'Lovecraft Country' part of virtual festival celebrating TV
This image released by HBO shows Jurnee Smollett, from left, Jonathan Majors and Courtney B. Vance in a scene from "Lovecraft Country." The Queens Gambit, Lovecraft Country and What We Do in the Shadows are among the series featured in a virtual edition of the Paley Centers annual festival. (HBO via AP)LOS ANGELES โ "Lovecraft Country,โ โThe Queenโs Gambitโ and โWhat We Do in the Shadowsโ are among the series featured in a virtual edition of the Paley Centerโs annual festival celebrating TV programs and their makers. Sessions with stars and creators of โThe Good Doctorโ and โBig Skyโ round out the festival lineup. Highlights of PaleyFest events past, including for โThe Golden Girlsโ and โThe Big Bang Theory,โ are available on the Paley Centerโs YouTube page at youtube.com/user/paleycenter.
For Trevor Noah, Grammy Awards a return to in-person hosting
FILE - Trevor Noah arrives at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2020. Noah will host the 2021 Grammy Awards on Sunday. โIf you get asked to host the Grammys, I donโt think you take long to say โyes,โโ said the Emmy winner, who will host Sunday's Grammy Awards from downtown Los Angeles. AdโUnlike most award shows, the Grammys also are about the performances,โ said Noah. So far, Noah said venturing out to prepare for his Grammy hosting duties around other people has been โamazingโ and โsurreal.โ While watching rehearsals, he said the performances gave him and others life.
Royalty TV: UK monarchy and television have complex ties
Britains royal family and television have a complicated relationship. The medium has helped define the modern monarchy: The 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was Britains first mass TV spectacle. (AP Photo/File)LONDON โ Britainโs royal family and television have a complicated relationship. The medium has helped define the modern monarchy: The 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was Britainโs first mass TV spectacle. The fictionalized take of Netflix hit โThe Crownโ has molded views of the monarchy for a new generation, though in ways the powerful, image-conscious royal family canโt control.
No winners: UK waits for Harry, Meghan's take on royal split
(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)LONDON โ The timing couldnโt be worse for Harry and Meghan. โHarry and Meghan are hugely popular,โโ Pauline Maclaran, a professor of marketing and author of โRoyal Fever: The British Monarchy in Consumer Culture,โ told The Associated Press. โThe firmโ is a nickname for the royal family, sometimes used with affection and sometimes with a note of criticism. More damaging for the palace was the interview Prince Andrew, Harryโs uncle, did with the BBC in 2019. โItโs just such a mess,โ said Penny Junor, who has written several books about the royals, including a biography of Harry.
Prince Harry raps 'Fresh Prince,' says he didn't walk away
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 file photo, Britain's Prince Harry gestures in the gardens of Buckingham Palace in London. Britain's Prince Harry rapped the theme song to the 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air during a late-night talk show interview. At one point they arrived outside the mansion where the opening sequence of Will Smithโs โFresh Princeโ was filmed. โIf it was good enough for the Fresh Prince, itโs good enough for a real prince,โ Corden says, walking up the drive. โYouโre not my wife,โณ Harry responded with a shrug, as both men chuckled.
CBS' Brown to host record 10th Super Bowl pregame show
(AP Photo/Bill Wippert, File)CBS' James Brown knows what it is like to host Super Bowl pregame shows when the day transcended beyond the teams competing for a championship. Brown hosted Fox's pregame for the 2002 Super Bowl, which occurred nearly five months after 9/11. With the coronavirus pandemic still at the forefront, Brown realizes Sunday's โSuper Bowl Todayโ show could offer the same opportunities, but in a different manner. This is a different kind of backdrop where many people have just been fatigued, given all of the challenges that weโve had to endure during this time.โAdThis will be a record 10th Super Bowl pregame hosted by Brown and his sixth for CBS. He became the pregame host for Fox in 1994 when they outbid CBS for the rights to the NFC package.
Kate Hudson in, Spike Lee out and more Golden Globe chaos
Technically they even snubbed an entire category when best supporting actress was skipped over by mistake. From the Kate Hudson movie that no one has heard of to the very awkward shut out of Spike Lee, hereโs a look at some of the biggest surprises of the morning. Youโd be hard pressed to find someone who wasnโt surprised to hear Kate Hudsonโs name announced among the best actress nominees. That movie is called โMusic,โ a fantasy musical drama with Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr. and Maddie Ziegler that marks pop star Siaโs directorial debut. Leeโs acclaimed Vietnam drama โDa 5 Bloodsโ was expected to be a shoo-in for any number of categories: Best picture, best director, best actor for Delroy Lindo or supporting actor for Chadwick Boseman, who died last year.
Late-night hosts react with shock, anger to Capitol attack
(CBS/NBC/NBC/ABC via AP)NEW YORK โ Late-night TV show hosts expressed anger and frustration at the violence at the U.S. Capitol, offering somber monologues that pleaded for unity even as some aimed pointed barbs at those they held responsible for the mobs' actions. โIt was a terrible day in the history of this country,โ said Jimmy Kimmel on his ABC show Wednesday. โIf my grandfather were alive today and saw what was happening in the country that he fought for, heโd be disgusted," said Jimmy Fallon on NBC. "After five years of coddling this presidentโs fascist rhetoric, guess whose followers want to burn down the Reichstag?โ he said. I assure you there are more good people than there are bad, and good will prevail,โ Fallon said.
