Director Destin Daniel Cretton is no longer expected to direct Marvel’s upcoming Avengers: The Kang Dynasty project, creating even more uncertainty for the film’s future in light of star Jonathan Majors’ ongoing criminal domestic violence case. Cretton —who was announced as the director in 2022 — is still reportedly working …
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Howard Hesseman, the actor and comedian who starred as DJ Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati and Charlie Moore on Head of the Class, has died at the age of 81. Hesseman’s wife Caroline Ducrocq confirmed his death to the Hollywood Reporter, adding he died Saturday at a Los …
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The husband of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has taken a crucial first step toward filing a wrongful death lawsuit after Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed Hutchins on the New Mexico set of his Western movie Rust last October. In a petition filed Wednesday in Santa Fe, lawyer Kristina Martinez asked …
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Rookie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed claims in a new lawsuit that seven suspected live bullets were found on the Rust set — in a box, in bandoliers, and on a prop cart — after actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during production of the Western indie filmlast October. Authorities …
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Saturday Night Live skewered Aaron Rodgers’ disastrous first post-Covid interview earlier this week by bringing the Green Bay Packers quarterback (played by Pete Davidson) to Jeanine Pirro, with Cecily Strong reprising her role of that Fox News host. “Our first guest is brave enough to say ‘Screw you, science. I …
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Netflix employees staged a walkout outside the company’s office-studio complex in Los Angeles on Wednesday to protest Dave Chappelle‘s stand-up special The Closer, which has drawn criticism for its perceived transphobic comments. The special debuted on the streamer on Oct. 5. As Associated Press reports, the rally was also attended …
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The Targaryens are back with their trusty dragons in the new teaser for the Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon. The new show is based on George R.R. Martin’s 2018 book, Fire and Blood, a companion to the main A Song of Ice and Fire series that …
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Before it even started, the 2021 Emmys seemed like it was set to put diversity on the back burner. With leading nomination totals from Ted Lasso (13), The Crown (11) and The Handmaid’s Tale (11), the ceremony promised to focus on shows with predominantly white casts (and creative teams). It …
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Jon Stewart is set to return to television this September with The Problem With Jon Stewart, the former Daily Show host’s long-awaited Apple TV+ series that was first announced in October 2020. The streaming service said the Stewart-hosted weekly current affairs program “is a multiple-season, single-issue series,taking adeep-diveon the most …
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Netflix has shared the first full trailer for their Masters of the Universe: Revelation, director Kevin Smith’s reboot of the beloved animated series. The five-episode first part of the series premieres on the streaming service on July 23rd. Masters of the Universe: Revelation picks up after the original animated series …
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