Month: May 2021

Busy Philipps, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sara Bareilles, and Paula Pell in Girls5eva Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Thursday, May 6. All times are Eastern. Top pick Girls5eva (Peacock, 3:01 a.m., complete first season): “The quirky humor of Peacock’s musical comedy Girls5eva is a hallmark of series creator Meredith Scardino’s ongoing collaboration with executive producers Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. Scardino previously wrote on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and her work in Girls5eva serves up the same brand of highly specific absurdist jokes that powered the Netflix comedy, along with the rest of Fey’s oeuvre. The show’s frothiness is a welcome escape, its eight-episode first season a quick binge of amusingly ridiculous running jokes and witticisms (a hilarious o...

Play video content Boston George: Famous without the Fortune Johnny Depp's relationship with George Jung went far beyond their "Blow" connection ... and it's on display in a new docuseries about the late and infamous drug smuggler. In this clip, obtained by TMZ, Depp calls Jung, AKA Boston George, "one of my favorite people instantly" ... describing their first meeting as the actor was preparing for his role in the film inspired by Jung's life. Chris Chesson, Executive Producer of "Bo...

If Quavo and Saweetie weren't broken up, they might be celebrating together -- neither of them will face criminal charges for their elevator altercation ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us ... the case was referred to the L.A. City Attorney's Office, which declined to file charges. We're told, based on the evidence -- surveillance video of the then-couple in a physical confrontation -- there was no likelihood of a conviction for either party. Play video content TMZ.com ...

The cast of ’80s and ’90s sitcom Family Matters didn’t exactly make Jaleel White feel right at home when he joined. Speaking in an episode of TV One’s Uncensored that will air Sunday at 10 PM ET, White remembers the cold shoulder he perceived. “I was not welcomed to the cast at all,” he said. “They know what it was…I didn’t think anything of it being cast to be on Family Matters, because it was supposed to be a guest spot, one and done.” Of course, White’s character, Steve Urkel, proved to be more than a one-shot appearance, going on to become one of the most iconic sitcom characters of all-time. White also remembered his late costar, Michelle THomas, who died in 1998 of stomach cancer at age 30. She played his girlfriend on the show. “Michelle Thomas became a ver...

Move over fake IDs. The new illicit social currency is fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, and a California bar owner has been busted for selling them. Todd Anderson, the owner of the Old Corner Saloon in Clements, sold the fake cards to undercover agents multiple times, prosecutors said. The phony pandemic passports allegedly fetched only $20, according to officials. Anderson “was in possession of a number of other unfilled out COVID-19 vaccination cards, a laminating machine, laminate and several other cards that were finished,” said Luke Blehm with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. “And it appears that they were waiting to be given to people.” Anderson is charged with identity theft, forging government documents, and fal...

Kids say the darndest things! Prince William recently shared a rare glimpse into his family life with his wife, Kate Middleton, and their three kids: Prince George, 7 Princess Charlotte, 6, and Prince Louis, 3. Just this past weekend, the couple's daughter celebrated her sixth birthday and it was nothing short of fun. Per The Daily Mail, the Duke of Cambridge expressed his little one is growing up right before his eyes while he attended an engagement in the West Midlands on Tuesday, May 4. "If you ask her, she says she's 16," Prince William quipped when speaking about the mini royal, per the outlet. "Charlotte says, 'I'm six now, I'll do what I want.' They grow up very fast." Additionally, the father of three revealed that his family had a small get-together at their Norfolk count...