ABC’s family sitcom The Goldbergs will return, according to the show’s Twitter account.
The series, which weathered the death of cast member George Segal last March, and the December exit of series patriarch Jeff Garlin, following bullying allegations on set, has been renewed by ABC for a tenth season.
The Hollywood Reporter also adds that its producers Sony Pictures Television has left an option open for the ’80s-set show to return for an 11th season.
The hit romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding was released 20 years ago today.
In honor of the anniversary, Nia Vardalos, who played Toula Portokalos in the film, reflected on writing the script for the film and detailed what she learned from the initial pushback she received.
Sharing a thread on Twitter centered on the 20-year anniversary, Vardalos wrote, “When agents/managers said my script wasn’t good and actors shouldn’t write, I recall wondering why they were angry. They fired me.”
“So, I changed the material into a solo stage show,” she continued. “@RitaWilson saw the play and said, ‘this should be a movie.’ I handed her my screenplay, this creator & producer got the film made with me as the lead. We premiered in 106 theaters, expanded to more, ran for over a year.”
Vardalos, who received an Oscar nomination for best screenplay and a Golden Globe nomination for best actress for the film, also commented on the mixed reactions it received.
“People full of love loved it, and again some were snide, hateful,” Vardalos said.
The film, produced by Rita Wilson, her husband Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, ended up grossing $368 million worldwide.
Andy Grammer will serve as the keynote speaker and share his honest thoughts about mental health at Mental Health America’s annual conference this summer.
The “Honey I’m Good” singer shared his excitement about the upcoming venture on Tuesday, telling fans, “Mental health is an extremely important topic to me and it is an honor to speak at such an important event.”
The event, titled “Forward Together: Recovery, Healing, Hope,” will take place in Washington, D.C. starting on June 9. Andy is set to speak the day after, taking stage on Friday, June 10, at 9:30 a.m. ET.
The organization shared more information about what to expect at their summertime event, adding in their own announcement, “After being forced by COVID-19 to slow down his busy and high-energy schedule, Andy had to come to terms with his mental health in a way that he hadn’t before. The mental health struggles that Andy faced have inspired his new music and added a new layer to the deep connection he has with his fans.”
There are several ways to watch Andy’s speech, which will be live-streamed. Those interested in attending can register on MHA’s official website and can opt to attend in-person or virtually.
Andy’s music has long embraced the themes of mental wellness, including his hits “Keep Your Head Up,” “The Best of Me,” “Don’t Give Up On Me,” and “Fresh Eyes.”
Monday’s sixth-season premiere ofBetter Call Saulled to a record number of sign-ups for AMC’s streaming service, the network has announced.
“Whether streaming on AMC+, watching on our linear ad-supported network or engaging on social media, the fans showed up and last night was just the beginning of what will be an unforgettable final season of what has become a landmark series for our company and all of television,” said AMC Studios head Dan McDermott in a statement Tuesday. “[F]ans of the show met the moment of its return with a response befitting everything this remarkable creative team has delivered.”
The prequel series serves as an origin story for Bob Odenkirk‘s lovably crooked Breaking Bad attorney James Morgan “Jimmy” McGill, AKA Saul Goodman. The first episode of its sixth season, “Wine and Roses,” attracted 1.4 million total viewers, making it the #1 cable drama premiere of 2022 to date.
Last year, KISS singer/bassist Gene Simmons and the Gibson company announced that they had partnered to launch a new line of electric guitars and basses called G2, pronounced G-squared. Now the first offering from the brand has been released: the G2 Thunderbird Bass.
The instrument features a classic Reverse Thunderbird body and headstock design, a mahogany body with a glossy ebony finish, an ebony fingerboard, a pair of T-Bird pickups, a G2 logo on the back of the headstock, and a pickguard boasting a laser-engraved custom Gene Simmons logo.
The G2 Thunderbird Bass is priced at $2,799, and is available around the world at authorized Gibson dealers and via Gibson.com.
“Gibson is an outstanding company and has earned its place as a leading guitar brand with fans around the world,” says Simmons in a statement. “The new G2 Thunderbird basses are all handmade in the USA, with a sound that is off the charts. The design is so beautiful and collectible, they are simply works of art.”
Adds Gibson Brands executive Cesar Gueikian [GOY-kee-en], “The Gibson Gene Simmons G2 Thunderbird Bass guitar has been more than a year in the making. It looks and sounds EPIC, and it is unmistakably Gene. Working with him is such a privilege for all of us at Gibson; he is deeply involved in every aspect of developing the guitars and planning our launch.”
To promote the new bass, a hilarious video has premiered on the Gibson TV YouTube channel starring Simmons and featuring a voiceover by John Stamos. The clip mimics an ’80s infomercial that features a skinny nerd who is picked on by his high school classmates, until he buys a G2 Thunderbird Bass and is transformed into a cool and popular rocker.
Johnny Depp took the stand for the first time in a Virginia courtroom Tuesday, as part of his defamation case against his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
Depp said, “today is the first opportunity to speak about this case,” and noted having the case air out the ugly details of his life with Heard wasn’t comfortable in the least.
“I was always a very private person, so for me to…sit before you all and spill the truth, is quite exposing, and it’s quite unfortunate,” the former Pirates of the Caribbean series star said.
