Month: August 2021

‘Free Guy’ starring Ryan Reynolds is the number one movie at the box office for the second weekend in a row. ‘Free Guy” brought in $18.8 million in its second weekend in the theaters, with a domestic ten day total of $58.8 million.

The new animated Paw Patrol movie came in second place with $13 million, with Disney’s Jungle Cruise and Don’t Breathe 2 coming in third and fourth place this weekend with $6.2 million earned and $5 million earned, respectively. The new film Reminiscence starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson and Thandiwe Newton had a disappointing debut, earning only $2 million in its opening weekend.

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Don Everly, one-half of the rock-n-roll duo the Everly Brothers, has died at age 84. According to his attorney and family spokesperson Linda Edell Howard, Everly died at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday. His brother, Phil Everly, died in January 2014 at age 74.

The brothers’  official Instagram account posted the news of Everly’s death early Sunday: “It is with great sadness that we regret to announce the passing of Isaac Donald Everly today. He leaves behind his wife Adela, mother Margaret, children Venetia, Stacy, Erin & Edan, grandchildren Arabella, Easan, Stirling, Eres, Lily & Esper.”

In the late 1950s and 1960s, the duo of Don and Phil Everly scored 19 top 40 hits, including “Bye Bye Love,” “Let It Be Me,” “All I Have to Do Is Dream” and “Wake Up Little Susie.” The brothers broke up amid quarreling in 1973 after 16 years performing together, reuniting in 1983. They had successful concert tours in the U.S. and Europe in the late 1980s.

The Everly Brothers were inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. The brothers were also inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001.

Newly named “Jeopardy!” host Mike Richards is stepping down from his role amid controversy over past sexist and offensive comments he made in a 2014 podcast. In a memo Richards wrote to “Jeopardy!” staff, Richards announced that his “past incidents and comments have cast such a shadow” on the show.

Richards said, “over the last several days it has become clear that moving forward as host would be too much of a distraction for our fans and not the right move for the show. As such, I will be stepping down as host effective immediately. As a result, we will be canceling production today.” Richards added that Sony Pictures Television, which produces the show, “will now resume the search for a permanent syndicated host. In the meantime, we will be bringing back guest hosts to continue production for the new season, details of which will be announced next week,” and apologized again, saying, “I want to apologize to each of you for the unwanted negative attention that has come to ‘Jeopardy!’ over the last few weeks and for the confusion and delays this is now causing. I know I have a lot of work to do to regain your trust and confidence.”  As of press time, Jeopardy!’s 38th season was still set to premiere on Sept. 13.

Richards’ announcement comes just a week after the announcement that he and former “Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik were to alternate as “Jeopardy!” hosts.  The controversy surrounding Richards refers to comments he made on his “Randumb Show” podcast back in 2014, where he made sexist and racist remarks. The podcast episodes have been pulled from circulation.

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The Paramount Network series announced Thursday that the fourth season of its hit show “Yellowstone” will premiere Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, sharing a teaser trailer giving fans a sneak peek at what’s to come.

In the 30-second teaser, family patriarch John Dutton (Kevin Costner) can be seen in the aftermath of Season 3’s shooting. “This is not a drill! #YellowstoneTV season 4 premieres November 7, 2021,” the show’s Twitter feed said Thursday.

“Yellowstone” follows the wealthy Dutton family, who owns an enormous cattle ranch that shares borders with a national park, Native reservations and upscale housing/resorts. Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of MTV Entertainment, said in a statement Thursday: “Our strategy is to make Yellowstone, the massive No. 1 hit with more than 10 million fans, into a global hit franchise under the incredible creative vision of Taylor Sheridan’s world building storytelling.”

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Netflix is giving fans first look at Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West as the new Princess Diana and Prince Charles in “The Crown.” Debicki and West are taking over from Emma Corrin and Josh O’Connor for the upcoming fifth series of the hit royal drama.

The official “Crown” Twitter account released the first pictures of the newcomers in their roles; they are just two of the new cast members for fifth series of “The Crown,” which jumps ahead in time from the events of the fourth season. Imelda Staunton stars as Queen Elizabeth, with Sir Jonathan Pryce taking over from Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip. Lesley Manville will be portraying Princess Margaret, while Jonny Lee Miller will play former prime minister John Major.

The fifth series of “The Crown” is set to debut on Netflix next year. Series 1-4 are currently available for streaming.

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