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Emilio Estevez Booted from Mighty Ducks TV Show After Failing to Get Vaccinated
Aaron Rodgers isn’t the only midwest sports icon who’s letting his team down by not getting vaccinated. Emilio Estevez, who famously played Coach Gordon Bombay in The Mighty Ducks movies, will not return for season two of Disney+’s TV revival, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, after refusing to abide by Disney’s vaccination policy. Disney has adopted has adopted a strict vaccination mandate for all cast and crew in Zone A of its productions. According to Deadline, the studio declined to pick up Estevez’s option for season two after the actor was unwilling to commit to the policy. Estevez starred alongside Lauren Graham and Brady Noon in season one of Game Changers. His character will now be written out of the show. So much for ducks sticking together. Advertisement Related Video [embedded c...
HBO Releases The Righteous Gemstones Season 2 Teaser: Watch
Season two of The Righteous Gemstones airs on HBO beginning Sunday, January 9th. In anticipation, the first teaser trailer has been revealed. The half-hour comedy about a televangelist family stars Danny McBride, Adam Devine, John Goodman, Edi Patterson, Walton Goggins, and Jennifer Nettles. Joining the cast for season two are Eric Andre (as a competing megachurch paster named Lyle Lissons), Jason Schwartzman, and Eric Roberts. Per a logline provided by HBO, season two “finds our blessed Gemstone family threatened by outsiders from both the past and present who wish to destroy their empire.” Advertisement Related Video The first two episodes of the nine-episode season will air on Sunday, January 9th at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, with additional episodes airing on subsequent Sundays. [embedded conte...
R.I.P. William Lucking, Sons of Anarchy Actor Dead at 80
William Lucking, the veteran character actor who played Piney Winston on Sons of Anarchy, has died at 80. According to an obituary written by his wife Sigrid Lucking, he passed away at his home in Las Vegas on October 18th. The cause of death has not been made public. Born in 1941 in Michigan, Lucking studied literature at UCLA and acting at Pasadena Playhouse. He broke into Hollywood in 1968 with parts on the original Mission: Impossible TV series as well as the detective drama Ironside. From that point forward, he booked at least one role a year through 2014. Along the way, he picked up credits on some of the biggest television series of the day, including Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Magical World of Disney, The Rockford Files, The Incredible Hulk, Days of Our Lives, ...
Siesta Key Star Chloe Trautman Is Engaged
There’s a brand-new bride-to-be in Siesta Key: Chloe Trautman is engaged to “soulmate” Chris Long. “Yesterday I said YES to my soulmate in Fairyland,” Chloe captioned the Instagram album above from the couple’s engagement in Bryce Canon, Utah. “Chris took us on an 8.2 mile loop trail that was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life -mentally and physically. The emotional release after finishing this hike was indescribable. As I was standing at the overlook reflecting over all the emotions I felt throughout this hike, I heard Chris say my name and I turned around and there he was down on one knee. We both kind of blacked out and I remember breaking down in tears and saying how crazy this is! He asked me to marry him and I said YES!” She ...
Memory Lane: These Are The Season 2 All Stars Newbies’ Original Cast Photos
The Season 2 All Stars are embarking on “one more fight to set things right.” But before the Challenge legends get a “do over” beginning November 11– some haven’t competed in years and years — we’re remembering their MTV roots. That’s right: It’s the All Stars newbies’ original cast photos from deep in our archives — and here’s the returning players from Season 1, in case you missed it several months back. From Real World to Road Rules (and a bit of Fresh Meat), these images were the first taste of the young adults’ debut on the network. From posing in new real cities while living with seven strangers to hitting the road and soaking up the temporary locations, they all have the same fresh-faced energy. And ...
Second Challenge Chance: This Is How Darrell And Jonna Are Approaching All Stars Season 2
Two of the top All Stars final finishers are back on Season 2 — and this time, Darrell and Jonna are both going to have to “work harder and dig deeper” if they want to take home the $500,000 Challenge prize. Beginning with Darrell: The MTV veteran boasted a 4/4 finals Challenge record before All Stars; he nabbed first place on The Gauntlet, The Inferno, The Inferno II and Fresh Meat. But during the Season 1 final in Argentina, the Road Rules: Campus Crawl export had to accept second place to his fellow RR‘er Yes (he trailed the Semester at Sea alum) by two points. Now, Darrell is ready to take “the crown” on Season 2. So what is his strategy entering the unique game? “I’m doing me,” Darrell told MTV News. “I’m going to play ...
Courtney Love Raves About Use of Nirvana’s “Rape Me” In HBO’s Succession
If you, like seemingly everyone on Twitter, tuned in to the most recent episode of HBO‘s smash dramedy series Succession, you probably caught the perfect sync of Nirvana’s “Rape Me.” Of course, any music with Kurt Cobain’s name attached has to get the green light from his widow, Courtney Love. Thankfully, the Hole singer approved the use of the 1993 track and she went on to rave about its use in her Instagram story. “I was in the room watching (agog) as this song was written in about an hour, and I’ve never been so proud of approving one of Kurt’s songs,” Love wrote. “This cue in Succession is as if they truly understood KC. What he was screaming his heart out … without specifics … about. I’m sure wherever he is he’s proud of this. #rapeme #kurtdcobain #nirvana #disruption #myfavorite...
Is Spies‘ Emerald Cell The Strongest Challenge Team Ever?
If green is, indeed, the color of money, then The Challenge’s new powerhouse — Emerald Cell — is certainly doing its designated color justice and might be wise to prepare its bank account for a sizable deposit. Still, there’s a lot of game left to play, and anything can change, but is it possible Tori, Kaycee, Nany, Devin, Josh and Emanuel already rank among the best of the Challenge best? On tonight’s episode, all eyes were on the sixsome ahead of “Sunken Intelligence,” a mission that challenged each of the game’s three teams to untangle a huge, heavy rope that had been expertly threaded through a sunken ship. With three victories to its name, Emerald Cell had left Emerald and Ruby Cells shut out from wins, and they were determined to remain undefeated. And remain undefeated, they d...
The Simpsons Tease “Darker and Prestigier” Crime Thriller in Trailer for “A Serious Flanders”: Watch
Stupid, sexy Flanders is in some stupid, sexy trouble in the first trailer for The Simpsons‘ upcoming two-part episode “A Serious Flanders.” Part one airs November 7th, and part two follows on November 14th. This “Simpflix” production is an “Emmy-baiting crime drama,” according to the trailer, which promises something, “Darker and prestigier than anything you’ve ever seen.” Via Variety, it came about after The Simpsons executive producer Matt Selman finally got caught up on the TV adaption of Fargo. “We wanted to do all the tricks that these cool streaming shows get to do: Flashbacks, crazy time jumps, the feeling that anyone might die,” Selman said. “It’s all the tricks of the trade, for a semi-pretentious but also very cool kind of story. We have scenes...
Sesame Street Season 52 to Premiere November 11th, Billie Eilish and Kacey Musgraves Among Guest Stars
Exciting news for kids (and by extension, their parents) who are currently on their 17th viewing of Sesame Street Season 51. New episodes of the iconic children’s series will air on HBO Max beginning November 11th. Season 52 of Sesame Street will span 35 episodes in total, with a new 30-minute episode premiering weekly on Thursdays. Joining Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Grover, and Big Bird will be a number of celebrity guests, including musicians Billie Eilish, Kacey Musgraves, Anderson .Paak, and Jon Batiste, poet Amanda Gorman, and tennis star Naomi Osaka, among others. Advertisement Related Video According to USA Today, Eilish will appear in a segment with The Count, and .Paak will sing a song as part of a special episode dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. Due to the pandemic, f...
Dexter: New Blood Can’t Quite Bring Its Madcap Antihero Back to Life: Review
The Pitch: Over a decade after the original series’… let’s say controversial finale, Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) has been living off the grid. Last we saw him, he was a lumberjack in the Pacific Northwest; now he’s packed up and moved to the sleepy, snowy upstate New York village of Iron Lake. He’s set himself up as Jim Lindsey, the unassuming town sweetheart, who mans the local hunting shop and brings cinnamon rolls to his customers. He’s even dating the town sheriff, Angela Bishop (Julia Jones), and has successfully tamped down the so-called Dark Passenger that drives him to kill. (Instead of his adoptive father Harry, it’s taken the shape of now-deceased sister Debra (Jennifer Carpenter), the devil in his ear who acts as his grim anti-conscience.) But naturally, Dexter: Ne...
A Mother’s Vow: Will Amber Commit To Being ‘Present’ For Leah On Teen Mom OG?
Amber chose not to attend Leah’s 12th birthday party last season on Teen Mom OG; the mother of two claimed she felt “a bit uneasy” going to her daughter’s hibachi-filled at-home celebration, while Leah did not feel comfortable with her mother’s idea to commemorate the occasion with a one-on-one get together. And during tonight’s episode, Amber expressed regret about how she handled that circumstance and vowed she needed to “show up” for her firstborn. But before Amber made the b-day-related admission to her producer David, she reflected on an on-camera visit with Leah, Gary, Kristina and Emilee. “With Leah, she was very off,” Amber rehashed. “But I already thought that was going to be that way,” she continued, while ad...
