George Evan Photo Jerry Bruckheimer is on the Road to the Oscars. The producer of Top Gun: Maverick and dozens of other films scored his first Oscar nomination with Maverick’s Best Picture nod. So how does it feel? He tells ABC Audio it feels great. “You know, when you work, I’ve made over 50 movies. I’ve been doing this for …
Scoreboard roundup — 3/2/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING INTERLEAGUE Boston 15, Philadelphia 3 NY Yankees 9, Pittsburgh 1 Houston 6, St. Louis o Pittsburgh 2, Toronto 2 (Tie) Chi Cubs 6, Oakland 1 Seattle 5, San Diego 4 Cleveland 4, San Francisco 3 Texas 7, Milwaukee4 …
James Cameron and his Avatar producing partner quizzed superfans about how to “improve” ‘Avatar 3’
20th Century Studios There are directors who don’t read reviews, there are directors who lie and say they don’t read reviews, and then there’s James Cameron. The Oscar-winning perfectionist director of the blockbuster Avatar franchise would have every reason to roll on into the planned third, fourth, and fifth films without looking back, seeing as …
‘Maverick”s Jennifer Connelly, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Glenn Close among first round of Oscars presenters
ABC The Motion Picture Academy announced on Thursday the first round of presenters for the 95th annual Academy Awards. Among them will be Oscar winners Riz Ahmed, Jennifer Connelly, Arian DeBose, Questlove and Ahmed’s The Sound of Metal co-star Troy Kotsur. Also taking the podium will be Samuel L. Jackson, Creed III‘s Jonathan Majors and …
Piper Perabo says she knows better “than to speak outside the ranch” regarding ‘Yellowstone”s future
Paramount Network On Wednesday’s red carpet for the Billboard Women in Music Awards gala in Los Angeles, Yellowstone‘s Lainey Wilson and Piper Perabo were asked by Entertainment Tonight about rumors the show was drawing to an end. As reported, there have been rumors of disagreements with the producers about Kevin Costner‘s shooting schedule, which might …
“It’s like if Santa Claus was a hitman”: Brian Cox readies “the long knives” in new ‘Succession’ trailer
HBO Max HBO dropped the final trailer to the fourth, and officially final, season of its award-winning drama Succession. Emmy winner Brian Cox starts with his Logan Roy intoning, “Why does everyone keep asking how I feel? I got done a huge deal. I got the election. I got ATN. I’ve got plenty on my plate,” charting Roy’s recent corporate successes. He’s later …
Priscilla Presley voicing herself in ‘Agent Elvis’ alongside Matthew McConaughey
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Priscilla Presley is lending her voice to the role she was born to play in Agent Elvis: herself. The adult animation series’ official trailer dropped Wednesday, revealing that Priscilla would be voicing herself alongside Matthew McConaughey as Elvis Presley. “So excited for Agent Elvis to come out on March 17th on …
Jimmy Kimmel surprises Jon Favreau with “secret” ‘Iron Man’ snippet starring Samuel L. Jackson
Walt Disney Studios The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday night, and surprised the chat show host and geek with his very own Star Wars action figure — but Kimmel returned the favor with a surprise of his own. After Kimmel happily received his custom figure — a miniature of him …
Soccer team changes uniforms to help players feel comfortable on their periods
In a post made to the Orlando Pride Instagram account, players Ally Watt and Haley McCutcheon pose in the team’s new dark shorts. — @orlpride/Instagram (ORLANDO, Fla.) — This season, players for the Orlando Pride, part of the National Women’s Soccer League, will take the field in black shorts instead of white. The reason, according …
Road to the Oscars 2023: Tony Kushner talks co-writing ‘The Fabelmans’ with Steven Spielberg
Universal Pictures When Steven Spielberg wants to write a movie with you, you write a movie with Steven Spielberg. That’s what happened to Tony Kushner, who co-wrote and produced The Fabelmans alongside the acclaimed director. Their film is up for seven Oscars at this year’s Academy Awards, including nominations for Best Picture and Best Original …