Sam Champion seemingly fancies himself as morning TV's premier Daddy. The former Dancing With the Stars contestant and Good Morning America personality spiced up his day job on the local news desk Thursday, when the weatherman referred to himself as "Daddy" live on New York City's Eyewitness News Mornings at 10 broadcast. The moment came as Champion reacted to colleague Shirleen Allicot's tease about an upcoming segment on the opening of Marcus Samuelsson's Manhattan restaurant Metropolis. Read More...
Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes might be jumping back into the director’s chair soon to helm upcoming drama Beautiful Ruins for Fox 2000. EW has confirmed Mendes signed on to produce the project, which features a screenplay written by Transparent‘s Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue and based on Jess Walter’s bestselling novel of the same name. According to The Hollywood Reporter, which first broke the news, the film was in development at Cross Creek Pictures (Black Swan, Everest) with director Todd Field (Little Children) attached, though it stalled for unknown reasons, and Field exited. Read More...
Sam Smith has returned with new music. The British crooner on Friday released "Too Good at Goodbyes," his first song in two years and the lead single from his forthcoming second studio album. True to the signature soulful sound he crafted with his debut album — 2014's critically and commercially adored In the Lonely Hour — "Goodbyes" makes use of Smith's emotional breadth ("So I'm never gonna get to close to you, even when I mean the most to you, in case you go and leave me in the dirt," Read More...
