TV
- Stephen Proctor
Stephen Colbert helps Kirsten Gillibrand avoid Hillary Clinton’s mistake
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced her candidacy for president, so Stephen Colbert gave her a plane ticket to Michigan to ensure that she campaigned there.
- Amy Russo
Roku Reverses Course On Alex Jones, Ditching Infowars Channel Amid Backlash
Roku had no problem giving a voice to notorious conspiracy theorist Alex
- Kylie Mar
Jimmy Fallon lives his best life in Puerto Rico with Lin-Manuel Miranda
"The Tonight Show" traveled to Puerto Rico, where Lin-Manuel Miranda is staging "Hamilton" to raise awareness and funds for those affected by Hurricane Maria.
- The Wrap
‘This Is Us': Sterling K Brown Says You’ll Know Why They Are Going to See ‘Her’ By the End of Season 3
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for the midseason return of “This Is Us” Season 3, which aired Tuesday.) While offering up an overload of emotional information to Pearson family fans back in November, the midseason finale of “This Is Us” Season 3, called “The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning,” finally gave us the answer to the question viewers have been asking since the second season finale’s shocking flash-forward ending aired last spring: who the “her” is that Future Randall and Future Tess are preparing to visit. The answer: Randall’s mother, Rebecca Pearson (played by Mandy Moore). Yes, just as “This Is Us” wrapped up the first half of its third season, it was revealed that decades from now, Randall (Sterling K. Brown) and his adult daughter — along with Toby and now Beth — are going to see “Randall’s mother,” as Beth puts it to her employee (apparently she’s running a ballet company now?), who she obtains a Pin the Tail on the Donkey game from, as she prepares to join Randall and daughter on this journey. Also Read: 'This Is Us': Sterling K Brown on What That Election Result Means for Randall and Beth - And Future Randall and Future Beth Though this “her” revelation didn’t come until the episode’s closing moments — which also included a shocking twist about the fate of Jack’s little brother Nicky during the Vietnam War — we were building to it throughout the entire hour of the Dan Fogelman-created series. The installment included scenes in the present of Rebecca accidentally upsetting young Tess while trying to address her emerging feelings toward other girls, and then relating to her enough so that she felt comfortable addressing them with her parents. The episode also ended with a fight between our Present Day Beth and Randall, because Randall refused to drop out of the city council race, when the polls show he won’t win and his wife asks him to give up and come back to helping his family. That spat led to Randall sleeping on the couch, and a not so happy vibe between the happy couple in the present, with some hints in the future indicating the two are only communicating between Adult Tess. Does that mean they separate or even divorce? Also Read: 'This Is Us' Season 3: 'ER' Alum Goran Visnjic Cast as Beth's Teacher on Backstory Episode “This Is Us” returned from hiatus tonight with an episode that jumped between the past and present — but didn’t head into the future again. So since we didn’t get anymore new hints on screen, TheWrap was able to gather a few clues for you while speaking with Brown about Randall winning the Philadelphia City Council race and how those election results might impact the Pearsons in the present and the future. TheWrap: How did you feel about the reveal Rebecca is the mysterious future “her” we’ve all been wondering about? How soon are we going to find out why everyone is gathering to see her? Sterling K. Brown: We’ve all [in the cast] known that it’s Rebecca, though the audience didn’t know, and we know why it’s Rebecca and you guys will find out at the end of the season what it is. Yeah, you’ll see at the end. End of the season? End of the season you’ll get a better glimpse of why we’re going to see Rebecca. Also Read: 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Boss on Why a 'This Is Us' Crossover Is Probably a Bad Idea Can you tell me the significance of the “Pin the Tail on the Donkey” game? I cannot! That’s an easy question. Welp, that’s all we were about to get out of Sterling on that front, but you can read more from our interview with him about tonight’s episode here. See below for all the clues TheWrap previously rounded up about “This Is Us’s” now-not-so-mysterious character, so you can theorize over the next piece of the puzzle — what are the circumstances surrounding this foreboding reunion? — for the next couple months. She’s close to Tess, Randall and Toby In the third season premiere, the final scene gives a few more clues as to who the unnamed woman might