Lionsgate Inks First-Look Deal With ‘It’ Producer Vertigo Entertainment

Betty Davis, a soul and funk singer of the 1960s whose growling, raspy vocal style and unapologetically explicit lyrics would influence future performers from Prince and Erykah Badu to Outkast, died today of natural causes at her home in Homestead, Pennsylvania. She was 77.

A Futurama reboot is in the works with nearly all of the original cast returning!

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multiple outlets report. was the first to report the news.The news comes nearly two months after a source told ET that Haart and Scaglia had broken up.

Kim Kardashian, 41, feels betrayed by Travis Scott, 30, as he’s stayed close to Kanye West, 44, amid the “Runaway” rapper’s public drama with his ex. A source close to the Kardashians revealed to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that Kim was hurt to see her sister Kylie Jenner‘s boyfriend stay close to Yeezy, as Kanye has publicly aired out his problems with Kim and their co-parenting relationship.

Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green's divorce is officially finalized, ET has confirmed.A judge on Tuesday signed off on the former couple's final divorce settlement.  was first to report the news.

Chrishell Stause appeared on Watch What Happens Live on Tuesday, Feb. 8, and her relationship with Selling Sunset co-star Jason Oppenheim unsurprisingly came up. The former soap star, 40, split from Jason, 44, in Dec. 2021, after only five months of dating, and so host Andy Cohen asked Chrishell for her thoughts about fan saying the former couple only dated “for a storyline for the show.”

One particular scene from “Legally Blonde 2” — in which star Reese Witherspoon’s Elle Woods rocked a very patriotic look — Jennifer Coolidge’s character Paulette enthusiastically remarks on her red-white-and-blue ensemble: “Oh my God — you look like the Fourth of July! Makes me want a hot dog real bad.”The line’s legacy lives on nearly two decades later, and Coolidge, 60, recently admitted that in its wake she was actually offered to do a hot dog ad — but it turned down. “It was a hot dog company that just did the meat hot dog, and I eat these amazing plant-based hot dogs,” the “White Lotus” star recently told People.

blowing up on YouTube and Twitter. “It’s here and it’s beautiful,” reads the caption to the controversial clip, which was uploaded to Twitter Sunday by MMA fan account Matsyek. The WWE-esque showdown, which was sponsored by Russia’s Epic Fighting Championship, saw Yulia Mishko, 28, better known as “the Tomboy,” square off against artist Vladimir Spartak and his grandson Big Igibob, the Mirror reported.

Vanessa Bryant continues to advocate for her late husband Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old Gianna Bryant following their tragic deaths in 2020. As fans of the famous family already know, Gigi was following in her father’s footsteps and was already a promising basketball prospect in her own right.

Serena Williams is prepared for all outcomes. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, the icon and professional tennis player discussed the possibility of retirement and why her father played an important role in her mindset to always have a plan for the future.Serena Williams’ daughter Olympia Ohanian shows off her impressive backhandSerena Williams stopped Ashleigh Barty from retiring with one simple text messageA post shared by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams)“I am prepared for that day, I’ve been prepared for that day for over a decade,” said Williams.

Naomi Osaka is the world’s highest-earning female athlete. The Japanese tennis player appeared in Forbes Magazine’s ranking this past Thursday, earning $57.3 million in prize money and endorsements over the course of the past year.Naomi Osaka acknowledges young fan after winning her first 2021 US Open matchNaomi Osaka’s dream car is the girliest, most glamorous, and magical ride everA post shared by 大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka)The Forbes list showed that the top-earning female athletes were all tennis players, with Osaka occupying first place by a significant margin, followed by Serena and Venus Williams in second and third place, earning $45.9 million and $11.3 million, respectively.

