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TMZ.com Tyra Banks is hanging up her ballroom outfits, and slipping into serious business attire ... she's calling it quits at "Dancing with the Stars" to pursue her passion as an entrepreneur. We got the supermodel Thursday on her way out of Whole Foods in Santa Monica when she dropped the bombshell about ending her time at 'DWTS' -- the show she's hosted since 2020. ABC TB recently launched her SMiZE & Dream ice cream internationally, but now she's focused on bringing it to the U.S. soon -- she says her heart and her soul are in business, and had some proof in her shopping cart. She showed us the goods she just bought to do some taste testing for future ice cream flavors. Like the woman said, she's dead serious about research and development! Gallery Launch Gallery Instagram Of course, Tyra's been a fixture on TV for years, from "America's Next Top Model" to "The Tyra Banks Show" and more. She says she'll work … [Read more...] about Tyra Banks Leaving ‘Dancing with the Stars’ to Focus on Personal Businesses

EXCLUSIVE: Joaquina Kalukango ( Lovecraft Country ), Lonnie Chavis ( This is Us ), Rob Morgan ( Mudbou nd) , Ryan O’Nan ( Queen of the South ) and Justin Hurtt-Dunkley ( Mare of Easttown ) have been tapped for key recurring roles opposite David Oyelowo and Dennis Quaid in Bass Reeves , from Yellowstone co-creator/showrunner Taylor Sheridan . Bass Reeves , which is in production in Texas, brings the legendary lawman of the Wild West to life. Reeves (Oyelowo), known as the greatest frontier hero in American history, worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing more than 3,000 of dangerous criminals without ever being wounded. RELATED: 2023 Paramount+ Pilots & Series Orders Kalukango will play Esme, a former enslaved woman who is as good as family with the Reeves’ and also has some different ideas about the future. Chavis will play Arthur Mayberry, a sweet young boy with eyes … [Read more...] about ‘Bass Reeves’: Joaquina Kalukango, Lonnie Chavis Among 5 Cast In Taylor Sheridan’s Paramount+ Series

EXCLUSIVE: Actress, writer, and producer Diarra Kilpatrick has signed an overall deal with BET for its BET Studios division. As part of the deal, BET+ ordered 8 episodes of the straight-to-series project Diarra From Detroit . Each 1-hour episode of the dark comedy follows a divorcing schoolteacher with an acerbic sense of humor who refuses to believe she’s been ghosted by her rebound Tinder date. Her search for the missing man pulls her into a decades-old mystery involving the Detroit underworld. Production is currently wrapping up on Diarra From Detroit , which is slated to premiere later in 2023. “We are so excited to partner with Diarra. She represents the next generation of content creators, boldly embracing the role of a multi-hyphenate as a writer, actress, and producer,” said Aisha Summers Burke, Executive Vice President, and General Manager, BET Studios. “With a unique and authentic voice, Diarra’s storytelling is fearless, funny, and subversive. We are … [Read more...] about Diarra Kilpatrick Strikes Overall Deal With BET, Lands Straight-To-Series Order For Dark Comedy At BET+

Lingo is on the move. CBS has pushed the final four episodes of the RuPaul Charles-hosted quiz show’s first season to the 2023/24 season. The show was renewed for a second season last month and those four episodes will now air as part of that run. Lingo aired on Wednesdays at 9pm and has been replaced by repeats of FBI: Most Wanted, FBI, FBI: International and CSI: Vegas over the next four weeks. Survivor and True Lies remain part of the Wednesday lineup. The game sees teams of two contestants face off in fast-paced puzzle rounds to guess letters that reveal seemingly simple words. At the end of each one-hour episode, the two winning teams will make it through to a final showdown where one will walk away with an additional big cash prize. The series, which was created by Ralph Andrews, has previously aired three versions in the U.S. The first version premiered in syndication in 1987 and was hosted by Ronald Reagan’s son Michael Reagan. It later was … [Read more...] about ‘Lingo’s Final Four Episodes Of Season 1 Pushed To 2023-24 Season

The announcement last week that the 2023 Billboard Music Awards will be held on Sunday, November 19, raised a few eyebrows because that had been the date earmarked for the 2023 American Music Awards . Both music award shows are produced by dick clark productions. A date for the 2023 AMAs has not been announced and it turns out, so hasn’t been a network. The AMAs have been an ABC staple; the show was created by Dick Clark in 1973 for the network when ABC’s contract to air the Grammy Awards expired. I hear ABC’s most recent deal for the AMAs ended with the November telecast, and no decision has been made about a contract renewal. “We have offers from both networks and streamers,” a spokesperson for DCP said in a statement. Aside from the marque Grammy Awards, the AMAs has been a reliable top ratings performer though networks have been rethinking their commitment to awards show amid declining linear viewing. NBC opted not to continue with the Billboard Music Awards … [Read more...] about American Music Awards’ Future At ABC Uncertain As Deal Comes To An End

TMZ.com "RHOA" alum Eva Marcille is definitely NOT here for the way Tamar Braxton went after Kandi Burruss ... saying TB's vague IG posts were messy, and misled fans into thinking Eva was part of the drama. We got Eva at LAX and she got candid about the Tamar/Kandi feud ... which hit close to home for her because she got pulled into the mix when Tamar publicly claimed she had serious beef with an Atlanta housewife. Eva's issue is Tamar was far from clear with her accusation. ICYMI, Tamar posted a series of IG stories in December about an unnamed Atlanta housewife and her husband who had allegedly threatened her -- her only hint was that the husband was involved in politics. Fans quickly speculated it was Eva because her husband is an attorney who has a hand in ATL politics. Bravo However, the truth didn't come out until this week, when TB was on "Watch What Happens Live" and told Andy Cohen it was actually Kandi and … [Read more...] about ‘RHOA’ Star Eva Marcille Says Tamar Braxton Mishandling Kandi Burruss Beef

EXCLUSIVE : Raúl Castillo ( The Inspection ), Tony Cavalero ( The Righteous Gemstones ), Melonie Diaz ( The First Purge ) and Josh Brener ( Silicon Valley ) are set to topline Cold Wallet — a crypto-heist thriller from director Cutter Hodierne ( Fishing Without Nets ), which has wrapped production. The film inspired by real stories, which was in production when news of the FTX scandal broke, follows a rag-tag team of Redditors who lose everything in a crypto ponzi scheme and plot to kidnap the ‘financial influencer’ who screwed them over. Script was written by John Hibey — the 2023 Sundance Screenwriting Lab Fellow with whom Hodierne penned his first feature, Fishing Without Nets . Serving as the foundation for it was a story by Hodierne, Derek McMurtry and Hibey. Producers included Benjamin Wiessner of Vanishing Angle ( Werewolves Within , Thunder Road ) along with Hibey and Hodierne. McMurtry, Castillo, Cavalero, Diaz, Brener and crypto … [Read more...] about Raúl Castillo, Tony Cavalero, Melonie Diaz & Josh Brener Set For Crypto-Heist Thriller ‘Cold Wallet’