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Treat yo’ self… to a Parks and Recreation reunion! On Thursday, April 30, the cast of Parks and Recreation will reunite for a half-hour special to benefit Feeding America. The special will find Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) dealing with the trials and tribulations of social distancing, but that won’t keep her from staying in contact

The women’s liberation movement and Stop ERA worked to advance their respective agendas on Mrs. America Season 1 Episode 5. Both groups had a lot on their plates, but it was tougher when some members had to deal with identity crises. The episode, “Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc,” forced the titular characters to confront

Newport Beach boy, David Denman, has a laundry list of impressive television credits. But, on the top of that list (preferably written on Dunder Mifflin paper stock) is his role as the warehouse worker and Pam Beesly’s ex-fiance, Roy Anderson, in the first few seasons of the US version of the hilarious TV series, “The

[Warning: The following contains spoilers for the season finale of Prodigal Son, “Like Father…” Read at your own risk!] Surprise! It turns out that the cryptic title for Prodigal Son‘s season finale, “Like Father…” had a very different meaning than we originally expected! Heading into Monday night’s final episode of the season, we might’ve expected

Grey’s Anatomy actress Camilla Luddington came close to playing a pivotal role on The Vampire Diaries, and it would have stopped her from playing Jo Wilson.  Luddington took to Twitter over the weekend to reveal characters she had auditioned for in the past, and one of them was Rebekah Mikaelson on The Vampire Diaries.  Claire

Play video content Demi Lovato opened up in a big way with her former castmates from the Disney show, “Sonny With a Chance” … describing how a fellow castmate was her inspiration for going to rehab and how her eating disorder made it impossibly cold on the set. Demi was part of a virtual chat

The second Saturday Night Live at-home edition kicked off with a very special guest: Brad Pitt, portraying Dr. Anthony Fauci as he attempted to clarify some of the mixed messaging that has come from the president about the coronavirus pandemic. “Good evening, I’m Dr. Anthony Fauci. First, I’d like to thank all the older women

Danica McKellar, the star of the Matchmaker Mysteries film series on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, is a seriously accomplished woman. She’s also incredibly kind and charitable, and that’s why I knew chatting with her while the country (and the world) experiences one of the worst situations in modern times would somehow be uplifting. I wasn’t

Exclusive Tyler Perry isn’t jumping to reopen his 330-acre Atlanta studio complex, but we’ve learned he’s working on a really unique, interesting and safe way to shoot TV shows there during the coronavirus pandemic. Studio sources tell TMZ, Tyler has a plan he’s currently running up the flagpole with his studio execs, and it goes

In the Netflix movie Extraction, Chris Hemsworth plays a highly skilled mercenary named Tyler Rake. About 20 minutes into the film, he actually kills a guy with a rake. You’d think this absurdity might inspire a moment of levity, but no. There is no room for anything remotely diverting or even human in this bleak,

Fans of Parks and Recreation might have had enough of their beloved series — because they’ve seen every episode multiple times! And during these uncertain times, it’s hard not to imagine how your favorite characters of yesterday would handle something as frightening as the coronavirus shutdown. You’re about to find out. If you’ve been aching

For Tyler Cameron, workouts are essential … but Hannah Brown is not, and neither is his shirt!!! The “Bachelorette” hunk-turned-male model stepped out Wednesday for a shirtless workout down in Jupiter, Florida … and while he’s got a workout buddy, she’s a mystery blonde and definitely not Hannah. The shirtless stud is still pretty active

[Warning: This post contains spoilers from Empire‘s series finale. Read at your own risk.] With Jussie Smollett written out of Season 6 amid the actor’s legal woes, questions remained about whether or not he would return as Jamal for Empire‘s series finale. Ahead of the final season, Fox entertainment chief Michael Thorn confirmed that Smollett

