Lorenzo Bevilaqua/ABC via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former The Bachelor stars Arie Luyendyk Jr. and his fiancée, Lauren Burnham, have announced they’re expecting. Burnham is due in June. Luyendyk posted a photo on Instagram to announce the couple’s happy news. “Nothing compares, absolutely nothing compares to the moment you find out you’re going to be …
Simone Missick tackles Islamophobia in her new drama, ‘Jinn’
Monica Schipper/WireImage(NEW YORK) — With her new coming-of-age drama Jinn, Luke Cage alum Simone Missick is taking on a different type of role. In the film, Missick plays Jade Jennings, a popular meteorologist and new convert to Islam, who’s conflicted when her teenage daughter questions her beliefs. Missick tells ABC Radio that she felt a …
‘Little House on the Prairie’ actress Katherine MacGregor dies at 93
Photo by NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Katherine MacGregor, who portrayed Harriet Oleson on all nine seasons of the NBC drama Little House on the Prairie, died Tuesday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund’s retirement home in Woodland Hills, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 93. Between 1974 and 1983, …
Fans scoff at $1,000 Idris Elba doll that looks nothing like the British hunk
Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage(LONDON) — Idris Elba fans are revolting against a new doll that is said to be inspired by People‘s sexiest man alive. According to Metro UK, Emperis toy company created an action figure — with the hefty price tag of roughly $1,000– that’s said to have been modeled to look like British star. However, …
Armie Hammer faces backlash for calling out celebrity selfies with the late Stan Lee
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(LOS ANGELES) — Armie Hammer took to Twitter to criticize celebrities for posting selfies in tribute to late Marvel Comics visionary Stan Lee, but now he’s the one facing backlash. It all started when he posted a now-deleted tweet on Monday reading, “So touched by all of the celebrities posting pictures of themselves with …
Oh, New Zealand: Kiwis confuse Spike Lee for the late Stan Lee
L-R: Stan Lee (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images); Spike Lee;(Paul Zimmerman/WireImage)(NEW YORK) — A New Zealand newspaper clearly didn’t do the right thing when they wrote their obit for the late, great Marvel comics legend Stan Lee, who died Monday at the age of 95. On the front page of the Gisborne Herald, the paper confused the comic …
Steve McQueen says he’s not focused on Oscar buzz with his new thriller, ‘Widows’
L-R: Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, writer/director Steve McQueen, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Rodriguez; Kristina Bumphrey/Starpix(NEW YORK) — Oscar-winner Steve McQueen says he did not have award show season on his mind when he went to work on his latest film Widows. The film, which is an adaptation of the popular 1980s British series of the same …
Hugh Jackman says he never questioned abandoning longtime friends Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
L-R: Deborra-Lee Furness, Hugh Jackman and Ivanka Trump in 2010; Jamie McCarthy/WireImage(NEW YORK) — Hugh Jackman defended his longtime friendship with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner on The View Tuesday. The couple, whom Jackman said he’s known for 15 years, made headlines when they recently attended the actor’s 50th birthday party. “They’ve always been so …
“The Voice” recap: The top 13 are revealed
Trae Patton/NBC(LOS ANGELES) — On Tuesday night’s The Voice, Carson Daly revealed which of the three artists each from Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson‘s teams who performed on Monday would advance to the next round: two based on America’s vote, the other chosen by his or her coach. At the top …
Paz de la Huerta files new sexual assault claim against Harvey Weinstein
John Lamparski/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Boardwalk Empire alum Paz de la Huerta has slapped Harvey Weinstein with a new sexual assault lawsuit, according to Deadline. In a copy of the suit obtained by the entertainment website, the 34-year-old actress alleges the disgraced movie mogul exposed himself in a “taunting manner” while greeting her at the door of his …