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Barbara Nitke/STX(LOS ANGELES) -- Many of the Oscar nominations announced Monday morning were predicted by awards shows prognosticators, but as always, there were more than a few snubs and surprises.Although the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reported that a record 62 women were nominated, comprising one-third of the nominees, no female directors were recognized despite several strong contenders.Also, the acting categories were overwhelmingly filled with white actors and […]

DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS - WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- While the world still comes to grips with a royal family without Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the newly independent couple may have already joined a new royal family.  The Disney family. Vanity Fair reported on Sunday that the Duchess of Sussex reportedly signed on to be the latest employee of the Walt Disney Corporation as a voiceover artist. The project Markle has reportedly joined is still unspecified, but […]

Andrew Cooper(SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA) -- Quentin Tarantino's dramedy Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood was the big winner in the film category at the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday in Santa Monica, California, taking home four trophies including Best Picture.  In television, the Amazon series Fleabag walked off with three awards, including Best Comedy. Tarantino also nabbed the award for Best Original Screenplay, with Brad Pitt winning Best Supporting Actor honors.  Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood also […]

Universal Pictures(NEW YORK) -- Sam Mendes' 1917 capitalized on its two Golden Globe wins last week, topping the box office with an estimated $36.5 million in its first week of wide release, pushing Lusasfilm's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker out of the top spot after three weeks. The weekend's two new releases, the R-rated comedy Like a Boss, and the deep sea thriller Underwater, both finished below expectations. Like a Boss, starring Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne and Salma Hayek, […]

Niko Tavernise/© 2019 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved(NEW YORK) -- Joker tops the nominations for the upcoming 92nd Academy Awards, announced live from Los Angeles Monday morning by Issa Rae and John Cho.   The super-villain origin story starring Joaquin Phoenix scored a leading 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Phoenix, and Best Director for Todd Phillips.  Other films that were well represented were Martin Scorcese's […]

ABC/Mike Rosenthal(LOS ANGELES) -- Justin Chambers, who played Dr. Alex Karev since the very first episode of Grey's Anatomy, is hanging up his scrubs, 350 episodes later.  In a statement to Deadline, Chambers said, "There’s no good time to say goodbye to a show and character that’s defined so much of my life for the past 15 years. For some time now, however, I have hoped to diversify my acting roles and career […]

ABC News/Steve Iervolino(NEW YORK) -- Billy Porter does a great job of flexing his acting chops in the new comedy Like A Boss. In the new film, starring Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne, and Salma Hayek, Porter plays Barrett, a smart, but sassy employee who works closely with Haddish and Byrne's characters of Mia and Mel at their cosmetics shop. Porter tells ABC Audio that working with the three women was […]

ABC/Heidi Gutman(LOS ANGELES) -- Amy Schumer is being candid about her path to a bigger family with husband Chris Fischer, and is looking for support from her social media followers.In an Instagram post Thursday, the comedian wrote that she's going through the in vitro fertilization process and shared a photo of her stomach, replete with bruises from the injections.Schumer gave birth to their son, Gene, last May via cesarean section; […]

Disney Channel/Valerie Durant(NEW YORK) -- Former Just Shoot Me! star Wendie Malick is lending her voice to a new Disney Channel animated fantasy series, The Owl House. In the show, which debuts tonight, she plays a rogue witch named Eda, who takes a teenage misfit named Luz under her wing. Malick says she sees Eda as her “alter ego.” “I have a lot of her in me, and I think […]