ABC(NEW YORK) -- ABC's The View will kick off its 22nd season with a new co-host when the show returns Tuesday, September 4: former Fox News anchor Abby Huntsman. Replacing Sara Haines, who is leaving the show to co-host GMA Day opposite Michael Strahan, Huntsman will join the show's lively panel, which includes returning stars Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Meghan McCain. "I look forward to adding my […]
FX(NEW YORK) -- Last weekend, disgraced comedian Louis C.K. performed a surprise stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar, one year after admitting to sexual misconduct. Now, he's receiving backlash from the comedy community. The comedian dropped by the famous comedy theater Saturday night to work out some new material, which included themes of racism and tipping. Despite reportedly receiving a standing ovation at the show, comedians and former fans have not […]
ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- Rose McGowan had some strong words for her #MeToo ally Asia Argento on Monday: "Do the right thing." In a lengthy statement released on Monday, McGowan described the events leading up to her discovery that Argento had allegedly paid off actor Jimmy Bennett, who claimed the now 42-year-old Italian actress assaulted him when he was 17 and she was 37, according to a report published by The New […]
ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- Alec Baldwin has been tapped to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in the upcoming Joker origin film, according to Variety. He'll reportedly play the part of Thomas Wayne, the father of Batman -- a.k.a. Bruce Wayne. The Thomas Wayne character was first introduced in 1939 as part of Detective Comics' Batman origins story. The physician and philanthropist and his wife Martha were murdered in a Gotham City street robbery, […]
ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- The professional dancers competing on the new season of Dancing with the Stars include a two-time champion and a newly engaged couple who will battle it out on the dance floor.Longtime DWTS pros Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson will put their romance to the test in season 27. The couple announced their engagement in June and are both returning to the show. Johnson will return as the […]
Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty ImagesProducers have announced that Four-Time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks will direct the Broadway musical version of the hit 1993 Robin Williams hit Mrs. Doubtfire. Zaks recently called the shots on the critically acclaimed, hit revival of Hello, Dolly! starring Bette Midler. In a joint statement, Kevin McCollum and Bob Cohen of Fox Stage Productions said, "Mrs. Doubtfire is such a beloved story, both laugh-out-loud hilarious […]
Blair Underwood - ABC/Giovanni Rufino(LOS ANGELES) -- Ava DuVernay has recruited some additional talent to help her round out the cast for her upcoming Netflix series, Central Park Five. As previously reported, the four-episode drama is based on the true story of five teenagers from Harlem -- Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise -- who were wrongly convicted of raping Trisha Meili while she was jogging in New York's Central Park. Each episode will focus […]
ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- Less than a day after a John Goodman interview with the Sunday Times about this past spring's abrupt cancellation of the hit Roseanne reboot made headlines, his onscreen wife Roseanne Barr thanked him on Twitter. Goodman noted that the situation -- caused by a racially-charged tweet from Barr -- left him "brokenhearted." The actor described himself and Barr as "work friends," but steadfastly defended her in one area. […]
FX(NEW YORK) -- Louis C.K. made a surprise appearance at the Comedy Cellar in New York Saturday night to perform his first stand-up set since being accused of sexual harassment last year, The New York Times reports. Comedy Cellar owner Noam Dworman confirmed the disgraced comedian's appearance and described him as "very relaxed" in a black T-shirt and gray pants. “It sounded just like he was trying to work out […]
