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The Duggar family and the Bates family were close friends for many years. They often appeared together on their respective reality TV shows. With 19 kids, you’d think there would be a love connection somewhere along the way. Duggar family followers think romance may be blooming between a Duggar and Bates now. Has there ever been a publicly confirmed courtship between the families in the past, though?

There have been many rumors about a Duggar-Bates Courtship in the past

So far, there has yet to be a confirmed Duggar-Bates courtship. Still, that doesn’t mean that it has never happened. Over the years, Duggar family followers have theorized that love was in the air between the Duggars and the Bates on several occasions. Jana Duggar is at the center of most of those rumors.

Kendra Caldwell and Joseph Duggar | TLC/YouTube

Before Joseph Duggar married Kendra Caldwell, rumors flew that he was dating Carlin Bates.

It looks like it is official: The Duggar family has another courtship in the works. Jason Duggar, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s 12th child, appears to be courting. The 24-year-old is just one of three Duggar sons who remain unmarried. Here is everything we know about Jason’s dating life.

Jason Duggar appears to be courting The Bates family | Christopher Martin/Up TV via Getty Images

Jason Duggar took to Instagram on May 29 to share photos of himself looking cozy with a woman. The Duggar son is pictured in shorts and a polo shirt on the beach with a woman wearing a flowy white dress. In the series of photos, the duo looks pretty relaxed. Jason captioned the post with a simple white heart. Friends and family rushed to comment on the pictures.

Jason, who is pretty picky about what he shares on Instagram, is keeping most of the...

Amazon‘s most successful docuseries to date, Shiny Happy People, won’t be a one-hit wonder. A second season of the series appears to be coming to the streaming platform.

While the streaming service provider and the production team are staying quiet about the specifics, filming for season 2 of Shiny Happy People is underway. Fans think the series, focused on the Iblp and the famous families involved in the controversial ministry, will shine a spotlight on someone other than the Duggars this time around. In fact, two different reality TV families could be the focus of the upcoming season.

Fans theorize about ‘Shiny Happy People’ Season 2 as filming starts

Cori Shepherd Stern, executive producer of Shiny Happy People, appeared on Reddit last year for an Ama. While Shepherd Stern admitted that there was plenty of footage left over from season 1, she never said the second season of the docuseries would focus entirely on the Duggars.

Amazon’s Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets is the streaming service’s most successful docuseries to date. The investigative series took a deep dive into the world of the Iblp, an ultra-conservative Christian ministry, and the ministry’s most famous family, the Duggars. While the four-part documentary told a compelling story, fans were left wanting more. It looks like they will get it. Filming for season 2 is officially underway.

‘Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets’ Season 2 is being filmed

Shiny Happy People season 2 is officially in production. According to the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the series is being filmed in the state, but further information was not immediately available. Duggar family followers were quick to question exactly why the production team would set up production in Georgia, but that’s not uncommon.

According to several Reddit users, much of season 1’s interviews were also filmed in the state.

Disney has just won a lawsuit against Christopher and Hannah Martin for selling bootleg Disney merchandise to their social media followers via their account “Sparkling Dreamers.” Before Disney took the issue to court, they sent the couple two cease and desist letters, which were ignored.

Normally, Disney doesn’t seem to get too involved if people are selling their designs for ears or shirts, but in this case, the couple apparently marked that the company address was Walt Disney World. This was enough for the Mouse to go after them. While they made some changes, they were still insufficient for Disney.

Apparently, they even tried to apply for a copyright registration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for their logo, which Disney said was a version similar to their trademarked Disneyland logo.

In January of 2023, Disney sent them a 700-page filing for a lawsuit against them.

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When a family has 19 children, there is bound to be overlap when announcing big news. Bringing Up Bates fans, however, have noticed that one member of the supersized family appears to go out of their way to announce big news around the time their siblings are reaching major milestones. Bringing Up Bates followers think Erin Paine actively tried to steal her siblings’ thunder before, and they think she’s done it again.

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Erin Paine announces her sixth pregnancy ahead of Lawson and Tiffany Bates’ upcoming announcement

Erin Paine and her husband, Chad Paine, are expecting their sixth child. The couple broke the news on Instagram and in a YouTube video on Saturday, May 14. The information, while happy, has some followers giving Erin the side-eye.

