Tuesday will be declared “La La Land” day in Los Angeles by Mayor Eric Garcetti in honor of the film, which received six Academy Awards and prominently featured many tinseltown locales. It appeared the film really will be honored by the city, and it’s not a mistaken award meant for another picture. “La La Land” received six Oscars at the 89th Academy Awards, but famously had the best picture trophy […]
A "harmful and unusual bacterial infection" has forced Elton John to cancel his upcoming April and May run of "The Million Dollar Piano" gigs at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, as well as his May 6th show in Bakersfield, California. The singer contracted the illness on a recent tour of South America and became violently ill on a flight home from Santiago, Chile. He spent two nights […]
A little over one year ago, Vizio tried to reinvent the TV user experience by taking menus off the screen, getting rid of built-in apps, and letting Google’s Chromecast (and your smartphone) control pretty much everything. They even included an Android tablet in the box. It was a very short-lived experiment. A tablet, it turns out, isn’t a good remote after all. Today Vizio is introducing its 2017 P-Series and […]
Iggy Pop sings three tracks on Loneliness Road, the new record by Jamie Saft's jazz trio, including the bassist Steve Swallow and the drummer Bobby Previte, major figures in American improvised music. This is not a simulacrum of jazz, a high-voltage jam band, a PBS tie-in, or a promise owed to a manager. It is a rock personage deciding to invest time and energy into a record of improvised, first-take […]
Holdover 'The Fate of the Furious' continues to rule the road as new offerings 'Phoenix Forgotten' and 'Free Fire' also sink; the only new film to hold its own is Disney nature doc 'Born in China.' It is bombs away at the Friday box office, where four out of five new films are badly struggling, according to early returns. Instead, Universal holdover The Fate of the Furious easily remains in […]
Here's your first look at the game, ahead of the full reveal next week. he first images from Call of Duty: WWII appear to have leaked, courtesy of an Activision website. This year's entry in the Call of Duty series was officially announced today, but it won't be until next week that we learn any real details about it. Despite that, the Call of Duty website was briefly home to […]
Disney-Lucasfilm’s tentpole has generated 892,000 new conversations and more than 1.5 million total conversations — more than four times more than the second most talked about movie, according to media-measurement firm comScore and its PreAct service. The studio released the trailer following its debut at the “Star Wars Celebration” in Orlando. Several stars made surprise appearances at the event, including Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and new cast member, Kelly Marie […]
'Mississippi Grind' filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck will helm the MCU stand-alone. Mississippi Grind directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck will direct Brie Larson in Captain Marvel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Guardians of the Galaxy's Nicole Perlman and Inside Out's Meg LeFauve wrote the script for the Marvel Studios film, which will be produced by Kevin Feige. Boden and Fleck landed the job after an extensive search. Last […]
James Corden and actor Riz Ahmed squared off in a hilarious rap battle on Monday night. The Late Late Show host and HBO star didn't mince words in the Drop The Mic segment. Riz, who moonlights as a rapper, has appeared on HBO's Girls and The Night Of — and the programs weren't spared in the comedian's digs. Scroll down for video... 'That wasn't nice!' James Corden and actor Riz […]