“It’s unfortunate it’s not only exposing not only for me, it’s exposing to my family, it’s exposing for Ms. Heard,” he testified.
“It never had to go in this direction,” Depp said, adding, “I can’t say that I’m embarrassed, because I know that I’m doing the right thing.”
Depp also commented, “Truth is the only thing I’m interested in. Lies will get you nowhere, but lies build upon lies and build upon lies. I’m obsessed with the truth.”
Attorneys for both stars leveled accusations of abuse against each other in the case, as they did during a libel trial in the U.K. Depp is suing Heard for defamation for her 2019 Washington Post op-ed in which she said she was a victim of domestic abuse. Although he wasn’t specifically named in the article, the actor insists the article amounted to defamation by inference, which is punishable according to Virginia law.
L-R: Kanye West, Mr. Hudson, Kid Cudi and Pusha-T perform in 2011; Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for VEVO
Ahead of its long-awaited release on Friday, Pusha T finally let fans in on details about his highly anticipated upcoming album, It’s Almost Dry.
On social media Tuesday, the New York rapper shared the album’s cover art and 12-song track list, which boasts features from fellow artists Jay-Z, Pharrell, Ye and Kid Cudi. But, in tandem with the release of the song list, Cudi revealed some news of his own — his collaboration with Ye, aka Kanye West, on “Rock N Roll,” will be the last of its kind.
In a Twitter post, Cudi alerted fans never to expect music from the two rappers again saying, “Hey! So I know some of you heard about the song I got w Pusha. I did this song a year ago when I was still cool w Kanye. I am not cool w that man. He’s not my friend and I only cleared the song for Pusha cuz thats my guy. This is the last song u will hear me on w Kanye -Scott”
The decision allegedly stems from Ye’s decision not to include Kid Cudi on Donda 2, due his friendship with “you know who.” In the now-deleted Instagram post, fans speculated Ye was referring to Cudi’s relationship with SNL star Pete Davidson, who has been dating his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian.
Ye and Cudi have a history of an on-and-off-again friendship, dating back to their 2013-14 social media argument which led to the first of a few public reunions.
Whether or not Cudi and Ye will mend things this time around is unknown. What is certain is Pusha’s promise to deliver his fourth studio album, It’s Almost Dry, on Friday, April 22.
In her decades in the music industry, it’s safe to say Dolly Parton has been dealt her fair share of advice, and the singer is opening up about the advice she’s grateful she didn’t follow.
Dolly has long been vocal about the fact that she patterned her flashy look and costumes after the hooker who lived in her hometown of Sevierville, TN. And while she may have been met with resistance of her appearance over the years, the titan of industry stands firm in how she presents herself.
“The main advice that people wanted to give me was to change my look and to go simpler with my hair and the way that I dress, not to look so cheap, nobody was ever going to take me seriously they would say,” she explains to Adam Grant on his podcast, WorkLife.
“The way I look and the way I looked then was a country girl’s idea of glam, just like I wrote in my ‘Backwoods Barbie’ song. But people wanted me to change…It was really like a look I was after. And I wasn’t a natural beauty, I just like to look the way I look,” she continues. “I’m so outgoing inside and my personality, and I need the way I look to match all of that.”
Dolly recently released a novel, Run, Rose, Run, that debuted at #1 on the New York Times’ best-selling fiction book list last month.
Jane’s Addiction will record new music this year, if frontman Perry Farrell has his way.
Speaking with Consequence about possible fresh tunes from the “Been Caught Stealing” outfit, Farrell shares, “I would love to see us record a couple of tracks this year.”
“Even if it’s two or three tracks,” he adds. “Two tracks, I feel two is nice. I think people can take two, like two aspirin.”
Jane’s Addiction’s most recent song is the 2013 one-off single “Another Soulmate,” which followed the band’s 2011 album, The Great Escape Artist.
In addition to potential new music, Farrell also hopes to add more Jane’s tour dates around their upcoming festival appearances, which include sets at Lollapalooza and Welcome to Rockville.
“We do have ambitions to hit the road this year,” Farrell says. “So it won’t be long before you’ll know if those ambitions have come to fruition.”
(PONTIAC, Mich.) — The parents of the accused Michigan school shooter were denied a request to reduce their bond on Tuesday.
Circuit Court Judge Cheryl Matthews said the events leading to the arrest of Jennifer and James Crumbley make the bond currently set appropriate, as their actions were “premeditated to conceal their whereabouts.”
The two are charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter after allegedly failing to recognize warning signs about their son in the months before their son allegedly shot and killed four of his classmates at Oxford High School on Nov. 30, 2021.
Prosecutors have accused the parents of giving their son a gun that was later used in the school shooting and allege the parents hid in an abandoned warehouse in Detroit and had concealed their car by hiding their license plates instead of turning themselves in the day they were charged.
Their son, 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, is facing 24 counts, including four counts of murder and a terrorism charge
A judge ruled that Ethan Crumbley must remain in adult jail. His lawyers said in January they will claim an insanity defense. He is being held in isolation, under behavior watch, and must be checked on every 15 minutes.
The Crumbleys’ bond is set at $500,000 each, which they were attempting to get reduced to $100,000 each.
A lower court denied a similar motion to reduce their bond in January.
