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What started as Negro History Week in 1926 has evolved into an annual holiday observed all across the country. Black History Month is the time set aside to remember, honor and celebrate Black Americans and history of the African diaspora. With the month coming to a close, ABC Audio talked with a few Black entertainers who shared what the holiday means to them. […]
Paramount is finally moving forward with its long-planned Naked Gun reboot with Liam Neeson in the lead role, ABC Audio has confirmed. The new movie is based on the Naked Gun film franchise and the TV series Police Squad! by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker. The new project, from Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue […]
Apple TV+ The fifth episode of Apple TV+’s star-studded drama The New Look dropped on Wednesday. The series explores what life was like in Paris during the Nazi occupation, and especially what choices designers like Coco Chanel and Christian Dior made at the time. Chanel cast her lot with the Nazi high command and had […]
On this day in Black history, February 29: — In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first Black person to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind. She remained the only Black woman to be awarded the Best Supporting Actress until Whoopi Goldberg took home the trophy 50 years later, in 1990. […]
Courtesy Paramount+ – Photo: Daniel Smith On Wednesday Paramount+, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios jointly announced that Guy Ritchie will direct and executive produce The Donovans, a gangster drama “loosely based” on one of Showtime’s biggest hits, Ray Donovan. The producers tease, “With the most powerful clients in Europe, The Donovans will see family […]
Prime Video/Laura Radford A little more than a month after Road House remake director Doug Liman said he “signed up to make a theatrical motion picture for MGM” only to have it instead head exclusively to streaming on Prime Video, the movie’s star, Jake Gyllenhaal, is weighing in. Liman stated in an editorial to Deadline […]
HBO/John P. Johnson Stand-up comedian and actor Richard Lewis has died, ABC Audio has confirmed. Lewis, a fixture on the stand-up comedy scene in the ’70s and ’80s, who also appeared in comedies like Robin Hood: Men in Tights and dramas including the Oscar-winning Leaving Las Vegas, was 76. On Wednesday a rep quoted Lewis’ […]
Monica Schipper/Getty Images Angela Bassett has been named one of People‘s 2024 Women Changing the World — a list of eight honorees making a “major difference” with their “groundbreaking work.” The honorary Oscar winner is highlighted by the magazine for her advocacy and work in heart health. Bassett’s mother, Betty Jane, who had Type 2 diabetes, died […]
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) In a chat on the podcast Reign with Josh Smith, Mission: Impossible franchise veteran Rebecca Ferguson had listeners guessing as to whom she was referring when speaking about an “absolute idiot” of an abusive A-list movie co-star. And Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, her co-star in 2014’s Hercules, says he […]
Courtesy GAZEBO Festival Jack Harlow has frequently made sure to perform live in his home state of Kentucky, but now, he’s taking that dedication to the next level. The “Lovin On Me” rapper has announced a music festival, GAZEBO, which will take over his hometown of Louisville’s Waterfront Park on May 25 and 26. He’ll headline along […]
