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Surviving the apocalypse isn’t just about stockpiling canned beans or dodging zombies — it takes grit, guts, and a whole lot of luck.

Unfortunately, these TV characters are running on empty in all three departments.

Whether it’s their diva demands, inability to adapt, or just plain bad luck, these lovable (and not-so-lovable) folks wouldn’t make it to sundown in a world gone mad.

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They’d either annoy their survival group, attract trouble with their over-the-top antics, or just plain trip over their own feet.

Sure, we love them in their respective shows, but let’s be real — they’d be the first ones voted off Apocalypse Island.

Let’s take a look at 15 TV characters who’d bring plenty of drama to the end of the world but not much else.

Jimmy Palmer — NCIS

Jimmy Palmer from NCIS might be a genius in the morgue,...

“The Simpsons” has been in an experimental mode as of late, trying big swings like its “series finale” Season 36 premiere and its recent, spot-on parody of “The White Lotus.” This week, the show is once again playing with its format — via the sketch comedy-inspired “Women in Shorts” episode.

Variety has a first look (scroll down below) at one of the bits. Rather than a single storyline, the “Women in Shorts” episode will contain around 15 different vignettes. Writer Christine Nangle, who penned the episode, has a sketch background and hails from the Upright Citizens Brigade, so trying it on “The Simpsons” made sense.

“Our showrunner, Matt Selman, has been really encouraging us to take risks and break format a little bit more,” Nangle said. “I thought it would be cool to do an episode that feels a little bit like a sketch show, and delving into the lives of the women of the town.

The director of The Nanny, Nikyatu Jusu, is reportedly working on a continuation of David Cronenberg’s 1986 body horror, The Fly.

It’s been a couple of years since writer-director Nikyatu Jusu made her debut with The Nanny, a social thriller with horror elements that was an absorbing watch, if a little tonally uneven. Our review at the time stated that The Nanny ‘combines social commentary, drama and horror – but doesn’t quite balance them.’ But the beautifully made film made one thing clear: Jusu is a filmmaker with bags of potential and we’ve been eagerly waiting to see what she’d turn her hand to next.

At the time of The Nanny's release, Jusu was quickly attached to two prestigious horror projects, with public announcements stating that she would be working on a vampire film produced by Jordan Peele. If that wasn’t exciting enough, the filmmaker...

Madeline Zima and Breaking Bad's Christopher Cousins are notable guest stars in High Potential Episode 4.

The latest episode of Hulu's crime and mystery series dives deep into the unique circumstance where one of the lead investigators has to keep his or her emotions in check when trying to solve the case.  

Morgan, a single mother, has to do just that because High Potential's case of the week hits close to home. She is tapped to search for the culprit behind the case of missing children. 

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Joey McIntyre is set to star in the Christmas film Jingle Bell Love. The film will gift “real magic” to its viewers, according to McIntyre’s co-star.

Joey McIntyre Is Taking Over The Block

Joey McIntyre is a singer, songwriter, and actor who is most well-known as being a member of the boy band The New Kids on the Block. Despite being the youngest in the group, he is still making waves in the media industry. As a solo artist, McIntyre reportedly sold over 1 million records around the world.

Music isn’t the only thing the kid on the block is famous for. Furthermore, the singer has also acted in movies, shows, and on Broadway. He starred in the 2017 sitcom Return of the Mac.

In addition, he was in the 2013 film The Heat, which starred Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock. Reportedly, his most recent acting appearance includes Chicago Fire from...

Queens is in the building! Fran Drescher, best known for her role as Fran Fine on “The Nanny” and for her current role as president of SAG-AFTRA, is teaming up with another Queens booster, Josh Safdie. Drescher has signed on to play Timothée Chalamet’s character’s mother in Safdie’s ping-pong drama “Marty Supreme,” Variety reports.

“Marty Supreme,” from A24, follows a table tennis pro in the 1950s. The film is reportedly inspired by the life of influential table tennis champion Marty Reisman, but is fictionalized and not a biopic. Oscar nominee Chalamet stars in the film. He went viral earlier this week when photos of him in a dorky 1950s costume on the film’s New York set hit the internet.

In addition to Chalamet and Drescher, the film’s eccentric cast includes Gwyneth Paltrow, rapper Tyler, the Creator in his acting debut, Odessa A’zion, Penn Jillette, “Shark Tank” personality Kevin “Mr.

Fran Drescher is joining Josh Safdie’s A24 movie, Marty Supreme.

The SAG-AFTRA President will star opposite Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler, The Creator, Odessa A’zion, Penn Jillette, Kevin O’Leary a.k.a Mr. Wonderful and Abel Ferrara.

