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| HBO orders a second season of Steve Carell's 'Rooster' | HBO announced Thursday that it has renewed its Steve Carell comedy, Rooster, for a second season. With Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses at the helm, the series takes place on a college campus where an author is working on his relationship with his adult daughter. "It's been heartening to feel the audience embrace Rooster, as we did when we first saw Steve, Bill and Matt bring this character to life. Along with our partners at WBTV and Doozer, we're looking forward to seeing what Ludlow's Spring Semester has in store for this incredible comedy ensemble," Amy Gravitt, executive vice president of HBO programming and head of HBO and HBO Max Comedy Series, said in a statement. |
| P!nk to host the Tony Awards on June 7 | Singer-songwriter P!nk is set to host the Tony Awards recognizing excellence in Broadway theater this year. "When I was asked to host @thetonyawards, my first question was -- don't you need to have been on Broadway for this?" the entertainer wrote on Instagram Thursday. "So I went ahead and fixed that. Kind of," she joked, referring to video of her dressed as a 1920s flapper and trying to reach one toe from behind the curtain and onto the stage at a recent performance of The Great Gatsby. "And now I'm hosting the Tony Awards!! The Broadway community is the hardest working in showbiz. They show up every single night, sometimes twice, and make absolute magic. I cannot wait to celebrate them all with you on Sunday June 7th on CBS. |
| Banks: 'Miniature Wife' spouses were lonely even before shrinking | The Better Sister, Pitch Perfect and The Hunger Games alum Elizabeth Banks says the spouses at the heart of her new dramedy, The Miniature Wife, were isolated from each other even before one of them physically shrinks the other. Premiering Thursday on Peacock, the series is based on a short story by Miguel Gonzalez and follows bio-agritech scientist Les (Matthew Mavfadyen) as he accidentally shrinks his Pulitzer Prize-winning wife LIndy and must race against time to find a way to reverse the procedure, while she fights off bugs, animals and household appliances in an effort to stay alive. "They're on a rocky road and headed towards divorce. |
| Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert lead ACM Award nominations | Megan Moroney led the field with nine Academy of Country Music Award nominations in Nashville Thursday. Miranda Lambert is up for eight prizes, while Ella Langley and Lainey Wilson each earned seven nods, Chris Stapleton racked up six, Zach Top scored five and Cody Johnson picked up four. In the running for Entertainer of the Year are Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Megan Moroney, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen and Lainey Wilson. Shortlisted for Album of the Year are Zach Top's Ain't In It For My Health, Carter Faith's Cherry Valley, Riley Green's Don't Mind If I Do (Deluxe), Mogan Wallen's I'm The Problem and Parker McCollum's self-titled album. Winners will be announced at a gala in Las Vegas on May 17. |
| Lena Headey, Andrew McCarthy join 'Wednesday' S3 | Game of Thrones alum Lena Headey and 1980s film icon Andrew McCarthy have joined the ensemble for Wednesday Season 3. James Lance from Ted Lasso will also appear in the upcoming episodes of the Netflix series. The join previously announced cast newcomers Eva Green, Winona Ryder, Chris Sarandon, Noah Taylor, Oscar Morgan and Kennedy Moyer, as well as returning stars Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmn. Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are the show-runners for the Addams Family spin-off. Season 2 premiered last summer. |