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 …
Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin team up for ‘The Kominsky Method’
Mike Yarish/Netflix(NEW YORK) — Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin play an acting teacher having trouble finding acting gigs and his agent, respectively, in the new Netflix comedy The Kominsky Method, from The Big Bang Theory creator Chuck Lorre, debuting Friday. Douglas tells ABC Radio that the veteran actors have great chemistry, despite the fact that they’d “never …
‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ and ‘Widows’ among this week’s new releases
© 2018 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.Here are the films opening nationwide on Friday: * Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald — The sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them finds Jude Law, as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, hunting down his longtime rival, Gellert Grindelwald — played by Johnny Depp — after the wizard escapes custody. He enlists his former student …
First look: Disney drops the live-action ‘Dumbo’ trailer
Disney(NEW YORK) — Get ready to grab a tissue. The first live-action Dumbo trailer has arrived. Tim Burton directs this remake on the 1941 animated Disney classic film, and we don’t have to wait long to get our first glimpse of the little elephant using his huge ears to fly. “Dumbo expands on the beloved …
Amy Schumer hospitalized for extreme morning sickness; cancels Texas tour dates
ABC/Heidi Gutman(DALLAS, TX) — Amy Schumer had to cancel her Texas tour dates Thursday after pregnancy complications put her in the hospital. The pregnant comedian revealed in an Instagram post that both she and her baby are fine, but she’s been suffering from severe morning sickness, otherwise known as hyperemesis gravidarum. “I am in the …
Armie Hammer apologizes for Stan Lee selfie comments
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(LOS ANGELES) — Armie Hammer is apologizing after criticizing celebrities who posted selfies in tribute to the late Marvel Comics visionary Stan Lee. “While attempting to provide some unnecessary social commentary about the current selfie culture, I (in true a**hat form – thank you Jeffrey Dean Morgan) inadvertently offended many who were genuinely grieving …
Mahershala Ali “immersed” himself in music for ‘Green Book’ role
John Lamparski/WireImage(NEW YORK) — Mahershala Ali “immersed” himself in the real-life character’s music for his role in the forthcoming film, Green Book. The film is inspired by a true story of Dr. Don Shirley, played by Ali, a world-class African-American pianist who hires a tough-talking bouncer from the Bronx, played by Viggo Mortensen, to be his …
Roy Clark, former ‘Hee Haw’ host, dead at 85
Roy Clark, foreground, with Buck Owens on “Hee Haw”; CBS via Getty Images(TULSA, Okla.) — Roy Clark, the Grammy-winning Country Music Hall of Fame member and celebrated picker who’s best-known by most as co-host of TV’s Hee Haw, has died at age 85. Clark’s publicist confirmed he died Thursday morning at his Tulsa, Oklahoma home of …