Angela Bassett receives Honorary Oscar at 14th Governors Awards

Angela Bassett receives Honorary Oscar at 14th Governors Awards

ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty ImagesAngela Bassett accepted an Honorary Oscar at the 14th Governors Awards Tuesday night. During her speech, she shouted out “trailblazing” Black actresses that paved the way for her, including Ruby Dee, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Rosalind Cash. “They were my North Star, my guiding light, proof that while the road…Read More…

Second season of ‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ in development

Second season of ‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ in development

LucasfilmLucasfilm on Tuesday, January 9, confirmed that season 2 of the Disney+ series Star Wars: Ahsoka is in development with creator Dave Filoni. The news was part of a larger announcement that noted The Mandalorian’s next adventure would be on the big screen, after three seasons on Disney+. The Mandalorian & Grogu will be directed…Read More…

In Brief: Harrison Ford to be feted by Critics Choice Awards, and more

In Brief: Harrison Ford to be feted by Critics Choice Awards, and more

Actor Adan Canto, who starred in Fox’s series The Cleaning Lady and appeared as the mutant hero Sunspot in X-Men: Days of Future Past, has died at 42, according to the actor’s Instagram. The Mexican performer, who also appeared in Narcos and ABC’s Designated Survivor, died after a private bout of appendiceal cancer … 30…Read More…

Badabing: ‘The Sopranos’ turns 25

Badabing: ‘The Sopranos’ turns 25

Bobby Bank/WireImageHBO’s Emmy-winning mafia series The Sopranos launched on the premium cable network on this date back in 1999. The winner of 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, the David Chase-created show starred the late Emmy winner James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano, an anxiety-riddled family man who is also the head of a criminal enterprise in New…Read More…

Tom Cruise signs massive deal with Warner Bros.

Tom Cruise signs massive deal with Warner Bros.

ABC/Randy HolmesTom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible and Top Gun franchises live at Paramount Pictures, but the global superstar has just inked a huge deal with rival Warner Bros. Pictures. The “excited” star took to Instagram to share the news, noting, “I look forward to making great movies together!” Cruise has made movies with WB before, including…Read More…

First-look footage, release date unveiled for Regina King’s ‘Shirley’

First-look footage, release date unveiled for Regina King’s ‘Shirley’

Glen Wilson/NetflixNetflix has released first-look images of Regina King, who’s tapping into her inner politician to play Shirley Chisholm in the upcoming biopic about the congresswoman’s trailblazing life and career. In addition to a 19-second teaser shared to X, formerly Twitter, the streaming giant announced the film will premiere on March 22.  Shirley, directed by 12 Year’s a Slave Oscar winner John Ridley, chronicles Chisholm’s groundbreaking run for president as the…Read More…

Barry Keoghan survived life-threatening infection right before ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’

Barry Keoghan survived life-threatening infection right before ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’

Dave Benett/Getty Images for BurberryRight before he shot the part that earned him his first Oscar nomination, Barry Keoghan survived a life-threatening infection. In a recent cover story for GQ, Keoghan revealed that he had a case of necrotizing fasciitis – a rare, rapidly spreading, flesh-eating bacterial infection – right before he started filming The Banshees of Inisherin. The…Read More…