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There have been a lot of great singers in the past century, but there is only one Whitney Houston. She has been remembered as a musical legend, but she also helped break down barriers in the entertainment industry for Black talent. Houston became one of the first women of color to grace the cover of Seventeen and went on to appear in other magazines such as Glamour and Cosmopolitan. Not just a singer and model, but also an actress, Houston starred in 1995’s Waiting to Exhale, which was directed by Forest Whitaker and co-starred Angela Bassett....

IFC has launched an “Adopt-A-Comic” program to help spotlight the standout work of one comedian in line with the network’s own “Slightly Off” sensibilities. The network’s first adoptee is comedian Chris Gethard (The Other Guys; The Dictator) who will host on-air programming, create exclusive content for IFC.com and more. He is also developing his very own comedy series for IFC based on his recent book, A Bad Idea I’m About To Do: True Tales of Seriously Poor Judgment and Stunningly Awkward Adventure....

Have you ever wanted to hang out with the Guardians of the Galaxy? Well, now you can join Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldaña), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Rocket Racoon (Bradley Cooper), and Groot (Vin Diesel) on a galactic adventure for an immersive new experience. Tickets for the event officially go on sale at 10 am GMT on March 14. The “360-degree” live experience will be hosted by Secret Cinema, marking one of their first collaborations with Disney....

We might have a date for when that big reveal is coming for the second season of Prime Video’s animated series Invincible. It was recently teased that there’d be big news coming for season 2 sometime this month, with a guarantee that the update would come in by Jan. 31. It still remains to be seen when that information will drop, but a new post on Twitter from the show’s official account is teasing that an update is coming on Jan....

Next month, J.K. Simmons will start filming on Batgirl, a new movie in development at HBO Max based on the popular DC Comics character. Often in different mediums, Batgirl is secretly Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Batman’s good pal Commissioner James Gordon. Leslie Grace will play Barbara in the new movie with Simmons as her father, reprising the role he first played in Justice League. Because this is the same actor playing the same character he’s played before, one might be quick to assume that Batgirl is a part of the DCEU, sharing a cinematic universe with Justice League....

James Cameron is one of the greatest directors of all time, holding the title as the director of the highest-grossing movie ever and being behind some of the most iconic sci-fi movies of the 80s and 90s. Now his future is all about bringing his Avatar vision to life with multiple sequels already written and in production, but it seems that even that might not be the end of the franchise....

In the MCU, big actors have played some relatively small roles. Vin Diesel has managed to play a huge role, with seemingly little work as the voice of Groot in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. However, the Fast and Furious star has been constantly providing new dialogue throughout his time as the MCU icon. James Gunn recently revealed in a Twitter comment that while other actors were auditioned for the role, but Diesel was the one who “made Groot feel like Groot....

50 Shades star Jamie Dornan is all set to co-star opposite Gal “Wonder Woman” Gadot in the upcoming international spy thriller Heart of Stone, from the house of Netflix and Skydance. Dornan recently turned heads with his performance in Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, something that has already generated quite a bit of Oscar-buzz around him and has earned him a Critics Choice nomination as well as a Golden Globe nomination. Gal Gadot’s association with the upcoming spy thriller from Netflix and Skydance media had already been previously confirmed, and it will be the Wonder Woman star’s next project with the iconic streaming platform after the Ryan Reynolds and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson-starrer Red Notice....

The 1999 cult classic film Jawbreaker is coming to the small screen, with E! developing a TV series adaptation alongside Sony Pictures Television. Darren Stein, who wrote and directed the original film, is returning to co-write the pilot script with George Northy (G.B.F.), with both writers serving as executive producers. It isn’t known if Darren Stein will also direct the pilot episode, if E! issues a pilot order. Deadline broke the news about this series being put into development, revealing that the story will be set in Beverly Hills, just like the original movie....

The Break-Up screenwriter Jeremy Garelick will be making his feature film directorial debut with a new comedy entitled Hassle Man for Universal, according to Deadline New York. Eli Jorne and Reed Agnew are writing the script for Garelick and, while little is known about the story, the logline is said to be, “When you can’t hire a hit man, hire a hassle man.” George Nolfi is producing the film along with Scarlett Lacey and Michael Hackett....

