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‘Star Trek: Picard’ beams up strong ratings for CBS All Access

Photo Cr: Matt Kennedy/CBS ©2019 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved(LOS ANGELES) -- Patrick Stewart's return to the Star Trek universe has beamed up strong numbers for CBS' streaming service, CBS All Access. Driven by interest in the series, CBS claims January was a record month for subscriber sign-ups, and also saw a new record for total streams -- as well as the highest volume of subscribers streaming a CBS All Access original series to […]

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Watch New England natives Chris Evans, John Krasinski and Rachel Dratch in Hyundai’s “Smaht Cah” ad

Hyundai(LOS ANGELES) -- Boston natives Chris Evans and John Krasinski join SNL vet and Lexington, Massachusetts' own Rachel Dratch in a new Super Bowl ad poking fun at their hometown accents.  So to demonstrate Hyundai Sonata's new 'smart park' feature -- which literally lets the car drive itself into an out of a parking spot with the push of a button, they tapped the celebs for a play on the familiar 'pahk the cah' meme. "Look […]

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‘Bad Boys for Life’ beats newcomer ‘The Gentlemen’ at weekend box office

Ben Rothstein/© 2019 CTMG, Inc. (NEW YORK) -- It wasn't much of a contest between Bad Boys for Life and newcomer The Gentlemen in the weekend box office.   Bad Boys for Life, the third movie in the Martin Lawrence Bad Boys franchise, easily took the top spot with a $34 million haul in its second week.  Overall, the R-rated comedy starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence grossed $120.6 domestically. Rising to second place thanks to […]

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Series lead Omari Hardwick says he hasn’t been able to watch the last season of Power: “I lived it”

Starz(NEW YORK) -- While Power fans are going bananas over the final season of the crime drama, one star is having difficulty tuning in. Omari Hardwick, who plays drug kingpin James "Ghost" St. Patrick on Power, tells ABC News he hasn't been able to bring himself to watch the final season. "I lived it," Hardwick said. "The mid-season finale...that, to me, was the finale." Some of Hardwick's hesitation may come from the fact […]

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Two animated Marvel shows bound for Hulu get the ax

Hulu(LOS ANGELES) -- Marvel has nixed the development of two of its four animated comedies for Hulu, Howard the Duck and Tigra & Dazzler, the latter of which was paused in December as part of a "creative overhaul," according to The Hollywood Reporter.  MODOK and Hit Monkey are still slated to move forward.    Tigra and Howard are the latest Marvel TV series to get cut after being ordered straight to series. They join New Warriors and Ghost Rider. Kevin Smith was […]

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Jon Lovitz returns to help SNL skewer Alan Dershowitz

Will Heath/NBC(NEW YORK) -- Saturday Night Live alum Jon Lovitz returned to his old stomping ground this weekend for a cold open sketch that reunited President Donald Trump's attorney Alan Dershowitz with former client Jeffrey Epstein in hell. The sketch began with Lovitz, portraying Dershowitz, running his defense strategy for the president's impeachment trial by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Susan Collins, played respectively by SNL's Beck Bennett and Cecily Strong. Lovitz's Dershowitz shocks the two Senators by referring to his former clients O.J. Simpson, Claus von Bulow, […]

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Celebrity fans pay homage to NBA legend Kobe Bryant after he dies in California helicopter crash

ABC/Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) -- Celebrity sports fans from around the world are paying homage to NBA legend Kobe Bryant after he died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday. Fellow former NBA stars Scottie Pippen, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were among the high-profile players who reacted to news of the beloved basketball player's death. Bryant was one of nine people on a private helicopter that went down in Calabasas, California […]

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Kobe Bryant, daughter among 9 dead in helicopter crash in Southern California

Kevin Winter/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- NBA icon and Oscar-winner Kobe Bryant was killed Sunday morning in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, ABC News has confirmed. He was 41.Bryant's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, died alongside her father, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. There were nine people on board the helicopter and no survivors in the crash around 10 a.m. local time Sunday, fire officials said in a press […]

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‘Joker’ director Todd Phillips says “intense” Joaquin Phoenix was “kind of light” on set

L-R Phoenix, Phillips/Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures(LOS ANGELES) -- Oscar-nominated Hollywood filmmaker Todd Phillips has worked on a range of movie genres, but his latest hit, Joker, broke a box office record and set a high bar for awards season.Phillips, who directed, co-wrote and produced the Batman villain origin story, told Good Morning America that despite early criticisms, fans flocked to the film that now leads the Academy Awards with […]

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