Comedy Central (NOTE LANGUAGE) Trevor Noah hosted his final episode of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on Thursday after a seven-year run, thanking many people, but mostly his fans. “I remember when we started the show, we couldn’t get enough people to fill an audience,” he said. “Then I look at this now and I …
Everything Everywhere All at Once star Michelle Yeoh has been tapped to play Madame Morrible, the headmistress of Crage Hall at Shiz University, in Jon M. Chu’s two-part film adaptation of the Broadway hit Wicked, opposite Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, according to Variety. The Broadway show — a prequel to …
Apple TV+ The new historical action film Emancipation starts streaming today on Apple TV+. Based on a true story, Will Smith plays a runaway slave, and Ben Foster portrays the man tasked with hunting him down. It’s a role Foster tells ABC Audio that he didn’t want to do it at first, but now he’s “so proud to be a part …
EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver celebrated the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian custody on Thursday and thanked the athletes who used their platforms to raise awareness about her case since her detention nearly ten months ago. “Brittney has had to endure an unimaginable situation and …
Hispanolistic/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Steve, 18, first felt the thrill of gambling at the age of 15. His “first high” came when he won a couple hundred dollars while playing dice, he told ABC News. To speak candidly, he’s asked to be in shadow, to use a different name and alter his voice. Between …
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Martial artist and action movie icon Jackie Chan has confirmed it: Rush Hour 4 is a go. According to Variety, Chan confirmed to fans at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday that he is discussing the project “right now” with interested parties — and would …
Paramount Pictures As if being the highest grossing movie of the year — and Tom Cruise‘s career — wasn’t enough, Top Gun: Maverick is aces with the National Board of Review. The New York City-based collection of film professionals, academics and movie enthusiasts this year have named Maverick its Best Film. Founded in 1909, the …
Warner Bros. Discovery In a lengthy Twitter thread Thursday, James Gunn responded to a widely covered Hollywood Reporter story about his and partner Peter Safran‘s reported “blueprint” for getting Warner Bros. Discovery’s DC Comics-based universe back on track. The trade put forth that a third Wonder Woman film from director Patty Jenkins had been scrapped. …
L-R – Fuqua and Smith on set/Apple TV+ On his Instagram Thursday, Will Smith let his followers know he’s hooking them up with a free Apple TV+ subscription, just so they can catch up with his new Antoine Fuqua-directed drama, Emancipation. “I went to Apple and I said, ‘Yo, my people need to have Apple …
ABC Reese Witherspoon will once again play determined Tracy Flick, this time in a sequel to the 1999 comedy Election. The Hollywood Reporter notes director Alexander Payne is also returning, co-writing the adaptation of Tom Perrotta‘s follow-up novel Tracy Flick Can’t Win. The book follows the one-time high school try-hard, now an adult; the A-type …