Steve Iervolino/ABC News(LOS ANGELES) — The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced Thursday that its Board of Governors voted to present the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to actor, filmmaker, writer, producer, and philanthropist Tyler Perry in recognition of his charity efforts. The Board of Governors also announced that the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) will also …
‘C.S.I.’ vet Gary Dourdan talks training to be a one-man army in ‘Redemption Day’
Saban Films(LOS ANGELES) — In his new film Redemption Day, former C.S.I. star Gary Dourdan plays a U.S. Special Forces vet suffering from PTSD, who gets back into the action after his wife is kidnapped by terrorists. Dourdan’s super-fit in the film and while he was already familiar with firearms, he tells ABC Audio how …
Jeff Bridges reveals his tumor has “drastically shrunk” in latest update on cancer battle
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Jeff Bridges shared some good news about his battle with lymphoma. The Big Lebowski actor, who announced his cancer diagnosis in October, revealed his tumor has “drastically shrunk.” In a post on his website, the 71-year-old Oscar winner said he learned the positive news after he went in for a CT scan on January 6 to …
Tilda Swinton says in candid new interview she “always felt I was queer”
Rocco Spaziani/Archivio Rocco Spaziani/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images(WASHINGTON D.C.) — Tilda Swinton opened up in a new interview about her sexual identity and what it means to her. Speaking to British Vogue on Wednesday for its February 2021 issue, the Doctor Strange star opened up about playing characters that identified as queer and says she shares something in common with them. …
High Wind Warning issued January 14 at 10:53AM MST until January 15 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN…Until noon CST Friday. * IMPACTS…Damaging winds may blow down tree limbs causing
Devon Sawa jokes his new movie, ‘Hunter Hunter’, gave his lungs a workout
IFC Midnight(NEW YORK) — As most actors do, Devon Sawa physically prepared and trained for his role as a rugged trapper and outdoorsman for his new thriller, Hunter Hunter. “We tried to learn as quickly as possible how to be authentic as possible, and then and then just did the whole acting thing to look as if…this is …
Kennedy Center Honors announces honorees, new date
Honoree Debbie Allen — ABC/Mike Rosenthal(WASHINGTON D.C.) — The 2020 Kennedy Center Honors, which would have normally aired in December, has been postponed until May 2021 due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization announced on Wednesday. This 2020 honorees at the 43rd annual national celebration of the arts include beloved Dick Van …
HBO again delays ‘Sopranos’ prequel ‘The Many Saints of Newark’
HBO Max(NEW JERSEY) — The premiere of The Many Saints of Newark, an upcoming film that serves as a prequel to HBO’s long-running series The Sopranos, has once again been delayed, according to Variety. The film, which will simultaneously debut on HBO Max, was originally scheduled to open in September of 2020, and later rescheduled for March, due …
Gwyneth Paltrow reveals what it would take for her to return to acting
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) It’s been almost three years since Gwyneth Paltrow announced she would be taking a break from acting and now she’s revealing what it would take to get her back on a set. “I would have to be f****** a writer,” she joked while speaking with supermodel Naomi Campbell on her YouTube show No Filter with Naomi. “But that’s sort …
Siegfried Fischbacher, of Siegfried and Roy fame, dead at 81
L-R: Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn in 2015 — Denise Truscello/WireImage(LAS VEGAS) — Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of famed entertainment duo Siegfried and Roy, has died in Las Vegas from pancreatic cancer, a rep for the legendary illusionist confirmed to ABC News. Fischbacher was 81. His sister, a nun who lives in Munich, told the …