ABC Audio She’s currently in theaters in the “twisty” thriller Sleeping Dogs opposite the “brilliant” Russell Crowe, but fans are already hoping Karen Gillan gets the call from Guardians of the Galaxy writer-director James Gunn for another comics-based role. Ever since an artist posted a rendition of the flame-haired Scot as DC Comics’ plant-controlling baddie …
In Brief: New trailer for ‘Doctor Who’, and more
Disney+ has dropped the official trailer for Doctor Who season 14, which finds Ncuti Gatwa assuming the role of the 15th Doctor on the British show. The upcoming season, per the streaming service, “follows the Doctor and his companion Ruby Sunday — played by Millie Gibson — as they travel across time and space, with …
‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ ices the competition with $45.2 million box office debut
Mary Kouw/CBS via Getty Images Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the fifth film in the Ghostbusters franchise, and the sequel to 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, delivered an estimated $45.2 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend. Internationally, the film brought in $16.4 million, for a global haul of $61.6 million. That raises the total gross of …
MLB opens investigation into Shohei Ohtani interpreter allegations
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Major League Baseball said Friday it has begun formally investigating the scandal involving Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. “Major League Baseball has been gathering information since we learned about the allegations involving Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhari from the news media,” MLB said in a statement Friday. …
Report: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ will be a jukebox musical with 15 “very well-known songs”
Gotham/GC Images While there may be some original songs included, the upcoming Lady Gaga/Joaquin Phoenix movie sequel Joker: Folie à Deux will mostly be a jukebox musical, Variety reports. Jukebox musicals shoehorn already existing, popular songs into the plot line: Examples include Mamma Mia!, Moulin Rouge!, Movin’ Out, & Juliet, American Idiot, Jagged Little Pill and Once Upon …
Kevin Bacon responds to student campaign, will return to ‘Footloose’ high school for prom
Disney/Randy Holmes The students of Utah’s Payson High School are getting ready to cut loose: Footloose star Kevin Bacon has made their dreams come true and will return to the very school in which he shot the 1984 film. Payson High students lobbied the 65-year-old actor to return to the school for its final prom …
Alamo Drafthouse planning epic 9-movie ‘Star Wars’ marathon
Lucasfilm As that nerd from IT probably has already told you twice, the Star Wars movies are headed back into the theater. But the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission in San Francisco has announced plans for an “epic” screening of all nine of the so-called “Saga” films, with the Star Wars The Skywalker Saga May the …
Gwyneth Paltrow flies an F-U to Bill Clinton for falling asleep on ‘Emma’ at the White House
ABC On the latest installment of First We Feast’s Hot Ones, an admittedly ill-prepared Gwyneth Paltrow ran the “Wings of Death” gauntlet, and she dropped an F-bomb — but not from the hot sauce. Paltrow was already iffy at the very first hot sauce selection, explaining she only agreed to do the show because her son, Moses Martin, is obsessed …
The stars of Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ on adapting a science fiction classic
L-R: González, Hong – Netflix/Ed Miller Netflix’s epic science fiction series 3 Body Problem is now streaming. An adaptation of Liu Cixin‘s book, the show broadly centers on a group of scientists and a detective teaming up to unravel our first contact with alien life. The show flows back and forth from 1960s China to …
Kate Middleton says she was diagnosed with cancer, is undergoing chemotherapy
Getty Images/Danny Martindale Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, was diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy, she said in a video message released on Friday, two months after she underwent “major” abdominal surgery. The type of cancer has not been disclosed. She started chemotherapy in late February, and the announcement comes as her father-in-law, …