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 …
Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash at age 41
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. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office, there were five people on board the helicopter and no one survived the crash, which happened at around …
Terry Crews insists ‘America’s Got Talent’ is “the most diverse place” he’s ever worked
NBC/Trae Patton(NEW YORK) — America’s Got Talent host Terry Crews apparently had a very different experience on the set of NBC’s variety series. Amid the network’s investigation into Gabrielle Union’s departure from the show following claims of a toxic culture, Crews tells NBC’s Today that he begs to differ. “First of all, I can’t speak …
After getting jacked for ‘Marvel’s The Eternals’, Kumail Nanjiani gets treated to junk food by Jimmy Kimmel
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Around the holidays, if you recall, actor Kumail Nanjiani found himself an unlikely viral star, when he posted a snap of his ripped body, which he whipped into shape for Marvel’s The Eternals. He talked about the situation with Jimmy Kimmel Thursday night, explaining he loved the attention — particularly from …