Priscilla Presley thanks fans following Lisa Marie Presley’s memorial

Priscilla Presley thanks fans following Lisa Marie Presley’s memorial
Priscilla Presley thanks fans following Lisa Marie Presley’s memorial
Lisa Marie and Priscilla in June, 2022 – Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images

Priscilla Presley is sharing a message for fans following her daughter Lisa Marie Presley‘s memorial at their family’s Graceland estate.

“Thank you all for your condolences, you have touched me with your words. It has been a very difficult time but just knowing your love is out there makes a difference,” the 77-year-old matriarch wrote in a Facebook post and tweet late Monday.

Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of the legendary singer Elvis Presley and Priscilla, died on Jan. 12 at the age of 54 due to cardiac arrest.

Her death came two days after she attended the Golden Globes, where actor Austin Butler won the Golden Globe for best actor in a motion picture-drama for his portrayal of the king of rock ‘n’ roll in Baz Luhrmann‘s Elvis. Butler remembered Lisa Marie Presley for her warmth, love and authenticity after news of her death broke.

“My heart is completely shattered for Riley, Finley, Harper and Priscilla at the tragic and unexpected loss of Lisa Marie. I am eternally grateful for the time I was lucky enough to be near her bright light and will forever cherish the quiet moments we shared. Her warmth, her love and her authenticity will always be remembered,” Butler said in a statement at the time.

She was celebrated Sunday in a public memorial held at Graceland– the Memphis, Tennessee, estate she had inherited from her late father — where fellow singer-songwriters Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, Axl Rose, and Alanis Morissette performed in her honor.

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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ leads nominations for 95th Academy Awards

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ leads nominations for 95th Academy Awards
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ leads nominations for 95th Academy Awards

On Tuesday morning, Academy Award winner Riz Ahmed and star of the hit thriller M3GAN, Allison Williams, announced the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles.

The modestly-budgeted multiverse adventure Everything Everywhere All at Once led the pack with 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan, and Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis. Yeoh makes history as the first Asian actress to earn a Best Actress Oscar nomination.

Hosted once again by Jimmy Kimmel, the 95th Annual Academy Awards will air on ABC on March 12 and can also be streamed on ABC.com, Hulu Live TV and YouTubeTV.

95th Academy Awards Nominees

Best motion picture of the year

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Austin Butler in Elvis
Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser in The Whale
Paul Mescal in Aftersun
Bill Nighy in Living

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway
Judd Hirsch in The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Cate Blanchett in Tár
Ana de Armas in Blonde
Andrea Riseborough in To Leslie
Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau in The Whale
Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best animated feature film of the year

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red

Achievement in cinematography

All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár

Achievement in costume design

Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Achievement in directing

The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg
Tár — Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness — Ruben Östlund

Best documentary feature

All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny

Best documentary short subject

The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate

Achievement in film editing

The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Best international feature film of the year

All Quiet on the Western Front — Germany
Argentina, 1985 — Argentina
Close — Belgium
EO — Poland
The Quiet Girl — Ireland

Achievement in makeup and hair styling

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Whale

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

All Quiet on the Western Front — Volker Bertelmann
Babylon — Justin Hurwitz
The Banshees of Inisherin — Carter Burwell
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Son Lux
The Fabelmans — John Williams

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR
“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once

Achievement in production design

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans

Best animated short film

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse — Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
The Flying Sailor — Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Ice Merchants — João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
My Year of Dicks — Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It — Lachlan Pendragon

Best live action short film

An Irish Goodbye — Tom Berkeley and Ross White
Ivalu — Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
Le Pupille — Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
Night Ride — Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
The Red Suitcase — Cyrus Neshvad

Achievement in sound

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick

Achievement in visual effects

All Quiet on the Western Front — Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar
Avatar: The Way of Water — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
The Batman — Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick
Top Gun: Maverick — Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher

Adapted screenplay

All Quiet on the Western Front — Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Written by Rian Johnson
Living — Written by Kazuo Ishiguro
Top Gun: Maverick — Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
Women Talking — Screenplay by Sarah Polley

Original screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin — Written by Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans — Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
Tár — Written by Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness — Written by Ruben Östlund

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In Brief: More ‘Neighborhood’ for CBS, and more

In Brief: More ‘Neighborhood’ for CBS, and more
In Brief: More ‘Neighborhood’ for CBS, and more

The upcoming Ben Affleck-directed film Air, which chronicles the birth of the Air Jordan brand and the partnership between Nike and Michael Jordan, has been given an April 5 theatrical release date before heading to Prime Video, according to Variety. The movie, co-produced by Affleck and Matt Damon, stars Damon as Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro and Affleck as Nike co-founder Phil Knight. Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Viola Davis and Chris Tucker also star…

