Ron Eisenberg/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — January 12 marks the 50th anniversary of one of TV’s most groundbreaking shows: All in the Family. Based on the British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, producer Norman Lear’s series focused on the bigoted, intolerant Archie Bunker. A loading dock foreman from Queens, NY, he regularly clashed with his liberal …
Chadwick Boseman’s widow honors late actor in moving Gotham Awards acceptance speech
ABC(NEW YORK) — Chadwick Boseman was honored at the 2021 IFP Gotham Awards, which were held Monday night in New York City. Variety reports Boseman was honored throughout the night in acceptance speeches from co-star Viola Davis, Sound of Metal‘s Riz Ahmed who took home Best Actor, and director André Holland who worked with Boseman on the Jackie Robinson biopic 42. A video tribute also played that highlighted the …
‘Nomadland’ wins big at 2021 Gotham Awards
L-R – McDormand, Zhao on location – © 2020 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved(NEW YORK) — Director Chloé Zhao collected her second Best Feature at the 2021 Gotham Awards on Monday night, taking home the trophy for her contemporary western Nomadland. It’s her second win in three years. The movie also picked up the Audience Award. Nomadland, …
‘The Bachelor’ recap: Queen Victoria becomes a royal pain
ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) — While the 24 remaining women find Matt intoxicating, on Tuesday’s edition of The Bachelor, the atmosphere among the women after the first rose ceremony had quickly grown toxic. Host Chris Harrison delivered the first date card and warned the potential fiancees that, due to the unusual number of women, some of them wouldn’t be going on a date with …
Sony’s Spider-Man spin-off ‘Morbius’ delayed for COVID-19
Sony Pictures (LOS ANGELES) — Morbius, the Sony Pictures movie in which Jared Leto plays the vampiric Marvel Comics anti-hero, has become the first movie to get its release date officially bumped in 2021. Variety reports the film was supposed to come out March 19, but the studio has bumped it to October 8. With theaters throughout the U.S. still …
Ben Affleck to write, direct ‘Keeper of the Lost Cities’ for Disney
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Oscar winning Argo director and Good Will Hunting screenwriter Ben Affleck will soon be tackling the adaptation of a best-selling young adult fantasy series, Keeper of the Lost Cities. Shannon Messenger’s series, which has eight installments and a ninth to come, centers on Sophie, a 12-year-old girl who learns her telepathic abilities are tied to a secret world parallel …
Sarah Jessica Parker denies she “dislikes” former ‘Sex and the City’ cast mate Kim Cattrall
ABC/Heidi Gutman(NEW YORK) — With news that the Sex and the City girls would be getting back together with the limited HBO Max series And Just Like That, came the same question from many fans: “Where’s Samantha?” Kim Cattrall’s Samantha Jones won’t be a part of the new series, for which Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis will reportedly make …
New cast members announced for ‘The Umbrella Academy’ season 3
Christos Kalohoridis/Netflix © 2020(LOS ANGELES) — New cast members for the third season The Umbrella Academy have been announced. A post on the Netflix series’ Instagram page reveals who’s playing who in the Sparrow Academy, including Justin H. Min, who’s played the ghost version of the character Ben in the first two seasons, as well as Justin Cornwell, Britne Oldford, Jake …
Kevin Hart inks major multi-film deal with Netflix
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Funnyman Kevin Hart is bringing in 2021 with a bang. The actor-comedian shared on Instagram that he and his HartBeat Productions have signed a massive, multi-film deal with Netflix. “Excited about this new chapter for myself & my company,” Hart wrote, captioning the announcement published by Deadline. “I am beyond blessed and thankful for my team at …
Tiffany Boone, Kyle Chandler and Demián Bichir share the “motivation” behind their ‘Midnight Sky’ characters
Philippe Antonello/NETFLIX(LOS ANGELES) — In the George Clooney-directed Netflix sci-fi drama The Midnight Sky, a group of astronauts are warned to stay in space after a global catastrophe makes Earth inhabitable. The cast says that even with their uncertain future, their characters all have a personal motivation to return home. Tiffany Boone, who plays Maya, an astronaut on her …