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Bill Cosby, Questlove, Tracee Ellis Ross, Angela Bassett, Whoopi Goldberg, Adam Sandler, Magic Johnson, Sherri Shepherd and Niecy Nash-Betts are among the Hollywood stars mourning Malcolm-Jamal Warner after news broke Monday that he died.

Warner, best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, died from an accidental drowning off the coast of Costa Rica on Sunday, the Costa Rican National Police told multiple media outlets, including ABC News. He was 54.

In an interview with ABC News, Bill Cosby recalled his TV son as someone who was “very professional.”

“He always knew his part… He always knew his lines, and he always knew where to go,” Cosby said, earlier sharing how Warner was “a great studier, and I enjoyed working with him very much.”

Cosby indicated that he and Warner had remained close, with Cosby serving as a mentor and noting that Warner called him “regularly.”

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The first words we hear in Brandon Kramer’s Holding Liat are spoken, over the phone, by a person named in the subtitles as “Israeli Army liaison.” In this short call the male voice tells a perturbed 70-ish man that his daughter, Liat, has been “abducted by terrorists and kept in the Gaza Strip,” alive. From the get-go, Holding Liat seems the kind of film that would tug at your heartstrings, appealing to every ounce of empathy that’s not yet politicized with its story of one family whose daughter and son-in-law were taken hostage on the morning of October 7, 2023. Learning that Brandon Kramer and his brother Lance (both of whom directed the 2021 Van Jones documentary The First Step) decided to make a film about how their relatives in Israel––Yehuda and Chaya Atzili, Liat’s respective mother and father––cope with this unthinkable situation makes one wonder whether this...

The stars are stepping out for the 2025 Peabody Awards!

Kerry Washington, Jon Hamm, Anna Kendrick, and Benito Skinner were among the many celebs in attendance at the 85th Annual Peabody Awards on Sunday night (June 1) held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles.

Since 1940, the event, created by the University of Georgia’s Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communication, honors celebrate excellence in entertainment in documentary, news, podcast/radio, arts, youth and public service programming.

This year’s honorees included Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, FX’s Shōgun, and Peacock’s We Are Lady Parts while Saturday Night Live‘s Lorne Michaels was presented with the Institutional Award.

Comedian Roy Wood Jr. served as host for the evening.

Following the event, we compiled photos of the stars in attendance so that you can see who was there.

Keep reading to find out more…Keep scrolling to see the stars at the event…...

After announcing its full list of winners last month, the Peabody Awards celebrated those honorees in person Sunday night with a ceremony hosted by Roy Wood Jr. in Los Angeles.

The comedian kicked things off inside the Beverly Wilshire by joking, “Last year’s host was Kumail Nanjiani, so that is back-to-back years with a minority host. The Peabodys standing up for diversity, how about that? Which means in a few months, the White House will cut their funding and so they’ll have John Mulaney, that’s on y’all.”

The event honored 34 winners across entertainment, documentary, news, podcast/radio, arts, children’s

and youth, public service, and interactive and immersive programming, with a focus on storytelling that reflects the social issues and emerging voices of today. Baby Reindeer, Ripley, Shogun and Will & Harper were among the recognized Hollywood projects.

“We’re celebrating the fact that everyone in this...

Kim Kardashian is celebrating a major milestone!

On Wednesday (May 21), the 44-year-old reality star graduated from her law school program in what appeared to be a backyard ceremony.

Kim, her friends, and her family all took to Instagram to share photos and videos from the ceremony, during which Kim‘s mentor Van Jones spoke at to congratulate Kim on her achievements.

Keep reading to find out more…“I finally graduated law school after six years!!!” Kim wrote over a video of her putting on a graduation cap.

“It’s an absolute honor to stand here today, not just as mentors, but as witnesses to one of the most inspiring legal journeys we’ve ever seen,” Jessica Jackson, one of the attorneys sponsoring Kim’s education said on stage. “Six years ago, Kim Kardashian walked into this program with nothing but a fierce desire to fight for justice. No law school lectures,...

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We never thought we’d write this sentence, but:

Kim Kardashian is one step closer to being an attorney.

On May 21, the former sex tape participant and ongoing reality star announced via social media that she had gradated law school after six years.

This actually is an impressive accomplishment.

Kim Kardashian leaves the Assize Court after testifying in a trial over the 2016 robbery that saw her relieved of millions of dollars’ worth of jewellery at gunpoint in Paris, on May 13, 2025. (Photo by Leo Vignal/Afp via Getty Images)

To celebrate her academic achievement, the mother of four threw a small commencement ceremony with family and friends on Wednesday — including sister Khloe Kardashian, kids Saint West, 9, Chicago West, 7, and Psalm West, 6, as well as pal Van Jones — replete with place settings made from her old study notes.