Deadline reports Pretty Little Liars alum Lucy Hale has been tapped to star in the pilot for FX’s adaptation of Catherine Lacey’s novel The Answers. The story follows “a heartbroken young woman, Mary — played by Hale — [who] joins an enigmatic experiment that promises to hack love, but after moving into an idyllic, secluded location with her fellow female participants, she and the other women start questioning what’s really happening in the experiment, and why they’ve all been tasked with dating the same mysterious man, Christopher Skye — portrayed by David Corenswet,” per Deadline…

CBS has renewed The Neighborhood for a sixth season. The comedy — starring Cedric the Entertainer, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs, Tichina Arnold, Sheaun McKinney, Marcel Spears and Hank Greenspan — averages 6.13 million viewers per episode with a week of delayed viewing and 7.3 million with an additional four weeks of viewing across all platforms and is the top-rated comedy on all of TV among Black viewers. The show is currently filming its 100th episode, set to air later this season…

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‘The Bachelor’ recap: Zach’s journey begins with an unwanted advance from one of the ladies

‘The Bachelor’ recap: Zach’s journey begins with an unwanted advance from one of the ladies
‘The Bachelor’ recap: Zach’s journey begins with an unwanted advance from one of the ladies
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The Bachelor kicked off its 27th season on Monday with Zach Shallcross, a 26-year-old tech executive from Anaheim Hills, California, meeting the 30 women who are vying to be his future wife.

The pressure was on as the ladies tried surviving night one of the competition, and proved to be too much for one contestant, who went a little too far to get the Bachelor’s attention.

A long kiss between Zach and Greer, 24, a medical sales rep from Houston, done in full view of the other women, particularly bothered 26-year-old Fargo, Maryland business owner Madison, who was determined to kiss him before the night was over. Her attempt to force a kiss from Zach, wasn’t well received, and she knew it.

Before the rose ceremony, Madison pulled Zach to try to smooth things over with Zach, assuring him that she didn’t want to “force things,” and that he wanted her on the journey with him. Unfortunately, her aggression convinced him they weren’t a good match, and he decided to send her home.

Nine more women were sent home at the rose ceremony and 20 still remain following the rose ceremony, including Greer, who snagged Monday’s first impression rose and, Brianna, who earned America’s first impression rose during last year’s live Bachelorette finale.

Here are the 20 women remaining after the rose ceremony:

Aly, 26, a healthcare strategist from Atlanta, Ga.
Anastasia, 30, a content marketing manager from San Diego, Calif.
Ariel, 28, a marketing executive from New York City, N.Y.
Bailey, 27, an executive recruiter from Nashville, Tenn.
Brianna, 24, an entrepreneur from Jersey City, N.J. Audience-voted First Impression Rose
Brooklyn, 25, a rodeo racer from Stillwater, Okla.
Cat, 26, a dancer from New York, N.Y.
Charity, 26, a child and family therapist from Columbus, Ga.
Christina Mandrell, 26, a content creator from Nashville, Tenn.
Davia, 25, a marketing manager from Charleston, S.C.
Gabriella “Gabi,” 25, an account executive from Pittsford, Vt.
Genevie, 26, a neonatal nurse from Baltimore City, Md.
Greer, 24, a medical sales rep from Houston, Texas. — First Impression Rose
Jessica “Jess,” 23, an e-commerce coordinator from Winter Springs, Fla.
Kaitlyn “Kaity,” 27, an ER nurse from Austin, Texas.
Katherine, 26, a registered nurse from Tampa, Fla.
Kimberly, 30, a hospitality manager from Los Angeles, Calif.
Kylee, 25, a postpartum nurse from Charlotte, N.C.
Mercedes, 24, a nonprofit owner from Bloomfield, Iowa
Victoria J., 30, a makeup artist from Fort Worth, Texas

The Bachelor returns Monday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

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Magic, mayhem and laughs in new trailer to ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’

Magic, mayhem and laughs in new trailer to ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’
Magic, mayhem and laughs in new trailer to ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’
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Fast and Furious series star Michelle Rodriguez is back in fighting form in the new trailer to Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

The adaptation of the beloved role-playing board game also stars Chris Pine and Hugh Grant, with the former playing a wise-cracking schemer called Edgin and the latter the nefarious Forge Fletcher.

“I don’t want to see you die,” Grant deadpans to Pine’s character. “Which is why I’m going to leave the room.”

Rodriguez plays the barbarian warrior Holda, and in the opening moments of the new trailer, she uses a cobblestone to fight her way out of a grisly execution scene single-handed.

Regé-Jean Page‘s Paladin fighter Xenk is also seen in the action- and magic-packed coming attraction, which, like the teaser, is partially set to Led Zeppelin‘s “Whole Lotta Love.”