The original screenplay written by Safdie and Ronald Bronstein is based loosely on Marty Reisman’s life, set in the world of 1950s Ping Pong culture. Reisman was known to be unconventional in the sport, yet won two U.S. Men’s Singles Championships in 1958 and 1960 and more than 20 international and national titles. He became famous for mastering the hardbat style, a traditional style of table tennis that uses a racket without a sponge layer to emphasize control and spin over speed and power. His mastery of the sport earned him a reputation as one of table tennis’ last greats of that era.

Producers are Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie,...

“The Nanny” star and SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher has joined the cast of Josh Safdie’s table tennis movie “Marty Supreme.” She will play the mother of Timothée Chalamet’s character.

Starring alongside Chalamet and Drescher are Gwyneth Paltrow (in her first on-screen movie role since 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame”) and Tyler, the Creator (in his film debut). Odessa A’zion also stars alongside magician Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller), investor and “Shark Tank” personality Kevin O’Leary (aka Mr. Wonderful) and “Bad Lieutenant” filmmaker Abel Ferrara.

From A24, “Marty Supreme” follows Chalamet as a young ping pong pro. Plot details are scant, but the studio is touting the film as a “fictional work set in the world of 1950s ping pong culture.” Variety broke news of the project, which is currently in production, in July.

Drescher is best known as the star of the CBS sitcom “The Nanny,” which ran from...

Nearly 30 years since its series finale, and a quarter century since it last saw the light of day, HBO’s Dream On is at last available to stream.

All six seasons of the beloved sitcom have quietly surfaced on the ad-supported Roku Channel, which is accessible via the Roku app and TheRokuChannel.com — free of charge.

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Sitcom crossovers usually make some kind of sense — Laverne and Shirley lived in the same Milwaukee as the Happy Days gang. Lisa Kudrow starred on both Friends and Mad About You. The Simpsons and Family Guy were both animated. But none of that prepared us for the time Ray Barone showed up on The Nanny.

About the only thing those two shows had in common were that both aired on CBS during the 1990s and both featured characters who lived in New York state. So no one saw it coming during Season Five of The Nanny when Fran attended her high school reunion and ran into an unexpected classmate. Standing in the buffet line, she asks a guy in a suit to hand her a piece of quiche. He turns around, and what do you know? It’s Raymond.

The jokes are as corny as the quiche. “You know, Raymond,...

Lionsgate has extended longtime CEO Jon Feltheimer’s contract for another five years through July 31, 2029.

Feltheimer signed a new deal in 2020 that aimed to keep him at the studio through Aug. 2025. On Aug. 8, Lionsgate’s compensation committee approved a new employment agreement with the studio head to keep him as CEO for another five years, the studio said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Wednesday.

Feltheimer has served as CEO of the Hollywood studio since March 2000 alongside vice chairman Michael Burns, and that followed a nine-year run at Sony Pictures where he worked on popular shows like Mad About You, The Nanny, Dawsons Creek and Party of Five.

The latest deal replaces Feltheimer’s current employment agreement, which was amended on Aug. 12, 2022 to run through to 2025. The new contract has him earning an annual base salary of $1.5 million and being eligible for an annual performance bonus.

The first...

While Sister Wives star, Meri Brown has dropped hints about writing a Tell-All book, fans think that Robyn Brown’s niece might beat her to the punch. Undeniably, she has been behind the scenes with plenty to spill as “The Nanny.”

Kody And Robyn Brown’s Nanny

When most of the Sister Wives Brown kids were young, they were taken care of by the pooling efforts from the sister wives, Meri, Janelle, and Christine. Notably, they lived under one roof and had a system to support each other. By the time Robyn Brown entered the family, they didn’t have a home that could accommodate the entire family. However, as they moved to separate houses, some of the fluidity of the family unit suffered. Since Robyn started having children with Kody Brown much later than the original three sister wives, she didn’t follow the same set of rules the OG3 did.

The Sundance Institute and G2Go Entertainment have revealed the short film competition finalists, a screenwriters intensive for Taiwanese filmmakers and panel events for the Sundance Film Festival: Asia in Taipei. The festival runs from Aug. 21 through Aug. 25.

The short film competition highlights the work of six Taiwanese filmmakers, whose movies will be screened at the festival. On opening night, one of the films will be awarded the jury prize for best short film presented by nonprofit organization Gold House.

The six films for this year include “Addiction” directed by Tzu-Hsuan Peng; “Century Egg” directed by Charles Barratt; “Darling This Was Hard” directed by Min-Chun Hou; “Mamu” directed by Aephie Chen; “Side By Side” directed by Ching Wen and “Suo Jiang” directed by Chien-Yu Lin.

The screenwriters intensive is designed to be a showcase and accelerator for upcoming Taiwanese talent by providing creative guidance for emerging filmmakers who are working...

