Jordin Althaus/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images(SAN JOSE DEL CABO) — Busy Philipps threw herself an epic 40th birthday celebration in Mexico over the weekend. Though she’s been married to screenwriter Marc Silverstein since 2007, the actress and TV host decided to hold a wedding-style bash at the popular wedding venue Flora’s Farms in …
‘Toy Story 4’s’ new scene stealers Keegan-Michael Key and Tony Hale talk joining the franchise
Walt Disney Studios(NEW YORK) — Woody, Buzz and all your old favorites are back for Toy Story 4, the latest installment in the Disney-Pixar franchise, which opened in first place this weekend. This time around there are also new favorites to love — including the DIY trash-turned-toy Forky, voiced by Tony Hale, and carnival prize …
Daredevils Nik and Lijana Wallenda successfully complete tightrope walk across NYC’s Times Square
Walt Disney Television/Jeff Neira(NEW YORK) — Nik Wallenda, the so-called “King of the highwire,” successfully traversed a 1,300-foot-long cable suspended 25 stories above street level over New York’s legendary Times Square Sunday night, joined by his sister, Lijana, in her first performance since she fell 30 feet off a tightrope and was critically injured in 2017. The …
‘Toy Story 4’ tops the weekend box office with $118 million debut
Disney/Pixar(NEW YORK) — Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 4 topped the weekend box office with a an estimated $118 million debut — a franchise high, topping Toy Story 3‘s $110.3 million opening back in 2010. However, as has been the case with most sequels of late, it opened well below the $140 to $200 Disney had projected. That …
Nik Wallenda on his high-wire walk across NYC’s Times Square: “There are a lot of distractions”
Walt Disney Television/Jeff Neira(NEW YORK) — In 2012, high-wire artist Nik Wallenda walked across Niagara Falls. In 2013, he walked across the Grand Canyon. But Sunday night, he’ll face the scariest challenge of all: walking across New York City. More specifically, Nik will be walking on a 1,300-foot-long cable suspended 25 stories above street level …
‘Siren’ star Eline Powell to make a splash at annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Freeform/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(NEW YORK) — Eline Powell, the star of Freeform’s mermaid thriller Siren, will be making a splash at the 37th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade in New York City on Saturday. This year marks the Belgian actress’ first time at the parade and she’ll be riding a special Siren-themed float. She’s still deciding what …
Family man Jim Gaffigan plays a polygamist in ‘Being Frank’
Jim Spellman/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — If you’re at all familiar with comic Jim Gaffigan’s stand-up material, you know he’s got a lot of jokes about being the father of five kids. But he’s putting a new spin on his reputation as a devoted family man with his current film role as a polygamist in the …
The monster is back and here to stay in creepy final ‘Stranger Things 3’ trailer
Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Ahead of its July 4 premiere, a creepy new trailer for Stranger Things season three has been unleashed. It starts with an ominous voice-over that says, “You let us in and now you are going to have to let us stay.” We then hear Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven trying to understand how …
‘Toy Story 4’s’ Tony Hale talks his sad, funny character, Forky
Disney/Pixar(NEW YORK) — The almost 10-year wait is over — Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4 is officially in theaters this weekend, and one of the new characters getting the most attention is a spork named Forky, voiced by Tony Hale. Hale tells ABC Radio that Forky is having an existential crisis in the film, because he doesn’t …
‘Toy Story 4’ and ‘Child’s Play’ among this week’s new movies
Disney/Pixar(NEW YORK) — Opening nationwide Friday: * Toy Story 4 — The latest chapter in the the 24-year Toy Story franchise finds Sheriff Woody and Buzz Lightyear — voiced once again by Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, respectively — and the rest of their playroom pals on a desperate rescue mission to find their new friend …