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 …
NBC/Will Heath Jerrod Carmichael has signed on to host the 2023 Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Thursday that the comedian will host the awards show ceremony, which will be held January 10 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. “We’re so excited to have Jerrod Carmichael host the historic 80th Golden …
ABC – Good Morning America Pete Davidson, arguably Hollywood’s biggest scorer, has coupled up with another superstar. But this time it’s a two-time Super Bowl champion. Davidson and Eli Manning just launched a joint Instagram account, an occasion marked — as Pete often does with new relationships — with a tattoo. The small New York …
“Wonder Woman 1984” – Warner Bros. Pictures In one of their first big moves as new DC heads, James Gunn and Peter Safran have scrapped plans for Patty Jenkins‘ Wonder Woman 3, according to Deadline. Sources tell the outlet that Jenkins — who directed and co-wrote the previous two movies, released in 2017 and 2020 …