By Abb Jones The Reelness Angela Lansbury, one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood whose career spanned 80 years and included one of the longest running detective series in television history, has died at the age of 96. Lansbury’s family says she died in her sleep at her home in […]
Well, it looks like a merciful (and hopefully definitive) end finally is in sight for the Jamie Lee Curtis-led, Halloween horror film franchise. After last year’s majorly disappointing Halloween Kills, producers swear this IS the finale to the long running saga, which began with the iconic, 1978 slasher. The story picks up four years after […]
Naomi Ackie will be channeling some serious Whitney Houston vibes – and iconic music video looks – when the upcoming biopic about the life and death of the music superstar hits theaters this December. British-born Ackie, whose acting credits include Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Lady Macbeth, headlines the biopic which was written […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Cineworld, the world’s second largest movie theater chain and owner of Regal Cinemas, says it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The British company, which owns the more than 500 Regal Cinemas movie theaters in the United States, 747 sites in the United Kingdom and another 8200 hundred around […]
Thandiwe Newton stars in the upcoming tense neo-Western thriller about a former New Orleans police officer turned professor who gets drawn into an escalating feud when hunters trespass on her property in the American West. Co-written and directed by Julian Higgins, this pulse-pounding tale of racial prejudices, toxic masculinity and bleak lawlessness is based on […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness 30 years after her initial diagnosis, breast cancer has claimed the life of one of the world’s best-selling musical artists, four-time Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Olivia Newton-John. Newton-John’s husband John Easterling says she died peacefully at her home near Santa Barbara, California Monday morning, surrounded by loved ones, just […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Warner Bros. Discovery says its HBO Max and Discovery+ streaming services will be rebranded as a single streaming service in the Summer of 2023. The media giant made the announcement during the company’s second quarter earnings call Thursday, saying the blending of the two services is the only viable way […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness Nichelle Nichols, whose portrayal of Star Trek’s communications officer Lieutenant Uhura in the 1960s broke barriers for Black actresses in Hollywood, has died at the age of 89. Nichols’ son announced her death on Facebook, saying she died Saturday night of natural causes. Nichols had suffered a stroke in 2015. […]
Marvel Studios has released its long-awaited trailer for Wakanda Forever, the sequel to 2018’s mega-hit, Black Panther – and it looks spectacular. It is the first film since Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer in 2020 at age 43. And while he is gone, he and his character’s legacy remain, as the […]
A therapist witnessing the traumatic death of a patient finds herself immersed in a mysterious curse reminiscent of The Ring, in the upcoming psychological horror from first time director Parker Finn. Smile stars Sosie Bacon (Mare of Easttown), Kyle Gallner (2022’s Scream), Jessie T. Usher (The Boys), Rob Morgan (Stranger Things), and Kal Penn (Harold […]