Entertainment Daypop Archives

The nominees for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards were announced on Monday, with Mank leading with 12 nominations, followed by Minari with 10.... [Read Full Story]

Christina Milian has joined the Starz series Step Up as Collette, a role originated by the late Naya Rivera. Rivera starred as Collette in the first two seasons of the series, which aired on YouTube before moving to Starz. Rivera died at the age of 33 in July from accidental drowning while boating with her 5-year-old son Josey.... [Read Full Story]

Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan debuted the first trailer for his upcoming film Old during Super Bowl LV on Sunday.... [Read Full Story]

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers announced he is engaged over the weekend, but the question being asked on social media is – to who? ... [Read Full Story]

TV comedy Schitt’s Creek and Netflix drama The Crown led the field as the 2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced on Thursday. Schitt’s Creek and The Crown each earned five nominations, while Ozark earned four and Dead to Me picked up three. Streaming service Netflix scored the most nominations in both the film category (with 13 nominations) and TV category (with 17 nominations.)... [Read Full Story]

Streaming service Netflix is in talks to make a movie about the recent GameStop drama that hit Wall Street.  The film will center on the ongoing battle between hedge funds and the amateur Reddit traders who caused GameStop stock to skyrocket to more than 1,700 percent last week through investing apps like Robinhood.... [Read Full Story]

Nominations for the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Wednesday, with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler returning to host the event for a fourth time.  The Golden Globes ... [Read Full Story]

“Black Panther” director and co-writer Ryan Coogler is developing a television series set in the movie’s fictional futuristic kingdom of Wakanda. The Walt Disney Co said that in a statement that the new series for the Disney+ streaming service will be created as part of a five-year television deal with Coogler’s Proximity Media production company. ... [Read Full Story]

Legendary actor, Hal Holbrook has passed away at the age of 95. Holbrook reportedly died back on January 23rd in his Beverly Hills home as revealed by his longtime assistant this week to the New York Times.... [Read Full Story]

Kevin Hart has landed a role in the upcoming Lionsgate film, Borderlands. The movie studio’s Twitter feed read, “This cast is getting wild. please join me in welcoming @Kevinhart4real to the @borderlands fam!” ... [Read Full Story]

Dustin Diamond, the actor best known for portraying Screech on Saved by the Bell, has died at the age of 44.  Diamond was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in January.... [Read Full Story]

Denzel Washington’s crime drama, The Little Things, is the No. 1 movie at North American theaters this weekend, earning $4.8 million. The film is also streaming on HBO Max to appeal to as many viewers as possible during the coronavirus pandemic.... [Read Full Story]

Rapper T.I. and his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, are adamantly denying what they call “appalling” abuse allegations made against them. The couple made headlines after a woman named Sabrina Peterson posted screenshots of unverified messages from over a dozen unidentified women accusing the rapper and his wife of sexual abuse. Peterson is a former friend of the couple.... [Read Full Story]

The first image of Kristen Stewart as Diana, Princess of Wales has been released for the upcoming biopic, “Spencer.”  The film is currently in production in Germany for a planned release this fall. The photo shows Stewart as the princess, staring out of a window, wearing a black blouse and red jacket, with a black veiled hat. As previously reported, the period piece takes place in the 1990s and will have Stewart playing Diana over the Christmas holiday where she allegedly plotted her divorce from Prince Charles and began planning for a life away from the British royal family.... [Read Full Story]

Legendary actress Cicely Tyson died on Thursday at the age of 96. Tyson’s family said via her manager, Larry Thompson, “With heavy heart, the family of Miss Cicely Tyson announces her peaceful transition this afternoon. At this time, please allow the family their privacy.  A formal statement and details will follow.”... [Read Full Story]

Cloris Leachman, best known for her role as Phyllis Lindstrom on the 1970s sitcoms “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its spin-off “Phyllis,” died Wednesday at her home near Los Angeles. She was 94. Her manager, Juliet Green, confirmed Leachman’s death in her sleep from natural causes.... [Read Full Story]

Elliot Page and Emma Portner are divorcing after three years of marriage. Page filed for divorce in New York on Tuesday, and in a joint statement the couple shared that they’ve been separated since last summer. Their statement read:  “After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce following our separation last summer. We have the utmost respect for each other and remain close friends.”... [Read Full Story]

Demi Lovato will star in a scripted comedy series titled Hungry, which is in development at NBC.  According to Variety, Hungry “follows friends who belong to a food issues group as they help each other look for love, success and the perfect thing in the fridge that’s going to make it all better.”... [Read Full Story]

A live-action “Harry Potter TV series is in the very early stages of development at HBO Max, according to THR.... [Read Full Story]

Billboard announced Monday that the 2021 Billboard Music Awards will take place in May, airing live May 23 at 8 p.m. EST on NBC.... [Read Full Story]

Warner Bros. Pictures released the first full-length trailer for Godzilla vs. Kong on Sunday. The movie, starring Alexander Skarsgard, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall and Kyle Chandler, is set to premiere on HBO Max and in theaters March 26 and is the sequel to 2014’s Godzilla and 2017’s Kong: Skull Island.... [Read Full Story]

After confirming she’s part of the LGBTQ+ community, 17-year-old social media star Jojo Siwa opened up about ‘coming out’ in a candid Instagram Live over the weekend. ... [Read Full Story]

Actress Christina Ricci has been granted a restraining order against her estranged husband, James Heerdegen, whom she is accusing of domestic abuse. Ricci filed for the restraining order claiming multiple incidents had led to her fearing for her life and that of her son.  The domestic violence restraining order requires Heerdegen to remain 100 yards away from her and their son, and to have no contact with them.... [Read Full Story]

Netflix announced on Thursday that Bridgerton is officially coming back for season 2.  The series, based on a series of romance novels by Julia Quinn, follows the wealthy Bridgerton family in Regency England. Season 1 centered on eldest Bridgerton daughter, Daphne (Phoebe Dyvenor), and Simon, the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page). The season also introduced viewers to a wide array of characters, including the rest of the Bridgerton clan, the Featheringtons, Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel), and anonymous gossip maven/narrator Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews).... [Read Full Story]

Alec Baldwin announced that he is taking a break from Twitter after the scandal surrounding his wife, Hilaria Baldwin. Baldwin tweeted “Twitter is like a party where everybody is screaming. Not much of a party. Goodbye for now.”... [Read Full Story]

Harry Brant, the younger son of billionaire publisher Peter Brant and model Stephanie Seymour, has died. The 24-year-old socialite and fashionista was found dead Sunday of an accidental drug overdose, his parents said in statement.  Brant’s parents said Brant died just days before he was to re-enter rehab.... [Read Full Story]