Amazon Prime(NEW YORK) — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel will stay to joke another day. The Emmy-winning Amazon series has been renewed for a fourth season, according to Variety. The news comes on the heels of the show’s third season, which debuted last Friday and follows Rachel Brosnahan’s Miriam “Midge” Maisel pursuing her stand-up comedy dreams …
Elizabeth Hurley on playing a witchy woman in ‘Marvel’s Runaways’, and staying in super-villain shape
HULU(NEW YORK) — Elizabeth Hurley had a blast playing super-powered baddie Morgan le Fay in the final season of Hulu’s Marvel’s Runaways, she tells Good Morning America. The show centers on five young people who’ve fled their super-villain parents. “Each of the five teens have some kind of power, but…I have every power,” Hurley smiles. …
Danny Aiello, Oscar-nominated for ‘Do the Right Thing’, dead at 86
Photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Danny Aiello, a New York City-born character actor and veteran of stage and screen, has died, ABC Audio has confirmed. He was 86. “It is with profound sorrow to report that Danny Aiello, beloved husband, father, grandfather, actor and musician passed away last night after a brief illness,” …
Jennifer Esposito gets “real” with new movie ‘Mob Town’, and says fans of ‘The Boys’ will be “surprised” at season 2
Bleiberg Entertainment(NEW YORK) — Former Blue Bloods cop Jennifer Esposito shows a different side of the criminal underworld in the new drama Mob Town, which debuts in theaters and video-on-demand today. The actress is from New York, but even the Brooklyn native was surprised to learn the plot of the period piece was based on …
Johnny Galecki back on ‘Vacation’ with new HBO Max spin-off ‘The Griswolds’
“Christmas Vacation” cast reunion/Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The Griswolds are hitting the road again, and this time, they’re headed to HBO Max. The streamer is developing a half-hour comedy series from The Big Bang Theory alum — and Vacation series veteran — Johnny Galecki titled The Griswolds, based on National Lampoon’s Vacation …
John Lithgow says ‘Bombshell’ delivers a “political kick”
Nathan Congleton/NBC(NEW YORK) — Bombshell opens in limited release today and John Lithgow, who plays disgraced former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, cannot wait for people to experience it. Speaking with ABC Audio, Lithgow says that while the film isn’t overly political, it also can’t help but be political. “The dramatic denouement of this film is the fall of Roger at …
Olivia Wilde didn’t see anything wrong in her controversial ‘Richard Jewell’ scene
Mike Smith/NBC(LOS ANGELES) — Richard Jewell is out in theaters now, but it was making headlines long before its theatrical release due to a controversial scene that had journalists crying foul. The Clint Eastwood-directed film tells the true story of the 1996 Centennial Park bombing where security guard Richard Jewell discovers a backpack containing bombs and evacuates the park — saving countless lives. …
‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ and ‘Richard Jewell’ top a busy box office weekend
Frank Masi(NEW YORK) — Opening nationwide on Friday: * Jumanji: The Next Level — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan and Jack Black return in this follow-up to 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, this time to rescue the grandfathers of two original players who accidentally get sucked into the video game. Danny DeVito transports into The Rock’s body, while Danny Glover becomes Kevin Hart’s character, …
Lin-Manuel Miranda drops first trailer for ‘In The Heights’
ABC/Heidi Gutman(LOS ANGELES) — The first trailer for the highly anticipated In The Heights film musical has officially dropped and features a slew of Broadway favorites and rising stars. The movie is 12 years in the making, but creator Lin-Manuel Miranda says it couldn’t have come at a better time. “I started writing this show …
‘Avengers’, ‘Joker’, Jussie, and late celebs top Google’s top trending searches for 2019
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — At the end of every year, Google crunches the numbers to see what we’ve been searching for in the past 12 months — yes, they keep track, duh — and celebrities were on our minds. The company has compiled search results for this year, and it’s likely no surprise that the …