ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man is set for trial in the death of his daughter’s boyfriend in January 2020. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the case of Jarrett Jones, [Read More…]
In Brief: Spielberg reloading ‘Bullitt’, and more
Variety reports that Steven Spielberg is developing an original feature film based on Frank Bullitt, the fictitious San Francisco cop first played by Steve McQueen in the 1968 thriller Bullitt. The original was based on the 1963 novel Mute Witness, which followed Bullitt’s investigation into the death of a mob informant that he was tasked with protecting. No script is in place for …
‘Uncharted’ repeats at #1 at the box office with $23.2 million
Sony Pictures With no new major releases, this weekend’s box office top five was a repeat of last weekend’s. Uncharted held on to first place, earning an estimated 23.2 million dollars in its second week of release. That puts the film’s current domestic tally at $83.3 million. Uncharted is now the top-grossing film of the year so far, …
‘American Idol’ recap: Judges give out first ever platinum ticket
ABC/Eric McCandless American Idol is back! That’s right — the show dedicated to finding the next singing superstar returned Sunday night with judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie along with host Ryan Seacrest. This isn’t just your average season of American Idol though, it’s the 20th season, and, as part of the milestone year, they’ve introduced the coveted Platinum ticket. “We …
2022 SAG Awards: Complete winners list
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were presented Sunday night at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Here are the winners: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureCODA Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Will Smith, King Richard Outstanding Performance by …
NAACP Image Awards: Issa Rae, Will Smith, Angela Bassett win big; Jennifer Hudson takes Entertainer of the Year
Rich Polk/Getty Images for ESSENCE;Paras Griffin/Getty Images;Jason Merritt/Getty Images At the 53rd NAACP Image Awards, airing Saturday on BET, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson took home the biggest award of the night: Entertainer of the Year. The 40-year-old American Idol alumna accepted the award in person and thanked the NAACP for recognizing her work. The Respect star also nabbed the award …
The waiting is the hardest part: Foo Fighters talk devilish new movie, ‘Studio 666’
Open Road Films In a career filled with best-selling albums, worldwide tours and jam sessions with nearly every legendary rock star on the planet, Dave Grohl may have found his most unexpected project yet with Studio 666. The new horror-comedy film stars Grohl and the rest of the Foo Fighters as fictionalized versions of themselves, …
Hayden Panettiere backs ex, Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko, as he prepares to fight “Putin’s war”
Venturelli/WireImage They may have broken up in 2018, but Hayden Panettiere is backing her ex-fiance, champion boxer Wladimir Klitschko, amid the crisis in his native Ukraine. Klitschko’s brother Vitali Klitschko, also a former champion boxer, has served as the mayor of Kyiv since 2014, and both are standing strong against the Russian invasion. Wladimir is also the father of …
Amanda Bynes lobbies judge to end conservatorship
GVK/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Following Britney Spears being freed from her conservatorship, former Easy A star Amanda Bynes has reportedly lobbied a Los Angeles judge to end hers. Bynes’ mother Lynn was put in charge of her affairs temporarily following a 2013 incident in which Bynes reportedly set fire to a driveway. After the driveway incident, Bynes was placed on a psychiatric hold. The temporary conservatorship was …
Things you may not know about the NAACP Image Awards
Courtesy of NAACP The NAACP Image Awards were established in 1967, to honor outstanding performances in Black theater, music, literature, film and television. Ahead of Saturday’s ceremony, here are a few bits of information you may or may not know about the “most iconic night in Black excellence”: – The first show was presented on Feb. 4, …