A viral tweet from a WGAmember picketing outside ofUniversal’s lot in Los Angeles included a photo of trees trimmed along the street near the SAG-AFTRA/WGA picket lines. The member pointed the timing of the trimming, which appeared to coincide with the protests and the day’s 90 degree weather. Following the …
Read More »'Gigli' Director Martin Brest Admits Film Was 'a Bloody Mess That Deserved its Excoriation'
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez may have found their way back to each other, but they’ll never live down the embarrassment of Gigli, the film that started the pair dating. In 2003, the newly-minted couple starred in the crime flick alongside Justin Bartha, Al Pacino, and Christopher Walken—and it’s since …
Read More »'Wicked' Director Says Films Should Arrive as Scheduled Despite Actors' Strike
The Hollywood double strike is sure to wreak havoc on the studios’ upcoming release schedules, but the director of Wicked has revealed that the musical adaptation’s two-part arrival “shouldn’t be affected.” In an update on Instagram, director Jon M. Chu said that, due to the actors’ strike, production has been …
Read More »Actors' Strike: SAG-AFTRA Releases List of Proposals and Studios' Counterproposals
On July 13, Fran Drescher, star of The Nanny and president of SAG-AFTRA, outlined the actors’ union’s strike plans during a fiery speech in front of media cameras. “I cannot believe it, quite frankly, how far apart we are on so many things. It is disgusting. Shame on them. They …
Read More »How 'Superbad' Fame Almost Made Michael Cera Quit Acting at 19
Michael Cera — who plays Allan, Ken’s best buddy in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie — shared that he almost called it quits after he shot to fame following the release of Superbad and Juno in 2007. During an interview with The Guardian, Cera opened up about how becoming a household …
Read More »Composer: 'Oppenheimer' Score Goes Beyond What's 'Humanly Possible'
What are the hallmarks of a Christopher Nolan film? Immense IMAX imagery. Starry ensembles. Long takes. Tight, geometric compositions. Nonlinear story. And, of course, a booming score. For the music to Oppenheimer, a sprawling epic about how J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) became the so-called “father of the atomic bomb” …
Read More »'The Afterparty' Star Zach Woods Doesn't Really Care If Tiffany Haddish's Plus-One Is Drake
Imagine you throw a party for your bestie, and one of your other besties — let’s say Tiffany Haddish — says she wants to bring her new boyfriend. But you’re like “No! I said no plus-ones.” And then you find out Haddish’s boyfriend is actually Drake. What would you do? …
Read More »Elton John, David Furnish Testify in Kevin Spacey's Sexual Assault Trial
Kevin Spacey’s defense team called Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, as witnesses as they tried to discredit the story of one accuser, whose allegation includes an incident that supposedly occurred on the way to John and Furnish’s annual summer gala. One of Spacey’s four accusers has said that, …
Read More »'The Golden Bachelor' Taps First Sexy Septuagenarian Gerry (Pronounced 'Gary') Turner
After over 20 years on the air and 60 seasons of its main series and myriad spin-offs, the Bachelor franchise is finally ready to acknowledge something it’s shamefully refused to acknowledge for over two decades: Yes, old people can be horny, too. Today, the ABC dating stalwart announced the lead …
Read More »SAG-AFTRA Strike: Disney Characters Walk Carpet Instead of Stars at 'Haunted Mansion' Premiere
The show must go on apparently for Disney’s Haunted Mansion, as the premiere at Disneyland continued to take place on Saturday, despite SAG-AFTRA voting to strike on Thursday morning. As Variety reported earlier in the week, the film’s debut was going to happen regardless of how the strike vote landed. …
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