Helen Sloane/HBO(LOS ANGELES) — Despite having to wait two years for a new Game of Thrones episode, fans are still as passionate as ever. The trailer for the show’s eighth and final season was viewed 81 million times in the first 24 hours of its release last Tuesday — an all-time record for any HBO …
‘The Walking Dead’ recap: “Chokepoint”
AMC/Gene Page(NEW YORK) — (SPOILERS AHEAD) Sunday night’s episode of The Walking Dead starts with Daryl, Henry and Lydia running from the Whisperers’ camp. Daryl lambasts her for not telling her how big the Whisperer threat was. He also shoots down the idea of Henry running away with Lydia. At the Whisperer camp, Alpha’s lieutenant Beta organizes a …
Kenan Thompson channels R. Kelly’s unhinged interview with Gayle King on ‘SNL’
NBC/Will Heath(NEW YORK) — Saturday Night Live‘s cold open over the weekend presented its take on R. Kelly’s often frantic interview with CBS’ Gayle King last week. “Thank you for having me and please, just call me ‘victim’” said Kelly, played by SNL‘s Kenan Thompson, near the start of the sketch, with Leslie Jones playing King. Thompson eventually slid into a “Trapped in the Closet”-type …
‘Captain Marvel’ opens with $153 million to top the weekend box office
Marvel Studios/Disney(NEW YORK) — Captain Marvel delivered an estimated $153 million in its opening weekend. That’s the largest three-day weekend total of the year so far, as well as the third-highest March opening of all-time, and the seventh-largest debut of any of the previous 20 films in the nearly 11-year-old Marvel Cinematic Universe. On top …
J-Lo + A-Rod: Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are engaged
Getty Images For dcp via ABC/Kevin Mazur/AMA2018(HOLLYWOOD) — Will the fourth time be the charm? Jennifer Lopez is engaged to her boyfriend, former MLB superstar Alex Rodridguez. A-Rod revealed the big news on Instagram on Saturday, posting a photo of the couple holding hands; hers is sporting a massive diamond ring. “She said yes,” he …
Ratcatcher and Polka-Dot Man? We could see some REALLY strange characters in the ‘Suicide Squad’ sequel
Clay Enos/ TM & (c) DC Comics(LOS ANGELES) — It looks like the guy who made action movie stars out of a tree and a talking raccoon is flexing some similarly strange muscles on his sequel to Suicide Squad. If a report in Collider is to be believed, James Gunn, who is writing — and …
Whoopi Goldberg says she came “very close to leaving the earth” during her one-month absence from ‘The View’
ABC/Yolanda Perez(NEW YORK) — After being absent from the The View for a little more than a month due to an “illness,” Whoopi Goldberg revealed on Friday that in fact, she’d almost died following a battle with pneumonia. In a video message that aired during the show, Goldberg gave fans a health update. “Hey, yes …
Taraji P. Henson teams up with Ed Helms for Netflix action-comedy ‘Coffee & Kareem’
ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) — Taraji P. Henson is headed to Netflix for her next film project. According to Variety, Henson is set to star alongside The Office star Ed Helms in the upcoming action-comedy Coffee & Kareem. The film follows Helms as a Detroit cop who reluctantly teams up with his girlfriend’s eleven-year-old son to …
‘Airwolf’ star Jan-Michael Vincent dead at 74
Photo: DAN CALLISTER Online USA Inc(NORTH CAROLINA) — Jan-Michael Vincent, the actor most famous among fans of a certain age for his starring role in the ’80s super-helicopter series Airwolf, has died. The one-time heartthrob, who had been retired, actually died of cardiac arrest at a North Carolina Hospital on February 10, according to a …
Michael B. Jordan credits ‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler’s ‘Fruitvale Station’ with igniting his acting career
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — Creed and Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan is the subject of Oprah Winfrey’s upcoming SuperSoul Sunday episode, which airs March 10 on OWN. In an advance clip from the show, Jordan says that his 2013 breakout performance in Fruitvale Station helped launch his career and deepen his relationship with director …