“What are we doing, moving around furniture on the Titanic?,” SAG-AFTRA leader and former star of The Nanny Fran Drescher asked a packed conference room of reporters on July 13, 2023. Her union of 160,000 performers had just announced it was going on strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. It was joining the Writers Guild of America, whose 11,500 members were already engaged in their own work stoppage, in the first double strike by the two unions since 1960. “The jig is up, AMPTP,” she added. “We stand tall. You have to wake up and smell the coffee.”

A little over a year later, Hollywood is still feeling a little bit like the Titanic. During the strike, as creatives contended that they were increasingly being devalued in the streaming era, employment of L.A. entertainment workers reportedly dropped 17 percent. Then, as workers emerged from the labor battle with sapped savings accounts,...

Trey Parker and Matt Stone have finally splurged on the purchasable honor of a gilded sidewalk square on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Maybe they’ll also join the Film Actors Guild while they’re at it.

Now, the natural reaction of a South Park fan who wisely pays little attention to the many ego-inflating honors and ceremonies that the entertainment industry’s A-and-b-listers award themselves on an annual basis will have to the recent news that the show’s creators are just now getting their names carved in gold on Hollywood Boulevard will be something along the lines of, “Wait, why the hell didn’t Trey Parker and Matt Stone already have a star on the Walk of Fame? What was Hollywood waiting for?”

Well, the issue wasn’t exactly that Hollywood refused to recognize Parker, Stone and South Park’s cultural importance for a quarter-century. No, it’s...

Dave Bautista tried his hand at the family comedy sub-genre where tough guys take care of children in the 2020 film My Spy. That film joined the likes of Kindergarten Cop, The Nanny, The Pacifier, The Game Plan and The Chaperone. My Spy would become Prime Video’s third most-watched streaming title of 2020, so a sequel would definitely be in the books. Wait no further as Amazon MGM releases the trailer for My Spy The Eternal City (the title does not include a colon punctuation). The film is set to hit home screens on July 18.

The official synopsis reads,

“The eagerly awaited follow-up to 2020’s action comedy, My Spy The Eternal City, reunites a beloved cast led by Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman in a feel-good family adventure set in some of Europe’s most storied destinations. When Sophie’s (Coleman) high school choir is selected for an Italian tour culminating...

Belt-tightening and cost-cutting continues across Hollywood as the Peak TV era has come to a close, and another legacy TV brand is being shuttered as a result.

Sony Television is shutting down its TriStar Television banner, which recently has been responsible for series like “Lucky Hank” (AMC), “The Afterparty” (Apple TV+), “On Becoming a God in Central Florida” (Showtime), “The Last Tycoon” (Amazon), and “Good Girls Revolt” (Amazon). In its heyday, TriStar TV produced and distributed “The Nanny,” “Mad About You,” and many more series.

A source says the decision is part of a larger shift around Sony Pictures Television’s boutique labels, not unlike the shuttering of the Gemstone brand several years ago, and that the hope is to weave all of TriStar’s values and goals into the bigger studio.

As THR first reported, TriStar TV’s active productions will be absorbed into the larger Sony Television operation,...

Here we are with another case of “Wait, that was a book first?” Although, having watched the movie for the first time and seeing its reputation online, this is also a case of “Wait, that was a movie?” William Friedkin was a master filmmaker and although most of his stone-cold classics happened before 1990, he proved he still had plenty in the tank with things like The Hunted and Bug to name a couple. He was a replacement director which seems surreal considering his talents and he was one of 3 credited writers on a little remembered horror movie adaptation from 1990. The Guardian (watch it Here) is based on The Nanny from 1987 and it’s a strange pairing of source material and finished product. Both pieces of media are mostly slept on in their respective fields but how close did Friedkin and the other writers come to matching the book? Always do...

Darryl Hickman, who appeared in such films as The Grapes of Wrath and Leave Her to Heaven as a youngster before becoming a CBS executive in charge of daytime drama and an actor once more, has died. He was 92.

Hickman, who lived in Montecito, died Wednesday, his family announced.

He was the older brother (by three years) of the late Dwayne Hickman, who starred on the 1959-63 CBS comedy The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Darryl appeared with his brother in Captain Eddie (1945) — he played famed fighter pilot Eddie Rickenbacker as a boy — and on three first-season episodes of Dobie as older brother Davey, who came home from college.

In 1951, after appearances in more than 40 movies, Hickman — who had been a contract player at Paramount and MGM — became disillusioned with the business and entered a monastery, though he was back in show business before long.

Hickman had made his first...

Although she’s best known for her portrayal of Dr. Marlena Evans on “Days of our Lives,” actress Deidre Hall has also played memorable roles in numerous other television shows, most notably “Emergency!” and “Columbo.”

