Jada Pinkett Smith will play a villain on Batman prequel ‘Gotham’


Jada Pinkett Smith will play a villain on Batman prequel “Gotham”

She’s playing Fish Mooney, a sadistic gangster boss and nightclub owner.


Jimmy Fallon got big numbers on Night 2, beating Letterman and Kimmel combined

Fallon retained 75% of his “Tonight Show” debut numbers in Night 2. PLUS: Fallon interviewed Kristen Wiig as Harry Styles from One Direction.

“Dallas” taking over a Texas gas station to sell cheap gas as “Ewing Energies”
The gas station will sell cheap gas on Monday to promote Season 3, but TNT won’t divulge where it’ll be located.

Letterman talks “House of Cards” spoilers with Kate Mara
When is it okay to talk about Season 2? PLUS: Kevin Spacey talks to Jon Stewart about going to a whip meeting.

Wendell Pierce goes from “The Michael J. Fox Show” to “Ray Donovan”
“The Wire” alum will recur on the Showtime series as a down-on-his-luck parole officer.

“Fans” of “Game of Thrones” badger Kit Harrington on Jimmy Kimmel
Watch “Hodor” attempt to ask Harrington a question.


Bette Midler will sing at the Oscars for the 1st time

“We believe she will make our Oscar telecast an especially moving evening,” say the ceremony’s producers.

Matthew McConaughey cast himself as “True Detective’s” Rust Cohle
McConaughey was approached to play Woody Harrelson’s character, but McConaughey says “I wanted to get in that dude’s head… The obsession, the island of a man – I”m always looking for a guy who monologues. It’s something really important as I feel I”m going into my better work.” PLUS: “The president has seen my boobs,” tweets Alexandra Daddario, the internet mocks “True Detective,” which line got cut from this week’s episode?, and a “True Detective” reading list.

“HIMYM’s” Lily and Robin reportedly made out on “Inside the Actor’s Studio”
According to Us Weekly, the cast answered questions as their characters.


Stephen Colbert urges his fans to watch Jimmy Fallon … on Fridays

Colbert said on last night’s “Colbert Report”: “I want to begin by welcoming my friend Jimmy Fallon to the 11:30 time slot and the brotherhood of shows that includes me, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel and the repeat of ‘Shahs of Sunset’ on Bravo.”

KaDee Strickland joins “Secrets & Lies” as Ryan Phillippe’s wife
The “Private Practice” alum will star in a drama pilot in which Phillippe’s character is accused of murder of a young boy.

Barbara Walters sets the record straight: “I don’t have a vibrator!”
“I don’t even put my cell phone on vibrate!” Walters said this morning on “The View.”

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