LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX(LOS ANGELES) — Bridgerton heartthrob Regé-Jean Page has broken his silence in regards to a bombshell report claiming he was rejected from a potential DC television role because of his race. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the British-Zimbabwean actor had auditioned for the role of Superman’s grandfather for the upcoming TV series Krypton, but showrunner Geoff Johns rebuffed the idea because “Superman could not have a Black …
Acclaimed producer Scott Rudin accused of abusive and “unhinged” conduct by numerous ex-staffers
Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Scott Rudin, an EGOT-winner who produced Oscar-winning films such as Lady Bird and No Country for Old Men, has been accused by multiple ex-staffers of physical, mental, racist and sexual abuse. In a damning Hollywood Reporter story published Wednesday, the piece starts out with ex-staffers recalling a 2012 event when Rudin smashed an Apple computer monitor on one of his …
‘We will miss you, George’: “The Goldbergs” marks George Segal’s final appearance with touching tribute to Pops
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — The Goldbergs marked the final appearance of George Segal’s Pops character with a touching montage featuring the late actor. Following Wednesday’s episode, titled “Couple Off,” ABC presented a 45 second video montage, bookended by graphics that read, “DEDICATED TO OUR FRIEND, GEORGE” and “We will miss you, George.” The clip featured some of Segal’s most memorable moments from the show’s …
Oscar nominated films give boost to Netflix numbers
Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz and Tom Pelphrey as Joe Mankiewicz/NETFLIX(LOS ANGELES) — This year’s slate of Oscar nominated movies, including Mank, Da 5 Bloods, and Pieces of a Woman have brought big numbers for their streaming home, Netflix — which has been honored with the most nominations of any studio this year. According to numbers given to Variety, …
JoJo Siwa comes out as pansexual: “My human is my human”
Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Months after coming out as a member of the LGBTQ community, JoJo Siwa is opening up about how she labels her sexuality. “I still don’t know what I am. It’s like, I want to figure it out,” the 17-year-old YouTuber told People about her inner journey. Siwa said she will …
Tyler Perry ends studio quarantine bubble, sets up COVID-19 vaccine center
ABC News/Stephen Iervolino(ATLANTA) — The quarantine bubble at Tyler Perry’s studios is coming to an end. About a year ago, the mogul enacted a strict protocol that allowed crews to safely return to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Now ET confirms that it will come to an end on April 11. Additionally, Perry has set up a vaccination …
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence celebrate the 26th anniversary of ‘Bad Boys’
Photo by 52nd NAACP Image Awards via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Will Smith and Martin Lawrence transformed into their detective characters Mike Lowry and Marcus Burnett to celebrate the 26th anniversary of their classic film, Bad Boys. In a video shared on Instagram Wednesday, 52-year-old Will dons his signature sunglasses as 55-year-old Martin put on his police badge, mirroring the film’s poster. “When we …
Family of famed wildlife expert Jack Hanna shares his dementia diagnosis
Donna Svennevik/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images(OHIO) — Jack Hanna, the former director of Ohio’s Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, who became famous for his live animal demonstrations on TV talk shows, has been diagnosed with dementia, his family announced Wednesday. The wildlife expert’s family shared a letter on his official Twitter account detailing that his condition, which they …
‘Thunder Force’: Octavia Spencer & Melissa McCarthy explain why their “empowering” action-comedy came out at the perfect time
Hopper Stone/Netflix(NEW YORK) — Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer have teamed up for the Netflix action comedy Thunder Force. The film, which is the fifth collaboration between McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone, follows McCarthy and Spencer as two childhood besties who reunite to become crime-fighting superheroes. McCarthy tells ABC Audio that after the tumultuous year we’ve had, it feels …
Topher Grace on returning to comedy, and chemistry with the cast of ABC’s new show, ‘Home Economics’
L-R – Grace, Souza — ABC/Temma Hankin(NEW YORK) — Actor Topher Grace has logged some impressive big-screen credits since That ’70s Show, starring in films like Interstellar for director Christopher Nolan and Spike Lee’s Oscar-winning drama BlacKkKlansman. But tonight, he returns to small-screen comedy in ABC’s new show, Home Economics. Grace plays Tom, the eldest sibling of the Hayworth family, who finds himself in a financial …