Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Prime Video While he recently went on the record saying he’d “love” to play Batman, hulking Reacher star Alan Ritchson says a blown audition for a different superhero inspired him to work out his acting muscles, too. To Men’s Health, Ritchson explains that once upon a time, he was up for …
Oscar nominee ‘Poor Things’ now available on digital
Searchlight Pictures/Atsushi Nishijima As reported, director Yorgos Lanthimos‘ quirky dramedy Poor Things snagged 11 nominations ahead of this year’s Academy Awards, and if you haven’t caught up with it yet, it’s now available for rent or purchase on digital. Producer Emma Stone snagged nominations both in the Best Actress and Best Picture categories for the film from …
NBC to air 10th anniversary ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ special
NBC/Rosalind O’Connor In May, NBC will celebrate 10 years of viral Classroom Instruments remixes, celebrity Water Wars and Whisper Challenges with an anniversary salute to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The special airs May 14 at 9 p.m. ET and will stream the next day on Peacock. “To be able to sit in the same chair as …
Place your bets: Online casino lists potential Oscar records that could be broken
ABC With the Oscars fast approaching, online casino site USBets has compiled a list of what records could be broken on March 10. For example, if Cillian Murphy wins Best Actor for Oppenheimer, he’d be the first Ireland-born actor to do so, the site explains, noting three-time winner Daniel Day-Lewis is of Irish descent but …
Eugene Levy to receive Hollywood Walk of Fame star
Pop TV Eugene Levy, Emmy-winning star and co-creator of Schitt’s Creek, who is also known to a generation of moviegoers as Noah’s dad in the American Pie movies, will be given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Steve Nissen, the president and CEO of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, announced that Levy, who …
Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller and more appear in ‘Horizon’ trailer
Warber Bros. Pictures The first trailer for Kevin Costner‘s western epic, Horizon: An American Saga, has arrived. The two-part cinematic event chronicles the “Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West,” according to a description about the upcoming films. In the trailer, audiences get a glimpse of the Old West and how it was …
In Brief: ‘Beef’ season 2 news, and more
Netflix has picked up the sitcom Tires, created and co-written by standup comedian and recent Saturday Night Live guest host Shane Gillis. The six-episode series follows Will (Steven Gerben), “a nervous and unqualified heir to an auto repair chain who attempts to turn his father’s business around despite constant torture from his cousin and now …
‘Shōgun’ stars Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai on FX’s TV epic — and that epic Rotten Tomatoes score
FX On Tuesday, February 27, at 10 p.m. ET, FX reveals the first two episodes in its epic adaptation of James Clavell‘s bestselling novel Shōgun. Hiroyuki Sanada, a former child star turned legendary Japanese actor, stars in and produces the 10-episode series. He plays Lord Yoshii Toranaga, who is struggling to keep his legacy — and himself — …
Scoreboard roundup — 2/26/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUEBaltimore 2, Atlanta 1Toronto 8, Pittsburgh 4Boston 7, Philadelphia 6Seattle 2, Cincinnati 0Kansas City 6, Chi Cubs 0Cleveland 7, San Diego 4Oakland 9 Arizona 8LA Angels 11, San Francisco 9 AMERICAN LEAGUEDetroit 4, Houston 0Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 3NY Yankees …
Jodie Turner-Smith talks Joshua Jackson divorce, feeling “more powerful” as a mother
Lionel Hahn/Getty Images Jodie Turner-Smith is opening up about her divorce from fellow actor Joshua Jackson. “Sometimes things we really want to work just don’t end up working,” the Star Wars: The Acolyte actress told the U.K.’s The Sunday Times. “And that’s OK.” “The most important thing is that you choose what’s healthiest for you …