Emma McIntyre /AMA2020/Getty Images for dcp, ABC(LOS ANGELES) — One of the biggest nights in music, the American Music Awards, kicked off Sunday night with a series of worldwide premieres, big wins and even bigger surprises. Hosted by Taraji P. Henson from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater, the audience looked a little different this year due to the ongoing …
‘The Mandalorian’ gets a ‘Game of Thrones’ coffee cup-type goof of its own
Disney+(NEW YORK) — Remember that moment in the final season of Game of Thrones, when a Starbucks cup was accidentally left on a set table and wound up being broadcast on the episode? Disney+’s The Mandalorian just had an incident that’s being compared to that. Amid the action of The Mandalorian‘s newest episode, “The Siege,” a crew member in …
Terminally-ill ‘Halloween’ superfan died minutes after Jamie Lee Curtis officiated his wedding
Andrew Eccles/Universal Pictures(SOUTH CAROLINA) — The news of the September 13 cancer-related death of a super fan of both of Halloween the holiday and Halloween the movie has now gone viral. Twenty-nine year old Anthony Woodie married his longtime girlfriend Emilee on that date, in a ceremony in South Carolina that was officiated over the phone by ordained minister — and Halloween star …
‘Small Axe’: Letitia Wright shares the “beautiful connection” she had with ‘Mangrove’ activist Altheia Jones-LeCointe
Dave J Hogan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Letitia Wright had some pretty big shoes to fill in the new feature Mangrove from Steve McQueen’s anthology film series Small Axe. The film, which follows the Mangrove Nine — a group Black British activists who were arrested and tried for inciting a riot at a protest against police — stars Wright as Altheia Jones-LeCointe, the leader …
Carrie Fisher’s brother says motherhood spared her from an earlier death
Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney(NEW YORK) — Carrie Fisher died at 60 years old on December 27, 2016, following a heart attack, and traces of several drugs were subsequently found in her system. But her brother Todd tells Page Six that Fisher would have died “long ago,” had it not been for the birth of her daughter, Billie Lourd. The Star Wars actress …
‘Friends’ sticking with Nickelodeon; Network cooking up “Friends-Giving” programming
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.(LOS ANGELES) — Friends will still be there for you on Nickelodeon. The cabler on Thursday announced that it has renewed the award-winning series. Nick also announced that beginning Monday at 9 p.m. ET/PT, Nick at Nite it will air its “Super-Stuffed Friends-Giving,” featuring a lineup of classic Friends episodes with beloved funny moments from …
‘Coming to America’ sequel coming to Amazon Prime on March 5
TM & COPYRIGHT © 1988 BY PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.(LOS ANGELES) — Paramount Pictures’ long-awaited sequel Coming 2 America will debut on March 5, 2021 on the Amazon Prime Video platform. “Thanks to Eddie Murphy’s comedic genius along with the brilliant filmmakers, writers and fabulous cast, we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate this new adventure,” says Amazon Studios …
Lady Gaga reportedly set to board ‘Bullet Train’ with Brad Pitt
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Image(LOS ANGELES) — Lady Gaga has potentially nabbed her next movie role and it’s working alongside none other than Brad Pitt, Collider reports. If all pans out, the Chromatica singer will be joining the cast of Bullet Train — a Sony Pictures thriller based on Kotaro Isaka’s book Maria Beetle and directed by John Wick and Deadpool 2‘s David Leitch. The film follows a …
Alex Trebek acknowledges World Pancreatic Cancer Day in pre-taped intro
Jeopardy! Productions/Sony Pictures Television(LOS ANGELES) — Alex Trebek died earlier this month after his long battle with stage-4 pancreatic cancer, but not before delivering a heartfelt message to Jeopardy! viewers. At the beginning of Thursday’s episode of the game show, which was pre-taped, Trebek shared a message in honor of Wold Pancreatic Cancer Day — a day dedicated to raising awareness and funds …
Barack Obama jokes he’d “send in the Navy Seals” to remove President Donald Trump from office on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Former president Barack Obama was Jimmy Kimmel’s guest on his ABC late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday and discussed his new book, The Promised Land, as well as some ideas on how to handle removing President Donald Trump from office. “Well, I think we can always send in the Navy Seals in there to take him out,” Obama joked, …