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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has, after receiving major pushback, decided to broadcast the awards for Cinematography, Film Editing, Live Action Short, and Makeup and Hairstyling live and not during commercial breaks, Deadline reports. Thank you @TheAcademy ! #Oscars2019 https://t.co/oCNna7FHYu — Haley Joel Osment (@HaleyJoelOsment) February 15, 2019 “The Academy has heard the feedback […]
Chris Rock has signed on to direct Saving Kenan—NBC’s single-cam comedy pilot starring Saturday Night Live‘s Kenan Thompson. Deadline reports Rock, a SNL alumnus, will also executive produce the pilot alongside Thompson, Jackie Clarke, Andrew Singer, and SNL creator Lorne Michaels. The outlet reports Thompson will play a newly widowed father who navigates through single parenthood “while […]
Sorry Pizza Rat, Selfie Rat, and Cannibal Rat, there’s a new NYC rodent taking over the internet. On Thursday morning, SNY news anchor Chris Williamson tweeted a bizarre photo of a passed out, or possibly dead, rat clinging to an empty bottle of Hennessy. “Just another day in New York City,” the caption read. Willamson later […]
Two men have been arrested in connection with the attack on Empire star Jussie Smollett, Chicago authorities said Friday. Furthermore, Chicago police are adamantly denying reports that circulated Thursday purporting that the attack was staged. “Detectives have probable cause that they may have been involved in an alleged crime and we are working to corroborate the […]
Netflix has announced that it will be teaming up with Hasbro and Rooster Teeth to bring a new Transformers origin series to the streaming platform. Promising a new animated style, Transformers: War for Cybertron will premiere on Netflix sometime in 2020. The series will be animated by Japanese studio Polygon Pictures, who previously worked on the beloved series Star Wars: The […]
Netflix‘s Los Angeles headquarters were placed on lockdown Thursday after authorities received reports of an active shooter on site. LAPD Officer Tony Im told KTLA the department received “second hand” information about a person who was armed with a “deadly weapon” at Sunset Bronson Studios. The outlet reports no one was allowed to leave or enter the studios […]
When the first trailer for Alita: Battle Angel hit the internet in December of 2017, one thing immediately jumped out: Those eyes. Those very big eyes. Alita, the titular protagonist—played by real-life human Rosa Salazar—in Robert Rodriguez’s new dystopian sci-fi saga, is a teenage cyborg warrior with peepers so large, they’d make Bambi blush. The […]
The U.S. Copyright Office doesn’t think Alfonso Ribeiro has strong claims to the “Carlton Dance.” The 47-year-old actor is currently suing Take-Two Interactive and the developers behind Fortnite for including the dance he created while acting on the series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, but correspondence between Ribeiro’s attorney and the office reveals that they aren’t […]
Jussie Smollett has given his first interview since being violently attacked by two men who allegedly shouted racial and homophobic slurs, as well as a certain extremely-attractive-to-idiots Trump slogan. Speaking with Robin Roberts in an interview that aired Thursday morning via Good Morning America, the Empire star and Sum of My Music artist expressed hurt […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has responded to criticism they received from a long list of directors, cinematographers, and filmmakers that signed an open letter slamming the news that the awards for cinematography, editing, hair and makeup, and live action short would not be broadcast live. People like Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, Seth Rogen, Martin Scorsese, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Spike […]
