Movies/TV category, Page 148

Mariah Carey has recorded a new song that will debut as the theme of ABC’s “black-ish” spinoff. ABC announced Monday that Carey has co-written and sings the theme music to “mixed-ish.” Carey says in a statement that she loves the show’s pilot, which focuses on the 1980s upbringing of Tracee...

If the trailer for “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is anything to go by, the long-awaited film starring Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers will be a heartwarming celebration of a beloved figure. Jimmy Kimmel has other ideas. The late-night TV host showed a spoof trailer Thursday that reimagines the...

NEW YORK — The country’s biggest TV networks — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX — are suing Locast, a streaming service that transmits their broadcasts for free. The companies say that Locast is violating their copyrights. Locast has held that under the law, it is allowed to stream the networks...

The celebrity ancestry show “Finding Your Roots” has a message to counter divisive political rhetoric, said its host, educator Henry Louis Gates Jr. The PBS series demonstrates that “we’re all descended from immigrants,” whether they came to America willingly or as slaves, and all share a common origin, Gates told...

“Star Trek” had been just a short-lived 1960s science-fiction TV show when it made its first journey to movie theaters in 1979 with “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” It was a special-effects-heavy affair, more like “2001: A Space Odyssey” and differing significantly in look and feel from its sequel, “The...

List Viola Davis among fans of Kennywood’s new Steel Curtain roller coaster. After taking a spin (or nine) Sunday, the Academy Award-winning actress tweeted that the two-minute, 76-mph ride with nine inversions is “awesome.” Sweating at @Kenny_Kangaroo after the awesome Steel Curtain ride ?❤️?? pic.twitter.com/0wAZc7IqQ3— Viola Davis (@violadavis) July 28,...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A documentary about the life and political career of former President George W. Bush is coming to PBS stations next year. The two-part documentary, titled “W,” will include interviews with historians, journalists and inner-circle members. Among them: Bush’s chiefs of staff, press secretary Ari Fleischer and...

NEW YORK — Kathy Griffin says two days into the fallout of her 2017 photo posing with a fake severed head of President Donald Trump, she knew she should film what was happening. She was losing jobs, making headline news and the topic of widespread scrutiny, not to mention the...

Amazon Prime Video’s “Making the Cut” isn’t just about fashion, it’s about worldwide commerce. Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke told a TV critics meeting Saturday that there’s an international field of designers in the upcoming competition series. That makes them a match for the streaming service’s global audience, who serve...

LOS ANGELES — When Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox recorded “Sisters Are Doin’ it For Themselves” in 1985, the Queen of Soul tried out a pointed ad lib for the empowerment anthem. “‘Equal pay, that’s what we say!’” she exclaimed in one take, as recounted by Lennox at a gathering...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — 50 Cent said he thinks “Power” being overlooked by the Emmys over the years was racial despite the success of popular Starz series that has a prominently black cast. “I like to say it’s racial. That’s the easy way to get out of things,” said the...

There’s no place like home for “The Brady Bunch,” even if was just a facade. An HGTV renovation of the Los Angeles house that was used for exterior shots of the TV sitcom reunited six cast members and rekindled the show’s spirit. “We enjoy being together, doing other projects, but...

The nearly seven hours of testimony by former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III was watched by 13 million viewers on Wednesday, falling short of the audience levels for recent high-profile Washington hearings. The total was below the 20.4 million viewers who watched the Sept. 27 Senate Judiciary Committee hearings...