“All of you guys have been on this journey with me,...

MSNBC’s newest on-air guest isn’t known for stirring primetime oratory or deep analytical skills — but could be a big help in keeping those things on the network’s schedule.

A new promo from the soon-to-be-spun-off cable-news outlet features a reading of the First Amendment via voice-overs from Rachel Maddow, Ari Melber, Jen Psaki and Lawrence O’Donnell. A core tenet of the Constitution of the United States, the First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, as well as the right to petition the government. MSNBC is taking them up at a moment when there is growing concern among certain sectors in the U.S. that an overreaching Trump White House might seek to erode such things in weeks to come.

MSNBC, which for years has run promos that show anchors in key on-screen moments alongside the slogan “This Is Who We Are,” clearly wants freedom of...

Rebecca Kutler was named president of MSNBC Wednesday, dropping an “interim” designation from her title and taking on the mantle of moving the progressive network forward as it grapples not only with coverage of President Trump but splitting off from NBC in a spin-off being orchestrated by corporate parent Comcast.

In her short tenure at the helm, MSNBC’s ratings have begun to moderate after a significant post-election dip, largely on the strength of Rachel Maddow retuning to regular primetime appearances during Trump’s first 100 days in office. It will be up to Kutler to lead the network if, as previously announced, Maddow returns to her current once-a-week routine. She will also have to determine how to fill Andrea Mitchell’s noon spot — and, potentially, much of the daytime schedule, if MSNBC is separated from the newsgathering assets of NBC News in the spin-off.

Kutler “has the big-picture strategic view...

Rashida Jones, a respected news operator who has led MSNBC for four years, will leave the NBCUniversal cable outlet to pursue other opportunities, she informed executives and staffers Tuesday.

She will be replaced on an interim basis by Rebecca Kutler, a veteran news executive with a long track record of managing talent and devising innovative programming concepts. She takes the lead role at MSNBC as it faces not only the challenges of covering the Trump administration for its demoralized liberal audience, but also the prospect of being spun off into a new publicly traded company by corporate parent Comcast.

The executive swap takes place as MSNBC is grappling with a significant downturn in its ratings. Between the election and the end of 2024, MSNBC’s primetime audience between the ages of 25 and 54 — the demographic most prized by advertisers in news programming — fell 65%, according to data from Nielsen. There has been concern that the network,...

It is hard to beat celebrating the final night of Hanukkah with “Wonder Woman” — but that is exactly what Noa Tishby is doing on Wednesday, with Gal Gadot lighting the menorah alongside the best-selling author as she concludes her #BringOnTheLight campaign.

The campaign aims to highlight both the joy and resilience that have sustained the Jewish people for thousands of years.

Watch it below:

Gadot follows a number of other stars who have already celebrated the holiday this year with Tishby. The series kicked off with Gwyneth Paltrow lighting the menorah on the first night of Hanukkah, before Mila Kunis, Mayim Bialik, Iliza Shlesinger, Van Jones, Cindy Crawford, and Tiffany Haddish followed suit on the following six nights.

Tishby bonded with Gadot and her husband, Jaron Varsano, over the different ways in which they celebrate Hanukkah now in the States compared to how they did previously in Israel, Gadot’s homeland.

Spoiler Alert: This post contains details about The Madness.

As the country’s sociopolitical infighting intensifies, Colman Domingo hopes that his latest series can cut through the noise.

In watching The Madness, now streaming on Netflix, the Oscar nominee tells Deadline that he wants audiences to “look at the whole picture,” especially in the wake of the presidential election.

“I think the show is asking you … don’t just take what’s given to you,” explained Domingo. “But go a little deeper to actually look who’s behind curtain number three, four, five and six, and how it benefits them, the idea that you need to continue to believe what you believe and keep yourself separate from each other. And it keeps a chasm between us instead of you taking in all the information.”

Created by Stephen Belber, The Madness follows CNN pundit Muncie Daniels on a work sabbatical in...

It’s one thing to walk into an air-conditioned studio and say that you would never do something. It’s quite another to never take desperate measures when you and your family’s lives are on the line. That ethical thorniness is what initially drew Colman Domingo to “The Madness,” Netflix’s latest conspiracy thriller from playwright Stephen Belber.

