Production on Season 3 of "And Just Like That" has begun, and Sara Ramirez, who played the divisive nonbinary comedian Che Diaz in the first two seasons of the "Sex and the City" reboot, is not involved.

But, in a plot twist that is sure to get fans of the Max series talking, Rosie O'Donnell is joining the cast in Season 3.

On Wednesday, star...Read more

In January 1998, an aspiring Japanese comedian named Tomoaki Hamatsu but better known as Nasubi — or "eggplant," because of his long face — was chosen to star in "Susunu! Denpa Shōnen," a hit variety show.

The brainchild of producer Toshio Tsuchiya, "Denpa Shōnen" featured young people competing in extreme challenges — think "Saturday ...Read more

Fox News anchor Bret Baier's teenage son Paul says his recovery from open-heart surgery is "going pretty smoothly."

The 16-year-old was forced to undergo the emergency surgery last week after an MRI revealed a golf ball-sized aneurysm had formed off of his heart. It was his fifth open-heart procedure since birth.

"Tonight, @AmyBaier1 and I ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Philharmonic has named Kim Noltemy its new president and chief executive. Noltemy will assume the role July 8, leaving Dallas Symphony Association, where she has served as president and CEO since 2018. She takes over from interim CEO Daniel Song after L.A. Phil chief Chad Smith decamped for the Boston Symphony ...Read more

You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: As much as we enjoyed “Young Sheldon” when he was cute and precocious, it is painful to see him as an obnoxious teenager. We won't miss him. However, I think it could have an amazing spinoff! The rest of the cast is terrific.

A: While “Young Sheldon” will end on May 16, CBS has plans for a ...Read more

The saga continues between two of today’s biggest hip-hop artists: Kendrick Lamar and Drake.

The fiery exchange between both rappers has had the internet in a frenzy this week, with many wondering what started the beef. In case you haven’t been plugged in, we’ve got you covered.

March 29: Lamar lights the fire

It all started when Lamar ...Read more

In 1998, Tom Wolfe published "A Man in Full," a novel about (among other things) Charlie Croker, an Atlanta real estate developer whose business and world fall apart, and Conrad Hensley, a worker at one of Croker's subsidiary businesses whose world also falls apart when he's laid off.

Now David E. Kelley has written a television miniseries, ...Read more

Summer's here — at least according to Hollywood, that is, as Friday's launch of "The Fall Guy" signals the start of the summer box office season.

It's a season light on superhero offerings but still heavy on sequels, reboots and repurposings of projects that are already near and dear (or, at the very least, familiar) to our hearts. Making ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — At peak time on the opening night of the first weekend of Coachella, atop the Outdoor Theater stage, Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay's silhouettes were unmistakable. The two members of the French electronic duo Justice hovered over a table of inscrutable-looking mixers and audio gear, the lanky Augé's curly hair and De Rosnay...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — First, the gold discs honoring Earth, Wind & Fire, Barry White and Philly soul singer Eddie Holman spent 22 years in the evidence room of the Abington Police Department.

Then, they sat for another 16 years in a Pennsylvania Treasury Department vault in Harrisburg.

And now — finally — the awards marking half a million ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Dan Schneider, the Nickelodeon producer behind hit shows "Drake & Josh" and "iCarly," is taking legal action against the teams behind the popular "Quiet on Set" docuseries.

Schneider announced in a statement shared with The Times on Wednesday that he plans to sue producers Warner Bros. Discovery, Maxine Productions and Sony ...Read more

Jay Leno and his wife, Mavis, over whom he was recently granted conservatorship, are sharing an update on her health amid her battle with advanced dementia.

While attending Tuesday’s premiere of Jerry Seinfeld’s Netflix flick, “Unfrosted,” philanthropist Mavis Elizabeth Leno, 77, told Entertainment Tonight, “I feel great.”

Speaking...Read more

Drew Barrymore pleaded with Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this week for the politician to be a mother figure to the United States. That sentiment has since unleashed waves of backlash from multiple communities on social media.

In the Monday episode of "The Drew Barrymore Show," the former child star welcomed the vice president to her ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Jay and Mavis Leno donned their date-night best Tuesday at the red carpet premiere of Jerry Seinfeld’s forthcoming film “Unfrosted.”

The premiere marked the couple’s second public outing since the former talk show host in January filed for a since-granted conservatorship over his wife following her advanced dementia ...Read more

Two weeks after Grammy winning gospel singer Mandisa was found dead, her family is beginning to open up about the circumstances of her death.

"I believe firmly that the detective believes and knows that she did not [harm herself]," her father, John Hundley, told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.

The singer, whose full name was Mandisa Lynn Hundley,...Read more

Variation on a theme is the essence of detective fiction, dressing the old beloved tropes in new clothes. Pick any job — plumber, rodeo clown, TV critic — add "detective" and you've got your main character. (You might even do something with a detective who is also a detective — I'm not sure what, exactly, but I smell some metafictional ...Read more

ATLANTA — John Cena’s “Peacemaker” superhero series is now shooting at Trilith Studios in Fayetteville for its second season.

The series, which debuted in early 2022, moved from Vancouver, British Columbia, another popular place to shoot big-budget movies and TV shows.

The spinoff from 2021′s “Suicide Squad” movie was considered ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — It's been a minute for Hippo Campus. After becoming full-bore musicians straight out of high school in the mid-2010s, the buoyant Twin Cities pop-rock quartet wrapped up its busy tour schedule behind 2022′s "LP3″ last summer with gigs at the Bonnaroo festival and Duluth's Bayfront Festival Park to take some time to kick back ...Read more

An alleged confrontation between Ryan Reynolds and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is being detailed in new reports that surfaced Tuesday.

While filming the 2021 Netflix film “Red Notice,” the actors reportedly had a “huge fight” over Johnson’s repeated tardiness to set, according to sources who spoke with The Wrap.

With the chatter ...Read more

ABC News and longtime meteorologist Rob Marciano have gone their separate ways.

Marciano was fired Tuesday after a decade of working on ABC News programs including "Good Morning America" and "World News Tonight," sources confirmed to The Times. The journalist, who most recently appeared on "Good Morning America: Weekend Edition," left ABC News ...Read more