The musical Cats turned 40 this week. So to celebrate the milestone Andrew Lloyd Webber asked people to send in video of their felines watching the show, not the movie. No one should have to see that, no matter how many legs they walk on.
What did the kitties think of Jellicle Cats? They thought it was purrfect. It is a Memory they won’t soon forget.
However, as soon as I pressed play, my cat ran out of the room. She is still traumatized from that time that I watched the movie. She told me that the actors’ costumes in the film didn’t have a$$hole$ because the movie was one big a$$hole.
We are getting close to the networks announcing their schedule for next season, so that means we are finding out what shows will be back and what shows will not.
The good news is that Black-ish is returning for an 8th season. The bad news is that Executive Producer Kenya Barris announced today it will be its final one.
#BLACKISH ANNOUNCEMENT!!! -To ALL the people in the world I love, honor, respect and care for it is both exciting and bittersweet to share that black-ish has been RENEWED by ABC for it’s EIGHTH… and FINAL SEASON. In this day and age it is rare to get to decide when your show should come to an end, and we are grateful along with ABC to be able to make this final season exactly what we’d hoped for – and to do it with the entire and AMAZINGLY STELLAR cast coming back to close this chapter out with us the right way!
This show has changed my life in so many ways and I am so proud of the conversations we’ve started along the way. None of this would have been possible without our audience and supporters, who have championed the show every step of the journey; allowing us to change not just the narrative of Black Families, but of Family, Culture, and the World in general. All the while allowing us to talk about things that people were not supposed to talk about period… especially on a network television comedy.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible to get to this point! The cast, crew, writers, directors, executives, and especially my family, who allowed me to mine so many deeply personal moments from them (many times forgetting to give them the heads up) and show them to the world. Tears fill my eyes and a smile brightens my face as I say thank you to ALL of my blackish family for all you have given of yourselves. ✊🏽👊🏽 #blackish #seasoneight #dreamingawake
Black-ish helped to bring back sitcoms about African American families to broadcast television, and it also took on controversial issues throughout its run. That and it launched two spinoffs, Freeform’s Grown-ish based on the oldest child going away to college and Mixed-ish, the prequel about Rainbow’s childhood.
Having said that, the news is not a surprise because the ratings have been declining rapidly over the last few years.
When I look at Ryan Seacrest, I see him as a petite man. That means I think that he will be lean underneath his shirt. I was wrong. Today on Live with Kelly and Ryan, he showed off what he looks like when he doesn’t have anything on covering his chest. He looks like someone who plays sports instead of someone who covered them.
Who knew? I think he should go shirtless on American Idol in order to get people to watch. Would you watch just to see him looking like that? I would!
Bill Maher has been on the air for 28 years, and he has never missed a scheduled episode until now. That is because the host of Real Time tested positive for COVID-19 even though he is vaccinated.
“Thanks to all wishing me to get well – hard to do since I feel perfectly fine, but I appreciate it,” he wrote. “Most upset about ending my streak going back to 1993 of never missing a Politically Incorrect or Real Time episode. Oh well, even Cal Ripken had to sit one out at some point.”
Even though he is asymptomatic, HBO canceled the episode as a precaution. “Real Time production has taken every precaution following COVID CDC guidelines. No other staff or crew members have tested positive at this time. The show will be rescheduled at a later date,” an HBO spokeswoman told Deadline.
I don’t even want to imagine what his first monologue back will be like. He probably will be even more skeptical about coronavirus which is something we do not need.
