Rovio — Paramount Pictures SEGA, the company that created Sonic the Hedgehog, has acquired Rovio, the company behind the Angry Birds phenomenon, in a deal worth $775 million. That’s a lot of gold rings. In a statement, Rovio CEO Alexandre Pelletier-Normand enthused, “I grew up playing Sonic the Hedgehog, captivated by its state-of-the-art design. Later, …
John Shearer/Getty Images for Katy Perry Dreams do come true! That’s what Kim Kardashian captioned a video of her daughter, North West, joining Katy Perry onstage during a show at her Las Vegas residency over the weekend. Like a proud mama, The Kardashians star chronicled the entire experience on her Instagram Stories. In one clip, where the duo is onstage, Katy says to North, “So the …
ABC/Randy Holmes Oscar winner Jamie Foxx continues to recover from the mysterious medical emergency that left him hospitalized last week, People is reporting. While reps for the star have been mum, a source tells the magazine that Foxx is “steadily improving.” The Ray star had been nearing the end of production on his Netflix action …
Netflix’s live telecast of the Love Is Blind reunion hit a snag on Sunday when, instead of the show, set to begin at 8 p.m. ET, viewers saw an error message that read, “Pardon the interruption. We’re having trouble playing Netflix. Please check your internet and try again.” Almost 90 minutes after the broadcast was …
NBC/Will Heath Oscar nominee Ana de Armas hosted this weekend’s Saturday Night Live and used her opening monologue to talk about her Cuban roots, as well as her experience coming to the United States. After thanking the audience in Spanish, the 34-year-old Blonde actress shared, “I do speak English, but I didn’t when I first got to the U.S. I was born in …
Universal The Super Mario Bros. Movie collected an estimated $87 million at the weekend box office — the best-ever second-weekend domestic gross for an animated film — bringing it’s total domestic earnings so far to $347.8 million dollars and $678 million globally. The horror flick The Pope’s Exorcist, starring Russell Crowe, opened in second place with an estimated $9.1 million. …
Maymah (NEW YORK) — Maymah, a weightlifter and social media influencer who just goes by her first name, was part of Gymshark’s sports hijab launch in London. When asked about what it’s like working out or weightlifting with a regular hijab, she says, “If I was doing something like running or skipping when there’s a …
Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood turns 93 in May, but the Unforgiven director and star is saddling up for his final movie as director. Deadline reports his last movie, Juror #2, could star Nicholas Hoult — who is about to sink his teeth into theaters with the vampire film Renfield — and Oscar-nominated The …
Universal The Super Mario Bros. Movie only came out last week, but the movie has already crossed a major milestone. Variety reports the film, which stars the voices of Chris Pratt, Jack Black, Seth Rogen, Charlie Day and Anya Taylor-Joy, has made more than $508 million worldwide in theaters: $260.3 million domestically and $248.4 million …
ABC Entertainment Ryan Seacrest celebrated his last day as co-host of Live with Kelly and Ryan on Friday in an episode filled with memories from his six years on the show. Kelly Ripa delivered a tear-jerking speech in which she told Seacrest what he means to her. “This has without question been the fastest six …