Douglas Gorenstein/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Image(NEW YORK) — Jimmy Fallon landed himself in hot water after a 20-year-old clip of him impersonating Chris Rock resurfaced online. While critics have slammed the video for being an offensive example of blackface, the person Fallon was pretending to be has come to the night show host’s defense in a …
Laverne Cox, Sterling K. Brown, Morgan Freeman and more scheduled to appear on Sunday’s Emmys
Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — The Emmys are bringing in some major star power this Sunday. ABC and the Television Academy announced on Wednesday that Laverne Cox, Sterling K. Brown, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Morgan Freeman are among the latest stars scheduled to appear and/or present at this Sunday’s Emmy Awards. Other talent include: Jason Bateman, Sesame Street’s Count von Count, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson, DJ D-Nice, Randall Park, RuPaul, Patrick …
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn star in ‘The Christmas Chronicles 2’ trailer
Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Netflix has released a teaser for The Christmas Chronicles 2, which sees real-life couple Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn reprising their roles as Santa and Mrs. Claus. “We’re about to show you something you’ve never seen before,” Hawn narrates in the 30-second clip as a vintage book titled The Christmas Chronicles opens to reveal a snow-covered, enchanted Christmas scene with a massive tree in the town …
Jim Carrey to play Joe Biden on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — Jim Carrey will portray Joe Biden in the upcoming season of Saturday Night Live. In an interview with Vulture, SNL creator Lorne Michaels revealed that the Bruce Almighty star has been tapped to play the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee. Michaels explains that there was interest on Carrey’s part in taking the role, the actor having multiple conversations with Michaels and Saturday Night Live writer Colin Jost about …
Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan post social distance photos from ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ set
Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images(ATLANTA) — Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan have shared photos of their return to the set of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Like many productions, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was halted in March while shooting in Prague due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the Disney+ series has since resumed production in Atlanta, with two of its stars posting …
ABC special about 2019 Notre-Dame fire will bring us a “ray of hope,” says filmmaker
ABC(PARIS) — Wednesday night at 9 p.m ET, ABC airs Notre-Dame: Our Lady of Paris, a documentary about the fire that ravaged the legendary cathedral in April 2019. It’s told via dramatic, first-hand accounts of the firefighters who saved the structure, as well as the clergy, church administrators and more. The firefighters are the true heroes of the …
Kerry Washington wins first Emmy Award as co-executive producer of ‘Live in Front of a Studio Audience’
ABC/Todd Wawrychuk(LOS ANGELES) — Kerry Washington is officially an Emmy Award winner. During the second night of the 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which are being announced virtually this year, Live in Front of a Studio Audience: “All in the Family” And “Good Times” was awarded Outstanding Variety Special (Live). The special aired on ABC in 2019 and …
Samuel L. Jackson promises to teach you to swear in 15 languages if you vote this November
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Here’s an incentive to cast or mail in your ballot for the upcoming presidential election — Samuel L. Jackson promises that, if you prove to him that you’re voting on November 3, he’ll teach you how to swear in 15 different languages. Jackson’s offer is part of HeadCount‘s Good to Vote campaign, which aims to …
Bella Hadid shows off her “burger bump” in side by side photo with pregnant sister Gigi
Noam Galai/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Pretty soon, supermodel Bella Hadid will be going by a new title — Auntie Bella — when her big sister Gigi Hadid gives birth to a daughter, which is any day now. It’s no secret that the younger Hadid cannot wait to be an aunt because, on Tuesday, she posted a hilarious throwback snap of the two sisters …
Reese Witherspoon says she was “terrified” to become a mom at 22
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter(LOS ANGELES) — As many first time mothers can attest, preparing for a baby can be extremely daunting. Actress Reese Witherspoon says her experience was no different when she was expecting her first child. Appearing on The Drew Barrymore Show on Tuesday, the Oscar-winning actress confessed that her life isn’t nearly as …