AMPAS The Oscars are this Sunday night! Here’s a look at the leading contenders for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. This category seems to be the easiest to predict this year: CODA’s Troy Kotsur and West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose have the most momentum going into Sunday’s ceremony. Kotsur and the cast of CODA were both winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, …
“The Doc is [still] in”: On its 10th anniversary, the kids’ show ‘Doc McStuffins’ remains impactful
Courtesy of Disney The Disney Junior show Doc McStuffins aired on March 23, 2012, making history as the first-ever animated series for preschoolers to feature a Black female lead. The show was groundbreaking for that reason, but also because of the difference it made in the lives of young Black girls who were able to see themselves in Dottie …
Colton Underwood and Eboni K. Williams on unplugging in the jungle for ‘Beyond the Edge’
CBS Broadcasting, Inc./Robert Voets CBS’ reality competition series Beyond the Edge has an all-new episode tonight at 9 p.m. In the series, a group of celebrities is pitted against the unforgiving jungles of Panama, all to benefit their favorite charities. Among the marooned stars are country superstars Lauren Alaina and Craig Morgan, supermodel Paulina Porizkova, …
May the odds be ever in your favor: ‘The Hunger Games’ movie turns 10 today
Lionsgate/Murray Close Ten years ago Wednesday, Lionsgate released The Hunger Games, the adaptation of author Susan Collins‘ 2008 bestselling dystopian novel. Co-written by Collins, Billy Ray, and director Gary Ross, the film centered on a life-or-death annual competition in which powerless young people are forced to compete to the death, to the delight of the elites in Panem’s Capitol …
You’ve got a friend in me: Tom Hanks photobombs Pittsburgh wedding
ABC Tom Hanks has been in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania while he’s shooting the film A Man Called Otto, and he’s apparently spreading smiles wherever he goes. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the two-time Oscar winner spotted a wedding party at the Fairmont Pittsburgh on Saturday, and approached photographer Rachel Rowland, explaining, “My name is Tom Hanks! Can I take a photo with …
‘…And Just Like That’ renewed for second season
HBO Max Good news, Sex and the City fans, you’ll get to see more of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and their pals in an all-new season of their “certain age” spin-off …And Just Like That. HBO Max announced that it’s picked up the show for a sophomore frame, following its February-wrapped first season. Show creator Michael Patrick King said in a statement …
‘Bachelor’ contestant Cassie Randolph reveals how she found out ex Colton Underwood was gay
ABC/Craig Sjodin Bachelor alum Cassie Randolph is opening up about how she found out about her ex-boyfriend Colton Underwood’s sexual orientation. Appearing on Tuesday’s Off The Vine podcast, Cassie revealed that she didn’t get a heads-up that the former Bachelor’s was going to publicly come out as gay during an interview on Good Morning America back in April 2021. “I found out the …
In Brief: ‘The Love Boat’ returns as dating show; The CW renews seven shows, and more
The Love Boat is expecting you once again, only this time, it’s returning as The Real Love Boat, a CBS reality dating competition series. Patterned after the hit 1970s scripted series that used Princess Cruises ships as its setting, the new series “brings singles together to cruise the Mediterranean on a luxury cruise ship while looking for …
Nicolas Cage reveals names for baby on the way with wife Riko Shibata
Dia Dipasupil/Staff Nicolas Cage is taking a different approach to naming his next child. The actor, 58, is currently expecting a child with wife Riko Shibata, 27, and in a profile with GQ published Tuesday he revealed what they plan on naming their baby. If it’s a boy, the name will be Akira Francesco and Lennon Augie for a girl. “Augie was my …
Hotel owner wants to ban Native Americans from property
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A social media post from an owner of a South Dakota hotel attempting to ban Native Americans from the property following a weekend shooting drew quick condemnation from the leader [Read More…]