Kobe Bryant: Harry How/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK) — Jimmy Fallon and James Corden each took a moment on Monday to pay homage to NBA legend Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. Jimmy Kimmel went even further, devoting his entire show to remembering the basketball great. Fallon, …
Ellen DeGeneres offers passionate plea in wake of Kobe Bryant’s death: “Just celebrate life”
Christian Petersen/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Ellen DeGeneres delivered a tearful and heartfelt tribute to the late Lakers great Kobe Bryant on Monday’s special episode of The Ellen Show. “I have mentioned before that we tape the show in advance,” explains DeGeneres before exhaling loudly to gather herself while battling back tears. The Finding Dory star emotionally continues, “Today is Monday, and yesterday was Sunday. It …
‘Star Trek: Picard’ beams up strong ratings for CBS All Access
Photo Cr: Matt Kennedy/CBS ©2019 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved(LOS ANGELES) — Patrick Stewart’s return to the Star Trek universe has beamed up strong numbers for CBS’ streaming service, CBS All Access. Driven by interest in the series, CBS claims January was a record month for subscriber sign-ups, and also saw a new record for total streams …
Watch New England natives Chris Evans, John Krasinski and Rachel Dratch in Hyundai’s “Smaht Cah” ad
Hyundai(LOS ANGELES) — Boston natives Chris Evans and John Krasinski join SNL vet and Lexington, Massachusetts’ own Rachel Dratch in a new Super Bowl ad poking fun at their hometown accents. So to demonstrate Hyundai Sonata’s new ‘smart park’ feature — which literally lets the car drive itself into an out of a parking spot with the push of a button, they tapped the celebs for …
Two animated Marvel shows bound for Hulu get the ax
Hulu(LOS ANGELES) — Marvel has nixed the development of two of its four animated comedies for Hulu, Howard the Duck and Tigra & Dazzler, the latter of which was paused in December as part of a “creative overhaul,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. MODOK and Hit Monkey are still slated to move forward. Tigra and Howard are the latest Marvel TV series to …
Series lead Omari Hardwick says he hasn’t been able to watch the last season of Power: “I lived it”
Starz(NEW YORK) — While Power fans are going bananas over the final season of the crime drama, one star is having difficulty tuning in. Omari Hardwick, who plays drug kingpin James “Ghost” St. Patrick on Power, tells ABC News he hasn’t been able to bring himself to watch the final season. “I lived it,” Hardwick said. “The mid-season …
‘Bad Boys for Life’ beats newcomer ‘The Gentlemen’ at weekend box office
Ben Rothstein/© 2019 CTMG, Inc. (NEW YORK) — It wasn’t much of a contest between Bad Boys for Life and newcomer The Gentlemen in the weekend box office. Bad Boys for Life, the third movie in the Martin Lawrence Bad Boys franchise, easily took the top spot with a $34 million haul in its second week. Overall, the R-rated …
Jon Lovitz returns to help SNL skewer Alan Dershowitz
Will Heath/NBC(NEW YORK) — Saturday Night Live alum Jon Lovitz returned to his old stomping ground this weekend for a cold open sketch that reunited President Donald Trump’s attorney Alan Dershowitz with former client Jeffrey Epstein in hell. The sketch began with Lovitz, portraying Dershowitz, running his defense strategy for the president’s impeachment trial by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Susan Collins, played respectively by SNL‘s Beck Bennett and Cecily Strong. …
Celebrity fans pay homage to NBA legend Kobe Bryant after he dies in California helicopter crash
ABC/Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) — Celebrity sports fans from around the world are paying homage to NBA legend Kobe Bryant after he died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday. Fellow former NBA stars Scottie Pippen, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were among the high-profile players who reacted to news of the beloved basketball player’s death. Bryant …
Kobe Bryant, daughter among 9 dead in helicopter crash in Southern California
Kevin Winter/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — NBA icon and Oscar-winner Kobe Bryant was killed Sunday morning in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, ABC News has confirmed. He was 41. Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, died alongside her father, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. There were nine people on board the helicopter and no …