BET The legendary actor James Earl Jones will be honored by BET in a prime-time special on Thursday evening, just three days after he passed away at 93 years old. BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy, a collaboration between the network and Entertainment Tonight, will air Thursday at 8 p.m. …
New Funko Pop! offerings for that ‘Home Alone’ fan on your Christmas list
Funko The collectible company Funko is adding more toys to its Home Alone collection. The new toys are now available for preorder. Of course, there are brand-new toy versions of lovable scamp Kevin McCallister, who was played by Macaulay Culkin in the 1990 movie. There are also alternate plastic likenesses of his enemies, the two bumbling burglars …
Michael B. Jordan to direct his remake of ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’
Jordan on the set of ‘Creed III’ – Amazon MGM Studios Michael B. Jordan will not only star in and produce a remake of the stylish thriller The Thomas Crown Affair, Deadline says he’ll be directing it, as well. Jordan was already attached to star in and produce the film through his Outlier Society production company, …
“I’m not sure what happened”: Francis Ford Coppola responds to ‘Megalopolis’ “fake review” controversy
ABC Entertainment Tonight asked legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola about the “fake review” controversy that surrounded the trailer to his forthcoming epic, Megalopolis. As reported, a now-deleted trailer seemed to spin the lukewarm reception the film got from critics at the Cannes Film Festival by trying to claim other critics years ago hated his classics …
Prime Video drops trailer to its Italian spin-off ‘Citadel: Diana’
Prime Video Prime Video just dropped an action-packed trailer to Citadel: Diana, the Italian-language spin-off of Joe and Anthony Russo‘s spy series. While the original series stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden — and its second season will also star What We Do in the Shadows’ Matt Berry — Diana stars Matilda De Angelis. Citadel: Diana, like the Indian spin-off Citadel: Honey Bunny and the …
Yerin Ha cast as Sophie Baek in ‘Bridgerton’ season 4
Emma Mcintyre/WireImage/Getty Images Bridgerton has found its newest leading lady in actress Yerin Ha. Ha has been cast as Sophie Baek, the love interest of season 4 lead Benedict Bridgerton, played by Luke Thompson, Netflix announced Wednesday. Ha is an Australian-born actress of Korean descent. She played Kwan Ha in Halo, the series based on the video game …
Joe Manganiello to host Netflix’s Geeked Week
Netflix Netflix has tapped a dyed-in-the-wool geek to host its annual tribute to all things nerdy, its Geeked Week live finale festivities. Joe Manganiello, who lists playing Dungeons & Dragons and collecting comics among his pocket-protector pastimes, will headline the live event that will cap off the week, held in Atlanta on Sept. 19. Joining him will …
Max’s ‘Dune: Prophecy’ to invade New York Comic Con
Max Max’s forthcoming small-screen spin-off of the hit Dune movie franchise will be invading New York Comic Con in October. The streamer has announced the interactive Dune: Prophecy Experience will be unveiled at the annual event on Oct. 17 and run through Oct. 20. The attraction “will transport participants to the mysterious world of Wallach IX, where The Voice …
In brief: ‘The Apprentice’ trailer drops, 3 added to ‘SNL’ cast and more
The first official trailer for the upcoming Donald Trump biopic, The Apprentice, has been revealed. The film chronicles “A young Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan), eager to make his name as a hungry second son of a wealthy family in 1970s New York” as he “comes under the spell of Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the cutthroat attorney …
‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ trailer shows a family at war with each other
Netflix Netflix has dropped the official trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the second installment in Ryan Murphy‘s Monsters series. The series, per Netflix, “explores the complex dynamics within the Menendez family, and whether the brothers were troubled individuals acting out of fear and desperation due to years of abuse, or calculating …