Marvel movie star Jeremy Renner remains in the ICU at a Reno, Nevada hospital following a New Year’s Day snowplow accident, but his sister says the two-time Oscar nominee is “crushing” his recovery goals.
“We are so thrilled with his progress,” Kym Renner says in the new issue of People. “If anyone knows Jeremy, he is a fighter and doesn’t mess around. He is crushing all the progress goals. We couldn’t feel more positive about the road ahead.”
Renner suffered “blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries” when his 14,300-pound Snowcat ran him over in the mishap. He underwent emergency surgery, and two days after the accident posted an update to fans and famous friends to thank them for their well-wishes. “Im too messed up now to type,” he tweeted, showing a photo of his bruised but smiling face, “But I send love to you all.”
The actor himself most recently updated fans on January 6 — a day before his 52nd birthday — with a photo of hospital staffers with him. “Thank you renowned medical ICU team for beginning this journey,” the actor expressed in an Instagram Story.
It took more than 50 years, but Judy Blume‘s groundbreaking teen 1970 novel, Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret, is being adapted as a feature film by Broadcast News and Terms of Endearment producer James L. Brooks and Edge of Seventeen writer-director Kelly Fremon Craig. The story follows 11-year-old uprooted New Yorker Margaret — played by Abby Ryder Fortson — who faces puberty, new friends and a new school in suburban New Jersey. She relies on her mother, Barbara — portrayed by Rachel McAdams — who’s also struggling to adjust to life outside the big city, and her adoring grandmother, Sylvia –played by Kathy Bates — who isn’t happy with the move and remind them every chance she gets. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret opens April 28…
Paramount+ has ordered a live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series, according to Variety. Dungeons & Dragons is the most popular tabletop fantasy roleplaying game of all time. Specific plot details of the the series are being kept under wraps. The Hasbro game combines humans, elves, orcs and hundreds of other creatures, who compete in a series of war games, treasure hunts, campaigns, camaraderie and reversals of fortune…
Woody Harrelson has boarded the cast of the Apple original film Project Artemis, joining Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, according to Deadline. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Project Artemis is described “as a romantic comedy set against the backdrop of the 1968 Apollo 11 moon launch”…
Here’s the complete list of winners for the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards, presented Tuesday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California:
MOVIES
Best Motion Picture – Drama The Fabelmans
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Austin Butler, Elvis
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Motion Picture – Animated Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Director — Motion Picture
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Naatu Naatu,” Kala Bhairava, M.M. Keeravani, Kala Bhairava, Rahul Sipligunj (RRR)
TELEVISION
Best Television Series – Drama House of the Dragon
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Zendaya, Euphoria
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Kevin Costner, Yellowstone
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Abbott Elementary
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television The White Lotus
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Evan Peters, Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion
Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical-Comedy or Drama Television Series
Julia Garner, Ozark
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical-Comedy or Drama Television Series
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary
Carol Burnett Award for Achievement in Television
Ryan Murphy
Legendary stage and screen actress Kathleen Turner famously played Chandler Bing’s father, a performer famous in drag circles as Helena Handbasket.
Like many shows seen through today’s lens, the Friends character might appear to some to be cringeworthy. Even show co-creator Marta Kauffman recently apologized, noting to the BBC, “We kept referring to her as Chandler’s father, even though Chandler’s father was trans.” She continued, “We didn’t refer to that character as ‘she.’ That was a mistake.”
That said, Turner tells the Guardian newspaper she has no regrets playing Matthew Perry‘s parent. “There was no question of casting a trans person or a drag queen – it was never considered,” the 68-year-old star said. “It never crossed my mind that I was taking a role from someone.”
So would she ever reprise the role? “Probably not,” Turner admits, “But I certainly don’t regret having taken it. It was a challenge!”
As anyone from New England can tell you, Dunkin — née Dunkin Donuts — is a Massachusetts mainstay, and Bay State-raised Ben Affleck is apparently showing the coffee chain some love.
According to videos on social media, Affleck just wrapped some time working at one of the shops in Boston, and Jennifer Lopez was along for the ride. According to the videos, Affleck is filming a commercial for the chain, and he got suited up in a Dunkin shirt and hat for the occasion. He also served Lopez via the drive-thru, even throwing in his branded visor to his smiling wife.
One of the videos shows Ben and Jen thanking the employees, with Ben noting he hoped when he returned to the location their drive-thru performance scores would improve over when he was working there.
Incidentally, Ben’s not the first Oscar-winning Affleck to show appreciation for the franchise in commercial form: His Oscar-winning younger brother, Casey, shot a hilarious fake New England-set ad for Dunkin when he hosted Saturday Night Live back in 2016.
On Tuesday, as part of AMC’s Television Critics Association winter confab, the network unveiled its plans to continue The Walking Dead universe.
The recently retitled The Walking Dead: Dead City will debut in June. Jeffrey Dean Morgan‘s Negan and Lauren Cohan‘s Maggie will tackle a “post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland.” AMC notes, “The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.” The show will debut this June.
As reported, Norman Reedus‘ fan favorite character will find himself in Europe in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, debuting later this year. The network teases, “Daryl washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home.”
The network also revealed that Andrew Lincoln‘s Rick Grimes will finally reunite with his onscreen love Michonne, played by Black Panther series star Danai Gurira, in their as-yet-untitled series that they’ll also executive produce. It gets underway this year and premieres in 2024.