ScHoolboy Q has discussed how the game of golf changed his “mental” and has taught him a lot about life.Since the release of his last album, 2019’s ‘CrasH Talk’, the TDE rapper has been heavily involved in the sport, and more recently he’s been enjoying his time as a player in the 2022 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California.Speaking in a new interview during the competition, Q (real name Quincy Hanley) talked about how golf has impacted him.“Coming where I come from, the life that I had, I never thought about playing golf, and I got into it and it changed my mental,” he said. “It let me learn myself as a person, like this is why certain things in my life are going bad or why certain things are going good because of the attitude thing, you get what I’m saying? It fixed my attitude in life, it fixed a lot of things about me in life.”ScHoolboy added: “Life is a golf game – some good shots, some bad shots.

NME at the BRIT Awards 2022, Lola Young told us about the inspirational amount of female talent in today’s music, what to expect from her “indie” sounding debut album, and trying to run into Adele. Watch our full video interview with Young above.The South Londoner was at the ceremony where she was nominated for the Rising Star Award following the success of her 2021 EP, ‘After Midnight’ and the release of singles, ‘Fake’, ‘Ruin My Make Up’ and ‘Woman’.

A proud support system! As Shaun White made his Beijing Olympics debut in the men’s snowboarding qualifying round, girlfriend Nina Dobrev had a pair of special guests watching the event with her.

Machine Gun Kelly and Willow have shared a video for their new collaboration, ‘Emo Girl’ – you can watch it below.The track is the latest preview from Kelly’s forthcoming new album, ‘Mainstream Sellout’, which is set for release on March 25 and was previously titled ‘Born With Horns’.In the new video, Travis Barker – who has produced Kelly’s upcoming new album – stars as a tour guide for a group of young kids on a field trip to a museum. Once inside, the visiting students find themselves watching MGK and Willow perform via a number of screens dotted around the building.“I fell in love with an emo girl/ I’m in love with an emo girl/ I fell in love with an emo girl/ All I want is an emo girl,” the pair sing on the song’s energetic chorus.As the clip comes to close, both the kids and Barker find they’ve morphed into emo rockers after absorbing the electric energy put out by the pair.You can watch the Drew Kirsch-directed video for ‘Emo Girl’ below:‘Emo Girl’ marks Kelly’s first new single of 2022, and follows on from his August single ‘Papercuts’.

Men below.The movie is the latest from director Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation), also starring Rory Kinnear (No Time To Die) and Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), and is due to arrive in UK cinemas on May 20.The official synopsis for Men reads: “In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her.“What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears in Garland’s feverish, shape-shifting new horror film.”In the trailer, Buckley’s character is scene walking through countryside, peering into tunnels, and repeatedly spotting an eerie figure in the distance.Watch the the trailer for Men below:The new trailer arrives the day after Buckley received her first Oscar nomination, making the Best Supporting Actress list for her performance in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter.Meanwhile, A’Ziah King, who wrote the 2015 Twitter thread that inspired A24’s 2020 film Zola, recently criticised the production company after being excluded from the film’s awards recognition.

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Even the GOAT needs a break. Serena Williams has thought about when she will walk away from her tennis career.

Back on the dating scene! During a recent conversation with his Vanderpump Rules costar Lala Kent, James Kennedy detailed his attempts to live his “best f–king life” since ending his engagement to Raquel Leviss.

Not in her wildest dreams! Jennifer Lopez admitted that she was surprised to find herself back together with Ben Affleck more than 15 years after their initial breakup.

It’s not all fun and games! Naomie Olindo broke down what it’s really like to film Southern Charm and the toll it took on her body ahead of season 8’s premiere.

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Vertigo Entertainment, the banner behind recentIt and Lego Moviefranchises, has inked a first-look deal with Lionsgate. The pact will cover all areas outside of television, where Vertigo has a pact with Sony Pictures TV.

Janet W. Lee Lionsgate Motion Picture Group has announced a first-look deal with Vertigo Entertainment, the production company behind the “It” franchise and “The Lego Movie.”The wide-ranging deal covers all media other than television, including motion pictures, stage, location-based entertainment, podcasts and video games.