Bill Cosby was, at a certain point in his life, one of the most successful pitchmen in American history. Many years and many rape allegations later, that is no longer the case. From corporate America to Barack Obama, everyone is now, and presumably forever, allergic to Bill Cosby.
No, nothing in her personal life. In her professional life. It was a big decision! Also today: news about The Avengers, a Vampire Diaries catastrophe is saved, and Julia Roberts is really really jealous of someone.
Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna are hitting the television screen once again! This time in their own six-episode docu-reality series. Tune in as cameras follow around the quirky, down-to-earth couple, as they work to reinvent themselves in the acting world.
Tonight, the versatile—uh, I mean, middle—Jonas Brother, Joe, guest starred on Hot in Cleveland in an episode filled with family drama, cliched teen gadgets, texting, Justin Bieber, and "Look, I'm a man now!" facial hair. Inside, video highlights.
Hot in Cleveland is a hot mess. This is the show that happens when menopausal monkeys get together and sh*t out a script. Even the amazing Betty White gets dragged down by the atrocious dialogue.
• Star Trek reeled in $76 million at the box office this weekend. [WSJ]
• Metro is selling off its collection of free (and money-losing) newspapers to Seabay Media, a company controlled by Metro's former CEO. [WaPo]
• Playboy says it's planning to make "radical changes" to the mag, and may raise prices as well as…
Hey struggling New York actor who really, really doesn't want to move to the West Coast. Looks like you might have to. There aren't any TV pilots being filmed here anymore.
Studios have displayed an increasing reluctance to call upon the droning, nasal direction of Penny Marshall, who hasn't helmed a feature since 2001's Riding in Cars with Boys. (Her Kazakh tween terror project was, unfortunately, yet another reality-blurring concoction of the Entourage writers' room.) Marshall knows…
