ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is honoring a fan who was killed in a wrong-way car accident last week. The fan, 43-year-old Aileen Pizarro, and her 12-year-old daughter Aryana were killed Thursday after YouTuber McSkillet, born Trevor Heitmann, drove his sports car the wrong way down a San Diego interstate. Heitmann, 18, …
Mahershala Ali takes the reins of HBO’s third season of ‘True Detective’
ABC/Heidi Gutman(LOS ANGELES) — Oscar winner for Moonlight, Mahershala Ali, takes over the reigns for the third season of HBO’s limited crime series True Detective. A trailer for the show released on Sunday shows a montage of Ali’s character, Arkansas state police detective Wayne Hayes, at different stages of his life, obsessing over the same …
First glimpse of “Game of Thrones” final season in new HBO promo
Helen Sloane/HBO(HOLLYWOOD) — “What happens now?” “Something extraordinary.” That’s what Jon Snow says to Daenerys Targaryen in a new HBO promo teasing the cable channel’s 2019 season, which includes the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones. The one-minute-plus trailer features glimpses of the new seasons of Veep, Barry, The Deuce, True Detective and …
‘Lost’ co-star Dominic Monaghan re-teams with J.J. Abrams for ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Dominic Monaghan, no stranger to massive film franchises — he starred as the Hobbit Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, after all — is stepping into the Star Wars universe. Monaghan will re-team with J.J. Abrams, creator of the actor’s earlier star vehicle Lost, for Star Wars: Episode …
Jennifer Lopez auctioning off ‘Shades of Blue’ wardrobe for Puerto Rico hurricane relief
Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC(LOS ANGELES) — Jennifer Lopez’s NBC series Shades of Blue has come to an end, but she’s hoping her character’s wardrobe will raise a lot of “Dinero” for a good cause. The actress/singer is auctioning off memorabilia from the show, including clothes she wore in character as Harlee, to raise money for …
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ tops the box office for the second week with $25 million
Sanja Bucko/Warner Bros. Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Crazy Rich Asians stayed strong in its second week of release, delivering an estimated $25 million. The film’s stateside total now stands at over $76 million after just 12 days in release. The Meg, in its second week of release, held on to second place with an estimated $13 …
Neil Simon, one of America’s greatest-ever playwrights, dead at 91
Neil Simon in 1982; Jack Mitchell/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Neil Simon, inarguably one of America’s greatest-ever playwrights and renowned the world over, has died at age 91. Simon’s publicist confirmed his death to ABC News, saying he died Saturday night of complications from pneumonia at New York Presbyterian Hospital, with his wife and two daughters at …
Ariana Grande defends Pete Davidson after article says he has “butthole eyes”
Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Don’t come for Pete Davidson’s looks, ’cause Ariana Grande isn’t having it. The singer came to her fiance’s defense Thursday night after Barstool Sports posted an article saying Pete had “butthole eyes.” The entire ridiculous article poked fun at the appearance of the SNL star’s dark under-eye circles. Ariana …
Kristen Stewart calls her ‘Charlie’s Angels’ reboot “so grounded and well-intentioned”
Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Kristen Stewart is working on the latest big-screen reboot of the classic ’70s TV show Charlie’s Angels, and she tells Entertainment Tonight that she’s pretty psyched about it, even though she understands some might be skeptical about the project. Stewart says, “It is true, I think, [that people’s]…immediate response …
Regina Hall explains why she loved playing her “nurturing,” “complex” and “flawed” character in Support the Girls
ABC/Richard Carthwright(LOS ANGELES) — Regina Hall is having a moment. In her latest film, Support the Girls, Hall plays Lisa, a manager at a Hooters-like sports bar called Double Whammies. During the course of what can be described as the worst day of her life, Hall’s character must hold down her bar against belligerent customers …