After his own 60 Minutes interview – shortly after he clinched the presidency in November 2016 – Donald Trump called the show’s executive producer, Jeff Fager, to ask if the episode broke any ratings records. It hadn’t – in fact, it hadn’t even beaten Sunday Night Football. This week’s installment …
Read More »Anton Yelchin's Parents Settle Lawsuit With Automaker
Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin’s parents have settled their wrongful death and product liability lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler, the makers of the Jeep Grand Cherokee involved in their son’s death in 2016. Yelchin was crushed by the SUV while he was in his driveway. According to the Associated Press, the …
Read More »SXSW 2018: Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Premieres, Fanboys Go Nuts
Let’s say you’re about to go into battle with your rebel army. Maybe it’s against opposing battalions of virtual-reality jockeys, ones who have been hired by an evil corporate overlord bent on taking control of the world’s most popular collective V.R. hot spot. Maybe it isn’t. The details aren’t important. …
Read More »'Dare to Be Different': See Doc About How WLIR Broke U2, Cure in U.S.
The new documentary about the influential Long Island radio station WLIR is coming to Showtime on March 30th.New Wave: Dare to Be Differentfocuses on how the station helped break some of the biggest British bands of the Eighties like U2, the Cure, the Smiths, New Order, Duran Duran and Depeche …
Read More »Watch Kevin Smith Recount Heart Attack Ordeal in New Video
Kevin Smith recounted his experience suffering a massive heart attack in a 19-minute video that the Clerks director streamed on Facebook. Smith, who suffered the heart attack following a comedy show Sunday night, admitted that when the symptoms began, “I just thought I got some bad milk. That was it.” …
Read More »'Fifty Shades Freed' Review: Welcome to the Most Painful 'Shades' of All
What timing! In the era of #MeToo and #Time’s Up, it hardly seems like the moment for a movie about a woman who does the sexual bidding of a powerful rich dude. (Though it might be just the ticket on whatever island Harvey Weinstein, Louis C.K., James Toback, Jeremy Piven …
Read More »'Solo': Watch Thrilling First Trailer for 'Star Wars' Spinoff
After a sneak peek during the Super Bowl, the first full trailer forSolo: A Star Wars Story was unveiled Monday. The spinoff focuses on the pre-A New Hope adventures of Han Solo. “I’ve been running scams on the street since I was 10. I was kicked out of the flight …
Read More »Watch NFL Stars Read Mean Tweets on 'Kimmel'
Past and present football stars like Peyton Manning, Terry Bradshaw, Danny Amendola and Jarvis Landry poke fun at themselves in the latest NFL edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s “Mean Tweets.” “Terry Bradshaw looks like someone who is going to a Halloween party as Terry Bradshaw,” says the Hall of Fame …
Read More »'Get Out,' 'Shape of Water' Top 2018 Oscar Nominations
The Shape of Water, Get Out, Lady Bird, Dunkirk and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri led the 2018 Oscar nominations, with Guillermo Del Toro‘s horror/romance The Shape of Waterscoring an impressive 13 nods. All five of the aforementioned films were nominated for Best Picture, a list that also included Phantom …
Read More »Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury' Book to Become TV Series
Michael Wolff’s explosive account of the Trump White House,Fire and Fury,will soon be a television series. Endeavor Content purchased the book’s rights for seven figures, the Hollywood Reporter reports. The series will focus on the tumultuous early days of the Trump administration. Endeavor is shopping the project to networks. Wolff …
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