SXSW and Amazon are moving full steam ahead with a virtual festival that is set to launch April 27.  Officially titled Prime Video presents the SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection. The slate includes 39 films, composed of narrative and documentary features, short films, and episodic titles. Filmmakers in the official 2020 SXSW Film Festival lineup

Tom Lester — best known for playing Eb Dawson on the ’60s sitcom “Green Acres” — has died of complications from Parkinson’s Disease … TMZ has learned. We’re told the longtime actor died Monday morning in Nashville at the home of his fiancee and longtime caregiver, Jackie. After moving to Hollywood from Mississippi in the

[Warning: The following contains spoilers for the latest episode of NCIS, “Predators.” Read at your own risk!] NCIS: New Orleans didn’t get a chance to present the season finale it had planned, due to having production cut short in early March. But the episode that ended up closing out the season as we know it

Grey’s Anatomy’s leading lady Ellen Pompeo has hit out at “old white guy TV docs” such as Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz.  Both men have had some controversial comments regarding easing social restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, and Pompeo has taken to social media to hit back at both of them.  While she does not

Exclusive Good luck trying to score Leonardo DiCaprio, Drake or Michael Rubin‘s All In Challenge fan experiences … the competition is $TIFF!!! Leo, Michael and Ellen DeGeneres actually hold the top 3 spots in the top 10 fan experiences … meaning they have the most entries, as of Friday afternoon. Michael, the 76ers partner who

When a show regularly operates from within a moral morass, it’s hard to take more overtly moralizing episodes or plotlines seriously. That is especially true when real-life controversies are ultimately used as a cudgel to make a familiar point about that existing morass. This is all to say that it’s pretty unusual to watch an

The prospect of a sixth season of Lucifer just got a lot less likely.  TV Line is reporting that contract negotiations with leading man Tom Ellis are not going well, and the potential sixth season is at a standstill.  The outlet claims that Ellis rejected the studio’s latest offer.  Here’s where things get murky: Ellis

Breaking News “One of the topics covered in a Major League Baseball course at Arizona State is this player who broke the color barrier in 1947.” COME ON — EVERYONE KNOWS THE ANSWER … right? Wrong. Because when Xiaoke Ying buzz’d in on “Jeopardy” on Wednesday night — she replied, “Babe Ruth!” WHAT?! NOOO!!!! This

For those of you who’ve been staring at Chicago P.D.‘s Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer) and Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) all season long while fighting the urge to smoosh their faces together, I’ve got some great news: Upstead is finally happening! When the NBC drama returns for Season 8, your favorite “when will they finally get together”

On the premiere of Mrs. America, both feminist and anti-feminist women attempted to define gender equality with the rise of the Equal Rights Amendment.  The three-part series premiere set up the show’s premise, as they gave the audience a sneak peek on how everything would play out. The miniseries could not have aired at a

Exclusive Carole Baskin took just about everything from Joe Exotic, but she didn’t get the shirt off his back — that belongs to one eBay user who’s trying to hawk it for a quick (and pricey) buck. Yes, one of Joe’s own personal sequin tops (blouses?) is up for grabs on the famous auction site

[Warning: The following contains spoilers from the series premiere of The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart. Read at your own risk!] I didn’t know what to expect from The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart, but the series premiere of this musical spin-off hit the right notes (I’ll try to keep the corny music

FOX has renewed its top-rated drama series, 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star, from creators and executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, for the upcoming 2020-2021 television season. The news was announced Monday by Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment, FOX Entertainment. The series renewals allow 9-1-1 to enter its fourth season and 9-1-1

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com The biggest mystery in Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’ is whether Don Lewis was murdered and, if so, who did him in. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister tells TMZ, he’s convinced one person could NOT have committed the 1997 murder … he says someone must have helped and someone got paid. Although

Saturday Night Live aired its first new episode in over a month on Saturday evening and came through with one major surprise right off the top: the night’s host was none other than Tom Hanks. Hanks has hosted SNL several times in the past, but this time was particularly significant. Since Hanks was one-half of