“Especially after the past few weeks, I think we’re all trying to lick our wounds and try to figure out who are we as a country? What do we believe in? Where’s our information coming from? How are we distilling it down?” Domingo told TheWrap. “We have to think differently in some ways and open ourselves up to have uncomfortable conversations, real conversations, not just your opinion.

“That’s what I actually liked about Muncie,” he added of his “Madness” character. “He does believe that you can sit at a table from opposite ends,...

Did a motley crew of traditional media defectors and outcasts led by Joe Rogan, Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson help tip the scales for Donald Trump’s win over Kamala Harris — and shatter the paradigm of an influential fourth estate in the process?

As far as CNN commentator Andrew Yang is concerned, the answer is yes. On Nov. 7, while conducting a postmortem with Van Jones on the cable news network, the former Democratic presidential candidate derided the Harris campaign’s decision to snub the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast. “And they turned it down because she was too busy?” Yang scoffed. Instead, Trump hit Rogan’s Austin, Texas, studio in the final days of the campaign, racking up a massive audience. “On YouTube alone, … 48 million views,” Jones marveled. On a night when Harris could have fielded easy questions about some of Rogan’s favorite topics — from the benefits of psychedelics to...

“This time last week we thought we were the smartest people in the world,” said a chastened Van Jones on a CNN Sunday panel discussion. “We thought Donald Trump was an idiot. We thought his campaign made no sense. It turns out they were smarter than us … and we’re just sitting here with the dunce cap on.”

What asked what Democrats need to do for the next two years, Jones tried to leaven the bitter truth of the situation with humor.

“Therapy,” he responded, before later emphasizing, “We got whooped.”

In between the tears, we gotta let ourselves laugh!!

ABC’s first post-election episode of The View was very sober and, at times, intense.

The show’s hosts had a diverse mixture of reactions to the news that Donald Trump has captured the presidency once again, defeating vice president Kamala Harris by what appears to be a significant margin.

While acknowledging that none of the show’s five hosts wanted Trump to win, they each had a unique take on the news.

The strongest reaction came from Sunny Hostin: “I’m profoundly disturbed. In 2016, we didn’t know what we would get from a Trump administration, but we know now, and we now he will have almost unfettered power. I don’t worry about myself, actually. I worry about the working class. I worry about my mother, a retired teacher. I worry about our elderly and their Social Security and their Medicare. I worry about my children’s future,...

Joy Reid said during MSNBC’s election coverage early Wednesday morning that “white women voters did not” show up for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.

When swing state North Carolina was projected to go to Donald Trump, Reid said “we have to be blunt about why.”

“Black voters came through for Kamala Harris,” Reid said (via Mediate). “White women voters did not.”

She continued, “It’s a state where women lost their reproductive rights, where there was a very heavy push to get women to focus on not … putting back into the White House the person who was responsible for taking those rights away. And restoring them. But that message obviously was not enough to get enough white women to vote for Vice President Harris, a fellow woman.”

Referring to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 loss against Trump, Reid said that “this will be the second opportunity that white women in this country...

CNN commentator Van Jones spoke for millions of Americans last night when he acknowledged the harm and fear a second Donald Trump presidency will cause. Jones reflected on the election results on air early Wednesday morning, becoming audibly choked up as he spoke.

“I’m thinking about the people who are not part of anybody’s elite, who are hurting tonight,” Jones said. “There are African American women who know a little bit about being talked down to. They know about having their economic dreams crushed. They tried to dream...

As Donald Trump stood at the brink of victory on Wednesday morning, CNN commentator Van Jones grew emotional as he talked about the fear and hurt many Kamala Harris supporters were feeling after she lost the presidency. In a choked up voice, Jones reflected on the “hurt” that Black women who had turned out for the vice president were experiencing.

“I’m thinking about the people who are not a part of anybody’s elite who are hurting tonight,” Jones said. “There are African American women who know a little bit about being talked down to, and know a little bit about having their economic dreams crushed, who tried to dream a big dream over the past couple of months. And tonight, they’re trading in a lot of hope for a lot of hurt. They were hoping that maybe this time — this time — one of their own could be seen as worthy.

Real Time With Bill Maher continues Friday, October 25 (10:00-11:00 p.m. Et/7:00-8:00 p.m. Pt). Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show continues with its opening monologue, one-on-one interviews with notable guests, roundtable discussions with panelists, and its signature “New Rules.” The series airs on HBO and is available to stream on Max. This week features a one-on-one interview with Megyn Kelly, journalist and host of “The Megyn Kelly Show.” This week’s panel discussion includes Van Jones, bestselling author, CNN contributor, and writer of his self-titled Substack newsletter “Van Jones”; and Gov. Jared Polis, Democratic governor of Colorado. In 2023, Mediaite named Bill Maher #6 on ... Read more...

