Barack and Michelle Obama at the White House theater in 2009; Pete Souza/White House via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Barack Obama’s apparently spent a lot of time in movie theaters this year — or at least, watching flicks at home. The former president’s list of his favorite films of 2018 includes Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, and …
‘Sesame Street’ scandal: Did Grover drop the F-bomb?
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — It’s the new yanny vs. laurel…except this debate is sponsored by the letter R — as in “R-rated.” Earlier this year, the Internet was fiercely divided over whether a certain audio clip of a male voice sounded as if it was saying “yanny” or “laurel.” Now, the Internet is divided …
Required watching: The best (and worst) movies of 2018
Image from “Roma”; Alfonso Cuarón/Netflix(NEW YORK) — The end of the year is the best time to catch up on your movie watching. But so you don’t have to waste your time with disappointing choices, film critic Peter Travers has screened more than 300 movies this year to compile his list of the very best, …
Forest Whitaker files for divorce after 22 years of marriage
Forest and Keisha Whitaker; Kevin Mazur/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Forest Whitaker is reportedly divorcing his wife, Keisha, after 22 years of marriage. The Black Panther star filed court documents Thursday in Los Angeles, citing “irreconcilable differences.” The couple has two daughters together: Sonnet, 22, and True, 20. Their other two children, son Ocean, 28, and daughter Autumn, 27, …
TV in 2018: The hits, misses, scandals and farewells
Image from “Game of Thrones”; courtesy HBO(NEW YORK) — 2018 was a year of change for television, as the #MeToo movement continued to rock the entertainment industry, a once-beloved TV dad was imprisoned for sexual assault, Roseanne Barr made waves for all the right — and very wrong — reasons, and fans said goodbye to …
‘Stan & Ollie’ joins ‘Holmes & Watson’ and ‘Vice’ at the box office to close out 2018
Sony Pictures Classics(NEW YORK) — On the last Friday of 2018, here’s a look at what opened in theaters this week, and what’s opening today. Opening in limited release Friday: * Stan & Ollie — This biographical dramedy follows legendary comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy — played by Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly, respectively …
Marvel Studios could begin developing Fox-owned Marvel characters “the first six months” of 2019
(L-R) Marvel President Kevin Feige, “Captain Marvel” star Brie Larson: Marvel – 2017(LOS ANGELES) — In an interview with Variety’s Playback Podcast, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige made news sure to excite hardcore Marvel stans. The much talked about integration of Fox-owned Marvel properties into Marvel Studios cinematic universe (MCU) — most notably the X-Men, …
Cosby, Roseanne & more — 2018’s biggest entertainment scandals
William Thomas Cain/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — 2018 might become known as the year Twitter became a career killer. Every year has its share of old-fashioned, off-line scandals — like when years-old sex crime accusations against formerly beloved TV dad Bill Cosby ended with his September sentence of 10 years in prison. But 2018 saw major …
Billie Lourd remembers mom Carrie Fisher, two years after her death
Araya Diaz/WireImage(NEW YORK) — Hard to believe perhaps, but it’s been two years since we lost Carrie Fisher. And Fisher’s daughter, actress Billie Lourd, marked the anniversary with a sweet, musical post on Instagram to honor her late mother and Star Wars icon. “It has been two years since my Momby’s death and I still …
From now on, please call him Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin
ABC/Image Group LA(NEW YORK) — Henceforth, Macaulay Culkin shall be known as Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin. Allow us to explain. Earlier this year, the Home Alone star posted a contest on his Bunny Ears website, essentially saying he didn’t like his given middle name — it’s Carson, by the way. So he invited readers to …