be. Tess and Randall arrive at some sort of facility, and while Tess goes to the bathroom, Randall gives Toby (Chris Sullivan) a call, and asks if he’s “coming down.” Toby says he doesn’t know, but Randall tells him the “she” would want him here, and Toby agrees that he probably should. We see Toby talking to Randall on the phone from a bed — alone — which made us wonder if perhaps the mystery woman could be his wife Kate (Chrissy Metz), or someone close to Kate, and Kate might be dead. Yikes! “You thought we made it sound like he was talking about Kate — I would say that’s open to interpretation,” co-showrunner Isaac Aptaker told TheWrap at the show’s Season 3 finally in September. Alright, now we know it’s not Kate, but “Randall’s mother” — a person that is apparently close to Randall, Tess and Toby. And Sterling K. Brown told us that would be the case in the end, because anyone close to the Pearsons is close to Toby. “Toby is part of our family now,” Brown said. “So anybody who Randall cares about, Tobias would obviously care about as well. That’s my brother.” Tess hasn’t seen “her” in awhile Back on the Season 2 finale, we got our first glimpse of an older Randall and an older Tess. “It’s time to go see her, Tess,” Randall says. Tess responds that she’s “not ready,” and Randall says he’s not either. The scene is cut in a way that makes us think Beth might be dying (but that was ruled out by Susan Kelechi Watson herself) or maybe something is going on with Deja, who in the Season 3 premiere agreed to let the Pearsons adopt her after her mother relinquished her paternal rights. Brown also told TheWrap that there’s a specific reason he needs to coax Tess to see “her” — which of course we’ll find out in due time. “There’s a reason why he had to seek out Tess in particular,” Brown said. “Yes, there’s a reason why he had to seek out Tess in particular, because Tess hadn’t seen the ‘her’ for some time. And so there’s a reason why it’s time to go and she’s like, ‘I can’t.’ There’s a reason. Other people may have been more easily galvanized, but Tess needed a little more coaxing.” This is as far in the future as we’ll go “This future timeline is sort of the furthest that we’ll go in these characters lives and where our series will wrap up,” Aptaker told TheWrap in September, backing up something Fogelman has previously talked about. “I don’t imagine us going past this time period in the future so in terms of a timeline, this is our ending timeline,” Fogelman said in an interview with EW after the Season 2 finale last spring. “But we may have other past timelines we’re going to introduce in the course of the series, and also other future story lines that we might introduce as well.” “Well we’re going to give answers in that timeline, but it doesn’t mean it’s a timeline we can’t revisit and sort of push the story forward in that timeline,” co-showrunner Elizabeth Berger told TheWrap. “We’re going to give a lot of satisfying answers regarding that timeline this season — so they’re quickly in store.” Answers were promised to be coming soon “I think the plan is that, in the course of the season, you will get a lot of answers,” Fogelman said, during a panel after the LA premiere in September. “The story is not about where it ends up, it’s about how you kind of get there… we’re not going to string it out over seven seasons or anything.” Moore said Fogelman has, “talked a lot about figuring out who [Randall] is talking about.” “I think that every episode is offering a more fully realized picture of who that is,” Moore said in an interview with EW earlier this month. “It’s not being dragged for the sake of being cheeky. I think it’s just really brilliant storytelling and, Dan’s old favorite way of describing the show is the mixed up videotapes of home videos. This is exactly that, but we’re leaning a little bit into the future aspect of it.” Brown previously told EW that we do in fact know this character already. “It is someone that we have met over the first two seasons, so it won’t be something that comes out of nowhere,” Brown said. “Dan has already spoken to the fact that we’ve already shot parts of how he wants the series to end that’s dealing with that particular ‘her’ as well. I think by about midseason, maybe episode 9 or so, the audience will know who that individual is.” “This Is Us” airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on NBC. Read original story ‘This Is Us': Sterling K Brown Says You’ll Know Why They Are Going to See ‘Her’ By the End of Season 3 At TheWrap
- Raechal Shewfelt
'Dynasty' house is on sale for $19.5M — infamous lily pond and all
If you've ever wanted to recreate that infamous scene from the 1980s primetime soap "Dynasty" in which enemies Krystle and Alexis come to blows in a lily pond, this could be your shot.
