Photo by Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images(MONTANA) — Margot Kidder, best-known for playing Lois Lane in Richard Donner’s landmark 1978 film Superman, has died. ABC News has confirmed that the 69-year-old actress passed away at her Livingston, Montana home on Sunday. A rep tells ABC that she died “peacefully in her sleep.” No cause of …
“Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman drops personal gems to Howard grads
ABC/Kelsea McNeal(LOS ANGELES) — Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman returned to his alma mater Saturday to give the commencement address at Howard University’s 2018 Commencement Convocation. This year’s convocation celebrated the Washington, D.C. historically black university’s 150th graduating class. And Boseman offered real advice to the audience, which included students, alumni and proud parents. After …
Congrats: Taraji P. Henson receives a Mother’s Day proposal
ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) — Taraji P. Henson is officially off the market. The Empire star shared news Monday that her boyfriend, former NFL star Kelvin Hayen, proposed to her on Mother’s Day. “I said yes y’all!!!,” Henson wrote, sharing an Instagram photo of her engagement ring near a dessert plate of cake and chocolate-covered strawberries, …
Clayne Crawford out, Seann William Scott in, for season 3 of “Lethal Weapon”
CR: Ray Mickshaw/FOX, ©2018 Fox Broadcasting Co.(LOS ANGELES) — Clayne Crawford is out, and American Pie‘s Seann William Scott will replace him for the third season of Fox’s Lethal Weapon. The network announced Sunday the show would be picked up for a third season with its new co-star Scott — opposite Damon Wayans — after Crawford was fired …
“Seinfeld: The Finale” turns 20
Joseph Del Valle/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — On this day in 1998, the Emmy-winning “show about nothing,” Seinfeld, took its final bow on NBC. The series ended with a two-parter in which Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer were sentenced to a year in jail for violating a good Samaritan law in a …
“Avengers: Infinity War” continues box office domination with $61.8 million weekend; becomes fifth largest global release
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War topped the box office for the third straight week, earning an estimated $61.8 million, making it the eighth largest release of all-time in the States and the fifth best worldwide, right behind 2015’s Jurassic World. Infinity War is now the highest-grossing superhero movie worldwide, earning an estimated $1.6 billion thus far. It …
“American Idol” contestants sing Carrie Underwood hits and celebrate Mother’s Day, as the top 3 are revealed
ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) — In honor of Mother’s Day, the American Idol Top 5 finalists sang songs dedicated to moms, in addition to performing from the catalogue of American Idol alum and seven-time Grammy-winner Carrie Underwood. At the end of the show, the contestants learned that Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Gabby Barrett and Maddie Poppe were moving on to the finals. Michael J. Woodard and Cade Foehner were sent …
The first season of HBO’s Barry ends Sunday night
Jordin Althaus/HBO(NEW YORK) — On Sunday night, HBO’s new hit dark comedy Barry closes the book on its first season. The show stars co-creator and former SNL cast member Bill Hader as the title character, a hitman who catches the acting bug. The show, which also stars Henry Winkler, Sarah Goldberg, and Stephen Root, has …
Gabrielle Union debunks misconceptions and challenges “stereotypes” with her new film, “Breaking In”
ABC Image Group LA(NEW YORK) — Gabrielle Union is one tough mama bear in her new thriller, Breaking In. In a recent Q&A session in New York, Union dished on her character in the movie, Shaun Russell, and the misconception she’s encountered with the image of a strong black mother on screen. “She’s a fierce …
Wakanda Forever: Ryan Coogler is on board to do a female-centered “Black Panther” spinoff
Marvel Studios(NEW YORK) — After the immense success of Marvel’s Black Panther, the film’s director, Ryan Coogler, is weighing in on the future of the history-making franchise. During a conversation with film critic Elvis Mitchell at Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, attended by Variety, Coogler revealed he’d be on board to do a spinoff of Black Panther — …