Disney/Lucasfilm(ORLANDO) — It’s official: Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the fully-immersive Star Wars-themed attraction, will open in the summer of 2019 at California’s Disneyland Resort, and late fall next year at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The attraction, the most extensive dive into George Lucas’ galaxy far, far away that Disney has ever built, promises to transport visitors to …
ABC cancels “The Chew,” expands “Good Morning America” to three hours
(L-R Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, Michael Symon of The Chew) ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(NEW YORK) — ABC is making some changes in the early afternoon. First, ABC’s long-running food-centric show The Chew is being canceled after seven years, but will air as planned until September. In a statement, Disney|ABC Television president Ben Sherwood said, “For seven years …
“Glow” star Sydelle Noel recalls the moment the “Black Panther” cast knew the film was going to be a hit
Marvel Studios(NEW YORK) — Sydelle Noel’s role in Black Panther as Xoliswa — one of Wakanda’s royal guard of elite female fighters called the the Dora Milaje — may have been brief, but it was powerful. With the film’s record breaking success — currently the third highest-grossing film ever in the U.S. — Noel says she and her Black Panther co-stars could …
Report: Liam Neeson could join new “Men in Black” film
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Liam Nesson is in talks to join the new Men in Black movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is being billed as a spin off set in the same universe that was created in comics and later in the Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones films back in ’90s, but with new heroes: Thor Ragnarok leads Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson have …
Julia Louis-Dreyfus to receive 2018 Mark Twain Prize for Humor
HBO/Colleen Hayes(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Calling her a “comedy icon,” the Kennedy Center just announced that Seinfeld, New Adventures of Old Christine and Veep Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus will be honored with this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The star-studded event will be held on October 21 in Washington, D.C. and recorded for broadcast on a later date. Days before announcing last fall …
“Solo: A Star Wars Story” star Donald Glover got a helping “Han” from Billy Dee Williams
Lucasfilm(NEW YORK) — The wait is almost over Star Wars fans — Solo: A Star Wars Story opens with preview screenings on Thursday night before officially hitting theaters nationwide on Friday. Donald Glover stars as the young Lando Calrissian, the role made famous in the original films by Billy Dee Williams. Glover tells ABC News he met …
Patricia Heaton cried at the very end of “The Middle”
ABC(NEW YORK) — ABC’s successful family sitcom The Middle wrapped up Tuesday night after 9 seasons, and with it, Patricia Heaton, who also starred in Everybody Loves Raymond, had to say goodbye to another TV family. “I feel a bit un-moored,” the Emmy winner admitted to ABC Radio. “I love having some free time. But my free time is …
Spoiler Alert! How Maddie Poppe found out she’d won “American Idol” before America did
ABC/Mitch Haaseth(NEW YORK) — On Monday night, Maddie Poppe won the American Idol crown, but even before Ryan Seacrest announced it, she knew she’d won…because she literally saw her name written on the card in Ryan’s hand. “Every week…I [could] see the card, but I [didn’t] ever look,” she tells ABC Radio. “But this week…I …
Philip Roth, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, dies at 85
D. Herrick/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — Philip Roth, the prolific author known for dark humored novels like Goodbye Columbus and Portnoy’s Complaint, died Tuesday in a New York City hospital of congestive heart failure, a close friend tells CNN. He was 85. The Newark, New Jersey-born writer — whose more than 25 books mainly centered on the Jewish …
Brynn Cartelli becomes the youngest winner of “The Voice”; coach Kelly Clarkson wins in her first season
Tyler Golden/NBC(LOS ANGELES) — Kelly Clarkson notched a victory in her very first season as a coach on The Voice, as her artist Brynn Cartelli was crowned the season 14 winner — the youngest in Voice history. She receives a recording contract as her grand prize. Cartelli, a 15-year-old pop singer from Longmeadow, Massachusetts, finished ahead of runner-up, …