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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone have boarded “Relighting Candles: The Tim Sullivan Story” as executive producers. The documentary short, co-directed by Zeberiah Newman (“Unexpected”) and Michiel Thomas (“Game Face”), is a portrait of West Hollywood candlemaker Tim Sullivan. It chronicles the 82-year-old Bronx native’s journey coming out as a gay man, how he got sober more than 40 years ago and his tradition of hiring homeless and newly sober people at his company, Timothy Jay Candles. McCarthy and Falcone tell me in a statement, “Once we heard the lovely story of Tim Sullivan and began to understand how many people he’s helped in his life through the making of beautiful candles, we realized these filmmakers were telling exactly the kind of story we want to help get out into the world.”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is going to dramatic lengths to get consumers thinking about the challenges of Meningitis B. Rather than pepper Lifetime’s TV schedule with traditional ads about the disease, GSK has commissioned a short film on the subject, in which actor Soleil Moon Frye talks to parents and experts. Her efforts will show up in a three-minute vignette that appears during certain Lifetime movies; a 17-minute film made available via a bespoke digital site; and in “snackable” lengths via social and other venues. Melissa Joan Hart, who was, like Frye, a popular child actor and is a regular in Lifetime’s movies, will also appear in the vignettes, which will appear on digital outlets first and then on the cable network starting June 25.

Melissa McCarthy and the rest of the cast of Gilmore Girls felt the heat when they were filming the show.

Stars Hollow may have been picturesque on the screen, but it was a nightmare for Melissa McCarthy and the rest of the cast IRL!

Song Yuqi of K-pop girl group (G)I-DLE has opened up about why she turned down SM Entertainment in order to join CUBE Entertainment.The Chinese-born singer recently made a guest appearance on the South Korean TV show Radio Star, alongside Epik High‘s Tablo, during which she shared more about her journey to becoming a K-pop idol. Yuqi spoke about how she had always been interested in K-pop and K-drama.“I’ve been a fan of today’s another guest Epik High’s Tablo for ages; from the time when he sang the soundtrack for Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo,” Yuqi said, per SBS Star.

Melissa McCarthy, who played lovable chef Sookie St. James on all seven seasons, recently opened up about one big downside to filming the mother-daughter dramedy starring Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore and Alexis Bledel as her daughter, Rory Gilmore.Though the show takes place in the fictional Connecticut town of Stars Hollow, it was actually filmed at the Warner Bros.

reunion special without a storm-off, does it even really count as a reunion special? Teresa Giudice provided the volatile moment on Tuesday's third and final part of the season 13 reunion — but that's not how things ended.Throughout the hour-long special — which saw the husbands of the series join the Housewives — tensions ran high between Teresa and her brother Joe Gorga — as well as between Teresa and sister-in-law Melissa Gorga, and Joe and Teresa's husband, Louis Ruelas. Basically, everyone was on the verge of tears and fighting.As seen in an ET Exclusive sneak peek earlier this week, the tensions boiled over as the siblings continued to fight, and eventually Teresa stormed off the set in tears until host Andy Cohen managed to cool things down, and get her back out.A peacemaking Cohen calmly admitted what everyone was thinking: «Listen, it's obvious we're not going to resolve anything. I want to just see if there's anything else, Teresa, that you and Joe want to say to each other before I send the husbands away.»«I'm heartbroken,» a tearful Teresa told Joe.

top female comedians of all time. Despite her biting critiques of fashion, celebrities and more, the late, great media personality mainly steered clear of being canceled.Her daughter, Melissa Rivers, believes that the “Fashion Police” host would have found cancel culture “frustrating.”“I think she would be happy that it’s swinging back towards the middle from such extremes,” the 55-year-old told Fox News recently.Joan — who died in 2014 at age 81 — also would have been puzzled by the current landscape of comedy.“Joy” star Melissa added that she her mom “would have gotten sort of grandfathered in not having to be so politically correct.”“Some people justifiably need to be canceled, some people do not,” she said.

