Sayeed Adyani/Netflix(GEORGIA) — So apparently, Bird Box-type challenges are now at thing. The latest: Bird Box dinners. To refresh your memory: Bird Box challenges are inspired by the current Netflix hit thriller Bird Box, in which all of the characters have to wear blindfolds so they won’t see a scary demon-type somethingorother, because anyone who …
‘A Dog’s Way Home,’ ‘The Upside’ among this week’s new movie releases
Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston in “The Upside”; David Lee/STX Films(NEW YORK) — Here are the films opening nationwide Friday: * A Dog’s Way Home — This family drama centers on a dog named Bella — voiced by Bryce Dallas Howard — who travels 400 miles in search of her owner. Also starring Ashley Judd and …
‘The Punisher’ gets bloody — again — in Netflix’s final trailer for season two
Netflix(NEW YORK) — With eight days until its release on Netflix, the final trailer for the second season of The Punisher has arrived. Set to Alice in Chains’ grunge classic “Would?,” the snippet shows Jon Bernthal’s Marvel alter-ego Frank Castle trying to keep a low profile — until duty calls. Castle comes to the aid …
‘Green Book’ director Peter Farrelly apologizes for exposing himself years ago
Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for National Board of Review(LOS ANGELES) — A day after the writer of Green Book, Nick Vallelonga, deleted his Twitter feed over a controversial 2015 tweet, the movie’s director Peter Farrelly has apologized for a decades-old transgression which may further hurt the multiple-Golden Globe-winning drama’s Oscar chances. Farrelly, who with his …
‘Captain Marvel’ Fandango pre-sales already superheroic; GoFundMe aims to send young girls to see it
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — Captain Marvel has taken its place among Fandango’s top three Marvel Cinematic Universe first day pre-sellers, alongside Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther. The film — starring Brie Larson as the titular character, a fighter pilot-turned-alien-enhanced superhero — is outselling other Marvel Cinematic Universe ensemble movies, including Captain America: Civil War and Guardians of …
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ sing-along version coming to theaters Friday
Alex Bailey/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation(NEW YORK) — If you found it hard not to sing along to Bohemian Rhapsody, the movie, no worries: A special sing-along version is coming our way tomorrow. The Golden Globe-winning film’s distributors will screen the special version in 750 select theaters in the U.S. and Canada. There aren’t any …
The 2018 Oscars: And this year’s hosting job goes to…nobody?
AMPAS(LOS ANGELES) — On the heels of Kevin Hart’s emphatic statement to ABC’s Good Morning America on Wednesday that he’s “over” hosting the Oscars, the show may forge ahead without a host, sources tell Variety. Marking a radical departure from past Oscar telecasts, the show’s producers are considering relying on a group of A-list celebrities to introduce …
“It’s an onion”: Kevin Hart tells Stephen Colbert that Oscar controversy “just doesn’t stop”
Scott Kowalchyk/CBS ©2019 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.(NEW YORK) — Kevin Hart’s got one big message in the wake of the controversy over his hosting the Oscars. “I’m over it,” the comic and actor said again during Wednesday night’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert, echoing the message he’d delivered earlier in the day on …
Harvey Weinstein gets Ashley Judd’s sexual harassment claim tossed out of court
ABC Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) — Harvey Weinstein scored a partial victory Wednesday in in his ongoing court battle with Ashley Judd, after a federal judge dismissed her claims of sexual harassment against him. Judd has accused the disgraced movie mogul of blacklisting her from movie roles, including Peter Jackson’s blockbuster Lord of the Rings …
Lena Waithe explains how Halle Berry “pushed” her to “rebirth” the ‘Boomerang’ series
BET(NEW YORK) — Lena Waithe is dishing on the forthcoming Boomerang reboot. The new TV series, executive-produced by Waithe and Halle Berry for BET, is an adaptation of the original 1992 film. The new comedy follows the children of movie’s main characters as they try make their mark on the business world in Atlanta. In …