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The truth is out there. On social media, that is. In 1997, Gillian Anderson won an Emmy for her role in The X-Files. She immediately celebrated by leaning in for a kiss with David Duchovny as her boyfriend looked on. Only after did she lean to her side to kiss her boyfriend, Rodney Rowland…

Lo, the enduring miracle of the film awards year. Just when things begin to look hopeless—and it was looking pretty bleak a month ago—intriguing, maybe even watchable, prospects suddenly sprout. The movies are like Osiris, that old Egyptian resurrection god: You just can't keep 'em down. As August…

Vince Vaughn made his Hollywood bones in R-rated comedies like Wedding Crashers, Old School and Swingers. He had a hot take on why they’re no longer making them like that on the Hot Ones podcast. "They just overthink it," Vaughn told host Sean Evans "And it's like, it's crazy, you get these…

Deadpool is coming to the rescue of Jamie Lee Curtis, who kicked the hornets’ nest of Marvel fans with comments to MTV. Curtis mocked Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which she compared unfavorably to her film, the Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once. She claimed Doctor St…

Jamie Lee Curtis has already scored a few social media points by mocking Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which she compared unfavorably to her film, the Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once. She claimed Doctor Strange was missing “a dynamite dildo fight scene as well as a…

I took a long walk around the neighborhood this week. Those unnerving 'Dark Brandon' campaign signs—the ones with fiery, X-ray vision eyes on a big Biden head—were gone. But the Harris for President signs hadn't shown up yet. Any day now, of course, they will. A quick online check showed a full array…

Editor's note: This is the latest in a series of Deadline reports looking at how the current upheaval in the media & entertainment industry is impacting mental health. Here, General Hospital actress Tabyana Ali, who has played Trina Robinson on the ABC sudser since 2022, speaks out for the first time about…

Kevin Hart, who hosted Netflix’s Greatest Roast of All Time: The Roast of Tom Brady in May, has reacted to Brady’s public regrets about the program’s jabs. “When he says he regretted doing it,” Hart told Bleacher Report this month, “I think what he’s referring to is, ‘I could have tapered it a little…

Editor’s note: In April 2023, Dawn Solér, the SVP Music for ABC Signature and a 16 1/2-year veteran of the studio, was one of several executives who left Disney TV amid the ongoing contraction occurring in Hollywood. Here, Solér reflects on the past year and the lessons she learned since leaving the…

This was the last Real Time before its summer hiatus, Bill Maher noted at the top of his show on Friday night. “It’s a slow news time,” he quipped. “We’ll be back on Aug. 23 to cover the campaign between Trump and….somebody.” This was the first show since last week’s Trump assassination…

Not long ago I vowed never to write about dogs or cats. It seems everyone feels compelled to talk about their pets or show us photos. Even movies. It's on overload: a cat named Frodo is a scene-stealer in A Quiet Place: Day One. She faithfully observes…

UPDATE: Britney Spears has struck back. "I'm gonna do a photoshoot with Kate [Beckinsale] and tell the Osbourne family who is the most boring family known to mankind to kindly f–k off !!!" the singer hitmaker wrote in a lengthy Instagram note that also defended the British actress and model from…