Top Row: Katy Perry, Exec. producer Megan Michaels Wolflick; Middle Row: Ryan Seacrest, Luke Bryan; Bottom: Lionel Richie/ABC American Idol kicks off its historic 20th season next month, but despite the fact that it’ll be introducing a few new elements, it’s going to keep the focus where it’s always been: on the singers themselves. As judge Katy Perry told reporters …
Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox are engaged!
Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Machine Gun Kelly’s UN/DN LAQR Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox are engaged and, of course, it was anything but traditional. MGK, real name Colson Baker, revealed that the proposal went down on Tuesday “beneath the same branches we fell in love under.” “‘Yes, in this life and every life’ beneath the same branches we fell …
Martin Short answers Judd Apatow’s call to host Oscars with Steve Martin
Raymond Hall/GC Images Steve Martin and Martin Short to host the Oscars? The idea was floated by writer/director Judd Apatow who, after ABC announced that this year’s show WOULD have a host, tweeted that having the duo take the reigns “would be pure joy and we need that” — but is that something that Short would want to do? “No, not particularly,” …
Michael B. Jordan throws surprise birthday party for Lori Harvey, Babyface and Magic Johnson to guest star on ‘black-ish’, and more
JOCE/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Michael B. Jordan surprised his girlfriend, Lori Harvey, with an early birthday party Monday. The model turns 25 on January 13, however, the Journal for Jordan star decided to have a celebration for her three days in advance at Nobu Malibu in California, according to Page Six. Harvey’s manager, Tre Thomas, announced at the party, “[Michael] loves you and …
Netflix reportedly gives green light to back-to-back ‘Red Notice’ sequels
Netflix Netflix has reportedly given the green light to two sequels to Red Notice, the streaming platform’s hit film starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot. The action comedy, which features Reynolds as a wily art thief who forms an unlikely partnership with Johnson’s FBI profiler to catch Gadot’s criminal mastermind, debuted in November, and became the most-watched movie …
Academy Awards producers reportedly eyeing Pete Davidson to host
Rosalind O’Connor/NBC Could Pete Davidson‘s next celebrity hookup be …Oscar? The Saturday Night Live cast member, whose dating history reads like a showbiz Who’s Who, is reportedly in talks to possibly host the 94th Annual Academy Awards. Page Six reports producers of the telecast — which will have a host for the first time since 2018 for this year’s …
Chris Pratt gets “perfect” in first spot modeling for lifestyle brand
ABC/Randy Holmes Chris Pratt may not be perfect, but at least his pants now are. That’s the gist of his first new ad as a brand ambassador for TravisMathew, a sports-lifestyle label. “These pants are perfect,” the Marvel movie star and Jurassic World series lead says in a voice-over as he admires himself in a mirror. “They’re comfortable, …
Batman gets his own Oreo
Warner Bros. Pictures In conjunction with the upcoming release of the Dark Knight’s latest onscreen adventure, The Batman, Warner Bros. has teamed up with the world’s darkest cookie for a limited run of Oreos. “Two icons unite,” a moody new spot teases, as the cookies animate to portray the superhero, and his Batmobile. “Who? Have you …
Chris Hemsworth proves Thor is no match for Captain America when it comes to splitting logs
Centr He should have used Thor’s massive axe Stormbreaker. In a new Instagram post, Chris Hemsworth is getting in some practical exercise, by trying to split a log. The operative word is “Trying.” To the giggling delight of his pal and Centr app trainer Luke Zocchi, who is filming, Hemsworth chops away, to no avail. After six tries, Thor …
“I’ve won the Golden Ticket”: ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ star Ming-Na Wen on hitting the Disney-Marvel-‘Star Wars’ trifecta
Disney+ “I’ve won the Golden Ticket!” That’s the word from Ming-Na Wen, who appeared on Good Morning America Wednesday, the day the Star Wars spin-off series’ third episode dropped on Disney+. The seemingly ageless 58-year-old actress is tickled she’s hit a rarefied high-water mark, known as the Disney Trifecta: That is, she voiced Mulan in Disney’s 1998 animated film of …