Sunday, January 13, 2019
Annette Bening’s role in “Captain Marvel” has been a mystery since she was cast in the movie — even if some reports referred to her as Carol Danvers’ mother. That secrecy continued last month in the upcoming blockbuster’s second trailer, in which Bening seemed to give a self-justification speech of sorts, but no one so much as whispered her character’s name. But even so, we think that trailer contained a clue or two — and they point directly to a specificcharacter from Marvel Comics. First, while obviously Bening isn’t playing Carol’s birth mother, the trailer positions Bening’s character as being essentially Captain…
Saturday, January 12, 2019
UFC superstar Holly Holm has filed for divorce from her husband, TMZ Sports has learned. Holm filed court docs in Albuquerque seeking to end her marriage to Jeff Kirkpatrick … her college sweetheart at the University of New Mexico. The two… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Saturday, January 12, 2019
(Note: This post contains massive spoilers for the end of “Solo: A Star Wars Story.” Just putting that out there.) “Solo: A Star Wars Story” fills in the backstory of Han Solo and quite a few other characters. The movie’s biggest twist, however, doesn’t have to do with the events that lead Han to becoming one of the greatest smugglers in the galaxy — it’s about one “Star Wars” character who turns out to be still alive, still influencing the galaxy, and still posing a threat to a lot of people. That character is Darth Maul (Ray Park, voiced by…
Friday, January 11, 2019
Jake, a Florida K-9, had to be given Narcan after having a severe reaction to drugs he found on a passenger. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Friday, January 11, 2019
Verna Bloom, a character actress best known for playing the cheating wife of Dean Wormer in “Animal House” and Mary, mother of Jesus in Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ,” has died at age 80. A family spokesperson told USA Today that Bloom died from complications from dementia. Bloom made her film debut co-starring in Haskell Wexler’s acclaimed 1969 drama “Medium Cool,” for which she received a best actress and best supporting actress nomination from the National Society of Film Critics. She appeared as Sarah Belding in Clint Eastwood’s 1973 Western “High Plains Drifter,” and later worked again with…
Friday, January 11, 2019
Jayme Closs has been missing since her parents were found shot to death on Oct. 15. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Friday, January 11, 2019
Aretha Franklin’s riches weren’t getting much R-E-S-P-E-C-T, allegedly, before she died last August — cops are on the hunt for someone who stole from her. According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, police in Michigan are conducting an investigation into… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos did NOT have a prenuptial agreement so, by all rights, they will split their incredible fortune right down the middle … TMZ has learned. The couple will file divorce docs in Washington, where community property rules …… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Thursday, January 10, 2019
At the top of his CBS talk show Wednesday night, Stephen Colbert took a gander at Trump’s various comments from earlier in the day, or as he described it, “the director’s cut” of Trump’s address to the nation the night before. Colbert first touched on Trump’s hastily aborted meeting Wednesday with Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer over the ongoing government shutdown. Trump notably stormed out as soon as they said they wouldn’t pass a budget to fund the wall he wants to build on the U.S.-Mexico border. Colbert showed a clip of Trump in the Oval Office…
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Johnny Bobbitt Jr. is being sought by police in New Jersey. Source: Huffingtonpost feed