Month: January 2021

Demi Lovato is returning to scripted television in a food issues comedy that is in the works at NBC. Lovato, who got her break in the Disney Channel’s Camp Rock franchise and starred in Sonny with a Chance, is to star in and exec produce Hungry, which has received a put pilot commitment from NBC. The single-camera comedy is being written and exec produced by Will & Grace writer and Hot In Cleveland creator Suzanne Martin. It comes from Hazy Mills and SB Projects in association with Universal Television. Hungry follows a group of friends who belong to a food issues group help each other as they look for love, success and the perfect thing in the fridge that’s going to make it all better. Related Story 'Weakest Link' Renewed For Season 2 At NBC Lovat...

Demi Lovato is returning to scripted television in a food issues comedy that is in the works at NBC. Lovato, who got her break in the Disney Channel’s Camp Rock franchise and starred in Sonny with a Chance, is to star in and exec produce Hungry, which has received a put pilot commitment from NBC. The single-camera comedy is being written and exec produced by Will & Grace writer and Hot In Cleveland creator Suzanne Martin. It comes from Hazy Mills and SB Projects in association with Universal Television. Hungry follows a group of friends who belong to a food issues group help each other as they look for love, success and the perfect thing in the fridge that’s going to make it all better. Related Story 'Weakest Link' Renewed For Season 2 At NBC Lovat...

Khloe Kardashian reveals when Keeping Up With The Kardashians got picked up in 2006 they had only TWO WEEKS to prepare: 'We did it on the fly' By Sam Joseph Semon For Dailymail.com Published: 17:48 EST, 25 January 2021 | Updated: 18:13 EST, 25 January 2021 Khloe Kardashian said that Keeping Up With The Kardashians nearly 'didn't go anywhere.' The 36-year-old television personality has confessed the family's E! reality show, which is set to end this year after 20 seasons on the air, nearly didn't happen as their initial pilot episode didn't impress viewers. 'I think we shot a pilot or something for Ryan [Seacrest] and it didn't go anywhere. And then a show on E! fell through, so they needed something to fill this dead air time,' she shared during her Monday a...

Demi Lovato is returning to scripted television in a food issues comedy that is in the works at NBC. Lovato, who got her break in the Disney Channel’s Camp Rock franchise and starred in Sonny with a Chance, is to star in and exec produce Hungry, which has received a put pilot commitment from NBC. The single-camera comedy is being written and exec produced by Will & Grace writer and Hot In Cleveland creator Suzanne Martin. It comes from Hazy Mills and SB Projects in association with Universal Television. Hungry follows a group of friends who belong to a food issues group help each other as they look for love, success and the perfect thing in the fridge that’s going to make it all better. Related Story 'Weakest Link' Renewed For Season 2 At NBC Lovat...

South Korean actress and model Song Yoo Jung died over the weekend, reports said Monday.  The 26-year-old star died on Saturday and was laid to rest during a quiet, private funeral, her management company Sublime Artist Agency confirmed to Newsweek.  “Actress Song Yoo Jung departed this life on January 23, 2021. In accordance with the wishes of her family, the funeral was held quietly and the funeral procession takes place on January 25,” the agency wrote in the statement, according to the outlet.   “Song Yoo Jung was a friend of ours who always gave us joy with her bright smile, and she was a wonderful actress who acted with heated passion. Please pray for the repose of her soul so that she may rest in peace in a warm place.”  The funeral was held at...

Sean Bean as Joseph Wilford.Screenshot: TNT After getting off to a rocky start, TNT’s Snowpiercer ultimately found its footing over the progression of its first season. Years of post-apocalyptic simmering class conflict between the titular train’s cars erupted in its climax, setting the stage for a second season that wants to try and explore those conflicts beyond the confines of its source material. Over the course of Snowpiercer’s debut season, things came to multiple heads following the lower-class passenger uprising led by Andre Layton (Daveed Diggs); its outcome was that everyone learned the truth about Snowpiercer’s mysterious, secretive conductor, Mr. Wilford, portrayed by Game of Thrones’ Sean Bean. Wilford’s actions in the first season—not to mention those of Snowpiercer...

Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise has set sail in the park’s Adventureland area consistently since 1955 and stands today as one of the remaining opening day attractions overseen by Walt Disney himself. But culture often moves faster than decades-old mechanical hippos. On Monday, the Walt Disney Co. announced that it’s embarking on what many view as a long-overdue course correction for the Jungle Cruise. Numerous changes are planned to make the attraction feel more inclusive and less racially insensitive in its depiction of other cultures. The move follows numerous updates to older attractions such as Splash Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean, all of which were done to remove now-outdated tableaus that can be cringe-inducing at best and racist at worst. Already this year, the company...