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Hulu announces new slate of new shows, documentaries, horror series

(LOS ANGELES) -- During Friday's Hulu Press Tour, the streaming service unveiled its slate of original upcoming programming, including new and returning series. Hulu announced the semi-animated comedy series Woke starring Lamorne Morris as well as No Man's Land, the dramatic tale of the Syrian civil war. It also touted full-series orders of the documentary food...

‘Friends’ reunion delayed again over COVID-19

(NEW YORK) -- Could we be any more disappointed? The long-anticipated and oft-delayed reunion of Ross, Rachel, Phoebe, Monica, Chandler and Joey has been bumped again.  Variety reports that delays related to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis were to blame for the latest postponement of the unscripted HBO Max special.  The special was initially supposed to shoot back in March...

Cast of Netflix’s ‘Work It’ is ready to join the ranks of dance movie classics

(NEW YORK) -- Work It is about to join the ranks of iconic teen dance movies like Save the Last Dance, Step Up and Center Stage. The Netflix movie, out Friday, stars Sabrina Carpenter as Quinn, a straight-A student who starts her own dance team in the hopes of impressing her dream college. Only problem...

DC teases casts of ‘The Suicide Squad’, ‘The Batman’, and more in preview of DC Fandome

(LOS ANGELES) -- While the box office track record of Warner Bros.' DC Comics universe has been uneven at best, a brand-new tease of its 24-hour virtual convention called DC Fandome is generating a lot of buzz.  The tease was introduced in a tweet from Matt Reeves, the director of the upcoming The Batman, and he promised to share...

“It’s painful”: A tearful Zoe Saldana apologizes for Nina Simone biopic

(LOS ANGELES) -- In an interview on Instagram Live with Posecreator Steven Canals, Zoe Saldana tearfully confessed she regretted portraying Nina Simone in Nina, a widely-panned 2016 biopic of the legendary singer and social activist's life. "It's painful," an emotional Saldana said, "I should have tried everything in my power to cast a Black woman...

Beverly Johnson explains why her ‘Girlfriends Check In’ was “really important” to her during this time

(LOS ANGELES) -- Supermodel Beverly Johnson is joining her real-life girlfriends on the upcoming episode of OWN's new quarantine series, Girlfriends Check In. The new show, which virtually brings together different groups of female celebrity friends to laugh, support, and share gossip with each other, has Beverly joining her three galpals which include Greenleaf star Lynn Whitfield, activist Tina Knowles Lawson and actress Vanessa Bell Calloway....

Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Garner beach date stirs dating rumors

(LOS ANGELES) -- After reportedly splitting with her boyfriend John Miller after nearly two years of dating, Jennifer Garner spent Wednesday chilling on a Malibu beach with her longtime friend and former Alias co-star Bradley Cooper, according to The New York Post. A photo of the couple shows a shirtless Cooper sporting a man bun and red swim trunks, while Garner, wearing a...

Play ball! Amazon rebooting ‘A League of Their Own’ as a series

(LOS ANGELES) -- Amazon has announced that a reboot of the beloved 1992 film comedy A League of Their Own will become an hour-long series for the streamer.  Created by Broad City's Abbi Jacobson and Mozart in the Jungle's Will Graham, the "reinterpretation" of the film centers on the wartime version of America's pastime: the women who made up the All-American Girls...

‘John Wick’ gets a fifth chapter

(LOS ANGELES) -- A fifth installment of John Wick, starring Keanu Reeves, is in the works. John Wick fans boosted the most recent go-round, Chapter 3 -- Parabellum, to a $326.7 million globally, making a fourth film a no-brainer, but the announcement of a fifth go-round was a surprise. Deadline reports that Lionsgate confirmed that they hope to film both John Wick 4 and 5 back to back sometime...

Stephen Colbert and James Corden to returning to the studio

(LOS ANGELES) -- It looks like Stephen Colbert and James Corden will be following Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon's lead and moving their respective CBS late night shows back into the studio, according to Entertainment Tonight. Both hosts have been taping their shows remotely since the COVID-19 outbreak --Colbert's Late Show coming from his house, with his family serving as his production crew, and Corden's Late...