Michael Tullberg/Getty Images(JUPITER, FL)– Burt Reynolds, the iconic star of movies like Smokey & the Bandit, The Cannonball Run, Deliverance, Boogie Nights and Semi-Tough, has died at the age of 82, ABC News has confirmed. Reynolds got his start in television and the theater, and also had some minor film roles. However, after he …
Rob Lowe compares his 12-year-old ‘Bad Seed’ co-star to Oscar winners Allison Janney and Jodie Foster
Lifetime(NEW YORK) — Rob Lowe is no stranger to being the star on the TV screen, but the award-winning actor put on his director’s hat to pull double duty and top billing for his latest project, a remake of the 1950’s cult classic The Bad Seed. “Directing it was a dream,” Lowe said Thursday on …
Eva Marcille talks strategy ahead of tonight’s ‘Match Game’ episode
ABC/Lou Rocco(LOS ANGELES) — Tonight, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Eva Marcille will appear as one of the celebrity guest panelists on ABC’s Match Game. The show, hosted by Alec Baldwin, is a reboot of the 1960s game show of the same name that aired in various forms off and on through the late 1990s. Marcille …
‘American Horror Story: Apocalypse’ trailer: “The chaos has won”
(L-R) Ryan Murphy, Kathy Bates – Patrick McElhenney/FX (LOS ANGELES) — After weeks of teasing, FX released a full trailer for American Horror Story: Apocalypse on Wednesday, and as the title suggests, the world is coming to and end. The video opens with scenes of destruction and people fleeing for their lives as a voiceover …
Asia Argento claims she was “sexually attacked” by accuser Jimmy Bennett
Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Italian actress Asia Argento, who last month was accused of sexually assaulting actor Jimmy Bennett when he was a minor, is now claiming that he was the aggressor. Mark Jay Heller, Argento’s new attorney, issued a lengthy statement obtained by ABC News on Wednesday in which he …
Kiefer Sutherland’s ‘Designated Survivor’ president gets re-elected — on Netflix
ABC/Ben Mark Holzberg(LOS ANGELES) — Designated Survivor is officially moving from ABC to Netflix for a 10-episode third season, ABC News has confirmed. The new season will reportedly find Kiefer Sutherland’s President Kirkman experiencing his first election campaign — and the dirty politics that go with it. According to the subscription service, “This season will …
‘Entertainment Weekly’ scores cover story, snaps of Marvel Studio’s ‘Captain Marvel’
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — The cover of Entertainment Weekly‘s latest issue, which hits newsstands on Friday, has fans’ first official look at Oscar-winner Brie Larson as the hero of the 2019 Marvel Studios film Captain Marvel. The movie is the first female-led, female co-directed entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The character, an Air Force pilot who is accidentally enhanced …
AMC teases danger ahead in the ninth season of ‘The Walking Dead’
AMC(ATLANTA) — AMC is teasing the upcoming ninth season of its hit show The Walking Dead with a series of striking character photos. Along with the pictures of Rick, Maggie, Michonne, and company, the network released an official synopsis for the new season, which will be the last for Andrew Lincoln’s heroic leader Rick Grimes. It seems the …
‘House of Cards’ has killed off Kevin Spacey’s former President Frank Underwood
Netflix/David Giesbrecht(LOS ANGELES) — In a new teaser, Netflix has confirmed just what happened to Kevin Spacey’s former character, President Frank Underwood, on the drama House of Cards: he’s dead. The network suspended production on the sixth and final season of the show last year when it terminated Spacey following sexual misconduct allegations leveled against …
‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin: debating Colin Kaepernick’s Nike ad “the most American thing” people can do
ABC/Heidi Gutman(NEW YORK) — During the 22nd season premiere of ABC’s The View Tuesday, the hosts discussed the backlash centering around Nike’s new “Just Do It” campaign, featuring former pro football player Colin Kaepernick, who sparked controversy in 2016 by taking a knee during the national anthem in protest against police brutality in against African Americans. Some have responded …