After seven seasons, comedy star bows out.
Buff's camp tells Hollywood.com that he is doing 'much better.'
If you can even call it a sequel.
He joins the weirdly star-studded second season.
The X-Factor grouch comes out as straight.
He says it was 'like a horror movie.'
The snide judge doesn't deliver viewers like he used to.
It's anyone's guess as to who those hosts might be.
It looks *way* more interesting than Spielberg's flick.
Plus, he's got some choice words for 'The Voice.'
Well that's a relief.
Plus, two lovable TV stars are set to hand out WGA awards.
We find out if they know what Jane's big secret is.
Plus, some all important Liza Minelli news.
With one episode left before its dreaded hiatus, we celebrate the glorious sitcom.
Half man. Half machine. All actor.
That sounds about right.
Lucifer's crew grows stronger.
How she rocked a machine gun and a red dress.
Their Bieber Fever is off the charts.
Those are fighting words!
And a few minutes of Simon Cowell talking about Simon Cowell.
Somebody's gotta be lying, here.
Rally, Team Coco.
We go one-on-one with the 'Captain America' stunner.
But it's just a nightmare.
How do we know? Because Fox says so.
The DC nerds are going to be pissed! Wait, do people still care about that stuff?
Reuniting the 'In Bruges' team? Yes, please!
I bet he'll suck.... blood. I should be impaled for that.
While wearing glasses. You see where this is going.
Down with the Cusack!
Clear eyes, full hearts, goodbye.
The expectations for this film are great!
And that's after they already snagged the stars from the first one.
A comedy mob movie with high-stakes poker. This should be fun.
Bestselling author to bring Cold War CIA drama to HBO.
We chat with the writer of the adapted-to-film-book, out on DVD today.
The undead are taking Tinsel Town by storm as two new zombie projects announced
The search to replace Simon Cowell for the 10th season of 'American Idol' is heating up, and one possibility could now be singer Chris Isaak, who has met twice with the network.
A video collection of Simon at his worst.
EW.com is reporting that although the rumors have begun – and will continue – to fly, Simon Cowell’s 'American Idol' replacement won’t be named until after the season 9 finale.
Fresh off his role in one surefire blockbuster directed by Jon Favreau ('Iron Man 2'), Sam Rockwell has signed up for another: 'Cowboys and Aliens.'
British actress joins Joe Johnston's Marvel comics adaptation
The Iron Man 2 actors may resuscitate the late director's un-produced project 'Lunatic at Large'
He's just the latest actor to be rumored for the role; female lead being cast as well
Actor/singer Jamie Foxx has shot down rumors that he will take Simon Cowell's place on 'American Idol' next year.
Simon Cowell has announced that he's quitting talent show 'American Idol' when the new season ends in May.
Model and athlete Tom Brady has confirmed reports that his wife Gisele Bundchen is a new mom, revealing the supermodel and their baby son are "doing really well."
Simon Cowell will bring the 'X Factor' talent show to Las Vegas in a global pay-per-view Internet venture.
Music mogul Simon Cowell is the richest man on TV -- he has earned a massive $75 million in the last year.
Thousands of Michael Jackson fans gathered outside the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles yesterday for the chance to be among the first to see 'This Is It.'
Simon Cowell is adamant that Paula Abdul will stay on the judging panel of hit show 'American Idol' -- he's told bosses he wants her contract to be renewed.
Michael Jackson's personal physician Dr. Tohme Tohme has spoken out about the star's tragic death -- insisting the singer did not have any heart problems.
Hundreds of mourners flocked to the funeral of David Carradine over the weekend -- including former co-stars Lucy Liu, Tom Selleck and Jane Seymour.
Hollywood star Sharon Stone fought back tears as she paid tribute to her late friend and "angel" Natasha Richardson on Thursday at a charity AIDS event at the Cannes Film Festival.
Simon Cowell's ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour is recovering after she was allegedly attacked by a crazed fan of the music mogul in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.
Simon Cowell and Kara DioGuardi will both return for another season of 'American Idol' -- the music mogul has come to terms with the show's new judge after an "awkward" start.
Simon Cowell has vowed to quit the judging panel on American Idol if the hit show slips from the top spot in the TV ratings.
British TV talent guru Simon Cowell is set to quit as a judge on American Idol -- to trim down his relentless work schedule.
Actor Robin Williams is recovering well after undergoing heart surgery - and was cracking jokes with the medical team just two hours after the operation.
