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Letitia Wright’s on-set injury reportedly shutting down production of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
Marvel Studios Wakanda may be forever, but it will have to wait. The Hollywood Reporter notes Black Panther star Letitia Wright is still recovering in London from the on-set injury she suffered shooting the film in Boston in August, and the [Read More…]
Janet Mock to direct ‘The International Sweethearts of Rhythm’; Viola Davis’ ‘The Woman King’ gets 2022 release date
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Pose director and screenwriter Janet Mock has found her next major project. Deadline has learned that Mock will direct and rewrite The International Sweethearts of Rhythm for Sony Pictures. Amy Pascal, Susan Tarr, [Read More…]
Gal Gadot is “very excited” to play the Evil Queen in a live-action ‘Snow White’
ABC/Randy Holmes Gal Gadot is psyched to go from Wonder Woman to a witchy woman in an upcoming live-action big-screen retelling of Disney’s Snow White: Gadot will be playing the Evil Queen opposite West Side Story stand-out Rachel Zegler in the title [Read More…]
Dolly Parton will reunite with her old co-stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin on the final season of ‘Grace and Frankie’
Credit: Stacie Huckeba The 9 to 5 gang is finally getting back together. Dolly Parton just announced that she’ll be a guest star on the seventh and final season of Netflix’s Grace and Frankie, which [Read More…]
‘The Boys’ posts gag reel of Jack Quaid doing a terrible job of being unconscious
Amazon Studios Season three of the Emmy-nominated superhero skewing series The Boys has wrapped, and all involved have a reason to smile — in fact, co-star Jack Quaid was way ahead of them. The producers of the Amazon series just posted [Read More…]
Shonda Rhimes commends Regé-Jean Page’s “really smart” decision to exit ‘Bridgerton’ after one season
KWAKU ALSTON/NETFLIX Fans may still be mourning that their beloved Duke of Hastings will no longer appear in Bridgerton, but one person is applauding Regé-Jean Page for exiting the show. Speaking to Variety, showrunner Shonda Rhimes explained why she [Read More…]
Jane Krakowski on shooting the final season of ‘Dickinson’ during our pandemic times
Apple TV+ Even though Dickinson‘s third and final season takes place during the Civil War, series creator Alena Smith and her cast found some eerie parallels from that time to our pandemic times. Like many shows, the cast and crew [Read More…]
Paula Patton says she had the opportunity to become “a boss” with her ‘Sacrifice’ character Daniella Hernandez
Courtesy of BET+ Paula Patton says her role as successful entertainment lawyer Daniella Hernandez on the BET+ drama series Sacrifice was a rare opportunity to boss up. “[I’ve] never had a character like Daniella come into [Read More…]
Dwayne Johnson banning real firearms from his Seven Bucks productions following ‘Rust’ tragedy
Netflix Dwayne Johnson has thrown down the gauntlet, telling Variety on Wednesday night that he’s banning the use of real firearms on the sets of films and TV shows he produces, in light of the fatal Rust set shooting. The incident [Read More…]
‘The Bachelorette’ recap: A suitor’s lies end in a shocking elimination
ABC/Craig Sjodin The Bachelorette continued Tuesday with Michelle Young and her suitors dealing with the aftermath of Jamie‘s rumor about her having a previous relationship with Joe. Rick, a 32-year-old medical sales rep from Los Angeles, [Read More…]
Lady Gaga had “psychological difficulty” leaving behind her ‘House of Gucci’ character
Steven Meisel/British ‘Vogue’ Lady Gaga throws herself 100% into everything she does, and her starring role in the upcoming movie House of Gucci is no exception. Gaga tells British Vogue that while portraying Patrizia Reggiani [Read More…]
Jason Sudeikis, Rosario Dawson, Martin Sheen and more sign onto charity reading of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
TEAFC Ted Lasso Emmy winner Jason Sudeikis, The Mandalorian‘s Rosario Dawson, and Star Wars star Mark Hamill are taking part in an all-star virtual reading of the holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life, benefiting The Ed Asner Family Center (TEAFC), a charity dedicated to helping [Read More…]
Kristen Stewart announces engagement to Dylan Meyer, talks “chill” wedding plans
LRNYC/MEGA/GC Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) Kristen Stewart announced Tuesday that she’s engaged to Dylan Meyer. The Spencer actress revealed her good news on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show, opening up about how the proposal went down. “We’re marrying, we’re totally gonna do [Read More…]
‘Monsters Inc.’ turns 20 today
Disney+ On November 2, 2001, Disney/Pixar released Monsters, Inc., one of Pixar’s most enduring franchises. The toon starred the voice of Billy Crystal as one-eyed would-be funnyman Mike Wazowski and John Goodman as his fuzzy buddy, James P. “Sully” Sullivan. The [Read More…]
Lawyer for ‘Rust’ assistant director in tense exchange on Fox News; “He’s not responsible”
iStock/LPETTET On Monday, Lisa Torraco, the attorney for Rust assistant director Dave Halls, had a tense exchange with Martha MacCallum of Fox News, in which the lawyer shifted the blame for last week’s fatal set shooting away from her client. It had been widely reported [Read More…]
Henry Winkler auctioning off one of his Fonzie jackets from ‘Happy Days’, ‘Scream’ mask, for charity
ABC Photo Archives If you’ve got the dough, you can soon walk away with some rare Hollywood memorabilia, from the collection of Emmy-winner Henry Winkler, “The Fonz” himself. And it’s all for a good cause. The New [Read More…]
Looks like it’s back to the Squid Game after crypto coin busts; experts say it was a “scam”
Netflix If you dreamed of wealth by chasing a crypto coin named after — but not licensed by — Netflix’s hit Squid Game, it looks like you’ll have to find someone giving away the show’s creepy cards [Read More…]
“It’s my wife’s last name, relax!” — Ken Jeong freaks out ESPN by shouting out his “Ho”
ABC/Tyler Golden Ken Jeong got some laughs — and apparently panicked co-anchors — on ESPN’s College GameDay show Saturday night — all for sweetly shouting out his wife. When asked for his picks in the Saturday evening match-up between UCLA [Read More…]
Production on ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ begins, official cast revealed
Disney+ It’s a Halloween miracle: Production on Hocus Pocus 2 is officially underway. Disney announced Monday that the long-awaited sequel to the beloved 1993 movie has begun filming in Rhode Island, with stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy returning [Read More…]
Through her attorneys, ‘Rust’ armorer claims she has “no idea” how live rounds got onto film set; claims media “slander”
iStock/LPETTET Through her legal representation, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer on the set of Rust, on which Alec Baldwin accidentally fatally shot camerawoman Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza, is now speaking out. Authorities say the pistol that Baldwin aimed at [Read More…]