ABC News/Steve Iervolino(LOS ANGELES) — Idris Elba is putting on some cowboy boots for his next major role. Netflix has announced that Elba will saddle up with Jonathan Majors for the all-black Western feature The Harder They Fall. The film will follow Majors as Nat Love, an outlaw who discovers that the man– played by …
‘Dancing with the Stars’ season 28 “Semi-Finals” recap: Ally Brooke weeps as judges save her over James Van Der Beek
ABC/Eric McCandless(NEW YORK) — Emotions were already riding high on Monday’s Dancing with the Stars as the competitors had one last shot to make it to the finals. However, the night was rife with heartbreaking moments that brought the audience and the judges to tears. The most devastating moment of the night occurred in the last five minutes when …
‘The Voice’ recap: The top 13 singers perform
Trae Patton/NBC(NEW YORK) — The Voice was live on Monday, with the top 13 artists competing for America’s vote, advised by their coaches Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend. Two artists will be sent home on Tuesday, based on America’s vote. On Monday, each artist took the stage with a special dedication. Here are the highlights of …
‘Jeopardy!”s three biggest winners facing off in primetime ‘Greatest of All Time’ special
©2019 Jeopardy Productions Inc. (LOS ANGELES) — Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter and James Holzhauer, the three biggest winners in the history of Jeopardy!, will face off against each other in a “primetime throwdown” in January on ABC. Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time will have the trio competing for a top prize of a million bucks; the first player to win …
“I do what I want”: ‘GQ”s “Icon of the Year” Jennifer Lopez said she did Hustlers “for free”
Daniel Jackson/GQ(NEW YORK) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) In the new “Men of the Year” issue of GQ, which hits stands Tuesday, Jennifer Lopez takes her place as the magazine’s Icon of the Year, talking about her career, empowerment, and — celebrating both — her movie, Hustlers. The based-on-real-life film had Lopez playing Ramona, a stripper at …
President Trump to Award Jon Voight, singer Alison Krauss with National Medal of the Arts
ABC/Ida Mae Astute(WASHINGTON D.C.) — The White House has announced that President Donald Trump will present Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight with the National Medal of the Arts on Thursday. Voight, one of President Trump’s most vocal supporters in Hollywood, was saluted for “his exceptional capacity as an actor to portray deeply complex characters,” a press …
“Nobody owns ‘cinema'”: Marvel movie directors Joe and Anthony Russo take on Scorsese’s diss
L-R – Anthony, Joe Russo(LOS ANGELES) — Like the heroes in their action-packed finale of their biggest hit, Avengers: Endgame, directors Joe and Anthony Russo have emerged to battle a malevolent force: Martin Scorsese. O.K., perhaps referring to the famed director’s headline-grabbing diss of Marvel movies as such is a bit too dramatic, but the …
Bill Murray reuniting with director Peter Farrelly for Quibi comedy series ‘The Now’
ABC/Giovanni Rufino(LOS ANGELES) — The short-form channel that’s getting a lot of celebrity attention, Quibi, has just landed a notoriously difficult to catch fish: Bill Murray. The Ghostbusters veteran is reuniting with Peter Farrelly — who co-directed the gross-out comedy Kingpin starring Murray, before becoming the director of the Oscar-winning Green Book — for a …
‘The OA’ star Kingsley Ben-Adir to play President Obama in James Comey miniseries
Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Disney+(LOS ANGELES) — The OA star Kingsley Ben-Adir is gearing up to fill some pretty big shoes. Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Ben-Adir will play President Barack Obama in the upcoming James Comey miniseries from CBS Studios. The miniseries, which does not yet have a network, is based on Comey’s …
‘SNL’ adds “pizzazz” and Jon Hamm to Trump impeachment hearings
(Will Heath/NBCNEW YORK) –Jon Hamm showed up for Saturday Night Live‘s cold open sketch, this weekend, which mocked the House public impeachment hearings, which, according to some pundits, lacked the “pizzazz” needed to capture the public’s attention. SNL addressed the criticism by presenting the hearings as a soap opera, titled, “Days of Our Impeachment.” The sketch featured regulars Alex Moffat as …