Sam Rockwell will go head-to-head with Robert Downey Jr. in the new Iron Man 2 as Tony Stark’s corporate rival Justin Hammer.
First-time screenwriter Brad Ingelsby has never set foot in Hollywood but he’s become a player almost overnight. The 27-year-old insurance salesman from Pennsylvania has sold his script The Low Dweller to Relativity Media after a heated bidding war and will see it brought to the big screen starring Leonardo DiCaprio, with Ridley Scott possibly directing.
Actress Andie MacDowell is engaged to the latest love of her life—car salesman Kevin Geagan.
Actors Philip Seymour Hoffman and Sam Rockwell have added their names to the growing list of Batman baddie wannabes after reportedly expressing interest in playing The Penguin and The Joker respectively.
Michael Moore responds to GOP claims, rape charges against actor Anthony Anderson dropped, actress Andie MacDowell divorces, more.
Simon Cowell sued over Idol rip-off, P. Diddy looks at forming an all-girl band, C-3PO Actor Talks Revenge of the Sith, more.
Ryan Seacrest, host of Fox's hit series American Idol, dissed acerbic judge Simon Cowell during a visit to Singapore, where a local version of the program is planned. Also in the news: Catherine Zeta-Jones Pat O'Brien Johnny Ramone The Insider Franchise Pictures Sylvester Stallone Driven Robert Lees Tim Burton Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Anna Sophia Robb Jordan Fry Julia Winter Philip Wiegratz Bow Wow Chi McBride Roll Bounce
Mr. Blackwell put hotel heiress Paris Hilton at the top--or is it bottom?--of his newest list of worst-dressed celebrity women.
News, Aug. 11: Mike Newell Directing Fourth Harry Potter Pic, "Terminator 4" Without Arnold Schwarzenegger Voted Against Illegal Immigrant Measure Martin Lawrence Jerry Seinfeld Harry Potter
The Fox Broadcasting Co. has inked a three-year deal that will keep the sharp-tongued Simon Cowell as a judge on the network's hit reality series, American Idol. The new pact also includes a first-look deal with Cowell's new production banner, Simcow Ltd., and a series commitment with the network.
Actress Winona Ryder, who is on probation in a felony shoplifting case, earned good marks today from a Beverly Hills judge.
American Idol's Simon Cowell may be returning for a second season as a judge.
Director Robert Wise who edited the original version of Orson Welles The Magnificent Ambersons gives positive reveiws of the Welles special to air on A&E
Mr. Blackwell's worst and best dressed list was announced Tuesday. Anne Robinson host of The Weakest Link was named worst dressed Britney Spears Juliette Binoche Bjork Julia Roberts Oprah Winfrey Diane Sawyer Nicole Kidman Penelope Cruz Renee Zellweger Katie Couric
Madeleine Stowe star of the remake of Orson Welles The Magnificent Ambersons has expressed her dismay over the outcome of the project
Carol Burnett made a triumphant return to CBS Monday night, drawing a sensational 18.8 rating and a 30 share in the 10:00 p.m. hour.
In limited release in four relatively small New York and Los Angeles art houses, the critically praised drama In the Bedroom opened strongly, earning $95,000 between Friday and Sunday.
Richard Harris, the 71-year-old actor who plays Professor Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Scorceror's Stone, to World Entertainment News Network on Viagra.
The Rev. Jerry Falwell issued a statement Monday, apologizing for remarks that he made on Pat Robertson's 700 Club last week.
On a day in which the nation was being urged to pray for the victims and families of the World Trade Center attack, comments reportedly made by the Revs. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson on Robertson's "The 700 Club" Thursday were igniting debate among the nation's laymen and clergy.
UPN is planning a "crossover" episode of Roswell, which will also feature the cast of the new Star Trek: Enterprise.
Following is a TV Rants & Raves column for August 30. Mentioned names and titles are Friends Jennifer Aniston David Schwimmer HBO Band of Brothers Mister Rogers Fred Rogers Sopranos Robert Iler Vincent Pastore Olsen Pokemon Survivor Big Brother II Jeff Varner Alicia Callaway Gervase Peterson Susan Hawk Gary Condit Connie Chung Robert Blake
News Roundup: July 26, 2001
Actor James Cromwell was arrested Tuesday during an animal rights protest in Fairfax, Va., that targeted the Wendy's fast food chain, according to The Associated Press.
