Photo by Monica Morgan/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Dawn Wells, best known for her role as Mary Ann Summers on the 1960s series Gilligan’s Island, has come upon hard times, but fans of the show are coming to her rescue. Dugg Kirkpatrick, a friend of Wells, has created a GoFundMe for the 79-year-old actress, who is nearly $200,000 …
100 car-strong Trans Am parade will salute “The Bandit” Burt Reynolds
Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In his song “Cadillac Ranch,” Bruce Springsteen name-checked “Burt Reynolds in that black Trans Am,” because the late actor made the car popular in his hit Smokey and the Bandit films. Now, that car will be part of a tribute to Reynolds later this month. A group of …
Report: Ex-‘Cosby Show’ star Geoffrey Owens accepts Tyler Perry’s ‘Have and Have Nots’ job offer
ABC(NEW YORK) — Former Cosby Show actor Geoffrey Owens, who was famously “job shamed” after being photographed working at a Trader Joe’s, has a new gig, TMZ is reporting. The gossip site reports that Owenshas accepted Tyler Perry’s tweeted-out offer to join the cast of the media mogul’s highly-rated OWN show The Haves and Have …
‘Iron Fist’ season two is now live on Netflix
(L-R) Jessica Henwick, Finn Jones, Clayton Barber / ABC Radio(NEW YORK) — Season two of Marvel’s Iron Fist is now live on Netflix. On the heels of last year’s original season — which was drubbed by some critics for fight scenes that were called “lackluster” — actor Finn Jones’ super-powered martial artist, aka Danny Rand, …
‘Peppermint’ and ‘The Nun’ among this week’s new releases
Photo: Tony Rivetti; © 2017 STX Financing, LLC. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Here are the films opening nationwide on Friday: * Peppermint — Jennifer Garner plays a young mother, out for revenge against a cartel that killed her husband and daughter. Also starring Kong: Skull Island‘s John Ortiz, The Newsroom‘s John Gallagher Jr., Narcos‘ …
‘Peppermint’ and ‘The Nun’ among his week’s new releases
Photo: Tony Rivetti; © 2017 STX Financing, LLC. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Here are the films opening nationwide on Friday: * Peppermint — Jennifer Garner plays a young mother, out for revenge against a cartel that killed her husband and daughter. Also starring Kong: Skull Island‘s John Ortiz, The Newsroom‘s John Gallagher Jr., Narcos‘ …
Relive Cookie and Lucious’ roller-coaster romance featured in ‘Empire’ season five teaser
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, …