Kailey Fellows/NBCIt’s apparently been a tough week for Leslie Jones. After calling out Jessica Alba‘s Honest Company for “not doing good” business earlier, the Saturday Night Live star went on Twitter with another grievance. “When young men especially black men (yea I said it) talk to me like I’m some dumb B***!” Jones wrote. “It makes me want to stomp a mudhole …
DiCaprio, Pitt and Damon all turned down roles in ‘Brokeback Mountain’, director says
(L-R) Ledger, Lee, Gyllenhaal – Photo by Eric CATARINA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — It’s hard to picture anyone in the leading roles for 2005’s Brokeback Mountain besides Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, but one director had other plans. Before the film came to Ang Lee to direct, Gus Van Sant said he was working …
More than 140 survivors of sexual abuse honored with Arthur Ashe Courage Award at ESPYs
ABC Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) — Racecar driver Danica Patrick became the first female host of the ESPYs Wednesday night. But that achievement wasn’t the only moment that will have people talking tomorrow, later this week — and even for years to come. The “hero” Parkland coaches, an embattled Hall of Fame football player and …
Sherri Shepherd says she’s very much like her ‘Trial & Error’ character
Photo by: Sergei Bachlakov/Warner Bros/NBCSherri Shepherd makes her return tonight on NBC’s crime mockumentary, Trial & Error, where she will once again play researcher and paralegal Anne Flatch, a woman who suffers from various disorders. During the first season, Shepherd’s character took on a new affliction each week, like such real-life disorders as randomly speaking with …
Former DJ Adrian Cronauer, portrayed by Robin Williams in ‘Good Morning, Vietnam’, dead at 79
Getty Images/Bettmann(VIRGINIA) — Adrian Cronauer, the disc jockey whose military stint became the inspiration for Robin Williams in Good Morning Vietnam, has died at 79 years old. Jeff Hunt, who hired Cronauer at Roanoke FM station WPVR, confirmed the DJ’s Wednesday passing to the Roanoke Times. Hunt explained Cronauer had been living in a nursing home …
Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ gets earlier release date
ABC RadioLOS ANGELES — Sony Pictures has moved Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood up a couple of weeks, from August 9, 2019 to July 26, 2019, according to Variety. The trade speculates the change was made to avoid controversy over the release coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Charles Manson murders, …
Warner Bros. will screen ‘The Dark Knight’ in IMAX for 10th anniversary engagement
Warner Bros.(LOS ANGELES) — Warner Bothers is marking the 10th anniversary of Christopher Nolan’s groundbreaking film, The Dark Knight, by bringing it to four select IMAX locations for an exclusive, one-week engagement, beginning August 24, it was announced Wednesday. The movie, led by the late Heath Ledger’s Oscar-winning turn as the Joker, opened in the …
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers ask judge to dismiss Ashley Judd Lawsuit
ABC/Rick Rowell(LOS ANGELES) — Harvey Weinstein’s attorneys are urging a federal judge to dismiss Ashley Judd’s civil suit that alleges Weinstein ruined her career by blackballing her in Hollywood. Judd sued Weinstein in April, claiming the disgraced Hollywood mogul sabotaged her chances of landing a role in the blockbuster The Lord of the Rings film …
Sam Rockwell-Taraji P. Henson drama ‘The Best of Enemies’ picked up by STXfilms
ABC/Rick Rowell(LOS ANGELES) — The Best of Enemies, a based-on-real-life drama starring Sam Rockwell and Taraji P. Henson, has been picked up for distribution. According to The Hollywood Reporter, STXfilms has secured the domestic rights to Oscar nominee Henson’s and Oscar winner Rockwell’s upcoming film, which follows the unlikely friendship that developed between Ann Atwater, an …
Leslie Jones blasts Jessica Alba’s Honest company for “bad business”
Kailey Fellows/NBC(NEW YORK) — Jessica Alba just lost a “Honest” customer in Saturday Night Live star and comedian Leslie Jones. Jones, who was nominated for an Emmy just last week for her work on SNL, tweeted at Alba and her all-natural company, stating her recent experience with Alba’s brand has been “a nightmare.” “Ok @Honest you …