Steve Carell attempts to inspire and rescue his drug-addicted teenage son, Timothée Chalamet (Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name), in the latest trailer for Amazon biographical drama Beautiful Boy, out October 12th. The clip opens with Carell’s David Sheff pondering how his son, Chalamet’s Nic Sheff, wound up on …
Read More »Samantha Bee Unveils New Civic Engagement Trivia App on 'Full Frontal'
Samantha Bee unveiled her new civic engagement comedy trivia app, “This Is Not a Game: The Game,” on Wednesday’s Full Frontal, aiming to increase voter turnout before the 2018 midterm elections by incentivizing political knowledge. In the pre-filmed segment, the host showed the product’s development from concept to prototype to …
Read More »Flashback: Dolly Parton Sings 'Sneakin' Around' to Burt Reynolds in 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'
After launching her movie career in 1980 with9 to 5 —starring alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin — Dolly Parton returned to the screen in 1982 for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Thecampy movie featured Burt Reynolds, Hollywood’s most bankable star at the time, who had already starred inDeliverance(1972),The …
Read More »Flashback: See Aretha Franklin's Show-Stealing Scene in 'The Blues Brothers'
In 1980, the blockbuster film The Blues Brothers featured cameos from a bevy of musical titans, including James Brown, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway and John Lee Hooker, but it was a five-minute show-stealing scene starring Aretha Franklin that proved both memorable and pivotal. Franklin by then was more than a …
Read More »Nicki Minaj on 'Colbert': 'I Find That Genuine Men Like Big Butts'
After dropping hernew album Queen, Nicki Minaj gave Stephen Colbert a personalized bonus verse of album single “Barbie Dreams.” On the song, Minaj lists all the famous rappers she wouldn’t have sex with that includes Drake, 50 Cent and Meek Mill. “I notice I’m not on the list,” Colbert said. …
Read More »'Fargo': Chris Rock to Play Mob Boss in Season Four
FX announced that its acclaimed Coen Brothers-inspired anthology series Fargo will return for a fourth season starring Chris Rock. Production on Noah Hawley’s dark comedy begins in 2019, with Rock on board to star as a 1950s mob boss. “I’m a fan of Fargo and I can’t wait to work …
Read More »See James Baldwin in Barry Jenkins' Emotional 'If Beale Street Could Talk' Trailer
A couple is torn apart by an unspeakable injustice in the powerful first trailerIf Beale Street Could Talk. The movie is based on James Baldwin’s 1974 novel of the same name and the trailer arrives on the late author’s birthday. Directed byMoonlight directorBarry Jenkins,If Beale Street Could Talk tells the …
Read More »'Venom': See Tom Hardy Threaten Victims as Alien Symbiote in New Trailer
Tom Hardy‘s Eddie Brock may be battling the alien symbiote inside himself, but that doesn’t mean he’s lost his sense of humor in the new trailer for Marvel‘s Venom. Brock is a reporter who uncovers some dark work being done by Life Foundation. “I find myself questioning something the government …
Read More »Han Solo's 'Return of the Jedi' Blaster Sells for $550,000 at Auction
The blaster Harrison Ford’s Han Solo wielded in the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi sold for $550,000 at a Las Vegas auction Saturday. The prop weapon was the top-selling item in a Hollywood-themed lot offered by Julian’s Auctions. The auction house added that Ripley’s Believe It or Not …
Read More »Justin Bieber to Voice Cupid in New Animated Movie
Justin Bieber will voice Cupid, the winged god of love, in a new animated movie he’s developing and executive producing with Mythos Studios, Variety reports. The as-yet-untitled film marks one of the first projects from Mythos, which Bieber’s longtime manager Scooter Braun recently co-founded with Marvel Studios founding chairmanDavid Maisel. …
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