NBC/Jeff Daly — MEGA/GC Images While Kanye West‘s song “Eazy” takes more than a veiled dig at Pete Davidson — “dig” being the operative word, as Ye buries an animated avatar of the SNL star alive — the flap has gone viral in another way. In a TikTok video that has been liked more than 771,000 times and counting, it seems workers …
Holy update, Batman! ‘The Batman’ actually made $134 million over the weekend
Warner Bros. Pictures As reported, The Batman was this weekend’s box office champ, but a recalculation of the numbers shows that the film made even more money than previously thought. Variety reports that Robert Pattinson‘s first turn as the Dark Knight actually made $134 million in the U.S.; estimated numbers on Sunday had said that the Matt Reeves-directed movie had made …
Benedict Cumberbatch responds to Sam Elliott’s flaming of ‘The Power of the Dog’
Netflix (NOTE LANGUAGE) As reported last week, Western movie veteran Sam Elliott isn’t a fan of Jane Campion‘s 12-time Oscar-nominated The Power of the Dog. In fact, he called it a “piece of sh**.” Elliott was speaking with on Marc Maron‘s WTF Podcast when he voiced his dislike for the movie, commenting the ranch hands were made out to be Chippendale’s dancers. He …
How ‘King Richard’ star Aunjanue Ellis wants to honor her late mother with her Oscars dress
Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF Aunjanue Ellis has a special request for whoever designs the dress she wears at her first-ever Academy Awards ceremony. The King Richard actress, who’s nominated for best supporting actress, told Good Morning America Monday she wants to honor her late mother on Oscars night. “Whoever I’m wearing, I’m just insisting that …
‘Saturday Night Live’ star James Austin Johnson breaks down his spot-on Trump impression
NBC/Will Heath Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live opened with a sketch about a purported Fox News Channel telethon in which its anchors raised money for the “real victims” of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian oligarchs. The sketch featured cast member James Austin Johnson‘s spot-on impression of former President Trump, who at one point sings “My Funny Valentine” …
Supreme Court rejects petition to reinstate Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction
Matt Rourke-Pool/Getty Images Bill Cosby will remain a free man. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a petition from Pennsylvania prosecutors seeking to reinstate the 84-year-old disgraced comedian’s 2018 sexual assault conviction. The justices declined to review last year’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that led to Cosby’s release after he served just three years of …
‘Modern Family’ star Ariel Winter replaces Demi Lovato in new TV series, ‘Hungry’
Lovato: Amy Sussman/Getty Images for KLUTCH Sports Group; Winter: Michael Tran/Getty Images Following the news that Demi Lovato would no longer star in the new NBC sitcom Hungry, the role has now been filled by Modern Family star Ariel Winter, reports the New York Post. Demi will still executive-produce the show, along with their manager …
“We see you”: ‘Frozen’ star Idina Menzel reacts to Ukrainian girl’s singing “Let It Go” while in bomb shelter
Amy Sussman/WireImage Footage of a young Ukrainian girl singing “Let It Go,” from Frozen, inside a bomb shelter went viral over the weekend — and caught the attention of one of the movie’s stars, Idina Menzel. “We see you. We really, really see you,” the Tony-winning actress and the voice of the movie’s Elsa tweeted, following her comments with …
“Eazy” funny: Pete Davidson reportedly finds Kanye’s violent diss video “hysterical”
Rosalind O’Connor/NBC While many have criticized Kanye West‘s new video for “Eazy“, in which he apparently murders an animated analogue for Pete Davidson, the SNL star himself is laughing it off. A source tells Entertainment Tonight that Davidson, who is dating West’s estranged wife, Kim Kardashian, “finds the fact that Kanye included a cartoon version of him in his music video hysterical.” “He is …
In Brief: ‘Many Saints’ star Alessandro Nivola joins superhero flick ‘Kraven’, and more
Deadline reports The Many Saints of Newark star Alessandro Nivola has been tapped for a role in Sony/Marvel’s Kraven the Hunter, joining Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the titular character — a super-powered big-game hunter in the MCU. Details on Nivola’s role, other than he’ll be playing the villain, haven’t been revealed. Ariana DeBose, Russell Crowe and Fred Hechinger also star. Kraven the Hunter will be released theatrically January 13, 2023… Johnny Brown, the actor, …