Netflix On Thursday, August 10, Netflix dropped the trailer to Adam Sandler‘s upcoming family comedy You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah. Like the traditional right of passage — and truth told, many movies Sandler produces — Bat Mitzvah is filled with the SNL vet’s family and friends: His real-life actress wife, Jackie, …
Game on! Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney return in season 2 trailer of ‘Welcome to Wrexham’
FX After securing an Emmy nomination for its inaugural season, FX’s Welcome to Wrexham is headed back onto the pitch for another round. The show, centering on Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney‘s purchase of beloved underdog Welsh soccer club Wrexham AFC, just debuted its season 2 trailer. “A lot of expectations,” Reynolds says in the …
Amid Hollywood strikes, 75th Emmy Awards bumped to January
NATAS/Fox With the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes crippling Hollywood, the Television Academy and Fox jointly announced on Thursday, August 10, that the 75th Annual Emmy Awards have been bumped from September 18 to January 15, 2024. Notably, the organization didn’t mention the strikes as the reason behind “the Martin Luther King Day telecast,” but with …
‘Big Brother’ Houseguest Luke Valentine kicked off for using racial slur
Sonja Flemming/CBS Big Brother‘s latest season took a dramatic twist as houseguest Luke Valentine was swiftly removed from the show for using a racial slur during a conversation with fellow cast members. “Luke violated the Big Brother code of conduct and there is zero tolerance in the house for using a racial slur. He has …
In Brief: HBO skewering superhero movies with ‘The Franchise’, and more
HBO has greenlit The Franchise, a half-hour comedy from Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning director of American Beauty, and Veep and Avenue 5 creator Armando Iannucci that pokes fun at superhero movies. Himesh Patel and Aya Cash star in the series about “the crew of an unloved franchise movie fighting for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe,” per the premium cable channel. HBO teases, “The Franchise shines a light …
‘Rust’ trial set for December; Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed pleads not guilty
Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a film set south of Santa Fe in 2021, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican. State District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer has set December 5 as the start date for the trial, beginning with …
Former NFL player Henry Ruggs sentenced to at least three years in prison for fatal DUI crash
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison for a deadly crash in Las Vegas. Ruggs, 24, pleaded guilty in May to one count of driving under the influence resulting in death, a felony, and one count of misdemeanor …
Scoreboard roundup — 8/9/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE St. Louis 6, Tampa Bay 4 LA Angels 4, San Francisco 1 Seattle 6, San Diego 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Oakland 2, Texas 0 Boston 4, Kansas City 3 Detroit 9, Minnesota 5 Toronto 1, Cleveland 0 Houston 8, Baltimore …
‘Only Murders in the Building’ co-creator John Hoffman staying “hopeful” amid writers strike
Patrick Harbron/Hulu Not the happiest of anniversaries — the Hollywood writers strike hit 100 days Wednesday, with no end in sight. Talks briefly resumed on Friday, August 4 and then broke off almost as quickly as they started. John Hoffman is a WGA member, and also the co-creator of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building. He’s trying …
Former NFL player Henry Ruggs sentenced to at least 3 years in prison for fatal DUI crash
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison for a deadly crash in Las Vegas. Ruggs, 24, pleaded guilty in May to one count of driving under the influence resulting in death, a felony, …