(L-R) David Benioff and D. B. Weiss -- Getty Images/Steve Granitz(LOS ANGELES) -- When HBO announced it would be producing a new series, Confederate, involving an alternate timeline in which the south has seceded and slavery still exists, backlash was pretty severe. Supergirl actor David Harewood tweeted, "Good luck finding black actors for this project." And writer Roxane Gay tweeted, "It is exhausting to think of how many people at @HBO […]
HBO/Anne Marie Fox (LOS ANGELES) -- With the second season of Insecure set to premiere on Sunday, the cast of the hit HBO series is weighing in on their connection to their characters. In addition to sharing how the show takes a page out of their everyday lives, Issa Rae is also offering her thoughts on how her character Issa Dee will now deal with being single. "We're just going to see her kind […]
(L-R) "Valerian" director Luc Besson, Rihanna -- Credit: Eric Charbonneau (LOS ANGELES) -- Rihanna Navy, get hyped: your girl is landing at your local multiplex this weekend. The singer stars in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, a sci-fi epic from director Luc Besson, based on a popular comic book series. Rihanna plays Bubble, a shape-shifting alien. She says when Besson described the part to her, she was hooked. "Sci-fi movies […]
Getty Images/Taylor Hill(LOS ANGELES) -- Kerry Washington is set to be honored for her significant contributions in film and television. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Washington is one of three recipients of the sixth annual Woman Making History awards, an honor given by the National Women's History Museum to women who have made noticeable contributions in their fields. In addition to Washington, Instagram COO Marne Levine, and SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell will be […]
Disney Channel - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- Sometimes it’s good to be bad. The Villain Kids -- aka VKs -- are back for more wicked fun in Descendants 2, the sequel to Disney Channel’s popular 2015 film following the sons and daughters of infamous Disney villains. The story centers around Mal, Evie, Carlos and Jay, teens who left their lives on the Isle of the Lost in favor of a better life […]
Universal - 2017(NEW YORK) -- Kofi Siriboe can confidentially say that one of the highlights of his young life is playing Jada Pinkett Smith's love interest in the new romantic movie comedy, Girls Trip. Girls Trip stars Pinkett Smith, Regina Hall, Queen Latifah and Tiffany Haddish as four lifelong friends who travel to New Orleans for an exclusive getaway to reignite their wild sides. Kofi plays Malik, a twenty-one year college kid who becomes Pinkett […]
Getty Images/Albert L. Ortega(SAN DIEGO) -- At Comic-Con, everyone's a fan, even multimillionaire celebrity superstar actors like Will Smith. Smith was on hand at the annual event in San Diego to promote his new project, Bright -- Netflix's first big foray into splashy action movie territory. But he couldn't help geeking out about Star Wars like any other Comic-Con attendee. Smith said his world changed when he saw Star Wars when he was about 10, and he'd […]
(L-R) HARRY STYLES as Alex, ANEURIN BARNARD as Gibson and FIONN WHITEHEAD as Tommy in the Warner Bros. Pictures action thriller "DUNKIRK," a Warner Bros. Pictures release.(LOS ANGELES) -- Opening nationwide on Friday: * Dunkirk -- Christopher Nolan's latest thriller tells the true story of Operation Dynamo, which in 1940 evacuated British, Belgian, Canadian and French soldiers from Dunkirk, France, where they were surrounded by the German army. Starring Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy and One Direction's Harry […]
iStock/Thinkstock(COCOA, Fla.) -- Police in Florida are pursuing misdemeanor charges against five teenagers for failure to report a death after authorities say they recorded video of a man’s drowning and didn't intervene.The video, taken earlier this month in Cocoa, Florida, about 45 miles east of Orlando, shows a person's head bobbing up and down in a pond. The teenagers, who are between the ages of 14 and 18 and have […]