The 51-year-old Babe star was among five people arrested during the protest urging customers to boycott Wendy's, police said. Cromwell and three officials from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals were arrested after they allegedly refused to leave a Wendy's restaurant, police said. A fifth person was arrested after he allegedly climbed onto the restaurant's roof with a banner.
The hour-long protest, which attracted 350 people, was held to stop Wendy's from "confining sows to stalls so small that the animals cannot turn around and buying chickens with broken bones caused by mishandling," according to a PETA statement.
Cromwell was released five hours later, AP said.
The current president of the Writers Guild of America, ER and West Wing producer John Wells, has announced he will not seek re-election in September. Likewise, the WGA's current vice president, Dan Petrie Jr.--who himself once held the position of president--will give up his post alongside Wells. Victoria Riskin and Michael Mahern are running for the presidency, according to the WGA's Web site. Riskin, a member of the WGA's board of directors, would become the WGA's first female president in 60 years if elected. There are 16 candidates running for the board of directors' eight open seats, including Polly Platt and Gregory Widen. The elections will be held Sept. 20.
Despite a huge loss resulting from the failure of Monkeybone, Fox Filmed Entertainment has finished its fiscal year ahead of projections and says it is expecting strong performances by forthcoming films at the box office in coming months, the company's co-chairman, Jim Gianopulos, told the Australian Associated Press.
Walt Disney is paving the way for chairman Peter Schneider's imminent departure. The Mouse House announced that not only is Schneider stepping down from his post as chairman of film and television studios at The Walt Disney Co. to start an independent Boradway production company, but that it will also kick in some of the venture capital for Schneider's new place of business, reports Reuters. Schneider, who has been in his current role at Disney for 18 months, was described by Disney CEO Michael Eisner as being "at the center of our incredible creative successes in animation and the legitimate theater." Three exces at Disney will assume Schneider's duties, as no successor has yet been named.
Keiko, the star of the Free Willy films, is about to be released into the Atlantic, the London Times reported Thursday. Calling him "the film world's most famous whale," the Times observed that it has taken nearly five years to "untame" the whale so that he can feed and fend for himself in open waters.
Burglars ransacked the London home of former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, stealing possessions worth $114,000 and wrecking her furniture by spraying her flat with milk and a blackcurrant drink, Reuters reports.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 14, 2000 -- Ginger Spice, the first member to bail from the all-women British singing group Spice Girls, visited a Santa Monica, Calif., Overeaters Anonymous meeting this week, raising questions about her own health, Reuters reports. Ginger Spice, whose real name is Geri Halliwell, currently weighs in at 97 pounds, but her publicist denied that the singer was there for treatment. “She swung by an Overeaters Anonymous meeting a couple of days ago to give support to people who are currently suffering from eating disorders,'' spokesman Jonathan Hackford said. ``She's had problems with bulimia in the past, but you only have to look at her to see she's now healthier than she's ever been." O-Town ARISTA HITMAKER BACK WITH O-TOWN HIT: Talk about the comeback of the year. Clive Davis, who founded Arista Records 25 years ago but reluctantly reti
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 11, 2000 -- President Clinton attended what would be his final holiday party as the nation's chief Sunday, Reuters reports. The president attended the 19th annual “Christmas in Washington” concert at the National Building Museum with first lady and senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton and their daughter Chelsea Clinton. ``This is our last one here,” Clinton said. “Also, it's the first Christmas of the new millennium,'' he added. ''Tonight I am grateful that we can celebrate an America blessed with unprecedented peace and prosperity.'' Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar hosted the event, which featured performances by Brian McKnight, Marc Anthony, Chuck Berry and Jessica Simpson. The event will air Sunday on cable’s TNT. PRESIDENT GERVASE: For someone still milking his sudden fame stemming from CBS' “Survivor,” the cow hasn’t run dry just yet for
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 25, 2000 -- Another staple of television will soon leave the tube. Dick Van Dyke, television personality through and through, has announced that he plans to retire from television after this season of "Diagnosis Murder," The Associated Press reports today. "It's time for me to go to pasture," Van Dyke told AP Radio. "Tastes have changed. Television's going, as far as I'm concerned, downhill, and I'm an anachronism." Van Dyke is of course known for his wildly successful "The Dick Van Dyke Show" of the 1960s. His latest show, the CBS detective drama "Diagnosis Murder," began airing in 1993. 'TUCKER' OUT; 'DADDIO' ON HIATUS: That pretty much sums it all up. "Tucker," NBC's rookie family comedy starring Katey Segal ("Married ... With Children"), is the first series to get the boot from the new fall season lineup, Daily Variety reports. NBC decided to