- Taryn Ryder
Millie Bobby Brown defends Penn Badgley's stalker character in 'You': 'He's not creepy, he's in love'
Penn Badgley might want to sit Millie Bobby Brown down and explain to her why it's unhealthy to like his character, Joe Goldberg, in Netflix's "You."
ReutersNetflix raises prices for U.S. subscribers
Netflix shares rose 6.5 percent to close at $354.64, adding to their 30 percent rise so far this year. "It highlights that Netflix has pricing power and even after the increase it remains a very cheap entertainment alternative," Pivotal Research Group analyst Jeff Wlodarczak said. Netflix has been spending billions to bolster its original content, which boasts award-winning shows such as "The Crown," "Black Mirror" and "Wild Wild Country" to fend off intensifying competition from players such as Amazon.com's Prime Video service and Hulu.
- Kyle Moss
Meghan McCain accuses 'View' co-hosts of attempting to 'broad-stroke' Republicans as racist
“I am John McCain's daughter!” McCain said while slamming her hand down on the table. “I am not someone who sits here and is OK with racism in any way whatsoever.”
- Yahoo Entertainment Staff
How to live-stream the 2019 Grammy Awards
Find out how to watch the 2019 Grammy Awards live, even without cable.
- Kimberly Yam
A 'Star Trek' Spinoff Starring Michelle Yeoh Is In The Works
Captain Philippa Georgiou is definitely prospering.
Associated PressNetflix renews 'Grace and Frankie' ahead of season 5 debut
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the fifth-season adventures of "Grace and Frankie " begin, viewers can rest assured there's more to come.
The WrapMidseason TV 2019: Complete List of Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows (Updating)
The new year is here — and so is midseason TV. While fall brought with it the returns of your favorite broadcast shows — and the debuts of several new ones — the colder months mark the time when many of those series go into hibernation and fresh programming wakes up. Because the Big 4 and The CW are now gearing up to launch several new shows — and bring back a lot of your faves — TheWrap has rounded up the list of 2019’s broadcast premiere dates. Also Read: CBS Sets Premiere Date for Ava Duvernay's 'The Red Line,' Will Air the Whole Series Over 4 Weeks We’ve got launch days for NBC’s new series “The Enemy Within” and a new season of “The Voice.” On Fox, there are the series premieres of “Proven Innocent” and “Mental Samurai” The CW will debut “Roswell, New Mexico” and “In the Dark” and start up the final seasons of “Jane the Virgin” and “iZombie.” CBS is ringing in a new year of “Big Brother: Celebrity Edition” — still hosted by Julie Chen Moonves — and new series like “The World’s Best” and “The Red Line.” And ABC will bring you a fresh season of the “American Idol” revival and new drama “Whiskey Cavalier.” See the full list of broadcast’s midseason premiere dates below, which TheWrap will continue to update as more become available. Also Read: The CW Sets Spring Premiere Dates for Final Seasons of 'Jane the Virgin,' 'iZombie' Tuesday, January 1 8 p.m. “The Gifted” (Fox, winter premiere) 9 p.m. “Lethal Weapon” (Fox, winter premiere) Wednesday Jan. 2 8 p.m. “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back” (Fox, season premiere) 9 p.m. “The Masked Singer” (Fox, series premiere) Thursday, Jan. 3 8 p.m. “Gotham” (Fox, season premiere) 8 p.m. “The Titan Games” (NBC, series premiere) 9 p.m. “The Orville” (Fox, time slot premiere) 10 p.m. “The Blacklist” (NBC, Part 1 of season premiere) Also Read: 'Elementary' to End With Season 7 on CBS Friday, Jan. 4 8 p.m. “Fresh Off the Boat” (ABC, winter premiere) 