ABC/Stephen Green(NEW YORK) — Empire star Jussie Smollett’s sat down with Good Morning America‘s Robin Roberts, in his first televised interview since he claims he was attacked last month in what police are investigating as a hate crime. In a clip from the interview, Smollett gives his impressions of the surveillance video that shows two …
‘Alita: Battle Angel’ gets a head start on the busy box office weekend
Courtesy Twentieth Century Fox(NEW YORK) — Opening nationwide Thursday: * Alita: Battle Angel — Based upon the popular Japanese graphic novel series and produced by Oscar winner James Cameron, this futuristic film centers on the titular character, a cyborg brought back to life by a gifted doctor, played by Oscar winner Christoph Waltz. Unable to remember …
Spike Lee to direct Chadwick Boseman in Netflix veteran drama ‘Da 5 Bloods’
Lorenzo Bevilaqua, Randy Holmes/ABC(NEW YORK) — Spike Lee has set his first post-BlacKkKlansman project and he’s tapped a Wakandan king for the lead role. According to Variety, Chadwick Boseman will star in Lee’s Vietnam vet drama Da 5 Bloods, which has been set at Netflix. The film centers on a group of Vietnam vets who, “go …
Number of female-led films hit record high in 2018, study finds
Warner Bros. Pictures/Barry Wetcher (LOS ANGELES) — From Lady Gaga’s Oscar-nominated turn in A Star Is Born to the female-led cast of Oceans 8, 2018 was a great year for women in movies, according to a study by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. The study, obtained by Variety, shows that of the year’s top 100 highest-grossing …
Glenn Close says she’s “open to” working with Lady Gaga someday
ABC/Paula Lobo(LOS ANGELES) — Lady Gaga and Glenn Close may be competing against each other at the Oscars this year, but that doesn’t mean they won’t work together in the future. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Close – who’s up for Best Actress in The Wife – says she’d be open to acting …
Let ‘Let It Go’ Go: Teaser trailer hits for ‘Frozen 2’
Disney(LOS ANGELES) — For many parents, a day long hoped for has come: when their kids might start letting go of “Let It Go” from Frozen. That’s because there’s finally a teaser trailer for the sequel to the hit 2013 movie, which earned Oscars for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song for the …
Robert Rodriguez got to “make a James Cameron movie” with ‘Alita: Battle Angel’
(l-r) Producer James Cameron and Director Robert Rodriguez on the set of ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL/Rico Torres(NEW YORK) — Alita: Battle Angel, a new film based on a beloved graphic novel series, opens Wednesday. The movie was a passion project developed for decades by Oscar-winner James Cameron, who became too busy with his Avatar series to …
“I’m freaking out!” Miley Cyrus to guest judge on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ season premiere
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — It seems like such a perfect fit, it’s a wonder it hasn’t already happened. Miley Cyrus will be a guest judge on the season 11 premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race. “Are you freaking out? Because I’m freaking out,” Miley says in the promo for her appearance. According to VH1, Miley will …
Watch now: Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson in gender-bent ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ reboot ‘The Hustle’
Christian Black/© 2018 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — The first official trailer for The Hustle, starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, just debuted. The comedy, a female take on the 1988 comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin, centers on a pair of scam artists, one low-rent and the other …
‘Isn’t It Romantic’ and ‘Happy Death Day 2U’ opening Wednesday
Rebel Wilson in “isn’t It Romantic”; Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures(NEW YORK) — Here are the movies opening nationwide Wednesday: * Happy Death Day 2U — This sequel to the 2017 sci-fi-slasher movie Happy Death Day once again finds Tree Gelbman, played by Jessica Rothe, repeatedly reliving the same day after being hunted and killed by a …