In celebration of Hall’s time on both shows, Cozi TV will air a four-hour mini-marathon of episodes featuring Hall in the aforementioned series on Saturday, May 18, starting at 8:00 a.m. Et/7:00 a.m. Ct.

The marathon, titled “Day of our Deidre,” begins with two episodes from the second season of “Emergency!” (“Show Biz” and “Saddled”), where Hall portrayed Nurse Sally Lewis. It will be followed by a two-hour episode from the ninth season of “Columbo” (“Columbo Cries Wolf”) at 10:00 a.m. Et. In that episode, Hall appears as Dian Hunter.

“Before becoming a daytime TV icon, Deidre Hall honed her craft on some of TV’s most beloved series. Now, join...

Daytime drama veterans and spouses Melody Thomas Scott and Edward J. Scott and PBS cooking show host Lidia Bastianich are set for career honors at the 2024 Daytime Emmy Awards next month. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will present Lifetime Achievement Awards to the trio during the 51st annual ceremony. on June 7.

“We’ve long wanted to honor the legendary daytime duo of Melody Thomas Scott and her husband Edward J. Scott,” NATAS CEO Adam Sharp said. “With a combined 93 years of contributions to our community, they are true institutions in the world of daytime television. In addition, Lidia Bastianich’s astounding success combines her love of cooking while simultaneously entertaining millions each day. It is an honor for us to say grazie for the many fine meals borne from her TV kitchen and cookbook pages.”

Thomas Scott has played Nikki Newman on The Young and The Restless since...

Zack Norman, a veteran character and producer who appeared in films including Romancing The Stone, Cadillac Man and several for director Harry Jaglom along with guested on The Nanny, The A-Team, Baywatch and other series, died April 28 of natural causes. He was 83.

His son-in-law Jeff Briller confirmed the news to Deadline.

Born Howard Zuker on May 27, 1940, Norman received an executive Mba from Harvard Business School before embarking entering show business. He performed as a comedian through the latter half of the 1960s and working the Playboy Clubs, the Flamingo and Copacabana with the Temptations. He made his TV debut in 1969 doing stand-up on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

He made about a half-dozen films in the 1970s before working on a pair of memorable ’80s films: He had a small role in Milos Forman’s Ragtime (1981) before being cast as Cousin Ira in Robert Zemeckis’ Romancing the Stone (1984). His character uttered the oft-quoted line,...

Zack Norman, the stand-up comic, actor and producer perhaps best known for his turn as a crocodile-loving antiquities smuggler in Romancing the Stone, has died. He was 83.

Norman died Sunday night of natural causes at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his family announced.

Norman collaborated frequently with director Henry Jaglom, with the two working together on Tracks (1976), Sitting Ducks (1980), Venice/Venice (1992), Babyfever (1994), Déjà Vu (1997), Festival in Cannes (2001), Hollywood Dreams (2006), Irene in Time (2009), Queen of the Lot (2010), The M Word (2014) and Ovation (2015).

In Robert Zemeckis’ action-adventure Romancing the Stone (1984), starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, Norman and Danny DeVito play the smuggling cousins Ira and Ralph, respectively.

“Look at those snappers,” Ira says in admiration whenever he sees a croc.

(He and Douglas would get into a legal spat over a company that they co-founded.)

Norman also appeared on the big screen in James Toback’s Fingers (1978), Milos Forman...

In previous articles, we have taken a look at stars of the past we would like to see make a comeback – and there are a lot of them! It was too hard to narrow it down to just a few, so now we’ve put together another list of 80s stars we want back, including a couple of Freddy victims, some 1980s beauties we miss, and a lady we’ve only seen twice on our screens.

Michael Beck

It’s a sad tale of a promising career being kneecapped by bad luck… actually, by a bad movie. Playing the character Swan in the 1979 classic The Warriors, Michael Beck proved he had what it took to be a badass leading man. It looked like his career would be soaring onward and upward from there. But his momentum came to a screeching halt the following year when he had the misfortune of...

New York Women in Film & Television hosted its 44th annual Muse Awards on Wednesday afternoon in New York City. More than 700 guests gathered at Cipriani 42nd Street to celebrate the achievements of honorees Fran Drescher, Alex Borstein, Kyra Sedgwick, Tantoo Cardinal, Latasha Gillespie, Millicent Simmonds, Michèle Stephenson and Oscar-winner Raney Aronson-Rath.

SAG-AFTRA executive vice president, Linda Powell, accepted an award on behalf of Drescher, who wasn’t able to make it to the gala due to her father’s recent death.

Powell read directly from a statement written by the SAG-AFTRA president, who pointed out personal challenges she faced in 2023 during the historic Hollywood strikes. “I couldn’t escape the misogyny that plagued press coverage of the strike and our negotiations,” Drescher wrote. “It was disgusting, but I refused and will always refuse to conform to masculine expectations.

