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‘Family Guy’ finds a new voice for Cleveland Brown in YouTuber Arif Zahir, known for his voice impressions

Arif Zahir, known for his impressions of Cleveland Brown from “Family Guy,” has gone from mimicking the character to actually playing him. Zahir, a YouTuber with more than 6 million followers, will replace Mike Henry in the upcoming 19th season, Fox announced Friday. Henry had voiced the character since the start but stepped down in…… More

Stacey Abrams to guest star in ‘black-ish’ animated episode

Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, is about to enter the animated world of the Johnson family. Abrams, a former Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate and chair of the voting rights advocacy group Fair Fight, is set to lend her voice to the upcoming animated episode of ABC’s ‘black-ish,’ CNN…… More

‘The Comey Rule’ shows off a sensational cast in a slightly uneven miniseries

“The Comey Rule” employs a clunky framing device, turning Rod Rosenstein into the awkward narrator of the story. Brilliant casting from top to bottom, however, elevates this two-part Showtime adaptation of former FBI director James Comey’s book, which adopts a sympathetic stance toward the no-win scenario the bureau faced with its twin investigations into presidential…… More

Lil Wayne releases deluxe version of ‘Tha Carter V’

Lil Wayne has dropped a 33-track deluxe edition of “Tha Carter V,” which features appearances by 2 Chainz, Post Malone, Gucci Mane, and Raekwon. The new album comes two years after the release of his 2018 “Tha Carter V” album. On this one, Post Malone guests on “What About Me,” Gucci Mane appears on “In…… More

‘Fargo’ stars Chris Rock in a mob tale that rolls along a bit too slowly

Three years after its last edition, “Fargo” returns with Chris Rock and Jason Schwartzman in key against-type roles, and an enticing mob story with the texture of a graphic novel. Yet it unfolds at such a languid, almost hypnotic pace as to blunt its impact, getting distracted by an abundance of oddball characters that don’t…… More

Billie Lourd has a baby and honors late mom, Carrie Fisher

Billie Lourd has chosen her initiation into motherhood to pay tribute to her own mother, Carrie Fisher. Lourd and her fiancé, Austen Rydell, have welcomed a son, Kingston Fisher Lord Rydell. Actress Carrie Fisher died in 2017 at the age of 60 following a heart attack. A day later, her mother and Lourd’s grandmother, legendary…… More

Mandy Moore is expecting

Actress/singer Mandy Moore and her husband, musician Taylor Goldsmith, have something new to sing about. The couple announced Thursday via Instagram that they are expecting their first child together. They shared their happy news in a series of black and white photos showing Goldsmith cradling the “This Is Us” star’s baby bump. “Baby Boy Goldsmith…… More

Selena Gomez is proud to show her transplant scar

Selena Gomez is feeling confident and proud, and is showing the world her kidney transplant scar, three years after receiving a new organ from her best friend. The singer and actress revealed in 2017 that she had received a kidney transplant from her close friend and fellow actress Francia Raisa, which she needed as a…… More

SP Balasubrahmanyam, famed Indian film musician, dies from Covid 19 aged 74

One of India’s most renowned film singers, SP Balasubrahmanyam, has died following hospitalization for Covid-19 and weeks spent on life support, the hospital treating him said in a bulletin Friday. Balasubrahmanyam had been on life support since August 14 for severe Covid-19 pneumonia and was being closely monitored by health workers in a critical care…… More

Books and movies keep creating transgender aggressors. But trans people are far more likely to be victims of violence

In the recent Netflix documentary “Disclosure,” clips of transgender television and movie characters flash up on screen in rapid succession. Again and again, we see similar images: murderers, sociopaths and sexual predators. So when it emerged last week that JK Rowling’s latest book, written under her Robert Galbraith pseudonym, features a cross-dressing serial killer, “it…… More

Jeff Daniels would have played Trump in ‘The Comey Rule’ but he’s glad Brendan Gleeson did

One of best days Jeff Daniels ever had on a film or TV set was a day he was reliving what was very likely one of James Comey’s worst. In Showtime’s “The Comey Rule,” premiering Sept. 27, Daniels brings to screen some the events detailed in the former FBI director’s book “A Higher Loyalty,” including…… More

Jessica Szohr, ‘Gossip Girl’ star, is pregnant

Congratulations are in order for “Gossip Girl” star Jessica Szohr and her professional hockey player boyfriend, Brad Richardson. Szohr shared the news Wednesday on her verified Instagram account. “Full of Joy,” she wrote in the caption of a photo showing her smiling as Richardson bends down near her baby bump. The pair went public with…… More

‘A Wilderness of Error’ makes its own errors tackling the Jeffrey MacDonald case

Taking a deep dive into the notorious case of Jeffrey MacDonald a half-century later, “A Wilderness of Error” makes several errors of its own, including a heavy reliance on cheesy dramatic reenactments that cheapen the whole exercise. While this five-part FX/Hulu docuseries stokes some doubt about MacDonald’s guilt, its most provocative question — “What happens…… More

‘America’s Got Talent’ winner is spoken word poet Brandon Leake

The winner of the latest season of “America’s Got Talent” is poet Brandon Leake. Leake, who was the first spoken word performer on the show, was given the Golden Buzzer by Howie Mandel in an earlier round. He performed pieces about the Black Lives Matter movement, family and loss. “This is a huge win for…… More

‘Utopia’ is about a fictional pandemic in the middle of a real one, as nerds try to save the world

The timing for “Utopia” is either incredibly good or atrociously bad, depending on one’s tolerance for fiction that parallels current events. In this case, it’s a pandemic tied into conspiracy theories advanced via a comic book, with the unsettling twist that the world-imperiling threat is very real. For the most part, this Amazon series —…… More

‘Secret Society of Second-Born Royals’ gives Disney+ an X-Men-like franchise

“The New Mutants” might have landed with a dull thud, but Disney actually has a promising teen-driven movie indebted to the X-Men franchise in “Secret Society of Second-Born Royals,” an extremely clever concept that takes the “spares” in the royal equation and turns them into a superhero group. While hardly a blockbuster, this Disney+ movie…… More

Cynthia Nixon on Sharon Stone potentially replacing Kim Cattrall in ‘Sex and the City 3’

There are no plans for a “Sex and the City 3” movie, but if it happens Cynthia Nixon wouldn’t be mad if Sharon Stone stepped into the role of Samantha. The pair appeared virtually, alongside actress Sarah Paulson, Wednesday on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” and talk turned to Stone’s name coming up…… More

David Letterman’s ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction’ set to return for Season 3 on Netflix

David Letterman’s “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” will be back for Season 3 on Oct. 21, Netflix announced. The guests set for the new season include Kim Kardashian West, Robert Downey Jr., Dave Chappelle, and Lizzo. The premiere date for the current season had been pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. Seasons 1…… More