Inga Swenson, the versatile actress best known for memorable portrayals of combative women on the TV hits Soap and Benson, has died. Her son confirmed the news to TMZ. Swenson was 90.
12.07.2023 - 17:05 / variety.com
this year’s Emmy nominations is the looming actors strike. The writers strike, in effect since early May, has already severely curtailed celebrating the best and brightest of the 2022-23 TV season. And now, with SAG-AFTRA almost certainly joining the WGA on the picket line in a matter of hours, there’s an air of doom over what should be a happy event. On another, less existential level, what does Harrison Ford have to do to get an Emmy nomination?! The Emmys’ diamond anniversary brought widely expected nominations for previous Emmy favorites like “Succession,” “The White Lotus,” “Abbott Elementary” and “Ted Lasso.” A new shift in rules that capped the number of names voters could submit per category was expected to keep those shows from total domination of the acting categories — but they all still managed to overwhelm the supporting and guest actor categories, along with newly crowned Emmy favorite, “The Last of Us.”
Still, there were some welcome surprise nominations, especially for under-the-radar gems like “Jury Duty,” “Bad Sisters,” and, uh, “The Diplomat.” But even in the waning days of peak TV, there were still several shows and performances that were shockingly passed over for recognition: Elizabeth Olsen hacked up her friend in that laundry room in “Love & Death” and she gets nothing?! Here is Variety’s assessment of the biggest surprises among the nominees for the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. During last year’s Emmy nominations, one of the day’s headlines was that “Yellowstone” and “1883,” Taylor Sheridan’s popular Westerns about the Dutton family, were almost entirely shut out. This year, “Yellowstone” is in a precarious place: It’s been announced that Season 5 will be its last — because star Kevin
Inga Swenson, the versatile actress best known for memorable portrayals of combative women on the TV hits Soap and Benson, has died. Her son confirmed the news to TMZ. Swenson was 90.
A Scots gran says she doesn't "feel like living anymore" after mountains of rotting bin bags were dumped outside her home.
Scheana Shay and Lala Kent are defending themselves. After a photo surfaced on Instagram of some of the cast posing with Tom Sandoval following his cheating scandal, the friends took to Instagram to speak out about the situation.A fan snapped the picture with the cast during their trip to Lake Tahoe, which is being filmed and will be featured on season 11 of the show.The shot — which also includes Tom Schwartz, James Kennedy, Ally Lewber and Brock Davies — features Shay standing next to Sandoval with her arm around him.That fact irked fans who are still reeling from the news that Sandoval cheated on his longtime girlfriend, Ariana Madix, with Raquel Leviss, who has started going by her birth name, Rachel, in the wake of the scandal.«I don't know why I feel the need to defend taking a photo with my hand [in a fist] in the back of someone,» Shay began, before Kent chimed in, saying, «People are so stupid.»«It still blows that people don't realize we're filming a show,» Kent said. «And it was that girl's birthday.
Scheana Shay and Lala Kent are sending a message to Vanderpump Rules fans who don’t understand why they are spending time with Tom Sandoval following his affair with Raquel Leviss.
Rachel Leviss, formerly Raquel, hasn’t signed on for season 11 of Vanderpump Rules, but the rest of the cast is moving forward full steam ahead, with even exes Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix filming together.In early March, Sandoval and Madix announced the end of their relationship after being together since 2013 when she first joined the show.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast hosts Michael Schneider, Clayton Davis, Emily Longeretta and Jazz Tangcay gathered on Wednesday, just hours after the Television Academy announced this year’s Emmy nominations, to dissect the news — from the big winners like “Succession,” to the shocking omissions (no Harrison Ford or Elizabeth Olsen), and then the nice surprises (wow, “Jury Duty”!). The nominations were telling on a number of fronts — including the current assessment that we may very well see a beat “Succession”/”Ted Lasso” dominance. Did the voting procedural changes help bring in a wider group of nominees? No. And will voters pick straight tickets of “Succession” and “Ted Lasso” nominees? Quite possible. Who will win the “SNL”/”Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” smackdown? What are our favorite faceoffs this year? (How can one pick between birthday celebrations for Norman Lear and Carol Burnett, for example?)
"Yellowstone" fans criticized the Emmy voters for ignoring the Paramount Network Western series for a second year in a row. "Yellowstone" did not receive a single Emmy nomination this awards season, much to the dismay of the show's fans. "Succession" led the nominations this year with 27, while "The Last of Us" followed closely with 24.
The Television Academy giveth and the Television Academy taketh away. Outside of the Recording Academy, there is likely no awards body that frustrates the public, media, and industry more than Emmy Awards voters.
Season 13 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has already wrapped, but Andy Cohen hinted that Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky‘s separation could still be a topic of conversation.
Tom Sandoval has officially begun filming season 11 of Vanderpump Rules.
Tom Sandoval confirmed that he’s part of the cast for Vanderpump Rules season 11 — but he wouldn’t say whether he’s spoken to Raquel Leviss since production started.
Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers have come to an agreement with regard to custody of their two children, Harper, 8, and Ford, 6.According to documents obtained by , the actor, 36, and his ex-wife, 40, have agreed on «joint legal custody,» meaning that both Hammer and Chambers will have to «cooperate and agree in making any and all decisions relating to the health, education and welfare» of their two kids.The agreement did not come without a few stipulations. Per the docs, both parties have agreed that it is not in their kids' «best interest to consistently have candy during either parent's respective custodial times» and that they will both refrain from giving their kids candy.They also agreed to co-parenting counseling and that neither will smoke in the presence of their kids.The agreement comes just weeks after the former couple settled their divorce after nearly three years.Per a Declaration of Default obtained by ET last month, Hammer and Chambers «entered into a written agreement regarding their property and their marriage or domestic partnership rights, including support, the original of which is being or has been submitted to the court» and that the pair is asking «the court [to] approve the agreement.”Hammer and Chambers announced they were going their separate ways after 10 years on social media in July 2020, sharing identical statements that read, „Thirteen years as best friends, soulmates, partners and then parents. It has been an incredible journey, but together, we've decided to turn the page and move on from our marriage.
Movie stars no longer “own” Hollywood, we are told, but two hallowed brand names owned much of the media space this week.
On a recent episode of the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, Harrison Ford roasted Conan O’Brien after learning that he had “Han Solo” scribbled down in his interview notes.
Ford went on to clarify that his father was Irish but not German, but O’Brien doubled down. “I refer you to this piece of paper right here that says born and raised in Chicago to an Irish/German father,” he said.“Well that’s the quality of your research,” Ford teased before gesturing to another note that had the words “Han Solo” written on it.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Harrison Ford just wrapped up his tenure as Indiana Jones in the franchise’s fifth installment, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which opened in theaters just a few weeks before the actor’s 81st birthday. Tom Cruise hopes to have the same longevity when it comes to playing Ethan Hunt in Paramount’s long-running “Mission: Impossible” franchise. Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald at the Australian premiere of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” Cruise said he wants to keep making “Mission: Impossible” movies until he is Ford’s age. Cruise just turned 61 years old on July 3, 2023. “Harrison Ford is a legend; I hope to be still going. I’ve got 20 years to catch up with him,” Cruise said. “I hope to keep making ‘Mission: Impossible’ films until I’m his age.”
Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson are still going strong!On Monday, the couple took to social media after an online rumor started that the two It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia stars were splitting up and that McElhenney had an affair. «It was me who had the affair. But it was not with someone from Wales,» she began in her tweet, sharing a Perez Hilton article, which cited the gossip Instagram account DeuxMoi, about the speculation.
The eleventh season of Vanderpump Rules is going to be LIT, y’all!
Thania Garcia Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time,” and its lead single “Last Night,” have now spent 11 weeks simultaneously topping the albums and songs chart. The 36-song set has logged a total of 15 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 while the buzzy “Last Night” spends a 13th at the peak, surpassing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” as the third-ever album to have ruled over Billboard 200 for at least 11 weeks while one of its songs leads on the Hot 100. “One Thing at a Time’s” 110,500 album units managed to ward off Young Thug’s surprise debut of “Business Is Business,” which entered the chart at No. 2 with 89,000 units and 106 million streams. In the past few months, Wallen has also been challenged by K-pop champions (Twice, Jimin, Agust D, Seventeen) and stars ranging from Ed Sheeran to Melanie Martinez, Niall Horan and others. To this day, Wallen’s 2021 album “Dangerous: The Double Album” also remains in the top 10 of the chart (this week it’s at No. 7).
When Anthony Mackie makes his big-screen debut as Captain America in the upcoming “Captain America: Brave New World”, he’ll be joined by Marvel newcomer Harrison Ford.