Jeffrey Grigsby / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday in a story written for The Players’ Tribune. “Now, although football has been a really great part of my life for the past 18 years, it is with the …
In Brief: ‘ Squid Game: The Challenge’ gets green light for second season, and more
Squid Game: The Challenge was renewed for a second season ahead of its final episode, Wednesday, December 6, which concluded will Mai taking home $4.56 million — the largest prize in reality TV history. Squid Game: The Challenge pits 456 players against “a series of games inspired by the original show,” as well as “surprising …
National Board of Review gives Scorsese, Gladstone flowers for ‘Flower Moon’
ABC/Randy Holmes Killers of the Flower Moon was named best picture by The National Board of Review, and also earned top prizes for its director Martin Scorsese and co-star Lily Gladstone. Paul Giamatti took home the best actor award for his role in The Holdovers, with the film’s Da’Vine Joy Randolph grabbing supporting actress honors. …
Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie “go deep” in their new thriller ‘Eileen’
Jeong Park In the new movie Eileen, Oscar winner Anne Hathaway plays Rebecca, an alluring psychologist at a juvenile detention facility, who draws Thomasin McKenzie‘s withdrawn title character out of her shell. Hathaway tells ABC Audio there were “so many reasons” she wanted to take part in the thriller, which opens this weekend. “[O]ne of them is I’m really …
Scoreboard roundup — 12/6/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Memphis 116, Detroit 102 Philadelphia 131, Washington 126 Cleveland 121, Orlando 111 Minnesota 102, San Antonio 94 Brooklyn 114, Atlanta 113 Houston 110, Oklahoma City 101 Chicago 111, Charlotte 100 Dallas 147, Utah 97 LA Clippers 111, Denver 102 Golden …
Then-Prince Charles once asked Natalie Portman if she was in 1977’s ‘Star Wars’
Bravo/Charles Sykes Natalie Portman‘s recent appearance on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live had two tidbits for Star Wars fans: One, the Oscar winner said she’s open to reprising her role as Padmé Amidala, Luke and Leia Skywalker’s mom, but noted, “No one has asked me.” And two, she told a funny story about meeting then-Prince …
Fox announces new special: ‘M*A*S*H’: The Comedy That Changed Television’
L-R: Alda, Rogers, Swit – CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images On the evening of Monday, January 1, Fox is taking a look back at one of the most celebrated television series in history. M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television will feature all new interviews with cast members including Alan Alda (Hawkeye), Gary Burghoff (Radar), Jamie Farr …
Eddie Murphy’s ‘Candy Cane Lane’ had most-watched Amazon MGM Studios-produced movie debut ever
Amazon MGM Studios Amazon MGM Studios got to unwrap a Christmas gift early this year: The streaming numbers are in, and Eddie Murphy‘s holiday film, Candy Cane Lane, had the studio’s biggest debut yet. Released December 1, the movie is in the top slot worldwide on Prime Video and among the top 10 worldwide movie …
‘Doctor Strange’ sequel star Xochitl Gomez says ‘DWTS’ win “feels crazy”
Good Morning America Xochitl Gomez is reflecting on her big Dancing with the Stars win with pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy. “It feels crazy,” she told Good Morning America Wednesday, the morning after she and Chmerkovskiy took home the first Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy on season 32, adding that the reality of it all hasn’t fully sunk in for her yet. Gomez, who …
Jimmy Kimmel, Billy Crystal, George Clooney and more react to the death of TV legend Norman Lear
Kimmel and Lear with ‘Live In Front of a Studio Audience’ cast — Eric Mccandless/ABC via Getty Images The word of Norman Lear‘s death is reverberating through Hollywood, with stars publicly mourning the passing of the TV titan, who died of natural causes at his Los Angeles home on Tuesday. George Clooney noted, “It’s hard …