ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(LOS ANGELES) — Oscar winner Mel Gibson is reportedly trying to rustle up an A-List posse for his next directorial foray, a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s seminal western The Wild Bunch. According to Deadline, Oscar winner Jamie Foxx is on Gibson’s radar, as is Academy Award nominee Michael Fassbender, and Game of Thrones veteran …
Oprah Winfrey gives half-a-million dollars to high school after-school program
Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for THR(NEW JERSEY) — Oprah Winfrey had a major surprise for a high school in Newark, New Jersey after she found out that its Lights On program is instrumental at keeping kids off the street. According to ABC News affiliate WABC, Winfrey surprised West Side High School’s Principal Akbar Cook on …
Julianna Margulies loved ‘Game of Thrones’ finale: “That’s how it should end”
ABC(NEW YORK) — While many people were disappointed with the Game of Thrones series finale Sunday night, the show satisfied at least one famous fan. Julianna Margulies stayed up to watch the episode despite her early morning call time at Good Morning America on Monday and for her, it was worth it. “I have to …
Oops, they did it again…and again: Fans spot water bottles in ‘Game of Thrones’ finale
HBO/Helen Sloan(LOS ANGELES) — Two weeks after a stray coffee cup was spotted on a table in Game of Thrones — spawning a million memes, and billions in free advertising for Starbucks, even though it wasn’t a cup from the coffee giant — fan saw water bottles on the set of the final show. Millions …
Quentin Tarantino urges Cannes crowd not to spoil ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’
Photo Credit: ANDREW COOPER; © 2018 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Much like Joe and Anthony Russo did for their Avengers: Endgame, Quentin Tarantino is urging those who are about to see his latest film not to spoil it. While certainly softer than #ThanosDemandsYourSilence, Tarantino’s open letter to the Cannes Film Festival crowd …
Final answer: ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ ending
ABC/Todd Wawrychuck(LAS VEGAS) — Who Wants to Be a Millionaire has been canceled after 17 years in syndication, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The long-running game show has been hosted by The Bachelor’s Chris Harrison since 2015, and had been shooting in Las Vegas. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is an adaptation of a …
Party with Hardy! Laine beats Alejandro Aranda to win ‘American Idol’
ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) — The votes are in, and our new American Idol is — Laine Hardy. This season came to a close with an epic three-hour finale Sunday night, complete with a real-time vote that whittled the finalists from three down to two, until finally the winner was crowned. After the first round of …
‘Game of Thrones’ finale: Fans are satisfied — mostly — at Chicago viewing party
HBO(CHICAGO) — (SPOILERS AHEAD) There are potentially as many weekly Game of Thrones viewing parties, big and small, around the world as there are fans. But one of the biggest — and best-known, thanks to the tremendously entertaining reaction videos posted on YouTube — happens at The Burlington bar, located in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. …
Scarlett Johansson and ‘SNL’ star Colin Jost are engaged
Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney(NEW YORK) — Avengers: Endgame star Scarlett Johansson and her boyfriend of two years, Saturday Night Live cast member Colin Jost are engaged, a rep for the actress tells Entertainment Tonight. Adds the rep, “No date has been set for the nuptials.” This will the first trip down …
Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump closes ‘SNL”s 44th season with a song about his second term
Will Heath/NBC(NEW YORK) — Saturday Night Live ended its season last weekend on a musical note, with Alec Baldwin’s President Donald Trump and his crew delivering a parody of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now.” Baldwin introduced the musical number by announcing, “I’m very excited about summer, getting in those things that I never have time …