Entertainment

iStock/brightstars(LOS ANGELES) -- Sure the stars are getting along OK, posting Instagram videos to keep fans entertained, but the folks behind the scenes are really hurting as a result of the The COVID-19 pandemic. The cancellations and production delays it has caused have shaken Hollywood to its core, causing the loss of about 120,000 jobs.  Variety reports that the affected positions were below-the-line entertainment industry jobs, which is about 80 percent of the International Alliance […]

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.(LOS ANGELES) -- Can we be more disappointed?  The eagerly awaited Friends reunion set to air in May on HBO Max has been delayed, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The cast -- which includes Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer -- was to have returned to the original Friends soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank next Monday and Tuesday to film the unscripted special, according to the insiders.  However, as with […]

Fox(NEW YORK) -- Angela Bassett has played many important women in her career, from the illustrious Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It, to Betty Shabazz in both Malcolm Xand Panther, Katherine Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream and even Voletta Wallace in Notorious. While playing these iconic women might've been a no-brainer for the talented Ms. Bassett, the Oscar-nominated actress and star of Fox's hit 911 had to take a minute […]

ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) -- "You're going to Hollywood" is usually what American Idol contestants hope to hear but, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, they instead are being told, "You're going home." The popular ABC singing competition with judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan, has suspended production due to the rapidly evolving viral outbreak in order to ensure that contestants get home to their families. Production for the show will work remotely and has been since last week. American Idol will […]

ABC News/Steve Iervolino(NEW YORK) -- For millions of people, staying home because of the COVID-19 coronavirus means finally being able to settle down with a good book, and for Star Wars fans, one option is star Anthony Daniels' new memoir.  I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story not only gives, as its name cleverly suggests, an inside look at the making of all of the Star Wars films in which Daniels […]

Red Table Talk(LOS ANGELES) -- Will Smith called an emergency meeting with his family on Red Table Talk to discuss social distancing and address coronavirus concerns.  Jada Pinkett-Smith joined her husband, her mother Gammy and their children Willow and Trey Smith to discuss the virus' impact on families.  Son Jaden was being a responsible adult, practicing social distancing at home.  Will said he wanted to address some misinformation.  Referring to his 2008 apocalyptic film I Am Legend, he said that […]

Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) -- Rosie O'Donnell will bring her Emmy-winning talk back for one night only on Sunday. The special event, streaming live on Broadway.com, will be a fundraiser for The Actors Fund, to offer help during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced Broadway shows to go dark through April 13. The evening will feature appearances and performances from some of the biggest names in entertainment. Sarah Jessica Parker, Gloria Estefan, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Harvey Fierstein, Morgan […]

ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) -- Buffy Summers once famously said, "If the apocalypse comes, beep me."  Now, nearly 23 years after she spoke that famous line in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sarah Michelle Gellar says fate has called upon her once again to stop certain catastrophe -- the COVID-19 pandemic. "Hmmmm........ found this on my walk today," the 42-year-old actress contemplated on Tuesday after finding a rather large stake on the ground during her morning […]

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- (NOTE LANGUAGE) Celebrities have been doing their best to keep fans entertained amid the COVID-19 coronavirus, and Seth Rogen is no exception. He's gone viral with a, shall we say, "chemically assisted" live-tweet session documenting his first viewing of the infamous box-office bomb, CATS.  "I’m pretty stoned and watching Cats," the Superbad writer and star admitted. "I’ve never seen the Broadway show. It is truly trippy." As the movie continued, Rogen tweeted, "Also, the scale is bizarre. The behind-the-scenes […]