Entertainment - Wednesday, August 19, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: It’s that time in the comedy calendar when SNL begins taking major focus, with casting for the next season shaping up. Up to this point, all that’s been announced for Season 52 is Chloe Fineman‘s exit after seven seasons as she shifts focus toward acting and other opportunities. But Tuesday, the SNL team wrapped their fifth and final showcase, […]

Deadline • 25 days ago

The World Cup may be over but the merch and apparel rollout continues this month with the launch of a limited-edition pair of soccer cleats from French star and 2026 Golden Boot Award winner, Kylian Mbappé. The Nike Mercurial Superfly 11 reimagines the brand’s bestselling soccer cleats in a gold, white and mint colorway (matching the French […]

Variety • 25 days ago

The “Nashville” and “Heroes” star had released a memoir months before she died at 36.

NYT Arts • 25 days ago

Million Dollar Listing alum Tracy Tutor is joining the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Season 16 of the Bravo reality series is already in production, and a familiar Bravolebrity will be joining the cast. “Well… the secret’s officially out,” Tutor wrote on Instagram. “I’m joining the cast of The Real Housewives of […]

Deadline • 25 days ago

Uh oh, Spaghetti O’s! Dane Cook’s brother stole $12 million from the comedian and hid bricks of cash inside pasta sauce, a new documentary reveals. Premiering on Sept. 29, “Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story” delves into the financial drama that absorbed the blockbuster comedian in 2008, when his half-brother and business manager, Darryl McCauley, […]

Variety • 25 days ago

Curtis Stewart’s “24 American Caprices” are an answer to Paganini’s classic set. And they are already taking hold with musicians.

NYT Arts • 25 days ago

Jack Coleman, the “Heroes” actor who played the father of Hayden Panettiere’s Claire Bennet, posted an emotional tribute to his late co-star following her death this week at 36 years old. “I’m heartbroken. I couldn’t begin to put my thoughts into words until now, and they will be inadequate,” Coleman wrote on Instagram alongside a […]

Variety • 25 days ago

Spoiler warning: This podcast and write-up contains details about the final episode of Apple TV’s Lucky. Apple TV’s limited series Lucky just dropped its final episode, and the series creator Jonathan Tropper is here with us today to explain just why the nefarious queen-pin Priscilla (Annette Bening) let Lucky (Anya Taylor-Joy) and her father (Timothy […]

Deadline • 25 days ago

SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains major spoilers from “All Good Things,” the finale of Apple TV’s “Lucky.” Luciana “Lucky” Armstrong (Anya Taylor-Joy) has just pulled off one last con on the most important person left in her life: her formerly incarcerated father, John (Timothy Olyphant). In the series finale of “Lucky,” the titular con artist […]

Variety • 25 days ago

IATSE has suspended leadership at a prominent U.S. local amid allegations of corruption. Local 479, which represents more than 7,000 film and television technicians across Georgia and Alabama, has been temporarily placed under the stewardship of several special representatives after President Matthew Loeb “declared an emergency” at the division last month, according to a letter […]

Deadline • 25 days ago

EXCLUSIVE: Widow’s Bay fans can look forward to a lot more laughs (and possibly screams) with Jeff Hiller in future, Deadline has learned. Come Season 2, Hiller will make the jump from guest star to series regular on the mega-hit much Emmy-nominated show about a haunted Massachusetts island. Hiller, who is repped by Innovative Artists […]

Deadline • 25 days ago

Ariana Grande has been granted permission to subpoena information that will help reveal the identities of anonymous hackers who allegedly leaked unreleased songs and footage from recording sessions and music videos. A Los Angeles judge approved Grande’s proposed order for expedited discovery on Tuesday, explaining that because she is unable to identify the hackers, a […]

Variety • 25 days ago