Month: January 2022

Dwayne Johnson’s given a lot of candy asses directions in his day. But I don’t think anyone thought the SmackDown Hotel would open up a location on Sesame Street. What in the blue hell am I talking about? Earlier this week, a clip from the long-running PBS/HBO children’s show Sesame Street resurfaced online. In it, beloved puppet Elmo gets frustrated with his friend Zoe, because Zoe won’t give him a cookie he wants because it is for her pet rock, Rocco. Before long, people were sharing other moments where Elmo, well, the tweet says it all... There are more, and they really are pretty funny. Rocco has been on Elmo’s nerves for a while. It’s the kind of goofy distraction the world needs during a resurgent pandemic and the deluge of other seriously maddening crap that ...

Another Pixar movie is skipping a theatrical release and heading straight to streaming: Turning Red will premiere exclusively on Disney+ on Friday, March 11. The film centers around Mei Lee (voiced by Rosalie Chiang), “a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence,” per the official synopsis. “Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (Sandra Oh), is never far from her daughter — an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren’t enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically always), she ‘poofs’ into a giant red panda!” The movie, directed by Academy Award winner Domee Shi (the Pixar short Bao), is the latest animated Pixar tal...

Sidney Poitier, whose portrayal of resolute heroes in films like “To Sir With Love,” “In the Heat of the Night” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” established him as Hollywood’s first Black matinee idol and helped open the door for Black actors in the film industry, died on Thursday night at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94. His death was confirmed by Eugene Torchon-Newry, acting director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Bahamas, where Mr. Poitier grew up. No cause was given. Mr. Poitier, whose Academy Award for the 1963 film “Lilies of the Field” made him the first Black performer to win in the best-actor category, rose to prominence when the civil rights movement was beginning to make headway in the United States. His roles tended to reflect the peaceful integrat...

Late last year, movie studios seemed set on returning to theatrical premieres for all movies for the first time since the pandemic started, but now Disney has announced a change of plans for an upcoming family flick, Pixar’s Turning Red. Instead of coming to theaters on March 11th, now it “will premiere exclusively in homes worldwide” on Disney Plus, but still on March 11th. There’s no plan for a Premier Access video-on-demand setup like the company arranged for Mulan. Instead, it will be available to all subscribers in the same way that Pixar’s last two animated features, Soul and Luca, were (the Disney Animation production Encanto premiered in theaters for Thanksgiving, with a 30-day run that saw it arrive on Disney Plus in time for Christmas). Disney Media & Entertainmen...

Blue Ivy, daughter of music superstars Beyoncé and Jay-Z, turned 10 years old Friday, receiving a heartfelt birthday tribute from grandmother, Tina Knowles-Lawson. “My beautiful Talented and super smart Grandaughter Blue Ivy turned 10 today,” the “Talks With Mama Tina” host, 68, began on Instagram. “God it seemed like yesterday you came into the world running things. Blue is my little Capricorn Twin.” Lawson went on to gush over the bond she shares with her mini-me. “I prayed for her to be born on my birthday, but she did what she always does, she came when she got good and ready 😂three days later, but we still share the bond,” she shared. “She reminds me that ‘Grandma you are acting just like a Capricorn.’ Blue gives the best advice like a grow...

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