Universal Pictures Home Entertainment(LOS ANGELES) — Forty years since its release on July 28, 1978, the iconic comedy National Lampoon’s Animal House continues to endure. Set in the 1960s, the film follows the escalating rivalry between the down-and-dirty Delta Tau Chi fraternity and the spoiled, stuck-up Omega Theta Pi fraternity at fictional Faber College. The cast …
‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout’ leads this week’s new movie releases
L-R: Henry Cavill, Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson in “Mission: Impossible — Fallout”; Chiabella James/© 2018 Paramount Pictures(NEW YORK) — Here are the movies opening nationwide Friday: * Mission: Impossible — Fallout — The sixth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise reunites Tom Cruise with his super-spy team, including Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames and Rebecca …
Omarosa set to release “explosive” memoir about her White House experience in August
ABC/Lou Rocco(WASHINGTON D.C.) — After once claiming political foes would have to “bow down” to President Donald Trump, his former aide, Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault Newman, is releasing a book in which she gives her “explosive” and “jaw-dropping” account of working in the White House. Newman’s memoir, called Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump …
Jessica Alba is back-to-school shopping for a good cause
Michael Simon/startraksphoto.com(NEW YORK) — Summer is still in full swing, but Jessica Alba is already in back-to-school mode – and for good reason. The actress is teaming up with Staples and DonorsChoose.org to help provide students and teachers with the supplies they need to succeed for the coming school year. Not only is she raising …
Angela Bassett sums up her ‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout’ character: “She’s a brilliant, bada***, ballsy woman”
Paramount Pictures(NEW YORK) — Angela Bassett is a force to be reckoned in her latest film, Mission: Impossible — Fallout. In the action spy thriller, Bassett plays CIA deputy director Erica Sloane, a woman who’s only is in charge of her unit but who also demands respect. Basset tells ABC Radio that in addition to …
‘The Walking Dead’ lead Lauren Cohan reveals “I don’t die!” in Season 9
AMC/Gene Page(NEW YORK) — Actress Lauren Cohan, best-known for her role as farm girl-turned resistance leader Maggie Rhee on The Walking Dead, might have spilled the beans about her fate on the show, during an appearance on LIVE with Kelly and Ryan Thursday. It had been widely reported that season 9 will be Cohan’s last, …
‘The Deuce’ coming back, ‘Sharp Objects’ not; the end of the ‘Veep’ adminstration announced at HBO’s TCA presentation
HBO/Justin M. Lubin(LOS ANGELES) — HBO laid out its upcoming schedule at the summer Television Critics Association press tour on Wednesday. The seventh and final season of its Emmy winning comedy Veep will air in spring 2019, HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys noted, confirming an ABC Radio scoop from cast member Tony Hale earlier …
Is ‘Frasier’ the next series to get the revival treatment?
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(LOS ANGELES) — Tossed salads and scrambled eggs may be callin’ again. Frasier may be getting a second life, with star and executive producer Kelsey Grammer in talks with CBS Studios to revive the famed sitcom, Deadline reports. While the project is in the early stages, Grammer is allegedly speaking with writers to see how a …
Endgame for ‘Game of Thrones’ starts in “first half” of 2019, says HBO
HBO/Helen Sloane(LOS ANGELES) — HBO has given us a better idea of when Game of Thrones‘ eighth and final season will air, according to execs at the Television Critics Association gathering in Los Angeles. After announcing a while back that the final six episodes would air “sometime in 2019,” HBO’s programming president Casey Bloys narrowed …
‘Insecure’ star Natasha Rothwell joins ‘Wonder Woman’ sequel
© 2018 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.(LOS ANGELES) — Insecure star Natasha Rothwell is headed back to the big screen. According to Deadline, Rothwell has been added to Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984, joining franchise newcomers Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal and returning stars Gal Gadot and Chris Pine. Although details on Rothwell’s character are being kept under wraps, the film, which is currently in production, …