Thriller and comedy films like Netflix‘s They Cloned Tyrone are the perfect source material for a game of What Would You Do? The scenarios the characters face are usually so supernaturally outlandish that you never have to worry about actually encountering the kind of nightmares that they do — but …
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Fast and Furious franchise star Tyrese Gibson has filed a $1 million lawsuit against Home Depot, claiming he was subjected to “outrageous discriminatory mistreatment and consumer racial profiling.” The lawsuit centers around an alleged Feb. 11, 2023, incident at a store near Los Angeles, where Gibson says he and two …
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As expected, with the Hollywood double strike continuing into August and no end in sight, the Emmy Awards have pushed this year’s event to January 2024. When nominations were announced in July, the 75th Emmy Awards were originally scheduled to take place on September 18, but the writer’s strike and …
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Barbie‘s journey will finally reach the Middle East on Thursday — but only in some countries. Kuwait and Lebanon have moved to ban the film, according to The Associated Press. Kuwait’s state-run KUNA news agency announced its resolution late Wednesday night, explaining that the movie supports “ideas and beliefs that …
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The set of The West Wing, a TV series set in a historically toxic workplace (the White House), was actually a real life toxic workplace, according to Rob Lowe. The actor, who played deputy communications director Sam Seaborn on the show, told Podcrushed (via Entertainment Weekly) that he worked on …
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Johnny Hardwick, the Texan soul of the long-running animated sitcom King of the Hill — for which he voiced the eccentric, paranoid, chain-smoking neighbor Dale Gribble — died Tuesday at his home in Austin. He was 64 years old. The Travis County Medical Examiner and Coroner’s office confirmed Hardwick’s death …
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More than 100 days into their strike, the Writers Guild of America are still striving to get its members back to work soon. The union told its members Thursday that it intends to resume negotiations with major studios and streaming services on Friday, according to The Associated Press. Carol Lombardini, …
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Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence in connection to the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the film’s New Mexico set. Gutierrez-Reed’s lawyers had previously attempted to have the charges against their client dismissed; however, at Thursday’s hearing, …
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Seth Rogen doesn’t see the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes coming to an end any time soon. In a new interview with Sky News, Rogen said the issue is that studios like Disney and Universal, who are represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), and the unions …
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Chris Tucker, comedian-turned-actor-returned-comedian, will embark on his first major stand-up tour in over a decade next month. Dubbed “The Legends Tour,” the 30-date trek kicks off Sept. 8 in Charleston, South Carolina, and will keep the Rush Hour star on the road until January 2024. The trek marks Tucker’s first …
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