Disney(LOS ANGELES) — With just 100 days until its premiere, the trailer for Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of The Lion King is here. The film, directed by Iron Man‘s Jon Favreau, features an all-star cast: Donald Glover as Simba, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Nala, Seth Rogen as Pumbaa, Billy Eichner as Timon, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Simba’s …
More than super friends — “family”: Robert Downey Jr. calls his Marvel movie run “a blessed affair”
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — With Avengers: Endgame hitting theaters in just a matter of weeks, the movie has already shattered every pre-sales record to date, and has many in the industry wondering if it could be the first ever to make $300 million in a single day. Robert Downey Jr., the then-unlikely star upon whose …
What Is…the biggest one-day win on ‘Jeopardy!’
Sony Pictures Television/CBS(NEW YORK) — What a difference a day made for James Holzhauer — he broke Jeopardy‘s single-day cash winnings record on Tuesday with a total of $110,914. The 34-year-old professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada, beat the previous record of $77,000 in a single game, set by Roger Craig on September 19, 2010. “I said …
Lori Loughlin indicted on additional charges in “Varsity Blues” college scandal
ABC/Eric McCandless(BOSTON) — Actress Lori Loughlin, her husband and 14 other parents ensnared in a massive college entrance scam were hit with additional charges on Tuesday, including a count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, federal officials said. A new superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday alleges that Loughlin and her husband, the fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, …
Oprah Winfrey donates $2M to Puerto Rico for disaster relief
OWN(LOS ANGELES) — Oprah Winfrey is giving back to those who have been affected by Hurricane Maria. The storm, which hit the the island of Puerto Rico in 2017, caused close to 3,000 deaths and billion of dollars in damages. The island has yet to fully recover and as a result, Winfrey announced she’s donating $2 …
“You woke up this morning so, you have to thank God”: Tracy Morgan bonds with Whoopi Goldberg about their brushes with death
ABC/Randy Holmes(NEW YORK) — Both Tracy Morgan, 50, and Whoopi Goldberg, 63, have grappled with near-death experiences within the past five years. On ABC’s The View, Morgan opened up to Whoopi, who is still recovering from pneumonia, about his outlook on life following his near-fatal accident in 2014. “You don’t have to have pneumonia. You …
‘Splitting Up Together’s’ Lindsay Price talks chemistry with Jenna Fischer ahead of season two finale
L-R: Jenna Fischer and Lindsay Price in “Splitting Up Together”; ABC/Ron Tom(NEW YORK) — Just as Lena and Martin get their new beginning on Splitting Up Together, season two of the ABC comedy is coming to an end. The season finale airs tonight and we’ll see the formerly separated couple, played by Jenna Fischer and Oliver …
AMC announces third season for ‘Killing Eve’; Fourth season of ‘Preacher’ will be its last
FX(NEW YORK) — There’s good news and bad news for a couple of popular AMC shows: On the heels of its season two premiere on Sunday, the dark comedy Killing Eve — starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer — has been renewed for a third season. Killing Eve airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET. On the …
“Deep regret and shame”: Felicity Huffman to plead guilty in “Varsity Blues” college admissions scam
ABC/Fred Lee(BOSTON) — Former Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman is among 14 defendants who have agreed to plead guilty in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scam that rocked elite schools this spring. Huffman, 56, and the other defendants will each plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston to a charge of conspiracy to commit …
Ryan Reynolds, Joel McHale getting into the game show business with ABC
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Both Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds and Talk Soup veteran and Santa Clarita Diet actor Joel McHale are teaming up with ABC for two new game shows. Reynolds is executive-producing a show called Don’t, “a comedic physical game [that] follows one family of four who must work together throughout five mental and physical …