Marvel Studios/Disney(NEW YORK) — Need another reason to wish you still had all of your old comic books? A copy of the first issue of Marvel’s The Incredible Hulk comic book just sold for over $167,000. Published in May of 1962, the issue introduces the world to scientist Dr. Bruce Banner who, after unintentionally receiving …
Michael B. Jordan says ‘Creed II’ director Steven Caple Jr. was “respectful” to what Ryan Coogler started
Michael B. Jordan and director Steven Caple Jr. on the set of “Creed II”; Barry Wetcher/Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/ Warner Bros. Pictures(NEW YORK) — Michael B. Jordan was more than ready to reprise his role as heavy-weight champion Adonis Creed in the upcoming boxing drama Creed II. Although his long-time collaborator Ryan Coogler decided to pass …
Mark Zuckerberg, Nancy Pelosi latest to be mocked by ‘SNL’
NBC/Will Heath(NEW YORK) — The last Saturday Night Live episode before Thanksgiving saw the return of Kate McKinnon’s Laura Ingraham — and a number of other targets to be mocked: Jeanine Pirro, Nancy Pelosi and Mark Zuckerberg. In the show’s cold open, a spoof of Fox’s The Ingraham Angle, McKinnon’s Ingraham opened with her “facts,” including “Hispanics all voted twice” and “Latinos can have babies every three …
‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ tops box office with magical $62 million debut
© 2018 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. (LOS ANGELES) — Warner Brothers’ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald delivered an estimated $62 million in its opening weekend — a little shy of the $65 million the studio had anticipated, but more than enough to top the weekend box office. Overseas, the latest chapter in the Fantastic Beasts franchise — starring Jude …
Watch now: Netflix’s ‘A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding’ debuts its trailer
Courtesy of Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Ready for another royal wedding? The follow-up to your favorite holiday guilty pleasure movie, A Christmas Prince, has released its first trailer. The Netflix sequel, A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding, takes place a year after the first film, as journalist Amber plans her nuptials to the now-king of the …
Kristin Davis says love of acting helped her get sober: “I didn’t think I would live to be 30”
Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Marie Claire(NEW YORK) — Sex and the City actress Kristin Davis has revealed that acting quite literally saved her life. In an episode of the podcast Origins with James Andrew Miller about the hit HBO series, she credits her early acting jobs with helping her overcome an alcohol addiction. “I don’t …
Glenn Close, Ethan Hawke, ‘Eighth Grade’ among Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees
Film Independent(LOS ANGELES) — The nominations for the 34th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced. Nominees for Best Feature include Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade and Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk, and nominees for Best First Feature include the horror film Hereditary, Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You and Paul Dano’s Wildlife. …
Tom Hardy receives prestigious honor from British royal family
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic(LONDON) — Actor Tom Hardy has been bestowed with a prestigious honor by the British royal family. A tweet from the royal family’s Twitter page confirms that Hardy was made a CBE – Commander of the Order of the British Empire – on Friday, for his contributions to drama. Prince Charles gave him the award …
Brian Tyree Henry breaks down his ‘Widows’ character and his ability to navigate between two worlds
Deborah Lopez(NEW YORK) — Brian Tyree Henry is digging deep in his latest role. In Steve McQueen‘s heist-thriller Widows, Henry plays Jamal, a local crime boss turned Chicago politician who’s on a mission to get his money back. While Henry’s character is obviously flawed, the Atlanta actor tells ABC Radio that he surprisingly understands Jamal’s perspective. “I have a …
Oscar-winning screenwriter of ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,’ William Goldman, dies at age 87
Mike Coppola/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — Prolific Hollywood screenwriter and two-time Oscar winner William Goldman has died, The Washington Post confirms. He was 87. Goldman’s daughter, Jenny Goldman, tells the Washington Post her father passed away Friday at his Manhattan home, of complications from colon cancer and pneumonia. Goldman won his first Oscar for Best Original Screenplay …