Taylor Russell and Charlie Plummer in ‘Words on Bathroom Walls’; Jacob Yakob/Courtesy LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions(NEW YORK) — Words on Bathroom Walls, based on the popular YA novel by Julia Walton, follows a teenage boy who gets diagnosed with schizophrenia. When he enters a new school, he tries to keep his diagnosis a secret …
Cuba Gooding, Jr. accused of rape
DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. has been accused of rape in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan, New York. A woman identified as Jane Doe in the suit claims Gooding raped her inside the Mercer Hotel in 2013. The suit claims the actor coaxed her into …
Katy, Lionel, Luke & Ryan return for ‘American Idol’ new season on ABC
ABC/Eric McCandless(NEW YORK) — The American Idol judges’ panel is staying the same. Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan are all returning for a fourth season of the reality competition show on ABC. Ryan Seacrest will also return as host. In a statement, Karey Burke, the president of ABC Entertainment, said, referring to last …
Jennifer Aniston says filming ‘The Morning Show’ felt like “20 years of therapy”
Apple TV+(LOS ANGELES) — After Friends ended in 2004, Jennifer Aniston waited 15 years before accepting her next major television role, a choice she says was deliberate. When the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show was first pitched to her, she jumped at the opportunity. Speaking to LA Times, the 51-year-old actress says playing Alex Levy on the show offered her an honest reflection of her own experiences when she skyrocketed …
Jonathan Majors says there’s a connection between his HBO series ‘Lovecraft Country’ and Netflix’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’
Photograph by Elizabeth Morris/HBO(NEW YORK) — Jonathan Majors has been making waves as Atticus Freeman in the new HBO series Lovecraft Country. The series, which follows Freeman’s journey to find his missing father, comes just two months after Majors starred in Spike Lee’s critically acclaimed Vietnam War film Da 5 Bloods. Majors tells ABC Audio that there’s a clear connection …
‘Tenet’ to finally hit US theaters on August 31 — with a catch
Melinda Sue Gordon; ©2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(NEW YORK) — The long road to U.S. theaters for Christopher Nolan’s COVID-19-delayed Tenet will finally end when it debuts on August 31 — but there’s a “but.” The time-bending thriller, starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson, will open in theaters on that date, …
Live-action ‘Cinderella’, starring Billy Porter and Camila Cabello to resume production
Terence Patrick/CBS ©2019 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved(LONDON) — Production on Camila Cabello’s live-action musical adaptation of Cinderella, which was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic back in March, will join the growing list of major studio films safely returning to production following the shutdown, according to Deadline. Among those cast members returning for physical production in London …
Katy Perry convinced Orlando Bloom to voice Prince Harry in new animated show ‘The Prince’
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — According to Orlando Bloom, his fiancée Katy Perry is the one who convinced him to take on his latest acting role. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Orlando said he agreed to voice Prince Harry in The Prince, an upcoming HBO Max animated series about the British royal family, because Katy thought it was a great idea. “Initially, I was like, …
“Yes! Finally!” Michelle Yeoh rejoices about Asian representation in ‘Marvel’s Shang-Chi’
Edwin Koo/amfAR/Getty Images for amfAR(LOS ANGELES) — As part of the magazine’s TIME 100 Talks, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Michelle Yeoh enthused about the overwhelming Asian representation in her latest film, Marvel Studios Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Yeoh, who also appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, celebrated the casting of Chinese-Canadian …
Chris Harrison returns to ‘The Bachelorette’, promises “most dramatic season ever”
ABC/Todd Wawrychuck(LOS ANGELES) — After reports surfaced that The Bachelorette host Chris Harrison had to step aside from the show in order to quarantine after dropping his son off at college, he is now back and is already teasing what this season will bring. Harrison documented his grand return to the show, complete with him …