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L-R: Henry Cavill, Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson in “Mission: Impossible -- Fallout”; Chiabella James/© 2018 Paramount Pictures(NEW YORK) -- Here are the movies opening nationwide Friday: * Mission: Impossible -- Fallout -- The sixth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise reunites Tom Cruise with his super-spy team, including Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames and Rebecca Ferguson, this time racing against the clock after a mission gone wrong. Sean Harris, Michelle […]

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment(LOS ANGELES) --  Forty years since its release on July 28, 1978, the iconic comedy National Lampoon's Animal House continues to endure.Set in the 1960s, the film follows the escalating rivalry between the down-and-dirty Delta Tau Chi fraternity and the spoiled, stuck-up Omega Theta Pi fraternity at fictional Faber College.The cast was made up of little-known actors like Tim Matheson, who played smooth-talking Eric “Otter” Stratton, a role […]

ABC/Lou Rocco(WASHINGTON D.C.) -- After once claiming political foes would have to "bow down" to President Donald Trump, his former aide, Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault Newman, is releasing a book in which she gives her "explosive" and "jaw-dropping" account of working in the White House. Newman's memoir, called Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House, is described as a "stunning tell-all and takedown from a strong, intelligent woman […]

AMC/Gene Page(NEW YORK) -- Actress Lauren Cohan, best-known for her role as farm girl-turned resistance leader Maggie Rhee on The Walking Dead, might have spilled the beans about her fate on the show, during an appearance on LIVE with Kelly and Ryan Thursday.  It had been widely reported that season 9 will be Cohan's last, and that usually means one thing on the apocalyptic drama: Her character is a goner. […]

Paramount Pictures(NEW YORK) -- Angela Bassett is a force to be reckoned in her latest film, Mission: Impossible -- Fallout. In the action spy thriller, Bassett plays CIA deputy director Erica Sloane, a woman who's only is in charge of her unit but who also demands respect. Basset tells ABC Radio that in addition to being tough on the job, her character is very strategic. "Erica's a really great chess […]

Michael Simon/startraksphoto.com(NEW YORK) -- Summer is still in full swing, but Jessica Alba is already in back-to-school mode – and for good reason. The actress is teaming up with Staples and DonorsChoose.org to help provide students and teachers with the supplies they need to succeed for the coming school year. Not only is she raising public awareness for the cause, she’s using the opportunity to teach her kids about giving […]

HBO/Helen Sloane(LOS ANGELES) -- HBO has given us a better idea of when Game of Thrones' eighth and final season will air, according to execs at the Television Critics Association gathering in Los Angeles.  After announcing a while back that the final six episodes would air "sometime in 2019," HBO’s programming president Casey Bloys narrowed it down to the “first half” of 2019. The final episodes have been shot, it […]

ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(LOS ANGELES) -- Tossed salads and scrambled eggs may be callin' again. Frasier may be getting a second life, with star and executive producer Kelsey Grammer in talks with CBS Studios to revive the famed sitcom, Deadline reports. While the project is in the early stages, Grammer is allegedly speaking with writers to see how a reboot could be framed 14 years after the original series ended.  CBS Studios has reportedly […]

HBO/Justin M. Lubin(LOS ANGELES) -- HBO laid out its upcoming schedule at the summer Television Critics Association press tour on Wednesday. The seventh and final season of its Emmy winning comedy Veep will air in spring 2019, HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys noted, confirming an ABC Radio scoop from cast member Tony Hale earlier this year. The show had halted production last fall while star Julia Louis-Dreyfus received treatment […]