Bruised, in which she'll also star, according to Deadline. The story follows Jackie Justice, a failed mixed martial arts fighter who attempts to redeem herself by facing a rising young MMA star, and patching things up with the son she walked out on years earlier. Berry, a best actress Oscar winner for Monster's […]

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Viola Davis says she has regrets about her star-making role in the ‘The Help’

© 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Not for sale or duplication.(LOS ANGELES) -- Viola Davis is one of Hollywood's A-list talents, but one of the roles that got her there is a role she now regrets.Speaking with The New York Times while doing press for her new film, Widows, at the Toronto International Film Festival, Davis revealed she regrets her role as a maid in The […]

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Drake, Cardi B lead the nominations for the 2018 American Music Awards

Dick Clark Productions(LOS ANGELES) -- Drake and Cardi B topped the list of nominees for this year's American Music Awards. They scored eight nominations each, followed by Ed Sheeran and Post Malone, who earned six each, and Camila Cabello with five. Bebe Rexha, Ella Mai, Normani and country star Kane Brown announced the nominees live from YouTube Space LA Wednesday at noon ET.For her part, Cardi was singled out in categories […]

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Barb no more: Shannon Purser takes on first lead role in Netflix’s ‘Sierra Burgess Is a Loser’

Netflix/Aaron Epstein(NEW YORK) -- Sierra Burgess Is a Loser marks the first-ever lead role for Shannon Purser, who rose to TV icon status via her short-lived fan favorite role as Barb on Stranger Things. The Netflix teen rom-com, which debuted on Friday, proves that while Barb is dead and gone, 21-year-old Purser is here to stay. The film, a twist on Cyrano de Bergerac, follows band geek Sierra as she falls […]

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‘black-ish’ creator Kenya Barris explains his exit from ABC Studios

ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- Kenya Barris is opening up about his decision to leave ABC Studios for Netflix, and what ultimately led him to make the move. In a feature for The Hollywood Reporter, Barris reveals it wasn't just his Trump-critical "politically and socially themed" black-ish episode that ABC shelved un-aired last spring, nor his issues with the network's now defunct Roseanne reboot, that made him want to jump the network […]

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The stars of ‘A Simple Favor’ on the making of a “friller”

Lionsgate/Peter Lovino(NEW YORK) -- Two of Hollywood’s coolest leading ladies -- Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively -- are facing off as frenemies in the new dark comedy A Simple Favor, from director Paul Feig. "What Paul does in his films in general is he creates two strong female characters who are polar opposite, who are often going head to head. Yet, there is no pettiness. They’re trying to take each other down. They’re also in complete […]

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Report: Is Henry Cavill out as Superman?

ABC/Fred Lee(LOS ANGELES) -- While the official channels are mum, The Hollywood Reporter has declared that Mission: Impossible -- Fallout star Henry Cavill won't return as Superman in any future Warner Bros. movies. An "industry insider" tells the trade that Cavill's Man of Steel was supposed to have a cameo in WB's DC Comics-based superhero action comedy Shazam!, but a deal couldn't be reached with Cavill's camp. Also blamed is […]

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