Amanda Edwards/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Hayden Panettiere, who stopped posting to her social media last February, made an unexpected return to Twitter by showing off a shocking new look. The Nashville actress traded her long blonde locks for a silvery buzzcut. “Channeling my inner #Kirby #Scream4,” the 30-year-old wrote. Kirby is the character she played in the 2011 horror flick. …
John Boyega vents his frustration over “stupid” ‘Star Wars’ fandom fights
L-R: John Boyega and Oscar Isaac in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”; Lucasfilm/Disney(LOS ANGELES) — While Star Wars is one of the biggest fandoms in pop culture, it also can be the most divided. For example, fans either loved or completely despised Marie Tran’s character, Rose, in The Last Jedi. Tran was famously bullied off Instagram by angry …
Charlize Theron accidentally flashed her friends when celebrating SAG nomination
ABC/Randy Holmes(NEW YORK) — Good news: Charlize Theron has been nominated for a SAG Award for her work in Bombshell. Bad news: she found out while she was wearing just a bathrobe. While that doesn’t sound that particularly bad, the issue is that her reaction was caught entirely on camera. A friend of hers was recording as the list of …
‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ coming back January 19 on HBO; actress Maggie Wheeler called working on ‘Curb’ a “great privilege”
HBO/John P. Johnson(NEW YORK) — HBO has announced that Emmy winner Larry David is returning as, well, Larry David on HBO’s acclaimed comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, starting Sunday, January 19 at 10:30 p.m. Like David’s series Seinfeld before it, Curb has mined comedy gold from the banal, from “thank yous” to misbehaved dogs and mishandled grape juice, and the new season promises …
‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ coming back January 19 on HBO; ‘Seinfeld’ and Curb veteran Maggie Wheeler called working on ‘Curb’ a “great privilege”
HBO/John P. Johnson(NEW YORK) — HBO has announced that Emmy winner Larry David is returning as…Larry David on HBO’s acclaimed comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, starting Sunday, January 19 at 10:30 p.m. Like David’s series Seinfeld before it, Curb has mined comedy gold from the banal, from “thank yous” to misbehaved dogs, to mis-handled grape juice, …
Kevin Hart reflects on his “hell of a year” in emotional Instagram post
ABC/Ida Mae Astute(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Hours after cementing his hand prints and footprints in front of the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California Tuesday night, actor Kevin Hart reflected on his year in an emotional Instagram post. Writing that “words can’t explain my emotion right now,” Hart shared that 2019 has been “a …
‘Bombshell’, ‘Marriage Story’ top Screen Actors Guild nominations
Photo credit: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle SMPSP(NEW YORK) — The Fox News sex harassment battle movie Bombshell, with four nominations, leads the pack of potential winners for the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Also with four nominations are The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, each of which was also recognized for their …
“I TURNED MYSELF INTO A PRINGLE, MORTY!” ‘Rick and Morty’ ready for the Super Bowl with “Pickle Rick” chip
Adult Swim/Kellogg Company(NEW YORK) — The animated hit Rick and Morty has just warped into a new dimension: snack food. Adult Swim show has partnered with Pringles to celebrate the Super Bowl as well as one of the absurdist show’s most beloved episodes by creating Pickle Rick flavored Pringles. For the uninitiated, the episode centers …
Netflix numbers show ‘The Irishman’ was well-viewed…but it’s no ‘Birdbox’
Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos claims Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman was viewed by 26.4 million households in its first week on Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That figure, while impressive, especially for a three-hour movie, is far below the 45 million viewers who tuned in to watch Birdbox a year ago. It …
‘Platoon’, ‘She’s Gotta Have It’, ‘Purple Rain’ among 2019’s class of National Film Registry entrants
Photo by Roland Neveu/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON D.C.) — Writer/director Oliver Stone’s Vietnam War drama Platoon, Prince’s Purple Rain, Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It and Disney’s Cinderella are among the 25 films just added to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry. As always, the additions represent a diverse collection. Also on the list …