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‘Fresh Prince’ Star Alfonso Ribeiro Wins Last Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race at Long Beach Grand Prix
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“Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star Alfonso Ribeiro proved he still knows how to live life in the fast lane this past weekend when he won the final ever Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race at the Long Beach Grand Prix in California. He beat out star drivers including Adam Carolla, Frankie Muniz, Brian Austin Green and fellow “Silver Spoons” alum Ricky Schroder at the 40th annual race, which ends after this year. The “America’s Funniest Home Videos” host, who is also a past “Dancing With the Stars” champion, was the celebrity winner in 1994 and 1995, and the Pro winner in 2015. Also Read: »
- Debbie Emery
‘Nina’ Review: Zoe Saldana, What Happened to Your Miss Simone Biopic?
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“Nina,” an infuriatingly amateurish picture about the great singer and pianist Nina Simone, is a new low for the musical biopic genre. First time writer-director Cynthia Mort, whose main experience is as a writer on the sitcoms “Roseanne” and “Will & Grace,” unforgivably exploits Simone’s memory and name with a movie that plays like a sketch comedy parody of the worst possible Nina Simone biopic. No one involved seems to have a clue who Simone was or what she stood for. Mort has said that she could not get financing for “Nina” when she submitted the names of her preferred. »
- Dan Callahan
Jake Gyllenhaal and Boston Bombing Survivor Jeff Bauman Throw Out First Pitch at Red Sox Game
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Jake Gyllenhaal proved he has heart, soul and a good arm on Monday when he joined Boston bombing survivor Jeff Bauman to throw out the first pitch at a very special Red Sox game. The actor and the hero, who had both his legs blown off in the 2013 blast near the finish line of the historic race, took to the Fenway Park mound before the Patriots’ Day morning ballgame, which is a tradition on Marathon Monday. The pair wore their own customized Sox jerseys for the occasion, with Gyllenhaal donning number 34 to honor soon-to-be retiring star David Ortiz (pictured above, »
- Debbie Emery
‘Dancing With the Stars’ Partner Switch Stirs Up Drama (Video)
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(Spoiler alert: Please do not read on if you haven’t watched Monday’s episode of “Dancing With the Stars”) It was time for a change on Monday’s “Dancing With the Stars,” as the contestants had to swap partners for the week, which they described as “an insane test” and a “cruel joke.” With only nine Season 22 hopefuls left on the dance floor, no one can rest on their laurels even on “Switch Up” night. Despite the general consensus by contestants being that Monday’s theme of the ABC dance contest “sucked,” the good news was that no one was eliminated this week. »
- Debbie Emery
‘Elvis & Nixon’ Tribeca Review: Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey Meet in Dis-Graceland
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Watch the trailer for “Elvis & Nixon.” Go on, scroll down. Give it a quick peek. This isn’t so much a demand as it is a dare, because experiencing 2 minutes and 28 seconds of this film is already about two minutes too much of your time stolen away from you. Inoffensive as it is inconsequential, this first foray into big-budget filmmaking from director Liza Johnson (“Hateship Loveship”) is a painful disappointment from start to finish, a frustratingly safe and unimaginative effort that squanders the potential of its story. In Johnson’s defense, there wasn’t much ripe material to bungle here. »
- Sam Fragoso
‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Finale: Which McGill Family Member Died?