Erin announced her...

Amazon Studios will proceed with a docuseries about the Duggar family and the Institute of Basic Life Principles, the ultra-conservative Christian Ministry they belong to. The docuseries, titled Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, doesn’t have an official premiere date, but information leaked via Reddit suggests the series will premiere sometime this summer. While the show focuses heavily on the Duggar family, famed for their reality TV series, 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, they aren’t the only famous faces associated with the controversial ministry. The Bates family is also heavily entrenched in the ministry.

Aj Calloway with the Duggar family | D Dipasupil/Getty Images for Extra The Bates family is also closely tied to the Iblp

The Duggar family used to run in a large social circle. Much of that social circle revolved around the Iblp and an associated homeschooling program. That is how the Duggars met the Bates family.

Receiving an invitation to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show is an honor for any performer. And in 2023, Rihanna will take the stage for the first time, though it wasn’t the first time the NFL asked her.

Under the right circumstances, it can be lucrative to appear, even though stars don’t get a check from the league. An energetic halftime performance could open the door to other avenues of income, though.

In the show’s history, few icons have grabbed a spot on the coveted halftime stage more than once. And only two have appeared more than twice.

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Rihanna is good with her son, that’s the way it is! On Sunday, the Fenty Beauty mogul appeared on the first episode of “The Process with Nate Burleson” podcast and dished about motherhood and living for her son.

“My son, everything matters now,” the 34-year-old singer told the “CBS Mornings” host. “You really start to take a lot into account, like sky diving may go on the back burner for now. You really think about stuff like that. It’s not worth it.”

Rihanna and her boyfriend, Aap Rocky welcomed their little boy in May. The pair have yet to share their son’s name. And outside of one sweet video, the singer has not posted her son on social media.

The “Needed Me” singer shared that since welcoming her baby boy last year, life has changed.

“Everything is different,” she said. “Life before my son seems very obscure,...

Wreck Trailer — BBC and Hulu‘s Wreck (2022) TV show trailer has been released. The Wreck trailer stars Oscar Kennedy, Thaddea Graham, Jack Rowan, Harriet Webb, Jodie Tyack, Louis Boyer, Anthony Rickman, Amber Grappy, Diego Andres, Peter Claffey, and Alice Nokes. Crew “All episodes are directed by Chris Baugh…Produced by Chris Martin. Executive produced [...]

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Coldplay frontman Chris Martin is looking forward to watching Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime performance and has described her as “the best singer of all time.” “I don’t know Rihanna very well. I’m mainly just a fan, and we have performed with her a few times, and you’re right, it is rarer and rarer for her to just sing, which is what makes it even more special, and in a strange way, it shows that she really, really wants to do it,” Martin, who will perform the halftime show on February 12, told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1.

“No one can make Rihanna do anything at this point, and so I think the fact that she has chosen to do it now, when her stock couldn’t be … you have to be an idiot not to recognise that she’s the best singer of all time. So, it’s hard for me,...

Rihanna is ready to rock the Super Bowl. Days ahead of her highly-anticipated performance, a source told Et that the 34-year-old singer has “been putting in 100 percent and everything she has to get ready for her halftime performance.”

“She’s so excited and laser focused on every detail. There’s so much happening from her costume changes, her songs, and choreography with the dancers, and she is making the decisions on all of it,” the source says. “She just is practicing with her team of dancers and crew at all hours. There’s no time for sleep right now and they are all so dedicated.”

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“She knows this performance will be iconic for years to come and it will live on forever,” the source adds. “She’s been tweaking things and saying how...

Chris Martin and H.E.R. are just two of many fans excited to see Rihanna perform at the Super Bowl on Sunday.

While the Coldplay frontman doesn’t know Rihanna “very well” on a personal level, he’s “mainly just a fan” who’s looking forward to her halftime show.

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“We have performed with her a few times,” Martin said during a recent interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. “And you’re right, it is rarer and rarer for her to just sing, which is what makes it even more special.”

“And in a strange way, it shows that she really, really wants to do it,” he added.

“No one can make Rihanna do anything at this point, and so I think the fact that she has chosen to do it now, when her stock couldn’t be-,...

Hulu has dropped the trailer for the new 6 episode thriller comedy series ‘Wreck.’

