Stuart Franklin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After years of controversy around its location, the 2022 World Cup is underway in Qatar. There have been allegations of payoffs to FIFA members to earn the bid, criticism of Qatar’s laws against women and LGBTQ individuals, the deaths of migrants used to build the sparkling new stadiums and …
Scoreboard roundup — 11/22/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Philadelphia 115, Brooklyn 106 Sacramento 113, Memphis 109 Detroit 110, Denver 108 Phoenix 115, LA Lakers 105 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Buffalo 7, Montreal 2 NY Rangers 5, Los Angeles 3 TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Creighton 90, Arkansas 87 Auburn 85, Bradley 64 Texas …
Matthew McConaughey reveals what he’s most thankful for ahead of the holidays
Rich Polk/Getty Images for Lincoln Matthew McConaughey has much to be thankful for, but there are two things in his life he holds most dear. “Family and health,” he told ABC Audio ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The actor continued that while “a lot of people say” the same thing, he absolutely means it and “will …
Fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ film will feature a digitally de-aged Harrison Ford, says director James Mangold
Robino Salvatore/GC Images Now all those dots on Harrison Ford‘s face as seen on the set of the fifth Indiana Jones film make sense. Fans connected the dots, speculating they were markers digital artists use to de-age actors — and now director James Mangold confirms his forthcoming movie will flash back to the past. In …
“So, I kill John Dutton?” Stallone jokes about ‘Yellowstone’/’Tulsa King’ crossover
Paramount+ Like the smash show Yellowstone, Sylvester Stallone‘s new drama, Tulsa King, comes from prolific writer-producer Taylor Sheridan — who is also the producer of Jeremy Renner‘s well-reviewed series Mayor of Kingstown. With Tulsa King taking place in, as its name suggests, Oklahoma, where Stallone’s mobster Dwight “The General” Manfredi has been exiled after getting …
Kumail Nanjiani, Annaleigh Ashford star in Hulu’s ‘Welcome to Chippendales’
Erin Simkin/Hulu The new Hulu series Welcome to Chippendales debuts today, chronicling the dramatic story of the Chippendales founders Steve Banerjee and his business partner Nick De Noia, and how their relationship went from success to scandal. Kumail Nanjiani portrays Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who realized the American dream, and he tells ABC Audio he …
James Cameron says ‘Avatar’ sequel must become one of the biggest movies in history “just to break even”
20th Century Studios (NOTE LANGUAGE) Advance tickets for the sequel Avatar: The Way of Water are now on sale, and James Cameron — or, more accurately, Disney-owned 20th Century Studios — certainly hopes you buy some. To GQ, Cameron explained the long-in-development sequel to the 2009 original — the highest-grossing movie of all time — …
Get a room: Check out Taye Diggs in the trailer to the reality dating series ‘Back in the Groove’
Hulu How Stella Got His Groove Back star Taye Diggs is back, taking turn as a reality dating show host and executive producer in the trailer to the forthcoming Hulu series Back in the Groove. The producers tease: “Three single women in their 40s, all stuck in the grind of their everyday lives, will check …
“A pretty out-of-body experience”: Kevin Bacon recalls surprise when he heard his name dropped into the MCU
Marvel Studios/Jessica Miglio Kevin Bacon worked with writer-director James Gunn in the 2010 low-budget, skewed superhero movie Super, but he tells ABC Audio he was just as surprised as other moviegoers to hear his name dropped in Gunn’s 2014 blockbuster, Guardians of the Galaxy. Bacon recalls to ABC Audio, “I went to the movies just like opening weekend, like I would, you know…I’d seen …
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ finally flies onto streaming December 22
Paramount Pictures The biggest movie of the year — and of Tom Cruise‘s career — Top Gun: Maverick, will finally land on streaming December 22. Paramount+ made the announcement Tuesday. As reported, Cruise — also a producer of the blockbuster — resisted pressure to stream the film while attendance in theaters was still low, or …