“The spinoff series … presents an epic love story of two characters changed by a changed world,” the network explains. “Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead … And ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they’ve ever known before? Are they enemies? Lovers? Victims? Victors? Without each other, are they even alive — or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?”
AMC also announced that the eighth and final season of Fear the Walking Dead begins Sunday, May 14.
Pamela Anderson is finally telling her side of her life story in the documentary Pamela, a Love Story, according to the trailer that was just released by Netflix.
The 55-year-old former Baywatch bombshell is heard first talking about her sex tape controversy, likely in the wake of news Hulu was launching its hit series about how it came to be, Pam & Tommy.
“I blocked that stolen tape out of my life in order to survive,” she says in voiceover, adding, “And now that it’s all coming up again, I feel sick.”
Billing itself as “the definitive documentary about [the] pop culture icon,” the 55-minute film spans Pam’s career, from Playboy to Broadway, where she made her musical debut in Chicago, and beyond, as well as home movies featuring her now-grown sons with rock star Tommy Lee: Brandon and Dylan. Brandon, 26, is one of the film’s producers.
“I didn’t feel like I had a lot of respect,” Anderson says. “I had to make a career out of the pieces I had left. But I’m not the damsel in distress: I put myself in crazy situations,” she says before adding with a laugh, “and survived them!”
She later asks rhetorically, “Why can’t we be the heroes of our own life story?”
Directed by Ask Dr. Ruth filmmaker Ryan White, the streamer promises the film “will feature exclusive access to Pamela Anderson as well as never before seen archive footage and personal journals.”
Pamela, a Love Story debuts on Netflix on the same day her memoir, Love, Pamela, hits stores.
Pippo Zeffirelli, son of the late legendary Italian filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli, has fired back against Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, the stars of his heralded 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
As reported, the pair, now in their 70s, were 15 and 16 when they appeared in the movie. They recently sued Paramount Pictures, claiming they were tricked into appearing nude during a love scene in the film while underage.
According to The Guardian, Pippo Zeffirelli said the scene was “far from pornographic” and his father “was accused of being reactionary precisely because, over and over again, he spoke out against pornography.” “The nude images in the film express the beauty, the transfer, I would even say the candour of mutual giving.”
In their lawsuit, the pair claimed they suffered “mental anguish and emotional distress” since appearing in the film, for which they won Golden Globes. A representative noted the suit is asking for damages “in excess of $500 million.”
The younger Zeffirelli continued, “It is embarrassing to hear that today, 55 years after filming, two elderly actors who owe their notoriety essentially to this film wake up to declare that they have suffered an abuse that has caused them years of anxiety and emotional discomfort.”
He also contended that the pair “always maintained a relationship of deep gratitude and friendship towards Zeffirelli,” with Hussey working on Franco’s Jesus of Nazareth miniseries. Whiting attended the director’s funeral in 2019.
Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder are growing their family.
The pair, who wed in 2015, announced they are expecting their second child together in an adorable Instagram post shared on Monday.
Alongside a snapshot of Reed holding their daughter Bodhi Soleil — who they welcomed in 2017 — and cradling her baby bump, The Vampire Diaries star wrote, “All I’ve ever wanted from the time I was a young boy was to have a big family. Thank you Nik for giving me that gift.”
“ROUND TWO HERE WE GO!!!!! Thank you thank you to this incredible human for the gift of life and love, for being the most incredible mom and working so hard to make dreams come true!!!” he continued. “When I was taking this photo, I could not believe what I was seeing through that viewfinder. There’s nothing more beautiful…”
Somerhalder, 44, ended his message with a request that “everyone sends positivity.”
“The social space can be a strange one, but we can also make it a great one,” he concluded.
Reed, 34, shared the same photo to her Instagram with the caption, “2023 celebrating life.”
“Years of dreaming, manifesting and praying over this very moment. So much love. What a gift,” she added.
“As all of you know, I have very strong boundaries with social media, especially when it comes to children and what I choose to put out into the world. Thank you so much for honoring that, and for sending positivity and kindness and LOVE,” the Twilight alum added. “Some things are too good not to share.”
After its last show wasn’t broadcast — and went without stars — in the wake of a racism controversy surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Golden Globes are back Tuesday evening.
The 80th annual event is back on NBC, which yanked the Golden Globes from its schedule in 2021, as stars including Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johansson flamed the organization in the wake of an L.A. Times expose about its inner workings, revealing the HFPA hadn’t included a single Black journalist.
Many mea culpas later, the Globes are back, after what the HFPA called sweeping changes to rehab its organization — and its image — in Hollywood. And with that, the stars are returning, as well.
Presenters will include Everything nominee Jamie Lee Curtis and Blonde‘s Ana De Armas, as well as Billy Porter, Euphoria Emmy winner Colman Domingo, Emmy winner Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and Dahmer: Monster‘s Niecy Nash-Betts.
Going into Tuesday night’s show, the drama The Banshees of Inisherin, starring In Bruges co-stars and pals Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, has the most nominations of the film side with seven, followed by the madcap multiverse movie Everything Everywhere All at Once with six.
On the television side of things, ABC’s Abbott Elementary is at the head of the class with five nominations, followed by a string of shows tied with four: The Crown, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Only Murders in the Building, Pam & Tommy and HBO’s Emmy-winning The White Lotus.
Hosted by Emmy-winning comedian Jerrod Carmichael, the Golden Globes begin at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, airing live on NBC and streaming live on Peacock.
