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Ernie Hudson was "disappointed" with the female-led reboot of 'Ghostbusters'. The 78-year-old actor made a cameo appearance in Paul Feig's movie that featured Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones in the main roles but acknowledged that the picture didn't strike a chord with fans of the franchise. Ernie told The Independent newspaper: "Fans were really invested in the story and the characters, and I think it was disappointing. I enjoyed the movie. But I think it wasn't what fans were hoping for." The star admits that he was puzzled by Feig's decision to reboot the supe...
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Leslie Jones received death threats over her female-led 'Ghostbusters' movie. The 56-year-old actress - who starred in Kevin Feig's movie alongside Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy - has blasted Jason Reitman's response to the 2016 film when he released 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' in 2021, as well as the public fallout from it. In her new memoir 'Leslie F****** Jones', she wrote: "Why are people being so evil to each other? How can you sit and type ‘I want to kill you.’ Who does that?” She continued: "Sad keyboard warriors living in their mother’s basements hated the fact that th...
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Leslie Jones had three abortions when she was younger. The 56-year-old actress had her first termination when she was 18 and dating a man names Richard Brooks, who was 27 at the time, and she told how their on/off romance lasted "too many years" and they didn't use birth control, but she has no regrets about her decisions. She wrote in her new memoir 'Leslie F****** Jones': “All I felt was an urgency to not be pregnant. "So, I had an abortion, and it was very hard. “I don’t want to say it was wrong, because to this day I would do the same thing.” Leslie - whose mother never recovered after she...
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Leslie Jones would love to make hosting 'The Daily Show' a permanent job. The 55-year-old comic and presenter guest-hosted three episodes of the Comedy Central show earlier this year, following the departure of Trevor Noah, and is more than keen to fill his shoes full-time. Speaking to People, she said: "It was one of those in-the-pocket fits. You know how when you get fitted for a suit and you're like, 'Yeah, this suit looks nice on me. Yo, I don't mind wearing this style on me.' 'The Daily Show' was (that)." The 'Saturday Night Live' alum has nothing but praise for the team that works on the...
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Chris Rock will finally strike back at Will Smith over his Oscars slap – a week before this year’s Academy Awards. The comic, 58, who has only made brief jokes about being assaulted on stage by Will at the 2022 awards ceremony, has had his upcoming live Netflix special scheduled for broadcast on March 4, with insiders saying it will be packed with jibes at Will. An insider told Page Six: “If you were waiting to see Rock on tour address the infamous Will Smith slap situation... the comedian is waiting to spill his humorous take on it on his live Netflix stand-up special.” Another source added: ...
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Paul Feig found the criticism of 'Ghostbusters' "hard to absorb". The 59-year-old director helmed the 2016 female-led reboot of the classic flick – which featured Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones in the main roles – but the movie flopped and Paul was targeted by trolls on social media for making the film. Feig told The Hollywood Reporter: "It was hard to absorb – and quite an assault for me because I'd always had such a lovely relationship with the internet. It just took me back to grade school and bullies." The 'Last Christmas' director regrets making the movie w...
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In one of many car commercials that crowded Super Bowl LVI, fans saw one humorous one where a gaggle of famous celebrities with the last name “Jones” did some classic offroading in Toyota trucks. First, we see the legendary Tommy Lee Jones driving along a road in a cowboy hat, quickly joined by SNL alum Leslie Jones and actress Rashida Jones. They pretty much only yell “Jones!” at each other, and they swerve around a variety of environments with some funny slapstick moments happening before reaching a beautiful mountain view together. The trio is suddenly joined by someone with a slightly diff...
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Leslie Jones only got a coronavirus vaccine so she could present the MTV Movie & TV Awards. The former 'Saturday Night Live' star was hesitant about having the jab because of the quick rollout and even a conversation with her aunt's friend, a biologist working in COVID-19 research, couldn't convince her to get it done. She said: “When it first came out I was like, ‘I’m not taking that s***.' "They’re just going to come up with a potion and we’re supposed to take that s***?…I was like, ‘I’m going to wait until the last batch and then maybe somebody could talk me into it.” Recalling her meeting ...
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Eddie Murphy wanted to "remind" people he's funny before returning to stand-up comedy. The 59-year-old movie star is widely regarded as one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time, but Eddie thought he needed to embark on some other projects before he returned to touring. Eddie explained: "When I got up off the couch and did this little patch of work, it was, let’s do 'Dolemite'. Let’s do 'Saturday Night Live'. Let’s do 'Coming 2 America'. Because I want to go do stand-up again, but I don’t want to just pop up out there when people hadn’t seen me be really funny in a while." Although th...
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Bebe Rexha has been cast in 'Queenpins'.The 31-year-old singer will make her feature film debut in the crime comedy, which stars Kristen Bell and Leslie Jones.Bebe will portray computer hacker named Tempe Tina in the STXfilms project, which sees a pair of Phoenix housewives (Kristen and Leslie) create a counterfeit coupon scheme which grows into a $40 million criminal venture, leaving both women in over their heads.The flick is said to be "in the spirit of Thelma & Louis and I, Tonya" and is based on a true story.Adam Fogelson, chairman of STXfilms Motion Picture Group, said: "This is a perfec...
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