Rosdiana Ciaravolo/Getty Images William Friedkin, the filmmaker behind 1973’s adaptation of novelist William Peter Blatty‘s The Exorcist, has died at 87. Stephen Galloway, dean of Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University, and also the biographer of Friedkin’s producer wife, Sherry Lansing, confirmed the news to ABC Audio, explaining the filmmaker passed …
Peacock In an appearance in the season finale of Hart to Heart, Kevin Hart sat down over some wine with his friend Will Smith, and the pair discussed Will’s global big-screen success. Will explained that when his movie career was starting, studios were convinced a Black actor couldn’t find an international audience. “That was like …
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures For a movie spawned from a doll line, Barbie is, in turn, spawning dolls from the billion dollar-plus grossing movie. On Mattel’s website, you can not only scoop up more traditional looking dolls, like one based on Issa Rae‘s President Barbie, fans can now get their hands on Kate McKinnon‘s …
Walter McBride/FilmMagic Matthew Broderick has appeared in dozens of plays and movies since playing grifter Ferris Bueller in the 1986 John Hughes movie that bears the character’s name, but the Tony winner can’t shake him. Nowadays, he’s OK with that, he told The Guardian in an interview just before the SAG-AFTRA strike began. “What’s my …
Stand Up To Cancer The charity Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has announced the star-studded lineup for this year’s multi-network special, kicking off at 8 p.m. ET on August 19. The organization’s effort titled “How It Started, How It’s Going” “will recognize SU2C’s impact and progress over the last 15 years.” As always, it will also be …
Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Churchill Downs Bachelor Nation’s Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick are going their separate ways after four years together. In a joint post shared to Instagram Sunday, August 6, the pair announced, “After sharing the news with family and close friends first, and taking the time to properly process it ourselves, we …
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO Angus Cloud‘s mother is speaking out about the Euphoria star’s sudden death on July 31. The family’s initial statement did not disclose the 25-year-old actor’s cause of death, but it did acknowledge his struggle with mental health and the recent death of his father. However, in a Facebook post on Friday, …
After 20 years at the helm, Albert Alarr is out as executive producer of NBC’s long-running daytime drama Days of Our Lives following a misconduct investigation, according to Variety. About 30-40 people — primarily women — were interviewed in the investigation, which probed accusations of inappropriate comments and physical contact, including groping and forceful kissing, …
Warner Bros. On Sunday, the Greta Gerwig-directed movie, Barbie, reached $1,031,481,000 at the worldwide box office, making her the first solo female director to cross the $1 billion plateau. Three films co-directed by women have crossed the $1 billion mark, according to The Numbers, a film industry data website that tracks box office revenue — Frozen and Frozen II were co-directed by Jennifer …
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Philadelphia 8, Kansas City 4 Baltimore 2, NY Mets 0 Minnesota 5, Arizona 3 Texas 6, Miami 0 Oakland 8, San Francisco 6 AMERICAN LEAGUE Chi White Sox 5, Cleveland 3 Toronto 13, Boston 1 Tampa Bay 10, Detroit …