“Even during the most challenging weeks at that strike, I remained...

The list of musicians and actors appearing in the long-awaited This Is Spinal Tap sequel keeps growing, with news that Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, The Nanny’s Fran Drescher, and more will appear in the forthcoming mockumentary.

Anyone who has seen the original film knows that drummers experience an unfortunate fate in the world of Spinal Tap, so it might not end well for Ulrich and Smith. Meanwhile, Drescher is reprising her hilarious role as record-label publicist and “hostess with the mostest” Bobbi Flekman.

Other newly revealed additions to the movie include Don Lake (The Bonnie Hunt Show), John Michael Higgins (Best in Show), Jason Acuña (Jackass), Nina Conti (Family Tree), Griffin Matthews (The Flight Attendant), Kerry Godliman (After Life), Chris Addison (Veep), and comedian Brad Williams, according to Deadline.

In addition, Paul Shaffer will be back as record-label promotion rep Artie Fufkin, who...

The list of musicians and actors appearing in the long-awaited This Is Spinal Tap sequel keeps growing, with news that Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, The Nanny’s Fran Drescher, and more will appear in the forthcoming mockumentary.

Anyone who has seen the original film knows that drummers experience an unfortunate fate in the world of Spinal Tap, so it might not end well for Ulrich and Smith. Meanwhile, Drescher is reprising her hilarious role as record-label publicist and “hostess with the mostest” Bobbi Flekman.

Other newly revealed additions to the movie include Don Lake (The Bonnie Hunt Show), John Michael Higgins (Best in Show), Jason Acuña (Jackass), Nina Conti (Family Tree), Griffin Matthews (The Flight Attendant), Kerry Godliman (After Life), Chris Addison (Veep), and comedian Brad Williams, according to Deadline.

In addition, Paul Shaffer will be back as record-label promotion rep Artie Fufkin, who...

Exclusive: Sony Pictures Entertainment (Spe) has launched more than 50 Fast channels in Europe.

The likes of Seinfeld, Breaking Bad and Bewitched will become available on the Sony One portfolio following the deal struck with LG Channels, Samsung TV Plus and TiVo+.

Sony One’s channels will be curated and programed for local markets in different territories, with content being broadcast primarily in each region’s native language. Territories at launch include the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.

The 54 channels include Sony One Comedy TV featuring the likes of The Nanny and The Goldbergs, Sony One Faves with timeless classics such as Dawson’s Creek and Sony One Shark Tank showcasing the long-running reality series.

“Sony Pictures recognizes the potential of the free ad-supported television space to engage new viewers globally with our extensive feature film and TV series catalog spanning 100 years,” said Pete Wood, SVP, Digital Sales,...

James Marsden kickstarted his career in 1993 with the role of Margaret Sheffield’s boyfriend Eddie in the CBS sitcom The Nanny. Following this, he had guest roles in TV shows like Saved by the Bell: The New Class and Party of Five. He famously appeared in the movie X-Men, based on the eponymous Marvel Comics superhero team created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

Marsden played the role of the mutant superhero Cyclops in the movie. However, he once opened up about the superhero role that he would liked to play.

James Marsden on the Superhero Role That He Would Have Liked to Play James Marsden in Jury Duty

James Marsden embodied the character Scott Summers, better known as Cyclops, in the first three movies of the X-Men franchise. He also had a cameo as the character in the franchise past his appearance in these three movies.

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Adam Huss (“General Hospital”), Vincent Irizarry, and Jordi Vilasuso have signed on to star in “The Blvd,” an all-new six-episode digital drama series set in the fast-paced world of a boutique public relations agency during awards season which is slated to premiere this spring.

The Devanny Pinn-created series features an irresistible blend of intrigue, rivalry, and romance. Days of our Lives director Sonia Blangiardo will serve as a consulting producer, and “The Nanny” star Nicholle Tom will also appear among the show’s cast. Production began last week in Los Angeles. Devanny recently made her directorial debut with the film “The Black Mass,” a crime thriller about a group of college women who are stalked by a serial killer in 1970s Florida.

An official logline for “The Blvd” highlights an insider’s perspective into the intricate world of red carpets, press junkets, and photo shoots that make up the...

Slasher film Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey swept the five categories it was nominated in for at the 44th annual Razzies, which “honor” the worst of filmmaking. The awards were announced today.

‘Winnie the Pooh’ won the Razzie in the picture, director, screenplay, screen couple and remake/rip-off/sequel categories. The film, based on the beloved children’s literary character, follows Pooh and Piglet, who have become feral and bloodthirsty murderers. They terrorize a group of young university women and the returning Christopher Robin.

