ABC/Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) — Basketball legend Kobe Bryant is teaming with Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx to promote their new courtroom drama, Just Mercy. The former Los Angeles Lakers star will host a private film industry screening of the film on January 6 in Los Angeles, according to Deadline. Jordan and Foxx, who star in Just Mercy, will introduce the movie …
Sorry, FinnRey shippers: JJ Abrams reveals what Finn *really* wanted to tell Rey in ‘The Rise of Skywalker’
L-R: John Boyega and Oscar Isaac in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”; Lucasfilm/Disney (LOS ANGELES) — (SPOILERS AHEAD) If you’ve seen Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, you may have come away from the film with a question: What did Finn want to tell Rey that he never ended up telling her? When Finn, …
Billie Lourd posts honest message about grief during the holidays
Kevin Mazur/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — The daughter of the late Carrie Fisher penned an honest message about grief during the holidays to her 1.3 million Instagram followers. Billie Lourd, who lost her mother and her maternal grandmother, actress Debbie Reynolds, three years ago on Dec. 27 and Dec. 28, respectively, wrote that sometimes the holiday season …
Tall drink of water: Henry Cavill describes dehydration regimen for ‘The Witcher’ shirtless scenes
Netflix/Katalin Vermes(LONDON) — If you spotted hunky Henry Cavill on the set of The Witcher and offered to buy him a drink, you might have had a good shot of him taking you up on it. That’s because at one point, he was starving himself of liquids. In order to make his heroic physique pop, …
Martin Scorsese’s daughter trolls Marvel movie-hating dad with superhero wrapping paper
Netflix/Eric Charbonneau (LOS ANGELES) — Martin Scorsese famously made Hollywood hay by shading Marvel movies as “not cinema,” so his daughter Francesca trolled her in the best way for Christmas: she wrapped all his gifts with Marvel wrapping paper. On Christmas Eve, she showed off her handiwork in a story on her Instagram feed. Scorsese’s controversial …
Universal scratches ‘CATS’ from its “for your consideration” website pitch
Universal Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Me-owch. CATS is no longer a major awards contender, at least according to Universal Pictures. The studio, still licking its wounds after a brutal critical roasting over the big-budget, all-star adaptation’s effects led to a dismal box office opening, has deleted it from Universal’s “For Your Consideration” splash page on its …
Lin-Manuel Miranda lays out his ambitious goal for 2020
Disney Channel/Todd Wawrychuk(NEW YORK) — With the ability to see what’s going on in the world around you at any moment, it’s no wonder why some people find Twitter absolutely addicting. One celebrity, however, says he’s putting the brakes on the app. Lin-Manuel Miranda wants to accomplish something very specific in 2020 and, in order to do …
Lena Waithe says her upcoming holiday plans include a “staycation” and lots of “chill”
ABC/Randy Holmes(NEW YORK) — Lena Waithe officially has a busy 2020 ahead of her, but before she jumps into the new year, the Queen & Slim writer says she plans to first take it easy. “I’m doing a staycation. I’m not going nowhere,” Waithe tells ABC Audio of her upcoming holiday plans. “I’ve been doing …
‘Star Wars” first same-sex kiss cut from ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ in Singapore
Lucasfilm(SINGAPORE) — Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker contains the franchise’s first-ever same-sex kiss, but audiences in Singapore won’t get to see it. The BBC reports the scene — a brief shot of two women kissing in a celebratory crowd of people — has been cut from the Singaporean version of the film. Gay sex …
Katharine McPhee reportedly in talks for Netflix show inspired by ‘The Nanny’
Matt Murphy(LOS ANGELES) — And that’s how Katharine McPhee became… The Nanny? According to Us Weekly, the singer and actress is in talks to star in a comedy series for Netflix inspired by the ‘90s Fran Drescher series, The Nanny. An insider reveals McPhee is working on “a sitcom-type series similar to The Nanny, but …