8:30 p.m. “Speechless” (ABC, winter premiere) 9 p.m. “The Blacklist” (NBC, Part 2 of season premiere/time slot premiere) 9 p.m. “20/20” (ABC, new time, two-hour season premiere) Sunday, Jan. 6 7 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (ABC, winter premiere, two hours) 9 p.m. “Shark Tank” (ABC, new time, winter premiere, two hours) Monday, Jan. 7 8 p.m. “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” (NBC, series premiere) 8 p.m. “The Bachelor” (ABC, season premiere) Tuesday, Jan. 8 8 p.m. “Ellen’s Game of Games” (NBC, season premiere) 8 p.m. “The Conners” (ABC, winter premiere) 8:30 p.m. “The Kids Are Alright” (ABC, winter premiere) 9 p.m. “black-ish” (ABC, winter premiere) 9:30 p.m. “Splitting Up Together” (ABC, winter premiere) 10 p.m. “The Rookie” (ABC, winter premiere) Wednesday, Jan. 9 8 p.m. “The Goldbergs” (ABC, winter premiere) 8:30 p.m. “Schooled” (ABC, series premiere) 9 p.m. “Modern Family” (ABC, winter premiere) 9:30 p.m. “Single Parents” (ABC, winter premiere) 10 p.m. “Match Game” (ABC, season premiere) Thursday, January 10 8 p.m. “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS, winter premiere) 8:30 p.m. “Young Sheldon” (CBS, winter premiere) 9 p.m. “Mom” (CBS, winter premiere) 9 p.m. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (NBC, season/new network premiere) 9: 30 p.m. “The Good Place” (NBC, winter/new time slot premiere) 9:30 p.m. “Fam” (CBS, series premiere) 10 p.m. “S.W.A.T.” (CBS, winter premiere) Friday, Jan. 11 9 p.m. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (The CW, winter premiere) Monday, Jan. 14 8 p.m. “The Resident” (Fox, winter premiere) 9 p.m. “The Passage” (Fox, series premiere) Tuesday, Jan. 15 8 p.m. “The Flash” (The CW, winter premiere) 9 p.m. “Roswell, New Mexico” (The CW, series premiere) 9 p.m. “This Is Us” (NBC, winter premiere) Wednesday, Jan. 16 8 p.m. “Riverdale” (The CW, winter premiere) 9 p.m. “All American” (The CW, winter premiere) Thursday, Jan. 17 8 p.m. “Supernatural” (The CW, winter premiere) 8 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC, winter premiere) 9:01 p.m. “A Million Little Things” (ABC, winter premiere, new day and time) 10:00 p.m. “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC, winter premiere) Friday, Jan. 18 8 p.m. “Dynasty” (The CW, winter premiere) Sunday, Jan. 20 8 p.m. “Supergirl” (The CW, winter premiere) 9 p.m. “Charmed” (The CW, winter premiere) Monday, Jan. 21 8 p.m. “Arrow” (The CW, winter premiere) 8 p.m. “Big Brother: Celebrity Edition” (CBS, season premiere) 9 p.m. “Black Lightning” (The CW, winter/new time slot premiere) Thursday, Jan. 24 9 p.m. “Legacies” (The CW, winter premiere) Sunday, Jan. 27 7 p.m. “Rent Live” (Fox, live event broadcast) Thursday, Jan. 31 9:30 p.m. “Will & Grace” (NBC, winter/new time slot premiere) Sunday, Feb. 3 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT “The World’s Best” (CBS, series premiere, airs immediately after Super Bowl) Monday, Feb. 4 8 p.m. “The Neighborhood” (CBS, winter premiere) 8:30 p.m. “Man With a Plan” (CBS, season premiere) Tuesday, Feb. 5 8 p.m. “American Housewife” (ABC, winter premiere, new day and time) Wednesday, Feb. 6 8 p.m. “The World’s Best” (CBS, time period premiere) Friday, Feb. 15 9 p.m. “Proven Innocent” (Fox, series premiere) Saturday, Feb. 16 8 p.m. “Ransom” (CBS, season premiere) Wednesday, Feb. 20 8 p.m. “Survivor” (CBS, season premiere) Sunday, Feb. 24 11:35 p.m. ET/10 p.m. PT “Whiskey Cavalier” (ABC, post-Oscars sneak preview of series premiere) Monday, Feb. 25 8 p.m. “The Voice” (NBC, season premiere) 10 p.m. “The Enemy Within” (NBC, series premiere) Tuesday, Feb. 26 8 p.m. “MasterChef Junior” (Fox, season