Lucasfilm/Disney+(LOS ANGELES) — While the Emmy-winning animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars wrapped up in May, some of the series’ newest additions are getting their own spin-off. Lucasfilm Animation has announced that Star: Wars: The Bad Batch, centering on the continued adventures of a squad of enhanced clone troopers, will come to Disney+ in 2021. For the …
Gerard Way speaking during virtual Comic-Con panel; ‘The Making of the Umbrella Academy’ book coming soon
Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Gerard Way is participating in a virtual panel during Comic-Con at Home, an online version of the annual San Diego event. The My Chemical Romance frontman and co-creator of The Umbrella Academy on Netflix will speak with fellow comic book writers Nnedi Okorafor and Matt Kindt about “characters, the writing process, and the joys of creating.” You can tune …
Lin-Manuel Miranda addresses heartwarming fan theory about ‘Hamilton’ ending
Disney+(NEW YORK) — If you were confused about the gasp that happens at the end of Hamilton — you aren’t alone. Hopefully, the latest from the play’s creator Lin-Manuel Miranda can help provide a bit of insight. The scene in question happens during the ending number “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story,” where Miranda walks behind Eliza (Phillipa …
Grandpa-to-be Arnold is “excited”; Katherine Schwarzenegger calls family time the “silver lining” of quarantine
Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP(LOS ANGELES) — Quarantine life isn’t always easy, but Katherine Schwarzenegger is all about finding the “silver lining” of it all. “It’s been a great silver lining during quarantine to be able to spend so much time with my family and to be able to have everybody be healthy and …
Body found at Lake Piru where Naya Rivera disappeared last week
Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(VENTURA COUNTY) — A body was found Monday morning at Lake Piru, the California lake north of Los Angeles where Glee actress Naya Rivera is believed to have drowned last week. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office tweeted Monday that recovery of the body is in …
Johnny Depp accuses ex Amber Heard of throwing punches at him when she learned his money was gone
ABC/Randy Holmes(LONDON) — Johnny Depp wrapped up a total of 25 hours on the witness stand in a London courtroom today, in his libel case against News Group Newspapers. As has been the case regarding his nasty split with ex-wife Amber Heard, Depp’s testimony wasn’t short on the fireworks — and this time, The Sun reports he claimed Heard threw “haymaker” …
Vivica A. Fox wants Zendaya to to play her daughter in ‘Kill Bill Vol. 3’
Walt Disney Television/Jeff Neira — ABC/Paula Lobo(LOS ANGELES) — Quentin Tarantino has been teasing the possibility of a Kill Bill Vol. 3, and Vivica A. Fox, whose assassin Veronica Green was killed by a vengeful Uma Thurman’s The Bride/Beatrix Kiddo in Kill Bill Vol. 1, knows who she wants to star. “Zendaya!” Fox tells NME. Tarantino has hinted that the next …
Brooklyn Beckham announces engagement to Nicola Peltz
Dominique Charriau/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Congratulations are in order to Brooklyn Beckham, who announced on Saturday that he proposed to girlfriend Nicola Peltz… and she said yes! Brooklyn, the 21-year-old son of David and Victoria Beckham, gushed about his now-fiancée on Instagram. “Two weeks ago I asked my soulmate to marry me and she said yes,” he disclosed to his 12.2 …
50 Cent sparks feud with Will Smith after DM about Jada Pinkett Smith and August Alsina
ABC/John Salangsang — Rich Polk/Getty Images for Environmental Media Assoc.(LOS ANGELES) — Leave it 50 Cent to give his two cents on the latest drama. In the latest on-brand move from the rapper, he shared a screenshot of a conversation he had with Will Smith following an episode of Red Table Talk where Jada Pinkett Smith, Will’s wife, admitted to becoming involved in an …
As cops search cabins for Naya Rivera, they warn amateurs against searching for missing Glee star
Amy Sussman/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The search for Naya Rivera, who’s presumed drowned after a boating mishap on California’s Lake Piru last week, has led Ventura County cops to tell fans to back off. While some have urged cops to search the cabins surrounding the lake — which authorities already were doing — others have gathered …