‘Fantastic Four’: Marvel Enlists ‘Avatar 2’ Scribe Josh Friedman To Help With Reboot

With the news "The Big Bang Theory" is getting a spinoff on Max, everyone wants to know if the original cast will be involved. That includes "Jeopardy!" host Mayim Bialik, who’s waiting to see what happens like the rest of us. "If I am, I don't know it," she told E! News.

Justice for the People with Judge Milian,” a new daily one-hour court series that will debut in fall 2023.Milian, who took over from Jerry Sheindlin as judge of “The People’s Court” in 2001, was the longest-presiding judge of the syndicated reality series.“Lopez vs. Lopez,” which premiered on Nov.

Byron Allen’s African American-focused multiplatform media outlet, theGrio, will honor CBS News’ Gayle King with the Journalist Icon Award for her career achievements and service to the country in a star-studded event in Washington, DC. immediately following the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner on April 29.The event, which will take place at The Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History & Culture, will be hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr.

a speech Tuesday before the North America’s Building Trades Unions Conference after announcing earlier in the day he would be running for re-election, delivered a cursory reference to his grandfather’s deah as he outlined his jobs and economic agenda. Fox News quickly picked up on it.“There was another one, to add to the president’s blooper reel of tall tales,” John Roberts said. “This one, about his coincidental family history, listen here.” Roberts and “America Reports” co-host Sandra Smith then played back the clip. “By the way, when ya do — think about it this way: my grandpop, who I never met, he died in the same hospital I was born in two weeks before I was born,” Biden said. Biden didn’t quite have his facts completely straight, according to Roberts. “An anecdote that is sure to pull on the heartstrings, but Sandra it’s a story that does not appear to have the added benefit of actual being true,” Roberts said.

climbed further atop the list after earning the No. 6 spot last week.

Since Warner Bros. Discovery already dropped the first trailer right in time for “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” it’s no surprise that “Blue Beetle” didn’t get much more new footage beyond a longer version of the existing trailer.

Tottenham centre-back Clement Lenglet has detailed what Harry Kane is like in the Tottenham dressing room.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Czech-Swedish filmmaker Greta Stocklassa was only eight when the War on Terror began in 2001. In the years that followed, fellow Swede and former UN weapons inspector, Hans Blix, became a central figure in the investigation into weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In her documentary “Blix Not Bombs,” Stocklassa interviews Blix, now 94 years old, about the period running up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq 20 years ago. In the docu, Blix describes his meetings with George W. Bush and Tony Blair, his frustration when Colin Powell gave his pivotal speech in the UN Security Council, and his feeling of emptiness when the U.S. started the invasion, despite his reports that his team had found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Park City Song Summit will return to Utah this September for another installment in its annual mixture of performances and panels, featuring an array of guests from different genres, with those set to speak or sing ranging from Grateful Dead veteran Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros. to rising star Joy Oladokun. This year’s festival takes place Sept. 7-9. The 50th anniversary of hip-hop will be explored, as evidenced in the booking of progenitors like Grandmaster Flash, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Chuck D, amid other veteran artists like folk legend Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. Standout younger artists featured include Adia Victoria, Danielle Ponder, Celisse, Cimafunk, Joe Pug, Ruby Amanfu and Matisyahu.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Months of anticipation and many, many memes later, Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie have finally made their first red carpet appearance in support of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” And their hot pink outfits — which look like they could be plucked right off the film’s neon-coated set — didn’t disappoint. After walking a carpet, the pair took the stage at CinemaCon, alongside Gerwig, in order to talk about the star-studded film, set to release July 21.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director John Stamos revealed on the “Good Guys” podcast (via Insider) that he had Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen booted from “Full House” when they were 11 months old as their persistent crying on set drove him crazy. The firing only lasted a couple of days, as the replacement babies for the Olsen twins proved even worse to be around. Stamos, who played Jesse Katsopolis on all eight seasons of “Full House,” was filming a scene where his character and Dave Coulier’s Joey change Michelle Tanner’s diaper. The Olsen twins switched off playing Michelle during the show’s run. “We’re doing the scene. Joey and I were changing the baby, right? And Danny [Bob Saget] is gone and said, ‘Take care of the kids.’ ‘Yeah, we got it. We got it,'” Stamos said. “So, we’re carrying the baby downstairs and we take her in the kitchen and we hose her down. And she was screaming. Both of them. They wanted to be anywhere else but there, and so did I.”