premiere) 9 p.m. “World of Dance” (NBC, season premiere) 9 p.m. “Mental Samurai” (Fox, series premiere) Wednesday, Feb. 27 10 p.m. “Whiskey Cavalier” (ABC, official series premiere) Sunday, March 3 7:30 p.m. “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox, winter premiere) 8 p.m. “World of Dance” (NBC, regular time slot premiere) 8 p.m. “The Simpsons” (Fox, winter premiere) 8 p.m. “American Idol” (ABC, season premiere) 8:30 p.m. “Family Guy” (Fox, winter premiere) 9 p.m. “Cosmos: Possible Worlds” (Fox, series premiere) 10 p.m. “Good Girls” (NBC, season premiere) Thursday, March 7 8:30 “A.P. Bio” (NBC, season premiere) 9:01 p.m. “Station 19” (ABC, winter premiere) 10 p.m. “For the People” (ABC, season premiere) Tuesday, March 12 10 p.m. “The Village” (NBC, series premiere) Wednesday, March 13 10 p.m. “SEAL Team” (CBS, winter/new time period premiere) Monday, March 18 10 p.m. “The Fix” (ABC, series premiere) Wednesday, March 27 9 p.m. “Million Dollar Mile” (CBS, series premiere) 9 p.m. “Jane the Virgin” (The CW, season premiere) Thursday, April 4 9 p.m. “In the Dark” (The CW, series premiere) Tuesday, April 9 9 p.m. “The Code” (CBS, series premiere) Tuesday, April 16 9:30 p.m. “Bless This Mess” (ABC, series premiere) Sunday, April 28 8 p.m. “The Red Line” (CBS, series premiere) Tuesday, April 30 9 p.m. “The 100” (The CW, season premiere) Thursday, May 2 8 p.m. “iZombie” (The CW, season premiere) Wednesday, May 22 8 p.m. “The Amazing Race” (CBS, season premiere) Monday, June 17 10 p.m. “Grand Hotel” (ABC, series premiere) Read original story Midseason TV 2019: Complete List of Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows (Updating) At TheWrap
- Gwynne Watkins
2 Fyre Festival movies are streaming: Which should you watch?
We compare the Netflix and Hulu documentaries on the 2017 music festival disaster to help you decide which to watch.
- The Wrap
CNN Analyst Surprised After Accusing Fox Nation’s David Webb of ‘White Privilege': ‘I’m Black’
Note to radio commentators: Before calling out someone for their white privilege, make sure they’re white. CNN analyst Areva Martin learned that the hard way on Tuesday morning after mistakenly accusing Sirius XM radio host and Fox Nation host David Webb for his “white privilege” during a discussion on race, only to find out Webb is, in fact, black. The awkward moment happened during a debate on whether race or qualifications should be an issue when hiring people for certain jobs. Also Read: Was Elvis Presley Racist? Eugene Jarecki Talks to Chuck D About His Famous Lyrics in 'The King' (Podcast) After Webb said that expertise and experience are what matter, Martin interjected: “That’s a whole ‘nother long conversation about white privilege, the things that you have the privilege of doing, that people of color don’t have the privilege of.” Webb shot back: “How do I have the privilege of white privilege?” “David… by virtue of being a white male you have white privilege.” Martin answered before Webb cut her off: “Areva, I hate to break it to you, but you should’ve been better prepped. I’m black.” Also Read: NYT Writer Critical of White Men Blasts Twitter as 'Misery Machine' You can listen to entire the exchange here. Read original story CNN Analyst Surprised After Accusing Fox Nation’s David Webb of ‘White Privilege': ‘I’m Black’ At TheWrap
- Kyle Moss
Lily Tomlin explains why she turned down offer to come out on the cover of Time in 1975
On Tuesday’s "Ellen," actress Lily Tomlin talked about being approached in 1975 and offered the cover of Time magazine if she would agree to come out as gay, over 20 years before host Ellen DeGeneres did that exact thing.
