ABC/Randy Holmes(NEW YORK) — All this week Jimmy Kimmel has been taping his ABC late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! at New York’s Brooklyn Academy of Music, and on Thursday, he thanked Brooklyn for its hospitality with a surprise appearance from Kanye West. West appeared on the show to promote his latest album, Jesus Is …
‘Countdown’ and ‘Black and Blue’ among this week’s new releases
Marion Curtis/StarPix(NEW YORK) — Opening nationwide on Friday: * Countdown — A nurse who downloads an app that claims to predict the moment a person will die and learns she has two days to live. She then must beat the clock, and a mysterious figure haunting her, to stay alive before time runs out. Elizabeth Lail stars. Rated PG-13. * Black …
‘Lizzie McGuire’ cast announcement: Stars to reprise their roles as Jo, Sam and Matt McGuire
ABC/Eric McCandless(NEW YORK) — Disney announced Thursday that Hallie Todd, Robert Carradine, and Jake Thomas will reprise their roles as Jo, Sam, and Matt McGuire in the new Lizzie McGuire series for Disney+. As previously announced, Hilary Duff will reprise her role as Lizzie. Lizzie McGuire premiered on Disney Channel in 2001, and starred Duff, now 32, as a 13-year-old trying to navigate teenage life …
‘Joker’ rolling in the green: Profit on modestly-budget movie could match ‘Avengers: Endgame’
© 2019 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved/Nikos Tavernise(NEW YORK) — Director Todd Phillips kept the budget of his Joker film low, in part to make the chancy project irresistible to Warner Bros. Four weeks now since its release, another benefit has come to light: serious profit. The budget of the R-rated film was …
Eric La Salle explains why he’s not returning to ‘Coming 2 America’
TM & COPYRIGHT © 1988 BY PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.(LOS ANGELES) — With the majority of the Coming 2 America cast returning to the highly anticipated sequel, Coming 2 America, there is at least one original cast member that will not reprise his legendary role: Eriq La Salle. In an interview with The Grio, La Salle, …
Has ‘SNL”s Pete Davidson moved on from Margaret Qualley?
NBC/Will Heath, ABC/Randy Holmes(NEW YORK) — Following a quick engagement to Ariana Grande and a series of brief rumored romances with actresses Kate Beckinsale and Margaret Qualley, Saturday Night Live‘s Pete Davidson appears to have a new squeeze. Davidson was spotted at a New York City eatery with model Kaia Gerber on Wednesday. A fan …
Tyrese Gibson explains why Hollywood needs to make more “classic” films like ‘Black and Blue’
Marion Curtis/StarPix (NEW YORK) — Tyrese Gibson is flexing his Fast and Furious acting chops in a different way for his new film Black and Blue. In the cop thriller, Gibson plays Mouse, a convenience store owner who reluctantly helps a police officer who is framed for murder by a group of corrupt cops. Gibson …
Report: Ben Affleck looking for love on a dating app
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — With more and more couples meeting online, Ben Affleck reportedly tried his luck on the celebrity-friendly dating app Raya. An insider tells Page Six, “He seems to want a real partner and is not looking to date a celebrity. He is private and is in a good space right now.” The source adds that the Gone …
‘The Kominsky Method’ lead Michael Douglas says acting gets harder with age
Michael Yarish/Netflix(NEW YORK) — Season two of The Kominsky Method arrives Friday on Netflix and centers around Michael Douglas’ character, acting coach Sandy Kominsky, who is becoming more and more forgetful — a problem Douglas himself is starting to experience. Douglas tells ABC Audio that memorizing his lines is getting tougher as he gets older. “It’s really hard, particularly at …
Rose McGowan files racketeering charges against Harvey Weinstein and his ex-attorneys
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE NATURE) Rose McGowan filed a racketeering lawsuit against Harvey Weinstien and his former attorneys Lisa Bloom and David Boies, alleging they conspired to suppress and discredit her allegation that Weinstein raped her at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. Black Cube, a spy firm hired by Weinstein, is also named in the …