Glen Wilson/Sony Pictures(NEW YORK) — In a weekend that marked the first time in history that eight of the top 10 films were sequels and just the second time they made up the entire top five, The Equalizer 2 topped the weekend box office, just edging out Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which was favored …
Trevor Noah responds to French ambassador who slammed him for saying “Africa won the World Cup”
Brad Barket/Comedy Central(NEW YORK) — Daily Show host Trevor Noah had a quick and clever response to the U.S. French ambassador who slammed the comedian on Wednesday for saying Africa deserved credit for France‘s 2018 World Cup victory due to the large number of black players on the team. Gerard Araud wrote a scathing letter, posted on Facebook …
Standing in again for Leonard Nimoy, ‘Star Trek’ star Zachary Quinto goes ‘In Search Of’
Photo: An Rong Xu/HISTORY(NEW YORK) — Actor Zachary Quinto became “dear” friends with the late Leonard Nimoy when the former succeeded the latter in the role of Mr. Spock in the big-screen reboot of Star Trek. “We were really close, really good friends in the last decade of his life,” Quinto told Good Morning America …
Roseanne Barr screams on YouTube regarding racist tweet, “I thought the b**** was white!”
Photo by Mike Coppola/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Roseanne Barr promised to tell her side of the story regarding the racist tweet about President Obama’s longtime confidante Valerie Jarrett that got Barr fired from her then red-hot Roseanne reboot, and now she has. Sort of. In a short video on her YouTube page, the entry, …
Wakanda Forever and ever: Black Panther’s sister Shuri gets her own Marvel comic spinoff
Marvel Studios(NEW YORK) — The success of Marvel’s Black Panther and its characters is officially spilling back over into its comic books. Marvel has announced that award-winning Nigerian-American writer, Nnedi Okorafor, will write a new standalone comic book series about Shuri, the genius younger sister of Wakanda’s King T’Challa/Black Panther. As you may recall, she …
‘Breaking Bad’ cast reunites at Comic-Con; could characters appear in ‘Better Call Saul’?
Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesOne of the most highly anticipated panels of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con took place Thursday: the Breaking Bad reunion, celebrating 10 years since the show’s debut. The panel included show creator Vince Gilligan; Bryan Cranston, who played high school chemistry teacher turned meth kingpin Walter White; and Aaron Paul, who played White’s …
Denzel Washington says ‘The Equalizer 2’ is not a sequel
Sony Pictures(NEW YORK) — Denzel Washington returns as retired CIA agent Robert McCall in the Antoine Fuqua-directed action thriller The Equalizer 2. The film, which also stars Moonlight standout Ashton Sanders as Miles — a young man McCall takes under his wing — shows a strong father-son connection between Washington and the young actor. Washington tells …
‘The Walking Dead’ creator confirms star Andrew Lincoln will leave series after ninth season
AMC/Gene Page(SAN DIEGO) — Rick Grimes will soon fight his last battle. The Walking Dead’s leading man, Andrew Lincoln, will be leaving the series after its upcoming ninth season, according to series creator Robert Kirkman. In an IMDB interview, Kirkman — who also created the comic book series that the television show is based off of — addresses the rumors that the …
‘The Equalizer 2,’ ‘Mama Mia! Here We Go Again’ top new movie releases
Denzel Washington in “The Equalizer 2”; Glen Wilson/Columbia Pictures(NEW YORK) — Here are the movies opening nationwide Friday: * The Equalizer 2 — Denzel Washington returns in this sequel to the 2014 action thriller The Equalizer as Robert McCall, a mysterious man who’s not afraid to deliver some vigilante justice when its needed. This time, he’s out …
Leslie Jones says she’s taking a break from “the world” after claiming to be disrespected by black men
Kailey Fellows/NBCIt’s apparently been a tough week for Leslie Jones. After calling out Jessica Alba‘s Honest Company for “not doing good” business earlier, the Saturday Night Live star went on Twitter with another grievance. “When young men especially black men (yea I said it) talk to me like I’m some dumb B***!” Jones wrote. “It makes me want to stomp a mudhole …