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 28, 2000 – In case you missed it, and you probably did, the creative arts Primetime Emmy awards, honoring the best in behind-the-scenes technical work on TV, were handed out in a ceremony in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday. And Bruce Willis -- a movie star, may we stress – was the biggest winner, and the biggest news. The "Armageddon" action dude took his second career Emmy, for his charity guest stint on the NBC sitcom "Friends," wherein he played the father of David Schwimmer's gal-pal. For those who might be wondering why there’re still no mentions of big tube stars like, oh, Martin Sheen of "The West Wing" or Kelsey Grammer of "Frasier" – well, that’s simple: it’s because the creative arts Primetime Emmy Awards is not the Primetime Emmy Awards. Heck, the festivities weren't even broadcast on TV. The creative arts Emmys are mainly about th
HOLLYWOOD, July 20, 2000 -- Nature phone no more. Greg Buis, the Richie Rich-looking Ivy Leaguer from Colorado, got slapped with the "out" vote on "Survivor" during Wednesday night’s broadcast. No apparent reasons were given for his dismissal. The 24-year-old self-proclaimed journeyman’s legacy on the Pulau Tiga includes the invention of the titular "nature phone" (a makeshift communication device made out of a coconut), winning Wednesday night’s reward challenge (where he got to watch a videotape of his sister) and requesting a cigar (instead of food) after he got the bye-bye. Perhaps due to chronic malnutrition, Buis’ valedictory speech, as posted on the CBS Web site (www.cbs.com), made very little sense. "It's an excellent game, well manufactured and well thought-out. A microcosm of humanity and humanitarianism possibly, possibly not, possibly just a game." on
HOLLYWOOD, July 6, 2000 -- Is the "Lethal Weapon" guy not so lethal anymore? Or, are American moviegoers (shame on us!) more interested in big disasters and special effects than in Hollywood's rendition of the Revolutionary War? These questions and others loom large in the wake of the Fourth of July box office returns, which saw the holiday weekend's big favorite, "The Patriot," washed away by "The Perfect Storm," the film that most observers thought would finish at No. 2. How, for example, could Mel Gibson's stars-and-stripes action flick, tailor-made for an Independence Day release, make about half as much money as a film about foolhardy fishermen who sail right into the eye of a gigantic hurricane? (In case you hadn't heard, "The Perfect Storm" reaped $62.7 million over the five-day weekend, while "The Patriot" made $35.2 mil.) How could that big market
SANTA MONICA, Calf., Feb. 10, 2000 -- "Hey Vern," roll the credits. Jim Varney, the big-nosed, gawky actor who brought empty-headed hayseed pitch-man Ernest P. Worrell to life in a series of popular, albeit arguably annoying TV commercials and then in a skein of kids' movies, died today of lung cancer. He was 50. Varney, an actor since his teen years, had been in the public eye for more than 25 years. He was a stand-up comic in New York in the early 1970s, and became a regular on the TV variety series "Johnny Cash and Friends" in 1976. He also was a regular on "Fernwood 2-Night," "Operation Petticoat" and other late 1970s TV comedy shows. His (literally) in-your-face TV ads, with his nose pressed against the camera and his incessant "Hey Vern" sales spiels, began airing in 1980. But it was Varney's "Ernest" movies, with their innocent brand of slapstick, goofball comedy
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 28, 1999 -- Clayton Moore, who reigned as the star of TV's "Lone Ranger" for nearly a decade and continued to wear his character's trademark getup for years after, died today of a heart attack in a Los Angeles hospital. He was a reported 85. Widely hailed as a hero to American youngsters, Moore's masked man shouted the famous line, "Hi-Yo, Silver!" while facing down bad guys with sidekick Tonto (played by the late Jay Silverheels).Moore originally held down the title role in "The Lone Ranger" from 1949-1952. His run ended when he was fired in a salary dispute. Briefly replaced by actor John Hart, Moore made films (more Westerns) until he was hired back in 1953 -- at a higher salary. He stayed on as the Lone Ranger until the syndicated series ended in 1957, after 169 episodes.But even as the show ended, Moore endured as the Old West crim
Former Beatle George Harrison, 58, is in good health after undergoing surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., to remove a cancerous growth from one of his lungs. According to the Associated Press, Harrison's lawyers did not say when the surgery took place, but that he is doing well and is relaxing in Tuscany, Italy.