Efron and Perry at 2009’s ’17 Again’ premiere — Lester Cohen/WireImage According to one of Matthew Perry‘s best friends Athenna Crosby, he was close to asking his former 17 Again co-star Zac Efron to play him in a biopic project, before his untimely death on October 28. To People, Efron noted that he’d be “honored” …
Met Gala announces its 2024 theme: “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion”
Editor-in-Chief of ‘Vogue’ Anna Wintour — Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Are we going to see PJs on the Met Gala red carpet next year? The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on Wednesday that “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” will be the highly anticipated theme for the Costume Institute’s Spring 2024 Exhibition and Gala. According to …
The horology…The horology…Marlon Brando’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ watch fetches more than $5 million at auction
CBS via Getty Images A Rolex worn by Marlon Brando in his legendary onscreen performance as Col. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now has fetched $5.1 million at auction. The famous Rolex GMT, which was sold at auction by Brando’s family in 2019, went under the hammer again Monday, November 6, and fetched nearly three times as …
In Brief: Major movies about to ramp back up with strike over, and more
Deadpool 3, Gladiator 2, Beetlejuice 2, Juror No. 2 and Venom 3 are among the productions set to restart as soon as possible now that the SAG-AFTRA strike has come to an end, according to Deadline. Also looking to resume production ASAP is Sony’s adaptation of Colleen Hoover‘s bestselling novel, It Ends With Us, starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Other movies set to resume are Apple …
Hollywood celebrates the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike
David Livingston/Getty Images Hollywood was celebrating Wednesday night after SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative deal with major TV and movie studios to end the 118 day actors strike. The deal now awaits ratification. Here are some of the reactions: SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher: We did it!!!! The Billion+ $ Deal! 3X the last contract! New ground was …
Scoreboard roundup — 11/8/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Toronto 127, Dallas 116 Denver 108, Golden State 105 Sacramento 121, Portland 118 Indiana 134, Utah 118 Philadelphia 106, Boston 103 Washington 132, Charlotte 116 Brooklyn 100, LA Clippers 93 New York 126, San Antonio 105 Minnesota 122, New Orleans …
Actors union SAG-AFTRA reaches tentative deal to end monthslong strike
David Livingston/Getty Images SAG-AFTRA, the union representing approximately 160,000 actors, reached a tentative deal on Wednesday with major TV and movie studios — a deal that could end a strike launched more than three months ago. The agreement arrives a month after Hollywood writers ratified a deal to end a separate contract dispute with the …
‘The Boys’ season 4 sneak peek hints at election night victory for Homelander, disappointment for Butcher’s boys
Prime Video While there’s no release date yet, Prime Video has released a pair of new images from the forthcoming fourth season of its Emmy-nominated skewed superhero show The Boys. In the two contrasting images, Antony Starr‘s vicious Homelander is pictured posing triumphantly as confetti falls around him; the second image shows Karl Urban‘s Billy …
Watch: New trailer for ‘Candy Cane Lane’ starring Eddie Murphy and Tracee Ellis Ross
Claudette Barius Eddie Murphy is bringing his humor home just in time for the holidays in the new film Candy Cane Lane. In the upcoming movie comedy, out December 1, the veteran comedian stars as Chris Carver, a dad who goes overboard to win his neighborhood’s Christmas decorating contest. But that competition may come with consequences “after Chris inadvertently …
Peacock drops trailer to ‘Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie’
Peacock Peacock has dropped the trailer to Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie, which hits the platform on December 8. Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub returns as the germaphobic, OCD gumshoe who is coming out of retirement in a new world: “When COVID hit, I was in bad shape,” he explains, pointing to a hand …