Month: January 2021

No character actor does awkward like Alan Tudyk, the man who gave "Firefly" its goofy soul and stole "Rogue One" out from under nearly everyone else in the cast despite never appearing onscreen in his own flesh. Syfy's "Resident Alien," based on a comic book series, splits the difference by casting Tudyk as an extraterrestrial stranded on our planet after his malicious mission goes awry. Here, Tudyk is a being who goes by the highly unusual name Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle and forces the citizens of Patience, Colorado to live up to the town's name in virtually every interaction with him. The remoteness of the place and its need for a new town doctor pretty much forces them to after their longtime physician turns up dead. In the way of all out-of-the-way places where the odds are good and the...

Image: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images) No conservatorship has ever been so discussed as the one that hangs over Britney Spears. But what is a conservatorship, anyway? In the forthcoming Framing Britney Spears documentary, Spears’s former assistant, Felicia Culotta, admits that honestly, she has no idea. Per Us Weekly, “Speaking out for the first time in years, Culotta admits in the documentary that she ‘didn’t then nor do I now understand what a conservatorship is.’ That said, taking Britney’s age and accomplishments into consideration, her former assistant says she knows ‘firsthand [what Britney is] capable of.’” Thank you for your honestly, Felicia. While she may not understand the concept of a conservatorship, she does seem confident that Britney will eventually emerge triumphant:...

Cloris Leachman, known for her decades-long career in film, television and beyond, has died at the age of 94. She died on Wednesday of natural causes, her rep told Fox News. Leachman was a history-making actress, having racked up more Emmy award wins than any other performer in the business with eight awards for primetime programming and an additional Daytime Emmy for appearing in "ABC Afterschool Specials." However, her career was stuffed to the gills outside of television as well, having appeared in a number of high-profile movies and even earning an Oscar in 1972 for her supporting role in "The Last Picture Show." CLORIS LEACHMAN, LEGENDARY ACTRESS, DEAD AT 94 Here’s a look at Leachman’s most famous roles: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977) 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show...

Television host Larry King and wife, Shawn Southwick King, together in November 2018. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)Larry King has been laid to rest. The television icon’s wife, Shawn King, confirmed to Entertainment Tonight a private funeral was held this week. At the service, Larry’s family dressed up in his signature suspenders to pay tribute. “We all, it was just family, we wore Larry’s suspenders, every one of us,” she shared. “And it was a beautiful, loving ... just perfect, just perfect. It was family. There was no showbiz, no, none of that.” Larry passed away on Saturday at age 87, weeks after he was hospitalized with COVID-19. The radio legend battled various health issues in recent years. He is survived by Shawn, 61, their two sons, 21-year-old Chance and 20-year-old Cannon, plu...

An animated “Game of Thrones” series is in the very early development stages at HBO Max, Variety has confirmed with sources. There are no details available about what the focus of the potential series would be and no writers or talent are currently attached to the project. HBO Max declined to comment. Variety exclusively reported last week that a series based on George R.R. Martin’s “Tales of Dunk and Egg” is in the works at HBO. The series of fantasy novellas follow the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall (Dunk) and a young Aegon V Targaryen (Egg) 90 years prior to the events of “A Song of Ice and Fire,” which served as the basis for “Game of Thrones.” HBO is currently prepping the “Game of Thrones” live-action prequel series “House of the Dragon,” which is slated to debut ...

4:22 PM PT -- The San Diego County Sheriff's Department tells TMZ ... deputies responded to a call at a gas station around 1:30 AM Wednesday and saw several men climbing into a black Bentley. We're told the Bentley quickly drove off, followed by the deputy, who tried to make a stop, but 2 of the men inside fled on foot and the rest sped off into a residential neighborhood. The SDCSD says the Bentley evaded deputies, but only temporarily, and when deputies found the car crashed into a house it was unoccupied. We're told a Sheriff's helicopter helped find one of the men cops say took the Bentley, and he was arrested for a parole violation and is still in jail. The good news ... law enforcement says no one inside the home was injur...