Following the recently released Aladdin remake, Disney has a slate of live-action films on the way, including Dumbo and the upcoming Lion King remake featuring Beyoncé, Donald Glover, James Earl Jones, and more. Disney is adding to this growing list with a remake of our beloved 1989 classic The Little Mermaid. To refresh your memory,
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Jennifer Lopez is being sued for copyright infringement over a photo she posted to her Instagram Story in 2017. The lawsuit, filed by Splash News and Picture Agency, is in regards to a photo of Lopez and Alex Rodriguez holding hands on a sidewalk in New York City, according to court documents obtained by E!
Everything is a TV series now—current events, long-buried crimes, Tinder. Over the past year the New York Times has eagerly been making “the newspaper” part of that list: The Fourth Estate, a Showtime miniseries; The Weekly, an ongoing docuseries on FX that explores a print feature each episode; and now Modern Love, an anthology series
What do you get when a bunch of professional divers/amateur geeks get together with a stash of props and a giant body of water? A great meme. Sure, this Avengers-inspired video isn’t the first time that something like this has been made but it is the best. I have yelled over the Iron Man one for the
Crime reporter Nancy Hixt returns to the airwaves with the second instalment of her true crime Curiouscast podcast, Crime Beat. Following the huge success of the series’ first season — episodes were downloaded more than 1.3 million times — the Global Calgary reporter promises an even deeper dive inside the darkest corners of some of
Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani‘s contempt for the House’s ongoing impeachment inquiry has spread to his circle of associates. Two of Giuliani’s colleagues who helped him pursue his Ukrainian conspiracy theories, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, officially stated Monday that they would not comply with a Monday deadline for them to turn over their documents to
Late on Sunday night, the Trump administration announced its decision to not interfere with a planned Turkish military campaign into northern Syria, leaving American-allied Kurdish forces vulnerable to a regime in Turkey that considers them a terrorist group. The news astonished foreign policy experts, drew criticism from Republican lawmakers, and even prompted the dependable White
With its most recent episode, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s fearless animated TV series, South Park, has garnered a great deal of attention across the world. The highly controversial Season 23 episode, Band in China, premiered last Wednesday, Oct. 2, and less than a week later was banned in China (no pun intended), according to the
(Photos: Getty Images; Illustration: Joel Louzado) Speaking out against a powerful white man is a difficult for any woman, but for women of colour, it comes with more unique challenges, risks and complications. For Rowena Chiu, a former assistant to Harvey Weinstein, it has taken her over two decades to finally speak out about her
Adam Levine decided to not return to The Voice for Season 17 earlier this year after 16 seasons as a coach. The Maroon 5 singer sat down with Ellen DeGeneres on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Monday to talk about his decision, admitting that he does miss being a coach. “I really do miss it. I
Sixties conservatism was often under fire from Establishment Republicans on the right and the nascent counterculture on the left. And, as it turned out, the class of ’67—my own class as well—would be the last to graduate in the shadow of World War II’s Silent Generation. During Barr’s final semester, Johnson ramped up the draft,
It’s not surprising that Billie Eilish has only been on one date in her life. The 17-year-old is a little busy performing on Saturday Night Live and planning a world tour. Also, her first date sucked. The singer opened up to Howard Stern in a recent interview to share her tragic tale. “I went on
LONDON — Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive drummer for Cream and other bands who wielded blues power and jazz finesse and helped shatter boundaries of time, tempo and style in popular music, died Sunday at age 80, his family said. READ MORE: Jack Bruce of ’60s band Cream dies at 71 With blazing eyes,
A slew of political and media machers join the previously announced lineup at Vanity Fair’s annual New Establishment Summit, which is returning to Los Angeles in October for two days and two nights of inspiring conversations featuring leaders in media, technology, culture, and finance. New headliners include James Murdoch, Monica Lewinsky, Anthony Scaramucci, Martha Stewart,
[embedded content] Riverdale debuted a new trailer chock full of make outs, abs and pretty people doing ugly things at New York Comic Con and it was…a lot. There’s a new guy named Bret Weston Wallace (wonder who that could be referencing!), Veronica is visiting daddy Hiram in jail, Betty is suspicious of her newly
