Lucasfilm Thursday is Star Wars Day, and the geeky worlds of both that galaxy far, far away and gastronomy have combined for a cargo hold’s worth of Star Wars-inspired recipes online. The official Star Wars website has a dizzying number of options for basically every meal. Since “every Mandalorian worth his armor was raised on …
Producer of Paramount+’s ‘Fatal Attraction’ series on show’s focus on mental health
Lizzy Caplan as Alex Forrest – Paramount+/Michael Moriatis In the 1987 blockbuster Fatal Attraction, Glenn Close was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Alex Forrest, the jilted, bunny-boiling “other woman” in an affair with a married man, played by Michael Douglas. However, the actress has publicly rebuked how her character was portrayed solely as one of cinema’s great villains. …
Sunny Hostin on how she’s shaking up the beach-read genre with ‘Summer on Sag Harbor’
ABC/Jeff Lipsky What’s better than curling up on the beach with a good book? To The View co-host and author Sunny Hostin, whose new novel Summer on Sag Harbor is available now in bookstores everywhere, there is little else that compares. “People are always surprised that I love a good, sexy beach read,” Hostin told ABC Audio. “I enjoy sitting …
Michael Douglas to receive Honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival
Getty Images for Disney Michael Douglas will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, kicking off Tuesday, May 16 and running through Saturday, May 27 in France. The 78-year-old actor is being recognized for “his brilliant career as well as his engagement for cinema,” according to the press release. “It is always a …
May the Fourth be with you! Happy ‘Star Wars’ Day!
“Andor” — Lucasfilm Thursday is May 4th, and thanks to a punny 1979 London Evening News headline and a legion of die-hard fans, it’s known the world over as “Star Wars Day.” The headline about the election of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — “May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations” — inspired a grassroots movement for Star Wars junkies …
In Brief: ‘Succession’ getting huge finale, and more
Netflix has renewed Sweet Tooth, the drama based on Jeff Lemire’s DC Comics series, for a third and final season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series, from executive producers Susan Downey and Robert Downey Jr., is set in a post-apocalyptic world and follows a hybrid deer-boy, played by Christian Convery, and a wanderer — …
Shonda Rhimes shares how ‘Queen Charlotte’ is “different” from other ‘Bridgerton’ installments
LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX The wait is over for Bridgerton fans. The latest installment of the franchise, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, hits Netflix Thursday and Shonda Rhimes is shedding some light on what fans can expect. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Rhimes shared that Queen Charlotte, which delves deeper into the background of how Charlotte became queen, is “very different show in terms of tone.” “It’s fun and it’s funny …
Basketball players sue New Mexico State University, former coach over alleged mishandling of assault
ilbusca/Getty Images (LAS CRUCES, N.M.) — Two basketball players spoke out Wednesday after filing a lawsuit against New Mexico State University accusing it of negligence, vicarious liability and violation of the state’s civil rights act after they allege they complained about being assaulted by fellow players and were ignored. The three players named in the suit …
Billie Lourd blasts relatives regarding snub for mom’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony
Kevin Mazur/WireImage To The Hollywood Reporter, actress Billie Lourd lashed out at her famous relatives over her decision not to invite them to her mother, Carrie Fisher‘s, posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony Thursday. Fisher’s brother Todd, and half siblings Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher went public with their disappointment. Todd told TMZ the snub was “heartbreaking and shocking,” and his siblings issued a joint statement on Joely’s Instagram …
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ coming to digital May 23, Blu-ray and DVD June 13
Lionsgate John Wick: Chapter 4, the highest-grossing movie in the Keanu Reeves hitman franchise, will come home on digital streaming on May 23. The movie will have its release on Blu-ray, 4K, and DVD on June 13. The action epic grossed more than $402 million worldwide, and like Baba Yaga himself, the latest home video …