by Abb Jones The Reelness Suzanne Somers, the actress who leveraged her breakout role as the stereotypically ditzy blonde Chrissy Snow in the 70s and 80s sitcom Three’s Company into a multi-million-dollar career as an infomercial spokeswoman and author of self-help books, has died at her home in Palm Springs, California, following a 23-year battle […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Piper Laurie, one of the last actresses from Hollywood’s Golden Era who received three Oscar-nominations – for Carrie, The Hustler and Children of a Lesser God – has died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91. Born Rosetta Jacobs in 1932 in Detroit, Laurie was plucked […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness After 148 days, the Hollywood Writers’ strike is ending. Writers Guild of America board members voted unanimously Tuesday to lift the strike order as of 12:01 a.m. PT Wednesday, after agreeing on a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The two sides found compromise […]
Julia Garner (Ozark) and Jessica Henwick (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery) star as a couple of American backpackers terrorized by locals while on a working holiday at a pub in the Australian outback, in the upcoming psychological thriller, The Royal Hotel. Inspired by the 2016 documentary Hotel Coolgardie, the film also stars Hugo Weaving […]
Alien abduction takes center stage in the upcoming Hulu sci-fi/thriller No One Will Save You, starring Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart). Written and directed by Brian Duffield (Love and Monsters, Spontaneous, Underwater), the story focuses on a young woman living alone in her childhood home who is terrorized by beings from another world. It was filmed in […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness Legendary TV game show host Bob Barker, whose deadpan humor and ability to connect with contestants kept him a staple in American homes for more than 50 years on The Price Is Right and Truth or Consequences, has died of natural causes at his home in Hollywood Hills, California. He […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness Well hello, angels! The two original surviving Charlie’s Angels, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith, have made a rare appearance together – Jackson’s first public sighting in 14 years. Jackson, 74, attended the wedding of 77-year-old Smith’s son Gaston in Los Angeles over the weekend. The last time Jackson was seen […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Emmy-award winning actor Paul Reubens, the comedian who created the iconic and beloved children’s character Pee-wee Herman, has died of cancer at the age of 70. Reubens’ long-time representative said in a statement Monday that Reubens had “bravely and privately fought cancer for years with his trademark tenacity and wit.” […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Barbie and Oppenheimer have proven that it is possible for two very different movies to both have stellar openings in their weekend debuts, proving that old adage, “A rising tide lifts all boats.” Barbenheimer is real, folks. Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as wannabe boyfriend Ken, brought in […]
Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) and Vanessa Kirby (Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One) star in the upcoming biopic about the iconic and controversial Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Revolution military commander who would become emperor of France in the early 1800s. Filmed mostly in the U.K., the epic from director Ridley Scott (The Martian, Alien) […]