Credit: Andrew Eccles/Universal Pictures(NEW YORK) — Halloween topped the box office, delivering an estimated $77.5 million in its opening weekend, slashing a franchise record. The direct sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, beat the franchise record opening of $26 million, previously held by the 2007 Rob Zombie reboot. The film, featuring Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode — also recorded the second …
Watch John Stamos as a pot-smoking therapist on Sunday’s ‘You’
Courtesy of Lifetime(NEW YORK) — This Sunday, John Stamos joins the Lifetime thriller You for a four-episode arc in which he plays a therapist with some unconventional methods. He plays Dr. Nicky, the therapist of Elizabeth Lail’s character Beck. Things get twisted when Beck’s stalker Joe, played by Penn Badgley, also begins seeing him. “I …
‘Halloween’s’ Jamie Lee Curtis insists its not just another slasher movie
Andrew Eccles/Universal Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Probably one of the biggest horror movies to open this year — Halloween — opens nationwide on Friday. A direct sequel to the 1978 original, Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode, still dealing with the violent attack she suffered 40 years earlier. Curtis tells ABC Radio that the new film …
‘The Hate U Give’ cast and director weigh in on the film’s significance and why it’s more than just a black film
L-R: Russell Hornsby, Regina Hall, Amandla Stenberg, and Common in Twentieth Century Fox’s THE HATE U GIVE. Photo Credit: Erika Doss.(NEW YORK) — With today’s release of the Black Lives Matter movement inspired-film, The Hate U Give, the director George Tillman, Jr. and some of its cast are weighing in on its significance and why …
Supermodel Karlie Kloss marries Joshua Kushner
Freeform(NEW YORK) — Supermodel Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner are married. Kloss, 26, posted a beautiful picture on Thursday of herself in her wedding dress, smiling ear to ear, while Kushner, 33, lovingly looks at his new bride. She simply captioned the pic, “10.18.2018” with a heart emoji. People magazine confirms the duo tied the …
Lena Dunham shutters her digital newsletter, ‘Lenny Letter’
ABC/Lou Rocco(NEW YORK) — Lena Dunham is shuttering her digital newsletter, Lenny Letter. The newsletter — which had featured essays by Jennifer Lawrence, Lupita Nyong’o and many more during its publication — announced the closure in its final letter to subscribers Friday morning. Lena founded Lenny Letter with her producing partner Jenni Konner three years …
‘Making a Murderer’ filmmakers explain how Part 2 goes beyond the headlines
Netflix(NEW YORK) — If you thought the story of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey ended with their verdict, think again. The hit Netflix docu-series Making a Murderer is back for even more revelations in Part 2. The new episodes, which debut on Netflix today, follow the post-conviction process as Avery and Dassey’s lawyers — including Avery’s new powerhouse attorney Kathleen Zellner — try …
“Let’s get this cancer sh** out of the way” — Julia Louis-Dreyfus talking beating breast cancer on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
ABC/Randy Holmes(NEW YORK) — On his fourth show from Brooklyn, Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday night welcomed multiple Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, in a triumphant appearance following her successful treatment for breast cancer. The Seinfeld vet and Veep star came loaded for bear: “I’m really good, I’m not just saying that,” she said to cheers, before saying with a laugh, “Let’s get this cancer sh** out …
‘Halloween’ tops this week’s new releases
Credit: Andrew Eccles/Universal Pictures(NEW YORK) — Here are the films opening nationwide on Friday: * Halloween — Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode in this direct sequel to the 1978 original. Still dealing with the violent attack she suffered 40 years earlier, she prepares to face Michael Meyers for once last confrontation, as he returns to try and …
Ellen DeGeneres helps U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka land a date with Michael B. Jordan
Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence(LOS ANGELES) — U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka scored a date with Creed star Michael B. Jordan, thanks to a little matchmaking by Ellen DeGeneres. The talk show host wished the 21-year-old tennis pro a happy birthday on Twitter by posting a shirtless photo of Jordan on her Twitter feed. “Happy birthday,” she wrote …