Melissa Rivers says her son has 'the same silly, sense of humour' as her late mother Joan Rivers

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticThe word “tabloid” has a sleazy mystique. It’s such a potent word that it can influence the way you think about the subjects that fall into that category.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterHBO Max picked up “Julia” for a second season on Thursday, the same day its Season 1 finale dropped on the streamer. With that good news, fans of the Julia Child scripted series can rest assured they will be learning more about The French Chef herself (played by Sarah Lancashire) and the people who made her the icon she is in Season 2, including Judith Light’s Blanche Knopf.And there will be plenty to uncover about Blanche, the publisher of Child’s best-selling “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” books, in particular. The finale episode, titled “Chocolate Soufflé,” revealed the powerful co-founder and leader of publishing house Knopf is going blind, and only her mentee Judith Jones (Fiona Glascott), who was editor for Child, as well as novelists like John Updike at Knopf, knows about the dire situation.

Dakota Johnson is back on the promo trail with her movie Cha Cha Real Smooth!

Another cutie for Andy Cohen! The Bravo personality welcomed his second baby via surrogate on Friday, April 29.

UPDATED, 12:17 PM: Major League Baseball has suspended Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer — one of the highest-paid players in the league — for two seasons for violating its Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy.

Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff share a sweet embrace on the red carpet at the premiere of Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known.

EXCLUSIVE: Stranger Things and Black Widow star David Harbour will lead cast in Cooper Raiff’s The Trashers, which is on course to shoot this fall.

Earlier this week, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it would be shutting down CNN+ less than a month after the new streaming service debuted. Of course, Trevor Noah had something to say about it.During Thursday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Noah poked some lighthearted fun at the news.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticA new venue set to open in the Nashville area in early 2023, Timberhawk Hall, is looking to bring concertgoers slightly outside of town to an area that hasn’t seen much live music activity, the city of Madison, with a rootsy vibe in an almost barn-like setting.The concert hall, whose plans have been known to the local music community for a while but were just announced Thursday, will have a capacity of 1,000 attendees standing or 600 seated. It’s located a few miles northeast of downtown Nashville, in a suburban area of an incorporated historic city that some have characterized as “the next East Nashville,” both for its next-door status to the latter community and the number of musicians moving there.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorKevin Bacon and Farrah Mackenzie have joined Netflix’s “Leave the World Behind,” joining Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold in the film based on the bestselling novel by Rumaan Alam.The story revolves around a couple vacationing in a rental house on Long Island, who are surprised when the homeowners arrive bearing news of a mysterious blackout.Sam Esmail writes and directs, and the Obamas’ production Higher Ground recently came on as an executive producer. The novel was a finalist for the National Book Award.USC’s School of Cinematic Arts is partnering with the Gary Cooper estate for the 70th anniversary of Oscar-nominated Western “High Noon.” On Sunday, April 24, events will include a special screening and panel, book signing and opening of the Gary Cooper Exhibition.

Jenna Bush Hager is the latest on-air personality to test positive for Covid, forcing her to miss Wednesday’s Today with Hoda and Jenna.

Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers were known for their famous Fashion Police critique. It’s been nearly five years since E!’s long-running red carpet fashion commentary series came to an end, and almost eight years since the comedic legend sadly passed in 2014. As Melissa sat down with HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY to discuss her new book Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman, she also shared her thoughts on Laverne Cox who has since stepped into the role as host of E!’s Live From E!.

One thing that’s been constant throughout Melissa Rivers’ life is laughter. Her mother was the wise-cracking, tell-it-like-you-see-it Joan Rivers, after all. So when the groundbreaking comedic legend died in 2014 after a botched medical procedure at the age of 81, Melissa, an only child and a mother of one, was understandably shaken by grief.

Anderson Cooper missed his CNN program tonight after saying on social media that he has tested positive for Covid.