Haunting dolls

Russian Doll ‘s co-creator and star Natasha Lyonne tonight hosted her first episode of SNL , speaking in her opening monologue about her Netflix series—which is back now for its second season following Covid delays—and more. “Gosh, will you look at this? I’m hosting the season finale of Saturday Night Live . For a real New Yorker like me, that’s big,” Lyonne said up top. “I have a show called Russian Doll. The second season…just premiered on Netflix, and two things you really want to be associated with right now are Russia and Netflix. Lyonne went on to say that she’s “genuinely humbled” to be hosting NBC’s sketch series and that the truth is, she feels “a cosmic connection” to it. “The people here are my real-life chosen family. I’ve been coming here since I was a teenager,” remarked Lyonne. “I co-created Russian Doll with Amy Poehler, and I have great friends from the show…” Coming to the stage at this point were SNL alums Maya Rudolph and Fred … [Read more...] about ‘Russian Doll’s Natasha Lyonne Lampoons Netflix, Is Impersonated By Maya Rudolph & Fred Armisen In ‘SNL’ Monologue

Mel Gibson knows what women want ... or at least 10-year-old girls ... because he recently went on a play date with two young ladies as part of the charity he works for -- and bought them expensive custom dolls!!! The charity's called Mending Kids International -- an organization that performs life-saving surgeries for children around the world ... in this case, a 10- and an 11-year-old girl from Honduras who required serious reconstructive face surgeries. The surgeries were a success -- and Mel celebrated with the girls by taking them out for a stroll around The Grove in L.A., eating lunch, ice cream, window shopping ... and finally, taking them on a trip to the American Girl doll store, where Mel helped them assemble their own look-alike dolls. FYI -- the store ain't cheap. Mel -- who's also participating in the Mending Kids celeb poker tournament this weekend in West Hollywood at the London -- tells us, "It was really fun spending time with Karol and Sara ... They … [Read more...] about Mel Gibson Dolls Up Little Girls … For Charity

Gallery Launch Gallery Virtuance " Ghost Adventures " star Zak Bagans is through dealing with Satan and his minions ... now they're someone else's problem. Bagans survived 20 months of a dead housing market, and finally unloaded the house he claims has been possessed ever since he brought home a human skull (for research, of course). Not shockingly ... that claim didn't really help move the house any faster. Waiting out the demon paid off -- we're told Bagans got $445,000 for the house ... an $85K profit. As for the new owner, we have a recommendation for a cleaning lady ... … [Read more...] about Ghost Adventures Star — Demons Be Gone! Finally Dumps Haunted Pad

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first look image from supernatural horror-mystery The Queen Mary , starring Alice Eve and Joel Fry. The title, which is from The Woman In Black outfit White Horse Pictures, is directed by Dracula Untold helmer Gary Shore. Rocket Science is shopping the title at the Cannes market this week and will show a promo at an invitation-only buyer screening. The project follows three interwoven stories covering the violent disintegration of two families onboard a ship in 1938 and present day. Shooting took place aboard the actual Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. Stephen Oliver and Tom Vaughan wrote the script with revisions by Gary Shore. The film is produced by Brett Matthew Tomberlin ( Winchester ) of Imagination Design Works, Thorsten Schumacher of Rocket Science, Lars Sylvest, and Nigel Sinclair and Nicholas Ferrall of White Horse Pictures ( The Woman in Black ). … [Read more...] about ‘The Queen Mary’: First-Look Image From Haunted Ship Horror Starring Alice Eve

A t 34, Steven Spielberg is, in any conventional sense, the most successful movie director in Hollywood, America, the Occident, the planet Earth, the solar system and the galaxy. Three of his movies – Jaws , Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Raiders of the Lost Ark – are action-fantasy classics that rank among the biggest moneymakers of all time. Before the summer is out, they may well be joined by E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , a lyrical piece of sci-fi about the human, and alien, condition (conceived, coproduced and directed by Spielberg), and a crowd-pleasing shocker, Poltergeist (coproduced and cowritten by Spielberg but directed by Tobe Hooper). Spielberg is the scion of a suburban upbringing and a public-school education. His mother was a concert pianist and his father a computer scientist who moved his family of four children “from Ohio to New Jersey, Arizona, Saratoga and Los Angeles.” From age twelve on, Spielberg knew he did one thing best: make movies. When … [Read more...] about Steven Spielberg: Force Behind the Box Office, From ‘Jaws’ to ‘E.T.’

