Month: July 2021

Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh star as Natasha and Yelena in Marvel's "Black Widow." Disney In scanning through the reviews of "Black Widow," there's one thing that critics agree on: Natasha Romanoff should have gotten a solo adventure years ago. Part origin story, part swan song, the film explodes with kinetic fight sequences and deftly transitions between spy thriller and family comedy. "Black Widow" is likely the last fans will see of Scarlett Johansson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The fate of her character was sealed in "Avengers: Endgame," making the stakes of the film seemingly nonexistent and imbuing the film with a bittersweet melancholy. "Black Widow" takes place in the space between "Captain America: Civil War" and "Avengers: Infinity...

One year ago, Naya Rivera tragically passed away at the age of 33 when she drowned in Lake Piru near Los Angeles. The actress and singer was best known for playing the sharp-tongued and golden-voiced Santana Lopez on "Glee" but also found success in "Step Up: High Water" and in her final role: Voicing Catwoman in a pair of animated Batman flicks. While her foray into music was brief, Rivera also recorded and released the song "Sorry" in 2013. Additionally, she was a popular author once she published her memoir "Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up" in 2016, which contained juicy details about her "Glee" co-stars and her own personal life. ‘GLEE’ STAR NAYA RIVERA DEAD AT AGE 33 OF ACCIDENTAL DROWNING, AUTOPSY CONFIRMS Here's a look at the events that led to the young mot...

Connor Cruise is sliding a few surprises to his followers.  Although he doesn't frequently post many selfies to social media, the 26-year-old Florida-based son of former couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman took to his Instagram Story on Wednesday, July 7 to share a photo of himself in attendance at Tampa's Amalie Arena. He was on hand as the hometown Tampa Bay Lightning won the NHL's coveted Stanley Cup for the second straight season.  The pic shows Connor smiling while seated next to Aden Darmody, whose mom is Tom's younger sister Cass Capazorio. "Nothing better than Stanley Cup Final hockey with family," Connor captioned the image, in addition to tagging Aden and the team. "Go Bolts." Connor also shared other posts throughout the game, including one featuring the squad's introdu...

Ryoko Kikuchi was strolling home from a Tokyo movie theater when she saw a cat the size of a yacht strutting high above the sidewalk, coyly licking its paws. “The way it was meowing was too cute to bear,” she said. A lot of people in Tokyo feel the same way, no matter that the cat is just a bunch of pixels on a billboard. The 4K display does not officially “open” until Monday, but it has already drawn socially distanced crowds — and inspired many social media posts — since its installation last month. The digital calico behaves a bit like an actual cat, in the sense that it does whatever it pleases. Visitors are only treated to a few brief appearances per hour, in between a stream of advertisements and music videos. The cat yawns here and there, and at 1 a.m. it drops off to slee...

Fans anxious for new photos of Tom Cruise and ex-wife Nicole Kidman's notoriously private kids have become resigned to catching them if they can.  Indeed, Isabella "Bella" Kidman Cruise shared a rare selfie to her Instagram Story on Wednesday, July 7 of herself while watching England's national soccer team take on Denmark during the Euro 2020 semifinals. The black-and-white footage showed her with a tense expression while dressed casually in a T-shirt as the game was tied at the end of regulation.  "My face during extra time... fingers crossed," the 28-year-old artist captioned it, adding an emoji of the English flag. Bella and Max Parker, her husband of five years, live together in London, England. Luckily for her and any other of the nation's supporters, England's squad prevailed ...