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Courtesy Maximum Effort In a full-circle moment, Cold War-era comic Yakov Smirnoff, who was a punchline in Deadpool, has teamed up with that film’s star, Ryan Reynolds, to help promote Reynolds’ Aviation American Gin brand. And it’s all in [Read More…]

Massive Hollywood labor union moves closer to nationwide strike

iStock/Josh Steichmann Today the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the showbiz union representing tens of thousands of behind-the-scenes workers, has voted to authorize a nationwide strike — the first time in IATSE’s 128-year history [Read More…]

“I’m going to be a ‘Rocket Man'”: Captain Kirk is going where few men have gone before

ABC News/Stephen Iervolino Space. The final frontier. Sure, it’s old hat for the starship Enterprise‘s Captain James Tiberius Kirk, but it will be a whole new experience for his alter-ego, 90-year-old William Shatner. The actor will be [Read More…]

Sterling K. Brown to star, exec-produce Hulu’s ‘Washington Black’; Regal offers immersive auditoriums

Photo: ABC/Nick Agro Sterling K. Brown is headed to Hulu for his next major TV project. The This Is Us actor will executive-produce and star in Washington Black, a new series based on Esi Edugyan’s best-selling novel [Read More…]

Ben Affleck says playing Batman again in ‘The Flash’ movie “was really fun” after the “difficult” ‘Justice League’

20th Century Studios/Walt Disney Studios Ben Affleck has reason to smile lately, even if Batman rarely does. Unless you’ve been under a rock, you know that he’s dating Jennifer Lopez again. He’s also got The Last Duel coming out next week, [Read More…]

Get a new look at Judge Judy’s new show

Getty Images/Getty Images for Children’s Diabetes Foundation While her iconic Judge Judy headed into the television sunset in September after 25 years on the air, don’t expect Judge Judith Shiendlin, one of the wealthiest personalities on TV, to retire. Instead, [Read More…]

‘No Time to Die’ becomes film with the widest UK release ever; is playing on the biggest screen in the world

Nicola Dove – © 2020 DANJAQ, LLC AND MGM. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The latest James Bond movie, No Time to Die, is already getting critical acclaim, and now it has been revealed that Daniel Craig‘s super-spy swan [Read More…]

‘Sam Raimi’ on why he decided to direct ‘Doctor Strange’ sequel after “awful” fan reaction to ‘Spider-Man 3’

Michael Kovac/Getty Images for STARZ Director Sam Raimi arguably is a trailblazer of the modern superhero movie, thanks to his 2001 hit Spider-Man, and his Spider-Man 2, which is considered a rare sequel that’s superior to the original. But the [Read More…]

Lady Gaga wanted to make sure her performance in ‘House of Gucci’ was “authentic”

Fabio Lovino © 2021 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ahead of her next major movie role in House of Gucci this fall, Lady Gaga is opening up about getting into character as Patrizia Reggiani, [Read More…]

Vudu survey lists ‘A Quiet Place’ and ‘The Twilight Zone’ as favorite horror movie and TV series

‘A Quiet Place Part II’ – Paramount Pictures With Halloween creeping up, the streaming service Vudu polled more than 2,500 fans to see what their favorite scary movies and TV shows are — and the A [Read More…]

Sarah Michelle Gellar reveals how she’s combating harmful stereotypes and misinformation about asthma

Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images Sarah Michelle Gellar is tired of how pop culture portrays people with asthma — and she’s aiming to change that. In partnership with the pharmaceutical company Teva, Gellar helped launch the Inhaler [Read More…]

“He got what he deserves”: Aaron Sorkin on former co-producer Scott Rudin following bullying scandal

Rudin left, Sorkin right in 2011 — Mark Sullivan/WireImage In a lengthy interview with Oscar-winning screenwriter and The Newsroom creator Aaron Sorkin, Vanity Fair got him to speak for the first time about producer Scott Rudin, a once frequent collaborator whose [Read More…]

“I must break you”: Sylvester Stallone releasing director’s cut of ‘Rocky IV — Rocky vs. Drago’

MGM/Fathom Events With the troubling state of affairs that is 2021, why not take a peek back at a time when an American hero could even get the Soviet Union to chant “USA! USA!”…onscreen, at [Read More…]

Jay Leno urges his fellow comedians to adapt their comedy “to the times you live in”

Shannon Finney/Getty Images Jay Leno knows a thing or two about being cancelled after past offensive jokes he made came to light, and he’s using that as a warning to his fellow comedians. In March, during [Read More…]

Tyrese and girlfriend Zelie Timothy break up