Netflix hit series inspires show claiming largest cast and lump cash prize in reality TV history – but without killings. Netflix is casting for a newly announced reality TV show, Squid Game: The Challenge, the company said in a statement.…
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The 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards took place on Sunday, June 5, at Barker Hangar, Los Angeles, and Vanessa Hudgens hosted the glamorous award ceremony. The top winners of the night were Zendaya and Tom Holland who got…
The 2022 Edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, AMVCA, took place on Saturday night, May 14 in Lagos. The event was hosted by IK Osakioduwa and South African media personality, Bonang Matheba. Actress, Osas Ighodaro beat her colleagues Bisola…
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Comer, Bean, Macfadyen Win At Britain’s BAFTA Awards
Actor Jodie Comer poses with the ‘Best Leading Actress’ award for ‘Help’ at the British Academy Television Awards in London Bean won the leading actor prize for prison drama Time while Comer scoops the leading actress award for Help.…
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Netflix Cancels Will Smith’s Sequel To 2017 Action Film ‘Bright’ And National Geographic Delays Production On ‘Pole to Pole’ After Chris Rock Slap
Netflix has canceled the sequel to Will Smith’s 2017 action film ‘Bright’ after he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars. The actor’s 2017 sci-fi action thriller ‘Bright’ directed by David Ayer, has been cancelled by the streaming giant, according to a Bloomberg source. His National…
Wall Street sent Netflix’s stock tumbling 26 percent after market hours, erasing about $40bn of market value. Netflix Inc says inflation, the war in Ukraine and fierce competition contributed to a loss of subscribers for the first time in more than…
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‘Heartbroken’ Will Smith Resigns From Film Academy After Slap
US actor, only the 5th Black man to win the Best Actor Oscar, faces disciplinary action after slapping comedian Chris Rock on stage. Actor Will Smith has resigned from Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, saying on…
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Oscars Host Amy Schumer Says She’s Still ‘Triggered And Traumatized’ After Will Smith Slapped Chris Rock
Amy Schumer has disclosed that she is “traumatized” by the onstage altercation that occurred at the 2022 Oscars on Sunday March 27. The 2022 Oscars co-host, who served alongside Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall, addressed the now-infamous slap on Instagram early Wednesday by…
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Netflix Cracks Down On Password Sharing With Users To Pay An Extra Fee To Share Their Account With People
Netflix is cracking down on password sharing and some users will now be charged an extra fee for anyone else using their sign-in for the streaming service. The company says that the new fee option will be rolled out…
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Inventing Anna: Fake Heiress Drama Tops Netflix Ratings
Julia Garner plays Anna Sorokin in Inventing Anna Inventing Anna has notched up the most viewing hours for an English-language series in a week since the service began a new ratings system last summer. The nine-part show stars Ozark’s…
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Oscars Land Trio of Female Comic Stars To Host
Regina Hall has starred in shows such as Black-ish and Nine Perfect Strangers This year’s Oscars will be hosted by US comic actresses Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes, the Academy announced on Tuesday. The trio of film…
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Oscar Nominations 2022: ‘The Power of The Dog’ Leads With 12 Nods
The Oscars 2022 nominations have finally been announced. The Power of the Dog leads the nominees for the 94th annual Academy Awards, which were unveiled Tuesday morning. The film landed a total of 12 nominations, including best picture, best director for Jane Campion,…
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Bradley Cooper Recalls Being Nak3d For 6 Hours On Film Set
45-year-old actor, Bradley Cooper has recalled being naked for 6 hours on set of his upcoming movie “Nightmare Alley.” In an interview with KCRW’s “The Business”, Cooper recalled filming a bathtub scene opposite actress Toni Collette, 49. He noted that acting…
This year’s Oscars ceremony will have a host after a three-year absence. For the first time since 2018, the awards show will be led by a yet-to-be-named host. The telecast is set to air on March 27 on ABC.…
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Squid Game’s O Yeong-su Becomes A First-time Golden Globe Winner At 77
Squid Game actor, O Yeong-su was among the winners at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, January 9. At the award, the South Korean actor, who portrayed Oh Il-nam otherwise known as Player 001 in the hit Netflix drama,…
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Full List of Golden Globes 2022 Winners Revealed
The Golden Globes award took place Sunday, Jan. 9 despite being pulled by NBC following a controversy surrounding the voting body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Last year, the organization’s voting membership faced a Hollywood boycott after it was revealed…
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Dwayne Johnson Says He Will ‘Not’ Return To Fast And Furious, Says Vin Diesel’s Plea For Him To Come Back is ‘Manipulative’
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has said that he will not be coming back to Fast & Furious set, even after costar Vin Diesel asked him to. Addressing an Instagram post made by Diesel in November in which he pleaded with him to rejoin the…
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Ice Cube Says Chris Tucker Turned Down $12M For Role in Friday Sequel Due To ‘Religious Reasons’
Ice Cube has claimed that his Friday costar Chris Tucker turned down $12 million to reprise his role in the sequel. The 1995 comedy was a hit, spawning two sequels: 2000’s Next Friday and 2002’s Friday After Next. Tucker, however, did not return to…
Veteran Nollywood actor, Sam Obiago aka Daddy Sam, is dead. The death of the actor was announced by the president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria AGN, Emeka Rollas. He shared the photo above on his page and wrote;…
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Golden Globes: Belfast And The Power of The Dog Lead Field For Troubled Awards
Benedict Cumberbatch plays a menacing cowboy in The Power of the Dog Sir Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical film Belfast and The Power of the Dog, a Benedict Cumberbatch-starring Western, lead the nominations for the controversy-hit Golden Globe Awards. The two…