Last year, Pine called the filmGame of Thrones mixed with a little Princess Bride, just a smidge of [Monty Python and the] Holy Grail” — and that sense of humor carries through to the new trailer.

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves arrives March 31.

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Pete Davidson reportedly removes Kim Kardashian-related body art

Pete Davidson reportedly removes Kim Kardashian-related body art
Pete Davidson reportedly removes Kim Kardashian-related body art
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It’s certainly more painful than deleting an ex from your social media, but Pete Davidson has apparently erased his much-hyped relationship with Kim Kardashian from his body art collection.

Kim literally got under Pete’s skin: He had a tat of Princess Jasmine done to commemorate meeting her on Saturday Night Live in an Aladdin sketch in which they kissed for the first time. He also had “My girl is a lawyer” inked under his left collarbone to celebrate the SKIMS mogul’s passing of the “baby bar exam” in 2021.

However, Page Six‘s spies caught Pete with his latest rumored squeeze, his Bupkis co-star Chase Sui Wonders, playing in the waters of Hawaii and report that Davidson’s Kim-related ink, and a brand of her name on his chest, are now either gone or obscured with newer tats.

Wonders and Davidson have been spotted together on repeated occasions recently, but nothing is official — body art or otherwise.

While temporary tattoos could be a solution in this latest case, Kim might not want to take the situation personally.

Davidson, 27, told PeopleTV last year he wanted to get rid of his ink by the time he was 30; he explained on Late Night with Seth Meyers that all the tats were adding to his time in the makeup chair on acting jobs.

He even worked his sessions with painful laser tattoo removal into a spot for SmartWater in which he stated, “I’ve made a lot of questionable choices, and a couple of them need removing.”

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Hilary Duff dishes on season 2 of ‘How I Met Your Father’

Hilary Duff dishes on season 2 of ‘How I Met Your Father’
Hilary Duff dishes on season 2 of ‘How I Met Your Father’
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The second season of How I Met Your Father is almost here.

The Emmy-winning show, a spinoff of the hit series How I Met Your Mother, returns to Hulu on January 24.

The sitcom follows a woman named Sophie as she is telling her son the story of how she met his father when she was younger. Hilary Duff plays the flashback version of Sophie, who is living in New York, while Kim Cattrall plays the future version of Sophie who shares her story years later.

Season 1 ended with a dramatic moment in younger Sophie’s love life. She and Jesse (Chris Lowell) finally get together, but their relationship ends in the final episode after Sophie sees Jesse rekindle his connection with his ex-girlfriend Meredith (Leighton Meester).

Ahead of the new season, the cast spoke about how much fun they’re having playing their respective roles and getting to know their characters more.

“We know these characters, we feel a little bit more comfortable,” Duff told reporters at the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour. “We just get more room to play and experience and find these little human bits in the roles. It feels easier to find and a little more secure this time around.”

The cast also includes Francia Raisa as Valentina, Suraj Sharma as Sid, Tom Ainsley as Charlie and Ashley Reyes as Hannah.

In 2022, the show, created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, won an Emmy for outstanding multi-camera picture editing for a comedy series.

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Zoe Saldaña becomes first actor to have four movies cross $2 billion

Zoe Saldaña becomes first actor to have four movies cross  billion
Zoe Saldaña becomes first actor to have four movies cross  billion
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Zoe Saldaña has a reason to flash that million-dollar smile — well, technically it’s a $2 billion smile, times four.

She has set a record as the first actor to have four movies cross the $2 billion mark at the box office.

Her latest adventure in Pandora as Neytiri, Avatar: The Way of Water, joined the original 2009 film in the $2 billion club over the weekend. Saldaña also appeared as Gamora in two $2 billion grossers for Marvel Studios: Avengers: Infinity War in 2018 and Avengers: Endgame in 2019.

Specifically, Avatar holds the title as the highest-grossing movie of all time, with a worldwide take of $2.9 billion; thanks to rereleases, it surpassed the film that briefly took its crown, Endgame, which made $2.48 billion globally. Infinity War ended its run with a $2.7 billion take, making it the fifth-highest-grossing movie of all time.

But with the way Way of Water is performing in theaters for 20th Century Studios, it looks like those rankings will shake up once again.

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‘Girls Trip’ sequel is in the works

‘Girls Trip’ sequel is in the works
‘Girls Trip’ sequel is in the works
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Another Girls Trip appears to be in store for actresses Regina HallQueen LatifahJada Pinkett Smith and Tiffany HaddishTracy Oliver, who co-wrote the 2017 film, confirmed a sequel is in the works. 

