Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesRichard Roundtree, best known for playing the titular character in the groundbreaking Shaft franchise, passed away Tuesday, October 24, at age 81. His longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, confirmed to ABC News Roundtree died following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He said Roundtree’s family was at his bedside. Roundtree’s career spanned five decades, but it was his…… Read More…
Netflix/Michael MoriatisComedian and King of Staten Island actor Bill Burr can add another descriptor to his job title: successful director. Burr’s debut behind the camera, the comedy Old Dads, in which he stars with character actors Bobby Cannavale and Bokeem Woodbine, debuted at #1 on Netflix’s English Films list. The streaming site says the comedy, which has the trio playing older fathers who…… Read More…
Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, “BeefAndrew Cooper/Netflix © 2023Netflix’s hit series Beef and Max’s smash video game adaptation The Last of Us are among this year’s nominees for November’s 33rd annual Gotham Awards. In all, 20 feature films, 11 series and 30 performances in 10 award categories were nominated this year, including the films Passages,…… Read More…
Amazon Studios/EON ProductionsSuccession Emmy winner Brian Cox is back on the small screen, diving into the world of James Bond in the trailer to Prime Video’s forthcoming reality competition show 007: Road to a Million. The just-released trailer shows nine duos facing globe-trotting adventures worthy of the world’s most famous fictional spy, all in an…… Read More…
BarbieMattel is going from co-producing the blockbuster Barbie to celebrating an Emmy-winning show: The toy company’s Barbie brand has announced a collabo to bring characters from Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso to your home. The Ted Lasso x Barbie collection of course features a plastic likeness of Jason Sudeikis’ mustachioed titular soccer team manager, but also features dolls of Hannah Waddingham’s AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Welton and Juno…… Read More…
JC Olivera/Getty ImagesJohn Stamos recently made headlines when he told People he once saw his ex-wife, Rebecca Romijn, as “the devil” during their marriage. After divorcing Stamos in 2005, Romijn married Stand By Me star Jerry O’Connell in 2007; they’re still married and are the parents of twin daughters, Dolly and Charlie. To Access Hollywood,…… Read More…
Netflix/JoJo WhildenMr. Robot creator Sam Esmail again tackles the dangers of technology, taking on an apocalyptic cyber attack with Oscar winners Mahershala Ali and Julia Roberts, in the trailer for Netflix’s Leave the World Behind. If those are not enough famous names, the movie was executive produced by two Hollywood newcomers: Barack and Michelle Obama.…… Read More…
Ferrell at the ‘Elf’ premiere in 2003 – Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesBelieve it or not, Jon Favreau’s holiday classic Elf turns 20 years old on November 7, and On Location Tours, which takes visitors to the real-life locations they’ve seen in movies and TV, is helping to celebrate. On that day…… Read More…
Disney General Entertainment/Jennifer PotheiserThe Grévin Museum in Paris vows it is “already working on improving” the wax likeness of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson that had been widely flamed online for being too white. Online snarkers teed off on the noticeably pale statue of the Black and Samoan superstar, and Johnson weighed in, forwarding comedian James…… Read More…
David Livingston/Getty Images, FILEFormer Olympic champ Mary Lou Retton is back home after a health scare that required a nearly two-week stay in a hospital’s intensive care unit. McKenna Lane Kelley, one of Retton’s four daughters, shared on Instagram Monday that her mom is home and “in recovery mode.” “We still have a long road…… Read More…