Month: February 2021

He impacted hundreds of films and jump-started the careers of unknowns including Dustin Hoffman, Christopher Reeve, LaVar Burton and Ned Beatty. Lynn Stalmaster, the canny casting director who pushed relative unknowns Dustin Hoffman for The Graduate, Christopher Reeve for Superman and John Travolta for Welcome Back, Kotter, has died. He was 93. Stalmaster, who at the Governors Awards in November 2016 became the first casting director in history to receive an Academy Award, died Friday morning at his home in Los Angeles, Laura Adler of the Casting Society of America told The Hollywood Reporter. "A pioneer of our craft, Lynn was a trailblazer with over half a century of world-class film and television casting credits," CSA co-presidents Russell Boast and Rich Mento said in a st...

WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns will defend his title at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view but will not be in the match itself. Instead, Reigns will defend against the SmackDown Chamber winner on Sunday, February 21st, following the events of Friday's SmackDown which saw Jey Uso, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, King Corbin, Cesaro and Daniel Bryan added to the match in various ways. This is one of two Chamber matches that night as the WWE Championship will be on the line in the other. Early on, Adam Pearce and Paul Heyman were having a disagreement about whether Reigns had to be in the Chamber match with Heyman claiming he had to defend the title on the show, but not in the match itself. Pearce then said there would be qualifying matches, but the first two entrants (Uso and Owens) di...

Kim Kardashian has recruited her little sisters Kylie and Kendall Jenner to promote her new lingerie line. Kardashian, 40, heads up the SKIMS undergarments and comfort wear brand and is set to launch a new and sexier line just in time for Valentine's Day. The media mogul and her siblings took to Instagram on Friday to announce the new endeavor and share several behind-the-scenes shots from their promotional photoshoot. Kardashian shared a handful of photos and videos of her and her sisters standing on a raised platform while donning revealing lingerie. KIM KARDASHIAN, KANYE WEST 'NO LONGER SPEAKING' AMID DIVORCE RUMORS: REPORT The videos utilizes a grainy style to give the videos a vintage appearance as the sisters offer up sultry looks for the camera. Kim Kardashian, left,...

Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images Writers who have worked with Joss Whedon have begun speaking out about their experience with the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” co-creator in light of Charisma Carpenter’s allegations earlier this week. “‘Casually cruel’ is a perfect way of describing Joss,” “Firefly” writer Jose Molina wrote in a tweet Friday evening, adding the #IStandWithCharisma hashtag. “He thought being mean was funny. Making female writers cry during a notes session was especially hysterical. He actually liked to boast about the time he made one writer cry twice in one meeting.” Molina, who went on to work on shows including “Agent Carter” and “Sleepy Hollow,” is credited with two episodes of the short-lived, cult-favorite Wh...

Britney Spears is being supported by her sister Jamie Lynn Spears. The pop star has found herself in the headlines once again following both the release of the unauthorized documentary "Framing Britney Spears" and the recent court ruling that her father Jamie and Bessemer Trust Co. continue to act as co-conservators. After Britney Spears recently spoke out herself -- though not directly mentioning the documentary or her legal battle -- many people in her inner circle have stayed silent. Her ex-husband Kevin Federline and father both released statements via their attorneys, but now, the star's sister has released a statement of her own. Jamie Lynn, 29, has defended her 39-year-old sister before and is reportedly acting as her trustee. BRITNEY SPEARS' SISTER JAMIE LYNN DEFENDS POP STAR...

Ashley Judd is opening up about her harrowing experience shattering her leg in an African rainforest. The actress discussed the injury with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on Instagram Friday, appearing remotely from an ICU trauma unit in South Africa. "I'm in a lot of love," Judd said with tears in her eyes, after Kristof asked if she was in pain. "I'm in a lot of compassion, and I'm in a lot of gratitude." According to Judd, the accident occurred while she was on a trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to research bonobo apes. While walking in the dark with a faint headlamp, Judd said she tripped over a fallen tree. "An incredibly harrowing 55 hours" followed, the actress continued. "It started with five hours of lying on the forest floor.. biting my stick, howling like...

Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge have signed up to play the titular roles in an Amazon Studios TV adaptation of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, a 2005 film starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as married suburban assassins. Variety reports that Glover and Waller-Bridge will also serve as executive producers on the series. Guava Island, Glover’s music-centric film with Rihanna, was an Amazon Original. Waller-Bridge created and starred in the Prime Video series Fleabag. The two also shared scenes in Disney’s 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story; Glover played Lando Calrissian, and Waller-Bridge a droid named L3-37. Last year, Glover reunited with the cast of his former NBC show Community in a virtual table read benefitting COVID-19 relief efforts. His last album, 3.15.20, was released in March. ...