'Bloodshot' Star Lamorne Morris on Keeping Film's Kobe Bryant Tribute

[This story contains spoilers for Bloodshot.] After seven seasons on Fox’s hit comedy, New Girl, Bloodshot star Lamorne Morris is eager to show Hollywood that he’s capable of so much more. Such initiative proved to be decisive in his Bloodshot casting as Wilfred Wigans, a renowned hacker who’s caught in the middle of...

'American Idol': Top 40 Showcases Begin

The Top 40 contestants of American Idol traveled to Hawaii with judges Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and host Ryan Seacrest to perform in a pre-recorded episode of performances. The judges had to narrow the pool down to a Top 20, and the episode has been split into two parts. The second part will air next week....

ABC Nixes 'Bachelor Summer Games' Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

The Bachelor Summer Games, ABC's planned counterprogramming for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, is not going forward as the television industry continues to hit the pause button amid the coronavirus pandemic, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter. The summer spinoff, boasting an international cast, would have aired throughout...

James McAvoy Donates $340,000 to U.K. Health Service for Protective Gear Amid Coronavirus Crisis

The actor called on others to donate to a crowdfunding campaign helping purchase vital equipment for U.K. health workers "fighting a war" against COVID-19. James McAvoy has donated £275,000 ($340,000) to help purchase equipment for health service staff treating coronavirus patients.  The money was given to the crowdfunding...

'Dolphin Reef': Film Review

Natalie Portman narrates the new Disneynature documentary about a free-spirited bottlenose dolphin and his extended family living near a coral reef in the Pacific Ocean. With the exception of Flipper from 1960s television, or maybe the talking Fa and Bea from Mike Nichols' 1973 movie The Day of the Dolphin, few cinematic...

SAG-AFTRA to Give Dues Relief for Affected Members Amid Virus Crisis

But those who can afford to pay in full were urged to do so, "to ensure critical services continue without disruption." SAG-AFTRA has adopted a program to provide dues relief for its members during the COVID-19 global pandemic, the union said Monday. Under the program, members experiencing financial hardship resulting...

'Genius: Aretha' Premiere Date Delayed at National Geographic

National Geographic's Genius: Aretha is the latest TV series to have its premiere date impacted by the global coronavirus crisis. The anthology, starring Cynthia Erivo as the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, will no longer launch on Memorial Day, May 25. A new premiere date has not been determined as it remains unclear when...

Bob Iger to Forgo Disney Salary, Top Execs to Take Pay Cuts Amid Virus Crisis

CEO Bob Chapek will take a 50 percent pay cut. The Walt Disney Co. said on Monday that executive chairman Robert Iger will forgo his entire salary and recently named CEO Bob Chapek will take a 50 percent pay cut amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to an email from Chapek sent to employees obtained by The Hollywood...

Deepak Chopra's Global Meditation Event Crashes Vimeo, Forcing Livestream to Facebook Live

Call is a sign of the times. Deepak Chopra's global meditation livestream event Sunday drew too many people into a cluster that it crashed the website, forcing a last-minute reschedule.  But instead of social distancing, Chopra said it was due to the sheer number of prospective participants that had logged onto The...

Watch Live: Billie Eilish, Alicia Keys and More Perform for iHeartMedia Living Room Benefit Concert

The one-hour musical event airs March 29 from 6-7 p.m. on Fox, featuring additional performers including the Backstreet Boys, Mariah Carey and Sam Smith. In light of the canceled iHeartRadio Music Awards, Fox has teamed with iHeartMedia to present a "Living Room Concert for America," a music event that pays tribute to...

'Westworld': Tessa Thompson on Bringing "Emotional Espionage" to Season 3

[The following story contains spoilers for season three, episode three of HBO's Westworld, "Absence of Field."] Tessa Thompson made her first mark on Westworld near the end of its first season, arriving as tough-as-nails corporate shark Charlotte Hale, ready to devour all in her path. The second season charted Charlotte's...

Canadian Thriller 'Corona' Touted as First COVID-19 Movie

Director Mostafa Keshvari explores "Chinese virus" discrimination in his trapped elevator drama shot last month in Vancouver and now being shopped to streamers. Corona could hardly be more timely as director Mostafa Keshvari touts his trapped-in-elevator drama as the first COVID-19 movie of the coronavirus era. "The...

This Week in TV: Late-Night Returns, 'Home Before Dark,' 'Hawaii Five-0' Ends

After closing down for a couple of weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic, more late-night shows are set to return in the week of March 30. A host of streaming shows are also on tap, as are a few cable staples. AMC's The Walking Dead will also prematurely end its season. Here is The Hollywood Reporter's rundown...

Netflix's 'Tiger King' Prompts Sheriff to Seek New Leads in 1997 Cold Case

The popularity of Netflix new docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness has prompted a Florida sheriff to seek new leads in a cold case.  The 1997 disappearance of Jack Donald "Don" Lewis is a part of the series which revolves around the bizarre tale of Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka "Joe Exotic," a former...

'Locke & Key' Renewed for Season 2 on Netflix

Locke & Key's good fortune continues. Netflix on Monday handed out a second-season renewal to the long-gestating drama series based on the comics by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez. The renewal caps a wild, decade-long path to the screen for the beloved IDW comic. Multiple film and TV incarnations had been in the works...

'My 600-Lb. Life' Keeps Up On-Location Work Even After Network Call to Shut Down

The medical drama nonfiction program and its spinoff 'Where Are They Now?' was on location in at least two states over the weekend. Less than a day after network TLC said on March 27 that My 600-Lb. Life had shut down production amid the coronavirus outbreak, show crews kept up work in the field over this...

The Challenge for 'Star Trek: Picard' Season 2

[This story contains spoilers for Star Trek: Picard's season one finale, "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2."] Star Trek: Picard producers Michael Chabon and Akiva Goldsman were among the few who saw the end of Jean-Luc Picard's life coming.  The plan to bring Patrick Stewart's iconic Star Trek: The Next Generation...

MIPTV Kicks Off First-Ever Digital Market Amid Coronavirus Shutdown

Global TV executives are exchanging rosé on the Croisette for video conferencing as the event goes virtual for the first time. "The question is if we even need a physical market anymore, crisis or no crisis." The Croisette is empty, shops are shuttered and the Palais des Festivals, where the MIPTV global television market...

Movie Trailers This Week: 'The Willoughbys,' 'Survive the Night'

Netflix and Lionsgate Home Entertainment released new trailers this week, including those for the animated family film and the Bruce Willis-led thriller. Netflix and Lionsgate Home Entertainment each released new trailers this week, including Netflix's animated family film The Willoughbys and Lionsgate's Bruce Willis-led...

'In Vitro' Brings European Fertility Drama to U.S.

The miracle of birth seems, perhaps, even more of a miracle for those who’ve had to work harder than most to get pregnant in the first place — something that Humanoids explores in its upcoming graphic novel In Vitro. Timed to the upcoming National Infertility Awareness Week — running April 19 through 25 — In Vitro sees...

Critic's Notebook: Why '90 Day Fiancé' and 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' Are Perfect Quarantine Viewing

The coronavirus crisis is altering viewing tastes and tendencies, turning stories of constraint and restriction — from claustrophobic reality TV to hushed lesbian period dramas — into small-screen comfort food. Sometime in the past few days, I found myself unable to watch anything other than TLC's 90 Day Fiancé. Ruts...