Courtesy Excalibur Auctions If you’re a Star Wars fan with very deep pockets, you’ll have a chance on Saturday, July 22, to own an action figure called the “Holy Grail” of collectibles. U.K.-based Excalibur Auctions is putting on the block an unopened, vintage Star Wars Jawa figure from the company Palitoy that’s expected to fetch …
Police seized laptops, memoir from Vegas-area home of witness to Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A home that Las Vegas police raided this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur is tied to one of the only surviving witnesses to the crime, a man long known to investigators whose nephew was seen as a suspect shortly after the rapper’s killing. Detectives sought items “concerning …
Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” graced a decades long career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday. He was 96, just two weeks …
Tentative deal reached between producers and Broadway theater workers ahead of looming strike deadline
Getty Images Just hours after the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, or IATSE, announced it was voting on a strike authorization, it looks like the show will go on. According to a press release from the union representing more than 1,500 set dressers, wardrobe workers and makeup artists working on Broadway and in touring productions, …
Shannon Lee celebrates dad Bruce Lee’s “legacy” on 50th anniversary of his death
Lee in ‘Enter the Dragon’ – Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Bruce Lee‘s family is reflecting on his legacy on the 50th anniversary of his death. Shannon Lee, daughter of the late actor and accomplished martial artist, shared a video to Instagram in which she and her daughter, Wren, pay tribute to the life of their “Baba and …
Fox debuts trailer for new animated series ‘Krapopolis’
Fox Fox has released a new trailer to its upcoming new show from Rick and Morty and Community co-creator Dan Harmon, Krapopolis. The new show, which viewers can check out on Fox in a special preview event on Sunday, July 24, will have its debut Thursday evening at San Diego Comic-Con. Set in ancient Greece, …
Oh “Baby”: See Kim Kardashian in teaser to upcoming ‘American Horror Story: Delicate’
ABC News FX released a teaser to American Horror Story: Delicate, the next installment of the acclaimed horror anthology — and the first to star Kim Kardashian — on Thursday. The creepy teaser is set to a version of “Rock A-Bye Baby” and opens with an almost Busby Berkeley kaleidoscopic image of a spinning circle …
Kevin Hart, Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis’ video game adaptation ‘Borderlands’ gets 2024 release date
ABC/Christopher Willard Lionsgate revealed on Thursday that Borderlands, the action movie based on the bestselling video game series, is hitting theaters August 9, 2024. Kevin Hart, and Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis star in the movie as the flesh-and-blood version of the game’s characters: Hart plays mercenary Roland; Blanchett the Siren, Lillith; and Curtis the archeologist, Dr. Patricia …
‘Real Housewives’ star Bethenny Frankel mulling reality stars unionizing
Bravo/Charles Sykes With the Writers Guild and SAG strikes still going, many networks are relying on reality shows to fill anticipated gaps in their fall schedules, and a veteran of one of the most popular reality shows is taking note. In a lengthy Instagram video string, Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel floated …
Broadway workers could strike now, too
Getty Images With the Writers Guild of America and The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) on strike, workers on Broadway could be the next to grab their picket signs. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) announced a strike authorization vote “for members working under the Broadway …