James Patterson has authored or co-authored hundreds of books over his career, spanning genres, sparking best sellers and creating a slew of TV and film adaptations thanks to franchises like Alex Cross, Maximum Ride and Middle School.

So why is the world’s most prolific writer launching a Substack with a heavy emphasis on video and opinion?

“Like most writers — even in my situation — you’re always at the beck and call of editors,” Patterson tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. “With Substack, we’re totally free, we get to do whatever the hell we want to do. So I can write opinion pieces. I can write whatever the hell I want to write, and that’s liberating.”

Patterson recalls a favorite quote of his: “My time here is short. What can I do most beautifully?”

“I love that as a motivator, as something to focus on,” he says.

Fox News was the most watched network for the Republican National Convention last month, drawing an overwhelming share of the viewers throughout the week, including an average of 9.43 million on the final night.

The question is whether the Democratic National Convention will be a far different story — a big if given that leaders in the party have at times chided or shunned the network.

That said, figures such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Chris Coons (D-de) have made recent appearances, while Kamala Harris’ campaign announced over the weekend that part of a mega ad buy would be on the network’s daytime programming, “particularly during day-time programming which reaches a more moderate audience.”

In separate interviews, Deadline spoke to Special Report‘s Bret Baier and The Story‘s Martha MacCallum, who are lead anchors of Fox News’ coverage, about what they expect this week, whether it’s a...

Infinity Festival will hold its seventh annual edition, combining art, technology and entertainment in a return to Hollywood from November 6 to 9.

Two senior Sony Pictures Imageworks execs, Cto Mike Ford and Head of Production Mandy Tankenson, have been set as co-chairs of the festival. Deadline is a presenting media sponsor of the event, which will take place at The Aster and Avalon Hollywood.

The festival has focused on the intersection of Hollywood and Silicon Valley, with programming exploring immersive technology, virtual production, 5G, remote collaboration, Web3, Cloud and other topics. AI has also been a central programming theme and will be again in 2024.

Also in the works for this year’s edition are a “Student Lab” programming track, in collaboration with USC, UCLA, Emerson College, The Los Angeles Film School, Otis College, Gnomon, Chapman University, Lmu, University of Texas, Csun, Uci and other institutions to be announced. The fest will...

Updated: Donald Trump has selected Sen. J.D. Vance (R-oh) as his vice presidential running mate.

Vance, first elected in 2022, rose to national prominence during Trump’s run for the White House in 2016, as his memoir Hillbilly Elegy became a national best-seller and he was called upon to explain the appeal of the Celebrity Apprentice host to the working class. He also was an Ivy League educated lawyer and Silicon Valley venture capitalist.

Trump wrote on Truth Social, “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio. J.D. honorably served our Country in the Marine Corps, graduated from Ohio State University in two years, Summa Cum Laude, and is a Yale Law School Graduate, where he was...

Close friends for two decades, Eva Longoria and Lauren Sánchez have engaged in countless phone conversations over the years — but this, as far as we know, is the first to be recorded.

Longoria is one of this year’s recipients of the Bezos Courage & Civility Award, a massive charitable grant that Sánchez and her fiancé, Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos, have been giving to philanthropic activists for the past three years (previous recipients include Dolly Parton, José Andrés and Van Jones). The former Desperate Housewives star now has just 10 years to find a worthy charitable cause on which to spend that money, but fortunately there’s one with her name written all over it: the Eva Longoria Foundation, a nonprofit, founded in 2012, providing Latino women and girls with educational programs, scholarships, mentorships, microloans and other support.

THR eavesdropped on a recent chat between the Land of Women actress and Sánchez,...

Jon Stewart and CNN panelists reacted to that very dramatic — and disturbing — debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Thursday night.

On a live edition of The Daily Show, host Stewart roasted the performances of both candidates, and seemed massively frustrated. Stewart was particularly concerned by Biden’s performance, with the president seeming pale, fragile and shaky onstage during CNN’s 90-minute telecast.

“The one thing that we did prove tonight is that Maga conspiracy theory about Biden’s upcoming debate performance was nonsense,” Stewart said (video below), and rolled clips of conservatives claiming Biden would use performance-enhancing drugs to be charged up during the debate. “Let me just say after watching tonight’s debate, both of these men should be using performance enhancing drugs — as much of it as they can get, as many times a day as their bodies will allow. Performance enhancing drugs that will improve their lucidity,...

