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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…]

In trailer for his new docuseries ‘Best Shape of My Life,’ Will Smith reveals he considered suicide

Westbrook Media for YouTube Originals Will Smith dropped the trailer for his Best Shape of My Life docuseries Friday, and in the clip, he reveals that he had thoughts of taking his own life. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air star [Read More…]

Tracee Ellis Ross reflects on ‘black-ish’ ahead of series finale

ABC/Kwaku Alston black-ish was renewed for its eighth and final season back in May, and Tracee Ellis Ross, who plays the Johnson family matriarch Dr. Rainbow “Bow” Johnson, says the final show will be a bittersweet moment [Read More…]

Will Agatha Harkness get her own ’WandaVision’ spinoff? Star Kathryn Hahn weighs in

Marvel Studios With the Marvel Cinematic Universe expanding further into television, fans are hopeful that the MCU is brewing up a WandaVision spinoff series about Agatha Harkness, who was played by standout star Kathryn Hahn. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, the Emmy-nominated actress [Read More…]

‘Squid Game’-inspired cryptocurrency shot up 82,000% in first days of trading

Netflix A cryptocurrency based on — but not licensed by — the smash Netflix show Squid Game is smashing expectations. The digital currency SQUID began trading Tuesday at just $0.01235. As of around 12:30 p.m. Friday, it was [Read More…]

Nothing compares to ewe: Studio comes up with ‘Lamb’ giveaway as weird as the movie is

A24 It took some doing, but independent studio A24 has come up with a giveaway to promote its thriller Lamb that’s as weird as the Icelandic import itself. While the gag gives away a spoiler the movie holds onto [Read More…]

Matthew Perry to release “unflinchingly honest” memoir in 2022

Perry in 2017 – Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival Flatiron Books has announced it will release Matthew Perry‘s first book, a memoir from the Friends veteran that not only dishes on his time on the beloved [Read More…]

Ryan Reynolds named 2021 Entertainment & Entrepreneurship Innovator by ‘WSJ. Magazine’

Dan Jackson for WSJ. Magazine. Ryan Reynolds covers the November issue of WSJ. Magazine, which named him the publication’s 2021 Entertainment & Entrepreneurship Innovator. The actor and producer was hailed for his efforts as a marketing guru, [Read More…]

Kristen Stewart says it was “spooky” to film a ‘Spencer’ scene wearing a replica of Princess Diana’s wedding gown

NEON As Kristen Stewart committed to transforming into the late Princess Diana for the movie Spencer, the actress recalled one fleeting scene that gave her goosebumps. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, the 31-year-old admitted it felt “so spooky” to wear a replica of the late royal’s wedding [Read More…]

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