Billy Porter in “Pose” — FX/Macall Polay(LOS ANGELES) — The FX drag queen drama Pose, and Netflix’s dramedy Russian Doll lead the pack with four nominations apiece, for the 2019 Television Critics Association Awards. HBO leads all other networks with 15 nominations, though Netflix is close behind with 14. The awards will be handed out …
Inevitable: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ coming back to theaters with new footage
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — At the Spider-Man: Far From Home press junket in London on Tuesday, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige let slip that Avengers: Endgame will be heading back to theaters on June 28 — with never-before-seen footage. Feige tells ScreenRant that the re-release is “not an extended cut, but” he notes that fans …
expand Inevitable: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ coming back to theaters with new footage
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — At the Spider-Man: Far From Home press junket in London on Tuesday, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige let slip that Avengers: Endgame will be heading back to theaters on June 28 — with never-before-seen footage. Feige tells ScreenRant that the re-release is “not an extended cut, but” he notes that fans …
Angelina Jolie joins ‘TIME’ as a Contributing Editor; first piece is titled “What We Owe Refugees”
Photo by Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Oscar-winning actress, director, and United Nations Ambassador Angelina Jolie now has another title: Contributing Editor for TIME magazine. Jolie’s experience as a humanitarian and philanthropist will inform her monthly pieces: She’ll contribute articles “focusing primarily on displacement, conflict and human rights,” according to the magazine. To that end, …
Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston’s ‘Murder Mystery’ slays for Netflix
Netflix/Scott Yamano(LOS ANGELES) — Murder Mystery, the Netflix comedy movie starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, notched the biggest opening weekend for a Netflix film, the streamer announced via Twitter Tuesday. The streamer says 13,374,914 accounts in the US and Canada, and 17,494,949 more worldwide, tuned in to the movie. Murder Mystery follows a New York …
Report: ‘Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club’ shuttered by MTV, and in IRL
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Lindsay Lohan’s MTV reality show Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club won’t return for a second season — and neither will the Mykonos nightclub, which served as the setting for the show, according to the New York Post. The show, which follows the daily lives of the club’s staff, premiered to decent ratings, which …
Gambler James Holzhauer’s loss was a huge win for ‘Jeopardy!’
Jeopardy! Productions(LOS ANGELES) — As previously reported, James Holzhauer’s Jeopardy! loss ended up being a big win for for the long-running game show. But now that all the numbers are finally crunched, Vulture reports the professional gambler-turned quiz show champ’s final episode was watched by 14.5 million people — the show’s largest same-day audience since …
Eddie Murphy joins Jerry Seinfeld for a new season of ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’
Courtesy of Netflix(NEW YORK) — Eddie Murphy is among the comics who’ll be taking a ride with Jerry Seinfeld for season 11 of his hit Netflix talk show, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Seinfeld made the announcement Tuesday on his Instagram with an image featuring the names of the upcoming season’s guests. “I love the coffee. …
Idris Elba visits New York comedy club where he used to be a bouncer
Will Heath/NBC(NEW YORK) — Idris Elba recently took a trip down memory lane while in New York City. On Monday night, Elba made a surprise visit to Caroline’s on Broadway, where the actor and DJ previously worked as a bouncer in his pre-stardom years. According to Page Six, Elba stopped by with his family at …
Robert Downey Jr. recruits heroic teen shark attack victim for his climate change coalition
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — After hearing she was a big fan of both Iron Man and marine sustainability, actor and philanthropist Robert Downey Jr. sent a special message to 17-year-old Paige Winter, recruiting her for his Footprint Coalition climate change venture. Winter lost her left leg and two fingers as a result of a shark …