20TH CENTURY FOX(LOS ANGELES) — ‘Tis the season for porch pirates. However, one dynamic duo teamed up to teach a handful of thieves an important lesson about taking something that doesn’t belong to them. Last year, NASA engineer-turned-YouTuber Mark Rober created a glitter bomb explicitly made to trick thieves after a porch pirate stole one of his packages. The …
“I haven’t completely decided” – Quentin Tarantino might beam off R-rated ‘Star Trek’ project
Gennady Avramenko/© 2019 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — After claiming he intended to bring his sensibilities to Star Trek — “Pulp Fiction in space,” as he put it — Quentin Tarantino might leave the long-gestating project behind. “I might be steering away from it, but we’ll see,” the Once Upon a Time in …
Survey says old classics, ‘Star Wars’ getting the most play on Disney+
Disney+(NEW YORK) — Like Netflix, the folks behind Disney+ don’t share their viewer numbers, but a new survey of Disney+ subscribers tells The Hollywood Reporter what they’ve been binging. Turns out 22% of nearly 500 people polled have been watching classics like the original Mary Poppins and other older Disney films — one percentage point higher …
Netflix releases first-look trailer for Kevin Hart’s new docuseries, ‘Don’t F**k This Up’
ABC/Ida Mae Astute(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Kevin Hart is sharing some of the most intimate moments during his tumultuous year in his new Netflix docuseries, Don’t F**k This Up. In the first-look trailer, Hart is captured sharing the news that he’s going to host the 2019 Oscars. The video then cuts to the fallout …
Excellent! ‘Entertainment Weekly’ posts first look of Keanu and Alex Winter in ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’
Orion Pictures/Patti Perret(LOS ANGELES) — The time-traveling phone booth is back! Entertainment Weekly has published a first look at Keanu Reeves as Ted “Theodore” Logan, Esq. and Alex Winter as bestie Bill S. Preston Esq., on the set of their long-awaited third Bill & Ted movie, Bill & Ted Face the Music. The pair appear …
Judge them by their size, do you? Newborns dressed up as “Baby Yoda” for hospital holiday pics
iStock/tonefotografia(PENNSYLVANIA) — Cute, they are. Newborn babies at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh have been given special Star Wars-themed costumes to make them look like the cutest life form in the universe: Baby Yoda from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian. Instead of the traditional baby hat and onesie, these lucky newborns were given knitted Santa …
‘The Simpsons’ turns the big “Three-D’oh!”
Fox(NEW YORK) — The Simpsons, the longest-running scripted primetime series of all time, turns 30 years old today. The first full-length episode of the animated series premiered on December 17, 1989. It followed a series of Simpsons shorts that aired in previous years on another Fox comedy, the live-action The Tracey Ullman Show. Homer, Marge, …
Cast of ‘Fuller House’ mourn sudden passing of Cosmo the dog
JTaI1129/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — The cast of Fuller House, who just wrapped the final season, are grieving the loss of one of the show’s most integral characters: Cosmo the golden retriever. He was three years old. The audience was introduced to Cosmo when he was just a puppy in the first season of the Full House spinoff, where the …
‘Legends of the Hidden Temple’ to be rebooted for millennial audience
Courtesy of Nickelodeon(NEW YORK) — 90s kids who grew up loving the mysterious Nickelodeon game show Legends of the Hidden Temple rejoice! The beloved series will be coming back as a show geared towards original fans. E! News reports that the series will be exclusively available on Quibi, a mobile video-streaming service. The show will contain “many of …
The ‘Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker’ cast answer kids’ questions on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Jimmy Kimmel celebrated the Los Angeles premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on Thursday, with a Star Wars-themed edition of his ABC late night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! Noting that the films were made for kids, Kimmel opened with a pre-taped segment featuring Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams and the actors answering kids’ Star Wars questions. For example, one boy asked Abrams how …