The series follows 19-year-old new recruit, Jamie, as he infiltrates the 1000-strong crew in a desperate race to find his missing sister. She was working aboard the same vessel on a previous tour and vanished mid-charter. Jamie is initiated into cruise life and gets a crash course on the tribes within the staff: the theatre kids, the mafias and the low-paid workers. For this overworked and underpaid crew, life below deck can be an odyssey of partying and excess… and they remain oblivious to the bloodthirsty murders taking place on board. Jamie is forced to turn detective and uncover the sinister truth.

The series stars Oscar Kennedy (“Ladhood”) as Jamie, Thaddea Graham (“The Irregulars”) as Vivian, Jack Rowan (“Noughts + Crosses”) as Danny, Harriet Webb (“I May Destroy You”) as Karen, Jodie Tyack (“The Window”) as Pippa...

Hulu welcomes you aboard The Ms Sacramentum, a cruise ship destined for horror with a duck masked killer?!

Created and written by Ryan J. Brown, the cruise ship-set horror-comedy “Wreck” premiered last year in the UK on BBC Three. Luckily, it’s finally coming ashore stateside thanks to Hulu.

Season One of Fremantle’s “Wreck” premieres exclusively on the streaming service on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.

“Wreck” is being described as a tense thriller, mixing comedy with a slice of slasher, set aboard The Ms Sacramentum cruise ship. The series follows 20-year-old new recruit, Jamie, as he infiltrates the 3000 strong crew in a desperate race to find his missing sister.

“She was working aboard the same vessel on a previous tour and vanished mid charter. Jamie is initiated into cruise life and gets a crash course on the tribes within the staff: the theatre kids, the mafias and the low-paid workers. For this overworked and underpaid crew,...

Stevie Wonder linked up with fellow Motown legend Smokey Robinson and country star Chris Stapleton for a special performance at the Grammy Awards.

Introduced by Billy Crystal — who gave a shoutout to his legendary producer uncle, Milt Gabler — Wonder took the stage. Backed by the group WanMor, he took the crowd through the Temptations’ “The Way You Do the Things You Do.” Robinson then joined the stage for “Tears of a Clown,” which he co-wrote with Wonder and Hank Cosby in 1967.

For the finale, Stapleton joined for “Higher Ground,” sporting...

The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs will face off in Super Bowl Lvii on Feb. 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Taking the stage for this year’s Super Bowl halftime show is Rihanna, who once turned down an invite to perform at the big game.

Before the “Umbrella” hitmaker hits the stage this year a couple of guys who have been there before were asked what advice they have for RiRi. Here’s what Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland had to say when asked to share some words of wisdom for Rihanna.

Rihanna and Chris Martin of Coldplay perform onstage together at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards | Kevin Winter/Getty Images Coldplay wrote a song specifically for Rihanna

Back in 2011, Rihanna recorded the song “Princess of China” with Coldplay. The song, which was released in 2012 and featured on the band’s fifth studio album titled Mylo Xyloto,...

Gwyneth Paltrow is missing her daughter.

On Friday, the actress shared a post on her Instagram Story featuring a throwback selfie with her daughter Apple Martin and a heartfelt caption.

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“Still trying to get used to it,” she wrote.

Photo: Gwyneth Paltrow/Instagram

The caption is a reference to the fact that the 18-year-old is now living away from home for the first time, going to college in New York.

Earlier this week, Apple made a rare public appearance at Paris Fashion Week, where she posed in classic Chanel at the label’s runway show.

Many remarked on her resemblance to her mother, both sharing long straight hair with a centre part.

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Coldplay is adding some dates to the upcoming North American leg of the band’s Music of the Spheres world tour.

The part of the tour, which began in March 2022, extended until the fall, concluding with the band’s headlining set at Brazil’s Rock in Rio festival.

The tour will ramp up again in March, kicking off with a six-night stint in Sao Paolo, Brazil before heading to Europe and then North America; the Brazil dates had to be rescheduled when frontman Chris Martin fell will with a lung infection after the Rock in Rio fest.

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The band took to Instagram to announce that demand has been so high on some West Coast dates that second shows have been added for scheduled stops in Vancouver (Sept. 23), San Diego (Sept. 28) and Los Angeles (Oct. 1), with tickets...

Fashion is where it’s at for Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter.

