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Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic via Getty Images Willem Dafoe will be honored with the first star of 2024 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that Dafoe will be honored with his star in the category of Motion Pictures. Dafoe has had a long and storied career, having starred in over 100 films […]

LMPC via Getty Images The earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse has just entered public domain, and there’s already a new trailer for a non-Disney film using the character. Animated shorts Steamboat Willie and Plane Crazy entered public domain at the beginning of 2024, and the trailer for Mickey’s Mouse Trap, which premiered on January 1, takes advantage of that fact. […]

ABC/Eric McCandless Celebrity Jeopardy! returns this week with the first of the semifinal rounds, featuring Ghost’s Utkarsh Ambudkar, Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and Abbot Elementary’s Lisa Ann Walter. Early rounds of the show felt a little looser than what you’d see on syndicated Jeopardy!, and host Ken Jennings says the fact that the contestants are used to being in front of a camera may have something to do […]

Warner Bros. Wonka sweetened its North American box office haul with an additional $22.7 million between Friday and Sunday, and is expected to reach an estimated $29.5 million for the long New Year’s weekend. That brings the Timothée Chalamet-led movie’s three-week domestic gross to $140.2 million and around $400 million worldwide. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom took second […]

Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images Tom Wilkinson, best known for roles in The Full Monty and Michael Clayton, has died at age 75. According to The Associated Press, a statement from his agent confirmed the British actor passed away suddenly at home on Saturday. No further details were given. Wilkinson was nominated for a best supporting […]

Michael Tullberg/Getty Images Being a brand spokesperson has its ups and downs, Milana Vayntrub, who has played perky store manager “Lily” in AT&T commercials since 2013, tells The New York Times. But at least “Flo from Progressive” has got her back. Vayntrub parlayed her work in the spots to directing commercials herself — including a […]

Here’s a look back at those the entertainment community lost in 2023: January January 7 – Adam Rich, Eight Is Enough actor, 54 January 12 – Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis, 54 January 17 – Edward R. Pressman, prolific producer, Wall Street, 79 January 25 – Cindy Williams, Laverne & Shirley star, 75 January […]

Oldman in ‘Slow Horses’ – Apple TV+ Gary Oldman was already known as one of the best actors in the world before snagging a Best Actor Oscar for playing Winston Churchill in 2017’s Darkest Hour, but he’s apparently in need of convincing. The actor sat down to talk about his Apple TV+ series Slow Horses […]

Getty Images Variety has compiled its list of the year’s 100-most-watched telecasts, and as always, the NFL remains unchallenged for broadcast viewer supremacy: In fact, 19 of the top 20 in that 100 were football matchups, starting with the most-watched show of every year, the Super Bowl. Fox’s Super Bowl LVII coverage of the game […]

Disney This year’s edition of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest is bigger than ever: In addition to Times Square and Hollywood, Ryan Seacrest and co-host Rita Ora will manage performances and countdowns from Puerto Rico, Miami, Las Vegas and South Korea. “I think the challenging part, honestly, is keeping it on time,” Seacrest told ABC Audio. “Because […]