Marvel Entertainment/Epic Games On Wednesday, Epic Games and Marvel Entertainment released a trailer for a forthcoming World War II-set video game starring Captain America and Black Panther. 1943: The Rise of Hydra has both super-powered heroes separately hunting for The Eye of Force, a fearsome development made by Hydra, the rogue Nazi deep science division headed …
UFC settles wage suppression allegations for $335 million before trial
Raf Willems/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — TKO, the parent company of Ultimate Fighting Championship, will pay $335 million to settle a class action lawsuit over wage suppression, according to a company filing Wednesday. “On March 13, 2024, TKO reached an agreement to settle all claims asserted in both class action lawsuits for an aggregate amount …
Former Nickelodeon producer responds to ‘Quiet on Set’ docuseries: “I am so sorry”
Eric Vitale/Getty Images Dan Schneider is responding to the allegations against him in the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. The four-part series on Max includes interviews with former child stars from Nickelodeon shows like All That and The Amanda Show and explores claims about Schneider fostering a toxic work environment. In an interview with former iCarly actor BooG!e, the former …
Richard Simmons reveals skin cancer removal procedure
Gregg DeGuire/WireImage A day after clarifying he was “not dying” following a cryptic Facebook post that seemed to intimate the opposite, reclusive former fitness guru Richard Simmons took to Facebook again to say he had a cancerous growth removed from his face. In the lengthy post, Simmons said a “strange looking bump” under his right …
Ewan McGregor had intimacy coordinator for love scene with wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for GreenSlate Even a married couple can use some advice in the bedroom — at least when your bedroom is being filmed. That was apparently the case between Ewan McGregor and wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead for a love scene in their upcoming Paramount+ series Gentleman in Moscow. According to the Scottish Star …
Palm Royale’s Kristen Wiig says the series is for anyone who’s ever wanted to belong
Apple TV+ Kristen Wiig bulldozes her way into the Palm Beach, Florida, country club scene in the new Apple TV+ series Palm Royale, out on Wednesday. She plays a woman who thinks everything will fall into place in her life if she could just hang with the right crowd — and Wiig tells ABC Audio …
In Brief: New ‘Popeye’ live action film in the works, and more
CBS has renewed NCIS: Sydney for a second season. The fifth series in the NCIS franchise was the #1 new series of the fall and currently ranks as the #3 new series of the 2023-24 season, behind Tracker and Elsbeth, per the network. NCIS: Sydney, follows “a brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS agents …
‘X-Men ’97’ lead director Jake Castorena on the “responsibility” of adapting beloved animated series
Marvel Studios The anticipated animated series X-Men ’97 debuts Wednesday on Disney+. The original X-Men: The Animated Series from the 1990s introduced a whole new generation to Wolverine, Magneto, Storm and the rest of Professor Xavier’s friends and enemies, and sustained the property long before there was a Marvel Cinematic Universe. Indeed, the unexpected success …
Scoreboard roundup — 3/19/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUESan Francisco 9, Kansas City 8Milwaukee 8, Cleveland 5LA Angels 10, Cincinnati 6Seattle 12, Colorado 3Cleveland 8, Colorado 8Philadelphia 0, Detroit 0Miami 3, Houston 3 AMERICAN LEAGUEBoston 5, Tampa Bay 2Baltimore 13, Toronto 8Oakland 7, Texas 7 NATIONAL LEAGUESt. Louis …
Jonathan Majors’ ex suing for assault, defamation; actor’s attorneys “preparing counterclaims”
Jonathan Majors speaks during an interview with Linsey Davis from ABC News — ABC News Jonathan Majors‘ ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the former Marvel star for alleged assault, battery and defamation from incidents dating between 2021 and 2023. Majors was found guilty of one count of misdemeanor third-degree assault and …