iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 4, NY Yankees 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE Atlanta 8, LA Dodgers 7 Miami 6, Washington 1 San Francisco 7, San Diego 2 TOP 25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL (14) Utah 24, Florida 11 WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Connecticut 84, Phoenix …
‘The Equalizer’ director Antoine Fuqua reveals why it’s time to bid farewell to the trilogy
Sony Pictures It’s the end of the road for The Equalizer. The third film in the Denzel Washington franchise hits theaters this weekend, and we’re told it’ll be the last. So why is now the right time to say goodbye? “We’ve done as much as we can do with McCall, I believe, up to this point, right?” Director Antoine …
Sheryl Lee Ralph announces rebrand of her nonprofit The DIVA Foundation
ABC Sheryl Lee Ralph has announced a rebranding and expansion of her nonprofit charitable organization, The DIVA Foundation. The announcement of the rebrand came on Thursday, August 31. The DIVA Foundation, which Ralph founded 33 years ago to deliver urgent messaging, and fight the stigma surrounding the awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS, is launching a rebrand …
‘Walking Dead’ spinoffs can continue production thanks to SAG-AFTRA interim agreements with AMC
AMC ABC Audio has confirmed that AMC has secured interim agreements with SAG-AFTRA that will allow work to continue on three of its shows in spite of the ongoing strikes. The agreements cover The Walking Dead spinoffs Daryl Dixon and The Ones Who Lived, as well as its Interview with the Vampire series, the network …
Meg Ryan talks returning to the big screen after a “really long time” with ‘What Happens Later’
Bleecker Street Films Meg Ryan took a break from appearing in movies for years — not counting her face seen in a photo in Top Gun: Maverick — and to comic legend Carol Burnett, she opened up about returning to her rom-com roots with her forthcoming release, What Happens Later. The pair chatted on the …
Matthew Rhys springs for boat ride for Robert Downey Jr.’s wedding anniversary
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic If you happened to be sailing around Brooklyn, New York, recently, you might have spotted a lot of big stars on a 38-foot boat. It seems that to celebrate Robert Downey Jr.‘s 18th wedding anniversary to his producer wife Susan, their former Perry Mason star Matthew Rhys and his wife, Keri Russell, sprung for …
Oprah Winfrey, Dwayne Johnson team up for People’s Fund of Maui
Courtesy Underwood Studios Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson are doing their part to help those devastated by the recent wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The duo teamed up to establish the People’s Fund of Maui, which will see cash distributed directly to people who were displaced by the events that claimed the lives …
New Gallup poll says “overwhelming majority” of Americans back striking actors, writers
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images As the dual Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes against the studios continue, grinding Hollywood production to a halt in the process, those picketers can take comfort in a new Gallup poll. According to the company’s annual “Work and Education” poll, which was conducted between August 1 and August 23, …
James Gunn, Rian Johnson mourn death of accomplished assistant director Jamie Christopher
Getty Images Jamie Christopher, an assistant director who worked with the likes of David Fincher and Rian Johnson and on Marvel films like the Guardians of the Galaxy, died on Tuesday, August 29, at 52. His Hollywood colleagues are mourning the loss, caused by what Variety called heart complications. Johnson, who worked with Christopher on …
Lady Gaga wondered if she was “a really bad actor” ahead of ‘A Star Is Born’ Venice premiere
Franco Origlia/Getty Images This year’s Venice Film Festival kicked off August 30, but most Lady Gaga fans remember the entrance she made there 2018: She arrived by boat in full old Hollywood-style glam, wearing platinum blonde pin curls and a black cocktail dress. But inside, she was full of self doubt, remembers the festival’s director. Alberto Barbera tells the Hollywood Reporter that …