Month: September 2021

A “Pitch Perfect” series has been ordered at Peacock with Adam Devine onboard to reprise his role from the film franchise, Variety has learned exclusively. The series is set several years after the events of the films. Devine returns as Bumper Allen, who moves to Germany to revive his music career when one of his songs becomes big in Berlin. Bumper was the main antagonist of the first film and the leader of the all-male a cappella group The Treblemakers. He returned in the second film as a supporting character and the love interest of Rebel Wilson’s character, Fat Amy. He worked as a backup singer for John Mayer before returning to his alma mater, Barden University, as a security guard. “Pitch Perfect” will be written by Megan Amram, who will also serve as executive pro...

A new scavenger hunt commemorating the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World is now available at select resort hotels. We picked up this scavenger hunt sheet at Buena Vista Gifts in Disney’s Contemporary Resort. The front side has a story about the opening of Walt Disney World and the different ticket types the parks once used. The back has the actual hunt, which takes guests around Disney’s Contemporary Resort looking for clues. Each clue corresponds to a Magic Kingdom attraction that was open on October 1, 1971. Signs for the attractions are scattered throughout the resort, each with a corresponding ticket type letter. Guests can then use the letter clues to complete the phrase at the bottom of the sheet (we have a feeling we already know what it spells out). Thi...

Museums Boasting the shark from Jaws, the robe from the Big Lebowski, and the slippers from Oz, the Academy museum is finally open. But the real story is its exposé of Hollywood’s racist, sexist past In 1939, the Academy of Motion Pictures published its first “players directory”, which grouped actors into categories such as “leading women” and “comediennes”, but set aside separate sections for “coloured” and “oriental” performers. The Academy removed the segregated categories a few years later, but many of the actors of colour weren’t integrated into other sections. They were eliminated.These racist directories are on display at the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, which celebrates some of the most important film-makers in history while also attempting to confront he...

Richard Buckley, longtime fashion editor and the husband of designer Tom Ford, has died, Fox News can confirm. He was 72 years old. "It is with great sadness that Tom Ford announces the death of his beloved husband of 35 years, Richard Buckley," Ford’s reps said in a statement to Fox News.  "Richard passed away peacefully at their home in Los Angeles last night [Sunday] with Tom and their son Jack by his side. He died of natural causes after a long illness," the statement continued.  Ford, 60, met Buckley in 1986 at a fashion show and the two married in 2014. They welcomed their son, Alexander John "Jack" Buckley Ford, in September 2012 via surrogate.  SARAH DASH, LABELLE CO-FOUNDER AND 'LADY MARMALADE' SINGER, DEAD AT 76 The "Nocturnal Animals" director told People magazine back in...

Tarek El Moussa, star of Flip or Flop and Flipping 101, has tested positive for COVID-19. The HGTV star's spokesperson told E! News the 40-year-old recently had a positive test result amid standard testing protocol for the show, and is now quarantining. His fiancée, Selling Sunset's Heather Rae Young, who hasn't tested positive, is quarantining with him. They are both fully vaccinated — and he is asymptomatic. "Tarek recently tested positive for COVID-19 and has had no symptoms," his rep said in a statement to the outlet. "He has since been doing his part to stay safe and get well by quarantining with his fiancé, Heather Rae Young, both of whom are fully vaccinated. While they are tested multiple times a week for filming purposes, Tarek had many negative tests last week and one positive. ...

(Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) President Biden told world leaders that his country is focused squarely on the future, noting that ending the war in Afghanistan was a step in moving in that direction. "These are the challenges that we will determine what the world looks like for our children and grandchildren and what they'll inherit. We can only meet them by looking to the future. I stand here today for the first time in 20 years with the United States not at war. We've turned the page," Biden said.  "All the unmatched strength, energy and commitment, will and resources of our nation are now fully and squarely focused on what's ahead of us, not what was behind," he continued. Biden said the US is looking to lead on the global stage, but with the help of its allies and partners...