December 10, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Turner(LOS ANGELES) — Just before filming his upcoming movie Midnight Sky, George Clooney found himself in the hospital for pancreatitis. 

Prior to the hospitalization, the 59-year-old actor had lost nearly 30 pounds for his role in the film, which he believes is what contributed to the health concern. 

“I think I was trying too hard to lose the weight quickly and probably wasn’t taking care of myself,” he told the Mirror. 

Clooney, who also directs the film, added, “It took a few weeks to get better and as a director, it’s not so easy because you need energy. We were out on this glacier in Finland, which made it a lot harder work. But it certainly helped with the character.”

In addition to dropping some weight for the role, he also stopped shaving and grew facial hair that his wife, Amal, 42, wasn’t too fond of and left his three-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella, polarized. 

“I grew a big ugly beard and my son loved it because he’d hide things in it which I wouldn’t know about until I got to work and I’d be like, ‘Oh, there’s a popsicle stuck in my beard,'” Clooney explained. “But my wife and daughter were really happy when it came off because it was very hard to find a face underneath all that mess.”

In the film, Clooney portrays a scientist who ventures through the Arctic to ward off a crew of astronauts returning home after a mysterious global catastrophe. 

Midnight Sky is scheduled for a limited theatrical release on December 11, 2020, before being digitally released on December 23, 2020.

December 9, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Rodin Eckenroth/WireImageFatale director Deon Taylor is giving fans a major incentive to see his film in theaters on December 18.

Lionsgate announced on Wednesday that Taylor will offer moviegoers an extra ticket for a guest to see his new thriller, Fatale, if they purchase a ticket now through opening weekend.

“Everybody who loves movies also loves seeing them in movie theaters, and this is a year when we could all use a gift. So buy one and get one free on me,” Taylor said in a statement. “That’s right, on me! We are living in unprecedented times and movies have always been a way of escapism. So why not escape with the most electric noir thriller, Fatale.”

You can find all the details on the ticket promotion at AtomTickets.com.

Fatale, which stars Michael Ealy and Hilary Swank, follows Ealy as successful sports agent who decides to risk his “perfect life” for a sexy and mysterious woman. The woman, played by Swank, turns out to be a police detective who entangles Ealy in her latest investigation.

Taylor adds that he wants moviegoers to be “safe” when going out, also noting the new theater protocols listed at CinemaSafe.org.

Fatale, also starring Mike Colter, Danny Pino and Tyrin Turner, will screen in limited theaters across the nation on December 18.

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December 9, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Pose star Indya Moore has opened their heart to launch TranSanta, an initiative to make sure transgender youth have something to celebrate this holiday. 

“I didn’t have a chimney growing up in the Bronx, or in foster care,” the 25-year-old trans star says in an Instagram post, while wearing a festive sweater and Santa hat. “My friends and I want to make sure trans kids know feel like they’re gifts to the world — because they are!”

Moore explains that kids and other young people under 24 years old who are homeless, in foster care or in families who might not be accepting of their identity, can email transsanta2020@gmail.com to find out how they can fill out their wish lists.

On the other side, those “elves” willing to provide gifts for those kids in need can check out their wish lists at TranSanta on LinkedIn.

“We just wanted to show love and connect trans youth to people who love them,” says Moore, “because there are so many people who love us and it can be so hard to know that especially this year with everything going on.”

By Stephen Iervolino
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December 9, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Gotham/GC Images(LOS ANGELES) — It looks like fans will be able to keep up with Kourtney Kardashian after all. 

On Tuesday, the reality star revealed that she’ll be making an appearance in the upcoming film He’s All That, starring 20-year-old TikTok influencer Addison Rae. 

In an Instagram post, Kourtney, 41, is lounging in bed with a script in her hand. “Studying @hesallthatmovie,” she wrote as the caption. 

The film’s IG account shared the post to their story and added, “Introducing Jessica Miles Torres.”

He’s All That is a remake the 1999 Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachel Leigh Cook led rom-com She’s All That, with a bit of a switch-up. The original featured a male giving a girl a makeover but, according to IMDB, in the reimagined version “a teenage girl sets out to give a nebbish classmate the ultimate high school makeover.” 

Kourtney and Addison seemed to have forged a close friendship over the summer, which they showcased all over social media.

Addison appeared supportive of her friend joining her in the film and commented on the Instagram post, “workkkkkkk,” along with a red heart emoji.

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December 9, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Terence Patrick/CBS ©2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) While reminiscing about their new musical film The Prom, Late, Late Show host James Corden revealed to his co-star Meryl Streep that he once pulled a prank on her, saying she’d been fired from a movie.

The pair starred together in the 2014 musical Into the Woods, Corden explains, and Streep’s absence one day from the set led him to start a rumor that the Oscar-winner had been canned.

“Everyone was devastated,” Corden recalled.

For her part, Streep says she’d never heard that rumor before, but admitted now it made sense to her that, “they were really glad to see me the next day I was on set.” 

However, Corden said he couldn’t have pulled it off without his accomplice, co-star Christine Baranski.

“As soon as I winked at Baranski, she just went into, ‘Meryl is devastated,” Corden said, imitating the Good Fight star. 

“Oh, she’s an evil bit**, she really is,” Streep joked, before admitting they all had actually had a wonderful time on the musical’s set.

For the record, Streep says she’s never been fired from a job — only “from relationships.”

The Prom, an adaptation of the popular based-on-real-life Broadway show of the same name, is now on Netflix. 

By Stephen Iervolino
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