Netflix has ordered a comedy series starring Idris Elba called “Turn Up Charlie,” Varietyhas learned.
Co-created by Elba and TV producer Gary Reich, the series follows Charlie (Elba), a struggling DJ and eternal bachelor, who’s given a final chance at success when he reluctantly becomes a manny to his famous best friend’s problem-child daughter. Netflix has ordered an eight-episode first season of the half-hour series. Production will begin this May in the U.K.
Elba and Reich...
Rapper Kodak Black, who was arrested earlier this year after a video showed people handling marijuana and a gun around an infant, will remain in a Florida jail until September.
The 20-year-old rapper’s attorney, Bradford Cohen, told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that Black, whose real name is Dieuson Octave, reached a deal with Broward County prosecutors Tuesday.
Octave had been on house arrest in January when he was jailed on several felony charges, including child neglect and d...
The Just For Laughs comedy festival announced its first slate of performers for its 36th edition of the Montreal-based fest. Tiffany Haddish and Trevor Noah are set to join event along with Jo Koy, Jimmy Carr and previously announced guest Kevin Hart.
This year marks a return to the festival for the Emmy and Peabody-Award-winning host of “The Daily Show,” Trevor Noah. He will host two of the five Just For Laughs Galas that will take place over five evenings. The multi-comic gal...
Starbucks said today it will close more than 8,000 company-own stores across the nation to train its staff on how to avoid "racial bias" after the arrest of two black men at one of its Philadelphia shops, an incident the coffee giant's CEO called "reprehensible."
The training is scheduled for the afternoon of May 29 and will be geared toward "preventing discrimination in our stores,” Starbucks said.
Nearly 170,000 Starbucks employees are expected to go through the training, which will be...
Ms. Lauryn Hill has announced a full tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her seminal album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. She’ll performing the album in full on the road. The tour kicks off July 5 with a show at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and includes performances in Miami, Toronto, Portland, New Orleans, Atlanta, and more. Check out her full itinerary below.
Ms. Lauryn Hill:
07-05 Virginia Beach, VA - Veterans United Home Loans Amp...
Danielle “Cash Me Outside” Bregoli will grace the airwaves once more in her own reality series.
Bregoli, 15, signed a deal with Invent TV for a docuseries based on her inexplicable music career as Bhad Babie, TMZ reported.
Bregoli, who rose to fame as a problem child-turned-meme on “Dr. Phil,” previously ended a separate deal for a reality show in 2017 to pursue her recording career with Atlantic Records.
She currently has two Billboard Hot 100 singles, including “Hi Bich,” which was cert...
Harry Anderson, the magician-turned-comic-turned-actor best known for playing a lightly disguised version of himself as a judge on the TV sitcom "Night Court," was found dead Monday morning at his home in Asheville, North Carolina, police told NBC News.
Anderson was 65. The cause of death wasn't disclosed, but police said foul play wasn't suspected.
Anderson, who often said he was inspired to pursue magic by Harry Blackstone Sr., the famed stage magician of the last century, grew up in S...
Have mercy, it’s a boy!
John Stamos announced late Sunday he and wife Caitlin McHugh welcomed their first child together.
“From now on, the best part of me will always be my wife and my son. Welcome Billy Stamos (named after my father) #NotJustanUncleAnymore #Overjoyed,” the “Full House” star shared on Instagram, along with a snap of the newborn lying on his chest.
Stamos, 54, and McHugh, 32, revealed in December they were expecting, before tying the knot Feb. 3.
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Costumes, memorabilia and other items owned by late actress Zsa Zsa Gabor have sold at auction for more than $900,000.
Heritage Auctions says that a Margaret Keane portrait of the actress was sold for $45,000, making it the top seller at Saturday’s auction. Overall, the auction, held online and at the actress’ former mansion, earned $909,209.
A diamond and gold necklace with Gabor’s catchphrase “dah-ling” sold for $20,000.
Also up for sale was a Steinway grand piano prominentl...
Azealia Banks told her followers she was roofied and raped Saturday night on her Instagram stories.
Azealia Banks told her followers she was roofied and raped Saturday night on her Instagram stories.
The New York rapper, 26, broke down in a series of posts that started with the message 'Lowkey just got raped. I feel like dirt'.
In a long series of videos filmed in the dark she sobbed as she recalled how she was pressured into having sex.
Although she has since deleted the posts, a third party grabbed the videos and posted them on YouTube.
'I just feel so dirty and stupid right now, you know? We were just hanging ou...
Married actors Josh Brener and wife Meghan Falcone have their Hollywood Hills home, perched just above historic Beachwood Canyon, listed at $1.425 million. Brener and Falcone, he best known for his role as Big Head on “Silicon Valley” and scheduled to voice the Donatello character in the upcoming animated series “Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”.
The couple made few if any significant cosmetic improvements to the unpretentious 1940s ranch-style traditional that comes in at 2,089-square-feet with three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Married actors Josh Brener and wife Meghan Falcone have their Hollywood Hills home, perched just above historic Beachwood Canyon, listed at $1.425 million. Brener and Falcone, he best known for his role as Big Head on “Silicon Valley” and scheduled to voice the Donatello character in the upcoming animated series “Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”.
