Byron Allen’s This TV Expands Reach With ABC-Owned Station Deal

Hayden Panettiere‘s ex-boyfriend Brian Hickerson is going to jail. On Tuesday, April 20, Hickerson pleaded no contest to two felony counts of injuring a spouse or girlfriend as the remaining six counts, which include battery, assault with a deadly weapon and dissuading a witness — were dismissed.

NEW YORK -- Carrie Underwood brought the Academy of Country Music Awards to church. Maren Morris won two honors, including song of the year.

Luke Bryan took home the Entertainer of the Year award at Sunday night's ACM Awards. Bryan was nominated alongside Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Eric Church and Chris Stapleton for the night's top trophy.The 44-year-old country singer and judge was set to perform at the 56th annual awards show before receiving a positive COVID-19 diagnosis earlier this week.«I am amazingly surprised.

Bobby Brown partly blames himself for exposing his son Bobby Brown, Jr. to his own drug use following the 28-year-old's overdose death last year.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Powers” alum Sharlto Copley has been cast in “Russian Doll” at Netflix, the latest big-name actor to join the star-studded, award-winning mystery dramedy for its second season.

EXCLUSIVE: Sharlto Copley (District 9, Powers) has joined the upcoming second season of Netflix’s Russian Doll. He is the latest high-profile new cast addition to the award-winning comedy-drama, joining previously announced Annie Murphy and Carolyn Michelle Smith.

Royalty Brown definitely inherited some amazing dance moves from her famous father, Chris Brown. The six-year-old showed off her skills in a video posted to Instagram by her paternal grandmother, Joyce Hawkins, on March 30. In the clip, Royalty looked poised to take on her routine alongside her teacher at a studio in Los Angeles.

EXCLUSIVE: New York-based firm FilmRise has picked up global distribution rights to drama Broken Diamonds, starring Tony and Grammy-winner Benjamin Platt (Dear Evan Hansen), Lola Kirke (Mozart In The Jungle) and Yvette Nicole Brown (Community).

Succession Emmy winner and The Trial of the Chicago 7 star Jeremy Strong is set to play Dr. Jonas Salk, the inventor of the polio vaccine in the Bron and 21 Laps feature production Splendid Solution. 

Chris Brown added some major ink to his body with two major and meaningful additions on his shins. The R&B singer, 31, debuted tattoos running down each of his shins with the names of his children on each leg. The ink covered the entirety of Chris’ skin just beneath his knees, featuring his six-year-old daughter’s name, Royalty, and one-year-old son’s name, Aeko, on each.

Even if you’re not a sports fan, you’re probably familiar with the Los Angeles Lakers and the team’s “Showtime” era of the ‘80s. That’s when you had players like Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Larry Bird.

Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade) has been tapped to play Boston Celtics icon Larry Bird in Adam McKay’s Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, Deadline has learned. HBO declined comment.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBo Burnham has been cast as Boston Celtics star Larry Bird in HBO’s upcoming series about the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s.The untitled series was ordered at HBO in December 2019. It is described as chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties, in what came to be called the Showtime Era.Bird is widely regarded as one of the best basketball players of all time.

Los Angeles’ turbulent year of mass Covid-19 closures, racial unrest and exacerbated homelessness has led to a somewhat predictable stream of media coverage tied to the notion that the California dream is ending.