New 'american Idol' Promo Features Ellen Degeneres

It’s been a challenging year for Warner Music, with a major overhaul at its Atlantic division and change throughout its business and the industry overall, but it’s safe to say the company is ending 2024 on an up note. Its Warner Records has successfully completed a multi-year turnaround with hits from Zach Bryan, Teddy Swims, […]

“The Challenge: All Stars” is switching things up for Season 5. The spinoff will move from Paramount+ to MTV for the upcoming season, titled “The Challenge All Stars: Rivals.” The “Rivals” theme has been a fan-favorite in “The Challenge” franchise since its 2011 debut. “Rivals II” aired in 2013, followed by the third in 2016, […]

The Game Awards hit record viewership with its 2024 show on Dec. 12, which drew an estimated 154 million global livestreams. That’s up 31% over the 2023 show at 118 million livestreams. Per the Game Awards, which marked its 10-year anniversary with the 2024 show, the 2024 viewership high was reached with streams across YouTube, […]

When Zoë Kravitz first met Matt Reeves about playing Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman, opposite Robert Pattinson in “The Batman,” she was two years into writing what would become her feature directorial debut. Born from Kravitz’s “rage towards men in power,” “Blink Twice” — renamed from the original “Pussy Island,” for obvious reasons — follows Frida […]

Taika Waititi will receive the Norman Lear Achievement Award from the Producers Guild of America at the 36th Annual Producers Guild Awards on Feb. 8. The award recognizes a producer or producing team for their work and contributions to television with previous recipients including Mindy Kaling, Greg Berlanti and Ryan Murphy.

Universal Pictures has tapped Vanessa Caswill to direct “Reminders of Him,” an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s romance novel. “Reminders of Him” follows a mother named Kenna Rowan, who returns to her hometown after serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake. She hopes to reconnect with her young daughter, though everyone is intent on […]