The Razzie Redeemer Award, bestowed on a past contender who has “gone on to better things” since being nominated for a Razzie, went to “The Nanny” actor and SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher for her leadership during the 2023 actor strike.

Drescher was nominated in 1998 for worst actress in the romantic comedy film The Beautician and the Beast.

More than 1,100 Razzie members from across the United States and...

Steve Lawrence, the singer who teamed with his wife Eydie Gormé to form one of the most popular nightclub and concert duos of their generation, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease today. He was 88.

His son, the composer and performer David Lawrence, said in a press statement, “My Dad was an inspiration to so many people. But, to me, he was just this charming, handsome, hysterically funny guy who sang a lot. Sometimes alone and sometimes with his insanely talented wife. I am so lucky to have had him as a father and so proud to be his son. My hope is that his contributions to the entertainment industry will be remembered for many years to come.”

Popularly know as Steve and Eydie, the couple achieved nationwide recognition in the mid-1950s after appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Steve Allen. They continued performing together until Gormé’s retirement...

Steve Lawrence, a king among easy-listening crooners who rocketed to fame in the ’50s and ’60s as half of the duo Steve and Eydie, died Thursday at age 88. Lawrence died at home in Los Angeles, and the cause of death was complications from Alzheimer’s disease, according to a spokesperson for the family, Susan DuBow.

Lawrence’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis had finally put an end to his touring career in 2019, after a run in the public eye that spanned six and a half decades.

Lawrence was preceded in death in 2013 by his wife, Eydie Gormé, with whom he enjoyed nearly unparalleled success as a performing couple during their heyday as touring artists and TV stars in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. The couple had continued to tour together through 2009.

His colleagues began to weigh in Thursday. “Steve was one of my favorite guests on my variety show,” Carol Burnett said,...

Steve Lawrence, the charismatic Grammy- and Emmy-winning crooner who delighted audiences for decades in nightclubs, on concert stages and in film and television appearances, died Thursday. He was 88.

Lawrence, who partnered in a popular act with his wife of 55 years, the late Eydie Gormé, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, a publicidst announced.

With his boyish good looks, silky voice and breezy personality, Lawrence broke into show business when he won a talent competition on Arthur Godfrey’s CBS show and signed with King Records as a teenager. The singer chose to stay old school and resist the allure of rock ‘n’ roll.

“It didn’t attract me as much,” Lawrence once said. “I grew up in a time period when music was written by Irving Berlin and Cole Porter and George and Ira Gershwin and Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and Sammy Cahn and Julie Stein.

As we say goodbye to February and look forward to March, now is a great time to be a subscriber to Peacock as not only is the NBCUniversal streaming service home to great movies and buzzy originals, but it also is offering tons of new and exclusive films and TV series throughout the month. Peacock will also host a large swath of sporting events from the Six Nations Rubgy Tournament to the Big Ten Men’s and Women’s basketball, PGA and Lga golf tour stops, Indycar, and much more. The NBCU streamer is also home to original and exclusive Peacock series, and the next-day streaming of shows from across the NBCU family of networks, it is a good time to sign up for either a Peacock Premium ($5.99) or Peacock Premium Plus ($11.99) plan.

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“Oppenheimer” dominated the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, winning the prize for best cast, as well as statues for Cillian Murphy’s lead performance and Robert Downey Jr.’s supporting work. The drama about J. Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the atomic bomb was an unexpected box office hit last summer and is considered a front-runner for next month’s Academy Awards.

The cast of HBO’s “Succession” was named best ensemble in a drama series for successfully pulling off their final season of familial power-grabbing and back-stabbing, while FX’s “The Bear,” a pressure-cooker look at restaurant life, earned a best comedy series ensemble prize. It was a free-wheeling night of surprises, sure-things and plenty of f-bombs, as many of the winners spoke frankly about the struggles and sacrifices that characterize a life in the arts.

In an upset, “The Crown” star Elizabeth Debicki captured leading...

With the Oscars just around the corner, you could have easily mistaken the 26th Costume Designers Guild Awards for a late-season “Barbie” party. But the pops of pink, magenta, and fuchsia that met honorees and guests throughout NeueueHouse in Hollywood on February 21 weren’t nodding to the billion-dollar Best Picture bid; they were sending a message to the AMPTP.

“We’re fighting for pay equity with department creative heads that are mostly male,” Ariyela Wald-Cohain told IndieWire. The costume designer is one of four craftspeople helming the CDG’s Pay Equity Steering Committee. Her co-chairs Whitney Anne Adams, Danielle Launzel, and Daniel Selon were also in attendance — donning bright pink designs with emblems announcing their labor fight.

“Our guild is 87 percent female, and we do believe it’s because costume design is considered ‘women’s work’ that we’re not getting equal pay,” Wald-Cohain said. “Our jobs are substantially similar,...

