PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Republicans on a South Dakota Senate committee Tuesday rejected a bill that would have banned transgender students from using school restrooms that match their gender identity. All but one senator on [Read More…]
In Brief: Niecy Nash enters ‘The Rookie’ for a possible spin-off; ‘Love, Simon’ ending, and more
Hulu on Tuesday dropped the first trailer for the upcoming limited series Conversations with Friends. Based on Sally Rooney‘s best-selling novel, the drama, according to the streaming service, follows Frances, a 21-year-old college student — played by Alison Oliver — as she navigates a series of relationships that force her to confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time. Joe Alwyn, Sasha Lane and Jemima …
Report: Wendy Williams will not return to talk show this season
ABC Wendy Williams will not return to The Wendy Williams Show this season, according to a report from Variety. Williams, 57, has been on hiatus from the show, which is in its 13th season, as she battles health issues, including an ongoing battle with Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disease that causes an overactive thyroid. Although the TV personality will not …
Liam Neeson “fell in love” while filming in Australia, but she’s “taken”
Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Liam Neeson didn’t get the girl of his dreams on the set of his latest film, but he just may have found the premise for his next Taken movie. During an appearance on the Australian TV show Sunrise to promote his new movie, Blacklight, the 69-year-old actor revealed that he “fell in love” with …
Universal teases the trailer for Jordan Peele’s latest thriller, ‘Nope’
ABC/Randy Holmes The teaser-trailer for Get Out Oscar-winner Jordan Peele‘s latest thriller, Nope, notes a new Universal Pictures tease. And since Peele has proven to be a master of suspense, the teaser doesn’t reveal much about the new project, and instead shows memorably creepy snippets from 2017’s Get Out and its hit follow-up, 2019’s Us. In fact, the only footage revealed in the tease …
Oscar nominee Ariana DeBose celebrates Black History Month; Nick Cannon’s very unusual Valentine’s Day gift
Jon Kopaloff/WireImage West Side Story star Ariana DeBose is celebrating being nominated for an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. She is also recognizing Black History Month in an article she wrote for Variety. “I look to celebrate our unsung heroes, the Black women who didn’t get the opportunity to be heard or heard …
Douglas Trumbull, effects wizard behind ‘2001’, ‘Blade Runner’, and more, dead at 79
Trumbull in 1977, working on ‘Close Encounters’ — Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Douglas Trumbull, a groundbreaking visual effects artist who left his mark on cinema history thanks to his pioneering work on classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, died Monday evening. On Facebook, his daughter Amy noted Trumbull’s passing at 79 after …
Mayim Bialik says ‘Jeopardy! National College Championship’ is “like March Madness”
Jeopardy! Productions Who are the smartest college students in the country? A new primetime Jeopardy! event aims to answer that question. Jeopardy! National College Championship starts tonight, and host Mayim Bialik tells ABC Audio, “It’s kind of a March Madness of the best kind. But obviously, there’s three contestants per game, not two. And we start with 36 and we get …
Hulu reveals peeks of limited series ‘The Dropout’, ‘Life After Beth’, and ‘The Girl from Plainville’
Beth Dubber/Hulu Hulu has dropped release dates for several high-profile limited series, including the anticipated The Dropout, starring Amanda Seyfried, Amy Schumer‘s Life After Beth, and Elle Fanning in The Girl from Plainville. The Dropout tracks the meteoric rise and catastrophic fall of Elizabeth Holmes, disgraced founder of the medical technology company Theranos. Holmes took Silicon Valley and Wall Street by storm with her promised revolutionary blood scanner, …
‘The Power of the Dog”s Jane Campion becomes first woman to be Oscar-nominated for best director twice
KIRSTY GRIFFIN/NETFLIX — © 2021 Cross City Films Limited/Courtesy of Netflix Jane Campion is making history. The New Zealand-born filmmaker is the first woman to be nominated in the best director category twice. She was first nominated in 1994 for The Piano, and again Tuesday for The Power of the Dog at this year’s Oscars. Competing alongside Campion, 67, …