NEW YORK – Jimmy Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards for the second straight year and fourth time overall, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. ABC is turning again to its late-night host a year after bringing Kimmel back for a 2023 ceremony that drew 18.7 million viewers, … Read more
LOS ANGELES – All five of Matthew Perry’s “Friends” co-stars are sharing more remembrances of the star in their first personal social media posts since the actor’s death last month. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer each posted heartfelt notes about Perry, who died Oct. 28, on Instagram. The … Read more
The sensory-friendly night at Zoo Lights, Powered by CPS Energy, is aimed at providing a quieter and more inclusive experience for all visitors. SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Zoo is happy to announce a special event this holiday season aimed at providing a quieter and more inclusive experience for all visitors. On Monday, November … Read more
Arby’s is home of the “Good Burger 2″ — the meal, that is. Arby’s is now selling the meal ahead of the release of the movie, “Good Burger 2,″ on Paramount+ on Nov. 22 “Only Arby’s could create a burger meal based on the best movie ever made about burgers,” the fast-food chain’s website states. … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Spacecon San Antonio has announced the first celebrity guests for its October 2024 event. Spacecon is bringing in Hayden Christensen from “Star Wars” and “Jumper,” and Michael Peña from “Ant-Man,” “A Million Miles Away” and “CHIPs.” A Facebook announcement from Tuesday said Spacecon is Peña’s first announced comic-con ever. The event is … Read more
NEW YORK – The latest honor for Salman Rushdie was a prize kept secret until minutes before he rose from his seat to accept it. On Tuesday night, the author received the first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award, presented by the Vaclav Havel Center on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Only a handful of the more … Read more
TORONTO, ONT – Sports movies typically culminate, after stirring locker-room speeches, in a dramatic bid for athletic glory. Taika Waititi’s “Next Goal Wins” concerns the quest of a historically bad national soccer team, the 2011 American Samoa men’s squad, in their struggle to qualify for the FIFA World Cup after an infamous 31-0 drubbing against … Read more