Vivek Ramaswamy, the tech entrepreneur and podcast host, called for the website BuzzFeed to cut staff and hire controversial commentators like former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

BuzzFeed, which raised hundreds of millions of dollars from investors in the early 2010s after it saw great success with viral stories across social networks, is under serious pressure as traffic platforms like Facebook and X decline.

The group’s shares tanked after it went public on the stock market in 2021.

Since BuzzFeed went public through a Spac, shares in the company decreased 92%, trading at $3 in recent days.

It laid off hundreds of staff, shuttered its award-winning news division in 2023 and sold off Complex Networks.

Even though the company has been struggling, it still operates The Huffington Post, Tasty, First We Feast and other prominent internet brands.

Ramaswamy now owns 8.3% of BuzzFeed after he revealed his investment last week.

Updated with more details: There’s no Saturday Night Live tonight, but President Joe Biden is just hours away from stepping up as comedian-in-chief at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Along with SNL‘s Colin Jost, Biden will be the headliner Saturday at the annual gathering of politicians, the journalists who cover them, titans of industry, and celebrities. The climax of a weekend of activities and parties from CNN, CAA, WME, UTA, Comcast/NBCUniversal News Group, ABC News, CBS, Politico and Deadline itself, the shindig in the Washington Hilton’s massive ballroom commonly has more power players and famous faces than any international summit or awards show.

Livestream coverage begins at 5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et via C-span. Watch it live on Deadline here.

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Already soirees all over Washington have seen Jost, spouse Scarlett Johansson, Rosario Dawson, Chris Pine,...

On Saturday, April 27, “Saturday Night Live” star Colin Jost will host the 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner live from Washington D.C. Known as “Nerd Prom,” the annual event features the biggest names in politics, journalism, and entertainment to celebrate a free and fair press. Numerous cable news networks will cover the event, including CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. The Streamable’s expert recommendation to watch this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner, as well as the entire 2024 election season, is with a subscription to Sling TV. You can save $10 on your first month of Sling service when you activate this deal.

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez announced Eva Longoria and Admiral Bill McRaven as the 2024 recipients of the Bezos Courage & Civility Award.

The Bezos Courage & Civility Award was established in 2021 to support leaders addressing today’s seemingly intractable problems. In its third year, the purpose of the honor remains the same – to recognize leaders who aim high and pursue solutions with courage and civility. As part of the honor, Longoria and McRaven were presented with $50M each to direct to the charities of their choice, joining the ranks of previous years’ recipients Van Jones, José Andrés and Dolly Parton.

As a Latina woman, Longoria has been a longtime advocate for the advancement of the Latino community, both as a storyteller and fierce champion for education and entrepreneurship. This award signifies her incredible contributions to empowering Latinas to create brighter futures as well as her work to promote a more inclusive society.

Jeff Bezos will gift $100 million to actress Eva Longoria and admiral Bill McRaven as part of the Amazon founder’s annual prize to individuals who contribute to society significantly.

The Jeff Bezos Courage and Civility Award amounted to $50 million for both Longoria and McRaven, to be used to help those in need.

Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, have distributed the award yearly since 2021 (though Bezos did not present an award last year). Previous recipients include Van Jones, Jose Andres and Dolly Parton.

Longoria, known best for her work on Desperate Housewives, founded the Eva Longoria Foundation in 2012 with the stated mission “to help Latinas build better futures for themselves and their families through education and entrepreneurship. By providing Latinas with the resources to succeed in school and business, we can help empower the Latino community.”

Their outreach includes work in Stem education, parent engagement, mentorship and entrepreneurship.

“We work...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez are giving away $100 million as part of Bezos’ annual prize to individuals who make significant contributions to society.

This year’s recipients of $50 million each are actor and entrepreneur Eva Longoria, and Bill McRaven, a retired Navy admiral and former chancellor of the University of Texas System.

The Bezos Courage and Civility Award is given to people who try to find solutions to complicated problems, attempt to be uniters, and embrace civility via work with charitable organizations.

The first recipients of the prize were Van Jones, a lawyer and CNN commentator, and chef José Andrés, who each received $100 million in 2021. Dolly Parton was the 2022 recipient. There was no 2023 award.

In a statement, McRaven said he wants to use the gift to focus on three areas: educating the children of deceased veterans, particularly in the special operations community; the mental health and...

There’s still nine months to go until the presidential election, and we’ve already reached peak talking points. At least, that was the contention from Bill Maher in his “New Rules” editorial on Friday’s Real Time.

