ABC The producers of the upcoming 96th Academy Awards have announced the first round of presenters for this year’s telecast, which airs live on ABC on Sunday, March 10. The previous year’s Academy Award winners traditionally present the trophies to their successors in their respective categories, and to that end, the stars of last year’s …
Mekhi Phifer on the lasting “impact” of ‘8 Mile’ + surprise at “Lose Yourself” name drop
Robin L Marshall/FilmMagic The movie 8 Mile turned 20 years old back in 2022, and co-star Mekhi Phifer tells ABC Audio he still can’t get over that. “It’s hard to believe that it’s been this long,” the star of the new thriller Lights Out says. “When you start out with these projects, you never know …
Alan Ritchson says he was surprised by season 2 success of ‘Reacher’
Prime Video In December, Prime Video’s action series Reacher was renewed for a third season even before its second season dropped, but star Alan Ritchson admitted to ABC Audio he was still worried about the fate of his show. “When season one came out, I got a call on Saturday morning about how the numbers …
Ricki Lake shares weight loss results after fall pledge to “get healthier”
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Ricki Lake is feeling proud. The former talk show host shared results from her and her husband Ross Burningham‘s recent weight loss journey, telling fans via Instagram Saturday that they each lost over 30 pounds. Alongside some before and after transformation photos, Lake wrote in the caption about what she has “been …
In Brief: Independent Spirit Award winners announced, and more
Past Lives was named best feature and Celine Song best director for her work on the film at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards, handed out on Sunday, February 25 in Santa Monica. Da’Vine Joy Randolph took home best supporting performance honors for her role in The Holdovers, and her co-star, Dominic Sessa, won the …
Scoreboard roundup — 2/25/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUEPhiladelphia 4, NY. Yankees 0NY Mets 3, Houston 1St. Louis 3, Houston 0Baltimore 2, Pittsburgh 0Boston 5, Atlanta 4Arizona 5, Chi White Sox 0Final L.A. Dodgers 4 Oakland 2Cincinnati 9, LA Angels 4San Francisco 0, Texas 0 AMERICAN LEAGUEBoston 8, …
‘Bob Marley: One Love’ hangs on to #1 at the box office with $13.5 million weekend
Paramount Pictures Bob Marley: One Love spent its second week atop the domestic box office with an estimated $13.5 million domestic haul. The biopic, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary reggae artist, has delivered $71.1 million in North America and $49.4 million internationally, to bring its worldwide tally to $120.5 million. Second place went to …
2024 SAG Awards: ’Oppenheimer,’ ‘The Bear,’ ’Beef’ among winners
SAG Awards The 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards took place on Saturday, February 24, in Los Angeles. Among the big winners were Oppenheimer, The Bear and Beef. Other highlights included a reunion of The Devil Wears Prada stars Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt, Billie Eilish autographing superfan Melissa McCarthy‘s forehead, and Jennifer Aniston and Bradley …
Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson on the “responsibility” of telling the real-life story of ‘Ordinary Angels’
Lionsgate The new drama Ordinary Angels is now in theaters, starring Oscar winner Hilary Swank and Reacher lead Alan Ritchson. Based on a true story, Ritchson plays Ed Schmitt, a blue-collar widower who lost his wife to a rare liver disease that was passed on to their two daughters. Crushed by his loss, and the …
‘John Wick’ star Ian McShane reveals what’s behind ‘Ballerina’ spinoff delay
Lionsgate Ballerina, a spinoff set in the John Wick universe, was supposed to be coming out in June. However, Lionsgate bumped the Ana De Armas-led action movie by a whole year. And thanks to Wick mainstay Ian McShane, we now know why. Appearing on the BBC chat program The One Show, McShane spilled that the …