Gerard Butler in “Angel Has Fallen”; Simon Varsano/Lionsgate(NEW YORK) — With no real wide-release competition to challenge it over the Labor Day weekend, Angel Has Fallen held onto the number-one spot at the box office, earning an additional $14.8 million in its second week in theaters. The third film in the Fallen franchise, again starring Gerard …
Kevin Hart recovering from back surgery following weekend car accident injury
ABC/Ida Mae Astute(LOS ANGELES) — Kevin Hart is said to be recovering from surgery he underwent Sunday for what the California Highway Patrol said were “major back injuries” he sustained in a car accident just after midnight Sunday. According to TMZ, Hart underwent the surgery Sunday night following the crash of a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda at …
Valerie Harper, TV’s Rhoda, has died at 80
Tibrina Hobson/WireImage(NEW YORK) — Valerie Harper, the Emmy-winning actress who became famous for playing brash, shoot-from-the-hip New Yorker Rhoda Morgenstern on the classic 1970s sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show and her own spinoff series, Rhoda, died Friday at age 80, her daughter Cristina confirmed to ABC News. The cause of death is not yet …
Dominic Cooper talks about reprising the role of Howard Stark in Marvel’s upcoming “What If” animated series
Lachlan Moore/AMC/Sony Pictures (NEW YORK) — Before he played black-clad, boozing Jesse Custer in AMC’s Preacher, Dominic Cooper played another famous character onscreen: Howard Stark, inventor, industrialist and father of Iron Man, Tony Stark. Howard Stark made his big screen MCU debut in Captain America: The First Avenger, helping transform Chris Evans’ scrawny Steve Rogers …
Investigators combing through crash data in wake of death of racer and ‘Mythbusters’ star Jessi Combs
Velocity(OREGON) — Investigators are sifting through the data of the jet-powered vehicle that crashed Tuesday, killing its pilot, former Mythbusters star Jessi Combs. Deadline reports that it’s not known what caused the fiery Oregon wreck that took the life of the daredevil driver; Combs’ family was reportedly at her side when she succumbed from her …
Garcelle Beauvais to join tenth season of ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’
Freeform/David Bukach(LOS ANGELES) — Garcelle Beauvais is ready to shake up the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills franchise. Bravo has announced that Beauvais has joined the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast for its 10th season. This makes the actress the first black woman to be added to the popular spinoff. “I am excited and …
Jason Isaacs talks “insane” voice cast and “phenomenal” puppets of ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’
Netflix(NEW YORK) — The voice cast for Netflix’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is a who’s who of Hollywood talent, featuring everyone from Taron Egerton to Mark Hamill to Awkwafina. But Jason Isaacs, who voices The Emperor in the puppet-driven fantasy series, was the very first cast member to lay down his vocals. “I …
Binge the show, Johnny: YouTube bringing ‘Cobra Kai’, other originals to fans for free
L-R: Macchio, Zabka/ABC(NEW YORK) — Binge the show, Johnny: YouTube is allowing Cobra Kai fans to watch the series for no cost. Variety reports that the streaming website made the first season of the Karate Kid sequel free to watch, with ads, on Thursday. This is a move to promote the series’ second installment, which drops …
“You didn’t change our fate”: Watch the new ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ trailer
L-R: Linda Hamilton and Natalia Reyes in “Terminator: Dark Fate”/Paramount(NEW YORK) — Three months after the first trailer was released, Paramount has released a second action-packed trailer for Terminator: Dark Fate, the film that will reunite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton for the first time since producer/director James Cameron’s 1991 blockbuster, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Produced …
Alex Trebek tells ‘Jeopardy!’ fans chemo is “now over,” adds, “I’m on the mend”
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Alex Trebek, who went public with his fight with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer earlier this year, has a message for his Jeopardy! fans: He’s “on the mend.” In promotional materials for the show’s 35th season, Trebek is seen backstage as well as on-set, answering audience questions. He states, “I’ve gone through a …