HBO/Helen Sloan (LOS ANGELES) — If it feels like everyone you know watched Game of Thrones Sunday night, that’s probably true — and it has the massive ratings to prove it. The HBO show’s final season premiere was watched by a record 17.4 million viewers across HBO’s platforms, topping the previous series high of 16.9 …
At 54, Keanu Reeves tells ‘GQ’ he’ll continue the ‘John Wick’ series “as far as my legs can take me”
Photo: Daniel Jackson for GQ(LOS ANGELES) — Keanu Reeves has gone through a third career change-up, thanks to his midlife turn as unstoppable hitman John Wick — and he says he has no intention of hanging up that character’s multiple guns. With John Wick: Parabellum hitting theaters on May 17 — a film for which …
Wendy Williams says she’s going to be “on her own” after she leaves sober house
Paras Griffin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Wendy Williams is opening up about what’s been going on in her life…to a point. On Monday’s Wendy Williams Show, the talk show host discussed her personal “business” for the first time since filing for divorce from her husband Kevin Hunter last week. “It’s crazy ’cause now my business is …
Actress Lori Loughlin pleads not guilty to charges stemming from college entrance scam
ABC/Eric McCandless(BOSTON) — Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband entered pleas of not guilty to charges stemming from a nationwide college entrance cheating scandal, according to a document filed Monday in Boston federal court. Loughlin and her husband, the fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, are attempting to waive their right to appear in court to enter …
At ‘Star Wars’ Celebration, fans get first look at ‘The Mandalorian’
Lucasfilm(CHICAGO) — Fans itching for the Disney+ series The Mandalorian got their first glimpse at the anticipated live-action project when the show took center stage on Sunday’s final day of the Star Wars Celebration expo in Chicago. Before a packed hall of fans, creator and Iron Man director Jon Favreau and his Star Wars: The …
For some ‘Game of Thrones’ fans, winter came early on Sunday, thanks to a DirecTV glitch
HBO/Helen Sloan(LOS ANGELES) — Winter came a little early for some lucky Game of Thrones fans. While most people had to wait for 9 p.m. ET Sunday to watch the much-anticipated eighth and final season premiere, some lucky DirecTV Now subscribers got to see it a several hours earlier when the episode accidentally went live. …
‘SNL’ visits Aunt Becky, Michael Avenatti and Julian Assange in prison
Will Heath/NBC(NEW YORK) — Saturday Night Live‘s cold open this week ignored Robert Mueller’s Russia report, focusing instead on some of the celebrity scandals dominating the headlines. The show opened with three prison inmates — played by Kenan Thompson, Kyle Mooney and Chris Redd — discussing who committed the craziest crime, before getting a visit from three …
‘Game of Thrones’ recap: “Winterfell”
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen; Helen Sloan/HBO(NEW YORK) — (SPOILERS AHEAD!) After eight years, 67 episodes and many, many gruesome deaths, winter is finally here: the premiere episode of the the eight and final season of Game of Thrones, titled “Winterfell,” at last debuted Sunday. We even were treated with a brand-new opening animation featuring not the usual …
‘Shazam!’ tops the box office for the second straight week
L-R: Zachary Levi and Jack Dylan Grazer in “Shazam!”; Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures(NEW YORK) — Shazam! fought off challenges from more than a few newcomers to spend its second week at number one at the box office, earning an estimated $25.1 million. It added another $35 million overseas for a global total $258.8 million. …
Former ‘Game of Thrones’ cast members will be watching Sunday night, too
HBO/Helen Sloane(NEW YORK) — The eighth and final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones kicks off Sunday night, and millions of fans all over the world will be tuning in — including former cast members whose characters didn’t survive to see who will ultimately sit on the Iron Throne. Finn Jones played Ser Loras Tyrell, …