‘Hocus Pocus’ stars to reunite for a virtual event

Martin Offiah has opened up about his thoughts on the royals as the debate about the family’s role in 21st century Britain churns on.The rugby star spoke candidly on the red carpet for Nordoff Robbins Legends of Rugby Dinner.Martin, 56, was awarded his MBE in 1997 by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace, whom he described as “fantastic".When asked for his thoughts on the royals, Martin gave a considered response on the subject.“You know, I think your history is your history regardless of whether you think it’s good or bad,” he said.“Similar to our own history, you have to understand it, and the royal family is part of British history.He went on to discuss the potential economic benefits of having a royal family.“It does bring a lot of money, for want of a better term, into the economy and the purse,” Martin explained.“Yeah, I wouldn’t say I’m a royalist as such, but I’m in favour of the royal family.“I think they’re a good thing for this country.That’s something that should be kept.”Ahead of being honoured along with legendary England captain Jason Robinson last Wednesday night, Martin reflected on his proudest sporting achievement.“My proudest moment is probably going to be scoring for Wigan,” he said.“Jason and I are here being honoured tonight.The Wigan club are here tonight and it's their 150th anniversary.“And obviously me scoring in that game with Jason in 1994 at Wembley is what I’m going to be remembered for when I’m no longer here.”Martin was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame in 2013 after an incredibly successful career in the sport.The athlete played for English league clubs Wigan, London Broncos, Widnes and Salford City Reds, while in Australia he also played for Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and St.

Strictly Come Dancing partner, Johannes Radebe, were expecting to receive abuse when they took part in the BBC dance show as the first all-male couple.Speaking recently on That Gaby Roslin Podcast, John said: “I guess, we knew it was going to happen. We fully anticipated a bit of hate.“Johannes, being a black man as well, he anticipated a bit of racial hate, which he got.

Ben Croll “I asked myself, why was it so difficult to name a Quebecois film from the past 25 years that treated sexuality as its central theme?” Côté told Variety. “Why could France foster directors who filmed the human body in direct and unselfconscious ways, and Quebec could not? Were Quebecois more prudish than others?”And so the Montreal-based filmmaker started on his 14th feature, which follows three so-called “hypersexual” women, plagued with troubled histories and fragile mental states, as they participate in a month-long therapy retreat. But as he developed the script with a local sexologist, the filmmaker saw potential traps in two very different directions.“The film could never be meant to judge,” Côté explained.

Brett Bull Each January, the Motion Picture Producers Assn. of Japan holds a press conference to reveal the previous year’s box office data and its list of top-grossing films.One year ago — at what was then thought to be the height of the coronavirus pandemic — the event was a somber gathering: Receipts for 2020 were down a whopping 38% over the year before.On Jan.

Prince Frederic von Anhalt, Zsa Zsa Gabor’s ninth and final husband, was desperate for an heir – so he adopted an adult son and chronicled it on TV. The widower is one of many subjects featured on A&E’s "Adults Adopting Adults," which chronicles his quest to find someone in Beverly Hills who could inherit his estate and care for him. "I tried very hard to find somebody," the 78-year-old told Fox News Digital.

Naman Ramachandran Producer Shrihari Sathe of New York-based production company Dialectic is enjoying the best time of his life, with no less than three of his projects, each completely different in style, genre and tone, being selected at A-list festivals.The latest career high for Sathe began with Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s continent-hopping, multilingual identity tale “No Land’s Man” being selected at Busan in October 2021, followed by Francisca Alegria’s Spanish-language magical realist drama “The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future” premiering at this year’s Sundance. Now, “Stay Awake,” an expansion of Jamie Sisley’s 2015 short film of the same name that premiered at the Berlinale and won the Jury Prize at Slamdance, makes its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival’s Generation 14plus strand on Feb. 12.

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, Online“Hocus Pocus” put a spell on moviegoers, and now it’s leading U.S. box office charts 27 years after originally premiering in theaters.Disney rereleased the 1993 Halloween classic — starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker as a trio of witches — this weekend on the big screen, where it collected $650,000 on Friday.

Spooky season is officially upon us, and although we still have a few weeks until Halloween itself, Netflix is quick off the mark to deliver spooks and thrills.Throughout the month of October, the streaming service will be dropping new horror and thriller films to delight and fright.From animated adventures to classic reboots, and a new installment of one of the scariest television series of all time, there's plenty to sink your teeth into.Proceed with caution...Tim Burton's cult phenomenon The Corpse Bride will hit the streaming service on October 1.The stop-motion gothic romance has spawned a thousand Halloween costumes since its release in 2005.If you love The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, and Beetlejuice and haven't

Hocus Pocus original star Bette Midler is "absolutely" up for filming the sequel.

