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“We are in in the middle of this pandemic, but still season two of ‘Picard’ is going forward!” Patrick Stewart declares in his chat with Gold Derby. “I’ve got the first five scripts of the show and different drafts of those scripts. I spend hours every day with them.”

But while Stewart is preparing to resume the role as starship captain that he’s portrayed for more than 30 years in various “Star Trek” incarnations, no start-up date has yet been determined for the cameras to roll again at CBS All Access, so he stays busy at home writing his memoirs, watching “Schitt’s Creek,” reciting Shakespeare sonnets to an appreciative internet audience and pursuing one of his favorite hobbies.

“I do jigsaw puzzles,” he notes. “That’s one of my passions. I finished the Last Supper two nights ago and it was one of the best moments of my life!

“I used to be a lot of things,” Army wife Jenny (Faith Alabi) admits. “Then I stopped being a lot of things. Truth is, I don’t know who I am anymore.”

Jenny’s dilemma is one that applies to every character in We Are Who We Are, a lyrical coming-of-age drama from Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino. Set on a U.S. Army base in Italy in 2016, the limited series follows a group of interconnected teens and adults who all used to be one thing or another,...

John Craigie has a degree in mathematics and also went through a self-described “hippie phase” while in college. When you learn that, it becomes easier to wrap your head around the title of his new album, Asterisk the Universe.

The 40-year-old California folk singer, who has won over audiences with his easygoing banter, observational humor, and quirky songs about his home state, babies born at Woodstock, and stealing another songwriter’s weed, wrote his thesis on the concept of infinity. In short, he argued that we have to accept that...

Exclusive: Vmi Worldwide has picked up global rights to Bad President, a comedic satire about Donald Trump’s rise to power during the U.S. election in 2016.

The pic stars Jeff Rector as Trump. In the film, he makes a deal with the devil (played by Eddie Griffin) to allow him to win the election. The pic, which covers various scandals, also features the real Stormy Daniels, the pornographic actress who claimed to have had an affair with Trump.

Bad President is directed and produced by Param Gill and scripted by John Buchanan and Param Gill. The pair are best known for Going To America starring Eddie Griffin and Mindy Robinson, which was released by Sony Pictures Home Ent.

Vmi will be shopping the pic at the Cannes virtual Marche next week.

“Bad President is a film we all need to see especially before the 2020 election to remind us of...

Netflix has gone renewal happy.

The streamer has handed out a whole bunch of renewals to its alternative series, namely two more seasons of “Love Is Blind” and “The Circle,” one more season of “Rhythm + Flow,” and another Marie Kondo series titled “Sparking Joy.”

“It’s been incredible to see Netflix members everywhere respond to the raw, authentic stories of real people and real stakes,” said Netflix VP of nonfiction series and comedy specials Brandon Riegg announcing the pickups. “We pride ourselves on creating a favorite show for any taste, and we’re thrilled fans embraced all of these series with such enthusiasm and shared passion. We look forward to sparking more joy for our members.”

The first season of “Love Is Blind” took the internet by storm, with viewers left in disbelief that people could be sure they wanted to marry someone after ten days of dating in separate pods,...

One of the Pretty Little Liars is about to resurface — not in Rosewood, but in Stumptown.

TVLine has learned exclusively that Troian Bellisario will guest-star in the Feb. 12 episode of the Cobie Smulders P.I. drama. The gig marks Bellisario’s first TV role since Pll ended its seven-season run in 2017.

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BH90210 actress Shannen Doherty revealed on Tuesday that she is once again battling breast cancer, nearly three years after entering remission.

Doherty was previously diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and after the actress underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, she announced in 2017 that her cancer was in remission. On Tuesday’s Good Morning America, however, Doherty shared with Amy Robach that the disease is now in Stage 4 — and she’s been living with the diagnosis privately for a year, which includes her time filming BH90210.

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Abrams Artists Agency has signed comic and actor Eddie Griffin in all areas.

Griffin, who is onscreen as a pastor in the hit feature A Star Is Born, is a veteran stand-up comedian who probably is best known to moviegoers for starring 2002’s Undercover Brother, written by John Ridley and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. He also toplined the 1996-2000 Upn series Malcom & Eddie alongside Malcom-Jamal Warner.

Griffin’s Las Vegas residency, The Eddie Griffin Experience, is in its ninth consecutive year, and he’s been part of The Comedy Get Down Tour for the past five. He also has done stand-up specials for Comedy Central and Showtime.

His most recent film credits include All About the Money, American Hero and Going to America, and his other credits include Norbit, Date Movie, Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo and The Meteor Man.