The couple made few if any significant cosmetic improvements to the unpretentious 1940s ranch-style traditional that comes in at...
Netflix has ordered a comedy series starring Idris Elba called “Turn Up Charlie,” Varietyhas learned.
Co-created by Elba and TV producer Gary Reich, the series follows Charlie (Elba), a struggling DJ and eternal bachelor, who’s given a final chance at success when he reluctantly becomes a manny to his famous best friend’s problem-child daughter. Netflix has ordered an eight-episode first season of the half-hour series. Production will begin this May in the U.K.
Elba and Reich...
Rapper Kodak Black, who was arrested earlier this year after a video showed people handling marijuana and a gun around an infant, will remain in a Florida jail until September.
The 20-year-old rapper’s attorney, Bradford Cohen, told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that Black, whose real name is Dieuson Octave, reached a deal with Broward County prosecutors Tuesday.
Octave had been on house arrest in January when he was jailed on several felony charges, including child neglect and d...
Mariah Carey‘s strange and “manic” Facebook Live video will be used in the upcoming legal battle between the singer and her former manager, Stella Bulochnikov.
Back in 2017, we reported on the bizarre video that showed Mariah in her New York City apartment talking very quickly and rambling to the camera while running around in a silk robe. (see it below)
Sources close to the situation tell The Blast that the video will be a major component of the upcoming lawsuit against the star to...
The Just For Laughs comedy festival announced its first slate of performers for its 36th edition of the Montreal-based fest. Tiffany Haddish and Trevor Noah are set to join event along with Jo Koy, Jimmy Carr and previously announced guest Kevin Hart.
This year marks a return to the festival for the Emmy and Peabody-Award-winning host of “The Daily Show,” Trevor Noah. He will host two of the five Just For Laughs Galas that will take place over five evenings. The multi-comic gal...
Starbucks said today it will close more than 8,000 company-own stores across the nation to train its staff on how to avoid "racial bias" after the arrest of two black men at one of its Philadelphia shops, an incident the coffee giant's CEO called "reprehensible."
The training is scheduled for the afternoon of May 29 and will be geared toward "preventing discrimination in our stores,” Starbucks said.
Nearly 170,000 Starbucks employees are expected to go through the training, which will be...
Ms. Lauryn Hill has announced a full tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her seminal album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. She’ll performing the album in full on the road. The tour kicks off July 5 with a show at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and includes performances in Miami, Toronto, Portland, New Orleans, Atlanta, and more. Check out her full itinerary below.
Ms. Lauryn Hill:
07-05 Virginia Beach, VA - Veterans United Home Loans Amp...
Danielle “Cash Me Outside” Bregoli will grace the airwaves once more in her own reality series.
Bregoli, 15, signed a deal with Invent TV for a docuseries based on her inexplicable music career as Bhad Babie, TMZ reported.
Bregoli, who rose to fame as a problem child-turned-meme on “Dr. Phil,” previously ended a separate deal for a reality show in 2017 to pursue her recording career with Atlantic Records.
She currently has two Billboard Hot 100 singles, including “Hi Bich,” which was cert...
Harry Anderson, the magician-turned-comic-turned-actor best known for playing a lightly disguised version of himself as a judge on the TV sitcom "Night Court," was found dead Monday morning at his home in Asheville, North Carolina, police told NBC News.
Anderson was 65. The cause of death wasn't disclosed, but police said foul play wasn't suspected.
Anderson, who often said he was inspired to pursue magic by Harry Blackstone Sr., the famed stage magician of the last century, grew up in S...
Have mercy, it’s a boy!
John Stamos announced late Sunday he and wife Caitlin McHugh welcomed their first child together.
“From now on, the best part of me will always be my wife and my son. Welcome Billy Stamos (named after my father) #NotJustanUncleAnymore #Overjoyed,” the “Full House” star shared on Instagram, along with a snap of the newborn lying on his chest.
Stamos, 54, and McHugh, 32, revealed in December they were expecting, before tying the knot Feb. 3.
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Costumes, memorabilia and other items owned by late actress Zsa Zsa Gabor have sold at auction for more than $900,000.
Heritage Auctions says that a Margaret Keane portrait of the actress was sold for $45,000, making it the top seller at Saturday’s auction. Overall, the auction, held online and at the actress’ former mansion, earned $909,209.
A diamond and gold necklace with Gabor’s catchphrase “dah-ling” sold for $20,000.
Also up for sale was a Steinway grand piano prominentl...
Azealia Banks told her followers she was roofied and raped Saturday night on her Instagram stories.
The New York rapper, 26, broke down in a series of posts that started with the message 'Lowkey just got raped. I feel like dirt'.
In a long series of videos filmed in the dark she sobbed as she recalled how she was pressured into having sex.
Although she has since deleted the posts, a third party grabbed the videos and posted them on YouTube.
'I just feel so dirty and stupid right now, you know? We were just hanging ou...
Married actors Josh Brener and wife Meghan Falcone have their Hollywood Hills home, perched just above historic Beachwood Canyon, listed at $1.425 million. Brener and Falcone, he best known for his role as Big Head on “Silicon Valley” and scheduled to voice the Donatello character in the upcoming animated series “Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”.
The couple made few if any significant cosmetic improvements to the unpretentious 1940s ranch-style traditional that comes in at...