ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(LOS ANGELES) — Empire creator Lee Daniels says he’s standing behind Jussie Smollett, who’s still under immense scrutiny following the controversy over what police called a hate crime hoax. In an interview with Extra, Daniels says that Jussie’s Empire family is working to process the scandal, which rocked not just the nation, but the …
“You gotta pace yourself”: Checking in with the superfans at Marvel’s 22 Movie Marathon
AMC Theaters(NEW YORK) — Sure, you may have seen all of the movies in the Marvel Expanded Universe. But have you seen them all in a row? That’s exactly what some hearty souls are doing right now, at three select AMC Theatres in the U.S. AMC Lincoln Square 13 in New York, AMC River East …
Study says watching ‘Spider-Man’, ‘Ant-Man’ can reduce phobias of insects
“Ant-Man and The Wasp” – 2018 Marvel Studios(NEW YORK) — If you can’t stand the sight of creepy-crawlies, this could be a job for your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. That’s at least what scientists at Bar-Ilan and Ariel Universities in Israel have discovered. Specifically, they discovered that exposing the arachnophobic, and myrmecophobic — the latter, people …
Final trailer for ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ reveals Godzilla’s “ultimate nemesis”: King Ghidorah
© 2018 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. AND LEGENDARY PICTURES PRODUCTIONS, LLC(LOS ANGELES) — The final trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters was released Tuesday, finally giving us our best look yet at the iconic monsters in the movie — including the big bad, King Ghidorah, the three-headed dragon-like monster. “If we stop Ghidorah, we stop …
Jennifer Garner covers ‘People’ magazine’s 2019 “Beautiful Issue”
ABC/Paula Lobo(LOS ANGELES) — Jennifer Garner graces the cover of People magazine’s Beautiful Issue 2019, and for more than just her looks. On top of her acting career, the 47-year-old mother of three is an artist ambassador for Save the Children and markets her own brand of organic baby food, although time with her family is …
“It’s not that long” – Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige on the three-hour run time for ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Marvel Studios/Disney(LOS ANGELES) — Avengers: Endgame, the 22nd and latest in the Marvel superhero franchise, promises to tie up all of the loose ends and answer all of the questions raised in all of the previous 21 films over 11 years. As you might suspect, that’s gonna take some time to do — three hours …
‘Shazam!’ star Zachary Levi hosting this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards.
Steve Wilkie/ & © DC Comics (LOS ANGELES) — On the heels of his box office hit, Shazam!, Zachary Levi has been tapped to host this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards. Levi, whose other credits include Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World, the NBC series Chuck and Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, follows in the …
In stone for all infinity: ‘Avengers’ stars get hands in cement at famed Chinese Theatre
Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — In Los Angeles this afternoon, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, and the cast of Avengers: Endgame — Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner — were immortalized together in the cement floor outside of the famed TCL Chinese Theater. Famed film critic …
Watch now: Will Smith faces a younger version of himself in ‘Gemini Man’
Paramount Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Will Smith is his own worst enemy in the first trailer for Ang Lee’s action thriller Gemini Man. In the first promo, released on Tuesday, Smith is introduced as Henry Brogan, an elite assassin who is targeted by someone who can “seemingly predict his every move.” Brogan soon learns that the …
Brothers implicated in Jussie Smollett “hoax” attack sue the ‘Empire’ actor’s lawyers
Chicago Poilice Department(CHICAGO) — The two Chicago brothers who claim Jussie Smollett paid them to help stage what police deemed a “hoax” attack filed a defamation lawsuit on Tuesday against the Empire actor’s lawyers. Abel and Ola Osundairo filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Chicago, accusing Smollett’s attorneys Mark Geragos and Tina Glandian of making …