STX Films/Graham Bartholomew(NEW YORK) — Fresh off Jodie Foster’s Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe win for The Mauritanian on Sunday, the film hits Video On Demand today. It follows the true story of Mohamedou Ould Salahi, played by Tahar Rahim, a man held without charges in Guantanamo Bay who fights for his freedom with the help of his dedicated lawyer, Nancy …
Spike Lee to produce new HBO documentary for 20th anniversary of 9/11
ABC/Arturo Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Spike Lee and HBO have teamed up to produce a new documentary chronicling the historical events of September 11, 2001 and COVID-19. According to Variety, the film will follow “the life, loss and survival of New York residents over the twenty years since the terrorist attacks on the original World Trade Center complex.” As director and …
Paris Hilton recalls “mean” interview with David Letterman
YANN COATSALIOU/AFP via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Paris Hilton used Monday’s episode of her podcast This Is Paris to speak out about a 2007 interview she did with David Letterman, then host of CBS’ The Late Show, in which she felt he intentionally set out to humiliate her. Hilton claims Letterman’s public relations team had been after her to appear …
Golden Globes ratings tank; broadcast beat by ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’
NBCUniversal(NEW YORK) — Since it could be argued that some of the cringey technical glitches from Sunday night’s Golden Globes belonged on America’s Funniest Home Videos, it’s ironic the telecast apparently got beat in the ratings by the family-friendly show on ABC. The bug-filled NBC awards show hosted by Tina Fey in New York, and Amy Poehler in Los Angeles, and …
San Diego Comic-Con going virtual…again
Comic-Con International(SAN DIEGO) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Like last year, San Diego Comic-Con will be virtual again, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the event’s organizers have announced. In a posting on its official website, the organizers noted, “While we are buoyed by the…growing number of individuals being inoculated, it appears that July will still be too early to safely …
Dios Mio! Hilaria and Alec Baldwin welcome their sixth child
Walt Disney Television/Yolanda Perez(NEW YORK) — If you’re keeping count, Hilaria and Alec Baldwin have just welcomed their sixth child. However, if you’re really keeping count, you’ll know that they just welcomed their fifth child back in September. Baldwin posted to Instagram a picture of his bilingual Bostonian wife laying down with their growing brood, including the new bundle of joy, whose name …
Nick Jonas won’t star in action thriller ‘The Blacksmith’ after all
Anthony Mandler(LOS ANGELES) — While Nick Jonas is very busy these days, there’s one particular iron he doesn’t have in the fire anymore. Nick was set to star in the action thriller The Blacksmith, which would have featured him as a Jason Bourne-meets-MacGyver character: A weapons expert for intelligence agencies who must go on the run with only …
‘Wonder Woman’ star Gal Gadot announces pregnancy with baby number three
ABC/Rick Rowell(LOS ANGELES) — Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot is pregnant with her third child, the Israeli-born actress announced Monday. “Here we go again,” she wrote on social media alongside a photo of her family — including husband Yaron Varsano and daughters Alma, 9, and Maya, who turns 4 later this month — with their …
‘Avengers: Endgame’ director Joe Russo predicts movie-going will “swing back hard” after COVID-19
Apple TV+(LOS ANGELES) — Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame was the highest-grossing movie of all time, making more than $2.79 billion at the global box office. The 2019 film was such a hit that even recordings of packed theater reactions to the movie’s scenes went viral. However, that was the “before times.” Now, with the pandemic, more than half …
Ellen Pompeo admits her future on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ is “Undecided”
ABC/Mike Rosenthal(LOS ANGELES) — Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo is flirting with a future without the long-running medical drama in her life. The 51-year-old actress appeared on CBS Sunday Morning where the conversation gravitated toward her starring role as Doctor Meredith Grey and her future with the series. The show’s pilot aired on March 27, 2005 on ABC, which makes it …