Entertainment

The superhero team-up movie The Marvels rockets into theaters Friday, November 10. Brie Larson returns as Captain Marvel, and this time she has some similarly powered friends, including Kamala Khan, a.k.a. Ms. Marvel, and Monica Rambeau — played respectively by Iman Vellani and Tayonah Paris. Director and writer Nia DaCosta tells ABC Audio the film is about “how family is what helps you take on the world.”

“Carol [is] someone who has the universe on her shoulders … And I think when we meet her, she’s forgotten a little bit about what she’s out there for,” she explains. “You know, she’s really isolated and she doesn’t have family in the way that, say, Kamala Khan does.”

“And the Khan family in this film sort of represents what she and Monica could have, for example,” DaCosta continues. “I feel like a lot of people can relate to that, like working really hard and trying to do well for your family, but forgetting to spend time with your family maybe. And I think that’s kind of central to this film.”

The Marvels marks the Candyman director’s first foray into the Marvel universe, and she’d been wanting to work on a Marvel movie since she saw Iron Man in theaters when she was 18 and just starting film school.

“I saw that movie and I was like, ‘This is amazing,'” she shares. “And then as it became clear that this is going to be a universe, a connected universe, that kind of culminates in these big event movies called The Avengers, I was like, ‘Oh, wow. Like, I would love to do one of those.’ Because I grew up reading the comics and reading different heroes titles … And so that was that was the big draw for me to the cinematic version of that.”

Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Apple TV+ has released the first trailer for Masters of the Air, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks‘ long-awaited follow-up to Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Elvis‘ Austin Butler and the Fantastic Beasts franchise’s Callum Turner lead the cast of the nine-episode limited series that follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group — dubbed the “Bloody Hundredth” — who conducted perilous bombing raids over Nazi Germany, while grappling with “frigid conditions, lack of oxygen and sheer terror of combat conducted at 25,000 feet in the air,” per the streamer. Masters of the Air launches January 26 with the first two episodes, followed by a new episode every Friday through March 15…

Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher, topped Nielsen’s streaming rankings for the week of October 9-15, dethroning Suits for just the second time since June, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show, which delves into the lives of siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher — portrayed by Bruce Greenwood and Mary McDonnell, respectively — leaders of the Fortunato Pharmaceuticals empire, drew 1.23 billion minutes of viewing, edging out Suits‘ 1.13 billion…

ABC has decided not to move forward with its The Good Doctor spinoff, The Good Lawyer, according to Deadline. Desperate Housewives alumna Felicity Huffman was set to star alongside Nancy Drew actress Kennedy McMann in the spinoff, which debuted as an embedded pilot episode of The Good Doctor and was well received. ABC had planned to launch the show in the spring of 2024, but with the premieres of its popular shows delayed due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, there was no longer any room in the schedule for it. The network also axed The Rookie: Feds after one season…

Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

On this week’s The Golden Bachelor, we learned who Gerry said goodbye to after last week’s cliffhanger, which saw him leave the rose ceremony when confronted with the difficult decision to bid one of the women farewell.

After handing out a rose to Leslie on last week’s episode, we finally learned during The Women Tell All that Gerry gave his rose to Theresa, and that he had to say a heartbreaking goodbye to Faith, to whom he said “I love you” during their hometown date.

On The Women All, Faith also shared how hard it was to “open myself up for love.”

“Going into this, I really thought, ‘OK, if I feel anything at all, I’m gonna go all-in,'” she said. “And it shattered me.”

“I don’t know if anyone else could have broke down my walls,” Faith told Gerry. “You could have walked off with me right then and I would have been yours for the rest of your life. I felt that safe and I never felt that way.”

Gerry told Faith that the love he had for her was “genuine,” and that his “heart went out” to Faith the night they said goodbye. Gerry added that the part of their journey that makes him feel bad is that he promised Faith’s family that he would protect her heart. “I didn’t do that,” Gerry said. But Faith assured Gerry that she knows he didn’t intentionally break her heart. “I know your heart is true in all the good ways,” she told him.

At the very end, Gerry told Faith, “I am a better person for meeting you.”

Earlier, the women on Gerry’s season reflected on their experience on the show, including Joan, who left during the second week due to a family emergency.

“Gerry helped make me feel visible because he looked at me and he cared about what I was saying and he wanted to get to know me,” she said. “And it’s about that whole conversation about being invisible. Society makes us feel like we’ve had our chance, and we’ve raised our children and it’s time now to support the next generation and take a back seat.”

