ELIZABETH BANKS

The announcement was made Friday, a few days before Ernie Banks’ eighth death anniversary on Jan. 23. Banks, known worldwide as “Mr. Cub,” passed away in 2015 at the age of 83.

The real Cocaine Bear featured in the horror movie died near 40 bags of cocaine that dropped from the sky and is allegedly stuffed and on display in Kentucky.

Four standing ovations in one night might seem a little over-the-top, even by Hollywood standards, but at the Governors Awards Saturday night, where Michael J.

Elizabeth Banks plays a woman seeking an underground abortion in the topical yet slapdash 1960s-set drama about the Jane Collective.

A rundown of notable films coming out this fall, which range from Disney+'s “Pinocchio” adaptation to Ana de Armas playing Marilyn Monroe in the Netflix film “Blonde.”.

Press Your Luck returns tonight at 8/7c on ABC. Hosted by Elizabeth Banks, each game of Press Your Luck challenges three contestants to a high-stakes game of question and answer. Tune in tonight at 8/7c on ABC to watch the season 4 premiere of Press Your Luck. Where to watch:You can stream the Press Your Luck premiere for free when you register for FuboTV (free trial). Produced by Fremantle, Press Your Luck is executive produced by Jennifer Mullin and John Quinn, who also serves as showrunner.

The 44th annual Sundance Film Festival is back, and entirely online once more.

The Sundance Film Festival is returning to the Utah mountains in January armed with documentaries about Bill Cosby, Princess Diana, Kanye West and Lucille Ball as well as the directorial debuts of Eva Longoria, Tig Notaro and Jesse Eisenberg.

Viola Davis has been named Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Actress Elizabeth Banks is speaking out in regards to a Stand Your Ground bill that passed the Ohio House on Thursday. Following the passing of the bill, Elizabeth Banks took to Twitter with threaded commentary on the subject. We were kids but some of my cousins were big guys /1 https://t.co/zD3hOG4Tgt — Elizabeth Banks (@ElizabethBanks) December 18, 2020All of a sudden, an arrow was shot into the tree behind which we hid. /3 — Elizabeth Banks (@ElizabethBanks) December 18, 2020Also sometimes our dog got loose. What yards did you wander into and why?”It’s unclear when the Ohio Senate will vote on the bill.

Cole, whose "Magic School Bus" books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75. (Annabelle Helms/Scholastic via AP)NEW YORK Author Joanna Cole, whose Magic School Bus books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75. The idea for "The Magic School Bus" came in the mid-1980s. And with The Magic School Bus it was how to explain it so that it is accurate and in a form that a kid can understand and use. She had a rare sense of what could be humorous.Cole and Degen recently completed The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution, scheduled to come out next spring.

NEW YORK The Magic School Bus has traveled everywhere from Pluto to inside the human body. Scholastic Entertainment said Thursday that it will make a feature-length, live-action hybrid film based on the animated TV show that ran from 1994 to 1997. Elizabeth Banks will play the manic science teacher Ms. Frizzle. The Magic School Bus, adapted from a series of books written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen, centers on a group of school children who board a yellow school bus for field trips to such unlikely places as outer space or the human digestive system. Lilly Tomlin supplied the voice for Ms. Frizzle in the original cartoon series and Kate McKinnon voiced her sister in a recent Netflix reboot, The Magic School Bus Rides Again.The film version will be led by Scholastic Entertainment, Brownstone Productions, Marc Platt Productions and Universal Pictures.