- Raechal Shewfelt
Peyton List graduates from Disney with a new movie, new music and a new role on 'Cobra Kai'
Twenty-year-old Peyton List's Disney days are behind her, with a new movie, new music and a role in the upcoming season of "Cobra Kai."
- TVLine.com
'This Is Us' Adds Goran Visnjic to Beth's Backstory Episode (and Beyond)
This Is Us is bringing on a Timeless star to school Beth. NBC’s hit drama has cast Goran Visnjic as Susan Kelechi Watson’s character’s teacher, TVLine has learned. Visnjic’s alter ego, Vincent, first will appear in the upcoming episode that focuses on Beth’s backstory. He will recur throughout the remainder of the season. No word yet […]
- Deadline
Freeform Developing Park Ranger Comedy From Jenna Fischer, Alexandra Henrikson
Freeform has put into development National Parker, a half-hour comedy from Splitting Up Together starJenna Fischer, actress-writer Alexandra Henrikson (Maniac) and Warner Horizon Scripted Television. Written by Henrikson, in National Parker, when social media-obsessed Parker Adams' world comes crashing down after a breakup, she decides to put her New York City life behind her and become an adult with a real job -- as a national park ranger at Alaska's Hickberry National…
- Variety
‘Avengers,’ ‘Lost in Space,’ ‘Ready Player One’ Lead Visual Effects Society Nominations
The Visual Effects Society announced nominees for the organization's 17th annual awards on Tuesday. Leading the way in the film and TV fields, respectively, were Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" and Netflix's "Lost in Space." Each picked up six nominations. Pixar's "Incredibles 2" received the most nominations among animated feature contenders with five. "Ready Player One" […]
- Variety
HGTV Will Revive ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’
Discovery Inc. wants to rebuild "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," one of TV's most durable reality concepts. The company's HGTV cable network plans to produce 10 new episodes of the former ABC series, featuring some of its many home experts as part of the process. The new episodes are expected to debut in late 2019, and […]
- Suzy Byrne
NBC head says the wrong timeslot — not defending blackface — led to Megyn Kelly's failure at 'Today'
While NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke went on to call Megyn Kelly a "huge talent," he told Variety that giving her the third hour of the "Today" show was a mistake.
- Indiewire
‘Black Earth Rising’ Trailer: Michaela Coel and John Goodman Star in International Thriller
"The Honourable Woman" creator Hugo Blick comes to Netflix with a story about a woman looking for the truth about her past.
- Variety
Alicia Keys to Host 2019 Grammy Awards
Alicia Keys will be hosting the 2019 Grammy Awards, the singer announced this morning via a video on her YouTube channel. “I’m soooo EXCITED to announce that I’ll be hosting the 61st Annual Grammy Awards ✨!! There’s so much in store and I CAN’T WAIT for y’all to see it ALL come to life 💜 […]
- Kylie Mar
Kim Kardashian officially announces upcoming arrival, sex of her baby
Kim Kardashian officially confirmed that she is expecting her fourth child, a baby boy, with Kanye West via surrogate "sometime soon."
- George Back
Terrifying selfie stunt leaves judges flabbergasted on 'AGT: The Champions'
Weapons expert uses a crossbow to take the most stress-inducing selfie in "AGT" history.
