Kenan Thompson is the latest star who has been tapped to fill in for Simon Cowell as a judge on “America’s Got Talent.”The “Saturday Night Live” cast member will temporarily take over for Cowell, who over the weekend of Aug. 10 following a bike accident. Sources close to “AGT” say there is no word yet as to when Cowell will return to his hosting seat. Last week, Kelly Clarkson was the one toThompson will join this season’s regular judging panel of Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara, and host Terry Crews for Tuesday and Wednesday’s live telecasts. The news comes only a couple weeks...…Kenan Thompson is the latest star who has been tapped to fill in for Simon Cowell as a judge on “America’s Got Talent.”The “Saturday Night Live” cast member will temporarily take over for Cowell, who over the weekend of Aug. 10 following a bike accident. Sources close to “AGT” say there is no word yet as to when Cowell will return to his hosting seat. Last week, Kelly Clarkson was the one toThompson will join this season’s regular judging panel of Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara, and host Terry Crews for Tuesday and Wednesday’s live telecasts. The news comes only a couple weeks...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy  is declining to ban a video by hip-hop artist  containing anti-Asian lyrics, despite a drive among staffers to have the song, “Meet the Flockers,” removed from the platform.The rapper’s 2014 song is about how to pull off a burglary and begins with a verse recommending Asians as the easiest targets for a home invasion: “First, you find a house and scope it out / Find a Chinese neighborhood / ‘Cause they don’t believe in bank accounts.” (“Flockers” is slang for thieves.)Amid...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy  is declining to ban a video by hip-hop artist  containing anti-Asian lyrics, despite a drive among staffers to have the song, “Meet the Flockers,” removed from the platform.The rapper’s 2014 song is about how to pull off a burglary and begins with a verse recommending Asians as the easiest targets for a home invasion: “First, you find a house and scope it out / Find a Chinese neighborhood / ‘Cause they don’t believe in bank accounts.” (“Flockers” is slang for thieves.)Amid...WW…

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AdvertisementBy VarietyFeb 05, 2021 at 1:14 pm, the Canadian-born Shakespearean actor who starred in films including “The Sound of Music” and “Beginners,” died on Friday morning at his home in Connecticut. He was 91.“Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self deprecating humor and the music of words,” Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager of 46 years said. “He was a National Treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots. Through his art and humanity, he touched all of our hearts and his legendary life will endure...…AdvertisementBy VarietyFeb 05, 2021 at 1:14 pm, the Canadian-born Shakespearean actor who starred in films including “The Sound of Music” and “Beginners,” died on Friday morning at his home in Connecticut. He was 91.“Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self deprecating humor and the music of words,” Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager of 46 years said. “He was a National Treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots. Through his art and humanity, he touched all of our hearts and his legendary life will endure...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy Nearly three years after the Weinstein Co. declared bankruptcy, a judge on Monday confirmed a liquidation plan that provides a $17.1 million fund for .The plan also provides $9.7 million to the former officers and directors of the Weinstein Co., allowing them to pay a portion of their legal bills over the last several years. The directors and officers — who include Weinstein's brother, Bob, as well as James Dolan, Tarak Ben Ammar and Lance Maerov — also received releases that absolve them...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy Nearly three years after the Weinstein Co. declared bankruptcy, a judge on Monday confirmed a liquidation plan that provides a $17.1 million fund for .The plan also provides $9.7 million to the former officers and directors of the Weinstein Co., allowing them to pay a portion of their legal bills over the last several years. The directors and officers — who include Weinstein's brother, Bob, as well as James Dolan, Tarak Ben Ammar and Lance Maerov — also received releases that absolve them...WW…

