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Rina Sawayama to Star in John Wick: Chapter 4
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-27T18:14:11+00:00“>May 27, 2021 | 2:14pm ET Rina Sawayama is kicking off her acting career with a bang by joining the John Wick universe. The Japanese-British singer will be making her feature film debut in John Wick: Chapter 4 alongside Keanu Reeves. Sawayama’s exact role is currently being kept under wraps. “I’m so glad to have Rina on board to make her feature film debut in John Wick: Chapter 4,” director Chad Stahelski said in a statement. “She’s an incredible talent who’ll bring so much to the film.” Production begins this summer on location in France, Germany, and Japan. Plans to film the movie back-to-back with the fifth entry have since been scrapped due to the COVID-19 p...
Evil Dead Rise Coming to HBO Max with Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell Executive Producing
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-26T18:23:04+00:00“>May 26, 2021 | 2:23pm ET Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell are resurrecting the Evil Dead horror film franchise. Per Variety, the new installment, titled Evil Dead Rise, is in the works via New Line Cinema. Instead of theaters, it will land on HBO Max in the US, Canal Plus in the UK, and Metropolitan in France. Raimi, who created the series and directed the original trilogy, won’t be directing Evil Dead Rise. Campbell’s longtime protagonist Ash Williams won’t be appearing onscreen, either, as the actor will be only executive producing with Raimi. Instead, Irish filmmaker Lee Cronin was hand-picked to write and direct the new entry in the franchise. Australian a...
Howard University Renaming Arts College After Chadwick Boseman
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-26T19:31:31+00:00“>May 26, 2021 | 3:31pm ET Last summer, Chadwick Boseman unexpectedly passed away from colon cancer at the age of 43. His death shocked fans around the world, many of whom had no idea he was battling cancer in the first place. Now, Howard University is honoring the late Black Panther actor with arguably the most timeless gesture of all: naming its newly re-established College of Fine Arts after Boseman. Back in 2000, Boseman graduated from Howard with a bachelor of arts degree in directing and, in the years that followed, never missed an opportunity to champion the prestigious HBCU. “We are very excited. This is the right thing to do,” Howard President Wayne A.I....
R.I.P. Kevin Clark, Drummer from School of Rock Dead at 32
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-26T20:27:50+00:00“>May 26, 2021 | 4:27pm ET Kevin Clark, who played drummer Freddy “Spazzy McGee” Jones in School of Rock, was killed early Wednesday morning in a bicycle accident. According to TMZ, Clark was riding his bicycle in Chicago’s Northwest side when he was struck by a vehicle. He was rushed to a local hospital, but was pronounced dead shortly after 2:00 a.m. local time. The driver of the vehicle, a 20-year-old woman, was issued a citation by police, but has not been arrested. Related Video School of Rock was Clark’s only acting credit, as he instead focused on a career in music. Over the years, he drummed in bands including Dreadwolf and Robbie Gould. In 2018, Clark re...
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Cast as Kraven the Hunter in Sony’s Solo Marvel Movie
Ben Kaye <span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-26T23:11:09+00:00“>May 26, 2021 | 7:11pm ET The hunt is on. Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been cast as the iconic Spider-Man villain Kraven the Hunter to headline a new solo film from Sony. This is a developing story… Related Video Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Seth Rogen Tells Comedians to Quit Whining About Cancel Culture
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-26T17:05:01+00:00“>May 26, 2021 | 1:05pm ET Seth Rogen has spent his career cracking jokes about everything from prepubescent struggles to political stereotypes, and most of it is quite literally captured on film. It may come as a surprise, then, that Rogen is distancing himself from fellow comedians who believe cancel culture will be the death of their industry. In a new interview with Good Morning Britain, Rogen said that he’s accepted some jokes in his older movies have aged poorly because that’s “the nature of comedy,” not “cancel culture.” “I think conceptually those movies are sound and I think there’s a reason they’ve lasted. Jokes are not things that necessarily are built...
