ABC On Monday, the American Film Institute announced its 49th AFI Life Achievement Award gala, which was to honor Oscar and Emmy winner Nicole Kidman on June 10, will be postponed because of the Writers Guild of America strike. In a statement obtained by ABC Audio, the organization noted, “For nearly half a century, the …
Yes, chef! ‘The Bear’ returning to Hulu June 22
L-R – Edebiri, White — FX/Matt Dinerstein On social media, FX revealed that its acclaimed series The Bear will be cooking again on Hulu on June 22. The show stars newly minted Golden Globe winner Jeremy Allen White as chef and restaurateur Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, who ended the show’s first season by shuttering his beleaguered …
‘Staten’ alien: James Gunn confirms Pete Davidson was in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
ABC – ABC/Randy Holmes James Gunn took to Twitter Sunday to confirm that fans who spotted Pete Davidson‘s name among the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 weren’t seeing things. Writer-director Gunn, who cast the SNL veteran for the ultimately doomed character Blackguard in 2021’s The Suicide Squad, posted a photo of Pete …
Report: Ray Liotta’s cause of death revealed
Liotta in ‘Black Bird’/Apple TV+ TMZ has reportedly obtained the death certificate for Goodfellas star Ray Liotta. According to the gossip site, his death last May was caused by heart and lung issues. The Emmy-nominated star, 67, reportedly died from natural causes: Specifically, acute heart failure, respiratory insufficiency and pulmonary edema, or fluid in his …
Burger King goes ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ with Whopper tie-in
Burger King Burger King has announced that to help promote the follow-up to the Oscar-winning Sony Animation movie Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, it’s giving its Whopper a Spidey makeover. From May 15 through June 21, the Spider-Verse Whopper will feature a red bun and black sesame seeds to match the super suit of Brooklyn’s own …
Sebastian Maniscalco’s opening pitch at Sunday’s Chicago Cubs game was a real bear
Lionsgate Comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco came to his hometown of Chicago to promote his new comedy About My Father, and while he was in town, he had the honor of throwing out the first pitch at Sunday’s Cubs game. While it was an honor, The Irishman co-star shared a laugh about it with ABC …
Striking writers “punch up” at Jenna Ortega over ‘Wednesday’ comments
Netflix (NOTE LANGUAGE) With writers out of work and on picket lines amid the writers strike, some comedy writers have plied their craft to poke fun at Jenna Ortega for her viral comments about the scripts to Netflix’s Wednesday. As reported back in March, Ortega was critical of some of the scripts for the hit …
Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr. and more in Christopher Nolan’s tense new ‘Oppenheimer’ trailer
Universal The tense new trailer for Christopher Nolan‘s star-studded Oppenheimer just debuted, showing the United States in a race against time. “This is a national emergency,” frequent Nolan player Cillian Murphy says as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. “We’re in a race against the Nazis. And I know what it means …
In Brief: CBS cancels hit ‘S.W.A.T.’, and more
Variety reports CBS has canceled S.W.A.T. after seven seasons. The remake of the 1970s police drama starred Shemar Moore as Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, a S.W.A.T. sergeant tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles. Rochelle Aytes, Jay Harrington, Kenny Johnson, David Lim and Alex Russell. …
‘The Last of Us’ and ‘Scream VI’ big winners at 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards
MTV In a pre-taped show that felt similar to an event during the COVID days, the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards were handed out Sunday night. The big winners included The Last of Us, which nabbed three trophies, including Best TV Show, Pedro Pascal for Best Hero and Best Duo, along with Bella Ramsey. …