Year: 2017

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Lupita Nyong’o glad fans “spoke up” about Twitter-inspired buddy movie

Getty Images for Disney(LOS ANGELES) -- Remember that Rihanna/Lupita Nyong'o action movie everyone was having fun fantasizing about a few months ago on Twitter?  Nyongo'o's thanking fans for making that happen.  “You know, what’s really cool is that people spoke up about the kind of movie they wanna see and this is a great example,” Nyong'o told Entertainment Tonight. The idea for the project began in April, when a photo, taken in 2014 of Rihanna and […]

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Entertainment

“Simpsons” creator Matt Groening to bring animated “Disenchantment” to Netflix

Fox - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- Matt Groening [GRAY-ning], whose acclaimed series The Simpsons changed television and who followed it with the animated Emmy-winning Futurama, is coming to Netflix.  Groening has landed a 20-episode deal for Disenchantment, an animated series set in a crumbling fairy tale world of Dreamland. The project has Broad City's Abby Jacobsen voicing a hard-drinking princess named Bean. Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Descendants and Married star Nat Faxon lends his pipes to her elvish sidekick Elfo, and Eric Andre, who most recently appeared on […]

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Anne Hathaway in talks to replace Amy Schumer in Barbie movie

ABC/Lou Rocco(NEW YORK) -- Is there a Barbie Dream House in Anne Hathaway‘s future? The Oscar-winner reportedly is in talks to star in Sony’s live-action Barbie movie, based on the iconic Mattel toy line. She would replace Amy Schumer, who was forced to back out of the project due to scheduling conflicts. The studio tells Variety that talks are in the very early stages, and scheduling arrangements still need to be ironed out. In the tradition […]

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Entertainment

“Modern Family” kids ink two-season deal with big pay raise

ABC/Richard Cartwright (LOS ANGELES) -- The young stars of ABC's Modern Family will be staying put for a while. The sitcom's core kid stars -- Rico Rodriguez, Nolan Gould, Sarah Hyland and Ariel Winter -- all have  gotten "significant" pay bumps, sources tell Variety. The shows other child actors -- Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, who plays Lily, and Jeremy Maguire, who plays Joe -- joined the series later on in its run and still have more time left on their contracts. The deals […]

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Entertainment

Johnny Depp reportedly slams lawsuit claim he has “psychological issues”

ABC/Randy Holmes (LOS ANGELES) -- Johnny Depp has reportedly fired the latest salvo in his ongoing lawsuit against his former business managers. Britain's Daily Mail claims that it has obtained court documents in which the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales star is demanding that allegations he has "psychological issues" and a "compulsive spending disorder" be stricken from his $25 million legal battle with The Management Group. Citing the court papers, the U.K. […]

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Entertainment

“Justice League” reshoots causing problems for Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- Some of DC comics' biggest superheroes team up for the upcoming Justice League movie, but rounding up its stars for last-minute reshoots is proving to be a headache -- and a costly one at that -- setting the studio back $25 million, according to Variety. The biggest snag involves Henry Cavill, who plays Superman in the film. He's already moved on to his next project, the sixth Mission: Impossible movie, for […]

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“The Bachelorette” recap: Rachel Lindsay brings her last three suitors home

ABC/Paul Hebert(LOS ANGELES) -- The tables were turned on Monday night's episode of The Bachelorette. Instead of bachelorette Rachel Lindsay visiting her suitors' homes, they visited her home in Dallas. Lindsay's father was missing in action, but the guys met the bachelorette's mother, sister, uncle, aunt, brother-in-law and cousin. Peter went home first, and managed to make an amazing impression on everyone. The day went so well that when Eric stopped by the next day, Lindsay’s overprotective […]

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California man arrested on federal smuggling charge after 3 cobras found in potato chip canisters

U.S. Attorney's Office(MONTEREY PARK, Calif.) -- A California man has been arrested on a federal smuggling charge stemming from the seizure of a package that contained three live king cobras hidden inside potato chips canisters, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.Special agents with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service arrested 34-year-old Monterey Park resident Rodrigo Franco on Tuesday, the DOJ said in a statement. He was charged with […]

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Timeline of events in the New York kayak murder case

Courtesy Lipska Family(NEW YORK) -- Angelika Graswald, a 37-year-old Latvian native who was accused of killing her fiancé during a 2015 kayaking trip on the Hudson River in New York, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of negligent homicide Monday.Graswald was originally charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in 2015 and had pleaded not guilty to both charges. Weeks before the case was set to go to trial, Graswald […]

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