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AMC/Gene Page(SAN DIEGO) -- Perhaps the worst fear of The Walking Dead fans was confirmed Friday at the show's San Diego Comic-Con panel. Star Andrew Lincoln, who's led the show as Rick Grimes since season one, confirmed that the upcoming ninth season will be his last. Lincoln explained that it's time for him to head back to his native England to rest and spend time with his family.  "It's funny, you know, […]

ABC/Randy Holmes(SAN DIEGO) -- Wonder Woman made a big splash at San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend, bringing early footage from next year’s sequel, Wonder Woman 1984, which just started shooting three weeks ago.  While the highly-anticipated film is a follow-up to the 2017 DC superhero film, star Gal Gadot told the crowd at the panel that she wouldn't use the word sequel to explain the new film.  "It's not a […]

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- In the wake of Guardians of the Galaxy writer/director James Gunn's firing from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Friday, cast members are speaking out against Disney's decision. Gunn was dismissed after some problematic tweets Gunn sent between seven and ten years ago resurfaced. “The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values, and we have severed […]

Neal Preston/Warner Bros.(LOS ANGELES) -- Film fans in Venice, Italy will be the first to get a look at A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga's big movie debut. Variety reports that the movie, directed by and co-starring Bradley Cooper, will have its world premiere at the 75th Venice Film Festival where, Variety notes, some recent Oscar-winning movies have launched -- among them La La Land, Shape of Water, Spotlight and […]

© 2018 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. (SAN DIEGO) -- San Diego Comic-Con came to an end on Sunday and left brand-new trailers to some of the most eagerly awaited movies in its wake.  Some of the most noteworthy: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldThe sequel to 2016's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, features returning cast members Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Ezra Miller, Carmen Ejogo […]

© 2018 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. (SAN DIEGO) -- San Diego Comic-Con came to an end on Sunday and left brand-new trailers to some of the most eagerly awaited movies in its wake.  Some of the most noteworthy: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldThe sequel to 2016's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, features returning cast members Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Ezra Miller, Carmen Ejogo […]

Glen Wilson/Sony Pictures(NEW YORK) -- In a weekend that marked the first time in history that eight of the top 10 films were sequels and just the second time they made up the entire top five, The Equalizer 2 topped the weekend box office, just edging out Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which was favored to debut at number one. The Equalizer, starring Denzel Washington and directed by Antoine Fuqua, […]

Photo: An Rong Xu/HISTORY(NEW YORK) -- Actor Zachary Quinto became "dear" friends with the late Leonard Nimoy when the former succeeded the latter in the role of Mr. Spock in the big-screen reboot of Star Trek. "We were really close, really good friends in the last decade of his life," Quinto told Good Morning America recently, adding his relationship with the actor and director is one of the reasons he […]

Brad Barket/Comedy Central(NEW YORK) -- Daily Show host Trevor Noah had a quick and clever response to the U.S. French ambassador who slammed the comedian on Wednesday for saying Africa deserved credit for France's 2018 World Cup victory due to the large number of black players on the team. Gerard Araud wrote a scathing letter, posted on Facebook and addressed to Noah, accusing him of "legitimizing" racist ideologies and denying the players' "Frenchness" […]