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James Cameron’s Avatar sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, is now the fifth highest-grossing movie of all time, collecting $2.054 billion as of Thursday. It moves past 2018's Avengers: Infinity War, which grossed $2.052 billion. Only Avatar ($2.92 billion), Avengers: Endgame ($2.79 billion), Titanic ($2.19 billion) and Star Wars Episode VII -- The Force Awakens ($2.07 billion) rank higher on the all-time list. Avatar: The Way of Water has also […]

Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday celebrated the 20th anniversary of his ABC late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, with a primetime special featuring George Clooney, Snoop Dogg and Coldplay -- the same lineup that appeared on the show when it premiered January 26, 2003. "Right out of the gate, we were an immediate hit,” Kimmel joked during his monologue, before reading a list of reviews, calling it a “dead-on-arrival talk show with a charisma-free host” and another that compared […]

The new Apple TV+ series Shrinking is a comedy…about grief. Jason Segel plays a dad grieving the loss of his wife in show, which is out Friday. Grief might not be the first thing you think of when you think comedy, but Segel tells ABC Audio "those are the kinds of weighty issues that should be explored through comedy." "I really don't want to see a drama about grief. I know what I'm […]

Warner Bros. Discovery Fans of the CW DC Comics-based shows Doom Patrol and Titans might have been surprised to find out that the shows won't be back for fifth seasons, but they might also be surprised to learn that James Gunn didn't pull the trigger. The Guardians of the Galaxy franchise writer-director has taken flak online for making some big changes to Warner Bros. Discovery's superhero universe along with his […]

Netflix With January nearly over, Nielsen is looking back to 2022 and noted Stranger Things was the most-watched show of the year in the U.S. According to numbers quoted by Variety, Americans took in some 52 billion minutes' worth of adventures in the Upside Down in 2022, which the trade said was the most of any show since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, when audiences in lockdown binged […]

© 2022 by 20th Television Fox has given the green light to more seasons of three of its beloved animated shows: The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob's Burgers, which will see the shows running through 2025. The decision cements Simpsons as the longest-running scripted series in TV history: The announcement locks in the show for its 35th and 36th seasons; Family Guy for its 22nd and 23rd; and Bob's for […]

HBO/ Liane Hentscher The Last of Us and The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal is headed to studio 8H. The actor announced via Instagram that he will be making his debut as Saturday Night Live host on February 4.  Coldplay will be the musical guest, making their seventh appearance on the long-running sketch show.  Among those cheering the news was West Side Story's Rachel Zegler, who enthused, "no you don’t understand. i will be there," and Katee Sackhoff, Pascal's fellow Mandalorian star. "STOP!!!!!" she said with a party, […]

HBO/Claudette Barius In a new teaser, HBO revealed its Emmy-magnet drama Succession is coming back March 26. In the preview for the forthcoming fourth season, the Roy siblings appear to be gunning for their dad, Logan, played by Brian Cox. "This is not getting about getting back at Dad," Sarah Snook's Shiv Roy says to her brother Roman (Kieran Culkin). "But if it hurts him, it doesn't bother me." Later, […]

NBC/Todd Owyoung After apparently faking out social media followers with speculation about having a baby girl with boyfriend Darius Jackson, Keke Palmer seemed to slip on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night that she's actually having a boy. An excited Fallon began the chat by making sure the very pregnant Palmer was comfortable, from back support on her seat to LaCroix sparkling water to settle her stomach. He […]