David Lee/Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Her popular Netflix series Luke Cage may have been short-lived, but Simone Missick is back with a brand new series. In an new Instagram post, Missick wrote “Whatever Lola wants…,” captioning an image of a report about the new CBS legal drama pilot Courthouse. “I’m SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!!!,” she continued. …
Hulu orders a third season of ‘Marvel’s Runaways’
Hulu(LOS ANGELES) — Hulu announced on Sunday that it has renewed Marvel’s Runaways, for a third 10-episode season. “We are so excited to tell more Runaways stories and are so grateful to Marvel, Hulu, our amazing cast and crew and of course our passionate audience,” said co-showrunners and executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. …
‘Supernatural”s 15th season will be its last
L-R – Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki / Phillip Chin/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.(LOS ANGELES) — Supernatural — the longest running sci-fi/fanatsy series in American TV history — will wrap up its unprecedented run with the upcoming 15th season. Series stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles — who star as the demon-hunting Winchester brothers …
Chris Pratt, Robert Downey Jr., and Ellen DeGeneres among winners at Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards
Chris Pratt gets slimed – VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2019 aired on Saturday, with Chris Pratt, Ellen DeGeneres and Robert Downey Jr. each taking home the coveted orange blimps, along with TV’s Fuller House and Riverdale and Avengers: Infinity War on the movie side. Netflix’s Fuller House won top prize for Favorite Funny TV …
‘Us’ scares up record opening with $70.25 million
Universal(NEW YORK) — The debut of Jordan Peele’s Us — already a lock to win the weekend box office — did even better than expected, delivering an estimated $70.25 million on its way to posting the biggest opening ever for an original horror film, topping last year’s A Quiet Place, which debuted with $50.2 million. Additionally, Us …
Halle Berry, Gabrielle Union and more sing, dance in Women’s History Month challenge
ABC/Kevin Mazur(LOS ANGELES) — Halle Berry and Gabrielle Union are two of the women who have answered the call from Oscar-winner Ruth E. Carter to participate in a fun, empowering challenge for Women’s History Month. It all started when Carter challenged a group of industry peers — including Berry, Union, Angela Basset, Tasha Smith, Luptia Nyong’o and June Ambrose — to “show the world when women unite anything is possible” …
Relationships — good and bad — ring true in ‘Gloria Bell’, says co-star John Turturro
Hilary Bronwyn Gayle, courtesy of A24(NEW YORK) — Emmy-winner John Turturro and Oscar-winner Julianne Moore can be seen in theaters this weekend in Gloria Bell, a romantic dramedy remake of the 2013 Spanish-language film, Gloria. Moore plays the film’s title role, a free-spirited divorcée who sheds her buttoned-up at-work persona once she hits the dance …
“Get off my lawn!” Mark Hamill jabs “moping” Luke Skywalker, says “life’s too short” to argue about ‘Last Jedi’ any more
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(NEW YORK) — Star Wars fans know that Mark Hamill has been back and forth about director Rian Johnson’s portrayal of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but the actor’s upcoming run on the show Knightfall might reignite the debate. At first, Hamill was vocal that the idealistic moisture farmboy-turned-Jedi Knight and …
Jason Isaacs returns for ‘The OA Part II’ — but don’t call him a mad scientist
JoJo Whilden/Netflix(NEW YORK) — The OA returns to Netflix today for part two of its mind-bending saga. Jason Isaacs reprises his role as Dr. Hunter “Hap” Percy, the man who held Brit Marling’s Prairie — and others — captive for years. Hap is obsessed with people like Prairie who’ve had “near-death” experiences, and conducts experiments on …
‘The Conners’ moves closer to a second season
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — ABC’s Roseanne spinoff, The Connors, is a step closer to nailing down a second season. Deadline reports that series regulars Sara Gilbert — who’s also an executive producer — John Goodman, and Laurie Metcalf have either signed or are close to signing new 13-episode deals. Roseanne vets Lecy Goranson and Michael Fishman, …