Marvel Studios/Disney(NEW YORK) — 2018 was a blockbuster year at the box office — even without a year-end Star Wars movie for the first time in four years. By mid-December, the domestic box office racked up a whopping $11 billion, putting it on track to beat the current record of $11.4 billion set in 2016 …
First look: ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ movie arrives Friday
Netflix(NEW YORK) — Here’s a late holiday present for Black Mirror fans. Netflix is dropping a stand-alone Black Mirror film tomorrow — and we’ve got the trailer for it now. Titled Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, the movie’s set at a computer video game company in the 1980s. Dunkirk star Fionn Whitehead is Stefan, a young coder …
Cher, Reba McEntire, Lin-Manuel Miranda receive Kennedy Center Honors
L-R, standing: Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andy Blankenbuehler and Alex Lacamoire. LR, sitting: Wayne Shorter, Cher, Reba McEntire, and Philip Glass; Michele Crowe/CBS(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The event itself took place earlier this month, but last night a televised special featuring highlights from the 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors aired on CBS. Singer and Oscar-winning actress …
Ben Stiller responds to being called a liar by jailed ex-prison worker
David M. Benett/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Ben Stiller’s new Showtime series, Escape At Dannemora, has received a ton of praise, including a Golden Globe nomination for Best Television Limited Series. But the series, based on the true events of a prison break, has one vocal detractor. One of the shows real life subjects, Joyce “Tillie” Mitchell, …
‘Wonder Woman 1984’: That’s a wrap
Warner Bros.(NEW YORK) — We’re one step closer to seeing Wonder Woman 1984. Star Gal Gadot marked the end of filming on the Wonder Woman sequel with a series of Instagram photos from the set. “We did it. Again!!” Gadot wrote. “And as much as the first time shooting Wonder Woman was amazing, this time …
Report: Tyra Banks leaving ‘America’s Got Talent’
Andrew Eccles/NBC(NEW YORK) — After two seasons as host of America’s Got Talent, Tyra Banks is reportedly leaving the show. Page Six reports that the former supermodel is moving on to focus on producing television and film projects. The two-time Daytime Emmy Award winner is also riding the success of her recent Freeform TV movie, …
‘Aquaman’ rises, ‘Holmes & Watson’ sinks at Christmas Day box office
L-R: John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell in “Holmes & Watson”; Giles Keyte/© 2018 CTMG, Inc.(NEW YORK) — Christmas Day movie-goers clearly preferred Jason Momoa’s Aquaman to the debut of the Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly’s comedy, Holmes & Watson. Aquaman scored a further $22 million Tuesday, bringing its domestic total since its first-place …
Women to watch in front of and behind the camera in 2019
Brie Larson as “Captain Marvel”: Marvel Studios/Disney(NEW YORK) — It could be the point of no return for women in Hollywood in 2019, not only in front of the camera, but more importantly behind it as well. Here’s a look at female-led films you should have on your radar for next year. Captain MarvelAside from …
Watch now: Jordan Peele drops creepy first trailer for ‘Us’
Universal(NEW YORK) — Jordan Peele fans got a present from the Oscar-winning Get Out filmmaker, who chose Christmas to drop the seriously creepy first trailer for his upcoming horror movie, Us. The trailer reveals Black Panther‘s Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke as parents to two children — played by Shahadi Wright-Joseph and Evan Alex — who, while on …
Terrence Howard proposes to ex-wife, three years after their divorce
ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Terrence Howard and ex-wife Mira Pak have decided to give it another whirl. The Empire star proposed to Pak three years after the couple secretly divorced. In a Instagram slideshow followed by the hashtag, “#bloodisthickerthanwaterbutloveisthegluethatbindsus,” posted on Tuesday, the 49-year-old actor shared a closeup of the ring on Pak’s finger, along with …