Month: March 2021

SPOILER ALERT: This post includes details about the series finale of NBC’s Superstore. Superstore gave fans one last bang for their buck before closing the doors to Cloud 9 for good. The NBC workplace comedy wrapped its six-season run with a two-part series finale, which saw a happy ending for Amy (America Ferrera) and Jonah (Ben Feldman), and marked a brand new chapter for other members of the Cloud 9 family. Creator Justin Spitzer, who stepped down as showrunner back in 2019, returned to co-write the emotional final episodes with executive producers Jonathan Green and Gabe Miller. Part one of the series finale, “Perfect Store,” picks up from America Ferrera’s surprise appearance at the end of the “Lowell Anderson” episode, when Cheyenne (Nichole Sakura) calls up Amy Sosa to...

Chrissy Teigen is sharing more details about her Twitter departure. After walking away from the social media platform on Wednesday, the model, 35, took to Instagram to further explain why she left Twitter, noting that it wasn't because of "the trolls." "It’s true! [Twitter] no longer serves me as positively as it does negatively, so with that I bid you adieu," Teigen prefaced her Instagram post. "But I want to say that this is absolutely NOT twitter’s fault - I believe they do all they can to combat relentless bullying, any honestly, it’s not the bullying!! You guys have no idea how much they’ve reached out and worked with my team and me personally." "It’s not the platform," Teigen reiterated. CHRISSY TEIGEN ANNOUNCES SHE'S LEAVING TWITTER: 'TIME FOR ME TO SAY GOODBYE' Chri...

Richard Gilliland, an actor known for roles in "Designing Women" and "Airplane II: The Sequel," has died. The 71-year-old was married to Emmy-winning actress Jean Smart and suffered from a "brief illness" before passing away in Los Angeles, Calif., last week, according to a press release shared with Fox News. Gilliland and Smart, 69, were married for nearly 34 years. Gilliland met his future wife when they worked together on "Designing Women," on which, he played J.D. Shackelford, a baseball talent scout and the boyfriend of Annie Pott's Mary Jo Shively. JEAN SMART SAYS 'SHOOT ME NOW' BECAUSE YOUNG STARS LOOK UP TO HER He appeared in only 14 episodes of the show, according to IMDb, but his appearances were spread across the show's first five seasons. Actor Richard Gilliland...

Warning: The following contains spoilers from Superstore‘s March 25 series finale. Thursday’s Superstore finale can best be described as bittersweet. Because even though Cloud 9 went under — Zephra decided to convert most Cloud 9s into fulfillment centers and make the retail giant an online-only chain — the workplace comedy managed to end on an uplifting note, showing where all the employees (well, most of the employees) landed after the closure of Store 1217: * Amy quit her corporate gig at Zephra and landed another executive job. Her future husband Jonah (!) eventually ran for city council. After they got married, they had a kid of their own: a son named Carter. (For more on #Simmosa’s fairy tale ending, click here.) * Dina was hired to manage the Ozark Highlands fulfillm...

EXCLUSIVE: Two weeks after the death of Andrew DeLuca, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy is preparing for the return of another beloved Grey Sloan Memorial doctor who had died tragically, Lexie Grey. Nine years after she left the show, Chyler Leigh is coming back. She will be featured in next week’s episode (April 1), reprising her Lexie Grey character as part of this season’s recurring dream beach motif. The reunion of Lexie and her sister Meredith is being teased in a promo, which will air at the end of tonight’s episode of the ABC medical drama. UPDATE: You can watch the promo above. The Season 17 beach theme is the brainchild of executive producer/showrunner Krista Vernoff, introduced to bring joy amid the grim realities of the pandemic as reflected on Grey’s. Leigh’s Lexie follo...

Sesame Street introduced two Black Muppets this week as part of its initiative to teach children "The ABC's of Racial Literacy."  According to the "Sesame Street in Communities" website, "racial literacy" is defined as "the knowledge, skills, and awareness needed to talk thoughtfully about race and racism; this naturally includes having a rich vocabulary including terms such as race, racism, prejudice, ally, upstander, and so on." In addition, the site says, racial literacy means having "the ability to identify racism when it happens," "having strategies to counter or cope with racism," and "understanding the role racism plays in society." "You hold great power to help children better understand this complicated, flawed, often unfair world. Your words matter, and talking honestly and ...