ABC Entertainment News Archives

Photo by Jeff Hahne/Getty Images for Oprah(NEW YORK) — Every night at 7 p.m., the streets of New York City light up with thunderous applause, cheers and other noisemakers like bells and drums.  The...

Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — If you’re clamoring for more of the Netflix hit docuseries, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, — and let’s face it, who isn’t — your prayers may have been answered.  The...

ABC/Karen Neal(KAPOLEI, Hawaii) — Sunday night’s episode of American idol took viewers back to the tropical island of Hawaii to find out who will round out the Top 20. Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan finished making their tough...

Universal Pictures (LOS ANGELES) — Jordan Peele’s remake of the 1992 horror classic Candyman has joined the long list of films whose releases are being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic shuttering theaters. Variety reports the release was...

Showtime(NEW YORK) — Now in its eighth and final season, Showtime’s Homeland is as intense as ever: There’s growing tension between Pakistan and the U.S. as Claire Danes’ CIA operative Carrie Mathison tries to...

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — LeVar Burton will stream his LeVar Burton Reads podcast on Twitter, reading adult and children’s stories for families self-quarantining at home.  The first book he’ll read is Neil Gaiman’s 1989 short story We Can Get Them for You...

Photo by Jun Sato/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Continuing his newfound dominance of social media, and hoping to inspire and entertain his followers during the COVID-19 lockdown, Will Smith has launched Will from Home on Snapchat. The 12-episode series will...

ABC(LOS ANGELES) — On another installment of his ABC show-from-home Thursday night, Jimmy Kimmel — along with his famous friend Jennifer Aniston — surprised a young nurse who is quarantined after contracting COVID-19.  Kimmel got to know Kimball Fairbanks, a cardiovascular...

Bill Withers performing in 1972; Michael Putland/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Bill Withers, whose soulful hits such as “Lean on Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine” earned him induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of...

Netflix/Justina Mintz(NEW YORK) — Taraji P. Henson has teamed up with funnyman Ed Helms for Netflix’s new action-comedy Coffee & Kareem. In the feature, Henson plays the mother of Kareem, a mischievous twelve-year-old who hires a criminal to...