Fox(LOS ANGELES) — As the September 26 Empire season five broadcast premiere approaches on Fox, a new teaser for the upcoming season traces the emotional roller-coaster relationship of the king and queen of the Lyon family, Lucious and Cookie. In the season four finale, Cookie, played by Taraji P. Henson, and Lucious, portrayed by Terrence …
The Academy nixes popular movie Oscar category pending “further study”
AMPAS(LOS ANGELES) — It seems the plan for a new popular movie category at the Oscars wasn’t so popular. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday that it is putting the new category on hold pending “further study.” That means it will not be debuting at the upcoming 91st annual Academy Awards …
Singer-turned ‘Jumanji’ star Nick Jonas now has two movies opening in 2019
ABC/Lou Rocco(LOS ANGELES) — Nick Jonas may want to marry his fiancee Priyanka Chopra before next year, because his 2019 is shaping up to be pretty busy. Last month, it was announced that Nick was joining the voice cast of the animated movie UglyDolls and doing an original song for the soundtrack. That movie will …
Mark Wahlberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolly Parton and more react to passing of Burt Reynolds
Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Spike TV(HOLLYWOOD, FL) Celebrities took to social media Thursday to mourn the death of movie legend Burt Reynolds, who passed away in Jupiter, Florida at the age 82. Stars like Mark Wahlberg, who co-starred with Reynolds in Boogie Nights, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who considered Reynolds an inspiration, shared their thoughts, …
Movie icon Burt Reynolds dead at 82
Michael Tullberg/Getty Images(JUPITER, FL)– Burt Reynolds, the iconic star of movies like Smokey & the Bandit, The Cannonball Run, Deliverance, Boogie Nights and Semi-Tough, has died at the age of 82, ABC News has confirmed. Reynolds got his start in television and the theater, and also had some minor film roles. However, after he …
Rob Lowe compares his 12-year-old ‘Bad Seed’ co-star to Oscar winners Allison Janney and Jodie Foster
Lifetime(NEW YORK) — Rob Lowe is no stranger to being the star on the TV screen, but the award-winning actor put on his director’s hat to pull double duty and top billing for his latest project, a remake of the 1950’s cult classic The Bad Seed. “Directing it was a dream,” Lowe said Thursday on …
Eva Marcille talks strategy ahead of tonight’s ‘Match Game’ episode
ABC/Lou Rocco(LOS ANGELES) — Tonight, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Eva Marcille will appear as one of the celebrity guest panelists on ABC’s Match Game. The show, hosted by Alec Baldwin, is a reboot of the 1960s game show of the same name that aired in various forms off and on through the late 1990s. Marcille …
‘American Horror Story: Apocalypse’ trailer: “The chaos has won”
(L-R) Ryan Murphy, Kathy Bates – Patrick McElhenney/FX (LOS ANGELES) — After weeks of teasing, FX released a full trailer for American Horror Story: Apocalypse on Wednesday, and as the title suggests, the world is coming to and end. The video opens with scenes of destruction and people fleeing for their lives as a voiceover …
Asia Argento claims she was “sexually attacked” by accuser Jimmy Bennett
Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Italian actress Asia Argento, who last month was accused of sexually assaulting actor Jimmy Bennett when he was a minor, is now claiming that he was the aggressor. Mark Jay Heller, Argento’s new attorney, issued a lengthy statement obtained by ABC News on Wednesday in which he …
Kiefer Sutherland’s ‘Designated Survivor’ president gets re-elected — on Netflix
ABC/Ben Mark Holzberg(LOS ANGELES) — Designated Survivor is officially moving from ABC to Netflix for a 10-episode third season, ABC News has confirmed. The new season will reportedly find Kiefer Sutherland’s President Kirkman experiencing his first election campaign — and the dirty politics that go with it. According to the subscription service, “This season will …