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(Spoiler alert: Don’t read this if you haven’t watched the “Better Call Saul” Season 2 finale.) Ok, so we (on the East Coast, at least) now know that Chuck McGill didn’t die on the “Better Call Saul” Season 2 finale — but going forward, he’s poised to be about as dangerous to little bro as any “Breaking Bad” universe baddie. Having tricked Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) into admitting to a felony — tampering with evidence — in the Mesa Verde case, Michael McKean‘s Charles currently holds all the familial cards. Will he get his younger brother disbarred — or perhaps even locked up. »
- Tony Maglio
Netflix’s Rough Day: Stock Hit Hard As Amazon Throws Down
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The aura around Netflix, long the darling of Wall Street and binge-loving consumers, may finally be fading. It’s been a rough 24 hours for the streaming giant, with projections of low growth in Q1 earnings hitting its stock price hard. Netflix shares dropped 9.2 percent following its earnings report on Monday, hours after rival Amazon announced its competing standalone streaming service. Meanwhile, last week Amazon continued its charm offensive with movie theater owners at CinemaCon by promising to respect traditional windows for new releases. Exhibitors have largely declined to work with Netflix, which has pressed for simultaneous theatrical and at-home releases of. »
- Matt Donnelly and Joan E. Solsman
Pearl Jam, Boston Cancel Gigs in North Carolina Over Anti-lgbt Law
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Fans of Pearl Jam and rock legends Boston down in North Carolina are out of luck if they want to see them live any time soon. Both bands have canceled their upcoming shows in the southern state in protest of the controversial bill HB2, which is considered to be an anti-lgbt law. “The HB2 law that was recently passed is a despicable piece of legislation that encourages discrimination against an entire group of American citizens,” grunge greats Pearl Jam wrote in a handwritten statement posted on the band’s Facebook page. Also Read: Bruce Springsteen Continues Crusade Against Anti-lgbt Law »
- Debbie Emery
Donald Trump Sued for $2 Million By Gop Strategist Cheryl Jacobus
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Republican consultant Cheryl Jacobus has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump and Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski for $2 million for injury to her professional reputation and damages for emotional distress. The suit claims that Trump and his campaign “intentionally, purposefully, and with full knowledge of their falsity published defamatory statements unambiguously directed at plaintiff with the purpose of making her an object lesson to those who might question Trump and his fitness for office, to incite a virtual mob against her, to destroy her reputation, and to bully her into silence.” Jacobus claims that Trump and Lewandowski both told media members. »
- Brian Flood
Jared Fogle’s Sick Texts Revealed: ‘I’ll Pay You Big for a 14- or 15-Year Old’
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Careful what you wish for, Jared Fogle. As if you really need to be reminded at this point. Disgraced former Subway spokesman Fogle, who’s currently serving a 15.6-year prison sentence for conspiracy to receive child pornography and traveling to have sex with a minor, is appealing his sentence. And now prosecutors have revealed a number of his communications to justify the sentence. In legal papers filed in federal court in Indiana on Monday, prosecutors note that Fogle engaged in sex with two minors age 16 and 17, and sought to go younger in his communications with escorts. Also Read: 'Subway Guy' Jared. »
- Tim Kenneally
‘Better Call Saul’ Character Deaths So Far (Photos)
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The bodies haven’t quite piled up yet on the “Breaking Bad” spinoff, but these are the characters who have died so far. “Breaking Bad” saw a ton of characters die, but “Better Call Saul” has taken a much slower death rate thus far. But there have been casualties, and these are them. In the season 1 episode “Five-Oh,” Mike is questioned by detectives about the disappearance of a pair of police officers who, it turned out, were responsible for the death of Mike’s brother before the events of the show. In that episode we flash back to Mike’s fateful encounter with the. »
- Phil Owen
James Cameron Won’t Dare Pit His ‘Avatar’ Sequels Against ‘Star Wars’
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James Cameron has spent much of his career pursuing projects the rest of the film world considered to be pure insanity. A blockbuster about the Titanic with a nine-digit budget? Surely it would be a bomb. Another blockbuster about blue aliens filmed almost entirely in front of a blue screen? No one will see that. Four sequels about that blue alien movie? What is he thinking? Cameron thrives on building huge risks into his cinematic vision, but there’s one risk he wouldn’t dare take. In an interview with Famous Monsters of Filmland, Cameron said that one of the factors behind planning. »
- Jeremy Fuster
Doris Roberts Remembered by ‘Raymond’ Co-Stars Ray Romano, Brad Garrett
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Ray Romano offered a heartfelt remembrance of his TV mother Doris Roberts on Monday, following news that the actress had died at age 90. In a statement provided to TheWrap, Romano, who played sportswriter Ray Barone on the sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond,” said that Roberts “had an energy and a spirit that amazed me.” “Doris Roberts had an energy and a spirit that amazed me. She never stopped,” Romano said.”Whether working professionally or with her many charities, or just nurturing and mentoring a green young comic trying to make it as an actor, she did everything with such a grand love. »
- Tim Kenneally
‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Ep on Show’s Love Triangle, ‘Spectacularly Fun’ Musical Moments
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With a Golden Globe win and a Season 2 renewal, Rachel Bloom’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” may just be the most successful YouTuber-to-primetime story yet. The musical dramedy followed Bloom’s Rebecca Bunch as she followed ex-boyfriend Josh Chan (Vincent Rodriguez III) from New York to California on a whim, and tried to discover herself. While the show has been critically acclaimed, it’s struggled somewhat in the ratings, averaging a 0.3 in the 18-39 demo, making its second season pickup a welcome surprise for the cast and crew. “The CW has always been really supportive,” showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna told TheWrap. “But yes, »
- Linda Ge
‘Kimmy Schmidt’ Reality Check: Did First Redskins Coach Really Fake Being an American Indian?
