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 …
Bradley Cooper-Lady Gaga remake of ‘A Star Is Born’ to debut at Venice Film Festival
Neal Preston/Warner Bros.(LOS ANGELES) — Film fans in Venice, Italy will be the first to get a look at A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga’s big movie debut. Variety reports that the movie, directed by and co-starring Bradley Cooper, will have its world premiere at the 75th Venice Film Festival where, Variety notes, some recent …
Dave Bautista “not ok” with Disney firing ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director James Gunn
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — In the wake of Guardians of the Galaxy writer/director James Gunn’s firing from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Friday, cast members are speaking out against Disney’s decision. Gunn was dismissed after some problematic tweets Gunn sent between seven and ten years ago resurfaced. “The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on …