Carrie Fisher nets Grammy nod in spoken-word category

Carrie Fisher continues to exhibit the posthumous power of the Force. The actress, who passed away in December 2016, was nominated Tuesday in the spokenword category for her unflinching 2016 memoir, “The Princess Diarist.”

Though the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher was best known as an actress, and specifically for her role as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” films, Fisher was also an acclaimed author who penned eight books. She was previously nominated in this same category for her 2009 book, “Wishful Drinking.”

Although she had written about her life extensively before, “The Princess Diarist” was notable for its deep dive into Fisher’s time making “Star Wars,” from tales from the make-up chair to the revelation of a brief affair the then-19-yearold actress had with costar Harrison Ford. In addition to this Grammy nomination, Fisher also received a posthumous Emmy nomination earlier this year for her guest role on the Amazon comedy “Catastrophe.”

Fisher has some formidable competition in the spoken-word category, including Sen. Bernie Sanders and actor Mark Ruffalo for Sanders’ “Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In.”

Then there’s Bruce Springsteen reading his memoir “Born to Run.” Other nominees include astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, nominated for his book “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry,” and “Confessions of a Serial Songwriter,” by Shelly Peiken, the tunesmith behind hundreds of songs (Christina Aguilera’s “What a Girl Wants” and “Bitch” by Meredith Brooks).

CBS dropping Jeremy Piven drama ‘Wisdom of the Crowd’

LOS ANGELES — “Wisdom of the Crowd,” the Jeremy Piven-led crime drama on CBS, is not receiving a full-season pickup at the network.

The series, which airs Sundays at 8 p.m., will wrap its run after its initial 13-episode order concludes, the Los Angeles Times reported. The decision likely signals the underperforming drama is canceled.

The show, which stars Piven as a tech visionary who launches a crime-solving app to solve a murder, ranks as the lowest-rated freshman drama on the network. It averages around a 1.0 rating in the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults ages 18 to 48 and 7.4 million total viewers.

The decision not to extend the show also comes in the wake of Piven facing accusations of sexual harassment by multiple women. Piven has denied the allegations and CBS has said that it was “looking into the matter.”

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