William Earl Centered on a theme of celebrating locations on screen, Variety held a cocktail reception on the rooftop of Neuehouse in Hollywood Wednesday night, presented by Neom, a sustainable megacity and regional production hub located within Saudi Arabia’s northwestern corner. The event was attended by producers, production supervisors, location managers and others from across the film, television and content creation industries, offering Wayne Borg, Neom’s managing director of media, entertainment and culture, an opportunity to introduce others to what the region has to offer and incentivize decision-makers to consider bringing their productions to the Middle East.

Selome Hailu HBO is seeing solid success in audience size as it sends off two of its most loved series: “Barry” and “Succession,” which are both airing their fourth and final seasons. Episodes 1 and 2 of “Barry” Season 4 have reached an average of 2.5 million viewers since they both debuted on April 16. As previously reported, Episode 1 started at 710,000 viewers while Episode 2 saw 550,000 on premiere night — meaning that delayed viewing on streaming has allowed for an increase of 289%, a near quadruple of the original statistics. Additionally, Sunday’s release of Episode 3 reached 660,000 viewers, which is even with the average viewership of Season 3. These data points are based on a combination of Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewers on HBO’s cable channels and Warner Bros. Discovery’s first-party measurement of streams on HBO Max.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor YouTube’s advertising revenue dropped for the third quarter in a row, dragging down Google’s financial results as the video platform continues to navigate a soft ad market. Ad sales at YouTube declined 2.6% year over year in the first quarter of 2023, to $6.69 billion. Analysts expected it to come in at $6.6 billion, per FactSet. Parent company Alphabet doesn’t break out YouTube’s subscription revenue (from YouTube TV or YouTube’s other premium services). YouTube revenue was down 7.8% in the fourth quarter of 2022 following a 1.9% dip the quarter before that. In February, Susan Wojcicki stepped down as YouTube’s CEO after nine years in the role, staying on at Alphabet in an advisory capacity. Stepping in to lead YouTube was Neal Mohan (pictured above), previously the video platform’s chief product officer.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor CNBC has lost some of its avarice for the long-running primetime series “American Greed.” The documentary program, which examines white-collar crime, scams and embezzlement, among other business-focused wrongdoing, has been running on the NBCUniversal business-news channel since 2007, completing 15 seasons and 222 episodes, along with three spin-offs. In 2023, however, the series order was significantly smaller than those in the past, according to two people familiar with the matter, and production of original episodes has ceased for the moment. “CNBC has not canceled ‘American Greed,'” the network said in a statement. Six new episodes ran between January 24 and March 7 of this year. Past seasons have included 12 episodes or more, according to one of the people familiar with the program

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor “Fatal Attraction” showrunner Alexandra Cunningham says it was at a table read on Zoom when she knew that Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan had the chemistry to make her reimagining of the 1987 movie work. “The entire cast was there and it’s everyone in their little windows,” Cunningham told me at the premiere of the Paramount+ series Monday night in West Hollywood at the Pacific Design Center. “As soon as Josh and Lizzy started talking to each other, there was chemistry. When you have chemistry on Zoom, you’re going to have chemistry when you meet in real life.” She continued, “Immediately it was like, ‘These people are really flirting. These people are really living this moment.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, my god, it’s gonna be okay.’”

Rita Moreno Harry Belafonte, who passed away today at the age of 96, was not only a Tony-, Grammy- and Emmy-winning singer and actor, he was a vitally important activist who brought many top Hollywood actors to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legendary march on Washington in 1963. Below, his longtime friend, EGOT-winning actress, singer and dancer Rita Moreno, remembers that day, and more. Harry Belafonte was the reason that a planeload of movie stars showed up for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington in August 1963. The trip came about at his behest. Harry wanted very much for Dr. King to understand that there were people in Hollywood who really cared, people who were emotionally involved in politics and cared for the welfare of people of any color.

