Category Archives: Entertainment News – ABC Audio
Amy Poehler "open" to hosting The Oscars
NBC/Evans Vestal WardFollowing last week's announcement that the 94th Annual Academy Awards telecast will have a host for the first time since 2018, a number of names have been floated as hypothetical...
Jan 20, 2022
In Brief: Jon Stewart to receive Mark Twain Prize; 'Watch What Happens Live' renewed, and more
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has chosen Jon Stewart as the recipient of its 23rd Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The prize, which recognizes individuals who have h...
Jan 20, 2022
'Single Drunk Female' is a highly relatable comedy, says cast
Freeform/Jeff Petry/Matthias ClamerThe new series Single Drunk Female makes its debut tonight on Freeform, telling the story of Samantha Fink, a late 20s alcoholic realizing things are ...
Jan 20, 2022
Starz releases trailer for sixth season of 'Outlander'
StarzAfter a Christmas Day sneak peek of the show's return on March 6, Starz has dropped a new trailer for the sixth season of its time-skipping romantic drama Outlander. ...
Jan 19, 2022
'Parasite' Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho drafts Robert Pattinson for sci-fi project
ABC/Craig SjodinOscar-winning Parasite director Bong Joon Ho has got Robert Pattinson in his tractor beam for a high-profile science fiction film for Warner Bros. Deadlin...
Jan 19, 2022
Amazon forges an official title for its epic Tolkien series: 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'
Amazon StudiosAmazon has dropped a new video branding its anticipated J.R.R. Tolkien-based series with an official title: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The multi-seaso...
Jan 19, 2022
Sidney Poitier’s cause of death revealed, all-star tribute to Harry Belafonte, and more
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for NAACP Image AwardsThe cause of death of the late Sidney Poitier has been revealed. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced tha...
Jan 19, 2022
Lady Gaga says in deleted scene, her and Salma Hayek's 'House of Gucci' characters "developed a sexual relationship"
Ian West/PA Images via Getty ImagesLast year, Ridley Scott, the director of Lady Gaga's latest film House of Gucci, told the ReelBlend podcast that he wanted to release a director's cut of the movie.&...
Jan 19, 2022
'Book of Boba Fett' co-star Rory Ross on living out his lifelong dream of being in that galaxy far, far away
LucasfilmActor Rory Ross has been a Star Wars fan since he was six years old, when he spent a month in Iowa Children's Hospital, battling a rare fungal condition. He tells ABC Audi...
Jan 19, 2022
Broadway to dim its lights tonight for Sidney Poitier
Toni Anne Barson/WireImageAt 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Broadway will dim its lights in honor of stage and screen legend Sidney Poitier. The legendary actor and activist, who died at 94 on January 6, m...
Jan 19, 2022