John Corbett’s Aidan Shaw set to join ‘Sex and the City’ revival

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Cillea Houghton

Another fan favorite is returning to the Sex and the City franchise.

Actor John Corbett will reprise his role as Aidan Shaw, a furniture maker who was the on-again, off-again boyfriend of Sarah Jessica Parker‘s Carrie Bradshaw in the original series. The couple got engaged in season 4, but ultimately broke it off. Aidan also made an appearance in the 2010 film Sex and the City 2.

The character will return in HBO Max’s reboot of the series, And Just Like That…, for multiple episodes, Deadline confirms.

And Just Like That… premiered in December 2021 focusing on three of the four main leads: SJP, Cynthia Nixon as Miranda and Kristin Davis as Charlotte. Kim Cattrall, who portrayed Samantha in the original Sex and the City, did not return to the role.

In the first episode of the revival, Carrie’s husband, Big, portrayed by Chris Noth, shockingly died from a heart attack after using a Peloton bike. In February, executive producer Michael Patrick King said it was “possible” that Corbett would return as Aidan in the new series.

Season 2 of And Just Like That… is slated to premiere in 2023.

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade team up for ‘The Redeem Team’ doc

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Cillea Houghton

LeBron James and Dwyane Wayne are taking their love of basketball to the small screen.

The legendary players are joining forces as executive producers on the new documentary The Redeem Team, about the U.S. men’s basketball team that won gold at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

It follows the team, lead by captain Kobe Bryant and lead scorer Wade, as they became the first U.S. men’s basketball team to win gold at the Olympic Games since 2000. The 2004 team took home bronze after three consecutive years of the U.S. men’s basketball team winning gold.

The 2008 team was named “The Redeem Team,” in reference to the 1992 group that was nicknamed the “Dream Team,” as they were the first gold-winning Olympic team from the U.S. to feature active players from the NBA.

The doc includes interviews with players, including Wade, along with coach Mike Krzyzewski.

“In 2008, I played with heroes of mine, all stars, friends and future teammates. Outside of winning and showing the world that we were still the most dominant, our other big challenge was changing the perception of what everyone thought about the NBA and USA Basketball!” Wade says in a statement. “I’m excited for everyone to get an opportunity to go behind the scenes and see all the work that went into this iconic team — The Redeem Team!”

The documentary is set to be released on Netflix October 7.

Will Smith’s Q Scores measuring mass appeal are revealed

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Cillea Houghton

The fallout from Will Smith‘s Oscars slap continues.

On Thursday, Variety reports that the actor’s Q Scores, the industry standard for measuring celebrities’ mass appeal, have dropped significantly since he slapped host Chris Rock onstage at the Academy Awards in March.

Conducted twice a year in January and July, nearly 2,000 consumers starting from age 6 are surveyed about their opinion on famous figures.

Prior to the incident on live TV, Smith had a positive Q score of 39, meaning that 39% of the respondents cited The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star as one of their favorite celebrities. But based on the July report, his score has dropped to 24, which Henry Schafer, executive VP of Q Scores, says is a “very significant and precipitous decline.”

His negative Q score has leapt from 10 to 26, meaning that 26% of those surveyed have a “fair” or “poor” opinion of the actor.

As for Rock, both his positive and negative Q scores remain unchanged in the aftermath of the incident, ranking at 20 and 14, respectively.

Smith received his first Oscar for Best Actor for his role as Richard Williams in King Richard during the 2022 ceremony.

Geena Davis says she’s still “close” with ‘A League of Their Own’ cast members

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Cillea Houghton

Even after 30 years, the cast of A League of Their Own still keeps in touch.

The 1992 film, which starred Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Rosie O’Donnell, Lori Petty and Anne Ramsay, is loosely based on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that was active from 1943 to 1954. It was created to keep professional baseball in the public eye while many of the male players had been drafted for World War II.

Geena, who played the catcher and the team’s assistant manager, Dottie Hinson, says that she and many of the cast members are still close.

“The girls and I are all still in contact and we still remain a team,” Geena shares with People, adding that Anne is a “very close friend.” “So much time has passed, but A League of Their Own has been very important in my life.”

The Academy Award-winning actress also says that while she didn’t know how to play baseball before the film, she learned through filming that she had natural athleticism for the sport.

“I’d never played baseball. I didn’t know how to play at all,” she explains. “But I had to learn to play for this part. And it turned out that I actually had some kind of untapped athletic ability.”

A League of Their Own has been adapted into a TV series starring co-creator Abbi Jacobson as team catcher Carson Shaw and Chante Adams as pitcher Maxine Chapman. It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on August 12.

