STXfilms(NEW YORK) — Opening nationwide on Friday: * Playmobil: The Movie — This animation/live-action film, based on the German toy line stars Gabriel Bateman as Charlie, who gets lost in the animated Playmobil universe. His sister Marla, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, then has to go on a quest to find him and bring him home. Along the way, she gets …
“What the hell is ‘gender fluid’?” Billy Dee Williams says he was “misunderstood” in ‘Esquire’ interview
Disney(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE CONTENT) For the record, Billy Dee Williams is not “gender fluid.” He identifies as a man. A very cute man, he specifies to The Undefeated. Let’s rewind. Whether it be wooing Diana Ross in Mahogany, trying to sweet talk Princess Leia in The Empire Strikes Back or implying the skirt-dropping properties of Colt .45 malt liquor on TV, Billy Dee has …
“I will bring honor to us all!” Watch the first full-length trailer for live-action Mulan
© 2019 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — After first releasing a teaser-trailer in July, Disney has now released the first full trailer for the live-action Mulan film, which is set to premiere March 27, 2020. The movie, which stars Chinese-American actress Liu Yifei, is about a young woman who disguises herself as …
Gabrielle Union says she had a “five-hour” meeting with NBC to “express her unfiltered truth” about ‘AGT’ firing
NBC/Trae Patton(LOS ANGELES) — Gabrielle Union has met with NBC following the social media firestorm that occurred after she was fired from America’s Got Talent over her reported complaints about alleged racism and other troubling behavior on-set. “We had a lengthy 5-hour, and what I thought to be, productive meeting yesterday,” Union told fans on …
Citing sanity and security, ‘Star Wars’ star Daisy Ridley won’t Force herself to take fan selfies
Disney(LONDON) — While taking selfies with fans seems part and parcel of modern-day fame, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker star Daisy Ridley isn’t having it. In a Radio Times interview excerpted by the Times of London, she says, “I usually say: “I’m really sorry — not today.” She explained, “I’m not a big photo taker, …
‘Jojo Rabbit’, ‘Joker’, HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ honored with 2019 AFI Awards
L-R – Roman Griffin Davis, Taika Waititi /Photo: Kimberley French © 2019 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved(LOS ANGELES) — Sam Mendes’ World War I drama 1917, Joker and Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit were among the recipients of the American Film Institute’s AFI Awards for 2019. The awards, “celebrate the year’s most outstanding …
Emma Stone and Dave McCary are all smiles in adorable engagement announcement
(Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesNEW YORK) — Wedding bells are ringing for Emma Stone and her boyfriend-now-turned-fiancé Dave McCary. The Saturday Night Live segment director revealed the happy news Wednesday on his personal Instagram. The photo, which is captioned with a single double pink heart emoji, features the smiling couple as Stone shows off a large ring on THAT finger. Stone, 31, first crossed …
‘The Irishman’ takes Best Picture at New York Film Critics Circle
Netflix(NEW YORK) — The winners of the New York Film Critics Circle were announced Wednesday, and Martin Scorsese’s crime epic The Irishman took the top prize. His Goodfellas Oscar winner Joe Pesci earned the Best Supporting Actor honor for his work in the film, which is now on Netflix. The New York City-born Scorsese missed out on the Best Director prize, however; that honor …
“You are as timeless as these films”: Rami Malek made James Bond himself blush on ‘Good Morning America’
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Daniel Craig is back in action as 007 in his fifth and final James Bond film, and the No Time to Die cast took a chilly outdoor appearance after Good Morning America‘s debut of the high-octane trailer to remind Craig what a lasting impression he’s made. Wednesday morning, he said of suiting …
“My heart just burst wide open!” Viola Davis “honored” by fan naming her daughter after the actress
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Viola Davis wrote that her “heart just burst wide open” when responding to an Instagram post from a fan who said she named her young daughter after the actress. Erin Morrison-Fortunato shared in an Instagram post revealed that when she was pregnant with her now 7-year-old daughter, Davis had just been …