Entertainment Daypop Archives

ABC has picked up the pilot to “thirysomething(else),” the sequel to the network’s “thirtysomething” series from Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick. ... [Read Full Story]

The Batman director Matt Reeves has confirmed that actor Colin Farrell will be starring in the film as “The Penguin.”... [Read Full Story]

Chloë Sevigny is expecting her first child with her boyfriend, Sinisa Mackovic. A  rep for the star confirmed that the  45-year-old actress is pregnant.... [Read Full Story]

The “Saved by the Bell” reboot, starring original cast members Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley, has cast transgender actress Josie Totah in a leading role. Totah will play Lexi, described in press notes as “a beautiful, sharp-tongued cheerleader and the most popular girl at Bayside High” who is both “admired and feared” by her classmates.  The 18-year-old Totah’s credits include NBC’s “Champions” and the Disney Channel’s “Jessie.”  She was most recently seen on Netflix’s “No Good Nick.”... [Read Full Story]

Back in October 2017, the first New Mutants trailer arrived — however the film, based on the X-Men comics of the same name, was delayed multiple times with script reworks and reshoots.... [Read Full Story]

Starz has released the official trailer for the upcoming fifth season of Outlander, its centuries-spanning romantic drama based on Diana Gabaldon’s series of novels. The upcoming 12-episode season finds the Frasers fighting for their family and the home they have forged on Fraser’s Ridge as the American Revolution draws nearer. ... [Read Full Story]

Riverdale actress Vanessa Morgan married professional baseball player Michael Kopech over the weekend. Morgan, 27, and Kopech, 23, exchanged vows in front of their closest family and friends, including members of the Riverdale cast, during an intimate ceremony at the Historic Walton House in Homestead, Florida. About 40 guests attended, and the bride’s sister’s Celina served as her maid of honor.... [Read Full Story]

The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards was held Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, with Ricky Gervais returning as host for the fifth time at the ceremony, which honors the best in film and television over the past year. ... [Read Full Story]

Pink is donating $500,000 to help fight the deadly wildfires that have devastated parts of Australia.... [Read Full Story]

Streaming service Disney+ is kicking off the new year with the announcement that we’ll be seeing one of its planned Marvel series premiere in 2020.  Disney+ has revealed that WandaVision will be coming this year, following initial reports of a 2021 premiere date.... [Read Full Story]

NCIS star Wilmer Valderrama is engaged to his model girlfriend Amanda Pacheco. Valderrama popped the question in San Diego on New Year’s Day, he revealed on Instagram. In the photo, Valderrama, 39, can be seen getting down on one knee in front of a gorgeous seaside backdrop. “‘It’s just us now,’” he captioned the photo, adding the date of their engagement, “01-01-2020.”... [Read Full Story]

Kathy Griffin announced her engagement on New Year’s Eve on Twitter, and also shared that she was married in Los Angeles, California. The comedian tweeted a video late Tuesday with her longtime boyfriend Randy Bick to make the surprise announcement.... [Read Full Story]

Four-time Oscar nominee, Michelle Williams, is engaged and expecting a child with the Tony Award-winning director of Hamilton, Thomas Kail.... [Read Full Story]

Alex Trebek is sharing an update about his pancreatic cancer battle. The “Jeopardy” host told ABC News he is going through chemotherapy again, and that he knows that he might not have a lot of time left to live – but the prayer from supporters have helped him feel a lot better since his diagnosis.... [Read Full Story]

32-year-old actor Zac Efron is speaking out, taking to Instagram to share a message about his health after Australia’s Sunday Telegraph reported he had contracted what is believed to be typhoid or a “similar bacterial infection” while filming his Quibi show, Killing Zac Efron, in Papua New Guinea. ... [Read Full Story]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is at the top of the box office againthis weekend. The J.J. Abrams-directed final installment in the Star Wars Skywalker saga dominated the Christmas Day box office with $32 million, earning the film the honor of having the second-best Christmas Day box office total behind 2015’s Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. ... [Read Full Story]

The Mandalorian showrunner Jon Favreau is dropping some details about Season 2, announcing the pickup of the Disney+ series. ... [Read Full Story]

The teaser trailer for the Aretha Franklin biopic, “Respect,” starring Jennifer Hudson, was just released and the minute-long trailer begins with Hudson singing a verse from the title song nearly a cappella.... [Read Full Story]

25-year-old Justin Bieber has officially announced the new projects he has coming up in a video posted on his YouTube page. The singer teased an untitled new album, along with the single, “Yummy,” which will be released on January 3.  ... [Read Full Story]

Former “One Direction” star Harry Style’s sophomore album, Fine Line, hit number one on the Billboard 200 chart this week. According to Billboard, “it marks the biggest week for a pop album by a male artist in over four years.” It’s the second highest debut in the chart’s history, beating Post Malone’s “Hollywood’s Bleeding.” The chart is based on album units sold both digitally and physical album sales, song sales and audio streams. Styles also landed number one on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart.... [Read Full Story]

For a second year in a row, Kevin Spacey posted a video on his YouTube page on Christmas Eve his House of Cards character Frank Underwood. ... [Read Full Story]

Actress Hilarie Burton has chimed in with her thoughts on the Hallmark Channel’s since-rescinded decision to scrap ads depicting a same-sex wedding, by raising claims of her own. Best known for playing Peyton Sawyer on “One Tree Hill,” Burton has appeared in a number of Hallmark’s original films over the years, including 2012’s “Naughty or Nice” and 2013’s “Christmas on the Bayou.” However, she said she was dismissed from one of the network’s projects last January because she demanded more “diverse casting.” ... [Read Full Story]

Hilary Duff and Matthew Koma were married in a low-key backyard ceremony at their Los Angeles home on Saturday, December 21, in front of close family and friends.... [Read Full Story]

DaniLeigh has returned with a new EP, My Present via Def Jam Recordings. The 4-song EP is the prelude to new music expected from DaniLeigh in the new year. The title My Present is a nod to her birthday, and how she feels in the “present day.”... [Read Full Story]

Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” is estimated to earn $195 million domestically on it’s opening weekend, which would place it just above the $191 million openings of “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and the “Lion King” remake for the eighth highest domestic opening of all-time.... [Read Full Story]

For the first time since his emergency surgery, “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak spoke publicly about his health scare on “Good Morning America.” ... [Read Full Story]

Netflix and Mattel announced that a new original CG animated series for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe will reimagine the franchise. This comes in addition to the 2D anime series Masters of the Universe: Revelation by Kevin Smith.... [Read Full Story]

Last weekend, a teaser for the sequel to “A Quiet Place,” directed by John Krasinski, screened in theaters ahead of showings of Black Christmas. The preview for A Quiet Place Part II was brief, showing a scene in which the lead character, Evelyn Abbott (played by Emily Blunt) leads her children along a trail of sand until it ends and they realize that they have to keep going. That teaser is now online, with the promise of a full-length trailer to be released on New Year’s Day.... [Read Full Story]

The first images of Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter starring in Bill & Ted Face the Music were just revealed.  Now middle-aged best friends, Bill and Ted are back in a phone booth that serves as their time machine for their new adventure.... [Read Full Story]

The streaming service Netflix has canceled the apocalyptic teen drama Daybreak after one season, series co-creator Aron Coleite revealed through a joint letter from the producers released on Twitter.... [Read Full Story]