Clay Enos/ TM & (c) DC Comics(LOS ANGELES) — It looks like the guy who made action movie stars out of a tree and a talking raccoon is flexing some similarly strange muscles on his sequel to Suicide Squad. If a report in Collider is to be believed, James Gunn, who is writing — and …
Whoopi Goldberg says she came “very close to leaving the earth” during her one-month absence from ‘The View’
ABC/Yolanda Perez(NEW YORK) — After being absent from the The View for a little more than a month due to an “illness,” Whoopi Goldberg revealed on Friday that in fact, she’d almost died following a battle with pneumonia. In a video message that aired during the show, Goldberg gave fans a health update. “Hey, yes …
Taraji P. Henson teams up with Ed Helms for Netflix action-comedy ‘Coffee & Kareem’
ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) — Taraji P. Henson is headed to Netflix for her next film project. According to Variety, Henson is set to star alongside The Office star Ed Helms in the upcoming action-comedy Coffee & Kareem. The film follows Helms as a Detroit cop who reluctantly teams up with his girlfriend’s eleven-year-old son to …
‘Airwolf’ star Jan-Michael Vincent dead at 74
Photo: DAN CALLISTER Online USA Inc(NORTH CAROLINA) — Jan-Michael Vincent, the actor most famous among fans of a certain age for his starring role in the ’80s super-helicopter series Airwolf, has died. The one-time heartthrob, who had been retired, actually died of cardiac arrest at a North Carolina Hospital on February 10, according to a …
Michael B. Jordan credits ‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler’s ‘Fruitvale Station’ with igniting his acting career
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — Creed and Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan is the subject of Oprah Winfrey’s upcoming SuperSoul Sunday episode, which airs March 10 on OWN. In an advance clip from the show, Jordan says that his 2013 breakout performance in Fruitvale Station helped launch his career and deepen his relationship with director …
‘The Simpsons’ episode featuring Michael Jackson being pulled from circulation
THE SIMPSONS ™ and © 1991 TTCFFC(LOS ANGELES) — The Simpsons showrunners have decided to remove an episode featuring the voice of Michael Jackson from all TV and streaming platforms, as well as future DVD box sets, according to The Hollywood Reporter, confirming an earlier Wall Street Journal report. Executive producer James L. Brooks, creator Matt Groening …
‘Captain Marvel’ tops this week’s new movie releases
Marvel Studios/Disney(NEW YORK) — Opening nationwide in theaters Friday: * Captain Marvel — The 21st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, set in 1995, stars Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who turns into the titular character — one of the galaxy’s mightiest heroes — when she’s infused with …
‘Captain Marvel’ star Brie Larson wanted to be Princess Leia growing up
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — Brie Larson stars as Captain Marvel in the first standalone Marvel film featuring a female superhero. But like a lot of little girls of a certain age, when she was growing up, there was another iconic female heroine she wanted to be. “I wanted to be Princess Leia,” Larson, 29, told …
Jaina Lee Ortiz says she’s “really proud” to play a female firefighter on ‘Station 19’
ABC/Ed Herrera(NEW YORK) — Station 19 is turning up the heat when it returns for its midseason premiere tonight on ABC. The firefighter drama, a Grey’s Anatomy spinoff, picks up right where we left off, revealing the fates of Andy Herrera, Captain Sullivan and their patient after their medic vehicle went over a cliff in …
Not so far, far away: Disney announces opening dates for ‘Star Wars’: Galaxy’s Edge attractions
Disney Parks(NEW YORK) — Disney has announced the opening dates for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the new theme park attractions at both Anaheim, California’s Disneyland and Orlando, Florida’s Walt Disney World Resort. The goal of the immersive, 14-acre destinations are to make visitors feel as if they’re walking the streets of the fictional trading outpost …