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Kevin Spacey: 10 Men Accuse “Soulless Monster” of Sexual Assault in New Docuseries
“I felt like I was staring at a soulless monster,” Daniel, an actor, says of his alleged sexual assault by Kevin Spacey in a new Channel 4 documentary promising a “forensic look” at the Oscar winner’s rise to stardom and his alleged sexual misconduct. Spacey Unmasked features 10 men, Daniel among them, to tell their stories […]
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‘TV’s Top 5’: CBS Takes a Victory Lap Amid Paramount Global Uncertainty
Welcome to the 257th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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Andy Cohen Explains ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Summer Pause on Season 12 Production
Vanderpump Rules is changing its production schedule, opting to not film season 12 this summer. TMZ first reported that unlike previous seasons of the hit Bravo reality series, which typically begin production in May and film throughout the summer, Vanderpump Rules‘ upcoming season won’t begin taping until later. Sources told the publication that the network […]
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Jerry Seinfeld Says Jason Alexander Memorized ‘Seinfeld’ Golf Ball Speech in Half an Hour
The beloved golf ball reveal of Seinfeld‘s “Marine Biologist” episode almost never happened. Jerry Seinfeld revealed this week he and Larry David wrote the scene just hours before filming it, and actor Jason Alexander only had minutes to memorize the script. “I don’t know the schedule that week, but let’s say we’re shooting it on […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘The Resident’ Climbs to No. 1
The doctors were in at the top of Nielsen’s streaming ratings for the beginning of April. Medical dramas The Resident and Grey’s Anatomy were the top two titles for the week of April 1-7, finishing with 1.18 billion and 1.15 billion minutes of viewing time (both stream on Hulu and Netflix). The Resident actually slipped […]
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‘Bluey’ Episode “Dad Baby” Now Streaming on YouTube After Not Being Available on Disney+
American Bluey fans can finally watch “Dad Baby.” The episode of the hit Australian animated children’s series wasn’t included on Disney+, but the episode made its way to Bluey‘s official YouTube page on May 1. In the episode, Bluey’s little sister Bingo finds a baby carrier, which was previously used by their dad Bandit to […]
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CBS Sets Fall (and Spring) Schedule
CBS executives were keenly aware of the elephant in the room Thursday as new co-CEO George Cheeks and entertainment president Amy Reisenbach opened their fall schedule presentation by addressing the latest rumblings in the sale process of parent company Paramount Global. “It’s a super quiet, uneventful week for us,” Cheeks quipped as he kicked off […]
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‘Fire Country’ Spinoff a Go at CBS — for 2025-26
While announcing its schedule for the 2024-25 TV season Thursday, CBS also got a head start on the season after that. The network has formally greenlit Sheriff Country, a spinoff of its second-year drama Fire Country. Morena Baccarin (Deadpool, Gotham) will star, reprising her role from an April Fire Country episode that set up the […]
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Kevin Spacey Slams Channel 4 Doc ‘Spacey Unmasked’: “I Will Not Sit Back and Be Attacked”
Kevin Spacey is pushing back against the Channel 4 documentary Spacey Unmasked, billed as a “forensic look” at his career and the allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct against him, ahead of a U.K. premiere on May 6-7. “I will not sit back and be attacked by a dying network’s one-sided ‘documentary’ about me in their desperate attempt for […]
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How ‘Tattooist of Auschwitz’ Leads Sparked Onscreen Chemistry for Holocaust Love Story
Lali Sokolow kept a secret for 60 years before his story of love and survival in a Nazi death camp was captured in The Tattooist of Auschwitz — the novel that inspired the Peacock limited series of the same name, which released its six episodes on Thursday. Sokolow, after reaching the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in […]
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ABC’s ‘Dr. Odyssey’ Adds Sean Teale to Cast
ABC’s Dr. Odyssey has added another actor to its ensemble in Who Is Erin Carter? star Sean Teale. Teale will star opposite Joshua Jackson, Don Johnson and Phillipa Soo in the series, which comes from mega-producer Ryan Murphy and co-creators Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken. As has been the case with other casting, details […]
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Jerry Seinfeld Kicks Off Netflix is a Joke Festival With Star-Studded Hollywood Bowl Show
Netflix is a Joke, the 12-day comedy festival taking over Los Angeles with some of the biggest names in the game, kicked off on Wednesday, with Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Nate Bargatze and Sebastian Maniscalco headlining a show at the Hollywood Bowl. In a show that Seinfeld called “one of the best nights I’ve had […]
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Jordan Peele Making a Black Cowboy Series That Pledges to Rewrite Wild West History
Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele is making a documentary series that promises to overturn the public perception of the Old West. The Get Out writer-director will executive produce a project for Peacock “which dismantles the whitewashed mythology of the cowboy” and expand on themes explored in his 2022 thriller Nope (which is also streaming on Peacock). […]
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Robin Wright to Star in, Direct Amazon Drama ‘The Girlfriend’
Robin Wright will wear multiple hats on her next series, a Prime Video drama titled The Girlfriend. Wright will star in, direct and serve as an executive producer of the series, which is based on a novel by Michelle Frances. Olivia Cooke (House of the Dragon), Laurie Davidson (Mary and George) and Waleed Zuaiter (Gangs […]
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Maya Rudolph, Jake Gyllenhaal Will Close Out ‘SNL’ Season 49
After a shortened 2022-23 season, Saturday Night Live returned a bit later than usual to kick off its 2023-24 run. The writers strike affected both the end of last season and the start of season 49; the end of the labor action on Sept. 25 meant a mid-October start for SNL — with former castmember Pete […]
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‘Knuckles’ Sets Opening-Weekend Record for Paramount+ Original Series
Paramount+ got a record-setting opening from its Sonic the Hedgehog-adjacent series Knuckles. The six-episode series, featuring Idris Elba voicing the title character and also starring Adam Pally, amassed 4 million hours of viewing worldwide over its first three days of release — a record for a Paramount+ original series, the streamer says. (Paramount+’s announcement also marks […]
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