“Gerry opened my heart,” Joan continued. “I did think a couple of times maybe I would come around the corner coming home from work and he would be sitting on my front porch.”

In addition to Joan, audiences also got a closer look during The Women Tell All at Ellen‘s journey, which ended in week four in a heartbreaking moment during a rose ceremony, just a week after she told Gerry her true feelings. Ellen said saying goodbye to Gerry was “one of the most emotional and difficult times of my life.” Yet despite the heartbreak she endured, she said she has “gratitude for Gerry.”

“I can enjoy my life and live it to the utmost and find happiness,” she said. “To tell you the truth, I can’t wait to get started.”

The women that remain on The Golden Bachelor are Theresa and Leslie. Up next week: fantasy suites.

The Golden Bachelor returns Thursday at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC, and streaming on Hulu.

Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson revealed on Trevor Noah‘s new Spotify podcast, What Now?, that he not only got support from potential American voters in a poll last year, but inside the Beltway, too, for a possible political run. 

Noah opened the topic by noting that in such a divided country, it’s astounding that a poll revealed 46% of respondents said they’d like to see the wrestling superstar and onscreen action hero play the real-life role of president of the United States someday.

“That was an interesting poll that happened and I was really moved by that,” Johnson told Noah. “I was really blown away and I was really honored.”

“I’ll share this little bit with you,” he continued. “At the end of the year in 2022, I got a visit from the parties asking me if I was going to run, and if I could run.”

This shocked the former Daily Show host. 

Johnson called it “a big deal” that “came out of the blue,” adding the unidentified parties “brought up that poll, they also brought up their own deep-dive research and data that would prove that if I went down that road …,” “You would be a real contender,” Noah continued. 

“Yeah,” Johnson said. “It was all very surreal because … my goal has never been to be in politics and, as a matter of fact, there’s a lot about politics that I hate.” 

Johnson also doubled down on comments he’d previously made that being a dad and not wanting to miss moments with his three daughters — 5-year-old Tiana, 7-year-old Jasmine and 22-year-old Simone — means politics are “off the table” for now. 

However, he allowed, “If that’s ultimately what the people would want, of course I would consider it.”

Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Count Ryan Reynolds among the Hollywood actors back on social media promoting their projects now that the SAG-AFTRA strike is ver.

The actor/producer, who had to hit the brakes on filming Deadpool 3 with Hugh Jackman back in July when the strike was called, popped onto social media Thursday with a photo of a scruffy mutt who could charitably be called untraditionally cute.

The pooch, with its tongue hanging out, is decked out in a Deadpool costume; Ryan confirmed it’s none other than DP’s comics-cononical mutant sidekick.

“Did Dogpool save the day? Not a chance in gremlin hell,” Reynolds began the message.

“But she IS currently causing the Disney plushy merch department nightmares. Coming with the movie, Summer 2024.”

The Disney name drop refers to the upcoming film being ‘Pool’s first dive into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is owned by ABC News’ parent company.

Dogpool was a character who made their debut in the pages of Marvel Comics in 2010. Hailing from an alternate earth, the canine who possesses Deadpool’s regenerative abilities later became a member of the Deadpool Corps.

Deadpool 3 had a release date of May 3, 2024, but as the strike lingered, it was reported the movie wouldn’t be ready for release by then. Reynolds’ post confirms, however, that even if it does miss its May date, fans won’t have to wait much longer.

Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

As reported, in recent years Charlie Sheen buried the hatchet with Chuck Lorre, his former Two and a Half Men producer who became a frequent target of Sheen’s rants during his “tiger blood” days. 

The end result was Sheen being cast as a version of himself in Lorre’s new Max show, Bookie, which just dropped its trailer.

The dark comedy series has stand-up comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco playing Danny, a Los Angeles-based bookie who caters to clients big and small, with Sheen being one of the former. 

“What if I make this right with some baseball memorabilia?” Sheen asks, bargaining with the bookie looking to collect. “I have Babe Ruth‘s autopsy report!”

“I’m gonna tell you something I’ve never told a client, ever,” Danny says to Charlie. “You shouldn’t bet on sports.” 