A new trailer has been unveiled for “The Flash”, featuring the Scarlet Speedster racing through time, with the fate of the universe hanging in the balance.

a fleeting glimpse of two men marrying in an ad.Similarly, the group objected to a 2016 ad from jewelry company Zales, which featured a lesbian couple marrying.The group has also criticized eHarmony for a commercial depicting a gay couple eating toast, called for a boycott of Oreo for selling rainbow-colored cookies during Pride season, balked at a Disney cartoon featuring two gay dads, condemned Whole Foods for sponsoring a Drag Queen Story Hour event, and demanded that the Hallmark Channel yank an ad (one of several versions, including some featuring opposite-sex couples) depicting a lesbian wedding. Watch the full Men’s Wearhouse ad below:

has been back in full bloom this year with her No. 1 smash “Flowers.”But now fans are convinced that the 30-year-old star has been secretly dropping even more music in 2023.Social media is abuzz with chatter about another Cyrus album being leaked on March 10 — the exact same day that she dropped her last LP, “Endless Summer Vacation,” last month.The album “Down with Me,” released under the name Clara Pierce, features vocals that sound eerily similar to those of the former “Hannah Montana” star.The 12-track LP — featuring tunes such as “I Don’t Wanna Tell You Lies,” “Hands of Time,” “Can’t Live Forever,” “Not My Vibe” and “Right Han Man” — is rumored to be leaked previously unreleased material by Cyrus.“I really need Miley Cyrus to explain why there is an entire album on Spotify called Down with Me under the artist name Clara Pierce that was released on the same day as Endless Summer Vacation that is oh so clearly her voice,” tweeted one fan.“I need you to explain Clara Pierce ma’am,” another fan tweeted to Cyrus.Certainly, breakup songs such as “I’ll Never Get Hurt Again” and “At Least I Can Say That I Tried” could easily be alluding to Cyrus’ much-publicized split with ex-husband Liam Hemsworth.And “Saggittarius” would make sense for the singer, who is indeed a Sagittarius.On the song, Pierce sings, “I told you once before, I’m my mother’s daughter” – and “Mother’s Daughter” just so happens to be the name of a track on Cyrus’s 2019 EP “She Is Coming.”But some are even suggesting that this could be another case of the magic of AI working its wonders.

Bad Bunny is one of the world’s biggest WWE fans. He’s been getting more and more involved with the sport and is making a tremendous effort in bringing it to Puerto Rico. Last night, Bad Bunny invited WWE fighter Damian Priest to a Puerto Rican street fight.

Beef confirmed!

An American Airlines passenger was pretty PISSED after a recent flight… literally!

Melissa Villaseñor came back home after wrapping her sixth and final season on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” friends and family almost immediately asked “What’s next?”“That’s not enough?” she laughed.Still, the talented comedienne took their question to heart and got right back to work after leaving the late night program.Now, fans can see the fruits of Villaseñor’s labor.On Tuesday, April 25, she’ll be appearing on NBC’s “Night Court” as Gabby, a mirror character to Melissa Rauch’s Abby.“I think both of us are pretty positive, joyful. Melissas,” Villaseñor said over Zoom.

Carol Vorderman is an icon when it comes to TV personalities so we're delighted to see her back on our screens as she takes on the creepy crawlies and challenges for the second time on I'm A Celeb. Off-screen the Countdown star has had quite the love life having previously opened up about her dating history including her 'five special friends' and a 10 year "no strings attached" relationship.The 62 year old has two children and has been married twice, but that hasn't stopped her from dating multiple men and said she's "never felt freer". Earlier this year she told The Sun: "I don't understand why my behaviour should change just because I'm getting older.

A new chapter! Sister Wives star Christine Brown is embracing all the new aspects of her life – including spending more time with her children and her engagement to David Woolley.

I'm A Celeb is back, but this time it's in South Africa with some of the most iconic celebrities returning from previous series in a bid to become the ultimate 'legend' of the hit ITV show.The All Stars series was prerecorded last year so will have no public voting, but is expected to be tougher than ever before as Ant and Dec warn of “harsher and more unforgiving” conditions. Nine celebrities entered the camp during the first episode, with more famous faces set to enter the series at a later stage.

Jodie Comer is giving the performance of the season in her new Broadway play Prima Facie, according to all of the rave reviews from critics!

Great news about Only Murders in the Building! – Just Jared Jr Prince William received a large sum? – Celebitchy Get Sofia Richie‘s wedding look! – Popsugar There’s big news about Heartstopper Season 2 – Just Jared Jr

Meghan Trainor is having a baby boy again!

HBO and HBO Max (which is now dubbed “Max”) have been making a lot of decisions about their renewals and cancellations in 2023 so far.

Rumer Willis and her boyfriend, musician Derek Richard Thomas, have announced the birth of their daughter!

Ant Anstead isn’t shy about changing in public!

The Flash is coming!

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Shakman, who last year landed the highly coveted Fantastic Four directing job, has signed with CAA. Shakman beat a number of directors for the job in August on the highly-anticipated Marvel pic with production expected to star next year.

The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news.