July 21, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Warner Bros. Ent./ Harry Potter Publishing Rights © J.K.R.(LOS ANGELES) — Here’s a heads up to Harry Potter fans. According to Deadline, all eight installments of the series will be leaving HBO Max at the end of August — so now is a good time to get your binge on. 

The films’ appearance on the streaming platform would come as a pleasant surprise to fans as it had not been advertised ahead of time. Deadline reported that they hadn’t received notice that Harry Potter would join HBO Max’s catalog until just hours before its May 27 debut.

Just as quickly as the magical movies made their way to the app, though, they will be gone. And, at the moment, there is news of where they will be found next. 

The first three Jurassic Park movies will also be removed from HBO Max at the end of August, but unlike Harry Potter, they’ve already found a new home in Netflix, where subscribers will have access beginning on August 1. 

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July 21, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Universal(LOS ANGELES) — Trolls World Tour, a movie that came to streaming after COVID-19 shut down movie theaters nationwide, apparently continues to do a brisk business at home. 

The movie, which features the voices of Justin Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson, Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell, and rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, among others, topped the top 10 most popular streaming list for last week, according to newly released data from the streaming service FandangoNow.

Coming in second is a new release, the Afghanistan war drama The Outpost. Pete Davidson’s The King of Staten Island placed third, with the animated Scoob and the Kevin Bacon/Amanda Seyfried thriller You Should Have left rounded out the top five. 

Here’s the top-ten list from Fandango Now’s most popular titles for the week ending July 20, 2020.

1. Trolls World Tour
2. The Outpost
3. The King of Staten Island
4. Scoob!
5. You Should Have Left.   
6. Force of Nature
7. The Invisible Man (2020)
8.  Archive
9.  Bad Boys for Life
10. Irresistible

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July 21, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Vince Bucci/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Netflix has landed some more major star power.

The upcoming Julia Roberts–Denzel Washington drama Leave The World Behind, from Mr. Robot director Sam Esmail, will be coming to the streaming giant, according to Entertainment Weekly. 

The, drama, based on Rumaan Alam‘s upcoming novel, follows “two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong,” according to the official synopsis. The project reportedly deals with the struggles of race, class, and parenthood, amid a mysterious blackout.

The film marks a reunion for Oscar winners Washington and Roberts, who starred together on the 1993 film The Pelican Brief.

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July 21, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Noam Galai/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Nick Cannon took to Instagram on Monday to share part of a conversation with a rabbi he plans to air on an upcoming episode of his podcast and YouTube series Cannon’s Class.

“I made a lot of people mad,” The Masked Singer host tells Rabbi Abraham Cooper in the clip. “[I made] your community mad, I made my community mad by apologizing.”

Cooper interrupts by saying that the question his community asks regarding Cannon’s apology is whether it’s sincere. Cannon then asks the Rabbi if he believes that he’s being sincere, to which Cooper replies, “At this point, yes.”

“Hate,” says Cannon, is “an energy,” adding that he “doesn’t have a hatred for any group of people…specifically the Jewish people,” because he feels a connection between the two communities.

Cannon has been facing serious backlash following anti-Semitic comments he made during a June episode of Cannon’s Class.

Cannon gave no indication of when the episode will air, aside from the caption, “Coming soon…”

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July 21, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

gotpap/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images(LOS ANGELES) — Brian Hickerson, the ex boyfriend of former Nashville star Hayden Panettiere, has pleaded not guilty to eight counts of domestic violence against the actress. 

Hickerson, who was with Panettiere for a year and a half, was arrested last week on charges ranging from felony assault to domestic violence and witness intimidation, according to court paperwork obtained by ABC News. 

He pleaded in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday, where he was given a court date of July 30 to address the case further. 

The source added that in the past, Panettiere reported to police multiple instances of “extreme domestic violence” by Hickerson during their year-and-a-half relationship.

“I am coming forward with the truth about what happened to me with the hope that my story will empower others in abusive relationships to get the help they need and deserve,” Panettiere told Good Morning America in a statement after last week’s arrest. “I am prepared to do my part to make sure this man never hurts anyone again.”

She added, “I’m grateful for my support system, which helped me find the courage to regain my voice and my life.”

The actress’ attorney, Alan Jackson, added that Panettiere was “for years … the victim of psychological, emotional and severe physical abuse.”

“Hayden has found the strength and courage to share the truth about her abuse and her abuser,” Jackson said in a statement. “As a survivor, she recognizes that her arduous journey of healing has just begun.”

A source close to the actress told GMA that Panettiere has been in treatment for alcohol abuse issues and this is a part of that recovery process.

This isn’t Hickerson’s first run-in with the law regarding his former girlfriend. In May 2019, he was arrested on a domestic violence charge and released on bail. 

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