The streaming service teases, “Alongside best friend and former NFL player Ray (Omar J. Dorsey), side-hustling sister Lorraine (Vanessa Ferlito), and reluctantly reformed drug dealer Hector (Jorge Garcia), Danny must contend with his increasingly unstable clients as he tries to settle their debts – all while making plenty of risky bets of his own.”

Max says the eight-episode show chronicles “one man’s journey to adapt to an ever-changing world as he attempts to charm and con his way to the top.”

Bookie debuts November 30 on Max with two episodes, and every Thursday it will drop another two installments until the finale December 21.

Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

In an emotional interview Wednesday on The Drew Barrymore Show, Tallulah Willis opened up about how she is coping with father Bruce Willis‘ frontotemporal dementia (FTD) diagnosis.

Calling it a “really aggressive” and “rare” cognitive disease, Willis explained why she and her family, including stepmom Emma Heming Willis and mom Demi Moore, have been so open with the Die Hard star’s struggle.

“On one hand, it’s who we are as a family, but also, it’s really important for us to spread awareness about FTD,” the 29-year-old explained. “If we can take something that we’re struggling with as a family and individually…and turn it around into something beautiful, that’s really special for us,” she added, to applause.

Of her father’s current condition, Tallulah explained, “He is the same, which…I’ve learned is the best thing I could ask for: What I see is…love when I’m with him. He’s my dad and he loves me.”

She added, “Part of this that has become a really beautiful way for me to heal with this is becoming like an archeologist to my dad’s stuff, his world, his little trinkets and doo-dads.”

Tallulah showed never-before-seen private photos of the star in his pre-fame days, which helped her find a connection with him as he’s her age in some of the shots. “He’s a goofball,” she realized. “He’s an absurd person, and I’m an absurd person.”

Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Disney/Pixar dropped a teaser trailer to the forthcoming Inside Out sequel. Just as Riley turns 13, the voices in her head get an unwelcome new companion: Anxiety.

The teaser shows that the emotions she experienced in the first film — Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust — are taken by surprise when an alarm blares in Riley’s internal “control room,” kicking off with Ozzy Osbourne‘s “Crazy Train,” no less.

A construction crew barges in and undertakes a major renovation of the central control panel — no doubt in preparation for the teenage years ahead of Riley — and the rest of the gang meets Anxiety, voiced by Maya Hawke.

“Oh, I’m sorry, we wanted to make such a good impression,” she says, naturally carrying lots of baggage.

Disgust, voiced by Liza Lapira this time, responds defiantly, “What do you mean ‘we’?”

According to director Kelsey Mann, “Anxiety … might be new to the crew, but she’s not really the type to take a back seat. That makes a lot of sense if you think about it in terms of what goes on inside all our minds.”

Inside Out 2 opens in June.

Disney is the parent company of ABC News.

Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

According to one of Matthew Perry‘s best friends Athenna Crosby, he was close to asking his former 17 Again co-star Zac Efron to play him in a biopic project, before his untimely death on October 28.

To People, Efron noted that he’d be “honored” to do it.

The actor was at the premiere of his new wrestling movie, The Iron Claw, Wednesday night when he was asked about Perry. “I’m honored to hear he was thinking of me to play him,” Efron expressed. “We’ll see. I’d be honored to do it.”

Efron said he was devastated by Perry’s death, noting, “He was a mentor to me, and we made a really cool film together.”

He added, “I looked up to him, I learned comedic timing from that guy. I mean, when we were filming 17 Again, it was so surreal for me to look across and have him be there, because I’ve learned so much from him, from his whole life.”

Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Are we going to see PJs on the Met Gala red carpet next year?

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on Wednesday that “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” will be the highly anticipated theme for the Costume Institute’s Spring 2024 Exhibition and Gala.

According to a release from the institution, the theme will “explore notions of rebirth and renewal, using nature as a metaphor for the impermanence of fashion.”

No co-chairs for the event have been announced for the benefit which is set for May 6, 2024, and celebrates the launch of the spring exhibition. Proceeds from the event go towards funding the Costume Institute’s exhibitions and other projects.

“Sleeping Beauties will heighten our engagement with these masterpieces of fashion by evoking how they feel, move, sound, smell and interact when being worn, ultimately offering a deeper appreciation of the integrity, beauty and artistic brilliance of the works on display,” stated Met CEO Max Hollein in the announcement.

But of course, the red carpet for the annual event becomes a celebrity showcase, and you can be sure designers are already dreaming up outrageous looks for the night’s “Sleeping Beauties” theme.

Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.