HBO Max Orders Comedy ‘Head of the Class’ From Bill Lawrence, Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen

Wyatt Pike has dropped a new original song following his mysterious exit from American Idol last week.

after quitting “American Idol,” a shocking move considering he was named into the top 12.Pike, a self-proclaimed 20-year-old “kid” from Park City, Utah, released the original song called “Friday Nights” on Monday, just hours before the competition show airs on ABC.“As promised, here’s a video of my tune ‘Friday Nights’,” he wrote.

Gabby Barrett and Cade Foehner are enjoying a night out!

who came out as transgender in December, took to social media yesterday (April 16) to urge his followers to contact politicians and voice their opposition to the legislation.It comes after politicians in Alabama and North Dakota recently approved bans on transgender women and girls from playing on sports teams that match their gender identity.There have also been a series of Republican-led states who have introduced bills that have been described as anti-trans by critics.

HBO Max is rounding out cast for its comedy pilot OK Boomer. Will Sasso (United We Fall, Mom) and Tim Chiou (I Was a Simple Man, Seal Team) are set as series regulars, along with Zoe Manarel (New Amsterdam, An American Girl: Summer Camp) and Carter Chee in the multi-camera comedy pilot from creator Todd Linden (Happy Endings, Alexa & Katie), the late Jamie Tarses’ Fanfare and Sony Pictures TV. They join previously announced series regulars Patti Lupone, Erinn Hayes and Devere Rogers.

“20-year-old Utah kid” shouldn’t expect too much relief from his first official statement. “I had to leave the @AmericanIdol competition for personal reasons but am so thankful I get to play music for the rest of my life,” Pike posted Wednesday on Instagram.

American Idol Top 16 finalist Wyatt Pike abruptly left the singing competition, and now he’s explaining why he departed a position that so many other aspiring singers would give anything to be part of. In an Wed. Apr. 14 Instagram post, he didn’t go into much detail, but told fans “I had to leave the @AmericanIdol competition for personal reasons but am so thankful I get to play music for the rest of my life.” The Utah native didn’t elaborate on what the personal reasons were.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken danced around the notion of a 2022 China Winter Olympic boycott Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, calling such talk “premature.”

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max is heading to summer camp. The streaming service has put in development a half-hour comedy series set at a summer camp from Peabody Award-winning writer Lauren Herstik (American Vandal, Pearson) and Adam Goodman’s Invisible Narratives.

EXCLUSIVE: Cristiana Dell’Anna, star of the HBO Max crime series Gomorrah, has landed the lead role of U.S. Catholic nun Frances Xavier Cabrini in Alejandro Monteverde’s true story feature retelling Cabrini. Production starts June 28 in Buffalo, NY and NYC.

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EXCLUSIVE: Fauda and Shtisel outfit Yes Studios has sold its hit Israeli series On The Spectrum to HBO Max for North American streaming.

Barry Jenkins is one of the most exciting voices in American film working today. That’s pretty undeniable.

EXCLUSIVE: Class is in session at HBO Max. The streamer has handed the reboot of Head of the Class a ten-episode order.

Shirley Chung, a Top Chef finalist and owner of Culver City's Ms. Chi Cafe, recalls an incident last year in which a group of diners made her staff sanitize their outdoor table — twice.

The Staircase was one of the first true-crime documentaries to break out into mainstream culture when it was released in 2004.

Kelly Clarkson said she absolutely wouldn’t be the star she is today if her “American Idol” movie “From Justin to Kelly” came out before her huge debut single.

BTS is speaking out against the recent rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.