Chris Pratt‘s Mother’s Day post is sparking controversy online.
27.04.2023 - 00:03 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Mina Lefevre, who was Head of Development and Programming at Meta, is departing Facebook’s parent company.
Lefevre, who was formerly EVP and Head of Scripted at MTV, is exiting as part of the latest round of layoffs at the Mark Zuckerberg-run company, which has seen more than 20,000 employees leave.
The departure comes amid a pivot for Facebook, which already had scaled back its original programming efforts since the days of scripted series such as Elizabeth Olsen-fronted Sorry For Your Loss and Sacred Lies, shepherded by Lefevre.
None of the remaining FB Watch Originals, most notably Red Table Talk, are coming back for new seasons as the company is getting out of that business, shifting its focus on creating VR experiences in Meta Horizon Worlds that can also be deployed across Facebook, Instagram and Messenger. FB Watch remains as video player for such content.
The buzzy Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris, which also spawned spinoff Red Table Talk: The Estefans, was the last remaining FB Watch original. It had completed its original order and will not be coming back; series producer Westbrook, is currently looking for a new home.
In addition to the Red Table Talk franchise, Facebook unscripted/talk original series launched under Lefevre also included Steve on Watch with Steve Harvey, Piece of Mind with Taraji with Taraji P. Henson, a reboot of the reality hit MTV’s The Real World, 9 Months with Courteney Cox, Unfiltered: Paris Jackson, The Biebers on Watch and Tom vs. Time with Tom Brady.
She also developed youth skewing series for Messenger’s Watch Together, including Cardi Tries with Cardi B and Post Malone’s Celebrity World Pong League as well as social
Chris Pratt‘s Mother’s Day post is sparking controversy online.
Just friends — and nothing more. Despite relationship rumors, there is nothing romantic going on between Kim Kardashian and Tom Brady, Us Weekly can confirm.
Kim Kardashian's got friends in high places!A source tells ET that Kim and newly retired NFL star Tom Brady have struck up a friendship over Kim's quest for a new vacation home.«Tom and Kim have been in touch because Kim is looking to buy property where Tom has a vacation home,» the source said before maintaining that the pair are «just friends.»According to multiple reports, Kim is looking to buy a property at Baker’s Bay Golf & Ocean Club, an exclusive members-only residential community in the Bahamas, and even flew out to the Bahamas over the weekend to check out the resort. Tom was reportedly not at the club at the time.It's also reported that the pair have a mutual friend, Jens Grede, who has worked with both Tom and Kim on their respective brands — SKIMS and Brady — and likely connected the two.Tom's reps, meanwhile, have denied any romance. ET has also reached out to Kim's reps for comment.Tom bought the Bahamian vacation home with his now-ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen, many years ago.
backed out due to the writers’ strike.
—and very excited to do it—but gave a heartfelt explaining that she was stepping down out of respect for those on the picket lines who would have normally been writing for the annual awards show. The awards are still scheduled to go on without a host, but it remains to be seen just how pared down it will be. More on that below. In other news, if you have yet to catch up on the with Elizabeth Olsen, Lily Rabe, Jesse Plemons, and more, then this is the week to do it.
115.1 million people watched the Feb. 12 Super Bowl broadcast of the Kansas City Chiefs’ triumph over the Philadelphia Eagles across various traditional television, its Spanish language Fox Deportes and digital streaming services.That Nielsen Media Research figure was up by 2.1 million from the 113 million viewers initially credited to the game, which featured a last-minute win for the Patrick Mahomes-led Chiefs in one of the most exciting championship games in years.
Audra McDonald earned a historic 10th acting Tony Award nomination for her performance in. The latest nod ties her with Chita Rivera and Julie Harris as the most nominated individual performers ever in the 76-year history of the Broadway awards. McDonald was nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her turn as writer and alum Suzanne Alexander, who recounts her traumatic experiences while attending OSU. Prior to the 76th annual Tony Awards, McDonald had garnered two previous nominations in the same category for in 2020 and in 2014. She has also been nominated in the Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical category three times, for in 2012, in 2007 and in 2000. Her other acting nods include two for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play, for in 2004 and in 1996.
