Entertainment

7295 Results / Page 20 of 811

Background

Entertainment

Broadway On Demand cancels Tonys celebration over deaths of George Floyd, others

iStock/helivideo(NEW YORK) -- Broadway On Demand, the newly launched streaming platform for theater devotees, has announced that it will will postpone the Tony Awards celebration that was scheduled for this Sunday, June 7, out of respect for the Black Lives Movement.  The organization is currently taking part in nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd, the black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis a week ago today after a […]

todayJune 2, 2020 27

Entertainment

After playing dad to Chrises Evans and Pratt, JK Simmons has his eye on Pine and Hemsworth

AppleTV+(LOS ANGELES) -- In the latest installment of PeopleTV.com's quarantine show Couch Surfing, actor JK Simmons says he wants in on what's become a running Hollywood joke: the number of superstars who happened to be named Chris.  Simmons, who appeared both in the original Spider-Man films and in the most recent, Spider-Man: Far From Home as muckraking newsman J. Jonah Jameson, plays Chris Evans' dad in the AppleTV+ drama Defending Jacob.  While he admitted he was a fan of Captain America's […]

todayJune 2, 2020 20

Entertainment

In speech at San Francisco “kneel-in,” Jamie Foxx calls on “Hollywood friends” to take action

ABC/Lou Rocco(SAN FRANCISCO) -- Jamie Foxx delivered an impassioned speech Monday at a “kneel-in” demonstration at San Francisco City Hall to protest police brutality and racial injustice in the wake of George Floyd’s death.The Oscar-winner called on his “Hollywood friends” to take action, advising them to get out of the comfort of their homes and let people see their faces.“You gotta get out here,” he implored. “You can't sit back. You can't […]

todayJune 2, 2020 23

Entertainment

Oprah, Jennifer Aniston, Kim Kardashian, Reese Witherspoon, and more demand justice for George Floyd

iStock/Coast-to-Coast (LOS ANGELES) -- The recent killing of George Floyd by now-fired policeman Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis has sparked intense national outrage leading to an eruption of protests across the world. Amid this civil unrest, celebrities have used their platforms to educate, raise awareness, and demand change.  Oprah: "Those of us who have the ability to be seen or heard in our lives—whether you are Black or white, Asian or Hispanic—it is incumbent on all […]

todayJune 2, 2020 15

Entertainment

John Cusack claims cop attacked him during Chicago protest

Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images(ILLINOIS) --  Actor and activist John Cusack claimed on Sunday evening that Chicago cops attacked him while he was attending a protest over the death of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who died last week after a white police officer knelt on his neck while apprehending him. Floyd's death sparked protests and riots nationwide. To Twitter, the Gross Pointe Blank star noted, "Cops didn’t like me […]

todayJune 2, 2020 14

Entertainment

One Zoom to rule them all: Josh Gad reunites entire ‘Lord of the Rings’ cast in epic “Reunited Apart” segment

Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As part of his ongoing Reunited Apart series, Josh Gad pulled off an epic reunion befitting an epic trilogy: the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings films.  The get-together was meant to help support No Kid Hungry, a national campaign focused on ending childhood hunger in America.  While Gad has already brought together the much smaller casts of movies like Splash and The Goonies, Gad's latest event left no stone unturned […]

todayJune 2, 2020 27

Entertainment

‘Fuller House’ star Candace Cameron Bure teases “many surprise faces” in final episodes

ABC/ Lou Rocco(LOS ANGELES) -- Fuller House will return with its final episodes June 5, and Candace Cameron Bure, who plays DJ Tanner-Fuller on the show, warns fans to keep an eye out for some “surprise faces” along the way. “There are so many surprise faces in the final episode, and not all of them have lines.  So if you are a die-hard fan, you need to pause during some of the […]

todayMay 30, 2020 22

Entertainment

Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich announce separation after almost three years of marriage

Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) -- After spending their quarantine apart, Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich have decided to make the separation official.The two confirm to People they have decided to split after almost three years of marriage."We have lovingly and carefully taken the time we have needed to arrive at our decision to separate," they say in a joint statement. "We share an abundance of love and respect for one another […]

todayMay 30, 2020 21

Entertainment

Pamela Anderson says marriage still in the cards following breakup with Jon Peters

ABC/Lou Rocco(LOS ANGELES) -- Pamela Anderson isn't giving up on love, despite her breakup with Jon Peters in February, just 12 days after a ceremony in Malibu in which they were believed to have been married. In an interview with The New York Times published on Thursday, the former Baywatch star, 52, says she and 74-year-old Peters broke up before they even filed for a marriage certificate. "I wasn’t married. […]

todayMay 30, 2020 26