Netflix/Sarah Shatz(NEW YORK) — A second trailer for season two of Marvel’s Luke Cage has officially dropped, and it shows two of Harlem’s most notorious villains gearing up for war. “You don’t need to be bulletproof to be a superhero,” warns the villainous Mariah Dillard, played by Alfre Woodard. “Black women have always had superpowers. …
“The Bold Type” star Nikohl Boosheri on playing groundbreaking character that makes people feel “seen and heard”
Freeform/Ed Herrera(NEW YORK) — Freeform’s The Bold Type debuts its second season tonight and this time around, it has gained a new series regular. Nikohl Boosheri, who plays the groundbreaking character Adena, joins the cast full time. The character is one not often represented on screen, if at all. Adena is a Muslim lesbian artist, …
Anthony Bourdain’s ex-wife says daughter “strong and brave” following father’s death
CNN(NEW YORK) — The world is still grieving the loss of star chef, author and travel host Anthony Bourdain since he took his own life late last week. Bourdain had a daughter, 11-year-old Ariane, from his relationship with ex-wife Ottavia Busia. Even after the couple split, the family remained exceptionally close, with Bourdain often posting …
Report: Gal Gadot will see “Red” with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Gal Gadot will temporarily hang up Wonder Woman’s golden lariat to team up with another huge box office star. The Justice League lead will star opposite Dwayne Johnson in the heist thriller Red Notice, according to Deadline. Few details have been released about the film — even the identity of another male …
U2 dedicates “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” to Anthony Bourdain during Apollo Theater show
ABC/Randy Holmes(NEW YORK) — U2 took a moment to pay respect to the late Anthony Bourdain during an intimate show at the Apollo Theater in New York City on Monday night. According to the New York Daily News, Bono and company dedicated “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” to the Parts Unknown host, who was found dead of an apparent suicide …
Report: “Dukes of Hazzard” star John Schneider sentenced to jail for failing to pay alimony to estranged wife
Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Like his famous Bo Duke character on TV’s The Dukes of Hazzard, John Schneider has reportedly run afoul of the law. Sources tell TMZ that Schneider, 58, was sentenced on Monday to three days in a Los Angeles County jail for failing to pay spousal support to his …
“The Bachelorette” recap: David and Clay are rushed to the hospital while Becca gets emotional
ABC/Paul Hebert(LOS ANGELES) — On Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette, Becca Kufrin and her bachelors learned the hard way that love is a battlefield when two guys were rushed to the hospital and one had to leave the competition early. Before the bloody drama, Becca invited Wills, Jason, Jordan, David, Jean Blanc, and Colton on a group date at the spa. It was the boys’ …
Rose McGowan indicted on cocaine possession charge, faces up to 10 years in prison
ABC/Pawel Kaminski (LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA) — Rose McGowan was reportedly indicted on Monday on one felony count of cocaine possession in Loudoun County, Virginia. Court documents obtained by Washington, D.C. radio station WTOP claim that after McGowan got off a United Airlines flight at Dulles International Airport in January 2017, police discovered two bags of cocaine in the actress …
Anthony Anderson and Dave East team up for Chicago hip hop Netflix film
ABC/Paula Lobo(LOS ANGELES) — Anthony Anderson and rapper Dave East have been tapped to star in the upcoming Netflix film, Beats. Anderson and East join Uzo Aduba, Paul Walter Hauser, rapper Dreezy, and 17-year-old newcomer Khalil Everage in the cast. Directed by Chris Robinson, the coming-of-age drama, set in Chicago’s South Side, follows a young music prodigy, played by Everage, with borderline agoraphobia. He meets up with …
Shonda Rhimes first Netflix project will be about woman who scammed NYC social scene
Netflix/Jay Goldman(LOS ANGELES) — Shonda Rhimes has set up her first project under her five-year deal with Netflix. According to Deadline, Shondaland and Netflix have acquired the rights to adapt Jessica Pressler’s New York Magazine article How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People. The project, which follows the true story of a young woman who deceived dozens of Manhattanites …