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 …
From “Supergirl” to super songwriter: Melissa Benoist stars as Carole King in Broadway’s “Beautiful”
Joan Marcus(NEW YORK) — Supergirl star Melissa Benoist is making her Broadway debut in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, playing Carole King, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer behind hits like “So Far Away,” “It’s Too Late” and “You’ve Got a Friend.” While she’s done musical theater in the past and sang every week …
Jerry Seinfeld, Matthew Broderick rev up fans for another serving of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”
Netflix(NEW YORK) — Netflix has just debuted a trailer for the upcoming season of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. The clip starts of with Seinfeld and Matthew Broderick introducing the teaser with a black and white scene modeled after an early car commercial. Jerry pokes fun at other “too complicated” streaming shows, boasting each episode of …
Scott Baio and Nicole Eggert react to LA County District Attorney decision to decline sexual assault charges
Photo by Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images(LOS ANGELES) — Scott Baio and his former Charles in Charge co-star Nicole Eggert have both weighed in after the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office rejected her sexual molestation claims against him. The L.A. County D.A. ruled on Tuesday that the statute of limitations had expired on any …