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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'E! News 'to Come to an End After 34 Years on the Air — Find Out When the Last Episode Will Air
PEOPLE has learned employees of the entertainment news show — currently hosted by Keltie Knight and Justin Sylvester — were informed of the network's decision to cancel the show on July 24 E! News is set to end after 34 years. PEOPLE has learned E! News — which is currently hosted by Keltie Knight and Justin Sylvester — will air its last episode on Sept. 25. Employees of the entertainment news show were informed of the network's decision on July 24. E! News will air a repeat episode tonight — with new episodes set to air next week. After the show ends this fall, E! News will continue as a digital brand — including its website E! Online and social media offerings. The brand's digital shows including E! News' The Rundown on Snapchat, Hot Goss on Instagram and RE!CAP on YouTube. On the air, E! will continue its red carpet coverage with Live from E! in addition to its original programming including Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind and Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour as well as its acquired content. The network also recently announced two new shows: Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane and E!'s Dirty Rotten Scandals. The news comes after NBCUniversal divided its broadcasting offerings. NBC, Peacock and Bravo will remain parts of the original brand, while the rest of its cable channels — including E!, USA Network, Syfy, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen and Golf Channel — and websites like Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes will move to the new company, Versant. Some E! News correspondents will transition to Versant, but opportunities for these employees are still being determined. E! News premiered on Sept. 1, 1991 with original host Dagny Hultgreen. There have been several iterations of the show since its debut. In 2006, Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic took the reins of the show. Seacrest left the show in April 2012 and was replaced by Jason Kennedy. As Rancic reduced her role on the show after welcoming son Duke with husband Bill Rancic in 2012, Catt Sadler joined. Sadler exited the network in December 2017 after a pay dispute. She claimed Kennedy was being paid double her salary. In a statement to PEOPLE at the time, an E! spokesperson said on behalf of the network and Kennedy, 'E! compensates employees fairly and appropriately based on their roles, regardless of gender. We appreciate Catt Sadler's many contributions at E! News and wish her all the best following her decision to leave the network.' Two years later, E! News moved its broadcast to New York. The move conceded with Rancic announcing that she would no longer be anchoring the show as she planned to stay in Los Angeles. Lilliana Vazquez and Scott Tweedie became new co-anchors in New York in January 2020 — but the show was cancelled seven months later amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The show was brought back two years later with hosts Adrienne Bailon-Houghton and Sylvester. Knight was later promoted to co-anchor after Bailon-Houghton's exit in October 2023. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. E! News airs weekdays at 11:30 p.m. ET on E! Read the original article on People
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘E! News' Nightly Show Axed As Versant Eyes Digital Future For Brand
EXCLUSIVE: E! News, the long-running celebrity news show, is coming to an end. Versant, the nascent company that oversees E! as well as a number of former NBCUniversal cable networks, is axing the show, which first launched in 1991, in September. More from Deadline Comcast's Versant Sets Board With Mark Lazarus, Former Disney Executive Rebecca Campbell Netflix Still Not Interested In Owning Legacy Media Networks Even As M&A Options Multiply - CFO CNBC Hires David Cho As Editor In Chief The half-hour, which airs at 11:30pm, will have new episodes through to September 25. Deadline understands that employees on the show were informed this morning with around 20 people working on it. Some of these may be offered other roles and some are expected to leave. It marks the first major programming decision since Versant was formed earlier this year. The move is not unexpected; given the way that people consume pop culture news these days, largely on their phone and across social media, means that operating a nightly news operation is more challenging. E! News digital brand will continue with a focus on social platforms. As Deadline revealed earlier this year, the brand saw some impressive growth, particularly on Instagram, where video views were up 49% and TikTok views up 52%. E! currently has around 87M social media followers and digital shows including E! News' The Rundown on Snapchat, Hot Goss on Instagram, RE!CAP on YouTube. The nightly show is hosted by Keltie Knight and Justin Sylvester. The show was previously canceled in 2020 but returned after a two-year break. Access Hollywood and Access Daily will continue to operate as normal. E! currently also airs shows such as Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind and Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour with upcoming titles including Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane and E!'s Dirty Rotten Scandals. Best of Deadline 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery Everything We Know About Season 3 Of 'Euphoria' So Far 'Wednesday' Season 2: Everything We Know About The Cast, Premiere Date & More
Fox News
14-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Blake Lively's 'Another Simple Favor' almost starred Sharon Stone; star says she was let go 'for no reason'
Sharon Stone is spilling the tea. In the comments section of a recent episode of E! News' show "Hot Goss," which was posted on Instagram, hosts Eyal Booker and Lonnie Marts discussed the rumored feud between Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively on the set of "Another Simple Favor." Stone took this opportunity to reveal she was offered a role in the film but was "unexpectedly" let go from the project. "I LOVED being cast and removed from my role unexpectedly for no reason at all LOVED it," the 67-year-old actress wrote in the comments section. Fans of the "Basic Instinct" star replied to her comment with words of support. One fan wrote, "WHAT?! Who does that to a LEGEND like you???" Another added, "not THE Sharon Stone that was a huge mistake wow." A third chimed in with, "what?! Someone was for sure threatened by your Icon status." Fox News Digital has reached out for comment to reps for Stone, director Paul Feig and Amazon MGM Studios. "I LOVED being cast and removed from my role unexpectedly for no reason at all LOVED it." This was the first time news of Stone's potential involvement in the movie was revealed to the public, and the Oscar-nominated actress did not elaborate on what her role in the movie would have been. The highly anticipated sequel to the successful 2018 dark comedy, "A Simple Favor," which also starred Lively and Kendrick, has faced its fair share of controversy due to the dueling lawsuits between Lively and her "It Ends With Us" co-star, Justin Baldoni. Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and the film's producer, James Heath, in December 2024, alleging sexual harassment, retaliation and emotional distress after initially filing a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department and later filing one in federal court in December. Baldoni responded with a $400 million lawsuit against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, accusing them of civil extortion and defamation. Fans then began speculating about a potential feud between Lively and Kendrick. In one clip posted by Variety, Kendrick was asked how she feels that the premiere of "Another Simple Favor" has been affected by everything going on in the world, seemingly referencing the drama surrounding "It Ends With Us." She avoided the question, joking "Why, what happened? I did ayahuasca, and the last year of my life is just gone." Rumors of a feud further circulated after social media personality Melanie King posted on X that she "just reported on Blake being terrified to walk the carpet as Anna is pissed and never wants to work with her again." Feig responded to the post to shut down the rumor, saying, "Um…you're wrong."
