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Following up on a similar act of generosity that we’ll get to in a second, TMZ reports that Jeopardy! mainstay and GOAT gameshow host Alex Trebek has donated $500,000 to a homeless shelter charity looking to get a new facility up and running in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley by next year. Trebek’s sizable contribution to the […]
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell revealed to the Wall Street Journal that Quentin Tarantino once stormed out of a meeting with the head of Universal when he pitched the idea of releasing The Hateful Eight on iPhones. As WSJ reports, “Jeff Shell, at the time the head of the Universal studio, voiced his own pitch. ‘What if we released it […]
During this time of uncertainty, George R.R. Martin has reassured fans winter is coming. Eventually. On Tuesday, the novelist/screenwriter shared a blog post that included an update on The Winds of Winter, the long-awaited sixth installment of his A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series. Martin began by telling readers he has shown early signs of cabin fever as remains under […]
Zendaya‘s role in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming was a relatively small one. However, the actress insists she was just grateful to be involved at all. “Spider-Man was one of the first movies that I did outside of Disney Channel,” she told Pose star MJ Rodriguez as part of Variety‘s Actors on Actors series. “And yeah, I didn’t have much to do […]
Zendaya‘s role in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming was a relatively small one. However, the actress insists she was just grateful to be involved at all. “Spider-Man was one of the first movies that I did outside of Disney Channel,” she told Pose star MJ Rodriguez as part of Variety‘s Actors on Actors series. “And yeah, I didn’t have much to do […]
The weekend box office numbers are in, and coming in first is…the 1993 film Jurassic Park? Deadline reports that the Steven Spielberg-directed flick earned $517,600, which was just enough to pass Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws, which came in second after tallying $516,300. Considering how bizarre 2020 has been, Jurassic Park claiming box office weekend supremacy 27 years later feels […]
Boots Riley has a new project in the works, as relayed by himself on Monday via his own Twitter account. The director/writer/rapper said that he’s currently developing a new series entitled I’m A Virgo. The show will star Jharrel Jerome of Moonlight and When They See Us fame, and will be about a “13 ft. […]
Deadline reports NBCUniversal will remove four episodes of 30 Rock from streaming services and syndication that featured characters in blackface. The removal comes at the request of series creator Tina Fey and executive producer Robert Carlock. “As we strive to do the work and do better in regards to race in America, we believe that these episodes featuring actors […]
Michael Keaton is reportedly in talks to reprise his role as Bruce Wayne, whom he portrayed in Tim Burton’s two Batman movies in the ’80s and ’90s. Both The Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap report that Keaton has been talking with the studio about returning to the character for DC’s The Flash, a standalone movie focused on Ezra Miller’s portrayal of the […]
Joel Schumacher is dead at 80 years old. The writer-director with a versatile filmography spanning decades died Monday, a representative confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter. Following his directorial debut in 1981 with The Incredible Shrinking Woman starring Lily Tomlin, Schumacher landed the pivotal Brat Pack entry and box office smash St. Elmo’s Fire. This was followed by […]
