Tom Hanks will play Mr. Rogers in a movie called "You Are My Friend". It's based on the true story of Mr. Rogers' friendship with a cynical journalist whose life was transformed after he was assigned to write a profile about him.
The president of TriStar Pictures, the point of the story is “to remind us all of the transformative power of kindness and respect to heal and unite.”
Will Smith's fueling rumors of a 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' reboot .
Will posted a couple different photos Monday shouting out cartoonist— Howard Russell— who created an animated version of Fresh Prince and said. saying he never imagined the show as a cartoon… seems like he just wanted to give the guy a shout out… BUUUUUTTTT the company that owns the rights to 'Fresh Prince' just applied to trademark a bunch of new merch-- toys, action figures and kids' games. Maybe it's just a coincidence?
Nicole Kidman... eats bugs.
Only ONE woman accepted a solo Grammy award during Sunday's broadcast. Recording Academy president Neil Portnow was asked about what people are dubbing #GrammySoMale, and he seemed to put some of the blame on women, suggesting they need to “step up" to win awards.
He said, quote, "Women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls, who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, producers, and want to be part of the industry on the executive level . . . [They need] to step up because I think they would be welcome."
The ladies were NOT having it.
After the Grammys on Sunday, Billboard went to a couple of exclusive after parties where one staffer overheard something very interesting at Sony's party….
The rumor is Lauren From Fifth Harmony is switching from Epic to Columbia in order to release a solo album!
As of right now this is rumors… no confirmation (or denial), but I’ll keep you updated.