U.S. Navy Flight Surgeon from Yuma to appear on Wheel of Fortune
Yuma local Gwen Hardy will appear on Wheel of Fortune’s Winter Wonderland week on Friday, December 22.
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‘Wonka’ waltzes to $39 million opening, propelled by Chalamet’s starring role
“Wonka,” which cost about $125 million to produce and played at 4,203 locations, was also the first big Hollywood release to launch following the end of the SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike.
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Mayim Bialik announces she will no longer host of “Jeopardy!”
The show said, in an Instagram post, that it made the decision to have “one host for the syndicated show next season” to maintain continuity for viewers.
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Film studio in North Carolina seeking to expand
What looks like construction now could soon be home to your next favorite movie. Workers are putting up 55-foot high walls for what will soon be soundstages three and four at Dark Horse Studios.
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Matthew Perry died from effects of drug ketamine, coroner says
Matthew Perry died from the acute effects of the anesthetic ketamine, according to the results of an autopsy on the 54-year-old “Friends” actor released Friday.
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Jury deliberating whether actor Jonathan Majors assaulted a girlfriend in New York last spring
A jury began deliberating Thursday whether Jonathan Majors is guilty of assault following a New York trial featuring clashing narratives about whether the rising Hollywood star was the aggressor or victim during a chaotic struggle with his then-girlfriend that began in the back seat of a car.
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California auction house holds four-day auction event
The lineup features more than a thousand famous pop culture artifacts. It includes items from movies like Batman, Star Wars, Harry Potter and The Big Lebowski.
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Visit Yuma announces 2023 Dorothy Young Electric Light Parade winners
Visit Yuma announced its winners for the 2023 Dorothy Young Memorial Electric Light Parade they host each year.
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‘Barbie’ leads Golden Globe nominations with 9, followed closely by ‘Oppenheimer’
The revamped group, now a for-profit endeavor with a larger and more diverse voting body, announced nominations Monday for its January awards show, after scandal and several troubled years, including one without a broadcast.
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Zac Efron, “High School Musical” and “The Iron Claw” actor to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
According to a press release, Efron, the star of the “High School Musical” trilogy and the upcoming film, “The Iron Claw,” will be honored with the 2,767th star on the iconic Hollywood sidewalk, which will be unveiled at 6426 Hollywood Boulevard.
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‘The Zone of Interest’ named best film of the year by Los Angeles Film Critics Association
The critics, as they often do, deviated considerably from their East Coast corollary, the New York Film Critics Circle. That group earlier named Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” the year’s best film.
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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is the first tour to gross over $1 billion, Pollstar says
Pollstar data is pulled from box office reports, venue capacity estimates, historical Pollstar venue ticket sales data, and other undefined research, collected from Nov. 17, 2022 to Nov. 15, 2023.
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Ballet Yuma’s Nutcracker back for 30th year
It’s the holiday season so you know what that means, the annual Ballet Yuma Nutcracker is back, and this time for its 30th year.
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SAG-AFTRA members ratifies contract following four-month strike
On Tuesday, SAG-AFTRA said the deal was approved in a vote of just over 78% to about 22%. Turnout was about 38%.
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Taylor Swift named as Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
Swift beat out a wide-ranging pool of finalists for the Time Magazine title, including Barbie and King Charles III.
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Darius Rucker receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
The iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame celebrated country music star and lead singer of Hootie & The Blowfish, Darius Rucker, on Monday.
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Philadelphia residents and Sylvester Stallone celebrate “Rocky Day”
On Sunday, 47 years ago, the first “Rocky” movie premiered in 1976. Now, Philly has officially declared December 3 as “Rocky Day.” “Rocky” himself, Sylvester Stallone, took part in the festivities.
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Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ is No. 1 at the box office with $21 million debut
The post-Thanksgiving, early December box office is notoriously slow, but “Renaissance” defied the odds. Not accounting for inflation, it’s the first time a film has opened over $20 million on this weekend in 20 years (since “The Last Samurai”).
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KISS lights up Empire State Building ahead of final concert in NYC
KISS played the first of its two final shows ever Friday night at New York City’s Madison Square Garden and will stream live on pay-per-view.
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Macaulay Culkin, “Home Alone” star, receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Steve Nissen served as the emcee and actresses Catherine O’Hara and Natasha Lyonne were speakers at the event.
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