Month: November 2019

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Elizabeth Banks to direct, star in ‘Invisible Woman’ remake

© 2019 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved(LOS ANGELES) -- Never mind that her most recent effort, the just-released Charlie's Angels reboot, appears to be a box office dud.  Elizabeth Banks is set to direct and star in a remake of the 1940 sci-fi film The Invisible Woman, according to Variety.  The original followed a department store model who volunteers to be the guinea pig for an invisibility experiment in order to get back at […]

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John Boyega jokes he was unbothered by the lost ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ script

L-R: John Boyega and Oscar Isaac in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"; Lucasfilm/Disney(NEW YORK) -- With the December 20 debut of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker less than a month away, John Boyega, who plays Finn, is officially taking ownership of the movie's formerly missing script. However, he wants fans to know what actually happened, telling ABC Audio that the incident occurred at his apartment -- not a hotel -- […]

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Gabrielle Union’s husband says she was “fired” from AGT, suggests it was after speaking out against racially insensitive situations on set

Trae Patton/NBC(LOS ANGELES) -- Gabrielle Union's husband Dwyane Wade is extremely "proud" of his wife following reports that the actress was fired after she expressed concerns over racially insensitive situations during her time as a judge for America's Got Talent. "So when i got the news that my wife was being fired -- my first question was obviously why!? Iam still waiting on a good answer to that question," Wade […]

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Millie Bobby Brown scores multi-million dollar movie deal

Nathan Congleton/NBC(NEW YORK) -- Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown is off to collect what is possibly her biggest paycheck yet -- over six million dollars for starring in Enola Holmes, a movie due out sometime next year.  However, that $6.1 million salary that's just her base pay.  Her minor's contract is chock full of other monetary perks. TMZ reports the 15-year-old will play Sherlock Holmes' genius little sister, who embarks on her own career as […]

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Lena Waithe says her “odyssey” ‘Queen and Slim’ creates “the heroes that we need”

L-R: Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith; Andre D. Wagner/Universal Pictures(NEW YORK) -- Lena Waithe shares an important message in her new romantic crime thriller, Queen and Slim. The film, written and executive-produced by Waithe, stars Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith as a new couple who go on the run after a minor traffic infraction turns deadly. Waithe tells ABC Audio that the movie helps to shed light on an authentic narrative in the black community. […]

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National

Driver captured on cellphone video in Texas road-rage incident arrested

Splendora Police Department(HOUSTON) -- A man has been charged in Texas after a couple captured him on video allegedly taunting them and striking their car with his SUV -- as children rode in both vehicles -- during an apparent road-rage incident.Lucas Martin and girlfriend Summer Rose said they were traveling along Interstate 59 Tuesday, on their way to Livingston, around 5 p.m., when they noticed another car close behind them."We […]

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‘Knives Out’ leads a quiet Thanksgiving weekend at the box office

Photo credit: Claire Folger © 2018 MRC II Distribution Company L.P. All rights reserved.(NEW YORK) -- Opening nationwide on Wednesday: * Knives Out -- This murder mystery from Looper and Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson stars Daniel Craig as a detective trying to solve a murder of the patriarch at an ill-fated family gathering.  The ensemble cast also includes Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer and Don Johnson.  Rated RG-13. * Queen & Slim -- This romantic thriller from Lena Waithe, creator […]

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Priyanka Chopra surprises husband Nick Jonas with a new puppy for their first anniversary

(ABC Radio/Steve IervolinoNEW YORK) -- Hard to believe it's almost been a year since Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas said "I do."  However, the two are still enjoying the honeymoon phase as evidenced by a recent Instagram post. Jonas couldn't help but gush about the sweet and special anniversary gift his wife woke him up with on Tuesday. "Pri came home with the absolute best surprise this morning," He captioned in the video of his wife gently nudging him […]

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National

Will the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade balloons fly? ‘We’re going to call a lot of audibles,’ NYPD says

webpay/iStock(NEW YORK) -- With gusty winds forecast for New York City's Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, it remains unclear whether Astronaut Snoopy, Smokey Bear, Olaf and the other 13 character balloons will be able to take flight."We're going to call a lot of audibles," NYPD Chief of Patrol Rodney Harrison said Wednesday morning.At full height, the balloons fly at 55 feet. They can be lowered to 10 feet if the winds […]

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