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Greg Gutfeld made his broadcast late-night debut on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Thursday evening, marking a rare network crossover with the Fox News host visiting NBC’s 30 Rock. A conservative media personality is a rare booking for “The Tonight Show” and the 10-minute segment between Gutfeld and Fallon largely steered clear of politics. After being introduced to the …

ESPN’s much-discussed streaming service finally has its launch date. The network announced Wednesday that its direct-to-consumer service and enhanced app will debut Aug. 21. The announcement coincided with Disney’s quarterly earning report. This week’s expanded deals with the NFL and a new partnership with WWE provide ESPN more inventory and offerings, which it hopes will bolster the company in a …

Jeff Probst would be lying if he said he didn’t know Mike White being cast on the 50th season of Survivor was going to cause such a commotion. Still, the host and executive producer admits he “was a little surprised at how much attention” the news drew in when CBS unveiled its slate of returning players.  “The thing that’s most …

Originally appeared on E! Online Cassie Ventura is back on social media. The “Me & U” singer returned to Instagram Aug. 7, nearly three months after giving birth to her and husband Alex Fine‘s third baby, as well as testifying in Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ federal trial. On her Instagram Stories, she re-shared a video of a man taking solemn pauses …

EXCLUSIVE: New Line’s Zach Cregger R-rated horror movie Weapons is currently seeing a preview figure in the neighborhood of the label’s earlier summer spooky movie, Final Destination: Bloodlines, with $5M+. Walk up business could drive it higher by the time we get the official number tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, Disney’s sequel to 2003’s Freaky Friday —Freakier Friday— is around $3M in …

Actress Gina Carano has settled her lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm after she was fired from Star Wars franchise spin-off The Mandalorian. She was dropped from the cast in 2021 following comments she made comparing being a Republican in the US to being a Jew during the Holocaust. Ms Carano, a former MMA fighter who played Cara Dune in the …

Instead of South Park backing down after its Season 27 premiere featured President Donald Trump with a micropenis and cuddled up next to Satan, the satirical cartoon doubled down in its scathing critique of the Trump administration on Wednesday night’s ICE-themed episode.  Titled “Got a Nut,” the episode sets its sights on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and …

Music manager and Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, who has died at the age of 48, leaves behind four children and one grandchild. Brandon Blackstock had been battling cancer for three years prior to his death, his family announced in a statement Aug. 7. “It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away,” …

Disney has resolved a legal dispute with actor Gina Carano over her firing from The Mandalorian, a spokesperson for Disney unit Lucasfilm said on Thursday. Lucasfilm removed Carano from the Star Wars streaming show in 2021 over social media posts that the company at the time called “abhorrent and unacceptable” for “denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities”. …

“Goosebumps” is not returning for a third season at Disney+, Variety has learned exclusively. The horror anthology based on the R.L. Stine book series originally debuted on Disney+ in October 2023, with the second season premiering in January 2025. Season 1 was 10 episodes and released weekly, while Season 2 was eight episodes and dropped all at once. According to …