“Game of Thrones” image courtesy of HBO(NEW YORK) — After a year of dragons, the Upside Down and political jokes, nominees for the 70th Emmy Awards will be announced Thursday morning, hosted by Handmaid’s Tale’s Samira Wiley and New Amsterdam’s Ryan Eggold. After being ineligible for last year’s ceremony due to time between seasons, Game of …
From Wakanda to New York: Chadwick Boseman sets his next film
Marvel StudiosAfter stunning audiences as King T’Challa in Black Panther and later in Avengers: Infinity War, Chadwick Boseman has set his next film. STX Films has announced the superhero actor will produce and star in the upcoming action thriller 17 Bridges. The film follows a disgraced NYPD detective, played by Boseman, who gets a shot …
Bankruptcy court approves sale of The Weinstein Company at a discount
TWC(NEW YORK) — A federal bankruptcy court judge today approved a revised plan for the sale of the studio co-founded by embattled former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein to a private equity firm for $289 million. ABC Radio reports Lantern Capital will pay a reduced price, down from $310 million, for the company, in exchange for …
Kylie Jenner makes the ‘Forbes’ cover as one of “America’s Richest Self-Made Women”
Forbes(NEW YORK) — Kylie Jenner is a magazine cover fixture, but usually not for this magazine: Forbes. Kylie ranks as the youngest woman on the entire list of “America’s Richest Self-Made Women,” with the business publication noting the 20-year-old is, “set to be the youngest-ever self-made billionaire.” Forbes notes Jenner ranks on the list at …
Amy Adams’ favorite Disney movie isn’t her own
ABC(NEW YORK) — Amy Adams stars as a reporter who goes back to her hometown to report on two teen murders in the new HBO drama, Sharper Objects. It’s a long way from her role as Disney princess Giselle in 2007’s Enchanted. Good Morning America tapped Adams to share her favorite Disney princesses in a …
All jokes aside: Kevin Hart and Mike Epps have a war of words
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Kevin Hart and Mike Epps entered into a vicious war of words online after Epps commented that “everybody is” funnier than Kevin Hart. It all started when Epps shared a photo of him and Eddie Murphy on set of Netflix’s Dolemite. After a fan commented, “Eddie Murphy Is Funnier Than Kevin Hart …
Jada Pinkett Smith reveals sex addiction: I thought “everything could be fixed by sex”
Photo: Stan Evans(LOS ANGELES) — Jada Pinkett Smith is opening up about her addictions, including her over-active sex drive. In a new episode of Facebook show Red Table Talk, the Girls Trip actress confessed to battling sex addiction when she was younger. “When I was younger, I definitely think I had a sex addiction of …
Disney delays fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ adventure, again
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — This time, for Indiana Jones, it’s not the mileage, it’s the years. That is, the fifth chapter in George Lucas’ adventure series has been delayed again, to 2021. That change will mean the man in the hat himself, Harrison Ford, will be 79 years old by the time the film opens. The …
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ wines cancelled amid social media backlash
Elisabeth Moss in “The Handmaid’s Tale”; George Kraychyk/Hulu(NEW YORK) — Just one day after announcing a proposed wine collection created as a tie-in to the hit Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale, MGM and wine seller Lot18 have scrapped the idea in response to social media backlash condemning the promotion, according to People magazine. The Handmaid’s Tale …
J.B. Smoove caught in the web of “Spider-Man: Far From Home”
ABC/Jeff Neira(LOS ANGELES) — J.B. Smoove is headed to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Hollywood Reporter has learned the comedian is set to star in the upcoming Sony Spider-Man sequel, Spider-Man: Far from Home. The studio has yet to officially announce what role Smoove will play, but the Curb Your Enthusiasm actor joins Jake Gyllenhaal, who …