© 2018 Paramount Pictures(NEW YORK) — With Tom Cruise starting to match Jackie Chan’s bone-breaking legacy of performing his own death-defying stunts, it’s safe to say his Mission: Impossible — Fallout co-stars didn’t want to let their doubles take their falls. Henry Cavill was more than game, he tells ABC Radio, and made it known …
Chris Hardwick returning to TV after being cleared of abuse accusations
AMCChris Hardwick will make his first TV appearance since being accused by an ex-girlfriend of abusive behavior, serving as a guest judge on the August 7 episode of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, according to Variety. Hardwick also was recently reinstated by AMC as host of Talking Dead, and will make his return to The Walking …
Citing statute of limitations, LA prosecutors decline to pursue past Les Moonves sex assault claims
Photo: Bill Inoshita/CBS 2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles prosecutors on Tuesday declined to prosecute a case by a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by CBS President and CEO Les Moonves thirty years ago because the statute of limitations had expired. The unidentified woman, who was an acquaintance …
‘Incredibles 2’ tops $1 billion worldwide
Disney/Pixar(NEW YORK) — Incredibles 2 has become the latest film to reach the $1 billion earnings mark, becoming the seventh animated feature and 36th film overall to achieve that milestone. The Disney/Pixar animated superhero film is the fourth release of 2018 to earn more than $1 billion, joining Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, and …
‘Sorry to Bother You’ star Omari Hardwick gets real about code-switching and why he’ll never use his “Oswalt voice”
Credit: Peter Prato/Annapurna Pictures(NEW YORK) — Omari Hardwick is very different from his Sorry to Bother You character, Mr. _____, a telemarketer who uses his ‘white voice’ to get ahead in his career. Although Hardwick can understand the need to code switch — that is, use the vernacular of those predominately in power in order …
Meet Babs: Sutton reunites with her estranged mom on tonight’s ‘The Bold Type’
Freeform/Ed Herrera(NEW YORK) — On tonight’s episode of The Bold Type, viewers finally get to meet Babs, the hard-drinking estranged mother of Scarlet magazine fashion assistant Sutton Brady. Meghann Fahy, who plays Sutton, says the mother-daughter reunion episode — which also involves a road trip with Sutton’s besties Jane and Kat — is one of …
‘Teachers’ stars Katy Colloton and Katie O’Brien on the benefits of a mostly female writers’ room
Courtesy of TV Land(NEW YORK) — Three seasons in, Teachers is still top of its class when it comes to female-driven storylines written by and for women. The TV Land comedy follows a group of dysfunctional teachers at an elementary school. It grew out of a web series created by The Katydids, a comedy troupe …
Priyanka Chopra joining Chris Pratt in ‘Cowboy Ninja Viking’
ABC Radio(LOS ANGELES) — Quantico alum Priyanka Chopra has has been tapped to star opposite Chris Pratt in the upcoming action comedy film Cowboy Ninja Viking, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film, based on writer A.J. Lieberman and illustrator Riley Rossmo’s graphic novel, follows a counter-intelligence unit that transforms people with multiple personalities into agents. …
Actor Alan Alda says he has Parkinson’s disease
Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Legendary stage and screen actor Alan Alda announced Tuesday that he has Parkinson’s disease. Alda — the Emmy award-winning performer who starred as the long-running series M.A.S.H. as beloved combat doctor Hawkeye Pierce — said in an interview on CBS This Morning that he was diagnosed with …
Leslie Jones talks second ‘SNL’ Emmy nomination, growing backlash against comedy
Dana Edelson/NBC(NEW YORK) — Leslie Jones is sharing her excitement over her second Emmy nomination as well as voicing her concerns about the silencing of comedians. “I wanna win, baby!” Jones said on Monday’s The View. “[Keep your] toes, ears, eyes, all that crossed!” For the second time, the comedian and actress is nominated for …