Steve Dietl/NBC(LOS ANGELES) — Add Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to the list of celebrities who are boycotting events following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday. Johnson was to debut his new sneaker collaboration with UnderArmor today, but posted to social media that he was rescheduling it “Out of respect to Jacob Blake & his family.” …
ABC filling pandemic-delayed drama schedule slots with unscripted shows
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — While production in Hollywood is starting to spin back up following the COVID-19 shutdowns, the ripple effect has led to delays for the debuts of scripted programming. Simply put, the shows that should have been “in the can” by now, aren’t. ABC is dipping into its unscripted series to fill the gaps. …
Samuel L. Jackson shares a very on-brand message to voters: “Vote motherf*****”
Steve Iervolino/ABC News(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) You know what Samuel L. Jackson had to say about snakes on planes and now he’s offering a pearl of advice to those eligible to vote in this year’s presidential election. While it may be a little rough, Jackson doesn’t mince words to get his point across. In an undated video of …
Bella Thorne made a record-breaking $1 million on OnlyFans in one day
Freeform/Byron Cohen(LOS ANGELES) — It’s only been a week since Bella Thorne joined OnlyFans and she’s already breaking records. The 22-year-old former Disney actress now holds the record for the most money earned in 24 hours on the platform after she brought in $1 million dollars on her first day. Thorne charges $20 a month for access …
Orlando Bloom welcomes first child Daisy Dove with Katy Perry: “We are floating with love”
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Just a mere 24 hours before she drops her new album Smile, Katy Perry announced that she and her Lord of the Rings series star fiancé Orlando Bloom have welcomed to the world their newborn daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom. However, it wasn’t the 35-year-old American Idol judge nor her fiancé that announced the arrival of their newborn, it was a charity …
Billy Porter says “it’s like the impossible coming true” amid second Emmy nomination
Santiago Felipe/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Emmy voting is in fully swing this week, and Pose star Billy Porter could possibly repeat as best actor in a drama series. He tells ABC Audio that the thought of that is incredible, because for so long he lived in a world where it wasn’t possible. “The idea that there is a world …
Check out a sneak-peek of ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’, and a most excellent 360-degree movie experience
Patti Perret/Orion Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Orion Pictures has just released a clip from its upcoming threequel Bill & Ted Face the Music, and has announced the creation of an immersive, 360 experience that lets you step into their well-worn Vans to explore their world. The clip features Alex Winter’s Bill and Keanu Reeves’ Ted meeting up in Hell with their …
Netflix pulling the plug on ‘Altered Carbon’
Diyah Pera/Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — The sci-fi series Altered Carbon is set in a world where a person can live forever, but in the real world, Altered Carbon won’t. Netflix has pulled the plug on the series after two seasons. Based on the book series by British writer Richard K. Morgan, the show’s conceit is that a person’s consciousness can be …
New Jewelry line celebrates the fierce females of ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2
Disney+/Lucasfilm(LOS ANGELES) — For those jonesing for the second-season debut of the Emmy nominated Disney+ hit The Mandalorian this October, some retail therapy might help. Ashley Eckstein, founder of female fan fashion retailer Her Universe — and voice of Star Wars heroine Ahsoka Tano herself — has teamed up with Allison Cimino, CEO and Designer of RockLove Jewelry, …
Feds bust massive alleged international movie, TV piracy ring
iStock/Sitade(NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors in New York announced criminal charges Wednesday against an international piracy ring that managed to steal and upload “nearly every movie released by major production studios” between 2011 and 2020. According to the indictment, the “sophisticated and widespread” operation allegedly conducted by the Sparks Group caused “tens of millions of …