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Nov
07
2021
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By Troy Warren
Billie Eilish Calls Out Jimmy Kimmel for Making Her “Look Stupid” With Van Halen Questions in Past Interview

Billie Eilish Calls Out Jimmy Kimmel for Making Her “Look Stupid” With Van Halen Questions in Past Interview

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BY ARIANA BROCKINGTON | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment The singer returned to the late night show Wednesday and playfully cleared up why she appeared confused when Kimmel previously asked her 1980s trivia questions and tested her knowledge of the Cabbage Patch Kids, Mr. T and Van Halen. While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Wednesday night, Billie Eilish wanted to clear up any confusion about her previous interview on the show.  During her conversation with Kimmel, Eilish switched topics and asked, “Wait, really quick, do you remember last time I was here?” After Kimmel confirmed, she added, “And you made me look a little…
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Nov
07
2021
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By Troy Warren
How Marvel Brought ‘Eternals’ and Its “Big, Dysfunctional Family” to the Screen

How Marvel Brought ‘Eternals’ and Its “Big, Dysfunctional Family” to the Screen

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BY AARON COUCH | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment The team behind the latest MCU installment looks back at the journey. There’s a room in Marvel Studios’ Burbank headquarters called the Black Widow room. It has no windows and few have access. The cleaning crew doesn’t touch it. That’s where screenwriters (and cousins) Ryan and Kaz Firpo spent months cracking the code for Eternals, the sprawling tale that spans 7,000 years and centers on ten immortal aliens sent to Earth to protect humanity from the monstrous Deviants. “Every time we’d go into the office there’d be a new piece of concept art…
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Nov
06
2021
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At Least 8 Dead, 300 Injured at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival in Houston

At Least 8 Dead, 300 Injured at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival in Houston

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BY CHRIS GARDNER, TATIANA SIEGEL | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment A massive outdoor concert featuring superstars like Travis Scott and Drake gave way to tragedy as the crowd "compressed" and caused panic, trampling people and leaving as many as 11 concertgoers in cardiac arrest. At least eight people died and more than 300 were injured during a mass stampede at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival on Friday night in Houston at NRG Park. Houston Fire Department Chief Samuel Peña confirmed the casualties during a late press conference, calling it “a tragic night” for the city. He estimated the attendance at 50,000 and…
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Nov
04
2021
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By Troy Warren
Ronnie Wilson, founding member of The Gap Band, dead at 73

Ronnie Wilson, founding member of The Gap Band, dead at 73

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By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #Music #Entertainment Ronnie Wilson, a founding member of the funk R&B group The Gap Band, has died. He was 73. Reports say the musician passed away Tuesday morning at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with his wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, by his side. Wilson, who had been in failing health for several years, suffered a stroke a week earlier and died while in a partial coma, according to TMZ. “Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing and playing the flugelhorn, Trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies,” Boulware-Wilson…
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Nov
03
2021
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By Troy Warren
Why Dakota Johnson Is Hollywood’s Heiress Apparent

Why Dakota Johnson Is Hollywood’s Heiress Apparent

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BY TATIANA SIEGEL | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment With four hot projects and a tabloid-trolled private life (with Coldplay’s Chris Martin), the actress takes her place in an A-list dynasty: "I’m grateful for my parents and my crazy life — the only reason I am the way I am is because of how I grew up." Dakota Johnson walks into the Tower Bar in West Hollywood, a location she picked and one that offers a juxtaposition of old Hollywood provenance (it was once Bugsy Siegel’s apartment) and new millennial chic. The same could be said for Johnson, who hails from…
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Oct
31
2021
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By Troy Warren
LL Cool J, Carole King, Tina Turner Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

LL Cool J, Carole King, Tina Turner Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment #Music Cool J performed a medley of his hits at Saturday's ceremony, including "Rock The Bells" accompanied by a bearded Eminem before he was joined by J-Lo for "All I Have." LL Cool J got together some of his heavyweight musical friends to usher him into rock immortality. Part of an eclectic 2021 class that includes Carole King, Tina Turner, The Go-Gos, Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and Todd Rundgren, Cool J was joined on stage by rapper Eminem and Jennifer Lopez for a powerful performance on Saturday night during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. With New York…
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Oct
30
2021
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“Everyone’s Still Having Sex” on ‘Sex and the City’ Reboot, Says Actress Nicole Ari Parker

“Everyone’s Still Having Sex” on ‘Sex and the City’ Reboot, Says Actress Nicole Ari Parker

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BY CHRIS GARDNER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment The veteran actress joins Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis on HBO Max's 'And Just Like That...' Nicole Ari Parker doesn’t mind setting the record straight: She’s not replacing Kim Cattrall on the Sex and the City reboot, And Just Like That….But she’s careful not to say much more than that. “It’s so secretive and I have to be so careful,” said the veteran star who is set to play Lisa Todd Wexley on the HBO Max series. “It’s going great. Just the clothes, the clothes alone are amazing.” The series is still…
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Oct
28
2021
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By Troy Warren
Will Ferrell Just Wants to Entertain You (and Himself)

Will Ferrell Just Wants to Entertain You (and Himself)

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BY LACEY ROSE | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment The 'Shrink Next Door' producer-star on building (and winnowing) his empire, splitting with collaborator and pal Adam McKay and chasing the funny above all else: "I've always loved making other people laugh. I've just never needed to make you like me." I’ve yet to turn on my recorder and Will Ferrell is already apologizing. He’s rusty, he says, as he pours us both coffee. It’s been a while since he sat for a lengthy interview, the kind that requires him to reflect on his career and his place in a fast-changing business. And…
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Oct
25
2021
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‘NCIS’ Says Goodbye to Mark Harmon After 18 Years

‘NCIS’ Says Goodbye to Mark Harmon After 18 Years

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BY RICK PORTER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment The longtime lead of the CBS series had signed on for only a limited number of episodes in 2021-22. Leroy Jethro Gibbs has worked his last case. Monday’s episode of NCIS was Mark Harmon’s final one as the lead of the long-running CBS procedural. He exits the show after 18 years of playing Gibbs, dating back to the character’s introduction on JAG in 2003. Speculation around Harmon’s exit has swirled for several months. He signed a deal to continue with NCIS (on which he’s also an executive producer) for its 19th season, but that deal was only to return in a limited…
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Oct
23
2021
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Guns, Ammo, Accountability: Hollywood Munitions Experts Grapple With ‘Rust’ Tragedy

Guns, Ammo, Accountability: Hollywood Munitions Experts Grapple With ‘Rust’ Tragedy

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BY GARY BAUM, CHRIS GARDNER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment #EditorsPicks Questions swirl about on-set gun safety and who could be at fault after Alec Baldwin shoots prop gun with live rounds, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. Firearms safety guidelines are clear and longstanding in Hollywood, where guns have been employed on the big screen since the silent film era: Live ammunition is never to be used nor brought onto any studio lot or stage. Blanks can kill. Treat all firearms as though they are loaded. But following the weapon-discharge tragedy involving Alec Baldwin that resulted in the…
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