At NBCUniversal's annual upfront presentation to advertisers, "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon asked the most pertinent question: “Why are we here?”

To woo advertisers, mostly, especially as spending shifts from traditional television shows to streaming platforms. But NBC also previewed its upcoming shows and events, which includes the 2024...Read more

Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

MAY

14: Dune: Part Two

14: Imaginary

14: One Life

14: Land of Bad

14: The American Society of Magical Negroes

14: A Home for the Holidays

14: Destroy All Neighbors

14: My Adventures With Superman: Season 1

14: T.I.M.

14: Noryang: Deadly Sea

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“Bad Boys for Life” producer Doug Belgrad will join Netflix as its vice president of film as the streaming giant continues to beef up its movie ranks following a major shakeup.

A longtime Sony Pictures executive, Belgrad was involved in nearly all the movie studio’s live-action intellectual property, including the “Spider-Man” ...Read more

The country artist known simply as Ernest is a couple of cocktails deep on a recent afternoon in the rooftop garden of West Hollywood's Soho House, a diamond pendant the size of a AA battery nestled within the open neck of his blue western shirt.

The pendant, which reads DANGEROUS, is one of three matching pieces he commissioned from a jeweler ...Read more

NEW YORK — George Clooney will make his Broadway debut next spring in a stage adaptation of “Good Night, and Good Luck,” a historical drama about the venerated broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, producers announced this week.

Clooney, a two-time Oscar winner and one of Hollywood’s most familiar faces, served as a writer and director...Read more

The return of a beloved sitcom character tops the DVD releases for the week of May 21.

"Frasier": Kelsey Grammer is back in the title role in this Paramount+ reboot of the long-running series that sees Frasier Crane relocate to Boston and living with Freddy, his now-adult son.

"Grammer, for his part, looks remarkably unchanged from the ...Read more

50 Cent is trolling Christian “King” Combs, the son of embattled business mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, and rehashing a slew of allegations against him and his father. The impetus for Fitty’s latest social-media rant? King released a diss track trashing him amid all three rappers’ legal woes.

King, one of Combs’ children with late ...Read more

David Sanborn, one of the most popular and influential saxophonists of the past 50 years, died Sunday after an extended battle with prostate cancer. He was 78 and had performed as recently as January. His death was announced on his social media sites: “Mr. Sanborn passed Sunday afternoon, May 12th, after an extended battle with prostate cancer...Read more

Just a few weeks after Miss Teen USA winner UmaSofia Srivastava resigned from the 2023 title, runner-up Stephanie Skinner has declined the role as well.

Now left struggling to crown a 2023 winner, the organization has yet to comment on the debacle, but Skinner took to Instagram to explain why she rejected the crown.

“In light of recent ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Immersive entertainment firm Meow Wolf, whose multiple locations of floor-to-ceiling psychedelic-leaning art have attracted about 10 million visitors across its four venues since 2016, has revealed the location of its in-development Los Angeles-based exhibition.

Meow Wolf Los Angeles will be located in a portion of what is ...Read more

ATLANTA — If you thought you were going to sing your heart out to Anita Baker ballads on Saturday, you likely had to think again.

The R&B legend canceled her State Farm Arena show just a few minutes before it was set to start.

“Due to late, unforeseen circumstances, tonight’s ‘An Evening with Anita Baker’ event featuring eight-time ...Read more

Susan Backlinie, an actress and stuntwoman who famously played the first shark attack victim in the opening scene of “Jaws,” has died. She was 77.

Susan’s husband, Harvey Swindall, told TMZ she died at their California home on Saturday morning from a heart attack.

“It is with heartfelt regret to confirm our beloved Susan passed away ...Read more

David Sanborn, the influential saxophonist whose Grammy-winning career included collaborations with Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon, has died. He was 78.

Sanborn died Sunday afternoon “after an extended battle with prostate cancer with complications,” his team said Monday in an announcement shared to his social media pages. A representative ...Read more

ATLANTA — The prestigious Peabody Awards, which emanate from the University of Georgia, bestowed awards to Disney’s “Bluey,” Hulu’s “The Bear,” Max’s “The Last of Us” and Amazon Freevee’s “Jury Duty.

Peabody’s 34 winners, plucked from 1,100 entries, cover a wide range of television, podcasts/radio, and the web/digital ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Gwen Stefani delivered a spirited introduction of her husband, Blake Shelton, on Friday night at the Keep Memory Alive Power of Love gala at MGM Grand Garden.

“I am honored, absolutely honored, to be here tonight to support the incredible work of Keep Memory Alive,” said Stefani, wearing a silver-sparkled dress, “and to ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — "The Office," a mockumentary that detailed the endearing mundanity of life at Dunder Mifflin, ran from 2005 to 2013. It's one of those comfort-food series some fans revisit again and again. In 2024 it seems like a time capsule, the last days of 9-to-5 culture before work-from-home upended it all.

There were attempts to conjure ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage was giddy when she was asked to write the book for a Michael Jackson musical.

Jackson, after all, had provided the soundtrack for much of her life.

"When was last time you went to a wedding or a bar mitzvah or any form of celebration that they didn't break out a Michael ...Read more

CHICAGO — Toward the end of its show on Saturday night, Devo, which brought its 50th anniversary De-Evolution tour to the Riviera Theatre, finally asked the question I was expecting: Does everyone in this room believe in the theory of de-evolution? The signs are all around us, they warned. It’s the kind of light dinner-party quip you might ...Read more

Drake’s mansion in Toronto has seen it’s third trespasser in one week, after another person was reportedly restrained by security on Saturday.

Video footage obtained by TMZ shows what appears to be a security guard kneeling over the suspect, as he holds his hands behind his back.

An eyewitness told the outlet that they were riding their ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Childish Gambino will embark on a world tour in August four years after first releasing his ‘3.15.20’ album, which was rereleased Sunday.

The multihyphenate — better known as Donald Glover in the film and TV industry — dropped a new version of his 2020 album “3.15.20” under its original name, “Atavista,” which he...Read more