• Robert Downey Jr. crashes ‘Perry Mason’ ATX TV Festival panel

    Robert Downey Jr. crashes ‘Perry Mason’ ATX TV Festival panel

    Viewers of HBO’s “Perry Mason” ATX TV…from the Couch panel got a surprise guest on Friday night when the show’s executive producer Robert Downey Jr. popped up to say hello. When the moderator asked panelists, including Downey’s wife Susan, who’s also an executive producer on the series, when “Perry Mason” premieres, Downey came into the …
  • Snoop Dogg will be voting for the first time in November

    Snoop Dogg will be voting for the first time in November

    Snoop Dogg says he’s never voted — but this year he plans on changing that. “For many years it had me brainwashed thinking that you couldn’t vote because you had a criminal record,” the rapper — who has gun and drug convictions going back to his high school days, though he says his record’s been …
  • Protests outside Academy HQ after David Oyelowo calls out ‘Selma’ Oscar snub

    Protests outside Academy HQ after David Oyelowo calls out ‘Selma’ Oscar snub

    Protesters gathered on Friday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to support the Black Lives Matter movement. The protest comes one day after David Oyelowo, who starred in the 2014 best picture nominee “Selma” as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., revealed that Oscar voters were angered by the cast wearing T-shirts that …
  • How Bryce Dallas Howard’s kids impacted ‘The Mandalorian’ filming

    How Bryce Dallas Howard’s kids impacted ‘The Mandalorian’ filming

    Forget what you heard: Bryce Dallas Howard’s kids are the real masterminds behind Baby Yoda. Howard, who directed “Chapter 4: Sanctuary” of “The Mandalorian,” said that her kids — 13-year-old Theodore and 8-year-old Beatrice — would come to the set and ask constantly about Baby Yoda, which led to the iconic meme of Baby Yoda …
  • Abby Lee Miller reality show canceled after ‘Dance Moms’ racism accusations

    Abby Lee Miller reality show canceled after ‘Dance Moms’ racism accusations

    Abby Lee Miller’s relationship with Lifetime has come to an abrupt end. The network cancelled its upcoming “Abby’s Virtual Dance-Off” series Friday after the mother of a “Dance Moms” dancer posted on social media that Miller, who stars in that series as well, had made racist remarks to her daughter during the filming of Season …
  • Grubhub rises 7 percent on news of European suitors

    Grubhub rises 7 percent on news of European suitors

    Grubhub has received interest from at least two European companies, Delivery Hero and Just Eat Takeaway.com, as potential acquirers, CNBC reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The news sent shares of Gruhub, which owns food delivery app Seamless, up 7.4 percent, to $61.76, in afternoon trading. Ride-hailing firm Uber in May approached …
  • Actress Kennedy McMann still feels pressure about playing Nancy Drew

    Actress Kennedy McMann still feels pressure about playing Nancy Drew

    A little over a year after being cast as the iconic teen sleuth, actress Kennedy McMann admits she still feels a lot of pressure playing Nancy Drew. “It comes in waves,” she said during a pre-recorded ATX TV…from the Couch panel on Friday. “I think I had a moment maybe a week and a half …
  • Bobby Portis’ Knicks brag turns into Twitter skirmish

    Bobby Portis’ Knicks brag turns into Twitter skirmish

    When word leaked Wednesday the NBA would vote in a 22-team plan to restart the season and officially exclude the Knicks, forward Bobby Portis did a humble-brag on Twitter. And that turned into an online skirmish with fans who disputed his contention, with Portis making a crack about his decreased playing time and shot attempts. …
  • Watchdog mulls Facebook ad boycott over Zuckerberg’s inaction on Trump posts

    Watchdog mulls Facebook ad boycott over Zuckerberg’s inaction on Trump posts

    Mark Zuckerberg’s controversial decision to not censor offensive or inaccurate posts by President Trump could land him in hot water with advertisers, according to a new report. Liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America is drafting a letter urging advertisers to pull their ad spots from Facebook in protest of Zuckerberg’s handling of Trump’s …
  • ATX co-creators welcome viewers with an emotional message

    ATX co-creators welcome viewers with an emotional message

    ATX TV Festival co-creators Caitlin McFarland and Emily Gipson welcomed virtual viewers with a message about the ongoing protests across the country following the death of George Floyd last month. “Here’s the thing, we are not all together in Austin, and while that is really hard for us to wrap our heads around, our ATX …