“It gets so dull hearing these talking points,” Maher lamented, running down a list of common complaints about the economy and other issues. “The American dream is dead because Mars bars were $1 and are now $1.25,” he noted as one example of the hyperbole he abhors.

While Maher allowed that he wouldn’t choose President Joe Biden as his partner for the Squid Game, he ran through a list of things that are going well at the moment, from the economy to home ownership to energy output.

Yet, “I know what you hacks on both sides will say before they say it,” he said.

He asked, “Is it really healthy to blame every problem on Joe Biden?...

Real Time With Bill Maher continues Friday, February 16 (10:00-11:00 p.m. Et/7:00-8:00 p.m. Pt). Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show continues with its opening monologue, one-on-one interviews with notable guests, roundtable discussions with panelists, and its signature “New Rules.” The series airs on HBO and is available to stream on Max. This week features a one-on-one interview with Dr. Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University and author of “Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America’s Future.” This week’s panel discussion includes Van Jones, CNN political commentator and ... Read more...

Clive Davis always throws the most star-studded party during Grammys Weekend every year, and 2024 was no exception!

The legendary music mogul hosted the Pre-grammy Gala & Grammy Salute to Industry Icons on Saturday night (February 3) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Some of the celebs who walked the red carpet included Ice Spice, Dua Lipa, Sabrina Carpenter, Megan Thee Stallion, and Lana Del Rey.

Legendary stars like Meryl Streep, Cher, Tom Hanks, and more were all there. It was a family affair for Meryl, whose son-in-law Mark Ronson is nominated for several awards at the Grammys this year. He was joined by wife Grace Gummer.

Sony Music Publishing Chairman and CEO Jon Platt was honored at the event.

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Exclusive: Jon Rosen, senior partner and board member at WME, has set his plans to launch the management production firm Envisionary after exiting the agency earlier this month.

Envisionary will use the skills Rosen honed over three decades with the agency, especially in the non-scripted and on-air areas specializing in news, sports and culinary talent. The new venture will offer a comprehensive suite of services including management representation, production verticals, advisory and consulting, as well as an investment arm.

Joining Rosen to start Envisionary is an elite roster of clients including including Alex Rodriguez, Stephen A. Smith, Al Roker, Bobby Flay, Brent Montgomery & Wheelhouse, Buddy Valastro, Giada De Laurentiis, Hallie Jackson, Julia Fox, Lara Spencer, Natalie Morales, Robin Roberts, Stephanie Ruhle, Van Jones, Willie Geist, E Street Band consigliere and actor Steven Van Zandt and more.

Rosen over the past 30 years held key leadership roles at the William Morris Endeavor and William Morris Agency,...

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy made waves again on Sunday in response to CNN commentator Van Jones‘ recent criticism of him.

Jones had referred to Ramaswamy as a “demagogue” in a previous on-air discussion and expressed concern about what he perceived as the rise of an American demagogue.

When Ramaswamy, 38, appeared at Turning Point USA’s Americafest in Arizona, he didn’t hold back in his reply to Jones.

He directly addressed Jones’ characterization, “And then you get the mainstream media, you got this character Van Jones on CNN afterward saying, ‘This is the rise of an American demagogue who’s gonna live 50 years longer than Trump. This is dangerous, I am shaking,’ that’s what he says.”

Ramaswamy said, “Just shut the f—- up. At a certain point, just shut the f— up.”

The crowd responded with cheers and laughs of support.

Vivek Ramaswamy tells Van Jones to “just shut the f*** up.

Brie Larson won the Oscar for Best Actress for “Room” in 2016 before landing the coveted role of Captain Marvel in the MCU. Since then, however, Larson has only really worked in major franchises — appearing in “Avengers: Endgame” and a handful of other MCU projects as well as featuring in the “Fast and Furious” film series. Larson hasn’t really found a project to show the talent she displayed in her tour de force performance in “Room.”

Until now with “Lessons in Chemistry.” The Apply TV+ show, which is streaming now, is based on the novel of the same name by Bonnie Garmus. It follows Larson as Elizabeth Zott, a lab tech and chemist who uses her new job hosting a 1960s TV cooking show to educate housewives on scientific topics. The result is an entertaining period story in which Larson utilizes her distinct energy and impressive range to full effect.

It's no secret that reality TV star, beauty mogul, and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian has had her fair share of romances in the past. Over the years, she has been linked to singer Ray J, Nick Cannon, and football player Reggie Bush, just to name a few. The "Kardashians" star has also been rumored to date several high-profile celebrities since rising to fame, including singer John Mayer, soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, and even news correspondent Van Jones.

