Warner Bros. Pictures Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the third in a series of Harry Potter spin-offs, managed to conjure up $6 million from Thursday night preview audiences in the U.S., according to Deadline. The film, co-written by Potter creator JK Rowling, has already opened overseas and is nearing the hundred-million-dollar mark from foreign …
What would ‘Bridgerton’ be without two of its most “powerful” women: Queen Charlotte & Lady Danbury
LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX If you’re one of the millions of people who contributed to Bridgerton’s season one record-breaking viewership, you’ve most likely started, or even already finished, season two of the Netflix dramedy. And with the return of the hit Shondaland series, came the commencement of the show’s royal stars, including two of its leading ladies …
No, that’s not really Tom Cruise jumping over Keegan-Michael Key in viral video
Karwai Tang/WireImage While Tom Cruise arguably certainly doesn’t look like — or perform stunts like — most 59 year olds, he didn’t actually vault over six foot tall funnyman Keegan-Michael Key. However, you’d be forgiven if you saw him do just that, thanks to a now viral video reportedly taken backstage at January’s AFI Awards. …
Murder charges filed in death of Lincoln County woman
CANTON, S.D. (AP) — A man who has been in custody since a 20-year-old mother was found dead last month in Lincoln County has now been charged with murder and manslaughter. Randi Gerlach was found [Read More…]
South Dakota AG’s impeachment trial set for June 21-22
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The leader of the South Dakota Senate on Wednesday named a lead prosecutor for the impeachment trial of state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg and scheduled it for late June. The announcement [Read More…]
“There’s no crying in baseball!” Tom Hanks takes to the mound tonight in Cleveland Guardians opener
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images The Cleveland Guardians — known since 1915 as the Cleveland Indians — are getting a major Hollywood star to throw out the first pitch of the season tonight. Tom Hanks, who famously played a wartime baseball team manager in 1992’s A League of Their Own, will do the honors at Cleveland’s Progressive Stadium, when …
Elisha Cuthbert explores her creepy new thriller ‘The Cellar’
RLJE Films/Shudder 24 veteran Elisha Cuthbert plays a mom who loses her teen daughter to the mysteries of the basement of a supernatural old Irish mansion in the new thriller The Cellar. Based on writer-director Brendan Muldowney‘s award-winning short The Ten Steps, the film hits theaters and starts streaming on the Shudder app today. Cuthbert’s …
In Brief: Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson assassin comedy goes to Netflix, and more
Netflix has scooped up the rights to the action comedy The Man from Toronto, starring Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson. The Sony Pictures film, which also stars Kaley Cuoco and Ellen Barkin, has Harrelson’s titular master assassin mistaken for Hart in an Airbnb mix-up. Deadline reports that the film was supposed to hit theaters on August 12, but will now debut on the streaming …
Diane Kruger, Kiernan Shipka on how ‘Swimming with Sharks’ reflects real-life Hollywood
Courtesy fo Roku Out today, on The Roku Channel, Swimming with Sharks — starring Diane Kruger and Kiernan Shipka — is a drama about the dark side of Hollywood and how an assistant flips the script on an abusive boss. They say art often imitates real life, so just how accurate is the show’s depiction of Hollywood? “Look, it’s like the Devil …
John Travolta remembers his late son Jett on what would’ve been his 30th birthday
Rogers and Cowan via Getty Images John Travolta shared an Instagram tribute to his late son Jett to mark what would’ve been his 30th birthday on April 13. “My dearest Jetty, I miss you more than words can say,” John wrote, alongside a photograph of him and Jett. “I think about you everyday. Happy Birthday. …