AdvertisementBy VarietyJan 05, 2021 at 12:29 pmUPDATE: Actor Tanya Roberts, known for playing Stacey Sutton in the 1985 James Bond film “A View to a Kill” and Midge Pinciotti on “That ’70s Show” between 1998 and 2004, died Monday night after it was prematurely reported by many outlets that she had died on Sunday night. She was 65.On Tuesday, Roberts’ partner, Lance O’Brien, told The New York Times that she died Monday night at Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles. O’Brien did not respond to Variety’s request for comment. Roberts’...…AdvertisementBy VarietyJan 05, 2021 at 12:29 pmUPDATE: Actor Tanya Roberts, known for playing Stacey Sutton in the 1985 James Bond film “A View to a Kill” and Midge Pinciotti on “That ’70s Show” between 1998 and 2004, died Monday night after it was prematurely reported by many outlets that she had died on Sunday night. She was 65.On Tuesday, Roberts’ partner, Lance O’Brien, told The New York Times that she died Monday night at Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles. O’Brien did not respond to Variety’s request for comment. Roberts’...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy LOS ANGELES — The stalking and intimidation cases brought by four women who have accused TV actor Danny Masterson of rape must now go through mediation within the Church of Scientology, a Los Angeles judge ruled Wednesday.The ruling comes just days before Masterson's scheduled arraignment on three charges of rape between 2001 and 2003. In early November, that hearing was set for Jan 6.On Wednesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Steven Kleifield ruled that the harassment complaint...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy LOS ANGELES — The stalking and intimidation cases brought by four women who have accused TV actor Danny Masterson of rape must now go through mediation within the Church of Scientology, a Los Angeles judge ruled Wednesday.The ruling comes just days before Masterson's scheduled arraignment on three charges of rape between 2001 and 2003. In early November, that hearing was set for Jan 6.On Wednesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Steven Kleifield ruled that the harassment complaint...WW…

Dec. 9, 2020, 8:04 PM UTCBy Variety announced on Wednesday that “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will return for Season 13 on Jan. 1, 2021, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, with a brand new cast that features the show’s first trans man contestant.The after-show “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” will premiere immediately after at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT.Season 13 of “Drag Race” shot late last summer under full COVID-19 protocols. “Competing safely and fiercely, our 13 queens proved that it takes more than a global pandemic to keep a good queen down,” host and executive producer RuPaul said in a statement.The Season 13 cast...…Dec. 9, 2020, 8:04 PM UTCBy Variety announced on Wednesday that “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will return for Season 13 on Jan. 1, 2021, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, with a brand new cast that features the show’s first trans man contestant.The after-show “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” will premiere immediately after at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT.Season 13 of “Drag Race” shot late last summer under full COVID-19 protocols. “Competing safely and fiercely, our 13 queens proved that it takes more than a global pandemic to keep a good queen down,” host and executive producer RuPaul said in a statement.The Season 13 cast...WW…

Sign up for . For the latest news, follow us on , , and .Married musicians Paul Simon and Edie Brickell are so eager to get rid of their country estate in bucolic (and posh) , Conn., they're willing to endure a bank account-brutalizing multimillion-dollar loss. First listed in the spring of 2019 with a too-rosy price of , the sprawling 32-acre spread has been relisted at a hugely discounted $11.9 million, by almost any standard still a staggering amount of money but a shocking 28% below the $16.5 million the long-married singer-songwriters paid for the spectacularly...…Sign up for . For the latest news, follow us on , , and .Married musicians Paul Simon and Edie Brickell are so eager to get rid of their country estate in bucolic (and posh) , Conn., they're willing to endure a bank account-brutalizing multimillion-dollar loss. First listed in the spring of 2019 with a too-rosy price of , the sprawling 32-acre spread has been relisted at a hugely discounted $11.9 million, by almost any standard still a staggering amount of money but a shocking 28% below the $16.5 million the long-married singer-songwriters paid for the spectacularly...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy alum Nikki McKibbin, who reached the final three on the show's inaugural season in 2002, has died at the age of 42. Season one broke the news Halloween night on his Instagram page.The Grand Prairie, Texas native famously finished third in the competition behind Guarini and in the reality show's storied first season on Fox. She had reached the finals after impressing judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson with performances of songs by Melissa Etheridge, Alanis Morissette, Bonnie...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy alum Nikki McKibbin, who reached the final three on the show's inaugural season in 2002, has died at the age of 42. Season one broke the news Halloween night on his Instagram page.The Grand Prairie, Texas native famously finished third in the competition behind Guarini and in the reality show's storied first season on Fox. She had reached the finals after impressing judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson with performances of songs by Melissa Etheridge, Alanis Morissette, Bonnie...WW…