Friday Ratings: ‘WWE Smackdown’, ‘Shark’ Tank Lead The Nightly Demo Wars

Biniki Kill have cancelled their planned European and UK tour dates for this month, due to a band member testing positive for COVID-19 as well as “other circumstances out of our control”.The riot grrrl pioneers were scheduled to perform as part of this year’s Primavera Sound festival in Spain this month. They were also set to perform headline shows in Italy, France, Belgium and the UK, after their 2020 tour was postponed due to the pandemic.

A quiet pre-holiday Friday night saw plenty of action from the WWE Friday Night SmackDown, which topped the demos once again, this time with an 0.4, easily beating the competition.

Star Wars fans got a treat Thursday. Harrison Ford made a surprise stop at the Star Wars Celebration at the Anaheim Convention Center to give an update on "Indiana Jones 5."  Thursday’s event marked the first in-person convention since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Harrison Ford made a surprise appearance at the Star Wars Celebration event in Anathema, Calif., Thursday.

Snoop Dogg has revealed that he turned down a $2million offer to DJ a party for Michael Jordan.Speaking in a new interview, Snoop, who is known for his astute business dealings and multiple endorsements, discussed some of the deals he’s been involved in and some he’s declined.“One of the craziest deals I turned down was $2million to DJ for a Michael Jordan event, and I turned it down,” the rapper told Impaulsive podcast hosts Mike Majlak and YouTubers Logan Paul and George Janko.Explaining why he turned the offer down, Snoop said: “I was doing some other shit, I had shit to do and I had way more customers before I get to you.”Snoop added that he’s never met the legendary NBA basketball player but that he wants to. “I wanna meet him as a fan, as a boss,” he said. “It’s like, ‘Mike, I’ve loved you since North Carolina, I’m a big fan of yours, I love what you do, you one of the greatest to ever do it.“Give me a couple of secrets on how you did this.

The season finale of ABC’s Shark Tank and a shocking WWE Friday Night SmackDown were the top two demo winners this Friday night.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHarrison Ford and Helen Mirren are set to star in Taylor Sheridan’s new “Yellowstone” prequel “1932” at Paramount+, Variety has learned.The show follows the Dutton family in the titular year, a time of Prohibition, the Great Depression, and westward expansion. “1932” is a followup to “1883,” the latter of which told the story of the Dutton family as they made their way to Montana to found what would become the Yellowstone Ranch in the mothership series. “1932” was ordered to series at Paramount+ back in February.

Universal Pictures has entered into a first-look production deal with “The Notebook” author Nicholas Sparks to bring three of his more recent novels to the big screen, starting with last year’s runaway hit “The Wish.” Sparks and Anonymous Content will partner to produce three feature films for Universal, each one based on one of his most recent books, though only a film based on “The Wish” was announced on Tuesday. Zack Hayden will produce “The Wish” on behalf of Anonymous Content with oversight by Anonymous Content CEO Dawn Olmstead and CCO David Levine, alongside Theresa Park, Sparks’ longtime literary agent and collaborator, and Universal Pictures’ Vice President of Production Development, Lexi Barta.

A war of words has broken out between the filmmakers who have brought audiences two different versions, nearly two decades apart, of the real-life mystery behind The Staircase.

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Selome Hailu ABC has renewed the unscripted series “The Bachelor,” “American Idol,” “Shark Tank,” “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” for new seasons.“The Bachelor” has been renewed for Season 27. Season 5 star Jesse Palmer will continue hosting the series after replacing previous host Chris Harrison in Season 26. The hit dating series is produced by Next Entertainment and Warner Bros.

Well, this just got more disturbing…

Katcy Stephan SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers through Episode 4 of “The Staircase,” which hit HBO Max on May 12.Despite her death being the catalyst for a highly publicized court case and miniseries, not much is publicly known about Kathleen Peterson’s life and personality. “The Staircase,” HBO Max’s true crime miniseries from Antonio Campos and Maggie Cohn, seeks to change that by fleshing out Kathleen as a human being. “I just love that the show on the whole is a more balanced view of their family,” Toni Collette, who plays Kathleen Peterson in the series, tells Variety.

While attending the official opening of the Manchester Arena memorial, Prince William got candid about his personal journey with grief.

Eva Mendes revealed she is worried about her mother’s health, explaining during a recent interview that her mom is “not doing too well right now.”The Hollywood actress got emotional after co-host Hoda Kotb wished her mom, Eva Perez Suarez, a Happy Mother’s Day. And while the star did not share more details about what the sad family matters, she declared that her mom “is a survivor in every way.”Both Eva and her husband Ryan Gosling are known for keeping their personal life private, keeping their kids, 6-year-old Amada and 7-year-old Esmeralda away from the spotlight, with the actress taking a break from her career in the entertainment industry to focus on her family.During her interview, Eva confessed that her mom is an inspiration for her during her own journey as a mother, as she remembers all the special moments she experienced growing up.“My mom was able to be there for me at home until I was about 8 or 9.

There was something for everyone on Friday’s night’s television menu. That meant a three-way tie for the top honors in the demo wars.

The first three episodes of The Staircase are streaming now on HBO Max and fans have a lot of questions already.