Jamie Foxx on why his 2016 comedy ’All-Star Weekend’ is unreleased: “It’s been tough”

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Cillea Houghton

Jamie Foxx has an unreleased comedy that he’s hoping sees the light of day.

In 2016, Jamie co-wrote and directed a film called All-Star Weekend that stars him and Jeremy Pivenas friends and truck drivers Malik and Danny, respectively, who win tickets to the NBA All-Star Game. During their trip across the country to get to the event, they encounter a series of characters along the way, including Robert Downey Jr., who portrays a Mexican man.

It harkens back to Robert’s role in Tropic Thunder wherein his character in the film, who is also an actor, underwent pigmentation alteration surgery to darken his skin to play a Black character.

Jamie says the film’s release is still on hiatus due to the current state of the world.

“It’s been tough with the lay of the land when it comes to comedy. We’re trying to break open the sensitive corners where people go back to laughing again,” Jamie tells CinemaBlend. “We hope to keep them laughing and run them right into All-Star Weekend because we were definitely going for it.”

Rounding out the cast is Eva Longoria, Gerard Butler and Benicio del Toro.

Jamie Foxx on why his 2016 comedy ’All-Star Weekend’ is unreleased: “It’s been tough”

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Cillea Houghton

Jamie Foxx has an unreleased comedy that he’s hoping sees the light of day.

It harkens back to Robert’s role in Tropic Thunder wherein his character in the film, who is also an actor, underwent pigmentation alteration surgery to darken his skin to play a Black character.

Jamie says the film’s release is still on hiatus due to the current state of the world.

Rounding out the cast is Eva Longoria, Gerard Butler and Benicio del Toro.

Jamie Foxx on why his 2016 comedy ’All-Star Weekend’ is unreleased: “It’s been tough”

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Cillea Houghton

Jamie Foxx has an unreleased comedy that he’s hoping sees the light of day.

It harkens back to Robert’s role in Tropic Thunder wherein his character in the film, who is also an actor, underwent pigmentation alteration surgery to darken his skin to play a Black character.

Jamie says the film’s release is still on hiatus due to the current state of the world.

Rounding out the cast is Eva Longoria, Gerard Butler and Benicio del Toro.

Kenan Thompson says they are “working hard” on a ‘Good Burger’ sequel

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Cillea Houghton

Kenan Thompson may have a sequel to Good Burger in the works.

The 1997 film starring Kenan and Kel Mitchell as cashiers at a burger joint that was based off of a sketch featured in the Nickelodeon show All That has built a cult following over the years. In an Instagram post celebrating its 25th anniversary last month, Kenan wrote, “‘sup with that part 2?!'”

During his appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night, the Saturday Night Live star hinted that a sequel is not out of the question.

“Are you saying that Good Burger2 is happening?” the host asks.

“I would like it to,” Kenan replies. “We are working harder on it than ever, so it’s about meeting the numbers, letting the numbers match up because I need them numbers.”

If the sequel does get the green light, Kenan says he hopes that Kel’s character, Ed, has “a million kids” and predicts that his character, Dexter, will be “coming out of jail for something that he put me in jail for. He got me in trouble,” he quips.

Kenan also recalls the day he and Kel met on the set of All That as teenagers, realizing from “day one” that they had comedic chemistry. “I immediately recognized he was brilliant and we were very similar, so we hit it off from that point,” he says.

Kel stated in 2018 that talks about doing a Good Burger sequel were taking place.

Ryan Gosling to star as ’The Fall Guy’ in upcoming film

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Cillea Houghton

Ryan Gosling has found his next leading role.

The Canada native is set to star in the film adaptation of The Fall Guy, based on the TV series that ran for five seasons on ABC from 1981 to 1986. The show starred Lee Majors, Heather Thomas and Douglas Barr as stunt performers in Hollywood who also worked as bounty hunters.

Ryan will play the main character, Colt Seavers, who uses his skills as a stunt man to take down criminals. The Fall Guy will film in Sydney, Australia, with funding coming partially from the federal and state governments.

The actor is currently filming another major role as Ken in the upcoming Barbie movie starring opposite Margot Robbie. It’s set to debut on July 21.

Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren join ’1932′ cast

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Cillea Houghton

The Yellowstone prequel series is welcoming two Hollywood legends to its cast.

Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren are set to star in 1932, the prequel to the critically acclaimed Western series Yellowstone, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The new show will follow the Dutton family in the 21st century as they battle pandemics and the Great Depression.

1932 will debut on Paramount+ in December. It follows 1883, the most recent prequel that chronicled the Duttons’ treacherous journey through the West to find the land in Montana that ultimately became Yellowstone Ranch.

Ford and Mirren join fellow Hollywood royalty Sam Elliot and Kevin Costner, who starred in 1883 and Yellowstone, respectively. Yellowstone was created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson.