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Billionaires, royals and celebs reportedly trying to woo newly-single Kim Kardashian

From the "it was bound to happen" file, it seems a bevy of billionaires and other A-listers are trying to shoot their shot with Kim Kardashian, who recently split from husband Kanye West.  Page Six reports that Kim, a newly-crowned billionaire herself, is "being flooded with dating options" from all manner of well-heeled potential suitors who have been slipping...

Ahead of the Oscars, Leslie Odom Jr. explains why “being recognized” is “tremendously meaningful”

The gravity of being honored for his work as an actor and artist is not lost on Oscar nominee Leslie Odom Jr.  The One Night in Miami star is nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Sam Cooke and Best Original Song for his moving ballad "Speak Now." Odom Jr. tells ABC Audio...

Chrissy Teigen opens up about her struggle with infertility

Chrissy Teigen marked the start of National Infertility Awareness Week by opening up about her struggle to start a family. Teigen, who shares five-year-old Luna and two-year-old Miles with singer John Legend, spoke with Refinery29 Monday about a host of issues, from her October pregnancy loss to leaning on IVF to get pregnant.  The 36-year-old television personality attested, "There's no one way to [become...

Florian Zeller’s Oscar-nominated ‘The Father’ proves fact can be scarier than fiction

We’re getting close to Oscars Sunday, and one of the movies up for Best Picture is The Father. Written and directed by Florian Zeller, the film stars Oscar nominees Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, respectively, as a father who is losing his mind to dementia, and the daughter who is trying to take care of him.  Zeller, who is also up for...

Vin Diesel to star in big screen adaptation of classic game ‘Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots’

Well, they turned Battleship and LEGO into movies -- the former a modest hit and the latter a blockbuster franchise -- so why not Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots?  Clearly that was the question put to Vin Diesel, who has just signed on to star in and produce a big-screen adaptation of the interactive game that first came out in 1964.  The game,...

‘WandaVision’ conjures up the most nominations for this year’s MTV Movie and TV awards

Marvel Studios' hit Disney+ show WandaVision earned five nominations, leading the pack for this year's MTV Movie and TV Awards.  Netflix's Emily in Paris and Amazon Prime's The Boys both earned four nominations, while Netflix's Bridgerton and Disney+'s The Mandalorian earned three apiece -- the same number of nominations earned by Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, which was tops with three nominations.  The winners will be announced during...

Tony winner John Cameron Mitchell crowned “Tiger King” in Joe Exotic series for NBC

In what may seem like 10 years ago but was only last year, at the start of the pandemic, Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness gave us all a good escape from the headlines. Now NBC has announced that its upcoming limited series based on the Netflix phenomenon has found its star in Tony-winning stage and screen veteran John Cameron Mitchell....

HBO Max teases Michael Che comedy series, David Alan Grier tapped for Spectrum’s ‘Joe Pickett,’ and more

HBO Max has released the first-look teaser for SNL star Michael Che's comedy series That Damn Michael Che. Described as a "groundbreaking" original comedy series, the show, told from Michael's perspective, incorporates sketches and vignettes to capture "everyday situations" that range from racial profiling, to unemployment, being in love and more. The six-episode series will...

Oscar winners Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway and Helen Mirren get human in ‘Solos’ series for Amazon

Amazon Prime Video has announced it's bringing some major talent to the table for a new anthology series called Solos, which debuts May 21. Oscar winners Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway and Helen Mirren star, as do Emmy winner Uzo Aduba and acclaimed actors Anthony Mackie, Dan Stevens, Constance Wu and Nicole Beharie. According to Amazon, the seven-part series explores the "strange, beautiful, heart-breaking, hilarious, wondrous truths of what...

Tom Felton honors late actress Helen McCrory, who played his mother in the ‘Harry Potter’ films

Tom Felton shared a touching tribute to his on-screen mother Helen McCrory, who died at age 52 after a battle with cancer. McCrory played Narcissa Malfoy, the mother of Felton's Draco Malfoy, in the Harry Potter movie series. Sharing a still of the two holding hands and heading into the final battle during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,...