Tommy DeVito, a founding member of The Four Seasons, dies from Covid-19 complications
Tommy DeVito, a founding member of The Four Seasons, the band portrayed in the hit musical “Jersey Boys,” has died of Covid-19 complications at 92. DeVito died in Las Vegas on Monday, according to his friend Alfredo Nittoli, who first posted the news on Facebook. Two other founding members, Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio, also…
The CW’s ‘Supergirl’ ending after Season 6
“Supergirl” is nearing her final adventure. The CW and Warner Bros. Television on Tuesday announced that the superhero drama starring Melissa Benoist is coming to an end after its upcoming sixth season. The show is set to start production on its final season “later this month,” the CW said. “Supergirl” debuted in 2015 on CBS,…
Gabrielle Union-Wade heading up ‘Friends’ table read with all Black cast
Fresh off of winning an Emmy Sunday night, Uzo Aduba is going to play Phoebe from “Friends.” On Tuesday, Gabrielle Union-Wade is hosting an all Black cast table read of an episode of the hit NBC series as the second episode of “Zoom Where It Happens,” which is billed as “a new live table read…
Patrick Stewart and Mark Hamill go head-to-head in food delivery commercial
Whether the force is with you in a galaxy far, far away or you want to boldly go where no man has gone before, you’ve likely never seen a face off quite like the latest offering from Uber Eats. Movie stars Mark Hamill and Patrick Stewart have brought an unexpected twist to the simmering “Star…
Kelly Clarkson ‘definitely didn’t see anything coming that came’
Kelly Clarkson used the debut of the second season of her daytime talk show to go a bit more in depth about her pending divorce. “The Kelly Clarkson Show” returned Monday, and Clarkson addressed filing for divorce in June from her husband of almost seven years, Brandon Blackstock. She reiterated that 2020 has been a…
Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish among 2020 Billboard Music Awards nominees
The Billboard Music Awards 2020 nominations were revealed on Tuesday, with Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish leading the pack of artists up for awards. Swift and Eilish are up for the Top Artist award, along with the Jonas Brothers, Khalid, and Post Malone. Eilish is also up for Top Billboard 200 Album for “When We…
‘Enola Holmes’ showcases Millie Bobby Brown as Sherlock’s brilliant sister
Permutations on Sherlock Holmes have a long and spotty cinematic history, which makes “Enola Holmes” — a vehicle for “Stranger Things’” Millie Bobby Brown, who doubled as its producer — such a pleasant surprise. Adapted from the young-adult books, it’s a lovely production that reinforces the sense Brown, if there were any doubts, is a…
Julia Louis-Dreyfus really, really wants you to vote
Julia Louis-Dreyfus joked “the apocalypse is great” during CNN’s CITIZEN event on Tuesday. “It’s rough, it’s weird, it seems like it keeps getting worse,” she said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I don’t know, nose to the grindstone, man. We just got to keep powering through and hopefully there will be an end…
Christina Anstead splits with husband of less than 2 years
Fresh on the heels of Christina Anstead returning to work with her ex-husband, she’s announced that she and her current husband have split. Anstead shared the news on her verified Instagram account over the weekend that she and Ant Anstead, host of the car series “Wheeler Dealers,” have decided to separate. “Ant and I have…
Ellen DeGeneres addresses toxic workplace allegations in season premiere
Ellen DeGeneres returned to the studio for the season premiere of talk show and addressed allegations of a toxic production environment at the daytime series in her opening monologue. Sarcastically calling her summer “great,” DeGeneres apologized to anyone who had been negatively affected while working on her staff. “As you may have heard, this summer…
Lady Gaga thought about suicide every day and ‘hated being famous’
Lady Gaga is continuing to be open about her mental health struggle. The singer/actress talked about how daunting fame can be and said she “totally gave up on myself,” she acknowledged in an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning” that aired this weekend. “I hated being famous. I hated being a star,” she said. “I felt…
BTS did a Tiny Desk concert that may surprise you
NPR Tiny Desk is where performers go to show they actually can sing, and BTS has done just that. The beloved K-Pop boy band on Monday became the latest artists to participate in the at-home series of the stripped-down, more intimate performances featured on NPR. Naturally, they kicked it off with their first all-English language…
‘Filthy Rich’ is the kind of trashy soap that could win loyal converts
“Filthy Rich” is a bit of a Franken-soap, seemingly stitched together from pieces of other series. Yet it works, at least kind of, as a guilty pleasure, unabashedly embracing its trashiness with sly wit and reasonably clever twists. As kickoffs to the broadcast TV season go, Fox could have, and indeed has, done worse. First,…
Michael Lonsdale, actor who played Bond villain in ‘Moonraker,’ dies at 87
Michael Lonsdale, the British-French actor famous for playing one of James Bond’s most iconic villains, has died at 87. Lonsdale passed away on Monday at 7 a.m. ET, his agent confirmed to CNN. The cause of his death is unknown. Lonsdale starred opposite Roger Moore in the 1979 film “Moonraker” as the villain Hugo Drax,…
Pamela Hutchinson of R&B group The Emotions dead at 61
Pamela Hutchinson, famed R&B singer with family group “The Emotions,” has died at the age of 61, according to a post on the band’s official Facebook page Sunday. “Pam succumbed to health challenges that she’d been battling for several years,” the post read. “Now our beautiful sister will sing amongst the angels in heaven in…
Emmys made history with Black actor wins
Sunday night’s Emmy Awards were pretty diverse before they even happened — and then history was made. A record number of Black actors snagged acting trophies for the 72nd Primetime Emmys, with seven taking home statues. That broke the record of six set two years ago. The winners included Regina King who won outstanding lead…
The most relatable moments of the Emmy Awards
Holding an award show in the middle of a global pandemic is a tall order. As the nation struggles with being in a constant state of abnormal, the entire concept of celebrating entertainment could strike some as odd — even tone deaf. Still, the show managed to capture a few moments that seemed honest and…
Regina King and Uzo Aduba wear shirts honoring Breonna Taylor during the Emmys
Actresses Regina King and Uzo Aduba both wore shirts in tribute to Breonna Taylor during their respective acceptance speeches at the Emmy Awards on Sunday. King, who won the award for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie for her role in “Watchmen,” wore a shirt featuring Taylor’s face. Aduba, who won outstanding…
E! host Giuliana Rancic says she was absent from Emmy Awards because of positive Covid-19 test
E! host Giuliana Rancic said she was absent from Sunday night’s Emmy Awards red carpet coverage because she tested positive for Covid-19. In a video posted on Instagram Sunday night, the host said that she learned of the positive test as she was preparing to travel to cover the awards show. Her husband and son…
Duo behind Room Rater Twitter account rates the rooms at the Emmys
Sunday night marked the first time the Emmy Awards went virtual and until red carpets make a comeback, all eyes are on backgrounds. That’s why CNN enlisted the help of Claude Taylor and Jessie Bahrey, the duo behind the popular and endlessly entertaining Twitter account @ratemyskyperoom, to share their thoughts on celebrity set-ups during the Emmys.…
