Photo by Mark Sagliocco/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — Surprise! Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are expecting their third child. The duo, who are already parents to 4-year-old daughter James and 2-year-old Inez, were on hand at the premiere of Reynolds’ new film Pokémon: Detective Pikachu Thursday in New York, and the actress stunned as usual — but …
Tomorrow is May 4th, so…Happy ‘Star Wars’ Day and May The Fourth Be With You!
Lucasfilm(LOS ANGELES) — May 4th is also “May the Fourth Be With You,” the unofficial “holiday” dedicated to Star Wars. The pun was first used back in 1979, when Britain’s Conservative party congratulated Margaret Thatcher in print for taking office as prime minister that day, but Star Wars fans co-opted it in 2011 to refer to …
‘Cobra Kai’ renewed for season 3, 35 years after ‘The Karate Kid’
ABC(NEW YORK) — Season two of Cobra Kai premiered a week ago and is now streaming on YouTube Premium, with news Thursday that the series has been renewed for a third season. Based on the iconic 1984 movie The Karate Kid, Cobra Kai stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, reprising their respective roles as underdog …
Tom Brady joins in Kimmel-Damon feud on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — The latest installment of Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel’s years-long faux feud aired Thursday night on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, with help from New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. With Brady supposedly appearing to promote his book, The TB12 Method, partway through the interview Kimmel wanted to test the arm of the 41-year-old, …
‘Long Shot’ and ‘UglyDolls’ top this week’s new movies
Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron in “Long Shot”; Phillipe Bossé/Lionsgate(NEW YORK) — Opening nationwide in theaters Friday: * Long Shot — Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron star, respectively, as a rough-around-the-edges, unemployed journalist and his childhood babysitter, who’s now a powerful woman making a run for the presidency. It’s Pretty Woman in reverse as she hires …
‘Star Wars’ actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca, dies at age 74
Peter Mayhew with Harrison Ford at the 2015 London premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”; Anthony Harvey/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Peter Mayhew, the actor best known for originating the role of Chewbacca in the Star Wars films, has died at age 74. “The family of Peter Mayhew, with deep love and sadness, regrets to share …
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo on going global and getting emotional about ‘Avengers: Endgame’
L-R Anthony Russo, Joe Russo/ABC(NEW YORK) — It’s the biggest movie in the world, and it’s on track to become the highest-grossing movie in history, but as anyone who’s seen it can tell you, the superhero team-up Avengers: Endgame is also a tearjerker. On a short list of cinematic efforts, including perhaps The Shawshank Redemption …
Lee Daniels fact checks ‘Hollywood Reporter’ claim that Michael B. Jordan is the “first” to offer an inclusive production
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(LOS ANGELES) — Lee Daniels is calling out The Hollywood Reporter for not mentioning some of the pioneers of inclusion. In an Instagram post, Daniels shared THR article,”How Michael B. Jordan Pulled Off Hollywood’s First Officially ‘Inclusive’ Production.” He circled the headline, writing he felt “misled” by the article, which “falls short in its …
Oscar winner Regina King signs first look, multi-year deal with Netflix
ABC/Kelsey McNeal(LOS ANGELES) — Regina King is officially joining the Netflix family. King, who earlier this year won an Oscar for her performance in If Beale Street Could Talk and an Emmy for her role in Netflix’s limited series, Seven Seconds, has now signed a multi-year, first look deal with Netflix through her Royal Ties production company. …
’13 Reasons Why’ study finds bump in teen suicide following season 1 release
Beth Dubber/Netflix(NEW YORK) — Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, which follows the aftermath of a teen girl’s suicide, has drawn criticism and controversy since it first began streaming, as many feared that it might promote suicidality. Adding to those fears, a new study finds that there was a significant increase in youth suicide rates following the …