Author: Amy Davis

Much like Dr. Dre, far too many of us have forgotten about McDonald’s purple mascot, Grimace. So to correct that, the fast food giant is throwing him a birthday party! Starting June 12th,  customers can celebrate Ronald McDonald’s big fuzzy friend.   “Our fans have amazing childhood memories of their birthdays at McDonald’s…and Grimace’s Birthday is all about paying homage to the amazing, fun moments we all share,” Tariq Hassan, Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer at McDonald’s USA, said. “We’re excited to put a modern spin on these memories to continue to drive McDonald’s relevance with a new generation. Grimace…

Singer/actress Rebbeca Marie Gomez, also known as Becky G, has officially joined the voice cast of Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming “Blue Beetle” movie. This project will be a family adventure film based on the DC Comics character. “Blue Beetle” will center around Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña), and his titular alter ego. Reyes is a recent college graduate who unexpectedly finds an ancient relic of alien biotechnology, known as the Scarab. The Scarab chooses Reyes to be its symbiotic host, which gives him an incredible suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers. Forever changing his destiny. Gomez will be…

Get ready for another version of “Law & Order,” this time in Canada! Rogers Media has confirmed Citytv has ordered “Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent” to series. The announcement was made a day before Rogers Media’s virtual upfront presentation on June 6th.  “Law & Order Toronto” will be created in a joint effort by the Vancouver-based Lark Productions and Cameron Pictures Inc., in association with Citytv. This will be the latest edition to the “Law & Order” franchise, created by Dick Wolf for Universal Television. The US based“Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” was the 3rd series in this franchise and…

The newest entry to the drug-fueled animal attack micro-genre will be “Crackcoon!” For those of you keeping score, this means we have a bear and shark on cocaine, a gator on meth, and now a raccoon…well we aren’t 100% sure yet. “Crackcoon” will revolve around the dealer of a new synthetically-altered street drug. During a car chase with the police, he tosses a bag of the new drug out the window into some woods. From there we see it roll down a hill for a fuzzy little raccoon to find. After he eats the substance the trash panda transforms into…

Japan’s Studio Ghibli has confirmed they will not release a trailer for Hayao Miyazaki’s final film, “How Do You Live?” It will also not receive any promotional materials outside of a cryptic poster they put out in December 2022.  While this may seem like a ballsy move considering this is by far the most anticipated movie coming to Japanese theaters in years. But it’s also really on brand with Ghibli’s philosophy of putting art above commercial appeal.  “As part of company operations, over the years Ghibli has wanted people to come see the movies we’ve made,” Ghibli’s lead producer Toshio…

The famous animation studio Pixar reportedly conducted a rare round of layoffs on May 23rd but reports about it did not surface until this weekend. A total of 75 positions were let go from the company. Among them were two of the executives behind the film “Lightyear,” a spin-off of Pixar’s popular “Toy Story” franchise. The film’s director Angus MacLane was apparently laid off, along with legendary producer Galyn Susman. Susman had been with the company since the release of the first “Toy Story” in 1995. She was even the hero in one of Pixar’s most well-known production snafus. During…

There aren’t too many actors who play roles so iconic that they help shape pop culture, but Harrison Ford has managed to do it more than once. Fans have been asking which one of these characters who would win in a fight ever since.  The first time Ford did it was as the wisecracking pilot, Han Solo in 1977’s “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.” While Solo was always a reluctant hero, throughout the franchise he helped destroy two Death Stars. Helping the Rebels stop the Empire’s ever-widening reign of terror. Lightning struck twice when Ford played archeologist…

Skateboarder and “Jackass” star Bam Margera has threatened to “smoke crack until I’m dead,” unless his estranged wife Nikki Boyd allows him to see their son, Phoenix. He posted (a now deleted) video to social media saying he hadn’t seen his five-year-old son since March.  “I haven’t seen Phoenix in two fucking months and I am so fucking fed up,” Margera said in the video. “I cry every day, I miss him so much and I know I have to wake up every day knowing that I probably won’t get to talk to him or see him.” He then goes…

Fisher Price’s iconic Little People toys will be getting some new additions to its Collector line including “The Big Lebowski,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” and “Barbie: The Movie.” This line is aimed more at adults, and is often steeped in reference to pop culture.  It has already had special edition figures for “Parks and Rec,” “The Office,” and “The Lord of the Rings.”   “The Big Lebowski” Little People Collector Figures Comes with Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski and his signature drink, a white Russian. Donny Kerabatsos and his famous bowling ball. Walter Sobchak holds on to his cheap coffee can urn. And Maude Lebowski…

June 2023 marks a big milestone for the “Jurassic Park” franchise. Universal Studios Parks will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the influential dinosaur film! To mark the occasion, they are throwing a T-rex-sized event with new merchandise, food, and activities. It will take place the weekend of June 9th at both Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood.At the Universal Orlando Resort, guests can step through the iconic gates of Jurassic Park at Universal Islands of Adventure. The area includes rides like; Jurassic Park River Adventure, a leisure raft trip that turns into a daring eight-story drop to escape a T-rex.…