ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Variety is reporting that Jennifer Lawrence is flexing her producer muscles, backing an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Mob Girl in which she’ll also play the title role. Based on Theresa Carpenter’s acclaimed book, the project will see the two-time Academy Award winner playing mob wife-turned-police informant Arlyne Brickman. It …
Anne Hathaway announces pregnancy, pens touching note to those battling infertility
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Anne Hathaway announced her second pregnancy with touching note to those hoping to grow their families. The Oscar winning actress, who did not reveal a due date or how far along she is, shared a photo of herself to Instagram in which a baby bump is clearly visible. After joking, “It’s not …
‘Blade Runner’ star Rutger Hauer dead at 75
Photo by Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images(THE NETHERLANDS) — Actor Rutger Hauer, the Dutch actor who starred movies like The Hitcher, Sin City, and Batman Begins — but was perhaps best known for playing an artificial human in 1982’s Blade Runner — has died, his agent confirms to ABC News. He was 75. The actor …
College bribery scandal that ensnared Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman becoming a Lifetime movie
DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — If you thought the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal had all the makings of a Lifetime movie — particularly because the headline-grabbing scam “starred” two famous actresses — you’re right. Lifetime has given the go-ahead to a two-hour movie with the working title College Admission Scandal, based on the recent …
Docu-series on accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in the works at Lifetime
Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — On the heels of their high-profile Surviving R. Kelly docu-series earlier this year, Lifetime’s preparing to direct a similar spotlight on another controversial figure. The cable channel just announced their next docu-series will be Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, about the 66-year-old billionaire New York financier and registered sex offender …
‘Bachelor in Paradise’ contestant Demi Burnette is a “queer queen” in show’s first same-sex romance
ABC/Craig Sjodin(NEW YORK) — Get ready Bachelor Nation: the upcoming season of Bachelor in Paradise will include the first same-sex relationship in the franchise’s history. “Spoiler alert: I’m a queer queen,” contestant Demi Burnett, who first appeared in season 23 of The Bachelor, tweeted on Tuesday. “I don’t care who sees this,” Burnett says in one of three trailers posted …
Original star Wesley Snipes tells fans to “chilaaxxx” about new ‘Blade’ film news, congratulates successor Mahershala Ali
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — Over the weekend at Comic-Con International in San Diego, the head of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige revealed that Mahershala Ali would soon take on the role of the half-vampire bloodsucker hunter Blade. The man who originated the role onscreen, Wesley Snipes, now says he’s at peace with it. Snipes played the …
‘They Ready’: Tiffany Haddish to premiere stand up comedy series August 13
ABC/Paula Lobo(LOS ANGELES) — The wait is over. Tiffany Haddish has set a date for her upcoming comedy series at Netflix. In an Instagram video on Tuesday, Haddish announced that she will bring Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready — a series that will feature six comedians hand-picked by Haddish — to Netflix on August 13. …
Nicole Murphy denies affair with Antoine Fuqua after they’re spotted kissing in Italy
Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO(LOS ANGELES) — Nicole Murphy was recently spotted locking lips with married director Antoine Fuqua poolside in Italy, and now the Hollywood Exes star is speaking out in her defense. In a statement obtained by Love B. Scott, Murphy brushed off the incident as a friendly encounter. “Antoine and I …
Report: Stuntman hurt on ‘Fast & Furious’ set is in “an induced coma”
Photo by Joe Maher/WireImage(LONDON) — The stuntman who was seriously injured on the U.K. set of Fast & Furious 9 has been identified. The Hollywood Reporter says Joe Watts is “in an induced coma,” after suffering a “severe” head injury in a “major fall,” according to his fiancee. Watts was airlifted from Leavesden Studios, where the …