Fox/Television Academy(LOS ANGELES) — Similar to last year’s Oscars telecast, Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier confirmed that this year’s Emmy Awards telecast will be host-free. At the network’s Television Critics Association gathering in Los Angeles, Collier confirmed what many insiders had suspected, seeing as the 71st annual show is a little more than a month …
Badabing! First-ever SopranosCon coming to New Jersey
(NEW JERSEY) — A fan expo dedicated to one of the most beloved organized crime dramas of all time has just been announced, and you won’t even have to dig around in New Jersey’s Meadowlands to find it. “It’s like The Sopranos meets New York Comic Con,” says co-organizer Daniel Trader of SopranosCon, the inaugural …
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Broadway cast flees the stage as crowds storm theater in Times Square panic
L-R Jeff Daniels and Gbenga Akinnabe/Julieta Cervantes(NEW YORK) — The saying goes, “The show must go on,” but that wasn’t the case Tuesday night with the Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird. Passersbys near New York City’s historic Schubert Theatre, which is near Times Square, panicked when they heard what sounded like gunshots. It …
FX renews ‘Atlanta’ for a fourth season — before third has even started shooting
Quantrell Colbert/FX(LOS ANGELES) — FX apparently has high hopes for Donald Glover’s critically acclaimed series Atlanta. On Tuesday, the network announced that it’s renewing the series for fourth season, even though the third season hasn’t even started production. Production on both seasons will officially begin during the spring of 2020. Seasons three and four of …
Idris Elba says it’s a “brave move” by the Bond franchise if Lashana Lynch becomes the new 007
Frank Masi/Universal Pictures(NEW YORK) — Idris Elba is weighing on the recent report that Captain Marvel star Lashana Lynch will become the new 007. According to the report, Daniel Craig will return as Bond in next year’s Bond 25, but retired from the spy game. Lynch, who will play Nomi in the film, is reported to …
Shannen Doherty says ‘BH90210’ felt like “the right thing to do” after Luke Perry’s death
Brian Bowen Smith/FOX(NEW YORK) — Shannen Doherty once vowed never to return to her Beverly Hills 90210 role of Brenda Walsh, but that decision changed with the sudden passing of her close friend and co-star Luke Perry this past March. The actress and cancer survivor now says she agreed to star in the BH90210 revival in Perry’s …
Tiffany Haddish, Blair Underwood and more tapped to star in Octavia Spencer’s ‘Madam C.J. Walker’ series
Netlfix/Adam Rose(LOS ANGELES) — Octavia Spencer’s forthcoming Madam C.J. Walker Netflix series has found its starting lineup. According to Deadline, Tiffany Haddish, Carmen Ejogo, Blair Underwood, Garrett Morris and Kevin Carroll have signed on for principal roles in the series about the legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist. They join Spencer, who has already been cast as …
‘Thor: Ragnarok’ director Taika Waititi to receive the first Ebert Director Award at Toronto Film Festival
Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney(TORONTO) — New Zealand-born director Taika Waititi will be honored with the inaugural Ebert Director Award at this year’s inaugural Toronto Film Festival, named after late, legendary movie critic Roger Ebert. Organizers of the event, which runs from September 5 to September 15, have previously honored filmmakers — including …
For ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ star Vanessa Kirby, working with Helen Mirren was a big draw
Photo Credit: Daniel Smith/Universal Pictures(NEW YORK) — While Fast and the Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is built around the two titular tough guys — played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham — there’s a pair of very strong women at its core: Helen Mirren and Vanessa Kirby. Oscar-winner Mirren plays tough-as-nails matriarch …
Tyrese Gibson shades The Rock’s ‘Fast & Furious’ spinoff box office numbers
ABC/Paula Lobo(LOS ANGELES) — Tyrese Gibson has a clear message for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw: Your film’s “NOT a win.” In a now-deleted Instagram post captured by The Shade Room, Gibson shared a screenshot of a headline that read, “Hobbs and Shaw Has Lowest Fast & Furious Box Office Opening Since Tokyo …