NBC/Rosalind O'Connor(NEW YORK) -- Melissa McCarthy spiced up this weekend's Saturday Night Live. After a spate of guest appearances mocking White House press secretary Sean Spicer in recent weeks, she was back on Saturday's edition of the NBC satire show to preside as host in what turned out to be SNL's most-watched May telecast in seven years. The Spicer sketch began with cast member Aidy Bryant playing Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the […]
Marvel Studios - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ruled the box office for the second straight week, raking in an estimated $63 million, according to Box Office Mojo. The sequel to Marvel's first Guardians movie has now topped $630 million worldwide. Marvel, like ABC News, is owned by Disney. Snatched, the mother-daughter comedy starring Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn, came in a distant second with an estimated $17.5 million haul -- far below the $30 […]
NBC/Art Streiber(LOS ANGELES) -- If you're wondering if Simon Cowell might return to the American Idol fold for ABC's reboot of the show, sorry -- you won't be going to Hollywood. Speaking to his former girlfriend Terri Seymour on Extra, the former America's Got Talent host said, "I was asked to do it, and the answer is no.” Simon, who left the show in 2010 but returned briefly for last year's finale, added, "I have no interest. […]
NBC/Will Heath(NEW YORK) -- Melissa McCarthy is taking her Sean Spicer impression to the streets of Manhattan. The actress' impression of the White House press secretary on Saturday Night Live has received rave reviews, but it seems as though a skit planned for this weekend will take the joke to a whole new level. In clips posted on social media today, fans saw McCarthy, who's hosting SNL on Saturday, dressed as Spicer, zooming around on a motorized podium while […]
HBO/Craig Blankenhorn(LOS ANGELES) -- Thursday night, HBO held a premiere event for The Wizard of Lies, the network's new movie about Bernie Madoff, the Wall Street financier who pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that is believe to be the largest fraud in U.S. financial history. The movie stars Robert De Niro as Madoff, and Michelle Pfeiffer as his wife Ruth. At the event, De Niro said that while he did research into Madoff, that wasn't […]
HBO/Craig Blankenhorn(LOS ANGELES) -- Thursday night, HBO held a premiere event for The Wizard of Lies, the network's new movie about Bernie Madoff, the Wall Street financier who pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that is believe to be the largest fraud in U.S. financial history. The movie stars Robert De Niro as Madoff, and Michelle Pfeiffer as his wife Ruth. At the event, De Niro said that while he did research into Madoff, that wasn't […]
ABC/Craig Sjodin (NEW YORK) -- Whoopi Goldberg and Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito have been tapped to star in the mistaken identify comedy, Shriver. According to The Hollywood Reporter Goldberg and Esposito will star alongside Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church in forthcoming comedy based on Chris Belden's novel with the same name. Similar to the book, the movie is said to follow the story of a loner who is mistaken for a renowned, reclusive author. While posing as the the author, the […]
Getty Images/Samir Hussein(LONDON) -- Should you happen upon a postcard with a Harry Potter prequel handwritten on it? Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling would like you to know two things. A) It's legitimate; and B) it was stolen. "PLEASE DON'T BUY THIS IF YOU'RE OFFERED IT," Rowling tweeted Friday morning. "Originally auctioned for @englishpen, the owner supported writers' freedoms by bidding for it." She was responding to a tweet from police in the English town of Kings […]
© 2017 WARNER BROS. ENT. INC., VILLAGE ROADSHOW FILMS NORTH AMERICA INC. AND RATPAC-DUNE ENT. LLC(LOS ANGELES) -- Here's a look at the new movies opening nationwide Friday: * King Arthur: Legend of the Sword -- Guy Ritchie directed this action adventure starring Charlie Hunnam as Arthur, heir to his late father's throne, before having it wrestled away by his power-hungry uncle. After pulling the sword from the stone, he is forced to fulfill his true legacy […]
