Will Ryan, a veteran actor who voiced Petrie in Universal’s animated film The Land Before Time and Willie the Giant in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, died on Nov. 19 after a short battle with cancer. He was 72. Ryan’s death was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter by his talent agent, Nery Lemus. “The world is a…
When the leads of Queens get to talking about what it felt like to be on top of the music world circa 1999, their words carry special weight: Three of them are played by women who actually were climbing the Billboard charts that decade, namely Eve, Brandy and Naturi Naughton. And when these women get…
12:37 PM PDT 8/27/2020 by Mike Barnes He worked for Disney, Hanna-Barbera, CBS and ABC and had a long creative and business partnership with Ken Spears. Joe Ruby, the animation veteran who co-created the character of Scooby-Doo and oversaw Saturday morning children’s programming at CBS and ABC, has died. He was 87. A four-time Daytime…
1:33 PM PDT 8/27/2020 by John DeFore Courtesy of HULU Happy recklessness hits the spot these days. Jeremy Garelick’s teen comedy for Hulu offers a druggy riff on ‘The Purge.’ Two male standouts from the riotous femme-forward Booksmart take another crack at high-school debauchery in Jeremy Garelick’s The Binge, a Hulu teen comedy that seriously…
5:00 AM PDT 8/27/2020 by Lesley Goldberg Capcom ‘Supernatural’ showrunner Andrew Dabb will oversee scripted live-action series that is inspired by Capcom’s video game franchise. Add Resident Evil to the list of video games that are being turned into a TV series. Following months of development and an extensive search for a showrunner, Netflix has…
9:59 AM PDT 8/26/2020 by John DeFore ALLYSON RIGGS/NETFLIX Earnestly optimistic drama misses the mark. 8/28/2020 Brett Haley’s Netflix adaptation of Matthew Quick’s YA novel stars ‘Moana’ voice actress Auli’i Cravalho as a homeless teen. Auli’i Cravalho, the voice of Disney’s Moana and star of their live-TV version of The Little Mermaid, inches away from…
12:30 PM PDT 8/26/2020 by Paul Grein, Billboard Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images Kelsea Ballerini, Tim McGraw and Miranda Lambert will also take the stage for the Keith Urban-hosted awards show. The Academy of Country Music revealed some of the performers lined up for its 55th annual ACM Awards on Sept. 16. The show will air from Nashville…
9:14 AM PDT 8/5/2020 by Natalie Jarvey The eight-film library had been available on HBO Max when that service launched in May. The Harry Potter films are apparating to a new streaming home. The eight-film franchise will start streaming on NBCUniversal’s Peacock service in October. The company said Wednesday that they will be available in…
Frances McDormand-starrer ‘Nomadland’, ‘The World to Come’ starring Vanessa Kirby and Casey Affleck and ‘The Duke’ with Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren will have their world premiere in Venice. Studio titles, female director and some of the biggest names in international arthouse cinema will be competing for this year’s Golden Lion at the 77th Venice…