Outside of her boyfriends and suspected flings, Kardashian has also been married three times - to music producer Damon Thomas, basketball player Kris Humphries, and rapper Kanye West. Now, the 42-year-old seems to be back on the dating scene after a whirlwind relationship with comedian Pete Davidson. Earlier in the summer, the Skims cofounder hinted that she might have a little romance in her life in a June 8 episode of "The Kardashians"'s third season.

Updated, 7:14 Am: Former President Donald Trump has been ordered to appear in a Washington, D.C., courtroom at 4 p.m. Et Thursday to face the latest charges. Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya will preside. Read the new indictment here and more on the case below.

Previously, August 1: Former President Donald Trump was indicted for a third time on criminal charges related to his efforts to retain power in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.

He was charged on four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.

Trump had already signaled that he faced charges brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, rallying his congressional allies to claim that the justice system has been weaponized against him.

The charges stem from his efforts, in the weeks leading up to January 6, 2021, to...

Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, commemorates the fall of slavery in the United States.

It celebrates the anniversary of the order made by Major General Gordon Granger on June 1965 that proclaimed freedom for slaves in Texas. The order was actually made two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

In a tweet Monday, former President Obama explained it as the “delayed but welcome news of freedom reaching the enslaved Black folks in Galveston, Texas.” In 2021, President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday.

Many networks are marking the occasion with Juneteenth TV specials or movie marathons showcasing Black talent and/or excellence. See our viewing guide below:

ABC

ABC is commemorating Juneteenth and Black Music Month with “Hip Hop at 50,” a “Soul of a Nation” presentation airing at 10 p.m. Et. It’ll stream Tuesday on Hulu. It’ll be hosted by Angie Martinez and feature Master P, Mc Lyte,...

Update: After pleading not guilty to a 37-count federal indictment, former President Donald Trump trekked to a Miami Cuban restaurant Versailles, grabbing attention across all the networks starved for visuals after the closed-to-cameras arraignment.

But as footage of Trump’s restaurant visit rolled across the screens and commentators weighed in on tha case, CNN anchor Jake Tapper had a message to the control room: Stop it.

“The folks in the control room: I don’t need to see any more of that,” Tapper said on air. “He’s trying to turn it into a spectacle, a campaign ad. That’s enough of that. We’ve seen it already.”

On MSNBC, Nicolle Wallace also seemed to get a bit annoyed as video played of Trump’s visit. “We don’t need to see that anymore. We know where he is.”

Trump dropped in on the famous eatery as his first stop after leaving the federal courthouse.

Gas up the Learjets and break out the Moncler vests, it’s time for corporate chieftains to let their hair down, as only the one percent of the one percent knows how.

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, Warner Bros. Discovery honcho David Zaslav, Paramount Global chair Shari Redstone, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple head Tim Cook, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates are heading to Idaho in July to attend the annual “summer camp for moguls,” known more formally as Sun Valley. And Bob Iger, back on the throne at the Walt Disney Company, will also be touching down in the resort town after a brief, unhappy (for shareholders) interregnum. They’ll be mixing and mingling with other media barons, Silicon Valley heavyweights and political players at the media finance retreat hosted by Allen & Co.

Among those getting tapped to dust off their Brooks Brothers casual wear are two former treasury secretaries,...

CNN keeps feeding the mouths that bite it.

As Warner Bros. Discovery has orchestrated massive changes and cuts to the popular news giant, a stream of producers, anchors and executives have left — some of their own volition, and many of them not. But no matter the case, a growing number of these now-former CNN die-hards are being scooped up by rivals including MSNBC, ABC News and CBS News.

CBS News on Wednesday announced it had lined up Lisa Ling as a contributor. The veteran journalist spent eight years at CNN leading viewers through interesting issues as host of the documentary series, This Is Life,” which was cancelled amid a cutback of original programming that uses outside partners. ABC News on Wednesday announced that Brooke Bower, who had been managing editor of CNN Politics, was joining as executive producer of the Sunday politics show “This Week.”

Warner Bros. Discovery took over...

CNN has set a May premiere date for the final installment of its “Decades Series,” TheWrap can reveal exclusively.

“The 2010s,” which will premiere Sunday, May 7 at 9 p.m. Et., explores the decade that gave us Instagram, most of President Barack Obama’s administration, marriage equality, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and Trumpism, per the official logline.

