ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How doesIdolsurvive the loss of Simon? Its almost like you cant think big enough. So theres going to be no shortage of choices. Credit: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images Very big acts in the music business, because this has become the music business. Why will America embrace a second singing competition like TheX Factor? It has been established hit in the UK…. This is not just going to be a trial run here....

She works with Marvel heroes to defend the city, but her heart is always with Harlem. This is a woman who doesn’t approach life from an altruistic vantage point, she explains. But, her brother couldnt be more wrong. Netflix Trepps motivations and determination make her a great companion for Kovacs because she challenges him. Trepp and her wife are an interracial, LGBTQ couple, but its not a topic that is broached....

So much for saying Sanasa! to a new season ofThe Simple Life. FYI, Someone has made a fake fan account & invented this #TheSimpleLife rumor, she tweeted. Credit: Jeff Vespa/WireImage There is no truth to it. Yes, I love that show & I was approached again to do it. Lohan, Hiltons on-again, off-again friend, would have taken over for Richie, per the now-debunked tweets. Love @parishilton congratulations on your new song!...

The parting of the clouds. The heavenly chorus of voices singing The Simpsons. Bart writing out his punishment on the chalkboard. Credit: Everett Collection Homer throwing caution and nuclear waste to the wind. Lisa saxing her way out of band practice. Marge and Maggie navigating a winding road. The family making a beeline for the couch and squeezing onto it. And on Friday, the earliest version of the title sequence was revealed on Twitter....

See an exclusive clip from the horror-filled spectacle, which airs Nov. 24. The not-exactly-festive installment of the animated comedy whisks you through T-Days past, present, and future. saysSimpsonsexecutive producer Matt Selman. There’s a lot of fear there." For example, Joel H. Cohen becomes Joel Ate Corn." “The inspiration for Act One was to make a more pulse-pounding version of the movieApocalypto.” “The thrilling chase music in ‘A-Gobble-lyto’ includes actual turkeys gobbling....

American audiences have been taken into custody by a group of no-nonsense, tight-business-suit-wearing females in the justice department. Could this be the new television trend? In a television landscape that often prefers archetypal tough guys, this kind of dimensionality is refreshing. In a more shallow sense, it doesnt hurt that the actresses playing these women are beautiful. But what do you think, PopWatchers? Are you a prisoner of this trend?...

There are both challenges and opportunities in bringingSing Streetto the stage. Paradoxically, this just inspires Conor to pursue music with even greater gusto. Your mascaras running, Conor points out. Credit: Matthew Murphy Sos yours, Raphina counters. Then they finally come together for a first kiss, and Act 1 ends in glory. TheSing Streetsongs, composed by Gary Clark and others, should not be as good as they are. Matthew Murphy The musical presents them beautifully, often in non-literal fashion to great effect....

The team behindSing Streetare driving their Off Broadway musical like they stole it straight to the Great White Way. In an effort to impress a girl, Conor forms a band. What this piece wants is simplicity seeing the kids build a world, a better one for themselves. Matthew Murphy Seeing kids come from dysfunction and realize that they dont have to be like that. Many of the cast members are reprising their roles from the Off Broadway production....

She went on to say that365 Days"glamorizes the brutal reality of sex trafficking, kidnapping and rape. When we know better, let us do better, Duffy." AChange.org petitioncalling for Netflix to remove365 Dayshas garnered nearly 4,000 signatures. “Rape stripped me of my human rights, to experience a life with autonomy from fear. It has already stolen one-third of my life,” she wrote in an emotional blog post. She ended the essay by writing, “I can now leave this decade behind....

There was no songwriter like him and there will never be another.John Prine’s music cut across genre, age, race, and gender lines to affect everyone who was fortunate enough to come in contact with his plain-spoken wisdom and razor-sharp wit. So it was no surprise whennews of his passing at 73due to complications from coronavirus began to spread Thursday evening, tributes and plaudits came pouring out on social media. Fellow musicians, actors, politicians, and fans around the world took to the virtual public square to testify to the power of Prine’s songs, many quoting his eminently memorable lyrics from his vast discography....

New season of Zachary Quinto-starring Joe Hill adaptation premieres June 21. “Intermittently, all year, Ive been studying it. The season premieres with two back-to-back episodes on AMC Sunday, June 21, at 10 p.m. Zach Dilgard/AMC ET, with the full season set to simulcast on BBC America. Exclusively watch the season 2 trailer above and see images from the season below. Cara Howe/AMC Zach Dilgard/AMC Seacia Pavao/AMC Zach Dilgard/AMC

Star Trek: Picard’s very own SirPatrick Stewartisn’t toiling away during this coronavirus quarantine. Allof Broadwayand West End performances are postponned due to the ongoing pandemic with no return date set yet. Netflix’sBig Mouthis set to do a live table readon Friday night. Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images; Culture Club/Getty Images “It’s felt good to bring Picard back. I can’t wait to reunite with our cast and crew for Season 2,” Stewartwrote....

When CBS gemLife in Piecesreturns for its fourth season, the series truly becomes afamilycomedy. Justin, who is the showrunner, gave me a little debrief on where that was heading. She explains that the babys father and her boyfriend are twins.JOEY:What a gal! CBS Thats actually based off my real-life situation. [Jokingly laughs] Art imitating life. We will just sit there dying laughing. Let the line speak for itself. Its something Justin always wanted with the show....