Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images With the upcoming third season of Bel-Air on the way, Peacock hosted a summer barbecue to celebrate, which featured a surprise performance from Will Smith. Will, who serves as executive producer for the series, was invited onstage by Coco Jones, who plays Hilary Banks. After singing her new song “Here …
Netflix announces fourth annual Geeked Week coming in September
Netflix Netflix has just announced it is holding its fourth annual Geeked Week, starting Sept. 16 and “culminating with a live, in-person fan event” in Atlanta on the evening of Sept. 19. The streaming giant notes it will be the first time its celebration of nerd-friendly titles — from live-action shows like Squid Game, Stranger …
LGBTQ athletes take their marks on the track at the Paris Olympic Games
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (PARIS) — This year’s U.S. Olympic team has a star-studded cast of LGBTQ athletes headed to Paris. At least 29 competitors are prepared to take on the international games, according to a database compiled by LGBTQ news outlet OutSports. These athletes are just a handful of the LGBTQ representation to …
Matt Damon reflects on working with Robin Williams, says he’d “definitely” play Jason Bourne again
‘Good Will Hunting’ – Ronald Siemoneit/Sygma via Getty Images Matt Damon looked back at his breakout role in Good Will Hunting and his action star turn in the Bourne franchise for the Good Morning America series “Take It From Me.” The 53-year-old actor, whose latest film The Instigators debuts Aug. 9 on Apple TV+, says …
‘Law & Order’ faves Benson and Stabler to reunite again, and more
Starz has released a teaser trailer for Sweetpea, a “deviously twisted coming-of-rage story” coming to the premium cable channel in October. The six-part series stars Ella Purnell as Rhiannon, “a quiet wallflower who develops a vengeful and intoxicatingly liberating taste for murder.” Almost invisible to people at first, Rhiannon’s “killer secret” turns everything around and she becomes …
Colman Domingo on brotherhood, bringing prison arts programs to the mainstream in ‘Sing Sing’
Black Bear Pictures, Marfa Peach Company, Edith Productions Colman Domingo‘s worked alongside mainstream actors, but in Sing Sing, out now, he joins a group of incarcerated men who’ve been flexing their acting chops behind bars. Colman portrays writer Divine G, who was imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. His character co-founds and finds purpose in Rehabilitation Through …
Britney Spears biopic set from ‘Wicked’ director Jon M. Chu
Michelangelo Di Battista/Sony/RCA via Getty Images Britney Spears‘ life is getting the musical biopic treatment. Universal Pictures has won the rights to the pop superstar’s bestselling memoir, The Woman in Me. Wicked filmmaker Jon M. Chu is attached to direct the film, with producer Marc Platt developing. Britney first shared news of a project in …
Bill & Ted’s Broadway adventure: Keanu to make Broadway debut with Alex Winter in ‘Waiting for Godot’
Photo: Lee Jeffries Keanu Reeves will make his Broadway debut opposite his longtime friend and Bill & Ted‘s co-star Alex Winter in a revival of Samuel Beckett‘s classic play Waiting for Godot. Reeves will play Estragon and Winter Vladimir in the production, due on the Great White Way in the fall of 2025. Two-time Tony …
‘Twister’ and ‘Twisters’ blowing into Regal’s seat-shaking 4DX theaters
Regal Better skip the sodas: The original Twister and its follow-up, the summer hit Twisters, are blowing into Regal’s seat-shaking, immersive 4DX theaters nationwide on Aug. 30. Tickets for the limited run went on sale Thursday. It will be the first time the 1996 original starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt will be screened in …
50 Cent teams up with Lionsgate for free 50 Cent Action streaming channel
Michael Tran/FilmMagic Recording artist and Power franchise co-creator Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has teamed up with Lionsgate for his very own streaming channel. According to a press release, 50 Cent Action will feature titles like Fiddy’s Power series and a dozen movies starring the rapper-actor. But it will also have access to 20,000 movies in …