Jerry O’Connell is joining CBS’s ‘The Talk’ as a permanent co-host, replacing Sharon Osbourne who left earlier this year. The 47-year-old O’Connell has guest-hosted the show for the past few months; he joins co-hosts Sheryl Underwood, Amanda Kloots and Elaine Welteroth and Carrie Ann Inaba (who is currently on a leave of absence from the series.)
Nicolas Cage revealed in an interview that his plans to star as the “Tiger King” Joe Exotic in an Amazon series have been scrapped, because producers felt that interest in the true-crime case had “faded.” Cage told Variety: “We should clear the record. I read two excellent scripts, which I did think were excellent, but I think Amazon ultimately felt that it was material that had become past tense because it took so long for it come together. They felt at one point that it was lightning in a bottle, but that point has since faded into the distance and it’s no longer relevant.”
Netflix announced the new series Cooking with Paris, starring Hilton hotel heiress Paris Hilton. Hilton will executive produce and host the series from her own kitchen, and, according to Netflix, she will also ‘showcase kitchen wardrobe and welcome her celebrity friends as guests.’
On Tuesday morning, father-daughter duo Ron Cephas Jones (‘This Is Us’) and Jasmine Cephas Jones (‘Blindspotting, Hamilton’) announced the nominations for the 73rd Emmy Awards.
CBS announced that Cedric the Entertainer will be hosting the 73rd Emmy Awards in September, which will return to a live, in-person format. A “limited audience of nominees and their guests” will also be present, according to a press release. The event will take place at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles on September 19.
