Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images While speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Wednesday evening, Mindy Kaling gave a shout-out to Ben Affleck, a day after Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce to end their highly publicized second chance at love. From the podium, Mindy trumpeted, “I couldn’t leave here without giving a shout-out to …
Punkie Johnson on ‘SNL’ exit: “I didn’t really feel like I fit”
NBCUniversal In a chat with Saturday Night Live vets Dana Carvey and David Spade on their Fly on the Wall podcast, Punkie Johnson unpacked why she decided not to return to the show for the upcoming 50th season. As it turns out, she almost left ahead of season 49, and for the same reason. “I talked to …
Jack Black and Paul Rudd reportedly hunting ‘Anaconda’ reboot
The pair in 2016- Bruce Glikas/Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic Given how delightfully cheesy the 1997 original is — and what wise guys the two stars are — it’s raising some eyebrows that Paul Rudd and Jack Black are reportedly circling a reboot of Anaconda. The Hollywood Reporter, however, says that’s the case. The director will be Tom …
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes seeks to end “review bombing” with new Verified Hot designation
Rotten Tomatoes The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes has changed its ratings system. Where formerly there was a Critics Score, based on an average of what professional reviewers had to say about a movie or TV show, as well as an Audience Score, there will now be a “Verified Hot” designation used instead of the latter. …
Olympic medalist Stephen Nedoroscik to compete on ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Good Morning America Stephen Nedoroscik is the first contestant announced for season 33 of Dancing With the Stars. The exciting announcement about the 25-year-old Worcester, Massachusetts, native joining the upcoming season was made Thursday on Good Morning America. Nedoroscik rose to national prominence at the 2024 Paris Olympics where he notched two bronze medals as …
In brief: Anya Taylor-Joy returns to Netflix, Tim Curry’s big screen return, and more
Tim Curry, the actor possibly best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, will return to the big screen for the first time in nearly two decades in the upcoming horror film Stream, according to Variety. Curry has appeared in the films Legend, Clue and Home Alone …
Mark Wahlberg once encouraged his mom to “have a baby” with George Clooney
Fiona Hanson – PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images Would you let your mother date George Clooney? Mark Wahlberg recalls being all for the idea, even encouraging his mom to “have a baby” with the actor, in a funny story he recently shared about the time she visited him on the set of the 2000 …
Scoreboard roundup — 8/21/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUEMinnesota Twins 11, San Diego Padres 4Cincinnati Reds 11, Toronto Blue Jays 7Detroit Tigers 8, Chicago Cubs 2Seattle Mariners 4, LA Dodgers 8Texas Rangers 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Chicago White Sox 6, San Francisco Giants 2NY Mets 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 …
“We screwed up”: Lionsgate pulls new ‘Megalopolis’ trailer after using fake “bad” Coppola reviews
L-R: Coppola and Adam Driver on the ‘Megalopolis’ set – Lionsgate/Phil Caruso Lionsgate has pulled its brand-new trailer to Francis Ford Coppola‘s Megalopolis after it was revealed it used fabricated reviews from real critics regarding the filmmaker’s former films. “We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and [his …
Latest trailer for Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ leans into his negative reviews
Lionsgate The saying “any press is good press” usually doesn’t extend to bad movie reviews, but in Francis Ford Coppola‘s case for his epic Megalopolis, that seems to be the strategy. The latest trailer for the star-packed, mostly self-funded pet project from the Oscar winner begins with a voice-over from co-star Laurence Fishburne: “True genius …