After making a splash this month at Paris Fashion Week, Apple Martin spoke with Vogue about her attraction to everything style, and what she likes in couture.

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“The Chanel Couture show was my first fashion experience, and I am so incredibly grateful to Chanel and their incredible team for having me,” she said. “It was so exciting to see the art in the designs, and the theme of the line emerge throughout the show.”

Asked what styles from the Chanel show really caught her eye, Martin said, “My favourite looks from the show were the dropped-waist short tweed looks, and the white floor-length dresses,” adding, “I really enjoy keeping up with fashion.”

Of course, at the show, the 18-year-old modelled her own Chanel look,...

Even if you don’t follow Taylor Swift at all, you’re probably well aware that she dated Jake Gyllenhaal. The singer and songwriter has penned many a song that are rumored to be about the actor, including the infamous “All Too Well.” But, although their romantic relationship has been over for a decade, there is a tidbit that seems to have remained under the radar: Gyllenhaal once spent a whopping 165,000 to treat Swift to a very special date.

The Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Swift timeline Jake Gyllenhaal poses for photos at the premiere of “Strange World” I Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney

Swift first met Gyllenhaal at a dinner party hosted by Gwyneth Paltrow and her then-husband, Chris Martin. They were first spotted together in public in October 2010 at a taping of Saturday Night Live, sparking rumors that they were dating. This kicked off a series of paparazzi...

January 26 marked the 20th anniversary of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” marking the longest tenure of any current late-night host in the United States. To celebrate, ABC aired a special primetime episode of the series, featuring throwbacks to the show’s original 2003 premiere — including the complete guest lineup from the show’s very first episode, with George Clooney, Snoop Dogg, and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin all stopping by. But the most surprising throwback was an interview Kimmel did with a very familiar guest: himself.

During a segment on the 20th-anniversary special, Kimmel showed the audience a picture of him from back in 2003, during the first edition of the ABC series. However, the photo glitched, and the younger Kimmel came to life and began speaking to his older counterpart about the changes over the two decades, including the deaths of celebrities like Michael Jackson, the invention of electronic cigarettes, the legalization of weed,...

20 years ago, during the first taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live, the host welcomed Coldplay as the show’s first-ever musical guest. “Do you remember what I actually said that night?” Kimmel asked frontman Chris Martin on Thursday’s anniversary-celebrating episode. “I said we wanted to have a band on the show that we’d be proud we had on the show in 20 years. It was the one thing that we got right.”

At the time, in 2003, Coldplay performed the A Rush of Blood to the Head single “Clocks” from outside...

Pedro Pascal has been set as the host for the Feb. 4 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” with Coldplay performing as the musical guest.

This will mark the “SNL” debut for Pascal, who is currently leading “The Last of Us,” HBO’s adaptation of the PlayStation video games of the same name, which premiered on Jan. 15 and has already broken multiple viewership records. The series is set 20 years after the destruction of modern civilization and follows Joel (Pascal), a hardened survivor who is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.

Pascal also plays the title character in “The Mandalorian,” the “Star Wars” series on Disney+ that will debut its third season in March. Among Pascal’s other prominent credits are “Game of Thrones,...

Pedro Pascal is going from zombies to Studio 8H with his hosting debut set on Saturday Night Live.

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The actor, fresh from the success of HBO’s The Last of Us and ahead of the third season of Disney+’s The Mandalorian, will host the NBC show on February 4.

He will be joined by Coldplay as the musical guest. Chris Martin’s British indie pop band is making its seventh appearance on the show after announcing a run of West Coast dates in September for the Music of the Spheres world tour.

It marks a consecutive three-episode run of shows for SNL,...

Held at a usual Chanel spot — the Grand Palais Éphémère — the French House’s spring-summer 2023 Haute Couture collection is a continuation of creative director Virginie Viard’s spring-summer 2022 collection, unveiled exactly a year ago. In the words of the House “this new opus represents the third part of a triptych.”

In attendance at the presentation on Jan. 24 were Elvis director Baz Luhrman, and actresses Sadie Sink, Tilda Swinton, Marion Cotillard and Lucy Boynton. Apple Martin (Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s daughter), Vanessa Paradis, Charlotte Casiraghi, and Roger Federer were also sitting front row.

