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 …
Poppy Montgomery plays a surfing ex-con on ABC’s summer series, ‘Reef Break’, debuting tonight
ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) — Poppy Montgomery wants you to spend your summer in the “shadiest sunny place in the world.” That’s how she describes the setting for her new crime drama, Reef Break. The series, shot in Montgomery’s native Australia, follows Cat Chambers, a surfer and a former criminal who becomes a fixer for the …
Pump your brakes: Marvel Studios President says Killmonger’s return to Black Panther 2 is “pure speculation”
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — As rumors continue to swirl about what the sequel to Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther will entail, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is shutting down the early report that Michael B. Jordan’s character Erik Killmonger will officially be revived. In an interview with BET, Feige says the rumor that Jordan will make …