ABC/Heidi Gutman(NEW YORK) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Amy Schumer reportedly flexed her notoriety to get stage time at a comedy club Tuesday night. Since the comedian is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend, she went to Caroline’s Comedy Club in New York to practice her opening monologue, but there was one issue: up-and-coming comedian Brendan Sagalow was already …
Only “Fair Terms” allowed on this week’s episode of “Empire”
Chuck Hodes/Fox Broadcasting Co.(LOS ANGELES) — This week’s episode of Empire, titled “Fair Terms” and directed by cast member Jussie Smollett, picks up right where the previous episode left off, with Cookie paying a visit to her estranged mother, Renee, played by Alfre Woodard. Here are some more highlights from the pivotal episode: — Cookie, Lucious and the …
LAPD looking for stolen Iron Man suit
Getty Images/Gabe Ginsberg(LOS ANGELES) — Like a plot ripped from the pages of a Marvel comic, somebody has stolen one of Tony Stark’s Iron Man suits, and the hunt is on for the villain who did it. The real-life caper unfolded Tuesday night, when workers at a Pacoima, California warehouse noticed the pricey bit of …
Chadwick Boseman shares his excitement over Howard University commencement speech, dishes on its “Black Panther” connection
Marvel Studios(NEW YORK) — Last month it was announced that Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman would return to his alma mater Howard University this coming weekend to give the commencement speech for this year’s graduating class. Now, as Boseman prepares for the upcoming engagement, the actor says his “nervous energy” pales in comparison to his …
“The Big Bang Theory” star and scientist Mayim Bialik talks up her book “Boying Up”
ABC Image Group LA(NEW YORK) — Mayim Bialik is best known for playing neurobiologist Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory, but it’s not just a role for her: like her character, she’s also a neuroscientist. Bialik’s also an author, and the follow-up to her best-seller Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart …
Sanaa Lathan refutes the “bizarre” rumor that she actually bit Beyoncé
ABC/Heidi Gutman(LOS ANGELES) — It’s been over a month since Tiffany Haddish claimed that an unnamed actress bit Beyoncé at an after party in December 2017, but Sanaa Lathan — who was named as the possible culprit– is once again denying she had anything to do with the incident. “Yeah, it blew up. And I …
Amy Schumer hospitalized with “horrible kidney infection”
ABC/Heidi Gutman(NEW YORK) — Amy Schumer took to social media Friday to tell her fans that she’s been stuck in the hospital all week, which means she’ll have to cancel some upcoming promotional stops for her latest film. “I was hospitalized for 5 days with a horrible kidney infection,” the comedian writes. “I want to …
Could a “That ’70s Show” reboot happen? Here’s what Mila Kunis says
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Could That ’70s Show be the next popular TV series to make a comeback? Mila Kunis isn’t ruling out the possibility. While promoting her upcoming film The Spy Who Dumped Me, along with co-star Kate McKinnon at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, the actress told Entertainment Tonight that she doesn’t know if …
“The Simpsons” Creator Matt Groening dismisses Apu controversy, as show surpasses “Gunsmoke” with 636th episode
FOX(LOS ANGELES) — This Sunday, The Simpsons clocks its 636th episode, which means it officially will surpass Gunsmoke by becoming the longest-running TV show of all time. The achievement comes amid controversy regarding one of its oldest characters, but show creator Matt Groening thinks the flap is, to quote a Simpsons episode, “much Apu about …
Denzel Washington’s son reveals the best advice he ever received from his dad
Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) — Denzel Washington’s son, John David Washington, has been following in his father’s footsteps since he was nine years old, when he appeared in his father’s 1992 film, Malcolm X. With his upcoming film, BlacKkKlansman, hitting theaters this summer, the younger Washington is reflecting on his first role, and …