Entertainment Tonight about her current film The Glorias, Bette admitted that she would ‘absolutely’ be up for reprising her iconic role as Winifred Sanderson in the follow-up film, adding that she ‘can’t wait to fly’.While her return has not been announced, she told the publication that they’re ‘talking logistics’.It currently remains unknown if the project will be a direct sequel to the original 1993 film or a reboot.However, we have our fingers and toes crossed that the three stars will be able to revive their chilling characters when the film airs on the studio’s new streaming platform, Disney+.But we don’t have to wait long to see the original Sanderson sisters back together again.The trio will be coming together for what is promoted

Hold on to your broomsticks.Bette Midler has let fans know that she is most certainly game for another go-round as the witchy Winifred Sanderson, a role she last played back in 1993's creepy cult favorite Hocus Pocus.The Big Business star, 74, in fact told Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday that she's 'absolutely' game for a sequel, while talking to the outlet about another of her projects.

Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker are long overdue for more — especially now that Disney+ is hard at work on a sequel.Though the studio has yet to officially confirm the trio's involvement in the follow-up, Midler not only says she's «absolutely» up to reprise her role as Winifred Sanderson, but teases: «I can't wait to fly!» Which sounds an awful lot like she's in for .«Oh, yeah,» she told ET's Nischelle Turner. «We're just talking logistics.»'s Adam Shankman will assume directing duties from Kenny Ortega, who helmed the 1993 Halloween classic.

Bette Midler might just be a bigger fan of Hocus Pocus than all of the fans put together and she’s opening up about the possibility of getting back into character as Winifred Sanderson once more for the sequel plans.

Cardi B, Bette Midler and celebrities react to Trump and Biden debateI Am Woman singer Helen Reddy dies aged 78BTS give sweet shout out to Army in HOME performance on Jimmy Fallon - did you spot it?News of their book deal comes after Ashley and Jordan have been passionately defending their performance on Britain’s Got Talent’s semi-final show that was inspired by Black Lives Matter and the death of George Floyd in May. It was subjected to thousands of Ofcom complaints, but the TV watchdog refused to investigate the performance, insisting it didn’t warrant an investigation.

Gloria Steinem is the subject of “The Glorias”, a new biopic about the feminist icon that’s heading to Amazon Prime Video.

Gloria Steinem is the subject of “The Glorias”, a new biopic about the feminist icon that’s heading to Amazon Prime Video.

It didn't take long for Hollywood to light up Twitter after President Trump announced the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. While Trump hopes to see the judge fill the seat left vacant after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, celebrities such as Bette Midler, Debra Messing and more joined many Democrats in objecting to the timing of the nomination, and also frame the battle as one over health care in the time of COVID-19, as well as a rebuke against Barrett’s views on abortion Over the weekend, stars continued to speak out.

They starred together on a cult classic Halloween flick nearly 25 years ago.And Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy are joining forces once again for a virtual Hocus Pocus reunion.The women are getting into the spooky season to benefit Bette's annual fundraising gala for The New York Restoration Project, with this year's theme: In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover. They're back! Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy are joining forces once again for a virtual Hocus Pocus reunionHocus Pocus was released on July 16, 1993 and followed the Sanderson Sisters who come back from the dead and terrorize a Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween.

They starred together on a cult classic Halloween flick nearly 25 years ago.And Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy are joining forces once again for a virtual Hocus Pocus reunion.The women are getting into the spooky season to benefit Bette's annual fundraising gala for The New York Restoration Project, with this year's theme: In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover. They're back! Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy are joining forces once again for a virtual Hocus Pocus reunionHocus Pocus was released on July 16, 1993 and followed the Sanderson Sisters who come back from the dead and terrorize a Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween.

They starred together on a cult classic Halloween flick nearly 25 years ago.And Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy are joining forces once again for a virtual Hocus Pocus reunion.The women are getting into the spooky season to benefit Bette's annual fundraising gala for The New York Restoration Project, with this year's theme: In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover. They're back! Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy are joining forces once again for a virtual Hocus Pocus reunionHocus Pocus was released on July 16, 1993 and followed the Sanderson Sisters who come back from the dead and terrorize a Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween.

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy are set to reunite once again for a virtual Halloween special, teaming up for «In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover» — part of Midler's annual Hulaween festivities to benefit the New York Restoration Project.Hulaween is going virtual this year, with online event tickets for fans all over the world, honoring the 1993 Halloween classic with «one of the hottest pandemic-safe Halloween events of the year,» all to raise funds for NYRP’s work in environmental and social justice.The event is set to take place on Oct.