Starting almost on the dot, which can be unusual for fashion shows, the presentation began with large animal sculptures made from wood, cardboard and paper being pushed out into the center of the rectangular runway space, creating the feeling of a festive parade in a village square or sorts.

The inspiration for the collection is Gabrielle Chanel’s 31 rue Cambon apartment,...

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Has it really been 20 years? Apparently so, and ABC’s celebrating the 20th anniversary of Jimmy Kimmel Live! with a special episode airing in primetime.

The anniversary episode will air on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt with the late-night show’s original lineup of guests on board to help Kimmel celebrate. George Clooney, Snoop Dogg, and Coldplay were Kimmel’s guests on the show’s first episode, which aired on January 26, 2003. (Coldplay’s Chris Martin will represent the group for the anniversary special.)

“20 years. I can’t believe it either,” said Kimmel. “It makes absolutely no sense.”

“As everybody might imagine, it feels like it went by in the blink of an eye and it also feels like it’s been going on since the Middle Ages,” said Kimmel, speaking with Variety. “But it definitely gives me a sense of accomplishment.

Newcomer and Afghan refugee Anaita Wali Zada stars.

Florian Zeller and Federica Sainte-Rose’s newly launched Blue Morning Pictures has come on board the Sundance-bound Fremont ahead of Friday’s world premiere in Next.

Iranian-born, London-based Babak Jalali, whose previous credits include Berlinale 2018 selection Land, Rotterdam 2018 Hivos Tiger Award for best film winner Radio Dreams, and Locarno 2009 entry Frontier Blues, directed the story about an Afghan woman haunted by her past who starts a new life in California.

Fremont stars newcomer and Afghan refugee Anaita Wali Zada alongside Jeremy Allen White (FX’s The Bear) and comedian Gregg Turkington (Entertainment...

Oscar-nominated director Florian Zeller and Federica Sainte-Rose have boarded Babak Jalali’s Sundance-bound “Fremont” under their new banner Blue Morning Pictures.

The movie will world premiere in the Next section at Sundance and is repped by CAA in the U.S., while Memento International is handling international sales.

Helmed by Jalali, an Iranian-born, London-based director, the black-and-white film delivers a warm portrait of a young Afghan woman haunted by her past, who decides to start a new life in California.

The film tells the story of Donya, a 20-something former translator for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, who now works for a Chinese fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. A new immigrant, she struggles to put her life back in order. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to send out a special message in a cookie.

“Fremont” marks the screen debut of Anaita Wali Zada, a real-life Afghan refugee,...

1990s comedy “House Party” is back and better than ever with just about the highest stakes you can imagine.

When best friends Damon (Tosin Cole) and Kevin (Jacob Latimore) find themselves completing odd jobs in LeBron James’ state of the art mansion — complete with a self-fluffing couch and a hologram of the king, himself — they jump on the opportunity to throw the most epic house party that will simultaneously provide a needed cashflow for the duo.

Now that they’ve decided on throwing the most elaborate party they’ve ever seen with an exclusive guest list, they just have one thing left to consider: will their party be crashed by its owner?

If you’re ready to kick back and relive the fun of “House Party,” here’s everything you need to know about the comedy when it comes out Friday, Jan. 13.

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Gwyneth Paltrow spoke about the effect having kids has on a relationship as she chatted to Katy Perry on the latest episode of her “Goop” podcast.

The lifestle guru, who shares 18-year-old Apple and Moses, 16, with ex-husband Chris Martin, shared: “It’s hard on a relationship.

“Like I’ve looked back now on like the data set of parents with young kids and it just … ruins the relationship,” she laughed, adding: “It’s really hard!” Page Six reported.

Perry added, “I think if both people in the relationship are willing to do the work then it’s going to be so much easier.

“But if one person thinks they don’t have any work to do then it’s going to be really challenging.”

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Paltrow admitted that she’d felt “profoundly lonely” before having daughter Apple.

The much-loved 1990 hit gets a flat, unnecessary upgrade with help from LeBron James and a host of other misfiring guests

“Party at LeBron’s” is a dynamite premise for a movie, especially if the King in question is the cheapskate egotist who stole the 2015 romcom Trainwreck as effortlessly as he would a lazy crosscourt pass. But it’s one thing for Judd Apatow and Amy Schumer to caricature the NBA great, quite another for James to take himself down a few pegs and bring one of the more beloved franchises in Black film cinema history with him.