Anya Taylor-Joy Stars in First Trailer for Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-25T15:10:31+00:00“>May 25, 2021 | 11:10am ET A young woman travels backwards through time to the glamorous 1960s in the first trailer for Edgar Wright’s new film Last Night in Soho. The psychological thriller arrives October 22nd starring Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), Matt Smith (The Crown, Doctor Who), and our 2020 TV performer of the year, Anya Taylor-Joy (Queen’s Gambit). Last Night in Soho follows fashion-obsessed Eloise (McKenzie), who suffers a chronological lapse and encounters her idol Sandy (Taylor-Joy), then a wannabe singer. Unfortunately, there’s a darkness lurking underneath this version of London, and Eloise’s sense of...
R.I.P. Samuel E. Wright, Voice of Sebastian in The Little Mermaid Dead at 74
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-25T21:50:02+00:00“>May 25, 2021 | 5:50pm ET Samuel E. Wright, who famously voiced Sebastian the crab in Disney’s 1989 animated musical film The Little Mermaid, has died at the age of 74. Wright’s death was announced by the town of Montgomery, New York, where the actor resided. “Sam was an inspiration to us all and along with his family established the Hudson Valley Conservatory,” a post on the town’s Facebook page reads. “Sam and his family have impacted countless Hudson Valley youth always inspiring them to reach higher and dig deeper to become the best version of themselves. On top of his passion for the arts and his love for his family, Sam was most known for walking into a ro...
Karen Gillan Brings All the Bullets to the Yard in Official Trailer for Gunpowder Milkshake: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-25T17:30:24+00:00“>May 25, 2021 | 1:30pm ET That streak of red isn’t strawberry in the official trailer for Gunpowder Milkshake. Starring Karen Gillan, the new film shoots its way onto Netflix on July 14th. Gunpowder Milkshake is the first English-language feature from Israeli director Navot Papushado, who cut his teeth on dark festival favorites Rabies and Big Bad Wolves. His latest flick follows Sam (Gillan), an assassin who finds herself protecting a young girl Emily (Big Little Lies’s Chloe Coleman) while searching for her own mother Scarlet (Game of Thrones’s Lena Headey). Along the way, she gets help from a mysterious sisterhood that inclu...
John Cena Kowtows to China by Apologizing for Calling Taiwan a Country
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-25T18:11:29+00:00“>May 25, 2021 | 2:11pm ET WWE wrestler-turned-actor John Cena has posted a mea culpa video on his Weibo page after (correctly) referring to Taiwan as a country during his press run for Fast & Furious 9. While speaking in Mandarin, Cena groveled to mainland sensibilities while emphasizing his “love and respect for China and the Chinese people.” Watch the apology video below. Without specifically mentioning Taiwan or the “mistake” itself, Cena explained he was given “a lot of information” and asked to conduct the interview in Chinese. “I’m sorry. I sincerely apologize,” Cena said in response to the social media backlash. “You must understand that I love and re...
Lindsay Lohan Returning to Acting for Holiday Rom-Com at Netflix
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-24T20:51:23+00:00“>May 24, 2021 | 4:51pm ET Lindsay Lohan, the beloved child actor turned troubled adult, will make her triumphant return to cinema. As Consequence has confirmed, she’ll be starring in an untitled holiday rom-com at Netflix. According to the logline, Lohan will be portraying, “A newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress [who] gets into a skiing accident, suffers from total amnesia, and finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas.” And remember, Netflix is the same distributor who brought us such fluffy fantasies as The Christmas Prince and The Princess Swi...
Kevin Spacey Cast in First Film Since Sexual Assault Allegations
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-24T00:58:23+00:00“>May 23, 2021 | 8:58pm ET Disgraced actor Kevin Spacey has been cast in his first film since his career was largely derailed due to allegations of sexual assault and allegations. Frank Nero has confirmed to ABC News that he has cast Spacey in his upcoming Italian film L’uomo Che Disegno Dio. “I’m very happy Kevin agreed to participate in my film,” Nero announced. “I consider him a great actor and I can’t wait to start the movie.” Spacey will reportedly star in the film alongside Nero’s wife, actress Vanessa Redgrave, with production scheduled to occur in Italy later this year. A plot synopsis of the film on IMDB describes it as about “the rise and fall of a blin...
