Ayesha Curry; ABC/Eric McCandless(NEW YORK) — The Currys are taking over Thursday-night TV. Ayesha Curry and her basketball star husband, Stephen Curry, both have new competition shows debuting Thursday on ABC: Ayesha’s Family Food Fight and Steph’s mini-golf-themed Holey Moley. Ayesha describes the moment they found out both of their shows would be paired up: “I …
Jermaine Fowler tapped to star alongside Eddie Murphy in ‘Coming 2 America’
Photo by Yuchen Liao/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Sorry to Bother You star Jermaine Fowler has found his next major role. Sources tell Variety that Fowler has been cast in a lead role opposite Eddie Murphy in the upcoming sequel, Coming 2 America. The original Coming to America movie starred Murphy as Akeem Joffer, crown prince of …
Netflix announces season three premiere date for ‘Dear White People’
Netflix/Adam Rose(LOS ANGELES) — In honor of Juneteenth — the American holiday that celebrates the emancipation of the last remaining U.S. slaves — Netflix has unveiled a premiere date for the season three return of its critically acclaimed series Dear White People. In a video announcement on Wednesday titled “Great Grits Debate,” the cast, including …
‘Pose’, ‘Russian Doll’, HBO lead nominations for 2019 Television Critics Association awards
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 …