William Thomas Cain/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — 2018 might become known as the year Twitter became a career killer. Every year has its share of old-fashioned, off-line scandals — like when years-old sex crime accusations against formerly beloved TV dad Bill Cosby ended with his September sentence of 10 years in prison. But 2018 saw major …
Billie Lourd remembers mom Carrie Fisher, two years after her death
Araya Diaz/WireImage(NEW YORK) — Hard to believe perhaps, but it’s been two years since we lost Carrie Fisher. And Fisher’s daughter, actress Billie Lourd, marked the anniversary with a sweet, musical post on Instagram to honor her late mother and Star Wars icon. “It has been two years since my Momby’s death and I still …
From now on, please call him Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin
ABC/Image Group LA(NEW YORK) — Henceforth, Macaulay Culkin shall be known as Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin. Allow us to explain. Earlier this year, the Home Alone star posted a contest on his Bunny Ears website, essentially saying he didn’t like his given middle name — it’s Carson, by the way. So he invited readers to …
Superheroes and dinosaurs fuel a record year at the box office
Marvel Studios/Disney(NEW YORK) — 2018 was a blockbuster year at the box office — even without a year-end Star Wars movie for the first time in four years. By mid-December, the domestic box office racked up a whopping $11 billion, putting it on track to beat the current record of $11.4 billion set in 2016 …
First look: ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ movie arrives Friday
Netflix(NEW YORK) — Here’s a late holiday present for Black Mirror fans. Netflix is dropping a stand-alone Black Mirror film tomorrow — and we’ve got the trailer for it now. Titled Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, the movie’s set at a computer video game company in the 1980s. Dunkirk star Fionn Whitehead is Stefan, a young coder …
Cher, Reba McEntire, Lin-Manuel Miranda receive Kennedy Center Honors
L-R, standing: Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andy Blankenbuehler and Alex Lacamoire. LR, sitting: Wayne Shorter, Cher, Reba McEntire, and Philip Glass; Michele Crowe/CBS(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The event itself took place earlier this month, but last night a televised special featuring highlights from the 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors aired on CBS. Singer and Oscar-winning actress …
Ben Stiller responds to being called a liar by jailed ex-prison worker
David M. Benett/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Ben Stiller’s new Showtime series, Escape At Dannemora, has received a ton of praise, including a Golden Globe nomination for Best Television Limited Series. But the series, based on the true events of a prison break, has one vocal detractor. One of the shows real life subjects, Joyce “Tillie” Mitchell, …
‘Wonder Woman 1984’: That’s a wrap
Warner Bros.(NEW YORK) — We’re one step closer to seeing Wonder Woman 1984. Star Gal Gadot marked the end of filming on the Wonder Woman sequel with a series of Instagram photos from the set. “We did it. Again!!” Gadot wrote. “And as much as the first time shooting Wonder Woman was amazing, this time …
Report: Tyra Banks leaving ‘America’s Got Talent’
Andrew Eccles/NBC(NEW YORK) — After two seasons as host of America’s Got Talent, Tyra Banks is reportedly leaving the show. Page Six reports that the former supermodel is moving on to focus on producing television and film projects. The two-time Daytime Emmy Award winner is also riding the success of her recent Freeform TV movie, …
‘Aquaman’ rises, ‘Holmes & Watson’ sinks at Christmas Day box office
L-R: John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell in “Holmes & Watson”; Giles Keyte/© 2018 CTMG, Inc.(NEW YORK) — Christmas Day movie-goers clearly preferred Jason Momoa’s Aquaman to the debut of the Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly’s comedy, Holmes & Watson. Aquaman scored a further $22 million Tuesday, bringing its domestic total since its first-place …