‘The Big Cigar’: Andre Holland To Play Huey P. Newton With Don Cheadle Directing Apple Series

Met Gala returns and does so in its original timeframe of May. If you’ll recall, it was put on hold because of the pandemic and pushed back to September for last year’s event. In addition to being a time of great style, it’s also an opportunity to see star couples enjoy a one-of-a-kind date night.

Danny Bonaduce is "feeling the love" as he faces a "mystery illness." On Sunday, the "Partridge Family" star shared a Facebook post penned by his sister Celia Bonaduce, who announced that the actor is addressing a health concern. "Many of you have reached out to see what’s going on with my brother Danny," Celia began her post. "Thank you.

9-1-1 star Corinne Massiah has spent more than half of her life on TV screens, and all while continuing her education and now finishing up her freshman year at UCLA.Exclusive: 9-1-1's Oliver Stark breaks down future of Eddie and Buck's relationship after heartbreaking episodeFor five years Corinne has starred on the Fox first responder drama as May Grant - the teenage daughter of Angela Bassett's Sergeant Athena Grant - and fans have seen the actress take May through heartbreaking high school bullying storylines to her current role in dispatch after deferring college, with viewers most recently watching her struggle to decide whether to go back to school or keep working. The parallels between May and Corinne are obvious; two young women who are driven and smart but also curious and finding their place in the world."Whatever May was going through I was most likely going through it with her," Corinne tells HELLO!, adding: "We grew up together."Exclusive: 9-1-1 Lone Star's Natacha Karam talks season three's 'personal drama' and challenging her own expectationsExclusive: 9-1-1: Lone Star actor Ronen Rubinstein shares what he really thinks of TK’s 'traumatic' storylinesDespite a world in which there are myriad social media platforms to choose from, Corinne has been notoriously private.But as she steps into adulthood she is ready to begin using her voice and speak out about causes that are passionate to her - Black Lives Matter in particular - as well as, yes, interacting with the fandom.

Paramount+ has dropped a sneak peek of Sylvester Stallone as a New York mafia capo in the upcoming series “Tulsa King.” The 75-year-old actor is set to star as mob boss Dwight “The General” Manfredi in the new show from “Yellowstone,” “Mayor of Kingstown” and “1883” creator Taylor Sheridan. While an official release date has not been announced, the first episode is expected to drop in the fall of 2022. The streaming platform shared the photo on social media, showing Stallone standing in the middle of a city street in a dark suit and looking off into the distance.

Axed. Amber Heard fired her PR team just days before delivering her testimony as part of an ongoing defamation trial with her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. According to the New York Post, the Aquaman actress gave crisis public relations firm Precision Strategies the sack after a barrage of “bad headlines” about her in the press.

New ink. Pete Davidson’s tattoo for Kim Kardashian’s kids is already making headlines after the Saturday Night Live comedian was spotted with what appears to be some new body art dedicated to The Kardashians star’s four children.

a stunning unanimous decision, finding that Boston violated the First Amendment free speech rights of an anti-LGBTQ group that had requested the city fly a Christian flag at city hall. That group, Camp Constitution, says part of its mission is to “expose some of the abuses and perversions that have brought our nation and economy so far down.”Like the Supreme Court’s very narrow decision in the Masterpiece Cake Shop case, the ruling, which is very specific, runs the risk of being used by the right to initiate more religion-based attacks against minority Americans.The decision, written by retiring justice Stephen Breyer, disturbingly also cites Boston allowing the LGBTQ Pride flag to fly in front of its city hall as an example of how the city granted many other groups’ requests but engaged in discrimination against the Christian group.“Between 2005 and 2017,” the decision reads, “Boston approved the raising of about 50 unique flags for 284 such ceremonies.

EXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard will now be the second witness for the defense as her team shifts tactics in the $50 million defamation trial with Johnny Depp.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAfter launching Peacock with a pledge to minimize commercial interruption, NBCUniversal seems to have hit upon a new idea that will let ads and content exist on screen at the same time.The company on Monday unveiled a new ad format for its streaming-video hub Peacock that will surround a show with a “frame” sponsored by an advertiser. The graphic overlay may even contain interactive elements that let Peacock subscribers shop for the product or service being advertised.“The majority of Peacock customers are opting for our ad-supported experience, and we remain focused on collaborating with our brand partners to develop innovative, personalized ad experiences that continue to enhance the customer experience,” said John Jelley, Peacock’s senior vice president of product and user experience, in a statement.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorFrench action movie “Roads of Fear” heads the Cannes market slate for Vienna-based sales agency Fizz-e-Motion.Emmanuel Saez’s film follows Elon Coretti, the only son of Sauveur Coretti, one of the mafia bosses in the South of France. While the Coretti clan reigns supreme across its patch, small Albanian dealers are increasingly involved in drug trafficking and other criminal activities in its territory. Sauveur decides to make an example by organizing an almost military assault on the Albanians’ site, but there is a price to pay.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRic Parnell, who played the fictional band Spinal Tap’s drummer Mick Shrimpton in the classic 1984 heavy metal “mockumentary” “This Is Spinal Tap,” has died at the age of 70, according to a post from the group’s Harry Shearer and Yahoo News. No cause of death was initially reported.Ric Parnell, our drummer in This is Spinal Tap, passed away today.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEarly 21 st century New York rockers the Yeah Yeah Yeahs — singer Karen O, guitarist Nick Zinner and drummer Jay Chase — have announced new music and tour dates in the summer and fall. The group, which recently signed with indie powerhouse Secretly Canadian, say they will have new music in the fall.The group will play a brace of dates in Europe and Australia in the summer before hitting North America, with dates at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium and the Hollywood Bowl in October, where they will be joined by high school punk rockers the Linda Lindas on both dates and (in Los Angeles) by Japanese Breakfast.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPeacock will be the first streaming service to offer access to Bravo shows the day after they air, in a new bit of corporate-sibling synergy at NBCUniversal.For the first time on any streaming-only platform, new episodes of all Bravo shows will be available day-after-air to Peacock’s premium subscribers. The streamer also announced a multiyear movie output deal with Lionsgate, with titles to hit Peacock starting in 2024.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticThe announcement of winners for the  ASCAP Screen Music Awards, being held virtually again for 2022 and announced Monday morning, included revealing the top vote-getters for several Composers’ Choice Awards, including the scores for “Encanto” and “The White Lotus.”Germaine Franco prevailed for film score of the year for “Encanto.” Cristobal Tapia de Veer won two of these peer-voted awards, for television score of the year and television theme as well, for “The White Lotus.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNetflix’s reboot of the “Iron Chef” franchise is bringing former “Iron Chef America” host Alton Brown and Mark Dacascos, who played the iconic role of “The Chairman” on the competition, back into Kitchen Stadium for another round.The streaming service’s “Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend” will see Brown return to host along with “Top Chef” winner Kristen Kish, and Dacascos reprise the part of The Chairman.Here is the official description for the “reimagining” of “Iron Chef,” which will launch on June 15: The legendary Iron Chef series is reborn with a supersized approach to the ground-breaking culinary competition that started it all. It’s been called the toughest culinary challenge a chef will ever experience.

Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group on Monday launched The Weather Channel en Español, a 24/7 Spanish-language stand-alone network in the U.S. The free service is available across over-the-top streaming platforms and on mobile devices and also is accessible via The Weather Channel app.

Taylor Swift, Common, Seth Meyers and cast and crew including Al Pacino and Robert De Niro reuniting to talk about Michael Mann’s Heat are a few of the headliners confirmed for the Tribeca Festival’s Talks and Reunions lineup.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Top Chef and Below Deck are the among the shows that are getting a streaming move from Hulu to Peacock.

the streamer’s most successful original release to date, has reached a total of 8 million accounts, the streamer announced Monday.“We’re elated at the positive response to ‘Bel-Air’ and that this passionate audience quickly solidified the series into the cultural zeitgeist,” Susan Rovner, chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, said in a statement. “Week after week ‘Bel-Air’ captivated audiences with buzzy cliffhangers and stunning ensemble performances, led by the unmatched Jabari Banks. We can’t wait for what’s in store for Season 2.”“Bel-Air” debuted on Feb.

Prince Harry may be across the pond, but his heart is still in the U.K. Over the weekend, the Duke of Sussex was in good spirits playing polo with his longtime pal, Argentine champ and model Ignacio "Nacho" Figueras, near his Montecito, California, home.The match took place at the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club. The 37-year-old’s wife, Meghan Markle, cheered for the British prince as she watched the game alongside Figueras’ wife Delfina and her close friend Markus Anderson.

Elona” after a Putin-allied war-lord called him that – is now touting his “Shadow Crew,” a mocking response to a Wall Street Journal story suggesting a cabal of influential friends, described by the paper as a “secret crew of billionaires and misfits,” were egging him on to buy Twitter.“My Shadow Crew is sickkk!” he tweeted, adding: “Also, who are they again?”My Shadrow Crew is sickkk!Also, who are they again?The tweet was a reply to Silicon Valley investment titan Marc Andreesen, who posted the Journal story and said Musk has “a shadow crew of misfits egging you on.”So who are these misfits, supposedly? The Journal didn’t give a very long list, naming only former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Seth Dillon, CEO of the conservative-leaning satire site Babylon Bee. Three people might be enough for a “crew,” but might be a bit light for, say, branded merch.Sell Shadow Crew merch to buy Twitter?There may be others, unnamed “crew” – the Journal reported that he’s “dismayed” that Donald Trump isn’t on the platform, citing “people who have spoken to him” – but no one else was named.Twitter’s board has accepted Musk’s offer to take the company private for $44 million, which still has some financial and regulatory hurdles to clear before being finalized.

Comedian Bill Burr didn't think Gina Carano's firing from "The Mandalorian" was a "fair move." Burr worked alongside Carano on "The Mandalorian" until she was fired by Disney. Carano continuously received backlash online over controversial tweets.The final straw occurred when the actress compared the current divide in American politics to Nazi Germany. The actress didn't apologize for her tweets.

The hunt is on for an Iron Legend.

The world premiere on Wednesday of Paramount’s long-awaited Top Gun: Maverick will be livestreamed on YouTube.

Hollywood homes are ready for their close-up, and so is Jeff Lewis. The interior designer and house flipper is back after a three-year hiatus with a new show, Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis.

Because of Peacock’s modest, US-only reach so far (It has more than 28 million monthly active accounts and 13 million paid subscribers), its shows have never made the Nielsen Top 10 weekly streaming rankings. At its newfront today, the NBCUniversal streamer is announcing that new drama Bel-Air is the platform’s most-streamed original series, reaching 8 million accounts to date, and has broken Peacock’s records for new subscribers, usage, and upgrades.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterApple has ordered the limited series “The Big Cigar” about Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton, Variety has learned.The six-episode series hails from Warner Bros. Television, with André Holland in talks to star as Newton.

The wild story of how Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton was able to elude a nationwide manhunt and escape to Cuba while being pursued into exile by the FBI is being turned into a TV series for Apple.