Disney+ — ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — (SPOILER ALERT) The surprise cameo during the season finale of The Mandalorian had even famous fans agog — including one who was on set for the big spoiler: Ming-Na Wen. The Disney Legend, Mulan star and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. vet plays assassin Fennec Shand in the hit Disney+ series, and she took to Twitter on New Year’s Eve to …
Kristen Bell calls husband Dax Shepard “my favorite human” in sweet birthday message
ABC/Rick Rowell(LOS ANGELES) — Months after announcing that he relapsed after 16 years of sobriety, Dax Shepard received some extra special birthday love from wife Kristen Bell. The Frozen 2 actress on Saturday shouted out her husband of seven years in celebration of his 46th birthday, who claimed his birthday happens to be “my favorite day of the year!” “I get to celebrate the birth of …
Another network enters the streaming war: Discovery+ launches today
(LOS ANGELES) — Discovery has entered the streaming war today with its new service, Discovery+. Boasting what it calls the “largest-ever content library for a new service,” Discovery+ is touting some 55,000 episodes from the network’s brands like HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Travel Channel and Discovery Channel, as well as shows from A&E and The History …
Sick with COVID-19, ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ star Chloe Bennet warns people to take it seriously
ABC Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Chloe Bennet is urging people to take seriously COVID-19, from which she’s suffering. The warning came on New Year’s Eve after the 28-year-old actress took to Instagram to share that she and “multiple members” of her family tested positive for the novel coronavirus. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bennett explained …
Justin Bieber jokes about fighting Tom Cruise… again
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Justin Bieber is starting out the new year by reigniting his boxing challenge with Tom Cruise. Over the weekend, the 26-year-old pop star took to Instagram to share a black-and-white photo of himself as a fighter in a boxing ring, taken from the music video for his new single “Anyone” and cheekily captioned the post, “Tom Cruise is toast.” …
Alex Trebek’s final ‘Jeopardy!’ episodes air this week
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Beginning this evening, January 4, the final five Jeopardy! episodes featuring Alex Trebek will begin airing. Trebek died of pancreatic cancer on November 8 at age 80. These final five episodes were shot back in October; the quiz show’s producers say Trebek worked up until 10 days before he passed away. Sony Pictures Television says Monday night’s …
James Corden opens up about his struggles with weight loss: “I’m fed up with being unhealthy”
Terence Patrick/CBS ©2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved(LOS ANGELES) — Late night talk show host James Corden rang in the new year by revealing how 2021 will be a physically and mentally transformative year for him. In a new announcement about his new partnership with WW, formerly Weight Watchers, the Late Late Show host and CATS actor opened up about his weight struggles and how it …
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ tops anemic box office for the second week with $5.5 million
© 2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Wonder Woman 1984 followed last week’s $16.7 million debut with just an estimated $5.5 million at the New Year’s weekend box office. The sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman — starring Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal and Robin Wright — added an estimated $10.1 million overseas, bringing its worldwide total to $118.5 million. Wonder …
Talk show host Larry King hospitalized with COVID-19
Photo by Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images for the Friars Club(LOS ANGELES) — Larry King has been hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for COVID-19, a source close to the King family tells ABC. “Larry has fought so many health issues in the last few years and he is fighting this one hard too, he’s a …
Tanya Roberts, Bond girl, ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and ‘That 70s Show’ star dead at 65
Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Tanya Roberts, the actress best known for playing a Bond girl in A View to a Kill and Midge Pinciotti on That ’70’s Show, has died, her her longtime friend and rep Mike Pingel tells The Hollywood Reporter. She was 65. Roberts collapsed while out walking her dogs on December 24 and was admitted to …