The writer/director/producer shared the “definitive Girls Trip 2 update” at the Variety Studio presented by Audible at Sundance. “It’s officially happening. I can say that,” Tracy said, adding the film’s producer Will Packer “might kill me.” She also gave fans an update on the movie’s plot, which she claims they’re looking to set in Ghana.

Girls Trip follows four best friends as they reunite for a girls trip in New Orleans, attend the Essence Festival and rekindle their wild sides. It grossed $140 million worldwide, Variety reports.

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‘Blonde’ tops nominations for 43rd annual Razzie Awards; Tom Hanks, Pete Davidson also make the list

‘Blonde’ tops nominations for 43rd annual Razzie Awards; Tom Hanks, Pete Davidson also make the list
‘Blonde’ tops nominations for 43rd annual Razzie Awards; Tom Hanks, Pete Davidson also make the list
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As is tradition, the morning before they could get the call they’ve always wanted when the Oscar nominations are revealed, come the nominations for an award no actor would want: the Golden Raspberry.

The Razzies just revealed their picks for the 43rd annual salute to the year’s worst movies and performances, and “leading” the pack is Netflix’s Marilyn Monroe movie Blonde.

The movie might have earned a 14-minute standing ovation at Cannes last year, but it earned eight nominations for The Razzies: A pair of Worst Supporting Actor nods for Xavier Samuel and Evan Williams; a Worst Screen Couple for director Andrew Dominik “& His Issues with Women”; and the Worst Screenplay and Worst remake-ripoff/sequel category for Dominik.

Interesting, lead Ana de Armas, who played Monroe, was spared.

Other films to get a bushel full of the ol’ raspberry were the stoner comedy Good Mourning with 7, as if a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes wasn’t enough.

Disney’s live-action Pinocchio remake earned six nominations, including Tom Hanks, who this year was singled out for both Worst Actor in that film and Worst Supporting Actor for Elvis.

And while Pete Davidson may be lucky with the ladies, his movies didn’t fare as well: His voicework for Marmaduke earned him a Worst Actor nomination, while Good Mourning scored him a matching Worst Supporting Actor nom.

The 43rd Razzie Award “winners” will be revealed on Oscars Eve – Saturday, March 11.

Here’s the full list:

43rd annual Golden Raspberry Nominations

WORST PICTURE
Blonde
Disney’s Pinocchio
Good Mourning
The King’s Daughter
Morbius

WORST ACTOR
Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) – Good Mourning
Pete Davidson (Voice Only) – Marmaduke
Tom Hanks (As Gepetto) – Disney’s Pinocchio
Jared Leto – Morbius
Sylvester Stallone – Samaritan

WORST ACTRESS
Ryan Kiera Armstrong – Firestarter
Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic Park: Dominion
Diane Keaton – Mack & Rita
Kaya Scodelario – The King’s Daughter
Alicia Silverstone – The Requin

WORST REMAKE/RIP-OFF/SEQUEL
Blonde
BOTH 365 Days Sequels – 365 Days: This Day & The Next 365 Days
Disney’s Pinocchio
Firestarter
Jurassic World: Dominion

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adria Arjona – Morbius
Lorraine Bracco (Voice Only) – Disney’s Pinocchio
Penelope Cruz – The 355
Bingbing Fan – The 355 & The King’s Daughter
Mira Sorvino – Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Pete Davidson (Cameo Role) – Good Mourning
Tom Hanks – Elvis
Xavier Samuel – Blonde
Mod Sun – Good Mourning
Evan Williams – Blonde

WORST SCREEN COUPLE
Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun – Good Mourning
Both Real Life Characters in the Fallacious White House Bedroom Scene – Blonde
Tom Hanks & His Latex-Laden Face (and Ludicrous Accent) – ELVIS
Andrew Dominik & His Issues with Women – Blonde
The Two 365 Days Sequels (both Released in 2022)

WORST DIRECTOR
Judd Apatow – The Bubble
Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun – Good Mourning
Andrew Dominik – Blonde
Daniel Espinosa – Morbius
Robert Zemeckis – Disney’s Pinocchio

WORST SCREENPLAY
Blonde – Written for the Screen by Andrew Dominik,
Adapted from the “Bio-Novel” by Joyce Carol Oates

Disney’s Pinocchio – Screenplay by Robert Zemeckis & Chris Weitz
(Not Authorized by the Estate of Carlo Collodi)

Good Mourning – “Written” by Machine Gun Kelly & Mod Sun

Jurassic World: Dominion – Screenplay by Emily Carmichael
& Colin Treverrow, Story by Treverrow & Derek Connolly

Morbius – Screen Story and Screenplay by Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless

The 43rd Razzie “Winners” will be unveiled on “Oscar Eve” – Saturday, March 11th.

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