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Aubrey Plaza, Megan Thee Stallion & more join ‘Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine’ Netflix special

(LOS ANGELES) -- The star-studded guest list for Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine keeps growing.  Netflix announced today that comedian Sarah Cooper's upcoming variety show will feature appearances by Helen Mirren, Aubrey Plaza, Ben Stiller, Jane Lynch and Whoopi Goldberg, along with "Savage" superstar Megan Thee Stallion. They join previously announced guest stars Jon Hamm, Marisa Tomei and Fred Armisen. Other cast members include Danielle Brooks of Orange Is the New Black fame, Queer Eye's Jonathan Van...

‘News of the World’ trailer shows Tom Hanks on an epic adventure

(LOS ANGELES) -- Tom Hanks shares the News of the World in the new trailer for his upcoming film.  Set in the late 1800s, it stars Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a veteran and storyteller who travels the United States sharing  tales from across the globe.  Along his travels, he encounters a young girl abandoned in the woods named Johanna, played...

Matthew McConaughey shares that he was sexually abused in his youth

(LOS ANGELES) -- Matthew McConaughey is opening about his past experiences of sexual abuse.  The Academy Award-winning actor shares in his new memoir Greenlights that he was sexually abused multiple times as a teenager.  “I was blackmailed into having sex for the first time when I was 15. I was certain I was going to hell for the...

Netflix lifts curtain on dazzling ‘The Prom’ trailer

(LOS ANGELES) -- Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and James Corden are heading to Prom.  Today, Netflix unveiled the trailer for the upcoming film, The Prom, based off the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical written by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The plot follows Steep's Dee Dee Allen and Corden's Barry Glickman, Broadway stars whose careers are on the line after a failed production....

Kimberly Van Der Beek revealed the names she and James gave their unborn sons

(LOS ANGELES) -- Kimberly Van Der Beek, wife of Dawson's Creek alum James Van Der Beek, broke her silence regarding her two recent miscarriages. Speaking on Instagram live on Tuesday, the 38-year-old opened up about losing two pregnancies, both at 17 weeks, in the span of a year. "They were so tough," she recounted of her fall 2019...

Felicity Huffman wants her passport back once supervised release ends

(LOS ANGELES) -- Desperate Housewives alum Felicity Huffman is almost finished with her court ordered supervised release stemming from the massive "Varsity Blues" college entrance scam. Now, with her punishment set to expire soon -- which also included 14 days in prison, a $30,000 fine and 250 hours of community service -- the Academy Award-nominated actress is requesting the return of...

Jennifer Lawrence admits she “was a little Republican” until Trump became president

(LOS ANGELES) -- Jennifer Lawrence opened up about her voting habits and her changing political beliefs in a rare interview on Wednesday. Sitting down for the Absolutely Not podcast, the 30-year-old Hunger Games star revealed that, up until recently, she had considered herself a Republican. "I grew up Republican. My first time voting, I voted for John McCain. I was...

Lisa Marie Presley pens heartbreaking tribute to late son on his 28th birthday

(LOS ANGELES) -- Lisa Marie Presley penned a heartbreaking tribute to her late son, Benjamin Keough, on what would have been his 28th birthday Wednesday. Keough died on July 12 at age 27. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office confirmed that he died by suicide. Calling Keough "my beautiful beautiful angel," Presley, the daughter of Elvis...

Quibi announces shutdown six months after launch

(LOS ANGELES) -- Quibi is calling it quits.  On Wednesday, the streaming service officially announced that it will be "winding down the business," according to a press release obtained by Variety. The decision comes just over six months after the company, which was led by founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman, launched in April -- during the early...

Jared Leto returns as the Joker for Zack Snyder’s ‘Justice League’

(LOS ANGELES) -- Jared Leto is returning to the DC Comics universe, reprising his role as the Joker from 2016's Suicide Squad in Zack Snyder's rejiggered version of Justice League. The announcement is newsworthy, says The Hollywood Reporter, firstly because the character didn't appear in the original 2017 film, which raises the question of how much new content will be added...