A Calgary boy is seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses after a legendary musician gave him the pair he was wearing during a concert last week. At his Saskatoon show on Oct. 1, Elton John noticed 11-year-old Christopher Talbot in the front row. And how couldn’t he? Talbot was wearing a custom-made replica of one
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the genius behind the smash hits Killing Eve and Fleabag (as well as the criminally overlooked Crashing) and she’s finally starting to get the respect she deserves. Not only did she rack up the wins at this year’s Emmys, she also landed her first gig as host on SNL. Which of course
Another wrinkle has emerged in the ongoing tabloid saga of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle suing Mail on Sunday for publishing excerpts of a private letter to Markle’s father. The man himself, Thomas Markle, denies any payment for leaking portions of the letter, and claims he’d only shared its content after a People story made
It hurt to see Pete Townshend, one of my musical heroes, succumb to the notion that rock music is in decline. “Hip-hop is rock to my ears: music for the neighborhood, the street, the disenfranchised, the downtrodden, the young, the ignored,” he said to The Dallas Morning News. “That used to be what I focused
Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Earlier this month, the internet went into boycott mode after it was revealed that American businessman Stephen Ross was throwing a $250,000-per-ticket fundraiser to raise money for U.S. President Trump’s re-election campaign, reportedly collecting around $12 million. Ross, who has a current net worth of around $7.7 billion, is an investor in dozens of well-known companies. But
Matthew Broderick made an appearance as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the cold open of Saturday Night Live’s second episode as Kate McKinnon reappeared as a clueless Rudy Giuliani along with cast member Beck Bennett as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Aidy Bryant as U.S. Attorney General William Barr. READ MORE: ‘SNL’
As The Walking Dead heads into an impressive tenth season this Sunday, the AMC horror-drama seemed committed to assuring attendees of New York Comic-Con it had plenty more to offer. Fans have not only the return of a long-lost favorite to keep momentum into Season 11, but a trailer for the as-yet-untitled third series in
Dakota Johnson got a special happy birthday from her boyfriend’s ex-wife. Gwyneth Paltrow posted a photo of Johnson to her Instagram writing, “Happy 30th birthday to this absolute gem.” Paltrow and her ex-husband, Chris Martin, have remained on good terms since their conscious uncoupling in 2014. Paltrow has gone on to marry producer Brad Falchuk,
American documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his groundbreaking film Roger and Me at the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival. Since that documentary put him on the mainstream map, Moore has gone on to make nine more feature-length films, as well as stir up the national political debate. Robin Gill sat
Ever had a treasured friend who hated and trash-talked someone else you cared about? That’s what it feels like for many movie lovers seeing Martin Scorsese slam Marvel Studios in a new interview with Empire magazine. Admiration for The Irishman filmmaker runs so deep, he is so beloved among generations of cinephiles, that his words
For fans of the Star Wars galaxy’s second greatest grand admiral (Rae Sloane remains the best), we’re getting a look into his youth and the Chiss Ascendancy with an upcoming trilogy of books from Timothy Zahn. Yes, Thrawn will be back in a new series centered on the origins of the Chiss Ascendancy in the
Posted October 4, 2019 4:36 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ It looks like Rihanna is keeping an eye on the Canadian election — and one diamond is shining a little brighter than the others. The recording star and business mogul started following NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh
Another Friday arrives, and with it, the question of what you’ll stream this weekend. There are plenty of lists that’ll give you a rundown of what’s arriving on the various services, of what’s hot and what’s not. But the biggest problem with streaming is that there’s too much choice. To help cut through the noise,
Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator and animator of popular TV shows such as Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack and Star Wars: Clone Wars, is coming back to Adult Swim with a brand new animated series. That’s right, for eight years, Tartakovsky, the incredibly talented and renowned filmmaker, was sitting on his most visually striking and touching storyline to
At present, Donald Trump is in the midst of a 16-day, five-alarm meltdown over an impeachment inquiry into his attempt to pressure Ukraine to discredit his political rival, a situation he didn’t help by soliciting yet more corruption on the South Lawn of the White House yesterday. So it doesn’t appear that he’ll have the