House Party – like the forthcoming White Men Can’t Jump remake, also directed by Charles Kidd II (Aka Calmatic) – makes no titular attempt to distinguish itself from the 1990 classic. This latest edition, which premieres this weekend, doesn’t so much build on the story of the previous three films, or the two straight-to-dvd postscripts,...

Plot: When a couple of friends find themselves fired from their cleaning job, they decide to make the most of the situation. Upon the discovery they are cleaning the legendary LeBron James’ home, they make a pact to bring the House Party there while the homeowner is away on retreat.

Review: In 1990, Christopher Reid and Christopher Martin (Aka Kid ‘N Play) gave audiences a laugh in House Party. Several less-than-stellar sequels followed up the funny feature. Considering the quality of each installment lessened rapidly, you can’t keep a franchise down. Kid ‘N Play may have been all partied out after the third film, but it didn’t stop the franchise from continuing. We now have the latest, a new take on the original film. And while the storyline here is ridiculous and shouldn’t work, the latest House Party is a fun flick with an abundance of cool cameos.

The 1990 bubblegum hip-hop comedy “House Party,” starring Kid ‘n Play, was a movie that channeled the flavor of its moment, and influenced a lot of what came afterward. It opened in March 1990 and helped to launch the spirit of the ’90s — something at once edgy and optimistic, infused with a rogue bravura that was made to conquer. Hip-hop had been on the rise for a decade, and by the late ’80s the preeminence of N.W.A. and Public Enemy had brought an ominous new profound power to hip-hop. In the summer of 1989, Spike Lee released “Do the Right Thing,” and that movie, with its fight-the-power core, was of course a Black cinematic apotheosis suffused with equal parts exuberance and trauma.

Somehow landing in the middle of all that, here was “House Party,” a naughty rollicking New Line comedy that was comparable, in many ways, to the John Hughes films or “Animal House.

The original 1990 House Party was no masterpiece, but it featured infectious energy, enjoyable hijinks, two appealing leads in Christopher Reid and Christopher Martin (better known as the hip-hop duo “Kid ‘n Play”), and a very talented supporting cast including Robin Harris, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell and John Witherspoon among others. The landmark teen comedy went on to spawn four sequels (the less said about, the better) and has now been given, in the words of director Calmatic, “a remix, not a remake.” The problem is that this remixed House Party is one to which audiences will regret accepting the invitation.

This film’s party doesn’t take place in any old house, but rather a palatial L.A. mansion belonging to LeBron James. Apparently not learning the lesson taught by Space Jam: A New Legacy that, as an actor, James makes a great basketball player, screenwriters Jamal Olori and Stephen Glover...

Gwyneth Paltrow and daughter Apple Martin rang in the New Year with a couple of sexy new pics.

The duo can be seen in their most recent photos together, posing on a boat in similar two-piece string bikini sets. Paltrow sported a black triangular top with matching side-tie bottoms. Martin wore a bikini of the same shape but in white.

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Martin kissed 2022 goodbye while her mother lay next to her letting her face take in some sun. The two are currently vacationing in Barbados to greet 2023.

More pics from the holiday show 16-year-old son Moses Martin and Paltrow’s mother Blythe Danner.

“Wrapped up 2022 with a lot of and a little bit of ,” the Iron Man actress wrote as a caption to her series of family snaps.

Tabloids obtained photos of the Paltrow family on the beach, along with her husband Brad Falchuk,...

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Gwyneth Paltrow ushered in 2023 surrounded by some of the people she loves the most: her 18-year-old daughter, Apple, 16-year-old son, Moses, and mom, Blythe Danner. On Dec. 31, the Goop founder shared three photos from her beachy vacation on Instagram, including a family portrait, a special photo featuring her mom and kids, and a pic of her and Apple lounging in their bikinis.

It's unclear if the "Iron Man" actor's husband, Brad Falchuk, joined the family on vacation, but he and Paltrow just returned from a trip to Paris a few weeks ago. At the time, she shared a collection of photos from their trip on Instagram captioned, "City of love with you know who."

Meanwhile, Paltrow captioned her New Year's family vacation post, "Wrapped up 2022 with a lot of ❤️ and a little bit of...