New this week: Jingle Ball 2020 & 2 doses of Meryl Streep
MOVIESโ Travel may seem closed off right now but how about a cruise with Meryl Streep, Dianne Wiest and Candice Bergen? โ If one Streep film wasnโt enough for you, sheโs again in typically fine form in โThe Prom,โ parodying a diva actor in Ryan Murphyโs adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical. โ AP Film Writer Jake CoyleMUSICโ Jon Bon Jovi has already produced an album this year with โ2020โ and the concert film "On a Night Like This โ Bon Jovi 2020." โ AP Entertainment Writer Mark KennedyTELEVISIONโ This seasonโs winner for lengthy title: โHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special,โ debuting Friday on Disney +. โ The CWโs โiHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2020,โ a 90-minute special based on the annual concert, will air at 8 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 14.
New Queen Latifah drama gets post-Super Bowl debut showcase
LOS ANGELES โ Queen Latifahโs upcoming drama series has scored a touchdown. CBS says โThe Equalizerโ will get the coveted post-Super Bowl slot next February to showcase its debut. A special edition of Stephen Colbert's daily โThe Late Showโ will follow late local news on Super Bowl night, the network also announced. The returning series โFBIโ also is getting special treatment, with its season debut following the NFL's AFC championship game on Sunday, Jan. 24. The other daily CBS late-night program, James Cordenโs โThe Late Late Show,โ will air a weekend edition on the night of the conference championship and after local newscasts.
Golden Globes group gives $5.1 million in grants
Kidman was among the entertainers who appeared to discuss the charities that benefit from HFPA grants. More than $5.1 million in funds were given to over 70 nonprofit organizations during the โHFPA Philanthropy: Empowering the Next Generationโ virtual event on Tuesday. The event, formerly known as the Grants Banquet, celebrated some of the organizations with aspiring artists, filmmakers and storytellers. The organization is known for putting on the Golden Globes. Salma Hayek paid homage to the Las Fotos Project, a nonprofit organization that inspires teenage girls through photography.
Pandemic parody of `Goodnight Moon' to be released in fall
NEW YORK A popular online spoof of the children's favorite Goodnight Moon, reworked for the coronavirus, will be published by Penguin Random House this fall. The Penguin imprint Philomel Books announced Monday that Good Morning Zoom, written by Lindsay Rechler and illustrated by June Park, is scheduled for Oct. 6. Currently self-published, Good Morning Zoom takes Margaret Wise Brown's beloved bedtime story and turns it into a narrative about Zoom, bread baking, home schooling and other familiar parts of life during the pandemic. Rechler is a banking executive and mother of two who lives in Manhattan. I thought a lot about the contrast between quarantining safely inside versus what was happening outside my window."
James Corden to Make Children's Book 'Real Pigeons Fight Crime' Into Nickelodeon Movie and TV Series
On Tuesday, Nickelodeon announced that it has inked a multi-platform deal with Fulwell 73, the production company headed up by Ben Winston and the 41-year-old Late Late Show host. Corden and Winston will produce both an animated movie and an animated TV series based off of the children's book Real Pigeons Fight Crime, which was first published in 2018. Written by Andrew McDonald and illustrated by Ben Wood, Real Pigeons Fight Crime reveals the secret life of crime-busting pigeons who set out to keep a town safe. "Real Pigeons Fight Crime is about a secret squad of crime-fighting pigeons, with high stakes and true hilarity making it a perfect fit for our audience," added Ramsey Naito, Executive Vice President of Nickelodeon Animation Production and Development. RELATED CONTENT:James Corden Airs New BTS Carpool Karaoke Clip to Thank the BTS ArmyJames Corden and His Band Leader Reggie Watts Tearfuly Discuss RacismJames Corden Reveals 3 'Late Late Show' Staffers Welcomed Baby Girls Within 24 Hours
Don Lemon Praises Jimmy Fallon for Being 'Honest' and 'Brave' in Monologue Addressing Past Mistakes
Fallon spoke with CNN's Don Lemon as part of Monday's special episode, and the newsman commended Fallon for addressing and owning up to his past mistakes. "That was really honest and very brave of you and I appreciate you having the depth really to do what you did in that opening monologue." "So I thought about it and I realized that I cannot not say I'm horrified and I'm sorry and I'm embarrassed. "I wish more people would do that because we can't go back to the way we were," Lemon told Fallon of his public self-reflection. For Lemon, covering the protests and the tragedies that sparked them has been "tough, because it's so personal."
James Corden and 'Late Late Show' Band Leader Reggie Watts Break Down in Tears While Discussing Racism
James Corden addressed the protests going on nationwide following the tragic death of 46-year-old Minnesota man George Floyd on Monday's The Late Late Show, and was overcome with emotion during a conversation with his band leader, Reggie Watts. "White people can not just say anymore, 'Yeah, I'm not racist,' and think that that's enough because it's not," he said. "Now, a policeman takes a knee to a man's neck and our leadership hide in a bunker rather than see this protest." Watts said that fortunately, his parents shielded him from experiencing overt racism growing up, but that they themselves definitely experienced discrimination in the United States. Watts broke down in tears and said he was having a hard time processing everything going on.