Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — While numbers regarding the COVID-19 pandemic appear to be trending downward in some places and on the upswing in others, the virus is still having a major effect on Hollywood. The Television Academy has announced that its three glitzy post-Emmys Governors Balls have been scrapped for this year, and the …
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Kevin Bacon calls upon “old white guys like me” to “shut up and listen”
ABC/Eric McCandless(NEW YORK) — Kevin Bacon is telling his generation to take a seat. The actor recently appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he made an impassioned plea to “old white guys” like him to stop talking. Bacon, 61, spoke with host Jimmy Fallon about the Black Lives Matter movement, where their conversation began deconstructing police brutality and …
COVID movie moves: Warner Bros. blinks, moves ‘Tenet’ two weeks; ‘Bond’ bumped up
Melinda Sue Gordon/©2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Once among the only Hollywood films to stand defiantly on its release date amid the delays of the COVID-19 pandemic, Warner Bros.’ Tenet has been bumped from its July 18 perch. With theater re-openings nationwide still a question mark, the anticipated Christopher Nolan …
‘Gone with the Wind’ to return to HBO Max with new introduction
Getty(LOS ANGELES) — On the heels of its decision to pull the 1939 film Gone with the Wind from its lineup over its depiction of slavery and the post-antebellum south, HBO Max is rereleasing the film with a special introduction, according to Entertainment Weekly. The introduction will be delivered by Jacqueline Stewart, host of Silent Sunday Nights on Turner Classic Movies and professor in the Department …
Dave Chappelle reflects on George Floyd in new special, “8:46”
Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Imagine LA(YELLOW SPRINGS, OH) — Dave Chappelle surprised fans Friday with a blistering stand-up set reflecting on police brutality and the death of George Floyd. In a video shared to Chappelle’s Instagram page and Netflix’s YouTube account, the comedian got emotional as he discussed watching the video of former Minneapolis police …
Is your movie “mask worthy”? Execs cautiously plot a return to theaters post-COVID-19 shutdowns
Robert Pattinson and John David Washington in “Tenet” – Melinda Sue Gordon/©2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — This summer movie season was supposed to begin May 1, with the release of Marvel Studios’ Black Widow film. But thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and the closing of theaters worldwide, that and other would-be event …
“We are at war”: Pierce Brosnan reveals he lost two lifelong friends to COVID-19
Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage)(HAWAII) — Pierce Brosnan and his family have spent their time in quarantine at a family home on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, but he revealed that no matter how beautiful his surroundings are, the “awful threat” of COVID-19 is still “looming.” The 67-year-old former James Bond series star revealed to Parademagazine, “I lost …
Motion Picture Academy combating #OscarsSoWhite criticism with series of inclusion initiatives
AMPAS(LOS ANGELES) — After years of being criticized for a lack of diversity in both its membership and in the films that are nominated for Oscars — captured with the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has announced a series of initiatives aimed at inclusion and diversity. In addition …
Sarah Michelle Gellar hilariously reveals she survived homeschool “one sip at a time”
ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) — While children were eagerly counting down the days until the start of summer vacation this year, so were their parents. With schools closed due to COVID-19, many adults were tasked to juggle their children’s education on top of their careers and other responsibilities. With most school’s wrapping up for summer break this week and next, …
Say hello to Matt James, the first black star of ‘The Bachelor’
ABC/Craig Sjodin(NEW YORK) — Matt James will be the next guy looking for love on The Bachelor — and for the first time in the show’s 18 years, the guy with the roses is an African American. James was revealed this morning on ABC’s Good Morning America. The 28-year-old is a real estate broker, entrepreneur and community organization founder, who was originally …