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“Republicans are back on the air. Republicans weren’t on the air,” on CNN, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav told a media conference Thursday as he said the storied brand is moving to become less of an “advocacy network” under new leadership.

Randall Emmett is not happy about Hulu’s upcoming documentary, The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing and Vanderpump.

If these allegations are right, Lala Kent was far from the only person Randall Emmett mistreated.

After moderating CNN’s town hall with Donald Trump, Kaitlan Collins is expected to be tapped as the new host of the network’s 9 p.m. hour, which has lacked a permanent occupant for more than a year.

Kevin Costner reportedly will not commit to returning to film the final season of Yellowstone until he approves how his role is written off the show.

Sure, he doesn’t have Fox News to peddle his white supremacist B.S. on anymore — but it turns out he’s already found a great replacement.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Tucker Carlson announced that he will bring a version of his Fox News show — which he lost after getting fired last month — on Twitter, the social platform owned by Elon Musk. “Starting soon, we’ll be bringing a new version of the show we’ve been doing for the last six and a half years to Twitter,” Carlson said in a video shared Tuesday on the platform. “Free speech is the main right you have. Without it, you have no others.” It’s not immediately clear if Carlson has a deal with Musk to launch the show on Twitter or if he’s doing it independently. Carlson will forgo at least $25 million to break his noncompete clause with Fox News, according to Puck News’ Dylan Byers. Prior to Carlson’s announcement of the forthcoming Twitter show, a lawyer for the former Fox News host sent a letter to the cable network accusing Fox News of “fraud and breach of contract,” Axios reported. That is presumably intended to set the stage for Carlson to claim he’s not bound by a noncompete provision of his contract with Fox News.

Kevin Costner reportedly will not commit to returning to film the final season of “Yellowstone” until he approves how his role is written off the show.

Kevin Costner is not returning to “Yellowstone” after season 5, sources close to the production tell ET. The news comes after reports of alleged drama between the star of the Paramount Network series and co-creator Taylor Sheridan over the actor’s filming commitments to the remaining episodes of the current season.

A post shared by The Wendy Experience (@thewendyexperiencepodcast)Once a fixture on the New York scene, Wendy has largely stayed out of the public eye since her health issues took hold. Wendy last appeared on her eponymous TV show in July 2021. She then contracted COVID, which complicated her Graves' disease and thyroid condition.

Deadline revealed that Kevin is having issues with his shooting schedule, and he's pushing back. The report alleged that Kevin, who portrays ranch owner John Dutton in the drama, only wants to spend one week filming the second half of the fifth season, whereas showrunners have asked for two weeks. As of now, the continuation of the fifth season is supposed to be filmed this summer and no episodes have been shot. "The idea that Kevin was only willing to work one week on the second half of season 5 of Yellowstone is an absolute lie," said Marty Singer, the lawyer for the Golden Globe winner.

Deadline’s unnamed sources who claimed the 68-year-old actor wanted to film the Western drama for 50 days for the first part of the season and only a week for the second batch of episodes.“The idea that Kevin was only willing to work one week on the second half of Season 5 of ‘Yellowstone’ is an absolute lie,” Singer told Puck News on Monday. “It’s ridiculous — and anyone suggesting it shouldn’t be believed for one second,” he added.

Kevin Costner‘s lawyer is responding to that bombshell Yellowstone report.

The stars of Stranger Things are reportedly set to get a major pay increase ahead of the show's fifth and final season.The cast has been divided into tiers, with the top adult stars Winona Ryder and David Harbour set to make a whopping $9.5 million each for the entire season, according to Puck News.The younger stars of the series are divided into lower tiers with smaller — though still sizable — salaries for the final season.DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Ryder, Harbor and Netflix for comment.  Moving on up: The cast of Stranger Things is set to receive a significant raise for its fifth and final season, according to Puck News. Winona Ryder and David Harbour will earn the most with $9.5 million for the seasonRyder and Harbour are reportedly making multiple times what they earned for the previous fourth season.The Edward Scissorhands star and the Hellboy actor both received around $350,000 per episode in that season, which amounts to around $2.8 million total.

Sir Ridley Scott's planned Gladiator sequel is reportedly moving forward with casting.The moviemaker, 85, has been working on a follow-up to his 2000 epic which starred Russell Crowe as former Roman general Maximus seeking revenge after being forced into slavery and a new report from Puck News suggests movie bosses are now looking to cast the lead actors.Scott previously confirmed the script was finished but he was trying to find time in his busy schedule to get the project going. Back for more: Sir Ridley Scott's planned Gladiator sequel is reportedly moving forward with castingLast month, reports suggested the new film will follow the story of Lucius - the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix's tyrant character Commodus who was saved by Maximus in the first film.Connie Nielsen - who played Lucius' mother Lucilla - is said to be returning along with Djimon Hounsou who played Juba - a man kidnapped from his home by slave traders.  Speaking in 2021, Scott insisted the Gladiator sequel would be next on his list as soon as he finished work on Napoleon - which stars Phoenix as the French military commander Napoleon Bonaparte and is due for release on Apple TV Plus later this year.Scott told Empire magazine: 'I'm already having [the next] Gladiator written now.

Ana Cabrera, who anchors CNN Newsroom on weekdays at 1 PM ET, is expected to depart the network, with sources saying that she is eyeing a new role at NBCUniversal.

Chris Brown was the center of more than just one instance of drama at the AMAs!

Amber Heard, 36, was found guilty of defamation on three counts following her allegations that ex-husband Johnny Depp subjected her to sexual violence and cruelty.

Disney is reportedly getting ready to announce that a sequel to the beloved Pixar movie Inside Out is on the way, but there are some cast members who will reportedly not return.

What if. Florence Pugh allegedly was going to be in Ted Lasso, but her cameo was cut. According to a fan’s tweet, the Don’t Worry Darling star was filming a scene for her director Olivia Wilde’s ex-fiancé Jason Sudeikis’ award-winning show.

In January, Fugees announced the cancellation of a slate of reunion shows celebrating the 25th anniversary of their seminal album The Score. In a statement, the band blamed COVID-19: "The continued COVID pandemic has made touring conditions difficult, and we want to make sure we keep our fans and ourselves healthy and safe." However, a new report published in Puck News claims that the legal troubles of Fugees's Pras Michel were the cause of the canceled shows.