Month: January 2022

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air fans are split when it comes to whether or not they'll be tuning in for the gritty, dramatic reboot Bel-Air. Twitter was alight early this week with reactions to the first full trailer of the Will Smith backed projects after it was released by Peacock on Monday. Many die hard Fresh Prince watchers expressed their confusion as to why anyone would ever revive the iconic franchise, while others were excited to see how the concept would be 'flipped- turned upside down'. Divided:  Fresh Prince of Bel-Air fans are split when it comes to whether or not they'll be tuning in for the gritty, dramatic reboot Bel-Air following the release of the first trailer 'Only need to know about its existence: Anybody who liked Fresh Prince of Bel-Air sh...

The 94th Academy Awards, scheduled to air on ABC March 27, will be the first since the 90th, in 2018, to have a host. “You heard it here first,” Craig Erwich, president Hulu Originals & ABC Entertainment, said during ABC’s portion of the Television Critics Association virtual press tour on Tuesday. It was announced earlier Monday that Glenn Weiss will direct the Oscars telecast — his seventh consecutive time doing so — with Will Packer serving as producer. Jimmy Kimmel, ABC’s resident late night talker, hosted the Oscars in 2017 and 2018, with 26.62 million people tuning in for the latter telecast. Ratings for 2019’s hostless Oscars actually rose to 29.56 million, before falling in 2020 to 23.64 million and then plummeting last year to 10.40 million. ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Morgan Wallen stepped on country music’s most historic and storied stage over the weekend, a sign that many interpreted as the Grand Ole Opry giving the troubled star its blessing and a path to reconciliation after using a racial slur on camera. While the country star’s return to the public eye seemed inevitable, a tweet from the Opry about Wallen surprising fans at its regular Saturday broadcast show led to heavy criticism of the mostly white institution and its history as a gatekeeper. Performers ranging from Yola, Allison Russell, Rissi Palmer, Noelle Scaggs of Fitz and the Tantrums, Joy Oladokun, Chely Wright, as well as Grammy winners Brandi Carlile and Jason Isbell, weighed in on how the Opry’s decision could have troubling consequences for artists of color ...

Costello will no longer perform the song "Oliver's Army," a 1979 hit in the UK that contains the N-word, and has implored radio stations to stop playing it, too, in an interview with the Telegraph. "Only takes one itchy trigger; One more widow, one less white [N-word]," Costello sings in the political anthem, inspired by the Troubles in Northern Ireland and his encounters with young soldiers involved in the conflict. "If I wrote that song today, maybe I'd think twice about it," he told the Telegraph. "That's what my grandfather was called in the British army -- it's historically a fact -- but people hear that word go off like a bell and accuse me of something that I didn't intend." The song was long played uncensored on UK airwaves until 2013, when a BBC station bleeped ...

Kim Kardashian's got no beef with Kanye dating actress Julia Fox, and actually believes the fact Julia's a huge fan of the Kardashian family could be a good sign of things to come in co-parenting with Kanye. Sources close to Kim tell us she's happy to see Kanye out smiling again, and only wants to see him end up with a good person -- something that's up to Kanye to figure out -- and not for Kim to judge. Play video content 12/17/21 Forbidden Fruits with Julia Fox and Niki Takesh ...