Author: Michael

Tim Daly and Téa Leoni‘s sitcom Newlyweds hasn’t even aired yet but there’s already been a surprising change after showrunner Gail Lerner revealed she was fired. “Here’s the good news: I couldn’t be more proud of the new sitcom Newlyweds that I created with the singular Jamie Lee Curtis,” Lerner wrote via Instagram on Friday, October 9. “Premieres 10/23!” She continued: “Here’s the bad news: I got fired off it today. The reason I’ve been given is ‘creative differences.’ The cloudy part: I’m so sad to be separated from the most joyous TV experience of my life. The cast, crew,…

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Lance Bass is peeling back the financial curtain on his days in ‘NSync. “We had a per diem: $35 per day,” Bass, 47, claimed on the Thursday, October 8, episode of The Zach Sang Show. “Our first check was $10,000 … after years of No. 1 albums, sellout tours. Man, I don’t know how many millions I made off of merchandise because merchandise was insane, and then they finally gave us a check for $10,000. They’re, like, ‘You should be grateful for that. You’ve been working for free for two, three years now.’” The now-beloved boy band was formed in…

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A man is prison-bound after prosecutors said he sexually abused three girls he separately targeted as they shopped with their families at a New York-based T.J. Maxx store. Jimmy Harry Velasquez Gomez found out his fate on Friday, October 9, as he received three concurrent sentences of six years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release in connection with the incidents at a T.J. Maxx located on Long Island, according to a news release from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. Velasquez Gomez, 44, who’s a Honduran national, pleaded guilty on August 27 to three counts of first-degree…

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Rodney Muñoz, a costume designer known for his work on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, has died. He was 60. “Our dear friend and Costume Designer for almost 30 years, Rodney Muñoz, has sadly passed away,” Kimmel, 58, wrote via Instagram on Friday, October 8, alongside several photos of Muñoz and his work, including one of Kimmel wearing a Snow White costume and another showing him dressed as Mr. Potato Head. “Rodney was one of the most talented people I’ve had the pleasure of knowing,” Kimmel continued. “He was a funny, surly, hard-working man whose tough exterior hid a huge and generous…

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