Year: 2017

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Get ready: Jordan Peele’s next social thriller gets spring 2019 release date

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Fresh off of his Get Out success, Jordan Peele's next social thriller has been given an official release date.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Peele's upcoming film is set to hit theaters on March 15, 2019. Similar to Get Out, Peele will write, direct and produce the untitled project. However, his new feature is said to have a "larger canvas," and a budget five times bigger than […]

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Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot says it’s “really magical” to inspire youth with “strong female figure”

ABC/Ida Mae Astute(NEW YORK) -- Wonder Woman herself, Gal Gadot, says it’s “really, really magical” to play the most powerful woman in the DC Comics' superhero world.  During an interview with the main cast of the Warner Bros. film, Gadot explained to Good Morning America, "I think it’s so important that girls and boys have a strong female figure to look up to. We always had Superman and Batman, which is awesome, but […]

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Janelle Monáe joins Steve Carrell in new drama, “Marwencol”

ABC/Ida Mae Astute(LOS ANGELES) -- Janelle Monáe is headed back to the big screen in a new upcoming drama. According to Variety, the singer and Hidden Figures actress will star alongside Steve Carrell and Leslie Mann in the new feature from Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis. The film is based on the 2010 documentary with the same name and follows the true story of Mark Hogencamp, a man who built a miniature town in his garden after recovering from a coma caused by a vicious […]

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ScarJost? Is Scarlett Johansson dating “SNL” star Colin Jost?

NBC/Will Heath(NEW YORK) -- Apparently, Scarlett Johansson's appearance as Ivanka Trump in the opening sketch of Saturday Night Live's season-42 finale this past weekend wasn't the biggets shocker of the night.  The Captain America: Civil War star was spotted making out with Colin Jost, who co-anchors the show's "Weekend Update" segment, at the afterparty held at the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, sources tell the New York Post. “Scarlett and Colin were making out at the bar at the SNL season […]

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Sir Roger Moore, former James Bond actor, dead at 89

Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images) (SWITZERLAND) --  Sir Roger Moore, the actor best-known for playing super-spy James Bond in seven films in the 1970s and 1980s, has died. He was 89. Moore's family made the announcement Tuesday morning on his Twitter account.  "With the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father, Sir Roger Moore, passed away today, said the statement from his children, Deborah, Geoffrey and Christian. "We are all […]

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Universal Pictures reviving “Frankenstein,” “Invisible Man” with Javier Bardem and Johnny Depp

Universal/DarkUniverse.com - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- The Mummy is just the beginning.It turns out the upcoming Tom Cruise-fronted remake of the classic horror film is the first in a new franchise planned by Universal Pictures to reboot a number of the classic screen monsters it holds the rights too, including Frankenstein and the Invisible Man. Universal is calling the initiative "Dark Universe," and if there was a hint that more was to come, […]

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James Corden gives impassioned speech about Manchester in ‘Late Late Show’ cold open

Art Streiber/CBS(LOS ANGELES) -- When the tragic news broke about the 22 people who died and 59 others injured after an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in England, The Late Late Show with James Corden was still taping. Corden recorded a two-minute reflection and talked about his native country, speaking highly of the city and offering thoughts and prayers for everyone in Manchester. The complete transcript […]

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Zack Snyder departs “Justice League” after family tragedy; Joss Whedon takes over

© 2016 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. AND RATPAC-DUNE ENTERTAINMENT LLC(NEW YORK) -- Zack Snyder is stepping down as director of Justice League in the wake of his daughter's recent suicide, ABC News has confirmed.  Avengers writer/director Joss Whedon will step in to finish the film. Snyder's 20-year-old daughter, Autumn, took her life in March but it was only recently publicly revealed.  Snyder tells The Hollywood Reporter after he and his wife, Justice League co-producer Deborah Snyder, took two weeks off to deal […]

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Stars react to explosion at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Natiom(NEW YORK) -- Celebrities are reacting in horror at the news that 22 people are dead and nearly 60 others are injured after a reported explosion took place at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in England on Monday. Ariana's duet partner Nicki Minaj tweeted: "My heart hurts for my sister, Ariana & every family affected by this tragic event in the U.K. Innocent […]

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