ABC/Adam Rose (LOS ANGELES) — ABC on Thursday announced it would be moving forward with a Roseanne spin-off that excludes the show’s original star and namesake. The network added that show regulars like John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson and Michael Fishman are all set to reprise their roles in the new sitcom, …
Wakanda to Washington: “Black Panther” items are headed to the National Museum of African American History
Marvel Studios(WASHINGTON D.C.) — Black Panther’s vibranium costume and other items from the record-breaking film will soon be on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. The museum acquired several objects from the blockbuster Marvel movie, including the Black Panther suit worn by actor Chadwick Boseman; a shooting …
Chris Hardwick’s wife issues a “statement of defense” following sexual assault allegations
Photo by FilmMagic/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Lydia Hearst, the wife of Nerdist founder and AMC show host Chris Hardwick, has broken her silence to People, following allegations made by his ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra that he had emotionally and sexually abused her during their three-year relationship. Hearst declared, in part, “This is not a statement in defense, …
Roseanne spinoff “The Conners” will premiere this fall — without Roseanne Barr
ABC/Adam Rose(LOS ANGELES) — The Conner family will return to ABC following Roseanne‘s cancellation — but without the show’s embattled star. On Thursday, the network announced that much of the cast of Roseanne, including John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson and Michael Fishman, will reprise their roles in the new show, currently going …
Your eyes can deceive you, don’t trust them: “Multiple films” still reportedly in the Star Wars pipeline
Lucasfilm(NEW YORK) — Hold up, Star Wars fans. Reports of the death of future stand-alone films from that galaxy far, far away — like Solo, Rogue One, and a rumored Obi-Wan Kenobi project — appear to be premature. Lucasfilm sources on Thursday characterized as “inaccurate” a widely quoted Collider report that future Star Wars movies …
‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ roars into theaters this weekend
Universal(NEW YORK) — Opening nationwide Friday: * Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom — The sequel to 2015’s Jurassic World takes place three years after the events of the first film, with Owen and Claire — played by Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, respectively, reprising their Jurassic World roles — scrambling to save the dinosaurs from …
“The Gray Area with Charlamagne Tha God” headed to HBO later this year
Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for MTV(NEW YORK) — Media personality Charlamagne Tha God has inked a deal with HBO for a series of four interview specials, called The Gray Area with Charlamagne Tha God, it was announced on Wednesday. The series, “will provide a safe space for ‘unsafe’ people to curate their stories and control …
Producer Cheo Hodari Coker says “Luke Cage” season 2 gives fans the Iron Fist/Cage collabo they’ve always wanted
David Lee/Netflix(NEW YORK) — Netflix unveils the second season of Luke Cage Friday, and with it, says showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker, will come a collaboration that fans first saw in the pages of Marvel Comics in 1972: Luke Cage teaming up with the mystical martial artist Iron Fist. While 2016’s debut season of Luke Cage, …
Peter Fonda apologizes for threatening Baron Trump with kidnapping
Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Actor Peter Fonda has apologized for a series of what he now calls “vulgar” tweets, one of which said, “…We should rip Barron Trump from his mother’s arms and put him in a cage with pedophiles.” Barron Trump is the 12-year-old son of President Trump and wife …
Fran Drescher talks “Hotel Transylvania 3”, teases possible “The Nanny” reboot
ABC(NEW YORK) — Fran Drescher, “The Nanny” herself, stopped by Good Morning America Thursday to dish on the new animated movie, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation. Drescher, who voices Eunice Stein — the wife of Kevin James’ Frank Stein — in the film, said she is “delighted” to be part of the franchise. “I don’t …