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Andy Cohen Says He “Made a Big Effort” to Wave at Ryan Seacrest During New Year’s Eve Special
Andy Cohen doesn’t want any drama with Ryan Seacrest this New Year’s Eve. The Bravo personality is once again hosting CNN’s special from Times Square alongside Anderson Cooper. At the top of each hour, the hosts are taking shots of alcohol to toast the new year; two years ago, Cohen and Cooper got noticeably tipsy, […]
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Shecky Greene, Legendary Las Vegas Headliner, Dies at 97
Shecky Greene, the legendary Las Vegas headliner and stand-up comedian who entertained audiences for years while battling demons that included stage fright, alcoholism, prescription-drug abuse and gambling, died Sunday. He was 97. Greene died on New Year’s Eve of natural causes at his home in Las Vegas, his wife of 41 years, Marie Musso Greene, […]
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Dave Chappelle Returns in Netflix’s ‘The Dreamer’: “I Love Punching Down”
Dave Chappelle isn’t exactly toning it down, but his new stand-up special The Dreamer is arguably more reflective and tackles a broader array of topics than his last couple of Netflix efforts. On Sunday, the controversial comedian returned to Netflix with The Dreamer, his first full-length stand-up special in two years. The Dreamer plays more […]
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Watch ‘Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter’ Featuring Top Songwriters, Actresses This Sunday on SundanceTV
The Hollywood Reporter has once again gathered A-list talent for its famed Roundtables, and you can watch them on TV starting this weekend. THR partnered with AMC Networks’ SundanceTV and AMC+ for the new TV series Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter, which kicks off Sunday. THR’s Roundtables, which have become a hallmark of career […]
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‘Late Night’ Staff Throws Surprise 50th Birthday Celebration for Seth Meyers
The Late Night With Seth Meyers staff made sure to celebrate the host’s 50th birthday with a surprise bash. Though Meyers’ actual birthday is on Thursday, falling during show’s holiday hiatus, the crew decided to organize a celebration three weeks earlier. In a video shared by the official Late Night YouTube account Thursday, Meyers’ staff […]
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Colman Domingo on Why He Nearly Left Acting After Losing Out on ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Role
Colman Domingo is opening up about an experience that almost led him to walk away from acting forever. In a recent interview with The New York Times, the Euphoria actor said during the early days of his career, he had a lot of hope following his audition for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. Domingo wanted the role […]
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Bobby Rivers, Celebrity Interviewer, TV Host and Film Critic, Dies at 70
Bobby Rivers, the sassy celebrity interviewer and film critic who hosted Watch Bobby Rivers for VH1 and Top 5 for the Food Network, has died. He was 70. Rivers had been living in St. Paul, Minnesota, and died Tuesday night in a Minneapolis hospital, his sister, Betsy, told The Hollywood Reporter. She said he had […]
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Strike Outs: Broadcast Ratings Tumble Without Scripted Programming
There were some genuine bright spots during a very weird fall on broadcast TV: The Golden Bachelor was a true breakout for ABC. NCIS: Sydney extended the CBS franchise all the way across the Pacific and is the most-watched entertainment program of the fall. NBC’s first-year dramas Found and The Irrational found some traction and […]
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Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Clifton Campbell, ‘One Life to Live’ Cast Remember Kamar De Los Reyes: “A Bright Light and True Collaborator”
Call of Duty and One Life to Live actor Kamar De Los Reyes is being remembered by Hollywood following news of the actor’s death on Christmas Eve at 56 following a cancer diagnosis. Reyes’ death was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Monday by a family spokesperson. The late actor shared two children with his […]
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‘Hot Bench’ Judges on Jonathan Majors, Gwyneth Paltrow and What’s Wrong With ‘Law & Order’
The Hot Bench judges are no strangers to conflict. Every week, the three-judge tribunal presides over small-claims cases ranging from tame disputes over property damage to wild clashes over accusations of sabotage between longtime friends. Judges Michael Corriero, Rachel Juarez and Yodit Tewolde earned a wide variety of legal bona fides before joining the CBS […]
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Ken Jennings on Mayim Bialik’s Exit and His Own ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ Host Approach
After Alex Trebek’s death in 2020, the first person to step behind the Jeopardy! lectern was Ken Jennings. The winningest contestant in Jeopardy! history, Jennings was named the syndicated program’s permanent co-host last year alongside Mayim Bialik, with the two of them splitting hosting duties on the daily syndicated show and on its primetime specials. […]
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Richard Franklin, ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Actor, Dead at 87
Richard Franklin, better known for his portrayal of Captain Mike Yates during Jon Pertwee’s run of Doctor Who, has died at 87. The actor’s death Monday morning was confirmed by Liam Rudden, a friend of Franklin’s who ran his social media. Rudden shared in a family statement that the late actor had “died in his […]
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Kamar de los Reyes, ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘Call of Duty’ Star, Dies at 56
Kamar de los Reyes, the compelling Puerto Rican actor who portrayed the troubled cop Antonio Vega on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live and the villain Raul Menendez in Call of Duty video games, has died. He was 56. De los Reyes died on Christmas Eve in Los Angeles after a brief battle […]
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Netflix Drops Teaser for Dave Chappelle New Year’s Eve Special
Netflix has dropped a teaser for Dave Chappelle’s upcoming New Year’s Eve special, Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer. The first look is narrated by Morgan Freeman, who asks, “What do you dream about? Not the dreams you have in your sleep, the ones you hold in your heart. Don’t be intimidated by the audacity of your […]
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Netflix’s ‘Captains of the World’ Trailer Relives Thrills and Heartbreak of 2022 World Cup
Last year’s World Cup is proving to have legs, as Netflix shared the first trailer for its forthcoming soccer-centric series Captains of the World. The streaming giant and FIFA+ are behind the six-episode project launching Dec. 30, going behind the scenes of the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament that took place in November and December […]
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Conan O’Brien Says College Kids Helped Make ‘Late Night’ Successful, Exec Who Disliked Show Admitted “I Was Wrong”
Late Night viewers may not have initially understood Conan O’Brien’s brand of humor, but there was an important demographic who did: college kids. In Vanity Fair‘s oral history of Late Night with Conan O’Brien for the show’s 30th anniversary, its cast and crew detailed how the college demographic ended up inadvertently saving the series from […]
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