ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Along with the other entries in its fall season lineup, ABC announced that The Conners — its Roseanne-free Roseanne spin-off — will debut on Tuesday, October 16. Barr was fired months ago from her red-hot reboot after sending a controversial tweet about longtime Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett. Roseanne since apologized, multiple times, …
ABC will debut ‘The Conners’ September 24; Roseanne “disgusted” at support for ousted ‘GotG’ director James Gunn
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Along with the other entries in its fall season lineup, ABC announced that The Conners — its Roseanne-free Roseanne spin-off — will debut on Monday, September 24. Barr was fired months ago from her red-hot reboot after sending a controversial tweet about longtime Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett. Roseanne since apologized, multiple times, …
Angela Bassett says she’s ready to “throw down” in ‘Black Panther 2’
Marvel Studios(NEW YORK) — Ahead of her upcoming film, Mission: Impossible — Fallout, in which she plays CIA deputy director Erica Sloane, Angela Bassett is reflecting on her blockbuster film, Black Panther, and the idea of its highly -anticipated sequel. Bassett, who plays Black Panther’s mother, the regal Queen Ramonda, says she can easily picture where we might find …
Tom Cruise recruits Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Photo Credit: Chiabella James © 2018 Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Ahead of his already well-reviewed Mission: Impossible — Fallout, Tom Cruise is already spilling about the next big project on which he’s working: Top Gun: Maverick. The star tells Entertainment Tonight that he’s tapped Jennifer Connelly for a role in the long-awaited sequel, …
More ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ stars show support for embattled director James Gunn
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Karen Gillan are the latest of the franchise’s stars to weigh in on the firing of James Gunn as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 over past offensive tweets that joked about rape and pedophilia. While a Sunday-night tweet from …
‘Saving Private Ryan’ turns 20
Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Twenty years ago Tuesday, Saving Private Ryan opened in U.S. theaters. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the World War II drama stars Tom Hanks as Captain John Miller who, after surviving the harrowing June 6, 1944 Allied landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, is directed to take …
‘The Bachelorette’ recap: Becca chooses her final two after a tearful fantasy suites week
ABC/Craig Sjodin(NEW YORK) — On Monday night’s episode of The Bachelorette, Becca Kufrin narrowed her options to two finalists after a bumpy and tearful week in the fantasy suites of Thailand. First, Becca took Blake on a hike to a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand. While the two connected with the spiritual teachings of …
New trailer gives expanded look at ‘Alita: Battle Angel’, from James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez
Copyright © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.(LOS ANGELES) — A brand-new trailer gives an eye-popping look at Alita: Battle Angel, the adaptation of a sci-fi manga classic directed by Robert Rodriguez, who co-wrote the project with James Cameron. The film stars Oscar-winner Christophe Waltz as a doctor who, in a dystopian future, revives a …
Armie Hammer tries to become a real New Yorker as he makes Broadway debut
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(NEW YORK) — Armie Hammer is living the New York City life this summer. The L.A.-based actor has been prepping for his Broadway debut in Straight White Men, which officially opens tonight. But in between perfecting his craft on stage, he’s also been perfecting his best Robert DeNiro/Taxi Driver impression on his way to …
‘black-ish’ star Anthony Anderson accused of assault
ABC/Ron Tom(LOS ANGELES) — Actor Anthony Anderson — the star of the ABC sitcom black-ish — is under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department after a woman alleged that he assaulted her. “We have a crime report listing him as a suspect in a crime,” an LAPD spokesperson told ABC News on Saturday. “It …