Kevin Winter/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — An eight-year-old Australian boy gained a typewriter and a friend in Tom Hanks after writing the actor an emotional and thoughtful letter. When Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, revealed in March they tested positive for COVID-19 while in Australia, the young boy, named Corona De Vries, reached out to the Hollywood legend. “I …
‘Parks and Recreation’ cast to reunite for COVID-19 charity special
Michael Tran/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — You may not be able to visit your local parks and recreation center but you can certainly tune in to watch the cast of Parks and Recreation reunite for a one-time special. The half-hour-long scripted special will bring the original cast of Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, Jim O’Heir, and Retta back to Pawnee to …
Ricky Gervais says, “You won’t hear me complain” about quarantine, unlike some celebrities
ABC/Heidi Gutman(LOS ANGELES) — Ricky Gervais, the guy famous for hosting the Golden Globes and flaming celebrities’ self-importance at the event, isn’t digging quarantined stars right about now. He tells The New York Times, “[E]very day, I see some millionaire celebrity going, ‘I’m sad that I’m not on telly tonight.’ Or, ‘I had a swim in …
Chris Hemsworth says the script for ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ is “pretty insane”
Jasin Boland/Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — While promoting his new Netflix action movie Extraction, Chris Hemsworth dropped some hints to the Philadelphia Inquirer about the fourth Thor movie. “It’s one of the best scripts I’ve read in years,” the Marvel movie superhero teases. He credits the movie’s writer-director, Oscar winning Jojo Rabbit screenwriter, director, and star Taika Waititi. “[The script is] Taika at his most extreme, and at …
Disney+ pulls up the curtain on its behind-the-scenes documentary on ‘The Mandalorian’
Disney+(LOS ANGELES) — Today, Disney+ gave fans a taste of its Star Wars Day birthday cake, the documentary series Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian. The sneak peek shows director Jon Favreau in a roundtable setting with the hit series’ directors, including Oscar winner Taika Waititi, Bryce Dallas Howard, Dave Filoni, and Rick Famuyiwa, and other Q&As with stars Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers, and Gina Carano, as well as tantalizing teases …
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Jeff Goldblum has just revealed all the things that make him happy during COVID-19
Walt Disney Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Somedays, it feels tough to find a reason to smile during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why Jeff Goldblum is here to share all the things that bring him joy — no matter how small or inconsequential. The Thor: Ragnarok star dished about all the things that make his day on Wednesday…as well as his budding …
Ellen Pompeo’s old comments about Harvey Weinstein’s victims have come back to haunt her
ABC/Mike Rosenthal(LOS ANGELES) — Here’s a good lesson about the internet: whatever you say on it is there forever. Ellen Pompeo is finding that out the hard way after comments she once made about Harvey Weinstein’s victims recently came back to light. E! News reports the Grey’s Anatomy star made the comments during a 2018 Q&A session with Oxford Union. Interlaced …
Halle Berry says Pierce Brosnan saved her from choking while filming ‘Die Another Day’
Photo credit should read DAN CHUNG/AFP/GettyImages(LOS ANGELES) — Halle Berry, who played NSA agent Giacinta “Jinx” Johnson in the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day opposite Pierce Brosnan’s Agent 007, says the actor saved the day when she started choking while filming the spy thriller. “I was doing a scene with [Brosnan] in Die Another Day, and I was …
HBO programming season 4 of ‘Westworld’
John P. Johnson/HBO(LOS ANGELES) — A little more than halfway through its third season, HBO has already given Westworld the go-ahead for a fourth season, Casey Bloys, president, HBO Programming announced on Wednesday. “From the western theme park to the technocratic metropolis of the near future, we’ve thoroughly enjoyed every twist and turn from the minds of master …