By Dave McNary
15.05.2020 - 02:25 / variety.com
By Will Thorne
Staff Writer
“The Blacklist” cast and crew were four days into shooting Episode 19 of Season 7 when coronavirus brought their New York set to a grinding halt.
Executive producers Jon Bokenkamp and John Eisendrath’s first thoughts were, “That’s that, season over,” says Bokenkamp, but soon enough, KA-POW, they settled on turning the episode into a hybrid of live-action and comic book-style animation. Entitled “The Kazanjian Brothers,” this episode now acts as the seventh season
By Dave McNary
It's been sixyears since author Josh Malermanpublished his acclaimed novel Bird Box, a post-apocalyptic tale that was adapted in the 2018 Netflix film of the same name starring Sandra Bullock. The film was viewed by 45 million accountsworldwidein its first week on the streaming service, catapulting Malerman's book on the New York Times bestseller list four years after its publication.
By Dave McNary
Things are going well for Kenya Moore. The stunning Real Housewives Of Atlanta star, 49, is taking her quarantine with one-year-old daughter Brooklyn Doris Daly one day at a time, and working with her estranged husband, Marc Daly, on co-parenting the sweet little tot.
Michael Punke, author of the New York Times best-seller The Revenant is set to publish his first novel in 19 years. Ridgeline (Henry Holt and Company) is slated to hit bookshelves in summer 2021.
NEW YORK -- A decade after the “Hunger Games” series had apparently ended, readers were clearly ready for more.
It may have been a long couple of weeks for child actor Mary-Kate Olsen but she has finally been able to file for divorce from her estranged husband.
Producer/director Paul Feig is a bona-fide starmaker. His hit 2011 movie “Bridesmaids” launched Melissa McCarthy into the stratosphere; his cult TV series, “Freaks and Geeks” (1999-2000), was a major early stepping stone for Hollywood A-listers Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, James Franco, Busy Phillips and Linda Cardellini.
He was challenged on a number of racial issues
Lori Loughlin’s decision to change her plea in the college admissions case was the best move she could make after more than a year of maintaining her innocence, according to an image consultant.
Three and a half years ago, when I packed my belongings into four suitcases and moved to London, it meant accepting a certain distance between myself and my family. It was a distance the five of us had already started to understand since one of my two sisters had made her home in Israel.
By Bruce Haring
“Animal Crossing” isn’t the only game in town.
Congratulations to the class of 2020… or something!