Brad Paisley Kicks Off 'Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular' With 'American Saturday Night'

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterOscar and Emmy nominated actor Brad Dourif (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Deadwood) is set to reprise his role as the voice of the titular murderous doll in the forthcoming Syfy and USA Network series Chucky.Dourif originated the voice of the character in the original 1988 Child’s Play movie and its six sequels, which are all part of the Chucky-verse. Don Mancini (Hannibal, Channel Zero), who penned the entire franchise, serves as the showrunner and

U.S. tabloid culture is set to come under the satirical microscopes of authors Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho) and Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), who are in talks to co-create a new dramatized series for U.K.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIf NBC and Lorne Michaels have their way, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” this fall could move from being produced from cast members’ homes to being made the old-fashioned way – “from New York.”Michaels and his team are making plans to bring the show back to NBC’s Manhattan studios for the venerable late-night program’s 46th season, according to two people familiar with the matter – the latest of TV’s wee-hours programs to try and navigate a new normal in the midst

Nellie Andreeva, Dino-Ray Ramos EXCLUSIVE: The suspense novel The Red Lotus from New York Times bestselling author Chris Bohjalian is getting the TV treatment.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“I’m not here to challenge the accuracy of the costume,” says costume designer Julie Weiss, whose credits include, “12 Monkeys,” “Frida” and “American Beauty.”Weiss is talking about the countless uniforms she needed for “Greyhound,” the Aaron Schneider film starring Tom Hanks as Navy Commander Ernest Krause.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Obie Awards, Off Broadway’s most prestigious honor, has rescheduled its prerecorded 65th annual award ceremony for July 14 on YouTube. The original premiere date of June 4 was scratched amid nationwide upheaval following the police killing of George Floyd.The Obies, presented by the American Theatre Wing and awards founder The Village Voice, will be hosted by comedian, actor and writer Cole Escola (Difficult People, Mozart in the Jungle).

Brandon Choe Photo EditorThe American tradition of watching fireworks have been mostly cancelled this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Pablo Larrain’s Princess Diana movie Spencer, which is set to star Kristen Stewart as the former royal, was a hot seller for FilmNation out of the Cannes virtual market.The New York-based firm all but sold out on the project, closing deals for the UK, France, Italy and Benelux (STX Entertainment), Germany and Switzerland (DCM), Australia/NZ (Roadshow), Latin America, Spain and Portugal (Sun), South Korea (Green Narae) and Japan (Tohokushina).Buyers

NEW YORK — Five years after taking Broadway by storm with its multi-racial, hip-hop take on America’s founding fathers, “Hamilton” arrives in millions of homes around the world on Friday as a film.

In the midst of a press cycle for his brand new film “Irresistible” (2020), American comedian Jon Stewart paid a virtual visit to morning talk show “The View“on Monday not only to promote the political satire but to talk about the upcoming 2020 presidential election, too.

NEW YORK -- Nearing his 80th birthday, Sir Patrick Stewart is finally ready for the project he once feared taking on — his memoir. The award-winning actor best known as Capt.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: HBO won a wild auction that sources said saw 17 bidders vying for The Vanishing Half, the novel by Brit Bennett that is currently atop The New York Times bestseller list.

Although the coronavirus has made it so the annual “Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular” will look a little different in 2020, NBC announced it's enlisting some serious star power to help make it a worthwhile celebration all the same.

Jon Stewart urged voters to consider what’s at stake during the November 2020 presidential election, saying on The View that Donald Trump is the “greatest agent of chaos” in the United States. The former Daily Show host, 57, said that Trump’s disastrous response to the coronavirus crisis is just one of his shortcomings, and that him remaining president could be just as disastrous. “Which is bananas,” he noted.

Jon Stewart has said he believes Donald Trump will make America great again – just not in the way that he thinks he will.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerStuart Cornfeld, the producing partner with Ben Stiller on Zoolander, Dodgeball and Tropic Thunder, has died. He was 67 and passed from cancer.Cornfeld was born in Tarzana in 1952, and graduated from the American Film Institute in 1975.

Food has always been an important element of Sebastian Maniscalco's work as an actor and comedian. From his 2018 book Stay Hungry to his role as Joe Gallo in last year's Netflix original The Irishman where his meal at Umberto's Clam House in New York turns out to be his last, Maniscalco has always peppered his stories with details about his favorite foods and culinary moments.