Warrick Page/HBO(NEW YORK) — Restless ghosts from an apparently unsolved case drive the first full-length trailer for True Detective‘s upcoming third season on HBO. Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali stars in the new season as Detective Wayne Hays, haunted decades later by the case of two children who went missing in the 1980s, as the trailer skips …
‘The Walking Dead’ Recap “What Comes After” — Rick Grimes’ goodbye…for now
AMC/Jackson Lee Davis(LOS ANGELES) — (SPOILERS AHEAD) After nine seasons, Sunday night marked the last episode for Andrew Lincoln’s bearded butt-kicker Rick Grimes on AMC’s The Walking Dead. It should be noted, however, that AMC announced when the show ended that Rick’s adventures will continue in a series of AMC movies. The episode began moments …
‘Saturday Night Live’ tackles immigration crisis
NBC/Will Heath(NEW YORK) — Saturday Night Live tackled the issue of immigration and the caravans traveling from Central America through Mexico on the last show before the midterm elections. The cold open featured a sendup of Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle — with Kate McKinnon playing conservative host Laura Ingraham — in full panic mode …
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is “Queen” of the box office with $50 million debut
20th Century Fox (LOS ANGELES) — Bohemian Rhapsody was the champion of the box office, beating expectations with an estimated $50 million debut. The biopic, which stars Rami Malek as Queen’s flamboyant frontman, the late Freddie Mercury, delivered an estimated $72 million overseas, for a worldwide total of more than $141 million. The weekend’s two …
Sequel news: ‘Gladiator’ sequel in the works; ‘Bad Boys 3’ a go
Universal/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — “Are you not entertained?” So declared Russell Crowe’s Maximus in Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning 2000 film Gladiator. Now comes word there’s more entertainment in store. Scott is reportedly moving forward on a Gladiator sequel, according to Deadline. The new film will follow the story of Lucius, the nephew of the evil emperor Commodus, played …
Alec Baldwin arrested after allegedly punching someone over parking spot
ABC/ Heidi Gutman(NEW YORK) — Alec Baldwin was arrested in New York City Friday after allegedly punching someone over a parking dispute. Police said the 60-year-old actor hit a person who took a parking space Baldwin was attempting to hold for himself on East 10th Street in Manhattan. Baldwin was taken into custody and given …
‘Boy Erased’ author Garrard Conley talks back rubs from Nicole Kidman and texts from Russell Crowe
Garrard Conley and mother Martha Conley; Ernesto Distefano/Getty Images for Westbank and Focus Features(NEW YORK) — Just two years after Garrard Conley’s memoir Boy Erased debuted, Joel Edgerton has turned it into a major motion picture starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe. It tells the true story of Conley’s time in a gay …
Robin Wright and Michael Kelly reflect on final ‘House of Cards’ season
David Giesbrecht/Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — House of Cards‘ sixth and final season debuted on Netflix overnight — and it’s truly the end of an era. The show put Netflix on the map for original content, and its stars, Robin Wright and Michael Kelly, tell ABC Radio they’re proud to have been a part of the revolutionary TV series. …
Streisand takes the wheel in the latest “Late Late Show” “Carpool Karaoke”
CBS/Terrence Patrick(LOS ANGELES) — Barbra Streisand joined James Corden for his latest “Carpool Karaoke,” which aired on Thursday’s The Late Late Show. This time around — and possibly to accommodate Streisand’s preferred close-up angle — Corden’s stranded by a parking boot, and needs a pick-up. Babs rolls up and Corden takes the passenger seat — although nearly regrets it, when Streisand claims …
‘Nobody’s Fool’: Tyler Perry shares the message behind the R-rated comedy
Tyler Perry with Tiffany Haddish; courtesy Paramount Pictures(NEW YORK) — Tyler Perry has an important message behind his latest comedy, Nobody’s Fool. The film follows a recently-paroled Tiffany Haddish, who tries to help her sister — played by Tika Sumpter — get revenge on the man who might be catfishing her. While the rom-com will undoubtedly …