ABC/Pawel Kaminski (LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA) — Rose McGowan was reportedly indicted on Monday on one felony count of cocaine possession in Loudoun County, Virginia. Court documents obtained by Washington, D.C. radio station WTOP claim that after McGowan got off a United Airlines flight at Dulles International Airport in January 2017, police discovered two bags of cocaine in the actress …
Anthony Anderson and Dave East team up for Chicago hip hop Netflix film
ABC/Paula Lobo(LOS ANGELES) — Anthony Anderson and rapper Dave East have been tapped to star in the upcoming Netflix film, Beats. Anderson and East join Uzo Aduba, Paul Walter Hauser, rapper Dreezy, and 17-year-old newcomer Khalil Everage in the cast. Directed by Chris Robinson, the coming-of-age drama, set in Chicago’s South Side, follows a young music prodigy, played by Everage, with borderline agoraphobia. He meets up with …
Shonda Rhimes first Netflix project will be about woman who scammed NYC social scene
Netflix/Jay Goldman(LOS ANGELES) — Shonda Rhimes has set up her first project under her five-year deal with Netflix. According to Deadline, Shondaland and Netflix have acquired the rights to adapt Jessica Pressler’s New York Magazine article How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People. The project, which follows the true story of a young woman who deceived dozens of Manhattanites …
Westeros World: HBO gives “Game of Thrones” prequel series the thumbs-up
HBO/Helen Sloane(LOS ANGELES) — Game of Thrones fans no longer need to mourn the loss of the series after its upcoming final season: HBO announced it has ordered a prequel to the hit show, Variety reports. The new show will take place thousands of years before the adventures, bloody battles, and palace intrigue that fans …
“Raymond” creator, “Somebody Feed Phil” star Phil Rosenthal, remembers “superhero” Anthony Bourdain
Netflix(NEW YORK) — Phil Rosenthal, the award-winning creator of the beloved sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, sat with ABC Radio to chat about the sophomore installment of his Netflix eating/travelogue series Somebody Feed Phil, when the topic turned to the untimely death of Anthony Bourdain. “God,” Rosenthal tells ABC Radio. “It’s rough. He was a tremendous …
Rose McGowan posts letter on behalf of Asia Argento after boyfriend Anthony Bourdain’s suicide
ABC/Pawel Kaminski (LOS ANGELES) — Rose McGowan has written a letter urging people not to blame her fellow #MeToo advocate, Asia [AH-see-ah] Argento for the suicide of Argento’s boyfriend, Anthony Bourdain. “I write these truths because I have been asked to,” McGowan notes in the letter, released Monday, because the untimely death of Argento’s “lover …
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian team up against Kendall Jenner and Khloe Kardashian on Celebrity Family Feud
ABC/Byron Cohen(LOS ANGELES) — Survey says…it was the West family against the Kardashian family on Sunday’s episode of Celebrity Family Feud. On one side, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West teamed up with three of Kanye’s cousins to play against Kris Jenner, Khloe Kardashian, and Kendall Jenner and other family members for the chance to win $25,000 for …
“Jurassic Park” turns 25
Photo by Murray Close/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Today, June 11, marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. An adaptation of the bestselling book from the late Michael Crichton, the movie centered on an eccentric tycoon named Hammond, played by director-actor Richard Attenborough, who funds a team of scientists to use DNA technology to …
No signs of foul play in Anthony Bourdain’s death, prosecutor says
CNN(FRANCE) — There are no signs of foul play in the shocking death of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain at a French hotel, investigators said Saturday. The award-winning television host, writer and cook was found dead on Friday morning in his room at a luxury hotel in the tiny village of Kaysersberg in France’s northeastern Alsace …
“Ocean’s 8” tops weekend box office and breaks franchise record with $41.5 million
Warner Bros. 2017/Barry Wetcher(LOS ANGELES) — The women of Ocean’s 8 topped the box office this weekend with an estimated $41.5 million, making it the best opening weekend for the franchise. Internationally, the film raked in an additional $12.2 million. The all-female led film not only outperformed most of industry expectations, but it also kicked Solo: A Star Wars …