Lifetime is loading up on R&B biopics. Shortly after getting the gears in motion for a telepic based on the life of the late Whitney Houston, the cable network has announced plans for a project on the short-lived career of ’90s phenom Aaliyah. Stepping into the singer’s shoes is Disney Channel fixture Zendaya Coleman. The […]
Cartoon Network is bringing back an updated version of “The Powerpuff Girls” in 2016, chief content officer Rob Sorcher announced at the 2014 Licensing Expo in Las Vegas on Monday. The original series, following the adventures of Professor Utonium’s Buttercup, Blossom and Bubbles as they save the city of Townsville from destruction, ran for six seasons […]
Guillermo del Toro likes to keep his fingers in a whole bakery’s worth of pies; the man just cannot bear to be anything less than crazy busy. As of this writing, he’s a month away from premiering The Strain on FX, while animated picture Book of Life, which he performed production duties on, hits theaters in October. Meanwhile, he’s […]
Ruby Dee once said, “The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within — strength, courage, dignity.” The groundbreaking actress, who died Wednesday in New Rochelle, N.Y. at the age of 91, achieved that goal time and again throughout her career, which spanned over 60 years. Dee’s daughter, Nora Davis […]
By now, you’ve probably heard that there are a number of highly-bankable intellectual properties (Avengers, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, James Bond, Terminator – keep in mind, that’s not even the entire iceberg) scheduled to have new installments in theaters during 2015; a handful of original properties – released within the past couple years – are going to be “franchised” next year as well. […]
Brian Cox is the latest addition to the cast of Pixels, the big-budget adventure movie starring Adam Sandler as an aging video game champion enlisted to defend the world against an alien invasion. The Scottish actor, 68, is best known to American audiences for his subtle and intense character work in a wide array of films including 2011′s Rise of […]
“Through chance and coincidence, infinitely small decisions can produce new life.” Director Kevin Lim’s Lichen is an ode, not to a Grecian Urn, but to the smallest, most seemingly-innocuous items that make up a relationship: an egg; a champagne cork; Lego Batman (yes, you read that right). To the outsider, these everyday, mundane trinkets mean next-to-nothing, but […]
Platco Digital’s OpenView HD (OVHD) free-to-air satellite TV platform added a new music channel, Beatlab.tv on channel 500. Beatlab.tv went live at 18:00 on Friday evening and will broadcast from 18:00 until 22:00 every night with a four hour block of programming which gets repeated from 22:00. Beatlab.tv is dedicated to South African urban youth culture […]
Dave Chappelle is finally opening up about the abrupt ending of Chappelle’s Show, his hit Comedy Central series that he infamously walked away from in 2005. The comedian stopped by Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday night, where he opened up about leaving Chappelle’s Show midway through its third season. “Listen, here it is. Technically, I never quit. I’m seven […]
Sam Trammell and Laura Dern play Michael and Frannie, the devoted parents of Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16 year-old girl who is falling in love. Like any family, the Lancasters have their ups and downs, navigating the often tricky teenage years. But there is one big difference for this couple; they are doing their best […]
