ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Angela Bassett accepted an Honorary Oscar at the 14th Governors Awards Tuesday night. During her speech, she shouted out “trailblazing” Black actresses that paved the way for her, including Ruby Dee, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Rosalind Cash. “They were my North Star, my guiding light, proof that while the …
Lucasfilm Lucasfilm on Tuesday, January 9, confirmed that season 2 of the Disney+ series Star Wars: Ahsoka is in development with creator Dave Filoni. The news was part of a larger announcement that noted The Mandalorian‘s next adventure would be on the big screen, after three seasons on Disney+. The Mandalorian & Grogu will be …
Actor Adan Canto, who starred in Fox’s series The Cleaning Lady and appeared as the mutant hero Sunspot in X-Men: Days of Future Past, has died at 42, according to the actor’s Instagram. The Mexican performer, who also appeared in Narcos and ABC’s Designated Survivor, died after a private bout of appendiceal cancer … 30 …
Bobby Bank/WireImage HBO’s Emmy-winning mafia series The Sopranos launched on the premium cable network on this date back in 1999. The winner of 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, the David Chase-created show starred the late Emmy winner James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano, an anxiety-riddled family man who is also the head of a criminal enterprise in …
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION LA Lakers 130, Toronto 125 (In progress) Minnesota 113, Orlando 92 Sacramento 131, Detroit 110 New York 112, Portland 84 Memphis 120, Dallas 103 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Seattle 5, Buffalo 2 Toronto 7, San Jose 1 Tampa Bay 3 Los …
ABC/Randy Holmes Tom Cruise‘s Mission: Impossible and Top Gun franchises live at Paramount Pictures, but the global superstar has just inked a huge deal with rival Warner Bros. Pictures. The “excited” star took to Instagram to share the news, noting, “I look forward to making great movies together!” Cruise has made movies with WB before, …
Dave Benett/Getty Images for Burberry Right before he shot the part that earned him his first Oscar nomination, Barry Keoghan survived a life-threatening infection. In a recent cover story for GQ, Keoghan revealed that he had a case of necrotizing fasciitis – a rare, rapidly spreading, flesh-eating bacterial infection – right before he started filming The Banshees of Inisherin. …
Photo: Cliff Watts HBO’s The Last of Us just cast a major character for the Emmy-winning show’s second season. Booksmart‘s Kaitlyn Dever will be playing Abby, familiar to players of The Last of Us Part II, the follow-up to the blockbuster video game on which the show is based. HBO calls Abby “a skilled soldier …
Audible George Orwell‘s dystopian classic will be reaching a new audience, with Audible’s star-studded adaptation of 1984. Oscar nominees Andrew Garfield, Tom Hardy and Cynthia Erivo lend their voices to the project, which will also star the voices of What We Do in the Shadows‘ Natasia Demetriou and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3‘s Chukwudi …
Luscasfilm In a surprise announcement on Tuesday, Lucasfilm confirmed the rumors that the next chapter of the Emmy-winning Star Wars series The Mandalorian will indeed unfold on the big screen, not Disney+. The Mandalorian & Grogu will begin production in 2024, directed by Mando creator, writer and executive producer Jon Favreau and produced by the …