‘THE LATE SHOW’ IS CANCELLED THIS WEEK AFTER STEPHEN COLBERT SUFFERS RUPTURED APPENDIX: Deadline reports that Stephen Colbert is recovering from a ruptured appendix and has cancelled all episodes of The Late Show this week as a result. Guests that were scheduled to appear include Barbara Streisand, Jennifer Garner, Patrick Stewart, Jon Batiste, and Kelsey Grammer.
TAIKA WAITITI REVEALS HE HAD ‘NO INTEREST’ IN DIRECTING A MARVEL FILM: Taika Waititi appeared on a recent episode of the SmartLess podcast and shared that he directed 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok solely for the money. “You know what? I had no interest in doing one of those films,” he said. “It wasn’t on my plan for my career as an auteur. But I was poor and I’d just had a second child, and I thought, ‘You know what, this would be a great opportunity to feed these children.'” He added, “And ‘Thor,’ let’s face it — it was probably the least popular franchise … I never read ‘Thor’ comics as a kid. That was the comic I’d pick up and be like ‘Ugh.’ And then I did some research on it, and I read one ‘Thor’ comic or 18 pages, or however long they are. I was still baffled by this character.”
MARGOT ROBBIE COMMENTS ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A ‘BARBIE’ SEQUEL: Margot Robbie shared her thoughts on the possibility of a Barbie sequel in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “I think we put everything into this one. We didn’t build it to be a trilogy or something. Greta put everything into this movie, so I can’t imagine what would be next,” she said. The Bombshell actor added, “It doesn’t have to be a sequel or a prequel or a remake. It can be totally original. It can still be big given the big budget to do that. And just because there’s a female lead doesn’t mean it’s not going to hit all four quadrants which is, you know, I think a misconception that a lot of people still have.”