Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Almost two years after Naya Rivera‘s tragic death, the Glee alum’s family has settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Ventura County. Rivera’s estate and Ryan Dorsey — the father of the late actress’ son, Josey — filed the legal paperwork against the county and the United Water Conservation District and Parks and Recreation Management on behalf of …
In Brief: ‘Coda’, ‘Dune’ hailed by Hollywood Critics Association, and more
The Hollywood Critics Association held its fifth annual awards on Monday in Los Angeles, and Siân Heder’s CODA — which won for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture at Sunday’s SAG Awards — took the top award for best picture, with Heder winning for adapted screenplay and Troy Kotsur winning for supporting actor, according to Variety. Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast grabbed the …
Horror is a laughing matter in the new Starz series ‘Shining Vale’
Courtesy of Starz Horror and comedy collide in the new Starz series Shining Vale, debuting Sunday. Courteney Cox and Greg Kinnear play Patricia “Pat” Phelps and her husband Terry — a couple stuck in a rut professional and personally, and they move their whole family into an old home that turns out to be haunted. Series co-creator Sharon Horgan describes the …
Scarlett Johansson explains why she was so “protective” of her pregnancies
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic (NOTE LANGUAGE) In a conversation with Vanity Fair about her new skin-care line, The Outset, mom and Marvel movie star Scarlett Johansson explained what it’s like being a mother in the public eye. Johansson, who last August welcomed baby son Cosmo with her husband, Saturday Night Live‘s Colin Jost, also has a six-year-old daughter, Rose, with …
HBO pulls Larry David documentary hours before its premiere
HBO/John P. Johnson In a real-life moment that seems exactly like a move “TV Larry” pulled in the 1999 mockumentary Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David has instructed HBO to pull a documentary about him hours before it was to premiere. Tonight’s The Larry David Story was to take a look at the creative mind behind Curb and Seinfeld, including the 74-year-old reminiscing about his early …
‘1883’ star Sam Elliott blasts ‘The Power of the Dog’ as “a piece of s***”
Greg Doherty/Getty Images for Wynn Las Vegas (NOTE LANGUAGE) The Western film The Power of the Dog is on the march to the Oscars, but don’t count Sam Elliott as a fan — in the least. Elliot went off on Jane Campion‘s multiply-nominated film, during a chat in a new installment of Marc Maron‘s WTF Podcast, and he didn’t hold back. “F*** no,” …
Netflix Marvel shows including ‘Daredevil’, ‘Jessica Jones’, and ‘Luke Cage’ landing on Disney+ March 16
Charlie Cox in “Daredevil” — Netflix/Marvel For fans lamenting the acclaimed Marvel series Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, The Punisher, Iron Fist and The Defenders leaving their Netflix home February 28 need not worry: They’re coming to Disney+. The streaming service has announced they’ll land on THE platform, along with ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., on March 16, about a week before the debut …
Jennifer Lopez to co-author bilingual children’s book with Jimmy Fallon
Jamie McCarthy/NBC Jennifer Lopez is adding another title to her expansive resume — children’s book author. The Marry Me star is teaming with late-night show host Jimmy Fallon to create the bilingual tale Con Pollo: A Bilingual Playtime Adventure. And Jennifer could not be more pumped to release her new project. “I’m so excited to launch my first children’s book and …
Hulk Hogan says he’s divorced, has new girlfriend
Jerod Harris/Getty Images If you don’t know, now you know — Hulk Hogan and his second wife Jennifer McDaniel have divorced and the wrestling legend has a new girlfriend. Taking to social media on Monday, Hogan announced, “Yo Maniacs just for the record, the Facebook and Instagram posts are of me and my girlfriend Sky, I am officially divorced.” “Sorry I …
South Dakota House committee rejects recreational pot bill
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota House Republicans on Monday dismissed a proposal to legalize recreational pot for adults, in a major blow to a bill that aimed to honor the will of voters. The [Read More…]