Theo Wargo/Getty Images for NetflixSorry, Oscars: It’s a no from Kevin Hart. The stand-up icon and star of Netflix’s action comedy Lift was famously set to host the Academy Awards back in 2019, when old tweets and stand-up routines that were said to be homophobic resurfaced. After apologizing, the gig was reportedly offered to him again, but Hart ultimately…… Read More…
Paramount PicturesTom Cruise reportedly feels the need — the need for 3: Deadline reports a third Top Gun movie is in the works. According to the trade, Top Gun: Maverick’s Oscar-nominated co-writer Ehren Kruger will be back behind the keyboard, with the blockbuster’s director Joe Kosinski back to either direct or produce. Deadline says the…… Read More…
Instant Family’s Isabela Merced has been tapped for a role in season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us, according to Variety. She’ll play Dina, “a free-wheeling spirit whose devotion to Ellie — played by Bella Ramsey — will be tested by the brutality of the world they inhabit,” per the outlet. Merced becomes the…… Read More…
Courtesy of HuluThe new Jake Johnson movie Self Reliance is a trip. It premieres on Hulu Friday and starts with Jake’s character, Tommy, being propositioned by Andy Samberg — playing himself — to get into a limo. Things get wildly weird from there. Johnson, who wrote and directed the movie, tells ABC Audio the movie is about “a guy [who] gets…… Read More…
ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty ImagesFollowing Jo Koy’s widely panned turn as host of the Golden Globes Sunday, some are seeing a high-profile gig in John Mulaney’s future after he reportedly killed it Tuesday as the host of the Motion Picture Academy’s 14th Governors Awards. The event wasn’t televised, but Mulaney delivered, according to video posted…… Read More…
CBS/Trae PattonIn a heartfelt, and often hilarious, conversation with his former high school classmate, Robert Downey Jr. sat opposite Rob Lowe in a new installment of Rob’s Literally podcast. In talking about his awards run with Oppenheimer, recent Golden Globe winner Downey explained how bad reviews for the bomb Dolittle, a movie he starred in…… Read More…
ABC/Gilles MingassonSchool is almost back in session. A new trailer for the upcoming season 3 premiere of Abbott Elementary has arrived, and it shows off the first look at what is in store for our favorite gang of teachers this time around. “You guys missed a lot,” series creator and star Quinta Brunson says in character as second-grade teacher Janine…… Read More…
John Sciulli/WireImage via Getty Images, FILELisa Marie Presley’s memoir is set to be posthumously released later this year. Random House just announced that it collaborated with the late singer-songwriter’s daughter Riley Keough on the yet-to-be-titled book, debuting October 15. According to a press release, Presley’s “raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir will lift the veil on one of…… Read More…
ABC/Jeff WeddellABC’s well-performing medical drama The Good Doctor will end with its forthcoming seventh season, ABC Audio has confirmed. The show from Sony Pictures Television and ABC Signature centered on Freddie Highmore’s autistic physician Dr. Shaun Murphy, and the “obstacles, triumphs and milestones his character, as well as his colleagues” faced at San Jose St.…… Read More…
HBO/John P. JohnsonHBO has dropped a new trailer to its final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, teasing “one final act” for Larry David. That’s, of course, “TV Larry,” the semi-autobiographical version of the Seinfeld co-creator David has played on the Emmy-winning show for 12 seasons. As Larry is shown tangling with everyone from ex-wife Cheryl…… Read More…