‘Quiz Lady’ director on Sandra Oh, Awkwafina becoming sisters for new Hulu comedy
20th Century Studios/Michelle L. Short In the new film Quiz Lady, available to watch on Hulu, Awkwafina and Sandra Oh play estranged sisters who come back together to help cover their mom’s gambling debts. The film’s director, Jessica Yu, sat down with ABC Audio to chat about the film and its all-star cast. Seeing Awkwafina and Oh work together, Yu says, …
In Brief: SAG-AFTRA negotiators mulling studios’ “final offer,” and more
Following a brief virtual meeting with CEOs on Saturday, November 4, SAG-union leaders continued on Sunday to weigh the studios’ final offer. “We received an offer today from the AMPTP, which they characterized as their “Last, Best, and Final Offer, ” the SAG-AFTRA Theatrical Committee said in a statement obtained by ABC Audio. “We are …
Matthew Perry buried with ‘Friends’ co-stars in attendance
Warner Bros. Television Matthew Perry was laid to rest on Friday, November 3, with his Friends co-stars — Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer all in attendance. Perry’s former castmates paid their respects, along with family and friends, in a private ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, …
Scoreboard roundup — 11/5/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Phoenix 120, Detroit 106 Toronto 123, San Antonio 116 (OT) Cleveland 115, Golden State 104 Dallas 124, Charlotte 118 Memphis 112, Portland 100 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE New Jersey 4, Chicago 2 Anaheim 4, Vegas 2 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Kansas City …
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ reigns with $17.8 million in slow box office weekend
Universal Five Nights at Freddy’s held on to the top spot at the domestic box office with an estimated $17.8 million haul — a far cry from its $80 million debut a week ago, but not all that bad considering it’s already available to stream on Peacock. Second place went to Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which …
Kourtney Kardashian welcomes son with Travis Barker
Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker have welcomed a son, a source close to the situation confirmed to ABC News. The couple, who married in 2022, first announced the pregnancy in June at a Blink-182 concert in Los Angeles, with Kardashian holding up a sign in the audience that read “Travis …
‘The Sound of Freedom’ will stream for free on Amazon Prime
Angel Studios One of the biggest movies of 2023, the sleeper hit The Sound of Freedom, will find a streaming home on Amazon’s Prime Video, Variety reports. The anti-child trafficking thriller stars Jim Caviezel as real-life former government agent Tim Ballard, who quit his job busting child pornographers to take on his own mission of …
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher urges studios to “seal the deal” with union
Momodu Mansaray/Getty Images SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher took to Instagram Friday to update members of the performers union in its ongoing negotiations with the studios. And the update was there’s been no update. To a smiling photo of the former Nanny star all dressed up to attend an engagement party with her “long time bestie …
Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin, Alaqua Cox get bloody in trailer to Marvel Studios’ ‘Echo’
Marvel Studios On Friday, Marvel Studios revealed the trailer to Echo, its Hawkeye spin-off starring deaf actress Alaqua Cox reprising as the title character aka Maya Lopez, as well as Vincent D’Onofrio‘s Wilson Fisk/Kingpin. The show will be the first TV-MA series Marvel Studios has made for Disney+, and even the trailer earned the mature …