Month: January 2021

Giancarlo Esposito is known for playing some of the most notorious villains on TV. He continues the trend by playing Mof Gideon in the Star Wars franchise’s Disney+ series, The Mandalorian.  Esposito was very excited to join the Star Wars franchise initially, and has a unique process for getting into character.  Giancarlo Esposito is a big fan of ‘Star Wars’ Giancarlo Esposito visit’s ‘The IMDb Show’ on March 10, 2020 | Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDbRELATED: ‘The Mandalorian’: Giancarlo Esposito Felt ‘Ill-Equipped’ to Play Moff Gideon Esposito has been a fan of Star Wars for much of his life and couldn’t wait to star in the series, according to an interview on the Star Wars YouTube page.  “I’ve been a very big fan of the early Star Wars movies and the...

It might be a new year but Dolly Parton's going old school with her latest single. The country songstress and bona fide national treasure teamed with Barry Gibb for a new version of the Bee Gees classic tune "Words," a track that dropped online Friday from the upcoming all-star album "Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1." The album, which releases Jan. 8, is a collection of reimagined songs with a country twist. Parton posted a video teaser on Twitter Friday of "Words," which Gibb and his late brothers Robin and Maurice first recorded in 1967, and mentioned she was "honored" that "my dear friend" Gibb asked her to join him. Dolly Parton:Nine-year-old describes how country legend saved her life from moving vehicle 'I just want the music to live':Barry Gibb reflects on the Bee G...

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures A new year has arrived, and with it, a new crop of literature, music, films and other media enter into the public domain. “That means that copyright has expired,” explains Center for the Study of the Public Domain director Jennifer Jenkins told NPR. “And all of the works are free for anyone to use, reuse, build upon for anyone — without paying a fee.” In other words, as of today, the seminal works of 1925 are yours to have, to hold and to adapt into an anachronistic musical or zombie-filled prestige horror-drama. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time, Sinclair Lew...

After losing to Roman Reigns at TLC and again in a steel cage match on Christmas night, Kevin Owens is not ready to abandon his pursuit of the universal champion. That much was clear on Friday's edition of SmackDown, with Owens again calling out Reigns for his cowardice in needing his cousin, Jey Uso, to help him pick up wins in their previous matches. Owens would get his wish and face Uso in the night's main event, picking up a win before continuing the assault post-match. As has happened over and over in his rivalry with Reigns, though, the numbers game would come back to bite Owens and he would end yet another edition of SmackDown beaten down and laid out. Reigns, Uso outsmart Owens again Roman Reigns opened the show with an in-ring promo, talking about how all he...

For the first time ever, China supplanted North America as the world's top moviegoing market. Yet no country was spared as global box office revenue likely tumbled more than 72 percent, including a 70 percent dip in the Middle Kingdom. It's official: North American box office revenue plummeted 80 percent in 2020 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and unprecedented theater closures, while global revenue tumbled more than 70 percent. As predicted, domestic movie tickets sold between Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 came generated an estimated $2.3 billion (or $2.68 billion) compared to $11.4 billion in 2019, according to Comscore estimates. That's the lowest showing in at least 40 years. The dramatic fall-off was expected, considering that many cinemas have been closed for more than nine...

"Resolution should be releasing the album," one fan wrote about R9 in the comments -- which didn't seem to amuse Rihanna. "this comment is sooo 2019. grow up," Rihanna retorted. The superstar later added, "2021 energy." Stylist Jahleel Weaver sprinkled in a comment on the subject, too: "Speaking of pressure, it's the album for me." "ph--- u," Rihanna quipped. In the fall, she gave a little insight into her views on her next project, whenever that might be happening: "You do pop, you did this genre, you do that, you do radio, but now it’s just like, what makes me happy?" she said. "I just want to have fun with music. Everything is so heavy. The world that we live in is a lot. It’s overwhelming every single day. And with the music, I’m using that as my outlet." See her new photos and the Ja...