Melissa Etheridge attended the 2023 Tony Awards the same day she shared some very exciting Broadway news of her own.

Melissa Etheridge is heading to Broadway with her theatrical event Melissa Etheridge: My Window. The limited nine-week residency will begin Thursday, September 14, with the official opening being on Thursday, Septmber 28, at the Circle in the Square Theatre.

in the hilarious 2011 “Saturday Night Live” sketch, the “Spy” star actually chugged a probiotic drink called Kefir.“When I think about it, I kinda really love ranch,” said “The Heat” star to Entertainment Weekly’s “3 Rounds” host Alexis Wilson. “So I don’t know that I couldn’t have just [drank ranch dressing] … but there’s a lot of logistics to that.”McCarthy revealed that is an attempt to find a substitute for the condiment, she discovered Kefir. The “Tammy” star joked that the diary drink isn’t that different from ranch “when you’re shotgunning it down your throat.”According to “The Little Mermaid” star, the entire “SNL” sketch was a version of something she wrote and performed while a part of the L.A.

Melissa Gorga and Teresa Giudice continues!Part two of  reunion aired Tuesday night and there was no shortage of insults and accusations, testing the patience of both the cast and host Andy Cohen, who was forced to yell at the pair after tensions rose to a boiling point.Comparing them to «f**king kindergarteners,» Andy loses it as he yells at the sisters-in-law. «You don't grow, you don't evolve!» The pair continue to battle with Teresa accusing Melissa of using her for a storyline before ending the back and forth with her hands in prayer, saying she «can't wait to never look at [Melissa's] face again.» Andy scoffs.«You know how that goes...,» Andy says, seemingly alluding to the OG Housewives who have since exited their long-running franchises, i.e.

's season 13 reunion.The action picks up right where part one left off in the sneak peek, with Teresa Giudice going in on Melissa Gorga, accusing her sister-in-law and her husband, Teresa's brother, Joe Gorga, of aiding the federal investigation into her and her ex-husband, Joe Giudice's, financial dealings that ultimately landed them in prison. Teresa alleges the Gorgas buddied up to her ex's ex-business partner, whom Teresa says flipped on Joe in order to avoid a prison sentence of his own.The former couple pleaded guilty to multiple charges of fraud back in 2014, going on to serve consecutive sentences behind bars: Teresa spent a little less than 12 months in a federal facility in 2015, while Joe entered custody in 2016. The Italian-native got out in 2019, but was then deported and now lives in the Bahamas.

While Joe Giudice and his ex-wife Teresa Giudice may not agree on much anymore, it sure seems like they agree on this controversial subject.

G-Dragon‘s exclusive contract with K-pop agency YG Entertainment has come to an end.YG Entertainment confirmed that G-Dragon’s exclusive contract with K-pop agency has expired in a statement to Yonhap News Agency today (June 6). The idol has been with YG Entertainment since G-Dragon made his debut as the leader of boyband Big Bang in 2006.However, YG Entertainment said that it is still working with G-Dragon on other activities, such as commercial work.

The 2023 WeHo Pride Parade was the place to be this weekend in the Los Angeles area!

Waving their rainbow flags proudly! Allies like Melissa McCarthy and Christine Quinn joined LGBTQ+ icons such as Tinashe and Niecy Nash-Betts for 2023 pride celebrations.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ on Monday announced their acquisition of the YA romance Love in Taipei (fka Loveboat, Taipei), based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the latter name by Abigail Hing Wen.

Josh Dallas meets up with Melissa Roxburgh on the red carpet for the 2023 ATX TV Festival on Thursday (June 1) in Austin, Texas.

Polygram Entertainment, the film and television division of Universal Music Group, has announced that Daniel Inkeles will become the new senior vice president of film and television development and production. Prior to his promotion, Inkeles was the vice president of scripted film and television for UMG.