The seven part series will feature archival footage and interviews with cultural staples during the decade, including EP Tom Hanks, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Benny Blanco, Bill Kristol, David Remnick, Este Haim, Finneas, Fiona Hill, Jemele Hill, Lena Waithe, Maggie Haberman, Rami Malek, Reince Priebu, Vince Gilligan and Ted Sarandos.

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Drawing from the CNN family, network anchors and correspondents will be featured in the series, including anchor Chris Wallace, anchor and Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash,...

“Saturday Night Live” might know its audience a little too well. Speculating in a mock commercial on Saturday that the Manhattan D.A.’s case against Donald Trump isn’t as airtight as it could be, the long-running sketch comedy series on NBC leveled with its viewers, joking that there’s a new meditation news app for people “whose entire personality is hating Donald Trump.” It’s called CNZen.

Host Molly Shannon even suited up as renowned New York Times reporter, CNN analyst and Trump critic Maggie Haberman to provide indictment-inspired Asmr for total relaxation through trying times.

“These days, it’s hard not to feel stressed out and overwhelmed. Sure, Trump got indicted. But now everyone says the case against him is weak and that he’ll never serve any jail time. As someone whose entire personality is hating Donald Trump, you need more,” the commercial began with cast member Ego Nwodim as narrator.

Updated with latest: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday elaborated on the indictment brought against former President Donald Trump, characterizing it as a scheme to keep damaging information about an alleged affair with Stormy Daniels from the voting public.

Trump today pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment of falsifying business records. The charges allege that he was trying to cover up the payments he ultimately made to Daniels via his then-attorney, Michael Cohen.

“At its core, this case today is one with allegations like so many of our white collar cases, allegations that someone lied again and again to protect their interests and evade the laws to which we are all held accountable,” Bragg said.

He said that New York state election law “makes it a crime to conspire to promote a candidacy by unlawful means.” He also alleged that Trump planned to make false statements to tax...

A new documentary looks back on bipartisan criminal justice reform efforts championed by CNN anchor Van Jones during the Trump years

On election night 2016, Van Jones, the criminal justice advocate and former Obama administration official turned CNN anchor, processed his shock on live television. “This was a whitelash against a changing country,” he said. “It was a whitelash against a Black president, in part. And that’s the part where the pain comes.” The clip, in which Jones appeared near tears and essentially called Donald Trump a “bully” and a “bigot”, went viral. For many, it was shorthand for shock and dismay, an articulation of unspeakable anger, and a rare example of a pundit calling it like it was.

So it was confusing that over the next few years, Jones, a Black man from western Tennessee, was seen at the Trump White House, conducted the first (and uncomfortably chummy) TV...

On March 8, the eighth annual Icon Mann Honors paid tribute to “The Woman King” director Gina Prince-Bythewood, who was lauded for her hallmark filmmaking and for inspiring culture by breaking new ground in cinema.

Striving for a better future in the arts, she addressed the audience that gathered at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills.

“I have always believed our greatness is reflected in our work and the ways that we show the world the incredible breadth of our humanity.”

The driving force for her career was further described during her acceptance speech. “From the beginning, I tell stories of Black women and girls and reframe the narrative of who we are and what we can be. I want us to look up on the screen and see ourselves reflected in a way that inspires us and that we can aspire to be. And I’m proud of the Black...

Filmmakers Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reginald Hudlin were celebrated Wednesday evening at the eighth pre-Oscar dinner of Icon Mann, a media and consulting company run by Tamara Houston that is dedicated to honoring the achievements of artists of color and providing a meeting place for powerful Black men, in particular.

During an elegant ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills that was hosted by CBS News anchor Errol Barnett, many of the most distinguished members of Hollywood’s Black community gathered to fete the veteran filmmakers behind two of 2022’s most acclaimed films — Prince-Bythewood’s Sony historical drama The Woman King and Hudlin’s Apple TV+ documentary feature Sidney — both of which were glaringly passed over for recognition by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Perhaps not coincidentally, the first person to toast Prince-Bythewood — the recipient of the Maverick Award “for breaking boundaries in the cinematic and televised...

Kartemquin Films’ Gordon Quinn served as consulting producer.

Criminal justice reform documentary and Tribeca selection The First Step featuring US political commentator Van Jones has got a theatrical release and worldwide deal with DeskPop Entertainment after premiering at Tribeca Film Festival during the pandemic.

The film follows Jones as he attempts to build bipartisan support for criminal justice reform legislation that would bring thousands of incarcerated people home early.

As they face fierce opposition from both Democrats and Republicans, the bill’s champions come face-to-face with progressive politicians like Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Cory Booker, and Bernie Sanders, and conservative figures such as Senator Rand Paul,...