Gisele Bündchen certainly does not need anyone on her arm to rock a red carpet. The 42-year-old runway pro stepped out at the 2023 Met Gala on Monday sans newly ex-husband Tom Brady for the first time since 2007.Bündchen was stunning at the event, wearing a white Chanel gown, which featured sequins in vertical stripes. She beamed in the ensemble, even twirling happily for the cameras to show off her feather cape, before making her way up the iconic stairs.The dress is the same one she wore in a 2007 photoshoot for .
Nick Cannon is reacting to the news of the cancellation of Red Table Talk, the show hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris.
The Met Gala is the fashion industry’s biggest night of the year and we’re taking a look back at what the red carpet looked like 10 years ago.
Elizabeth Olsen has no idea why she’s being called the “Internet’s Mom”.
For those who haven’t heard the news, it was announced this week that Facebook Watch would be ending its original series programming — meaning the popular talk show Red Table Talk would be de facto canceled (and in need of a new home). The news no doubt came as a disappointment to the legions of viewers who enjoyed watching Jada Pinkett-Smith, Willow Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris take on very candid conversations about the hottest of topics. However, there’s one person who is glad Red Table Talk is gone (for now at least) – and that person is Nick Cannon.
Nick Cannon is not holding back. The TV personality shared his candid thoughts on the cancellation of Jada Pinkett Smith's and, more specifically, Will Smith's appearances on the show through the years. In a segment on his new live radio show,, the 42-year-old addressed the news that was canceled as Facebook Watch ends its original programming, calling the development «good.» «If there was no, then he wouldn't have slapped the s**t out of Chris Rock,» Cannon declared, referencing the now-infamous incident during the 94th Academy Awards, where the star slapped Rock in the face after he made a joke about Pinkett Smith's shaved head. When his co-hosts voiced their support of the program — which teamed Pinkett Smith with her daughter, Willow Smith, and mother, Adrienne «Gammy» Banfield-Norris, for candid conversation and interviews — Cannon went on to call it, «That toxic table.» «That was royalty, Will and Jada.
with Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne «Gammy» Banfield-Norris, along with several other Facebook Watch Originals, has officially been canceled, ET can confirm.On Wednesday, reported that Mina Lefevre, who was Head of Development and Programming at Meta, was part of the latest round of layoffs at the Mark Zuckerberg-run company. None of the series launched under Lefevre will return for new seasons as Facebook shifts focus from original programming to creating VR experiences in Meta Horizon Worlds.Along with the franchise, which included the Gloria Estefan spinoff Facebook's other original series included with Steve Harvey, with Taraji P.
Meta will no longer pull up a seat at the red table. Jada Pinkett Smith and her daughter Willow Smith’s Red Table Talk has been canceled.
Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk” has been cancelled.
Red Table Talk” got the boot after Meta unplugged Facebook Watch’s original programming.The daytime Emmy award-winning show — hosted by Jada Pinkett-Smith, her daughter Willow Smith and mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris — tackled conversations about social issues with an inter-generational perspective, which led to Pinkett-Smith exposing the dark side of her marriage with Academy Award winner Will Smith.In 2020, the couple revealed to their 11 million Facebook followers that the “Girls Trip” actor had an “entanglement” — a relationship outside her marriage — with 30-year-old R&B singer August Alsina.She admitted her marriage was on a downfall, and the couple briefly separated, so “I got into a different kind of entanglement with August … it was a relationship, absolutely,” she revealed to her husband in the 12-minute video.After Alsina ended the entanglement with the 51-year-old actor, she began to repair her marriage to 54-year-old Smith, “We have gotten to that new place of unconditional love.”The Facebook series started in 2018 and ran for five seasons before being canceled.Each episode featured a notable guest, such as Hayden Panettiere, Jennette McCurdy, Jordyn Woods, Bobby Brown and the cast of “A Different World.”The talk show was one of the last to get unplugged after Mina Lefevre, head of development and programming at Meta, along with more than 20,000 employees were laid off, according to Deadline.Facebook Watch began scrapping its original scripted programming in 2020 after canceling “Sorry For Your Loss,” starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jessica Biel. In more recent years, the platform started to focus on unscripted programming such as “Tom vs.
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Meta is shutting down the Facebook Watch originals group, including Jada Pinkett Smith‘s show Red Table Talk.
Elizabeth Olsen isn’t really sure what to make of being named the “internet’s mom.” While she had attained the title some time ago, the popularity really took off when she presented an award at this year’s Oscars alongside Pedro Pascal — famously, the “internet’s daddy.”