Jordin Althaus/HBO(LOS ANGELES) — The AMC drama Killing Eve and HBO’s dark comedy Barry, were among the entertainment winners at this year’s Peabody Awards. The annual award ceremony honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and online media. Other winners included NBC’s comedy The Good Place and FX’s musical dance series …
The ‘Toy Story’ gang contend with a hungry cat in new teaser trailer
Disney/Pixar(LOS ANGELES) — A new teaser trailer for Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4 was released on Thursday. Woody, Buzz and the gang’s new pal Sporky are off on a vacation, where they meet an old friend and a new nemesis. The clip shows Woody — voiced once again by Tom Hanks –meeting up with his old flame …
“Fast Color”: Lorraine Toussaint explains why it was easy to relate to her super-powered character
(LOS ANGELES) — Dia Dipasupil / StaffLorraine Toussaint stars as Bo, the matriarch of her family of super-powered women, in the sci-fi drama Fast Color. Toussaint tells ABC Radio the film offers more than just a story of superheroes flaunting their special powers. “It’s about three generations of women who happened to be black, who have extraordinary …
Jeff Daniels on seeing a more flawed side to Atticus Finch in Broadway’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for ‘To Kill A Mockingbird”(NEW YORK) — Since it debuted on Broadway in December, To Kill a Mockingbird has pulled in historic box office numbers and enthralled audiences with its updated take on Harper Lee’s classic 1960 novel. Adapted for the stage by Aaron Sorkin, the play stars Jeff Daniels …
HBO isn’t happy about President Trump’s ‘Game of Thrones’-themed “No Collusion” tweet
HBO(NEW YORK) — As Attorney General William Barr delivered The Mueller Report Thursday, President Trump reacted with a Game Of Thrones-themed tweet — and HBO, which airs the wildly popular series, isn’t thrilled about that. The president tweeted a smoke-filled picture that shows Trump looking away from the camera, and the words “No collusion. No …
Helicopters, hakas, and “Black Superman”: The new ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ trailer has it all
Universal Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — It’s hard to remember that the Fast & Furious series started nearly 20 years ago as a movie about street racing culture in Los Angeles. It’s especially hard to remember that fact when you get to the part in the new trailer for Hobbs & Shaw — a spin-off from the …
Fox cancels Lil Rel-starring comedy ‘Rel’ after one season
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — The freshman Fox comedy Lil Rel has officially been cancelled. According to Deadline, Fox has decided to the end the Lil Rel Howery-starring series after only one season. The show, loosely based on the life of Howery, was executive-produced by comic and writer Jerrod Carmichael, who starred with Rel on the …
Judge rules ‘Stranger Things’ plagiarism suit can head to trial
Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Lawsuits leveled at popular TV shows or movies claiming they were ripped off from somebody else’s idea spring up all the time in Hollywood, and are generally dismissed just as quickly. However, a lawsuit against Matt and Ross Duffer, the creators of Netflix’s Stranger Things, is actually headed to trial, Billboard reports. The …
Watch now: New ‘Child’s Play’ trailer shows the deadly side of connected living
Orion Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Technology has come a long way since 1988’s Child’s Play, so it’s makes sense that for the upcoming reboot of the classic horror flick, the murderous doll Chucky has gotten a major upgrade. The second trailer for the June 21 release shows that Chucky has been reborn as Buddi, a “smart …
Oprah Winfrey gets candid about her first Mother’s Day without her mother Vernita Lee
(NEW YORK) — CBS Photo Archive / ContributorOprah Winfrey is opening up about Mother’s Day and what it means to her now that her mother Vernita Lee has gone home. “This will be my first Mother’s Day on earth without a mother,” she writes in the May issue of O Magazine. “Many of you already know what that feels …