Liu Yifei as Mulan/© 2019 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Disney has pulled Mulan from its August 21 release date, ABC Audio has confirmed. The live-action version of its classic film had been delayed four times because of the COVID-19 crisis. This latest move isn’t exactly a surprise considering a spike of COVID-19 cases in …
Tom Cruise space-shot movie could be produced by Universal
2018 – Paramount Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — A most appropriate studio, Universal, has reportedly taken an interest in the planned first movie ever to be shot in space. Variety notes that the secret project, which will star Tom Cruise and be directed by his Edge of Tomorrow director, Doug Liman, will also reportedly involve NASA, and SpaceX genius Elon Musk. The latter …
Leslie Jones will host Emmy Award nominations; Josh Gad, Laverne Cox, Tatiana Maslany to present
ABC/Lou Rocco(LOS ANGELES) — Via a virtual ceremony to stream live at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 28, Saturday Night Live veteran Leslie Jones will host the nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences also announced that Frozen‘s Josh Gad, Orange Is the New Black‘s Laverne Cox, and Orphan Black and Perry Mason …
Following sexual misconduct allegations, Netflix scraps Chris D’Elia prank show
Freeform/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) — Weeks after he was accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct, The Hollywood Reporter says comedian Chris D’Elia’s upcoming show with Netflix has been scrapped. D’Elia stands accused of sexual harassing women and asking for nude photos from at least one woman who claims he knew she was a minor at the time. D’Elia …
Take me out to the (virtual) crowd…Fox Sports to use digital fans to fill COVID-19 emptied baseball stadiums
iStock/aceshot(NEW YORK) — Fox Sports is borrowing some Hollywood magic to make this year’s crowd-free baseball season look like the real McCoy. According to Variety, when the network airs the match-up between the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres Saturday night, the seats will be filled to capacity — by digital doppelgangers. With COVID-19 barring real fans from major league …
Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne discuss the impact of female directors and why they should be “celebrated”
Netflix/Aimee Spinks(LOS ANGELES) — KiKi Layne and Charlize Theron were up to the challenge of kicking butt in the Gina Prince-Bythewood comic-book film The Old Guard. But, unlike most action films, which they note have been directed by mostly men, the actors tell ABC Audio that having a woman behind the camera allowed them to tap into a more “vulnerable” side. …
‘The Crown”s fifth season on pause, won’t air until 2022
Netflix/Des Willie(LONDON) — Imelda Staunton, announced earlier this year as the successor to Olivia Coleman as Queen Elizabeth II seasons five and six of in Netflix’s The Crown, will have to wait until 2022 to take her place on the throne. Deadline reports production on the show’s fifth season won’t begin until June of next year. The break in filming has …
Excellent! Check out the trailer for ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’
Orion Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Let loose with your best air guitar riff, because Orion Pictures just released the official trailer and poster for Bill & Ted Face the Music. The continued adventures of Alex Winter’s William “Bill” S. Preston Esq. and Keanu Reeves’ Theodore “Ted” Logan have the now-middle-aged pair grappling with their missed opportunity to create a song that saves …
COVID-19 leads ‘Love Island’ to Las Vegas
L-R — Zac Mirabelli and Elizabeth Weber — Colin Young-Wolff/CBS Entertainment ©2019 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(NEVADA) — The COVID-19 pandemic has chased CBS’ Love Island inland to Las Vegas for its second season, according to Vulture. Production is expected to be up and running by August. The network says the Vegas locale will remove …
Heat Advisory issued July 23 at 9:47AM MDT until July 25 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT SATURDAY… * WHAT…Heat index values around 100 today and 100 to 105 Friday and Saturday. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast South Dakota.