Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney (LOS ANGELES) — Jada Pinkett Smith will be recognized with the “Trailblazer” honor at the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Her Girls Trip co-star Tiffany Haddish will present the award, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Jada has been a powerhouse since the beginning of her career and has achieved multi-hyphenate status throughout,” MTV General Manager Amy …
Dave Chappelle to make Broadway debut in July
Photo: Mathieu Bitton(NEW YORK) — Dave Chappelle is taking over Broadway. The Grammy and Emmy-winner announced Wednesday he will perform five shows from July 9-13 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City. Registration for the Ticketmaster Verified Fan presale began today at 1 p.m. and closes Sunday at 10 p.m. ET. The presale begins Tuesday, …
Cuba Gooding Jr. will surrender to New York City cops to face groping charge
Photo by Gotham/GC Images(NEW YORK) — Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. will surrender to police in New York City Thursday to face a misdemeanor forcible touching charge, his attorney confirmed to ABC News. The charge stems from accusations that the actor groped a woman on Sunday at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar, a charge Gooding Jr. …
Alec Baldwin reveals special guest on ‘Match Game’ next season is…BLANK
ABC/Heidi Gutman(NEW YORK) — Alec Baldwin returns for season four of Match Game tonight on ABC, chock-full of celebrity panelists and the trademark hilarious fill-in-the-blanks. While we get to enjoy this latest batch of summer episodes, production on the next season is already underway and will include a very special celebrity panelist: Baldwin’s wife, Hilaria. …
Thanks to Airbnb, you can stay at in Tony Stark’s ‘Endgame’ cabin
Marvel Studios(ATLANTA) — (AVENGERS: ENDGAME SPOILERS AHEAD) What better way to say goodbye to Tony Stark than in the very place his super-powered friends did. Eagle-eyed fans on Reddit thought there was something familiar about a rustic lakeside cabin in Georgia that was listed on Airbnb, and they were right. The cabin, located in Fulton County, …
‘Toy Story 4’ goes where no other ‘Toy Story’ has gone before
Disney/Pixar(LOS ANGELES) — The toys are back! Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4 had its world premiere Tuesday night in Hollywood, and this time out, Woody, Buzz Lightyear and their friends go where no other toy has gone before. “We go outside of the kid’s bedroom out in the middle of nature in the middle of nowhere, which …
‘The Bachelorette’ recap: Hannah meets the “Luke Ness Monster”
ABC/Mark Bourdillon(NEW YORK) — The drama from last week continued on Tuesday night’s The Bachelorette on ABC as Hannah B. pulled bitter rivals Luke P. and Luke S. aside before the rose ceremony to “get to the bottom” of the bad blood between them. One will leave; the other’s fate is left hanging by a thread. …
Academy announces Oscar dates through 2022
AMPAS(LOS ANGELES) — Get that screenplay or headshot ready: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC today announced the dates for the Oscars telecasts through the year 2022. Coming earlier in the year than usual, the 92nd Oscars will air Sunday, February 9, 2020; seeing as it’s 2019, the very early Oscar …
Jon Stewart flames Congress’ “indifference and rank hypocrisy” for failing to ensure healthcare for sick 9/11 first responders
ABC/Paula Lobo(WASHINGTON D.C.) — Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart was deadly serious on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, ripping Congress for failing to fully fund a program to support 9/11 first responders who were sickened and in some cases killed by diseases linked to the toxic dust and other substances at the site of the …
Sienna Miller explains why she’s “not going to play a girlfriend ever again!”
ABC(NEW YORK) — Sienna Miller is not here to play “the girlfriend.” The actress, a passionate supporter of the Time’s Up movement in Hollywood, is aiming to play dynamic characters from here on out. “What’s happening as a result of this movement is that people are making those films and women-centric features are being focused …