In 1993, The Nanny premiered on CBS. From the show’s first episode, fans were zeroed in on one thing. They wanted to see Nanny Fine and Mr. Sheffield become a couple. While they eventually hooked up, the sexual tension made it easy to miss an important detail in the show. Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield was handsome and sophisticated. Still, he seemed to be underpaying his live-in nanny, Fran Fine. So, how much money did Nanny Fran Fine make; her income is lower than you might think.

How much did Nanny Fine make as the Sheffield family’s nanny?

Fran Fine was not shy about many things. She spoke about her income regularly, and her spending habits were often on full display. Several times during the series, Fran Fine revealed that she was earning $6 per hour. While her hourly wages were quite low, she did not pay rent to live at the Sheffield residence,...

Prepare for a heartwarming episode of “Celebrity Iou” as Season 7 unfolds with Episode 4, titled “Fran Drescher’s Fabulous Thank You.” Tune in at 8:00 Pm this Monday, January 15, 2024, on HGTV as the iconic Fran Drescher joins forces with the talented duo Jonathan and Drew to express her gratitude to her housekeepers of 30 years, whom she considers family.

In this emotional episode, Fran Drescher, known for her roles in “The Nanny,” plans a surprise that goes beyond the ordinary. She intends to thank her former nanny and housekeepers by giving their beloved home a meaningful upgrade. The project not only focuses on aesthetic improvements but also addresses structural issues, ensuring the safety and comfort of the home that holds a special place in their hearts.

Whether you’re a fan of Fran Drescher, home renovations, or heartwarming stories, “Fran Drescher’s Fabulous Thank You” promises an engaging and uplifting viewing experience.

If you spent your Christmas holidays binge-watching the Home Alone franchise on Disney+, you were probably stunned to see the familiar off-white dome of former President Donald Trump wandering through New York City’s Plaza Hotel lobby at the beginning of Home Alone 2. (It’s the scene where Kevin asks him for directions, and Trump does a double-take before giving them to him.)

In a new interview with Business Insider, Home Alone 2 director Chris Columbus has finally explained that baffling cameo. Basically, he says, Trump, who then owned the Plaza Hotel,...

After four long months marching on Hollywood picket lines, bargaining inside hostile negotiating rooms, and giving Buddhist sermons, Fran Drescher can finally exhale.

Through the 118-day actors’ strike, The Nanny star turned SAG-AFTRA national president, joined by SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, has served as the face of the 160,000-strong union and says she uses the Nineties sitcom’s message around unity and acceptance in her leadership. “I can be exactly who I am,” she says in her raspy Queens accent, “and still rock a red lip and hold a plushie toy.

An app where mid-level celebrities can make beer money by carrying out the instructions of a total stranger via a selfie video… what could possibly go wrong? Elijah Wood, Dean Norris of “Breaking Bad,” Kate Flannery from “The Office,” Priscilla Presley (“The Naked Gun”), and “Scrubs” curmudgeon John McGinley found out the answer the hard way this summer.

Beginning in July, “Russia-aligned influence actors have tricked celebrities into providing video messages that were then used in pro-Russian propaganda,” the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center found and shared in a Thursday blog post. The videos were then “manipulated to falsely paint Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a drug addict.”

Ok, so that could go wrong.

American actors and other celebrities, including musician Shavo Odadjian, were apparently asked to provide messages of support on Cameo (almost certainly; the popular website will not confirm the specific activity) to someone named “Vladimir.” The unwitting stars...

“I’m an unlikely labor leader,” Fran Drescher acknowledges on a late November evening.

Before this summer, Drescher long had been synonymous in the public imagination with her most iconic role, Fran Fine, in the popular ’90s CBS sitcom The Nanny, which she tailored to her comedic strengths, including her thick Queens accent. The sassy childcare worker to a posh New York family became inextricably linked with her persona, even after Drescher launched other sitcoms, started a cancer nonprofit and, eventually, was elected as the president of Hollywood’s largest union, SAG-AFTRA, in 2021.

But her public profile took a dramatic turn after SAG-AFTRA called a strike in July, joining the Writers Guild of America in the first double work stoppage involving the two unions in more than 60 years. In the spotlight during the months that followed, Drescher carved out a new lane with her distinctive advocacy for her 160,000 members: at once fierce and combative (yes,...

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced that Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA president, actor, writer, and activist, will receive the 2023 Ripple of Hope Award in recognition of her leadership advocating for workers’ rights.

Drescher will join fellow 2023 honorees, including The Edwin Barbey Charitable Trust, a donor-advised fund of the Arizona Community Foundation, and the previously announced January 6th Select Committee, at the annual Ripple of Hope Gala in New York City on December 6.

The Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award honors exemplary leaders across government, business, advocacy, and entertainment who have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to social change and worked to protect and advance equity, justice, and human rights. Since being elected SAG-AFTRA president in 2021 during an unprecedented time in the union’s history, Drescher has sought to safeguard workers and performers amid new industry challenges, has encouraged a culture of respect and empathy, and has advocated for a living wage.

Some innovators try to devise a gadget that changes the world. Others hope to solve a global social ill. Sarah Sherman is eager to bring fake vomit on “Saturday Night Live” into the modern age.

The comic has gained notice on the long-running NBC late-night series for bizarre humor that blends gross-out jokes with a taste for the absurd. She’s been working with colleagues for months on new technology that would make the act of pretending to throw up onstage a lot easier — and more comfortable. For years, “SNL” cast members have relied on a tube tucked alongside their arm and usually inside a jacket sleeve that spews out liquid approximating vomit or blood. At just the right moment, the actor holds an arm close to the mouth, and the “vomit rig” does the rest. Dan Aykroyd used such a get-up in 1978 when playing Julia Child, who cut her hand open,...

“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. One insider called it “a cruel but necessary evil.”

We’re all glad the strikes are finally over, but I feel misunderstood. I mean, sure, I pull down tons of cash to stonewall and bulldoze artists on behalf of multinational media conglomerates who want to protect their many billions of dollars in beautiful, beautiful profits. And I get that a certain amount of public condemnation and mockery come with the gig (yes, I’ve seen your mean tweets and memes and yes, I hope all of you die). But before I crawl back into my office in the bowels of a Sherman Oaks shopping mall, before little ol’ Carol is gone and forgotten for the next three years (or at least until next summer when...

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher and National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland on Friday laid out how the actors’ 118-day strike was ended and their thoughts on the deal with the AMPTP.

The duo, in a press conference at its Wilshire Blvd HQ, detailed the stresses and “dealbreaker” moment during the negotiations and highlighted how the reversal from the studios on AI and streaming revenue came to be.

“We are extremely proud of what we’ve advocated for and won in this new contract and I personally am extremely proud of our President and our negotiating committee and our members who have stood strong to create this change,” said Crabtree-Ireland.

Related: Studios “Pleased” By SAG-AFTRA Board’s Vote To Approve Strike Deal & “Grateful” For Industry Restart

However, it was clear that not all members of SAG-AFTRA’s national board were entirely happy with the deal as it passed with 86% of support,...

With the SAG-AFTRA strike in the rearview, Fran Drescher will soon have more time on her hands to consider career moves outside of union negotiations. But she knows for sure one job she doesn’t want.

“Meryl Streep said to me, ‘This is great, now go run for president,’” the president of Hollywood’s largest union recounts with a laugh over the phone Thursday afternoon, just one day after the union’s negotiating committee — led by Drescher — announced that they had reached a tentative three-year contract deal with Hollywood studios after spending 118 days on strike. “I don’t want that job. Oh boy.”

Instead, Drescher says, she is eager to find “something where I can leverage this for the greater good.” This is referring to the new name recognition and standing that the woman once synonymous with The Nanny has amassed after leading SAG-AFTRA’s 160,000 members through its stand...

The SAG-AFTRA strike is finally over after 118 days.

Fran Drescher, president of the union, joined Extra‘s Billy Bush on Thursday (November 9) to talk about the strike and Hollywood getting back to work.

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“It was moving all the way through… We had reached a threshold where we crossed the billion-dollar mark and ended at a [$1,011,000,000], which is quite historic in terms of the size of the contract in this industry,” she said.

The writers and directors got a 5% minimum increase, the actors got a 7% minimum increase, and the background people got an 11% minimum increase.

“When it all adds up, it’s quite significant… You know, it wasn’t what we wanted as the performers with the background people got, we didn’t get that, but we were very happy that our lowest-earning members got the most for their minimum salary,” she explained.

“New inroads were carved everywhere.

It’s not quite Where’s Waldo?, but Fran Drescher wants to know when the studio CEOs are coming back to the table to finalize a new SAG-AFTRA three-year contract to end the guild’s nearly four-month-long strike.

“Tgif! Let’s hope the amptp ceo’s resurface with a seal the deal counter!” said the SAG-AFTRA President this morning online.

The actors guild and the studios have been back in renewed negotiations since October 24. However, SAG-AFTRA says it hasn’t heard back from the AMPTP on its comprehensive counter proposal since October 28, nor have the studios responded to the guild’s latest AI proposal during the past two days.

Related: Dispatches From The Picket Lines: Actors In NYC Hopeful For Deal But Managing Expectations – “It’s A Fine Line”

As Deadline reported exclusively Thursday there were no formal talks between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP as everything seemed to be on “standby,...