Ryan Coogler is looking back at how seriously the late Chadwick Boseman took his work as an actor. The Black Panther director, who recently helmed Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan, made a recent appearance on The Breakfast Club, where he was asked, “What did Chadwick Boseman bring out of you that Michael B. Jordan doesn’t?” “Out of all of my actors, …
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Mad Men 2.0? Well, not exactly — but Jon Hamm‘s charming yet flawed character Coop, in the upcoming Apple TV+ series Your Friends & Neighbors, is already being compared to the iconic Don Draper from Mad Men. Since the latter show ended a decade ago, Hamm has appeared in several hit shows like Fargo, The Morning Show and Landman. However, …
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Vince Vaughn is cooking up a plan to share other families’ cherished recipes in the trailer for Netflix‘s movie Nonnas. Stephen Chbosky directed the fact-based comedy feature that begins streaming May 9. Rounding out the cast are Linda Cardellini, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, Brenda Vaccaro, Joe Manganiello and Campbell Scott. Nonnas centers on Joe Scaravella, who decides to alter his …
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Joey D. Vieira, who portrayed the farm boy Sylvester “Porky” Brockway on the first four seasons of the long-running CBS series Lassie, has died. He was 80. Vieira died Monday — the day before his birthday — in hospice care, his Lassie co-star Jon Provost announced on Facebook. Viera also appeared in some notable films, among them Bob & Carol …
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AMC Networks is getting into the sports documentary game. The company has ordered a four-part docuseries looking back at the San Francisco 49ers’ dynastic run in the NFL of the 1980s and ‘90s. Titled Gold Rush, the series comes from AMC Studios and Skydance Sports and counts Tom Brady among its executive producers. NFL Films, Religion of Sports and Brady’s …
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Hundreds of Scoobies gathered in a sleepy suburb of Los Angeles this past weekend to attend Buffy Prom at Torrance High School — the real-life Sunnydale High — to party like it was the Class of 1999. But these weren’t just devotees of the cult TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The gang was there to celebrate Buffering the Vampire …
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Richard Kahn, the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences whose term included the 1989 Oscars, infamous for its Rob Lowe-Snow White musical number, has died. He was 95. The first head of AMPAS to come from its public relations branch, Kahn died Saturday in Los Angeles, his daughters, Sharon Kahn and Lisa Kahn Feldstern, announced. …
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The trailer for season five of Law & Order: Organized Crime shows Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) in the hospital after his car is broadsided. A new teaser for the show reveals one of his visitors as he recuperates: Olivia Benson. Peacock released a 30-second spot Wednesday showing some of the same shots from the trailer, capped by a quick cut …
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After two decades, luxury realtor Adi Livyatan is leaving Rodeo Realty and heading over to Christie’s International Real Estate Southern California. In her new role, Livyatan will remain focused on high-end residential properties, particularly in the San Fernando Valley. She began her real estate career flipping houses alongside her husband before turning to selling real estate across Encino, Brentwood, West …
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Alice Tan Ridley, who spent three decades entertaining subway riders in New York City as a gospel and R&B singer before wowing viewers on NBC’s America’s Got Talent and releasing her first studio album when she was 63, has died. She was 72. Ridley died March 25 in New York, her family announced. Survivors include her daughter, the Oscar-nominated actress …
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