Rocket Mortgage The Los Angeles Rams and Pitch Perfect‘s Anna Kendrick came out on top on Super Bowl Sunday. The Rams defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 was the outcome on the gridiron, but Kendrick’s spot for Rocket Mortgage, which saw the beloved toy vying for her dream home amid stiff plastic competition, was ranked as viewers’ favorite spot. According to the USA …
And the “send” button please: Oscars looking to online fans for new Oscars Fan Favorite award
Getty Images In an attempt to get viewers more engaged with the upcoming 94th Annual Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has announced its looking to everyday moviegoers to select their favorite film of the year. The Oscars Fan Favorite Award winner will be announced during the Academy Awards telecast March 27 on …
Warm up your Valentine’s Day with trailer for Season 2 of ‘Bridgerton’
Netflix Just in time to get hearts aflutter for Valentine’s Day comes the trailer to the much-anticipated second season premiere of Bridgerton. As reported, with the exit of resident heartthrob Regé-Jean Page from the Netflix phenomenon, the sophomore season will center on Jonathan Bailey‘s Anthony Bridgerton and his relationship with new cast member Simone Ashley‘s character, Kate Sharma. In the coming attraction, …
Susan Lucci opens up about undergoing 2nd heart procedure
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for American Heart Association Actress Susan Lucci is opening up about her battle with heart disease. The 75-year-old, best known for her role as Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children, told Good Morning America‘s Amy Robach that she recently underwent an emergency heart procedure for the second time. “I was having kind of a …
Kevin Hart announces the Reality Check Tour
Live Nation (NOTE LANGUAGE) Kevin Hart is getting back on the road, announcing his first stand-up tour in four years, kicking off July 2 in Las Vegas. The star will be making more than 30 arena stops across North America on his Reality Check tour, including in Dallas, Miami, Boston, Chicago, and Montreal. The tour wraps up Saturday, October …
Jennifer Lopez shares Ben Affleck-directed ‘On My Way’ music video
Rich Fury/WireImage Ben Affleck gave Jennifer Lopez the sweetest gift for Valentine’s Day — but it was really a surprise for their fans, too. Via her new OnTheJLo newsletter, the “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” singer, 52, shared a new music video for her song “On My Way” directed by the Oscar winner. She called it “something very special and …
‘Death on the Nile’ tops Valentine’s weekend box office with $12.8 million
20th Century Studios Fresh off receiving seven Oscar nominations his film Belfast, Kenneth Branagh‘s Death on the Nile topped the Valentine’s weekend box office. The follow-up to 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express, also directed by and starring Branagh, delivered an estimated 12.8 million. Death on the Nile added an estimated $20.7 million overseas, for a first-week cumulative worldwide total of …
Ivan Reitman, influential director of ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Stripes’, ‘Animal House’, dead at 75
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Sony Pictures Ivan Reitman, who directed comedy classics like Animal House, Stripes, and Ghostbusters, died Saturday at 75. Born in 1946 in what is now Slovakia, to Jewish parents who survived the Nazi occupation, Reitman’s family fled to Canada when he was four years old. Raised in Canada, he eventually ended up in the …
No Way! ‘Wayne’s World’ turns 30 today
Araya Doheny/FilmMagic Wayne’s World, the big-screen adaptation of the popular 1990s Saturday Night Live sketch, turns 30 years old today. The big-screen adventure of Mike Myers‘ Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey‘s Garth Algar was made for just $20 million, but it went on to earn over a most excellent $180 million worldwide — the most successful SNL sketch-turned-movie to date. However, considering some …
Super Bowl commercials look to the past to promote the future
Rocket Mortgage Advertisers turned to old favorites and familiar faces to show us a glimpse of the future of cars, telecommunications and food delivery during this year’s Super Bowl. Among the ads was General Motors, who revived Austin Powers and The Sopranos to push their new line of electric cars. The Austin Powers crew — including Mike Meyers‘ Dr. Evil, Seth Green as his son …