‘Andor’ Showrunner Says He’s Ceased All Non-Writing Work on Show, Denies He Violated Writers’ Strike

Ethan Shanfeld Whoopi Goldberg has some strong feelings about “American Idol.” Speaking earlier this week on “The View,” Goldberg said, “We as a society love to watch stuff to judge folks. I’ve always thought that the beginning of the downfall of society was with — what’s the name of that show?” she continued, summoning the help of an off-screen producer. “ABC’s ‘American Idol’?” the producer replied, hinting to Goldberg that “The View” shares a network with the singing competition series. “It was not always on ABC,” Goldberg said. “When it began, it was on another network.”

Lala Kent is having her say in a new Scandoval sneak peek from the anticipated three-part reunion.Ahead of Part 1 airing Wednesday night, Bravo released a heated clip from the reunion where the 32-year-old reality star compared Ariana Madix's ex, Tom Sandoval, to her former fiance, Randall Emmett, with whom she broke up in 2021 with cheating allegations surfacing soon after. The reunion clip begins with host Andy Cohen asking Kent whether it's «healthy» for Madix and Sandoval to be living together in their shared home following their breakup, which was confirmed to still be the case.«No,» Kent said bluntly, after it was brought up that she moved out of the home she and Emmett shared relatively quickly after their relationship fell apart. «Sandoval Randall,» she declared. «Give it 10 years.

Stacey Solomon felt like she has to respond to her millions of followers after some feared she had let her children play amongst poisonous plants in the garden. It came after the Loose Women star kicked off her week by making the most of the sunshine as she enjoyed a cuppa outdoors at her idyllic family home.

Carmelo Anthony has officially announced his retirement from the NBA.

It’s tool time all over again.For the next few months, outspoken comedian and “Home Improvement” star Tim Allen is back on the road performing stand-up comedy all over North America.From May 19 through Aug. 19, the conservative performer — who recently got in trouble for flashing his co-star Pamela Anderson on the “Home Improvement” set in the ’90s — will bring his brazen brand of humor to six venues in Oklahoma, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois.The 69-year-old comic isn’t afraid to cross the line with his material onstage either.“I tell them ‘There’s a whole lot of s— I’m going to say tonight that you’re going to get pissed at,” he told Hour Detroit.

Johnny Depp is speaking out about being boycotted by Hollywood.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor The major broadcast networks are trying very hard this year to do what they do best – create franchise drama series built around the adventures of larger-than-life characters. Kathy Bates, Kaitlin Olson, Carrie Preston and Shanola Hampton are among the female actors hoping to click as distinctive protagonists with new series in the 2023-24 season. Bates will bring to life a next-generation “Matlock,” while Preston limns a new chapter for Elsbeth Tascioni, the attorney character she has played on and off on CBS’ “The Good Wife” and Paramount+’s “The Good Fight” since 2010. This is good news for the hundreds of international television buyers heading to Los Angeles for next week’s LA Screenings market. Another welcome development is that the largest media congloms are now on a big push to reopen their doors to third-party buyers, after a few years of holding back the biggest shows for in-house streaming services.

This year’s Honorary Palme d’or recipient Michael Douglas received a lengthy standing ovation as he cruised on stage in Buñuel theatre to chair a masterclass session where he broke down his career as an actor and producer.

Meanwhile I hear folks at Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will continue to be paid.Solidarity with WGA! https://t.co/RQwREipx2HAn unnamed source reportedly confirmed the show’s decision to the Huffington Post Tuesday. NBC didn’t immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment. The decision to halt payment for the show’s staff is essentially how NBC and Fallon signaled things might go back at the beginning of the strike. Following a public pressure campaign led in part by Kobos, NBC agreed to pay the staff for two weeks, and Fallon said he himself would pay for a third week. “I have a very good update! We ended up having our production meeting this [morning] too and @jimmyfallon was there,” Kobos tweeted on May 3.

franchise and the films, Sylvester Stallone is taking on a new role: Dad. The three-time Oscar nominee is at the center of the new series,, which follows him, wife Jennifer Flavin Stallone and daughters Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet as they navigate life as one of Hollywood's most infamous families. «This would be great to share this notoriety with a reality show while you're still relevant,» Sylvester tells ET's Cassie DiLaura about going from the big screen to the small one, with this new Paramount+ project. «I love daughters, I love my wife and I wanted to share that.

Nicole Williams is looking back on her iconic Sports Illustrated photoshoot.

Jack Harlow is opening up about his exhilarating experience on the set of his first film, “White Men Can’t Jump”.

The Prime Minister “ought to” give up their involvement with the hiring of the BBC Chairman in the future following the Richard Sharp scandal, according to former Director General Tony Hall.

As you have no doubt already heard, the WGA is on strike right now. Just over a week into it, this strike has already caused quite a few disruptions, with productions being halted and development coming to a standstill.

EXCLUSIVE: Just a couple of days after they reunited for the first time in almost 40 years, we can reveal that UK band Frankie Goes To Hollywood are the subject of a new movie biopic from UK powerhouse Working Title and sales and production company Independent Entertainment.

A group of top showrunners met today to discuss the WGA strike – a day after it emerged the studios told writer/producers were not excused from producing duties during the labor action.

As if movie fans needed another reason to be wary of new Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav: Deadline reports that the CEO told the hosts of the CNBC show “Squawk Box” that “a love for working” will be what ultimately ends the current WGA writers’ strike.

You are reading an exclusive WrapPRO article for free. Want to level up your entertainment career? Subscribe to WrapPRO.David Mandel isn’t one to sugarcoat. It’s a trait that appears in his work, from the vicious insults of “Veep” to the intentionally reprehensible characters at the center of HBO’s “White House Plumbers.” It also emerged when TheWrap asked the longtime series creator his thoughts on the currently unfolding WGA strike.

continuing on for the time being. As Whoopi explained on Tuesday, “We did the show anyway, because we want to keep everybody employed, and we want to do our best, and we support our writers ’cause we know what they’re going through.”She noted at the top of that show that the lack of writers, for them, means that “you’re gonna hear how it would be when it’s not, you know, slicked up.” In each episode since, she has begun each show by reminding viewers that those writers are still on strike, so she and her co-hosts are essentially improvising the entire show.Such was the case on Thursday, as Whoopi noted that they’ll likely remind audiences that the writers strike is happening at the start of each episode for as long as the strike continues.

Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are set to personally pay their staff salaries for the third week of the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.According to The Hollywood Reporter, both talk show hosts will fork out money from their own pockets to pay their staff during the third week of the writers strike, with NBC set to pay staff salaries for the first two weeks.Sarah Kobos, a staffer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, announced in a tweet on Tuesday (May 2) that NBC had originally decided to stop paying staff after the first week of the strike, adding that Fallon wasn’t present at a meeting between staff and the NBC just a day after he voiced his support for his staff at the Met Gala.He wasn’t even at the meeting this morning to tell us we won’t get paid after this week. @jimmyfallon please support your staff.