Peter Lindbergh(HOLLYWOOD) — The 2019 Oscar nominations are in, and while stars like Lady Gaga, Christian Bale and Emma Stone earned well-deserved nods, others who were expected to be nominated Tuesday morning didn’t hear their names called. For example, big names like Bradley Cooper and acclaimed films like If Beale Street Could Talk came up …
Meow: Taylor Swift posts selfie and videos from the snowy set of ‘Cats’
Photo by Steven A Henry/Getty Images(LONDON) — The Cats movie musical is officially off to a purr-fect start for feline fan Taylor Swift. The singer posted a smiling selfie from the film’s London set in front of a sign with her character’s name, Bombalina. “Meow,” she captioned it. Adding to her excitement, it was snowing …
Julia Roberts’ ‘Mystic Pizza’ getting the musical treatment
Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — First, Sara Bareilles wrote the music for a musical based on the 2007 film Waitress. Then Bryan Adams wrote the music for a musical based on the 1990 film Pretty Woman. Now, Playbill reports that Melissa Etheridge is getting into the game — she’s writing the music …
Stars react to Oscar nominations
Rami Malek in “Bohemian Rhapsody” – © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation(LOS ANGELES) — Nominations for the 91st annual Academy Awards were announced this morning, and Roma and The Favourite led the pack with 10 nominations apiece, followed by A Star Is Born with 8 and Black Panther with 7 — including a superhero …
Black and gold: ‘Black Panther’, ‘BlacKkKlansman’ and black Hollywood score major Oscar nods
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — The 91st Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning, and Black Panther roared on the scene with seven nominations, including one for Best Picture, one for Hannah Beachler for Best Production Design — the first black person ever to be nominated– and another for Ruth E. Carter for Best Costume Design. The …
‘Roma’ and ‘The Favourite’ lead 91st Academy Awards nominations
Alfonso Cuarón/Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — The 2019 Oscar nominations were announced this morning by Tracee Ellis Ross and Kumail Nanjiani, live from from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma and Yorgos Lanthimos’ period piece The Favourite led the pack with 10 nominations apiece. Black Panther also surprised, with seven nominations, including …
‘The Bachelor’ recap: A pair of former beauty queens battle over Colton
ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) — On Monday’s episode of The Bachelor, two former Miss U.S.A. contestants found themselves competing for Colton’s heart, and things got ugly. On the heels of last week’s admission by Hannah B, Miss Alabama 2018, that she and Caelynn, Miss North Carolina 2018, competed against each other in the Miss U.s.A. pageant …
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ pays “tribute” to the halfway point of Donald Trump’s first term in office
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — To commemorate the midway mark of Donald Trump’s first term as president of the United States, Jimmy Kimmel aired a special Jimmy Kimmel Live! Intermission Accomplished: A Halftime Tribute to Trump. As Kimmel explains, “this is a man who is far too humble to celebrate himself” so instead Kimmel and a slew of …
Leslie Jones criticizes upcoming ‘Ghostbusters’ sequel as “insulting” to 2016 all-female reboot
ABC/Lou Rocco(LOS ANGELES) — Leslie Jones is not happy that another Ghostbusters movie is already in the works. The SNL star tweeted her disgust over the weekend after news broke that Jason Reitman is working on a sequel to the original franchise. Jones co-starred in the 2016 all-female remake of the film, alongside Kate McKinnon, …
Amanda Seales breaks down misconceptions about MLK and why his approach was needed
Craig Blankenhorn/HBO(NEW YORK) — As Amanda Seales gears up for the premiere of her first comedy special on HBO, the Insecure star is also weighing in on the significance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and what people often get wrong about the legendary civil right leader. Seales, who has a Masters degree in African-American …