Memento International has boarded “Fremont,” the latest film by BAFTA-nominated Iranian-born director Babak Jalali, which is set to world premiere at Sundance.

Slated for the Next section, the black-and-white film tells the story of Donya, a young woman working at a Chinese fortune cookie factory in the San Francisco bay. Formerly a translator for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, she struggles to put her life back in order. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to send out a special message in a cookie.

“Fremont” marks the screen debut of Anaita Wali Zada, a real-life Afghan refugee, who stars in the film opposite Jeremy Allen White, well-known for his roles in “The Bear” and “Shameless,” and Gregg Turkington (“Ant-Man”). White will next been seen in Sean Durkin’s upcoming A24 movie “The Iron Claw” with Zac Efron.

Laced with wry humor, “Fremont” delivers a warm portrait of a...

K-pop superband BTS member Jin’s hit ‘The Astronaut’ has become the fastest single by a solo artist to reach a million copies. Following the K-Pop boy band’s collaboration with Chris Martin and company on the mega-hit ‘My Universe’ on the band’s 2021 LP ‘Music of the Spheres’, the 29-year-old star teamed up with the “Yellow” hitmakers to pen his latest track, reports aceshowbiz.com.

‘The Astronaut’ has since broken a new astronomical record. It has shifted more than 1,024,382 copies as of November 12, according to The Korea Economic Daily.

As well as adding to the lyrics, Coldplay play on the track and Chris plays a news presenter in the accompanying music video.

Meanwhile, Chris previously said that he doesn’t think Coldplay will ever beat their BTS collaboration.

The 45-year-old musician said: “I don’t think we’ll ever be able to match the BTS surprise. That was surprising even for us.

It’s been ages since I got invited to a cinematic rager like the parties we used to see in the 1990s. Today, you can’t throw back a few cocktails without having someone stick a camera in front of your face, documenting all your misdeeds. Kid and Play would be ashamed, and for a good reason. However, Jacob Latimore and Tosin Cole hope to honor the tradition of trashing a house the old-fashioned way with a celebration that breaks all the rules. Put on a slick fit and roll a few doobs because Calmatic’s House Party trailer is here to take gatherings to the next level.

Produced by The Springhill Company and distributed by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures, House Party is a remake of 1990’s House Party, starring Kid (Christopher Reid) and Play (Christopher Martin). Jamal Olori and Stephen Glover wrote the script, with LeBron James...

LeBron James certainly has a sense of humor. The first trailer for his remake of the 1990 comedy “House Party” takes us inside his massive crib and even into his closet, where LeBron has a life-size hologram designed to butter him up each morning.

“You are one handsome motherf—er,” the James hologram says to the film’s two protagonists in its first trailer. “You handled the decision to go to Miami perfectly.”

The new “House Party” follows two aspiring club promoters and best buds (Tosin Cole and Jacob Latimore) tasked with cleaning James’ house before deciding to throw a massive party while James is away in order to fund their future.

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ABC News will air a two-hour 20/20 special on the life of George Floyd this Friday, April 23rd at 9:00 p.m. Est.

The special will feature interviews with the friends and family of Floyd, including Gianna Floyd, his youngest daughter.

“I see myself as being a black girl and being a black star for my daddy,” Gianna says in one of the special’s interviews alongside her mother, Roxie Washington. “I want to be that for my daddy.”

Other interview subjects include Christopher Martin, the former store clerk who testified...

ABC News will offer a portrait of the life of George Floyd in a two-hour “20/20” slated to air April 23 at 9 p.m. eastern.

The program will feature interviews with Gianna Floyd, Floyd’s youngest daughter; friends and family of Floyd; Christopher Martin, the former store clerk who testified that he regretted taking the allegedly counterfeit $20 bill from Floyd; Maya Santamaria, the former nightclub owner who employed both Floyd and Chauvin; and Clarence Castile, uncle of Philando Castile.

Many TV-news programs have responded to this week’s verdict finding police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of killing Floyd while he was in the custody of Minneapolis police last year. On Wednesday, all three of the broadcast-network morning shows had anchors and correspondents on the ground in Minneapolis. ABC News’ ‘The View,” for example has rescheduled some of the guests it had planned for this week in favor of talking to people...

