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Megyn Kelly blunder raises questions about viability of her NBC show
Since joining NBC News in the Spring of 2017, Megyn Kelly has soldiered on at her morning program, “Megyn Kelly Today,” through various social-media controversies; a feud with actress Jane Fonda; scrutiny of her ratings, her guests, her dancing, her everything. Her hard work has been testament to her ability to take a punch and keep working to build an audience. Now there’s some question about whether Kelly can keep marching. ...
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6 new broadcast TV shows that could be canceled soon
Twenty new TV shows have debuted across the five English-language broadcast networks thus far this season — to very varying degrees of success. Not all of them can be insta-hits: For every "Manifest" there is an "I Feel Bad," unfortunately. TheWrap has identified six freshmen series that are already in danger of being canceled — before or after their initial runs even end. Sorry ABC, you're the twofer. See what's already on the bad side of the...
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Mariah Carey is headed to 'The Voice'
Mariah Carey is headed to "The Voice." The Grammy-winning recording artist will join the NBC reality competition series as a key adviser for the knockout rounds, beginning Oct. 29. Carey will work with and mentor the remaining 32 contestants with coaches Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. "The Voice" continues with the battle rounds on Tuesday nights. The coaches enlist the help of top recording artists to offer...
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Jimmy Kimmel has a hilarious plan for explaining son's surgery scar
At only 18 months old, Jimmy Kimmel’s son Billy has already been through a lot. Thankfully, after two scary surgeries to repair a congenital heart defect, “You’d have no idea [anything was wrong] besides his awesome scar on his body,” Kimmel’s wife, Molly McNeary, told Us at an October 20 gala benefiting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. And the Jimmy Kimmel Live! host, 50, has a great plan for dealing with his son’s questions about the scar in...
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NBC airs 'Megyn Kelly Today' repeat as tensions with anchor rise
NBC chose to air a repeat broadcast of “Megyn Kelly Today” – an almost unheard-of maneuver in the realm of morning-news programming – as tensions between NBC News and anchor Megyn Kelly appeared to heighten. “Given the circumstances, Megyn Kelly Today will be on tape the rest of the week,” NBC News said in a statement Thursday. More to come… Subscribe to Variety Newsletters and Email Alerts!
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The reason Carlton from 'Fresh Prince' says a reboot is 'impossible'
In West Philadelphia, born and raised — and that’s where the Fresh Prince will likely remain. Alfonso Ribeiro, the actor who played Will Smith’s preppy, snooty cousin Carlton Banks in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” said a reboot of the popular 1990s sitcom is highly unlikely. “I think it’s impossible with James Avery being gone,” revealed the host of “America’s Funniest Videos” during an interview with Mario Lopez. “Do we really want to see...
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'Dr Phil' renewed through 2023
CBS has renewed "Dr. Phil" for an additional three years, which will take the top syndicated talk show through its 21st season and 2023. Dr. Phil McGraw is the host and an executive producer on his eponymous and hugely successful daytime talker. He is also an executive producer on "The Doctors," among other series, and is the inspiration behind CBS' primetime drama "Bull." McGraw's development deal with CBS Television Studios for Stage 29...
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Robin Wright: ‘House of Cards’ finale ‘will shock you beyond belief’
Actress Robin Wright joins TODAY to talk about the sixth and final season of “House of Cards,” hitting Netflix Nov. 2. Her character, Claire Underwood, has finally seized the Oval Office, and Wright herself steps behind the camera to direct the finale episode. “It is going to shock you beyond belief, what happens in the end,” Wright says.
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Pete Davidson Cancels Second Stand-Up Set After Ariana Split
Still mending his broken heart? Pete Davidson has pulled out of a second comedy appearance following his split from Ariana Grande earlier this month. Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson: The Way They Were The 24-year-old Saturday Night Live star was set to perform at Saint Louis University in Missouri on Thursday, October 25. However, a Facebook page for the event notes, “Due to personal reasons, Pete Davidson’s appearance at SLU has been cancelled....
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Ronnie Ortiz-Magro posts cryptic pic of himself with black eye
Round three? Ronnie Ortiz-Magro hinted that there may be trouble in paradise once again between him and girlfriend Jen Harley. Jersey Shore’s Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and Jen Harley Drama: Everything We Know So Far The Jersey Shore star, 32, shared a disturbing photo of himself with a black eye to Instagram Story on Wednesday, October 24. “Sorry for lying to my friends and family, sometimes u love people so much your willing to lie and the hurt the...
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NBC News turns spotlight on Megyn Kelly ‘blackface’ gaffe
Megyn Kelly hasn’t been shy about turning recent controversies at NBC News into fodder for her morning program at the network. Now NBC News is doing much the same with a blunder she made on her show Tuesday. Both “NBC Nightly News” and “Today” have aired segments examining statements Kelly made Tuesday on her 9 a.m. program, “Megyn Kelly Today,” about dressing up in blackface or whiteface for Halloween. “What is racist?” she asked a panel ...
