Jim Spellman/Getty Images Jerry Harris, a former star of the popular Netflix docuseries Cheer, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to sex crime charges earlier this year. The 22-year-old actor pleaded guilty in February to receiving child pornography and engaging in interstate travel for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual …
‘Strangers Things’ creators announce upcoming TV spinoff, plus Upside Down-set stage play
Netflix Matt and Ross Duffer, the sibling creators of the phenomenon Stranger Things, are staying with Netflix in a big way. Long story short, if you love Stranger Things, you’re in luck. On Wednesday, the Duffer Brothers, as they’re professionally known, launched Upside Down Pictures, through which they’ll create film and TV projects. Included will …
‘Thor: Love and Thunder”s Taika Waititi “forgot” co-star Natalie Portman was in ‘Star Wars’
Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman in “Star Wars: Episode II” — Lucasfilm With an Oscar under his belt, a blockbuster in Thor: Ragnarok and another likely on its way with Thor: Love and Thunder, pretty much everybody wants to work with writer-director Taika Waititi. So when it came to writing his anticipated Star Wars project, …
2021 Black Hills national park visitors spent $231 million
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A new report shows 3.6 million visitors to Black Hills area national parks in South Dakota spent about $231 million in 2021. That had a cumulative benefit to the state [Read More…]
“I don’t fault Joey for a second” – Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest’s female champ Miko Sudo on onstage scuffle
Bobby Bank/Getty Images Miki Sudo is the #1-ranked female competitive eater in the world, and she proved it again on July 4 by returning from maternity leave to capture her eighth Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Championship belt. Downing 40 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes wasn’t her personal best, but she told ABC Audio …
“A sequel? What am I a hack?”: Kevin Smith drops celeb-packed trailer to, yes, the sequel ‘Clerks III’
ABC/Eric McCandless On Wednesday, Kevin Smith dropped the trailer to his third Clerks movie, and as he’d promised, it reflects the filmmaker’s real life in more ways than one. The writer-director and podcaster maxed out his credit cards and shot the original 1994 indie film himself. Set primarily at the New Jersey convenience store where …
“We fight or we die”: Viola Davis reigns in new trailer to ‘The Woman King’
Sony Pictures Oscar and Emmy winner Viola Davis plays General Nanisca in the fact-based epic The Woman King, and the new trailer shows she’s not taking any prisoners. According to Sony Pictures, “The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in …
The first trailer for ’Amsterdam’, starring Taylor Swift, is here
Walt Disney Studios We finally have our first look at the upcoming movie Amsterdam, which stars Taylor Swift. The first trailer dropped Wednesday. According the press release, the “original crime epic” takes place in the 30s and centers on three characters, played by Christian Bale, John David Washington and Margot Robbie, who “find themselves at the center of one of …
“Everyone is fascinated with bad guys”: Christian Bale goes from Batman to “butcher” in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’
Marvel Studios Thor: Love and Thunder hits theaters this weekend, and for Christian Bale, the film gave him a chance to pivot from playing a beloved hero, Batman, in Chris Nolan‘s Dark Knight trilogy, to this film’s heavy: Gorr the God Butcher. The character begins as a devout man, whose god failed him and his …
Reimagining of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ coming to ABC December 15
Disney To celebrate the milestone anniversary of the Oscar-winning animated film, ABC and Disney are teaming up for a “one-night only” event called Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration. Airing on December 15 at 8 p.m. ET, the two-hour animated and live-action “reimagination” will pay tribute to the original 1991 film and its legacy …