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"30 Rock" actor Grizz Chapman is sending an SOS. Chapman, who played Tracy Morgan's bodyguard and assistant on the Alec Baldwin-Tina Fey comedy, has lost his home suddenly after a truck crashed into it. According to NBC4 in Washington, Chapman's home ...

Victor Willis, writer of "YMCA," wants to clarify something: the song is not gay themed. "There is nothing gay about it," he says in a Facebook post. Willis is thrilled Donald Trump likes the song, especially since the Village People singer says he's ...

Alex Gibney has made dozens of terrific documentaries. So has Lexi Bloom. But Gibney says their film, "The Bibi Files," about the corruption and crimes of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has not gotten one bite from a distributor or a ...

The cozy Metrograph Theater is at the corner of Chinatown and Who-knows-where, but a lot of A-listers showed up tonight for a screening of "Wicked" with Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Peter Dinklage, producer Marc Platt, and director Jon M. Chu. ...

No surprise: the New York Film Critics Circle has given Best Picture to Brady Corbet's "The Brutalist." The film's star, Adrien Brody, is Best Actor. But Corbet, oddly, is not Best Director. That honor went to RaMell Ross for " Nickel Boys." Best ...

Monday night's Gotham Awards were packed with A list stars, notching up the importance of the evening as the opening salvo for Hollywood prizes Among the guests were Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Chastain, Timothee Chalamet, Demi Moore, and ...

Yes, 2024 is pretty much over. Hitsdailydouble.com has the countdown of albums sold. Taylor Swift was number 1 with 6.1 million copies of "The Tortured Poets Department." Of those, 2.8 million were actual physical CDs, LPs, and downloads. These are . ...

"Days of our Lives" has been on the air for 60 years, so it's not implausible that the older actors are dying off. This week the show is a tribute to Bill Hayes, who passed this year at age 98. He was on the show for 50 years. Last year it was John . ...

In truth, "Yellowstone" could just have ended tonight. The cops and family are closing in on Jamie. Instead, they have to pad out three episodes. So tonight they killed off a good character for no reason. It had nothing to do with the plot. But Colby ...

Yes, "Wicked" is a big hit. Total box office after 11 days is $262 million. That's right over the rainbow. But "Moana 2" has made almost as much in just 6 days: $221 million. "Moana 2" will pass "Wicked" in a day or two at this point. The box office ...