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Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall to host 2022 Oscars
L-R Sykes, Schumer, Hall — Bruce Glikas/WireImage — Steve Granitz/FilmMagic The 94th Academy Awards will have a triple dose of comedy from its three hosts. Good Morning America revealed Tuesday that the 2022 Oscars will be [Read More…]

‘The Bachelor’ recap: “Ding-dong the shrimp is dead,” as Shanae is finally shown the door
ABC/John Medland Monday’s episode of The Bachelor opened with the conclusion of last week’s two-on-one date that finally put an end to Shanae‘s time on the show. Clayton arranged the date with Shanae and Genevieve in an effort to settle a [Read More…]

Bobby Crosby waited 15 years for his ‘Marry Me’ webcomic to become a movie
Courtesy of Bobby Crosby Bobby Crosby had an idea in 2001 when watching a televised concert and seeing fans holding up signs asking the singer to marry them: What would happen if that worked? That, he says, [Read More…]

Anna Kendrick’s “Barbie” ad for Rocket Mortgage tops as best ad during Super Bowl LVI
Rocket Mortgage The Los Angeles Rams and Pitch Perfect‘s Anna Kendrick came out on top on Super Bowl Sunday. The Rams defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 was the outcome on the gridiron, but Kendrick’s spot for Rocket Mortgage, which saw the [Read More…]

And the “send” button please: Oscars looking to online fans for new Oscars Fan Favorite award
Getty Images In an attempt to get viewers more engaged with the upcoming 94th Annual Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has announced its looking to everyday moviegoers to select their favorite film [Read More…]

Warm up your Valentine’s Day with trailer for Season 2 of ‘Bridgerton’
Netflix Just in time to get hearts aflutter for Valentine’s Day comes the trailer to the much-anticipated second season premiere of Bridgerton. As reported, with the exit of resident heartthrob Regé-Jean Page from the Netflix phenomenon, the sophomore [Read More…]

Susan Lucci opens up about undergoing 2nd heart procedure
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for American Heart Association Actress Susan Lucci is opening up about her battle with heart disease. The 75-year-old, best known for her role as Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children, told Good [Read More…]

Kevin Hart announces the Reality Check Tour
Live Nation (NOTE LANGUAGE) Kevin Hart is getting back on the road, announcing his first stand-up tour in four years, kicking off July 2 in Las Vegas. The star will be making more than 30 arena stops across [Read More…]

Jennifer Lopez shares Ben Affleck-directed ‘On My Way’ music video
Rich Fury/WireImage Ben Affleck gave Jennifer Lopez the sweetest gift for Valentine’s Day — but it was really a surprise for their fans, too. Via her new OnTheJLo newsletter, the “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” singer, 52, [Read More…]

‘Death on the Nile’ tops Valentine’s weekend box office with $12.8 million
20th Century Studios Fresh off receiving seven Oscar nominations his film Belfast, Kenneth Branagh‘s Death on the Nile topped the Valentine’s weekend box office. The follow-up to 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express, also directed by and starring Branagh, delivered [Read More…]

Ivan Reitman, influential director of ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Stripes’, ‘Animal House’, dead at 75
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Sony Pictures According to published reports, Ivan Reitman, who directed comedy classics like Animal House, Stripes, and Ghostbusters, died Saturday at 75. Born in 1946 in what is now Slovakia, to Jewish parents who [Read More…]

No Way! ‘Wayne’s World’ turns 30 today
Araya Doheny/FilmMagic Wayne’s World, the big-screen adaptation of the popular 1990s Saturday Night Live sketch, turns 30 years old today. The big-screen adventure of Mike Myers‘ Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey‘s Garth Algar was made for just $20 million, but [Read More…]

Super Bowl commercials look to the past to promote the future
Rocket Mortgage Advertisers turned to old favorites and familiar faces to show us a glimpse of the future of cars, telecommunications and food delivery during this year’s Super Bowl. Among the ads was General Motors, [Read More…]

In Brief: ‘Shang-Chi’ star Liu goes to ‘Barbie’ film; Jordan Peele debuts ‘Nope’ trailer
Shang-Chi star Simu Liu is in talks to join the cast of the upcoming Greta Gerwig-directed live-action Barbie movie, alongside Ryan Gosling as Ken and Margot Robbie as the titular doll, according to The Hollywood Reporter. America Ferrera has also been tapped to appear in an as yet [Read More…]

Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg get the crowd hype in Super Bowl Halftime Show, Eminem takes a knee
Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images Sunday’s Super Bowl Halftime Show was not only a star-studded event, it made history as the first time that rap was at the forefront of the entertainment. Dr. Dre set things off as he [Read More…]

Ray Stevenson reportedly playing a baddie in Disney+ ‘Star Wars’ series ‘Ahsoka’
Gisela Schober/Getty Images — Lucasfilm Well, he’s a baddie, but he’s probably not THE baddie. The Hollywood Reporter notes Irish character actor Ray Stevenson has been tapped to play a villain in the upcoming small-screen Star Wars spinoff Ahsoka. As previously reported, the series will [Read More…]

Ryan Reynolds planted photos of himself in Hugh Jackman’s dressing room on opening night of ‘The Music Man’
Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images Ryan Reynolds has pulled another prank on his pal Hugh Jackman, perfectly timed for the Australian actor’s opening night on Broadway in a revival of The Music Man. Friday morning, Jackman tweeted a photo of his [Read More…]

Original C.S.I. cast member Marg Helgenberger headed back on the beat with ‘CSI: Vegas’
Rich Fury/Getty Images for Race to Erase MS While William Petersen‘s Gil Grissom and Jorja Fox‘s Sara Sidle won’t be returning for the second season of CBS’ hit C.S.I. reboot, another familiar face will be. Marg Helgenberger, currently co-starring [Read More…]

‘One Night in Miami’ star Kingsley Ben-Adir to star as reggae icon Bob Marley in biopic
Gerard Binks/Getty Images — Evening Standard/Getty Images Kingsley Ben-Adir, who starred as Malcolm X in One Night in Miami, will reportedly play another iconic figure, reggae legend Bob Marley, in an as-yet-untitled biopic. Marley, who influenced generations of other [Read More…]

Oscars producers reportedly seeking multiple hosts for a multi-part awards show
ABC/AMPAS While the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is still officially mum, The Hollywood Reporter reports that the producers of the Oscars are planning to stage a March 27 telecast that would look very [Read More…]