Hugh Jackman is no stranger to musicals. He actually made his acting debut not through playing Wolverine in 2000’s X-Men (which he once described as being “lonely”), but through stage musicals during the ‘90s like Beauty and the Beast and Sunset Boulevard. Well, his stage musical appreciation continued when he gave a shout-out to the
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Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols passing away at the age of 89 came as a shock to many fans and co-stars. As soon as the news hit the press, the condolences and tributes started pouring in. Fellow Star Trek icons, including George Takei and William Shatner, paid tribute to the Uhura actress, while Star Trek vet
If you were a ‘90s kid, there’s a good chance you were introduced to Lindsay Lohan’s career twofold (and probably thought she legit was two people) when Disney’s The Parent Trap came out circa 1998. The remake of a 1961 film from the House of Mouse tells the story of long-lost twins who find each
In the realm of non-fiction literature, Erik Larsen’s book The Devil in the White City has enjoyed popularity for nearly 20 years, telling the stories of both architect Daniel Burnham and serial killer H.H. Holmes during the first half of the 1890s For a long time, Leonardo DiCaprio intended to star in a film adaptation
This weekend, Beyoncé fans were gifted with the first new album from the beloved icon and Oscar-nominee (for her work on King Richard) since her 2019 The Lion King-inspired album with RENAISSANCE. The 16-track album was quickly hailed a “masterpiece” and broke streaming records. However, in the less than a week that the dance-y and
Jake Gyllenhaal seems to be on a bit of a remake kick right now. His last two movies – Antoine Fuqua’s The Guilty and Michael Bay’s Ambulance – are both English-language versions of overseas films, and now the actor is set to tackle a redo of a beloved Patrick Swayze movie. Amazon Prime Video and
One of the most memorable moments at the 94th Academy Awards was when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage after the Oscar host told a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s new bald look. Ever since then, there’s been tension between the two entertainers. After Will Smith apologized to Rock for the televised altercation, here is
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have been making headlines for a number of years now, thanks to their long legal battle. Things got even crazier when the two met in court in Virginia over their defamation cases, with the Pirates of the Caribbean actor largely coming out as the victor. And some recently unsealed court
For millennials, there are few animated villains considered more iconic than Ursula, the sea witch from the 1989 Walt Disney Animation classic film The Little Mermaid. Thirty-three years after that memorable performance, the actor who brought the character to life has died. Pat Carroll, who was also an Emmy and Grammy Award winner, passed away
Dungeons and Dragons has been around since the 1970s but it’s possible it has never been quite as popular as it is today. The game has seen a significant boost in popularity with D&D games now being regularly streamed online, and being played by some major names. Now a new Dungeons and Dragons movie, Honor
At this point, it’s clear that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been making a firm case for himself as Hollywood’s most generous star. He’s been doing charitable act after act for years, but his latest streak may be unmatched. And his most recently charitable gesture may be his sweetest one yet. Johnson gifted a family
The “who’s the next James Bond” debate continues to rage on, as new names keep appearing in the heated race to see who Daniel Craig’s successor will be. A-listers like Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender have been duking it out with rising stars like Regé-Jean Page and Aidan Turner to play the mysterious spy. Of
After nearly two years of dating, Sharna Burgess of Dancing with the Stars fame and actor Brian Austin Green welcomed their first child together on June 28. It’s a boy, which technically makes for a fifth son for Green, who already shares three young children with ex-wife Megan Fox, and a 19-year-old with his former
Throughout his run of James Bond movies, Daniel Craig’s calendar was quite full. Even though he had time to make films like Logan Lucky in between outings as 007, that doesn’t mean the man was able to take every gig he’d wanted. Case in point, Craig is actually a superfan of the FX series Archer,
As far as video game movies go, 2018’s Tomb Raider performed pretty well, earning better critical reception than the Angelina Jolie-led Tomb Raider movies and making over $274 million worldwide. As such, MGM planned to bring Alicia Vikander back for another round as Lara Croft, but Tomb Raider 2 hasn’t made a lot of progress
By pretty much any measurement, Top Gun: Maverick has been a huge success. The summer blockbuster has already made well over 1.25 billion dollars at the box office, and audiences and critics have been on board with Top Gun 2. However, it was a long road to get here, and Top Gun stars like Miles
Brie Larson already has Hollywood franchise clout from playing Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Mason Weaver in the MonsterVerse-set Kong: Skull Island, and now she’s lending talents to the Fast & Furious franchise. After pitching herself for a Fast & Furious movie back in February, Vin Diesel announced weeks later that
When she was recruited to play the Bond Woman known as Solitaire in Live and Let Die, Jane Seymour had no idea what to expect from the process. Helping usher in a new chapter of James Bond movies, Seymour starred against then-new 007 Roger Moore, and she went on to become one of the most
500 Days of Summer gave audiences a different take on the rom-com genre. Instead of your usual meet-cute story that ends with eternal love, the movie actually ends with the two lead characters moving in different directions. Zooey Deschanel’s Summer Finn has received hate from fans because she rejected her romantic fling, Tom, and got
DC unveiled official trailers for both Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s “Black Adam” and Zachary Levi’s “Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” so of course, CinemaBlend’s DC experts Hannah Saulic and Sean O’Connell are here to break down everything we saw. They discuss whether or not the DCEU is still something Warner Bros. is building towards, that