Burt Young, the tough guy actor best known for his role as Paulie, the butcher and brother of Talia Shire‘s Adrian in the Rocky movies, died October 8 in Los Angeles, his manager, Lynda Bensky, confirmed to ABC News. He was 83. No cause of death was given. “Burt was an actor of tremendous emotional …
Mary Lou Retton getting ‘stronger’ as she battles pneumonia in ICU, daughter says
Eric McCandless via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mary Lou Retton, the American gymnast who became a sports icon when she won Olympic gold in 1984, is getting stronger as she battles a very rare form of pneumonia,” according to her daughter. Shayla Kelley Schrepfer, one of Retton’s four daughters, shared on Instagram that the …
‘Loki’ season 2 director talks Loki’s “dark side” and teases Thursday’s third episode gets “crazy”
Marvel Studios The third episode of Loki‘s second season drops Thursday at 9 p.m. ET, and director Dan DeLeeuw [deh-LOO] tells ABC Audio that fans better strap in. “Well, I’d say you don’t want any spoilers, but I think the best way to say it is that episode two is the calm before the storm,” he says with a laugh. “Things …
Scoreboard roundup — 10/18/23
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Houston 8, Texas 5 (Texas leads series 2-1) NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Washington 131, New York 106 Brooklyn 107, Miami 104 San Antonio 117, Houston 103 Golden State 116, Sacramento 115 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Ottawa 6, Washington 1 …
Gwyneth Paltrow weighs in on nepo baby debate: “It’s kind of an ugly moniker”
Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage Gwyneth Paltrow is weighing in on the nepo baby debate. The Academy Award-winning actress, 51, opened up about the topic during a wide-ranging interview with Bustle, saying it’s a “judgment that exists around kids of famous people” and calling it “an ugly moniker.” “But there’s nothing wrong with doing or wanting to do what your …
“I was done”: Sylvester Stallone reflects on rejection and redemption in trailer to Netflix documentary ‘Sly’
Netflix Netflix has debuted the trailer to its documentary Sly, about the unlikely rise, the unexpected fall and the later-in-life redemption of Sylvester Stallone. The film, which drops on November 3, tracks Stallone’s career starting as an unknown actor who was once considered “uncastable.” He remained undeterred. “The rejection became my encouragement,” Stallone says in …
Warner Bros. marketing head says “Barbenheimer” phenomenon was “absolutely a surprise”
Warner Bros. Pictures – Universal One of the biggest entertainment stories of the year was the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon — the mash-up of two very different release-date twinsies, Barbie and Oppenheimer. Greta Gerwig‘s cotton candy-colored comedy starring Margot Robbie and Christopher Nolan‘s star-studded nuclear age biopic “couldn’t be more different,” says Warner Bros. Executive Vice President …
Pete Davidson’s ‘SNL’ season debut up nearly 20% from last year
NBC/Rosalind O’Connor Imagine if the Swifties knew Taylor and Travis would be on? NBC says Saturday Night Live‘s 49th season debut starring Pete Davidson — and with a last-minute, hush-hush assist from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce — saw its numbers jump 19% from last season’s debut. The show drew 4.8 million viewers, with numbers …
Netflix christening its restoration of famed Egyptian Theatre with screening, Q&A for David Fincher’s ‘The Killer’
Netflix Wednesday, October 18, marks the 101st birthday of Los Angeles’ famed Egyptian Theatre, and Netflix is in the mood to celebrate. The streaming giant and the American Cinematheque undertook a three-year-long restoration of the landmark first built during the silent era, which is famous for being the birthplace of the red carpet and the …
Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz racing to win in pulse-pounding trailer to Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’
NEON/Lorenzo Sisti On Wednesday, independent movie company NEON released a pulse-pounding trailer to Ferrari, the anticipated biopic about legendary Italian supercar designer Enzo Ferrari, which was directed by Heat‘s Michael Mann. The trailer of the 1957-set film starring Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley intercuts between the blacktop drama of the deadly 1,000-mile race …