Merrick Morton/Twentieth Century Fox(NEW YORK)– In her latest film, Widows, Oscar-winner Viola Davis plays a fierce widow whose husband and others are killed during an attempted robbery. Her character then recruits the other widows to pull off a heist her late husband was planning. “The heist is just a metaphor for women saying, ‘You know …
Winter comes in the spring: ‘Game of Thrones’ final season debuts in April
Vladimir Furdik as the Night King; courtesy of HBO(NEW YORK) — (SPOILER ALERT) We’ve known for what seems like ages that Game of Thrones isn’t returning until next year, but we haven’t known when — until now. HBO has just revealed that April will see the return the eighth and final season of their worldwide hit …
Watch the ‘Toy Story 4’ ‘teaser-trailer reaction’ trailer, starring Key & Peele
Disney/Pixar(NEW YORK) — Monday, we were unexpectedly treated to the first teaser-trailer for Toy Story 4. Today, we get an even bigger surprise — an official reaction video to the teaser-trailer. But this reaction video isn’t your usual online nobody gasping into the camera as we watch them watch a trailer. This one’s from Pixar …
Check out these holiday movies to stream on Netflix this season
Ben Lamb and Rose McIver in “A Christmas Prince”; Netflix(NEW YORK) — Thanksgiving isn’t even here and yet we’re already seeing Christmas decorations in all the stores. Why not start watching holiday movies now, too? Netflix has compiled a list of upcoming original films and the classics you already know and love. Hits like 2003’s …
On ‘The Late Show’, Stephen Colbert, Hugh Jackman pay tribute to Stan Lee
Scott Kowalchyk/CBS ©2018 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Legendary comics creator and master of the Marvel Studios cameo, Stan Lee, passed away on Monday, and on the Late Show, Marvel fanboy Stephen Colbert took a moment to remember “Stan ‘The Man’”– as fans came to know the 95-year-old comics icon. Colbert fans …
‘Dancing with the Stars’ semi-finals: A double dose of dances and a jaw-dropping double elimination
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — We got a double dose of dances during Monday night’s Dancing with the Stars semi-finals, with each couple taking the dance floor twice. But it all culminated in a double elimination at the end of the night. And that elimination was a doozy, sending home arguably the best performer of the competition, …
Voice of ‘2001’s’ HAL 9000, Douglas Rain, dead at 90
Doug Griffin/Toronto Star via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Douglas Rain, best-known as the soothing, understated voice of HAL 9000, the sentient computer that went rogue in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, died Sunday at the age of 90. The Stratford Festival, which Rain, co-founded in 1952, revealed that Rain died of natural …
‘SNL’ bids farewell to Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Will Heath/NBC(NEW YORK) — Saturday Night Live bid farewell to Jeff Sessions — and Kate McKinnon’s hilarious impersonation of President Donald Trump’s embattled former attorney general — whose firing on Wednesday precipitated a reminiscing. The show’s cold open began with McKinnon’s Sessions crawling out from under his desk and starting to pack up his office. “Luckily …
Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee dead at 95
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Stan Lee, co-creator of timeless Marvel comic characters including Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and The X-Men, has died at age 95. Family attorney Kirk E. Schenck confirmed Lee’s death to ABC News, saying he died Monday morning in Los Angeles. “Stan Lee was as extraordinary as the characters he created,” …
First look: See the ‘Toy Story 4’ teaser-trailer
Disney/Pixar(NEW YORK) — It’s been over six years since Toy Story 3 was released. It’s about time we got an update on what Woody and Buzz Lightyear have been up to since. Disney/Pixar just dropped the first look at Toy Story 4. Set to the sunny 1967 Judy Collins song “Both Sides Now,” the roughly …