Business
Is “Wakanda Forever” Really Going to Crush Box Office? Friday’s ABC Special Was a Ratings Bust
Is "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"really going to be a monster at the box office? Or is the sequel to the sublime "Black Panther" a...
Movies
The 2023 Oscars Make the Right Choice for Host with Jimmy Kimmel to Get Back on Track
The last few years have been daunting ones for the Oscars broadcast on ABC. There's been either no host or a weird group of...
Television
Ratings: HBO’s Season 2 “White Lotus” Opened Lower Than It Ended Last Time, But Hang On, It Improves
The first season of "White Lotus" on HBO was a novelty hit. It began with about 400,000 viewers and by the end of the...
Television
HBO Cancels “Westworld” Because No One Was Watching it or Understood It Anymore
The era of "Westworld" on HBO is over.
The cabler has shut down the show -- loosely based on the famous movie -- after four...
cannes 2014
Shock: RIP Douglas McGrath, Tony Nominee, Woody Allen Collaborator, Former “SNL” Writer, Dead at 64
I am in shock and a lot of people are this afternoon. Just last week I told you about my friend Doug McGrath's extraordinary...
Books
“Friends” Star Lisa Kudrow Got a Rare Separate Copyright for Writing the Foreword to Matthew Perry’s Book, But Admits She Hasn’t Kept in Touch
(EXCLUSIVE) This is weird: in most non fiction books with forewords written by celebrities, the copyright for the whole book goes to the author....
Television
Ratings: “Saturday Night Live” Gets a Halloween Bounce from Jack Harlow, Tom Hanks, Bobby Moynihan “Drunk Uncle” Returns, So Does Cecily Strong
"Saturday Night Live" picked up around 400,000 viewers on Saturday from the previous week. total viewers were 4.1 million after three weeks lingering around...
Television
Ratings: Much Hyped Diane Sawyer Matthew Perry Interview Finished in 3rd Place Friday Night With Few New Scoops
Diane Sawyer's much hyped interview with "Friends" star Matthew Perry was not the ratings blockbuster hoped for by the alphabet network.
The Sawyer special finished...