Sony Pictures Television is bringing back Jerry Seinfeld’s popular web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee for Season 2. Unlike Season 1, which featured 10 episodes, there will be 24 episodes produced for Season 2, debuting sometime this spring. Here’s what Jerry Seinfeld had to say about creating a show like this specifically for the Internet. The first season aired with no ads on the Sony-owned site Crackle.com, as well as the show’s official website ComediansInCarsGettingCoffee....

The actor turned director talks about shooting the movie in Brazil, working with John Carpenter early in his career, and being robbed at gunpoint Having been in some seminal 1980s teen movies (Christine, Losin’ It), John Stockwell knows a thing or two about youth culture. In has transition as a director he has made such youth oriented films as Blue Crush and Crazy/Beautiful. Departing a bit from this in genre, Stockwell recently sat down to discuss his work on the horror film Turistas....

The partnership between Johnny Depp and Dior will go on for years to come. Per TMZ, Depp has reportedly signed a new deal with the company to stay on board as the face of the men’s fragrance Sauvage. This follows the two sides first forming their partnership in 2015, and Dior is said to have spent big bucks to maintain Depp. While specific numbers weren’t named, his new contract is reportedly a multi-year, seven-figure deal....

The actor talks about the day he got so badly hurt, they had to shut down production Josh Lucas has had one of those careers where people sort of know his name, but he hasn’t reached that ‘mega-star’ status. Well, after the release of Poseidon, you’ll be hearing a lot more from this actor. He plays Dylan Johns, the guy who’s determined to find a way off the cruise ship after it’s been hit by a 100 foot rogue wave....

While 2019’s Knives Out breakout star Ana De Armas is busy playing Marilyn Monroe in the already controversial fictional biopic Blonde, Knives Out 2 is pressing on with the adventures of the old-fashioned, devil-may-care gentleman detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), but this time in beautiful Greece! In a big departure from the cold, gothic New England setting of the first movie, our favorite old-South sleuth will be alongside the coasts of the beautiful Mediterraneans, solving a mystery that is still unknown to the public....

Now that actor Garrett Hedlund is in talks to star as Kaneda in Warner Bros.’ Akira, casting has been shifted to other roles. A new report reveals that actress Kristen Stewart has been offered the female lead Kei in Akira. There is no word yet on whether or not the actress has accepted the offer. Kei is a psychic medium who falls for Kaneda in the original Katsuhiro Ôtomo manga, although no character details were revealed for this new live-action remake....

With actors Jon Bernthal, Neal McDonough, and Milo Ventimiglia locked in as the main stars for TNT’s pilot L.A. Noir, the casting has shifted towards other roles. British actor Simon Pegg is in talks for a “top-secret” part as a guest star in Frank Darabont’s pilot. The story centers on Jon Teague (Jon Bernthal), an L.A.P.D. cop in the 1940s and 1950s who is on the front lines of his department’s pursuit of gangster Mickey Cohen....

Lily James and Sebastian Stan went all-out for their performance in Pam & Tommy. James looked almost unrecognizable as the beach blonde Pamela Anderson, while Stan nailed his portrayal of the wild Tommy Lee. The Hulu original series received 10 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series and Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or movie. The pair’s performance was genuinely transformative, a far cry from their well-known roles in Downton Abbey and the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Disney has sent us the first two approved images from Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End which arrives in theatres on May 25th, 2007. The film stars Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård, Jack Davenport, Kevin R. McNally, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Andy Beckwith, Reggie Lee, Chow Yun-Fat and Geoffrey Rush. CLICK HERE to get a closer look at these first 2 approved images from the upcoming film!...

Ciarán Hinds and Italian actress-singer Violante Placido are in talks to join Columbia’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, according to Heat Vision. Starring Nicolas Cage as the demonic biker anti-hero based on the Marvel comic, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is a sequel to the 2007 movie and has Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor directing. In the film, Johnny Blaze, aka Ghost Rider (Nicolas Cage), is hiding out in remote Eastern Europe and struggling to repress his curse, when he is recruited by a sect to take on the devil (Ciarán Hinds), who wants to take over his mortal son’s body on the boy’s birthday....