Disney Channel/Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) — While he spent his career playing tough guys on the big and small screen, Machete series star Danny Trejo showed his tender side Wednesday, when he crawled into a flipped-over car, and helped rescue a special needs child who was trapped inside. KABC-TV reports that Trejo, 75, happened to …
Here’s how ‘Empire’ will address Jussie Smollett’s absence in the final season
Chuck Hodes/Fox Broadcasting Co.(NEW YORK) — We now know how Empire will deal with the departure of Jussie Smollett’s character, Jamal, from the series, following accusations the actor staged a hate crime against himself back in January. “He’s on his honeymoon! [Show co-creator] Lee [Daniels] has spoken a lot about this situation and this story …
Welcome to Zamunda: Wesley Snipes, Leslie Jones board the ‘Coming to America’ sequel
TM & COPYRIGHT © 1988 BY PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.(NEW YORK) — Wesley Snipes and Leslie Jones are officially headed to Zamunda. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Snipes and the SNL star have been added to the cast of Coming 2 America, the sequel to the classic 1988 comedy. They join original stars …
Ann Curry helps solve medical mysteries in real time on ‘Chasing the Cure’
Warner Media(NEW YORK) — Ann Curry doesn’t want anyone to suffer in silence. The Emmy award-winning journalist hosts and produces an innovative new show called Chasing the Cure, designed to help solve medical mysteries in real time. The show, airing live tonight on TNT and TBS, will follow a series of patients searching for answers to …
Terry Crews and ‘Fast and Furious’ series star Ludacris tapped to star in modern adaption of ‘John Henry’
ABC/Paula Lobo(LOS ANGELES) — Terry Crews has been tapped to put a modern twist on the classic African-American folk tale John Henry. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Saban Films has picked up the North American rights to a contemporary adaptation of John Henry that will star Crews and rapper-actor Ludacris. In the original folk tale, Henry was a steel driver worker who was …
This year’s Emmys are going host-free
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 …