The Favourite leads the way with 13 nominations.

The 2018 British Independent Film Awards are taking place now in London.

Scroll down to see all the winners revealed so far.

Yorgos Lanthimos’ period comedy The Favourite leads the field with 13 nominations. Bart Layton’s American Animals has 11 nominations, while Michael Pearce’s Beast has 10.

At the previously announced craft awards, The Favourite won five prizes.

Judi Dench and Felicity Jones will both receive honorary prizes during tonight’s ceremony, which will be hosted by actor Russell Tovey.

Refresh this page to reveal the latest winners.

Winners list:

Winners in bold

Best Actor...

When does sacrifice become sanctimonious? That’s the question that nags in “Under the Wire,” Christopher Martin’s documentary about fallen Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin and her partner, photojournalist Paul Conroy.

Over and over we’re told what a singular person Colvin was, adamant to tell stories about civilian victims in war-ravaged Syria regardless of personal, and arguably foolish, risk. She’d refuse orders to evacuate particularly dangerous areas and would return if she had briefly given in.

And Colvin paid the ultimate price, having been killed in February 2012 in a bombing in the hotbed of Homs that’s rumored to have been a specified attack on the media center in which she worked, a day after delivering an impromptu broadcast on CNN about a child whom she and Conroy watched die. She believed that such a personalized report would move people to act, but her voice was silenced.

Odd List Simon Brew Ryan Lambie 19 Sep 2013 - 07:20

From dramas to action and everything in between, here's our pick of 20 underrated films from 1990...

Think back to the big films of 1990, and you'll probably immediately come up with things like Ghost, the year's top-grossing film, or maybe Home Alone, which made a star out of the young Macaulay Culkin.

If you're into sci-fi or action, you might pluck Total Recall, Back To The Future Part III or even Die Hard 2 out of your memory banks. But what about all those movies that didn't make it into the year's top 10 ranking films? As ever, there's a huge number of duds and forgettable flops, but there were plenty of films that were wrongly overlooked, too.

That's where this list comes in, which aims to shed a bit of light on 20 films that were either unfairly overlooked by audiences at the time, or...

Odd List Simon Brew Ryan Lambie

From dramas to action and everything in between, here's our pick of 20 underrated films from 1990...

Think back to the big films of 1990, and you'll probably immediately come up with things like Ghost, the year's top-grossing film, or maybe Home Alone, which made a star out of the young Macaulay Culkin.

If you're into sci-fi or action, you might pluck Total Recall, Back To The Future Part III or even Die Hard 2 out of your memory banks. But what about all those movies that didn't make it into the year's top 10 ranking films? As ever, there's a huge number of duds and forgettable flops, but there were plenty of films that were wrongly overlooked, too.

That's where this list comes in, which aims to shed a bit of light on 20 films that were either unfairly overlooked by audiences at the time, or have faded rapidly from general discussions about cinema.

Well it is, but it isn’t.We have to admit that this one sort of slipped by us, but, last week, House Party 5: Tonight’s The Night came out - straight to DVD, of course, on Warner Home Video.Now, wouldn’t it have been fantastic and really interesting if the film had been a tragicomedy about the now middle-aged and divorced Kid ‘n Play trying to find their purpose in life, and explore a new path now that their youthful indiscretions are well past them?But no such luck...What House Party 5 is instead, is a sort of Step-Up movie ripoff, with two bland interracial leads, though Kid ‘n Play, as you can see from the image and trailer below, do make a cameo appearance.But from...

Hey, look, kids! Due to popular demand, there’s a new direct-to-dvd “House Party” sequel, which just landed at a party near you yesterday. You know what that means, right? Paaaaaaaaaaartay! Chris has it all worked out: he’s ready to leave high school behind and head to college in his sweet new ride. The problem is, he’ll be leaving behind his best friend and partner in rhyme, Dylan. And he still has to get with Autumn, the girl he’s had a crush on since second grade. The solution? Throw one last party where Chris and Dylan can show off their skills with words and women. But a little get-together becomes a hilariously epic disaster where anything can happen and anyone might turn up… including the original house partyers, Kid ‘n Play. Darrin Scott’s film stars Tequan Richmond (“Everybody Hates Chris”), Zac Goodspeed (“Modern Family,” “True Jackson,...

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