Former Sex Pistol Sid Vicious was arrested on October 12th at the Chelsea Hotel and charged with the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend of almost two years, Nancy Spungen. Spungen, like Vicious (real name John Simon Ritchie) a heroin addict, is thought to have died between the hours of five and nine on the morning Sid was arrested. Her body was found in the bathroom of the couple’s first-floor hotel room in a pool of blood. Dr. Geetha Na­tarajan, associate medical exam­iner for Manhattan, said the cause of death was internal hem­orrhaging due to a single knife wound to the lower abdomen. Vicious’ personal friends in the punk community immediately suspected that Spungen’s death was part of a botched double suicide. “They were both really depressed and talked about dying the last few weeks,” said a woman who had become friendly with them at the Chelsea. Another friend said the couple had a long-standing agree­ment that if one died, the other would follow. Then, a week after his release … [Read more...] about Sid Vicious Accused of Murder

Gallery Launch Gallery Fraser Almeida There's only one thing that terrifies " Ghost Adventures " star Zak Bagans -- nosy neighbors ... so he's put his $2.6 mil Vegas mansion on the market. Our real estate sources say Bagans is ditching his 5 bed, 4 bath, 5,800 sq. ft. house after 10 months because a ton of new homes are popping up in the neighborhood -- and he's worried about losing his privacy. The desert pad is phantom-free -- unlike the haunted home that took nearly 2-years for him to unload -- so he thinks he can flip it quickly, and make up to $500k on the deal. The only thing haunting the new owner is whether to spend more time in the pool/spa or the basketball court. … [Read more...] about ‘Ghost Adventures’ Star — People Scare Me … I’m Flipping Out

It starts with one of them casually saying, “Write what you know” — it may be Mark McKinney, slightly leaning back in his chair and staring at the ceiling, or it might be Bruce McCulloch, who’s wandering around the conference room, checking his phone as it charges and idly munching on a pastry. Whoever said it first, it’s definitely Kevin McDonald who quickly jumps in and, as if on cue, immediately chants, “Write what you know!” He says it again, at which point Dave Foley joins in as well. “Write what you know!” “Write what you know!” McKinney and McCulloch, both grinning, start singing along as well: “Write what you know! Write what you know! Write what you know!” Scott Thompson is too busy laughing to harmonize at first, until he finally composes himself, clears his throat, and then beautifully bellows out, in the most operatic tenor imaginable: “Wriiiiite! Whaaat! Yoooouuuu! Knoooooowwwwwwww !!!” Minutes before, the legendary sketch-comedy quintet the Kids in the Hall had … [Read more...] about The Kids in the Hall Are Back — Older, Slightly Less Angry and Still Incredibly F–king Funny

There’s been a lot of defecation slung around the past few weeks in Johnny Depp ’s ongoing $50 million defamation trial against Amber Heard . Tonight, Saturday Night Live threw some of its own against the wall to see what would stick in the cold open. “I felt very very sad,” Said a bearded and ponytailed Kyle Mooney as a grinning Depp on the stand when asked by a lawyering Aidy Bryant what was his reaction to discovering “fecal matter in your bed.” Hearing frequent objections from cast member Heidi Gardner as Heard’s main lawyer Elaine Bredehoft over the messy line of questioning Judge Penny Azcarte, played on SNL by a bespectacled Cecily Strong, put the whole cold open and the whole real-life trial in perspective. “I’ll allow it because it does sound fun, and this trial is for fun,” Strong’s Judge Azcarte exclaimed in what was one of best takes on the move star legal dust-up and one of the best SNL cold opens this almost over 47th season. “We don’t have to … [Read more...] about ‘SNL’ Mockingly Sh*ts The Bed In Johnny Depp Vs. Amber Heard Trial Cold Open

Ameesha Patel, who played a pivotal role in Akshay Kumar-Vidya Balan's 2007 film Bhool Bhulaiyaa, was all praise for the second installment of the film in her recent interaction with a news portal. The actress had essayed the role of Radha in the Priyadarshan directorial which is a remake of the 1993 Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu. While speaking with India Today, Ameesha showered praise on Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and said that she believes that Kartik Aaryan has done a great job in the film. Ameesha told the news portal, "I love the trailer and I think Kartik has done a great job. He has taken on a new cape, of what Akshay did [in the first part] and I think the film is looking promising and I really hope just like Bhool Bhulaiyaa , the audiences love Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 as well." Earlier, Vidya Balan who essayed the role of Avni/Manjulika in Bhool Bhulaiyaa had also reacted to the trailer of Kartik Aaryan's film. Sharing the trailer of the horror comedy … [Read more...] about Ameesha Patel Loved Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Trailer; Actress Says ‘Kartik Aaryan Has Done A Great Job’