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(Spoiler alert: Please do not read until you have finished watching Season 2 of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) No sooner does Jane Krakowski‘s down-on-her-luck socialite find herself developing romantic feelings for a wealthy attorney in the second season of Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” then she learns an unfortunate truth about him. Krakowski’s Jacqueline White, an American Indian who has long been passing for white, discovers that the family of her beau, Russ (David Cross), owns the Washington Redskins — or, as the TV sports commentator says on the show, “the team that is from Washington.” “We Snyders love our football, »
- Thom Geier
Superman Only Had 43 Lines in ‘Batman v Superman’
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If you need proof that “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is more of a Batman film than a sequel to “Man of Steel,” just look at the script. Reddit user coolerthanabagofice has gone through the entire script of Zach Snyder’s commercially successful but critically battered DC film and counted up all the instances in which Superman or alter ego Clark Kent speak. As it turns out, in a movie with a two-and-a-half-hour run time, Henry Cavill has only 43 lines of dialogue. The substance of those lines is severely lacking too; Superman’s longest statement in the film is »
- Jeremy Fuster
Dax Shepard Reveals That He Was Molested As a Child, Blames Experience for Drug, Alcohol Addiction
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Dax Shepard revealed for the first time on Monday that he was molested as a child. In an interview on Sirius Xm’s “The Jason Ellis Show,” the “Parenthood” star revealed that he was assaulted by an 18-year-old neighbor when he was seven. “All that time, I was like, a) ‘It’s my fault,’ as generic as that is, I’m like, ‘it’s my fault,” Shepard said. “And I’m gay, I must have manifested this because I’m secretly gay.’ I had all these insane thoughts for 11 years or 12 years.” Also Read: Dax Shepard Made Wife Kristen Bell »
- Reid Nakamura
‘The Jungle Book’ Is on Track to Top $1 Billion at Global Box Office
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Minutes after news broke Sunday that “The Jungle Book” dramatically leaped past first-weekend estimates, box office watchers were predicting the Disney live-action remake would easily hold the No. 1 position in its second week — even against the opening of Universal’s live-action sequel “Huntsman: Winter’s War.” Now that the dust has settled on Disney’s latest monstrous debut, something even more dramatic is becoming clear: Jon Favreau‘s “The Jungle Book” could earn more than $1 billion worldwide when all is said and done. “This ‘Jungle’ is totally poised to rumble to $1 billion,” ComScore analyst Paul Dergarabedian told TheWrap. “It has long. »
- Meriah Doty
Doris Roberts, ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Star, Dead at 90
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Doris Roberts, who played Ray Barone’s prying mother on the sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond,” died Sunday, a representative for the actress told TheWrap on Monday. She was 90. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1925, Roberts began acting in 1952, appearing on the television series “Studio One.” Appearances on “The Naked City,” “Ben Casey” and “The Defenders” followed. She first appeared on the big screen in the 1961 film “Something Wild.” Roberts’ other film credits include “A Lovely Way to Die,” “No Way to Treat a Lady” and “The Honeymoon Killers.” On television, she also appeared on “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” »
- Tim Kenneally
‘Simpsons’ Director Teams With Social Media Stars for Animated Stoner Comedy ‘Superslackers’ (Exclusive)
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David Silverman, a key creative figure on “The Simpsons,” has signed on to direct animated stoner comedy “Superslackers,” which will feature several social media stars and is currently in production on a six-episode season, TheWrap has exclusively learned. “Superslackers” follows a group of friends who get a bag of pot that has been switched with a drug being used in a government experiment that gives them superpowers. When a Professor Xavier-type shows up to train them, they have no interest in saving the world. They agree to move into a rent-free government compound, but all they want to do is watch. »
- Jeff Sneider
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