Amazon MGM StudiosThe trailer for Zoë Kravitz s directorial debut, Blink Twice, has arrived.The coming attraction opens with Kravitz s fiancé, Channing Tatum, who plays tech billionaire Slater King.He meets cocktail waitress Frida, played by Naomi Ackie, at what appears to be a fundraising gala, and invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island.Things take a turn when all of Slater s guests drop their cellphones in a bag and suspicious events happen, like when a knife belonging to one of the guests goes missing.Later on in the trailer, a clip shows Ackie discovering the missing knife after it slips out from behind a bathroom mirror."Wild nights blend into sun soaked days and everyone s having a great time," according to a synopsis for the film. "No one wants this trip to end, but as strange things start to happen, Frida begins to question her reality.""There is something wrong with this place," the synopsis continues.
Beth GarrabrantTaylor Swift s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, name-checks quite a few people, places and things, from a song by the Scottish band The Blue Nile to Stevie Nicks. Many of those entities are now reacting to being mentioned on the biggest album of the year.As previously reported, Patti Smith thanked Taylor for mentioning her in the album s title track. The members of The Starting Line have now offered their thanks for the mention they got in the song "The Black Dog." On it, Taylor sings, "I just don’t understand / How you don’t miss me in The Black Dog / When someone plays The Starting Line / And you jump up, but she’s too young / To know this song that was intertwined / In the magic fabric of our dreaming.""We feel flattered and humbled by the reverberations of love that have come back to us as a result of [your mention]," they wrote. "It s an honor . you didn t have to do that, but you did, and we appreci
ABC/Jeff LipskyJimmy Kimmel s son Billy turned 7 on Sunday, and the talk show host is thanking the medical staff at two well-known Los Angeles hospitals for the milestone.He and Billy are also paying it forward by raising money for some of the children there."Billy turns 7 today and is doing great thanks to the doctors, nurses, therapists and staff at @ChildrensLA & @CedarsSinai," explained Jimmy, whose son needed surgery to correct a congenital heart defect."Billy is asking friends to give $7 because I m seven to help kids in the hospital, " he continued, adding of his son, "He also wants a spy kit."Kimmel explained Billy s goal is "to raise $100 to help sick kids" and invited others to kick in.Billy underwent his first open-heart surgery at just 3 days old and had another when he was 7 months old. His health took center stage after he was born in 2017, when Kimmel shared with his audience the trials the newborn was facing. "Poor kid.
Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesAs announced on American Idol on April 21, this year s inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame are ageless diva Cher, R&B powerhouse Mary J. Blige, 70s and 80 rock hitmakers Foreigner, 70s superstar guitarist Peter Frampton, jam band superstars Dave Matthews Band, R&B legends Kool & the Gang, metal icon Ozzy Osbourne and pioneering rap group A Tribe Called Quest.Frampton was front and center at last year s induction ceremony, playing guitar with Sheryl Crow as she was inducted into the hall. Foreigner has been the focus of a social media campaign driven by Mark Ronson, in which big names like Paul McCartney and Foo Fighters Dave Grohl argued why the "I Want to Know What Love Is" band deserves to be inducted.In 2023, Cher declared on The Kelly Clarkson Show that she wouldn t be in the Rock Hall now "if they gave me a million dollars" and insisted, "I m never gonna change my mind." We ll see how that plays
Deadline reports Netflix has won a competitive bidding war for the series Calabasas, an adaptation of Via Bleidner s book If You Lived Here You d Be Famous By Now, which Kim Kardashian is executive producing. Calabasas follows Via, a 16-year-old Midwestern girl who s forced to adapt to the fast-paced, superficial world of Calabasas High after her family moves to Los Angeles .CBS has axed the sophomore dramedy So Help Me Todd and CSI: Vegas, currently in its third season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. They join Young Sheldon and Bob Hearts Abishola on the network s cut list, along with Blue Bloods, which is in its final season, but will air its last episodes in the fall. The Equalizer and NCIS: Hawai’i are still waiting to hear their fates .Meg Bennett, who served as both an actress and writer on the soap operas General Hospital and The Young and the Restless, died April 11 of cancer, her family tells Deadline. She was 75. Bennett began her career in 1975 on Search For Tomorrow