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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
UniversalAARP The Magazine has released its nominations for this year’s Movies for Grownups Awards, highlighting 2023’s best “films and TV shows that resonate with older viewers.” Among the list in the Best Movie for Grownups category are Barbie, The Color Purple, Killers of the Flower Moon and Oppenheimer, according to the magazine for readers of…… Read More…
Photo: Cliff WattsHBO’s The Last of Us just cast a major character for the Emmy-winning show’s second season. Booksmart’s Kaitlyn Dever will be playing Abby, familiar to players of The Last of Us Part II, the follow-up to the blockbuster video game on which the show is based. HBO calls Abby “a skilled soldier whose…… Read More…
AudibleGeorge Orwell’s dystopian classic will be reaching a new audience, with Audible’s star-studded adaptation of 1984. Oscar nominees Andrew Garfield, Tom Hardy and Cynthia Erivo lend their voices to the project, which will also star the voices of What We Do in the Shadows’ Natasia Demetriou and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’s Chukwudi Iwuji.…… Read More…