ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — After Pepsi built an entire Super Bowl ad around Cardi B saying her signature phrase “Okurrr,” it’s no wonder the rapper is now moving to trademark it. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s website, Cardi’s filed paperwork to trademark the catchphrase for use on a long list of items, …
‘Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists’ star Sasha Pieterse talks devoted Twitter fans & show’s timeliness
Freeform/Allyson Riggs(NEW YORK) — Pretty Little Liars ran for seven seasons and during that time, it developed a devoted fanbase thanks to the stars’ engaging use of social media. Now, the show’s spinoff, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, aims to do the same. The first episode aired Wednesday night on Freeform and the show was …
‘Game of Thrones’ star Emilia Clarke reveals near-death experiences with brain aneurysms, launches charity for brain injuries
Helen Sloane/HBO(NEW YORK) — Game of Thrones and Solo: A Star Wars Story actress Emilia Clarke has revealed to the New Yorker that she nearly died twice from brain aneurysms — and announced the formation of a charity for those similarly afflicted. As she explained in the lengthy piece, in 2011, after she began working …
First look: Netflix releases official trailer for ‘Kevin Hart: Irresponsible’
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — After announcing he’s landed his first-ever Netflix comedy special, Kevin Hart is now giving his fans a first official look at Kevin Hart: Irresponsible. In a new Instagram post, Hart debuted the new trailer. “April 2nd people…..MARK YOUR CALENDARS DAMN IT!!!!!” he wrote, captioning the video. “Let’s gooooooooo #ComedicRockStarSh** #Irresponsible #Netflix.” In …
Kit Harington says ‘Game of Thrones’ sent him to therapy
L-R Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke – HBO/Helen Sloane(LOS ANGELES) — In a new interview with Variety, Kit Harington gets very real about the impending end of HBO’s Game of Thrones. The actor says moving forward after playing a character like Jon Snow for so many years definitely took a toll on him. “I took off …
‘Days of Our Lives’, ‘General Hospital’, ‘The Young and the Restless’ top this year’s Daytime Emmy nominees
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences(NEW YORK) — The nominations for the 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday, with NBC’s Days of Our Lives leading the pack, followed by ABC’s General Hospital and CBS’ The Young and the Restless. Days of Our Lives nabbed 27 nominations, followed by General Hospital with …
“Pain and anger and sadness”: ‘Empire’ co-creator Lee Daniels shares cast’s reaction to Jussie Smollett incident fallout
Tommaso Boddi/WireImage(NEW YORK) — It’s been a week since Empire actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied to police about being the victim of an alleged hate crime in January. Now Empire co-creator Lee Daniels is revealing a bit about how he and show’s cast are dealing with the fallout. “Oh my …
Natalie Portman goes to space, and spaces out, in trippy teaser for ‘Lucy in the Sky’
Fox Searchlight(LOS ANGELES) — While there are no tangerine trees and marmalade skies to be seen, things get appropriately trippy in the teaser for a new movie called Lucy In The Sky. In the film, Oscar-winner Natalie Portman plays a female NASA astronaut who shares her name with the heroine of the psychedelic Beatles classic. …
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter announce ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ will hit theaters in August of 2020
Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Cue the celebratory air guitar riffs: Wyld Stallyns are back. That’s right, Keanu Reeves’ Ted “Theodore” Logan, Esq. and Alex Winter’s Bill S. Preston Esq., will be experiencing yet another excellent adventure at a theater near you, on August 21, 2020. The actors played time and dimension-traveling …
‘Stranger Things 3’ trailer shows first glimpse of new creature, new characters
Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — It’s gonna be a strange summer. The new trailer for Stranger Things 3 shows the core group of friends – Mike, Eleven, Dustin, Lucas, Will and Max – trying their best to enjoy their summer. But because this is Hawkins, Indiana we’re talking about, there will always be new interdimensional creatures to …