Celebrated children’s author Jacqueline Woodson is back with two new books. Woodson is the National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming, and a four-time Newbery Honor winner. Her new books, Harbor Me and The Day You Begin are set to be released on August 28, four years after her award-winning memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming. Harbor Me explores the minority experience in the United States by introducing a group of classmates who form a bond as they discuss timely topics — everything from their fears of deportation or being racially profiled to being judged by their accents, skin color, or parental heritage.
The red table got red hot as Jada Pinkett Smith and Willow Smith candidly discussed their feelings on fluid sexuality. Inspired by actress Niecy Nash's recent surprise marriage to Jessica Betts, Wednesday's episode of the mother-daughter pair's Red Table Talk series focused on same-sex attraction, with both women suggesting that they're open to the possibility. After Jada's mother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, revealed that she's never experimented with women, the actress said that, in the past, "
On the cult classic film's 20th birthday, actor Jake Gyllenhaal is opening the cellar door to his mind's fondest memories from the set of Donnie Darko. The Richard Kelly-directed film turned 20 years old on Wednesday, and the actor — who filmed the dark fantasy as one of his first major lead roles at age 19 — celebrated the anniversary of the film's world premiere at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival by sharing photos of his original script as well as artifacts he saved from production.
Once again, Jake Gyllenhaal is starring in a new version of a movie from 35 years ago — but this time, he found inspiration from his own upbringing. When playing the lead character in the upcoming AppleTV+ series Presumed Innocent, Gyllenhaal looked to Paul Newman as a model. After all, the Cool Hand Luke star was Gyllenhaal's godfather. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Gyllenhaal said that his character Rusty Sabich tucks his glasses midway down a buttoned dress shirt because he observed Newman do that in real life.
Ed Sheeran still can’t talk about how he got that mystery scar on his face, but he instead offered a fake explanation involving James Blunt. Graham Norton brought up the scar and the tabloid rumors surrounding it on Friday’s episode of The Graham Norton Show. “Ah no, mate, come on,” the singer said. “I got cut up.” He added that he “can’t talk about this,” but joked “it was James Blunt trying to get his pop career back.
When Peggy Carter heads out west, she won’t be alone. EW has learned exclusively that James D’Arcy and Enver Gjokaj—who play Edwin Jarvis and Agent Daniel Sousa, respectively—have signed on as series regulars for season 2. While Marvel declined to comment, we hear deals for Chad Michael Murray (Agent Jack Thompson), Bridget Regan (Dottie Underwood) and Lyndsy Fonseca (Angie Martinelli) are forthcoming. Hayley Atwell, naturally, is already slated to return. Here’s the description of the new season: “Dedicated to the fight against new atomic age threats in the wake of World War II, Peggy must now journey from New York City to Los Angeles for her most dangerous assignment yet.
James Franco and Jonah Hill have tackled both comedic and dramatic roles, but there’s nary a laugh in sight in the This Is the End co-stars’ next project: True Story, in which Hill plays a journalist and Franco plays the murderer who stole his identity. The film is based on a memoir by Michael Finkel (played by Hill in the film). Finkel was fired by The New York Times for fabrication around the same time that Christian Longo (Franco), accused of murdering his wife and three children, entered his life.
You can count the major American movies that deal with the issue of slavery on one hand. When it hits theaters Christmas Day, Django Unchained will be one of those raised fingers — most likely the middle one. In it, Jamie Foxx plays Django, a slave freed by Christoph Waltz’s bounty hunter who is on a quest to save his wife from the lair of monstrous plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio.
Jamie Foxx is on his way back, and he wants everyone to know it. The Oscar winner has officially spoken out about his mysterious medial emergency in April. In a new Instagram video posted Friday night, he gave some details about his health that have been kept under wraps, aside from the initial reports that he was hospitalized for several weeks after a "medical complication." Though Foxx did not reveal the nature of his condition, he did discuss his recovery and took time to debunk rumors about him running rampant for the past few months.
Jamie Foxx is being accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a New York City restaurant in 2015. A new lawsuit filed Wednesday details an encounter between the actor, now 55, and the unnamed plaintiff at Catch NYC & Roof in August 2015, beginning when the woman arrived to the rooftop restaurant at 11 p.m. The woman and her friend were allegedly seated one table away from Foxx and asked to take a photo with the actor, whom the plaintiff alleges in the suit appeared intoxicated and replied, "