Mark Schafer/CBS 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved When CBS’ drama FBI: Most Wanted ended last season, there was a tense situation in the home of Julian McMahon‘s Special Agent Jess LaCroix. His daughter Tali was inside with Jess’ new girlfriend Sarah, both at the mercy of Sarah’s gun-toting ex-husband — and then producers cut away with the sound of gunshots, and left …
Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Michael J. Fox Foundation Michael J. Fox is being honored with AARP’s 2022 Purpose Prize, which the organization bestows on “extraordinary Americans who tap into the power of life experience to build a better future for us all.” Through his work with his Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the Back to the …
David Bukach/Netflix Sydney Park says she knows exactly why her latest project, There’s Someone in Your House, is more than your cliché slasher film. “Well, first of all, I really love that Makani isn’t your average scream queen,” Brooks tells ABC Audio of her lead role. “She is Asian and Black. She hails from Hawaii.” Based on Stephanie Perkins‘ …
Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max (NOTE LANGUAGE) HBO Max has released a preview of its new Peacemaker spin-off series from The Suicide Squad starring John Cena‘s vigilante, Peacemaker. The clip of the character’s self-titled show has returning characters from director James Gunn‘s film meeting Cena’s character at a diner. When he shows up “in full cosplay mode,” wearing his garish get-up including a polished chrome …
Clive Brunskill/Getty Images His Pete “Maverick” Mitchell may have bested Russian fliers in Top Gun, but the Russians have beaten Tom Cruise to space. Cruise was gearing up to with work with NASA and SpaceX genius Elon Musk for what would have been the first narrative feature film actually shot in space. However, as you read this, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, along …
Kalter in 2015 — James Devaney/GC Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) David Letterman and others paid tribute to Alan Kalter, the former Late Show announcer who died Monday at age 78. “When our announcer of 15 years Bill Wendell retired, producer Robert Morton came to my office with an audio tape containing auditions for several announcers,” Letterman told the New York Daily News via email. “Alan’s was the …
Marvel Studios A month after renaming its fine arts college after Chadwick Boseman, Howard University on Monday announced the launch of a $5.4 million scholarship in the name of one of its most famous alumni. The Chadwick A. Boseman Memorial Scholarship, established with the support of Boseman’s wife, Simone Ledward-Boseman, and sponsorship from Netflix as the inaugural donor, …
ABC/Christopher Willard Dancing with the Stars fans were left begging “Gimme More” on Monday, when the night saluted Britney Spears‘ illustrious career. While the competitors were not “Intimidated” to push themselves on the ballroom floor, Christine Chiu‘s dreams of winning the Mirrorball Trophy were broken like “Shattered Glass.” For the second week in a row, …
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 connection with National Vodka Day, which is celebrated today. Despite his last name, which he naturally shares with a popular …
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 that members have done so. The vote was nearly unanimous: with 90% of the eligible union voters casting ballots, 98% …