8/5/20 Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Variety has learned.The move comes just a year after E! announced an expansion to its slate of entertainment news programming under veteran former “Today” producer Tammy Filler, who joined in April 2019 to lead creative and production for E!’s news operations.

Deadline reported that, after reading the script, Hanks reached out to director Robert Zemeckis, 68, to express his interest in being in the film. The pair have a decades-long working relationship — both won Oscars for their work on 1994’s “Forrest Gump,” which Zemeckis directed.Disney has long been gunning to cast Hanks as the wood-carving Italian father in a reimagining of the classic story of the wooden puppet boy.

accusations of a “toxic” workplace at her eponymous talk show.Vance called attacks on his famous sibling “bulls–t” in one of two heartfelt social media posts Tuesday.“If you think Ellen would knowingly allow bullying or racism on her show, you don’t know my sister,” her brother, 65, wrote in a supportive Twitter post. “She has been and continues to be a bright light in a dark world.

CBS All Access.But in playing a cartoon character, Commander Jack Ransom, O’Connell laments that he is missing out on one cool aspect of the “Trek” world.“My wife loves wearing that uniform. And every time she puts it on, it’s an absolute honor,” O’Connell, 46, told The Post during a recent Zoom interview from their home in Calabasas, Calif.

former NFL star and race activist Emmanuel Acho.Acho, 29, who also hosts the web series “Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man,” joined Winfrey for a two-part episode, which included a segment inviting non-black viewers to ask difficult questions about racism and white privilege.“Not all white people have power,” said one guest. “There’s plenty of poor, working-class white people.