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“Easy Rider” star Peter Fonda, brother of Jane and son of Henry, dead at 79

(LOS ANGELES) -- Writer, director and actor Peter Fonda, son of legendary actor Henry Fonda and brother of Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda, has died, ABC News has confirmed.  He was 79.   In a statement, Peter's family said that he died Friday morning at his home in Los Angeles of respiratory failure due to lung...

Netflix announces release date for Michael B. Jordan superhero drama ‘Raising Dion’

(LOS ANGELES) -- Netflix has officially set a release date for Michael B. Jordan's highly anticipated super hero drama Raising Dion. The streamer announced on Friday that the series, which will have nine one-hour episodes, will launch on October 4. Based on Dennis Liu's short film and comic book of the same name, the series follows a recently...

‘Preacher’ star Dominic Cooper says fourth and final season is “out of control”

(LOS ANGELES) -- Based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's popular 1990s comic book franchise of the same name, Preacher is currently in its fourth and final season on AMC. The supernatural series stars Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, a crook-turned very imperfect Texas preacher who inherits the voice of God -- which means he...

Seeing a nice guy like Kevin Bacon go bad is part of the fun for his ‘City on a Hill’ co-star Jill Hennessy

(NEW YORK) -- Kevin Bacon and Jill Hennessy star in the Showtime drama City on a Hill, the '90s-set cop drama wraps up its first season Sunday night. The 10-part series, which premiered in June, centers on the FBI investigating a series of armored car robberies in Boston. Law & Order vet Hennessy plays Jenny Rohr,...

If Netflix docu-series “Diagnosis” is a “mystery story,” Dr. Lisa Sanders is Sherlock Holmes

(NEW YORK) -- Her popular New York Times Magazine column, “Diagnosis,” inspired the global hit TV show House. Now, Dr. Lisa Sanders is bringing her own show to the small screen. Diagnosis, a docu-series debuting today on Netflix, takes patients straight out of Sanders’ column and opens them up to the power of crowdsourcing in...

“Hello there!” Ewan McGregor reportedly in talks to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in Disney+ series

(LOS ANGELES) -- That sound you may have heard last night, "as if millions of voices suddenly cried out," was the collective squee of old school Star Wars fans. That's because Ewan McGregor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in three Star Wars movies, is in talks to play the Jedi master once again, this time in...

‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ fined $395,000 for sketch using emergency alert tones

(LOS ANGELES) -- Jimmy Kimmel has had a lot of fun at President Donald Trump's expense, but a sketch from his ABC late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, that included the use of a simulated Federal Communications Commission emergency alert tone, will cost the show $395,000. The sketch in question aired back in October and poked...

‘Good Boys,’ ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2′ and ’47 Meters Down: Uncaged’ top a crowded box office weekend

(NEW YORK) -- Opened nationwide on Tuesday: * The Angry Birds Movie 2 -- This sequel to 2016's The Angry Birds Movie centers on Red, Chuck and Bomb -- voiced respectively by Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad and Danny McBride, reprising their roles from the original film -- who must team up with Bill Hader's Leonard and...

‘Aladdin’ producer says live-action sequel is currently in the “early stages of development”

(LOS ANGELES) -- Aladdin producer Dan Lin is apparently ready to make Disney magic once again. After Aladdin passed the $1 billion dollar mark worldwide in July, Lin says he's already thinking about the film's sequel. "We'd love to," he said to SyFy Wire, regarding making another film. "People clearly loved the movie and watched...

From the High Table to Dog Fu: Special features revealed for ‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ home video releases

(LOS ANGELES) -- The hit third installment in the John Wick franchise, John Wick: Chapter 3: Parabellum, is coming home soon, and for the first time Lionsgate has revealed the special features it has in store for fans. The movie will be available on digital download on August 23, and on Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD,...