‘Thanksgiving’ filmmaker Eli Roth puts his twisted spin on the holiday

‘Thanksgiving’ filmmaker Eli Roth puts his twisted spin on the holiday

Stewart Cook/Getty Images for Sony PicturesYou may never look at Thanksgiving the same way again. The horror movie Thanksgiving opens this weekend, co-written and directed by Eli Roth. The film started as a fake trailer for a movie in the 2007 film Grindhouse, and Roth tells ABC Audio for years people would tell him he had to turn that…Read More…

Jimmy Kimmel to return as host for 96th Academy Awards

Jimmy Kimmel to return as host for 96th Academy Awards

Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesJimmy Kimmel will host the 96th Academy Awards, the academy announced Wednesday. The 2024 Oscars ceremony will mark the fourth time that Kimmel has hosted the awards show. “I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times,” the Jimmy Kimmel Live! talk show host said in a press release. Kimmel hosted the 95th Academy Awards earlier…Read More…

Lisa Kudrow thanks Matthew Perry for grace, love and laughter

Lisa Kudrow thanks Matthew Perry for grace, love and laughter

Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesHours after her former Friends co-stars Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer opened up about the loss of Matthew Perry, the remaining main cast member, Lisa Kudrow, took to Instagram to share her thoughts. Including a throwback picture of her and Perry, Kudrow began, “Shot the pilot, Friends Like Us, got picked up then…Read More…

Kevin Hart to receive Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Kevin Hart to receive Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Photo: Kevin Kwan – 2022The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced on Wednesday that it will present the 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Kevin Hart. The presentation will take place at a gala event on March 24 in Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center Concert Hall and will see Kevin joining…Read More…

Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski accident trial becomes UK musical

Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski accident trial becomes UK musical

Awkward ProductionsWhile 2022 had the Depp vs. Heard trial, 2023’s celebrity collision with the justice system happened in a Utah courtroom, where Gwyneth Paltrow was on the stand over a 2016 ski accident. Now, that drama is playing out in musical form, thanks to a forthcoming staged production in the U.K. called Gwyneth Goes Skiing. Running December 13 through…Read More…

Cher, Barry Manilow and more to perform on ‘Christmas in Rockefeller Center’

Cher, Barry Manilow and more to perform on ‘Christmas in Rockefeller Center’

NBCThis year’s lineup for NBC’s annual special Christmas In Rockefeller Center has been revealed, and it’s the usual mix of stars from many musical genres. Cher, who just released her first holiday album, will perform, as will Barry Manilow, who’s starring in his own NBC holiday special, Barry Manilow’s A Very Barry Christmas, December 11. Also on the bill…Read More…

Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer post tributes to Matthew Perry

Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer post tributes to Matthew Perry

Warner Bros. TelevisionJennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer posted emotional tributes to their late Friends co-star Matthew Perry on Wednesday. Aniston said his death “cut deep” and expressed, “Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I’ve never experienced before.” “Being able to really SIT in this grief allows…Read More…

Dakota Johnson gets into the Spider-Verse in ‘Madame Web’ trailer

Dakota Johnson gets into the Spider-Verse in ‘Madame Web’ trailer

Sony Pictures EntertainmentOn Wednesday, Sony Pictures released the trailer to its latest Spider-Man adjacent adventure, Madame Web. Based very loosely on the Marvel Comics character Cassandra Webb, the movie has Dakota Johnson playing the title character, a paramedic in Manhattan who begins to have clairvoyant visions. Set to Billie Eilish’s “bury a friend,” the trailer…Read More…