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Riverdale Cast Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions
Riverdale stars Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse, Casey Cott, Vanessa Morgan, Madelaine Petsch, Skeet Ulrich, and Madchen Amick answer the internet's most searched questions about Riverdale and themselves. Riverdale Season 3 premieres Oct. 10 on the CW
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WWE women's movement takes hit with Saudi Arabia involvement
Former WWE champ Alexa Bliss ditched her skimpy two-piece ring gear for a full bodysuit. Performing for the first time in the United Arab Emirates, where strict rules govern what women wear in public, Bliss wasn't about to risk offending a nation set to have WWE female wrestlers fight on the same card as the men.She went hold-to-hold with Sasha Banks...
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NAACP tells Megyn Kelly to 'check herself': 'Blackface is always racist and never OK'
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has denounced Megyn Kelly hours after the "Today" host said "blackface" would be OK in some situations on Halloween. "During the slave trade, some people thought it was OK to treat human beings as property and less than animals," Malik Russell, a spokesperson for the civil rights organization, told TheWrap on Tuesday. "Maybe in Megyn Kelly's world, offensive acts and racism are OK,...
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‘Jersey Shore’ star The Situation gets a prison check-in date
“Jersey Shore” star Michael Sorrentino is getting an early wedding gift from the judge in his federal case, because he doesn’t have to report for his prison sentence until 2019! The judge in The Situation’s tax evasion case granted his request this week to delay checking into prison after being sentenced to 8 months behind […] The post ‘Jersey Shore’ Star The Situation Gets Until Next Year to Check Into Prison appeared first on The Blast.
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Alfonso Ribeiro denies ever dating Jada Pinkett, despite what she says
Did Jada Pinkett Smith almost end up with Carlton instead of Will? The actress claimed she once went on a date with Alfonso Ribeiro, but her husband Will Smith’s former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air costar remembers things a little differently. Costars Reunited “I actually think I dated Alfonso,” the 47-year-old said on the Monday, October 22, episode of her Facebook Watch series Red Table Talk. “I think I went one date together.” Smith, 50, added:...
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Ellen DeGeneres gives audience members Mega Millions lottery tickets
"You have a better chance of being struck by lightning, giving birth to identical quadruplets while being attacked by a shark at the same time," DeGeneres told the audience about the slim chance of winning the $1.6 billion.
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Ellen DeGeneres opens up about sexual abuse
Ellen DeGeneres sat down with TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie on DeGeneres’ daytime talk show to talk about a wide range of topics, but got incredibly candid as she opened up about being a victim of sexual abuse when she was 15 years old. “We are really vulnerable at that age and we trust,” DeGeneres says, “and then when you are violated, you don't know what to do.”
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Rebecca Gayheart: It’s not easy coparenting with Eric Dane
Rebecca Gayheart and ex-husband Eric Dane spent Labor Day goofing around with daughters Billie, 8, and Georgie, 6, during a beach day in Malibu. To passerby, the former couple and their children looked like the poster family for coparenting. But Gayheart, 47, admitted some days it’s a struggle. Celebrity Friendly Exes “We’re doing our best. It isn’t easy,” the actress told Us Weekly at the Baby Ball in Los Angeles. “But we are trying and we are...
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Kris Jenner calling it quits with boyfriend? What's really going on
Kris Jenner and Corey Gamble’s relationship didn’t come to an end, despite a report from exactly one year ago today that asserted they were “calling it quits.” Gossip Cop said the claim was untrue then, and it remains false to this day. A full year later, Gamble and Jenner are still together. According to an […]
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‘Teen Mom 2’ star Leah Messer splits with boyfriend
Leah Messer is flying solo again. The Teen Mom 2 star and her boyfriend, Jason Jordan, have split after about six months of dating, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly exclusively. Celebrity Splits of 2018 “It just wasn’t working,” one source tells Us. “They’re just not a good fit.” Us Weekly broke the news in July that Messer, 26, and Jordan, 40, had been quietly dating for more than three months and were “getting serious.” The couple were...
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Wrestlers react to WWE star's cancer announcement
WWE wrestler Roman Reigns revealed live on Monday Night Raw that his cancer is back. Speaking before a clearly surprised Rhode Island audience, the 33-year-old WWE Universal Champion whose real name is Leati Joseph Anoa’i, said his 11-year battle with leukemia will prevent him from competing in the sport until further notice. The news stunned the wrestling world and many took to Twitter to post supportive messages.
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Debra Messing and Eric McCormack talk reuniting for ‘Will & Grace’
Debra Messing and Eric McCormack sit down with Kathie Lee Gifford, Hoda Kotb and Rita Wilson to talk about the return of “Will Grace," reuniting with their amazing cast and crew, and their new Hollywood Walk of Fame stars.
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Criminal Minds Stars Recall Their Favorite Show Moments
What's YOUR favorite moment from Criminal Minds? As the show hits its 300th episode, we got some stories about the personal highlights for series stars A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Daniel Henney, Adam Rodriguez, Joe Mantegna, and Paget Brewster. Watch the Season 14 premiere (and Episode 300) on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 10/9c on CBS and CBS All Access.
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Murphy Brown - I (Don't) Heart Huckabee
After decades of being banned, Murphy and the team devise an elaborate ruse to sneak her into a White House press briefing. Also, Phyllis hires an enthusiastic college "Dreamer," Miguel (Adan Rocha), to help out at the bar. Watch Murphy Brown on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30c this fall on CBS and CBS All Access.
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