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 …
‘Game of Thrones’ star Isaac Hempstead Wright talks about that Night King theory on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Who is the Night King? It’s one of fans biggest obsessions about HBO’s Game of Thrones, now in its final season — but if Thrones star Isaac Hempstead Wright knows the answer, he’s not letting it spill. On Wednesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, Wright, who plays the Three-Eyed Raven Bran Stark, was asked …
Graeme Thomas King on whether you can trust his ‘The Perfectionists’ character: “The guy’s got a lot to hide”
Freeform/Kurt Iswarienko(NEW YORK) — Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists hits the halfway mark in its debut 10-episode season tonight — and secrets are slowly coming to the surface. If the original PLL series taught fans anything, it’s that they shouldn’t overlook secondary characters, because they may have the biggest secrets of all. Graeme Thomas King, …
Disneynature’s new documentary, ‘Penguins’, hits theaters, with help from Ed Helms and Dr. Jane Goodall
DisneyNature(NEW YORK) — Ever wonder what the day-to-day life of a penguin is like? Disneynature’s new documentary, Penguins, aims to give you some insight. The film, shot over the course of three years in Antarctica, follows the coming-of-age story of an Adélie penguin named Steve as he finds a life partner and starts a family. …
Rami Malek, Emilia Clarke, Glenn Close, Dwayne Johnson honored as part of ‘TIME’ magazine’s 100 Most Influential People 2019
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Once again, TIME has compiled its list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and Hollywood heavyweights like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Emmy-winner Sandra Oh, Oscar nominee Glenn Close and Oscar-winners Rami Malek and Mahershala Ali made the cut in the Artists category. Each honoree is the subject of …
Demi-autobiographical: Demi Moore’s memoir ‘Inside Out’ to be released September 24
Getty Images/Bryan Bedder(NEW YORK) — Inside Out, the anticipated memoir from actress and producer Demi Moore, is finally coming out, according to HarperCollins. The publishing house announced that the memoir, described as a “deeply candid and insightful” look into the life of the star, will be released September 24. “Throughout her rise to fame and …