PhotoAlto/Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, city leaders have launched an investigation after members of the Utah women’s basketball team say they were subjected to racial slurs from two men who also taunted them using their trucks as players were stepping out for a meal. According to a police report …
The Boss & The Bear: Jeremy Allen White frontrunner to play Springsteen on screen
Disney/Randy Holmes A planned movie about Bruce Springsteen’s effort to make the 1982 solo album Nebraska may have found the man to play The Boss. Deadline was the first to report that The Bear star Jeremy Allen White is the frontrunner to play Springsteen in the movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, an adaptation of Warren …
In Brief: Julia Roberts signs up for thriller ‘After the Hunt’, and more
Julia Roberts is teaming up with Call Me by Your Name filmmaker Luca Guadagnino for the Amazon MGM thriller After the Hunt, Variety reports. Roberts, per the studio, stars as a college professor who, “finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues,” and, …
‘Ted Lasso”s Brett Goldstein to guest on his Apple TV+ show ‘Shrinking’
Apple TV+ Ted Lasso Emmy winner Brett Goldstein will appear in the second season of Apple TV+’s acclaimed dramedy Shrinking, The Hollywood Reporter says. It’s not known who he’ll be playing, but it probably wasn’t a hard gig to get: Goldstein co-created the show with its lead Jason Segel, along with Scrubs veteran Bill Lawrence. The series, which also …
Drake Bell + other former child stars to appear in fifth episode of ‘Quiet on Set’ docuseries
Bell in 2019 – Michael Tran/Getty Images Investigation Discovery has just announced that Drake Bell, Shane Lyons and other former child stars will headline a fifth episode of the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. The show that shocked some 16 million viewers with revelations about what went on behind the scenes at Nickelodeon …
Timothée Chalamet signs deal to produce films for Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Pictures After he helped deliver back-to-back blockbusters for the studio with Wonka and Dune: Part Two, Timothée Chalamet is staying in business with Warner Bros. The Wrap is reporting the studio has signed a first-look deal with the 28-year-old actor; the arrangement allows Chalamet to bring projects to the studio to star in …
Yes, chef! Fox ordering up two more seasons of ‘Hell’s Kitchen’
Fox Fox announced Tuesday that it is renewing Hell’s Kitchen for two more seasons. The hit show’s star and producer, hot-tempered chef Gordon Ramsay, commented, “As my very first show on Fox, Hell’s Kitchen holds a very special place in my heart.” He called it “incredibly gratifying to have it renewed for its 23rd and …
Will and Jada’s charity reportedly shutting down
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for WarnerMedia Founded in 1996, The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation is shutting down, Variety is reporting. Citing financial data from ProPublica, the trade says the charity, which claims to “connect the Smith family’s distinctive interests to social impact endeavors,” took a major hit in donation ever since Smith’s infamous Oscars slap in …
Crab pizza, Cracker Jack sundaes and more new foods hitting MLB stadiums on opening day
Courtesy of Levy (NEW YORK) — As baseball fans get ready to return to their favorite ballparks on opening day, culinary teams have been cooking up delicious new recipes during the offseason to bring to the plate for the 2024 MLB season. Sure, fans will always sing about peanuts and Cracker Jacks during the seventh …
‘X-Men ’97’ reportedly scores big numbers for Disney+
Marvel Studios The animated series X-Men ’97 has become be a Juggernaut-sized hit for Disney+. Deadline is reporting that the series, which continues the adventures of the beloved 1990s X-Men: The Animated Series, attracted some 4 million views on the streaming service in the first five days since its release on March 20. According to …