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Attention, Batman fans!

The animated movie 'Batman: The Killing Joke' will be released in select U.S. theaters for one night only July 25, Fathom Events, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. said Wednesday.

The animated, comic-book adaptation will feature Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill in the voice roles of Batman and The Joker.

"Fathom Events is thrilled to be able to bring 'Batman: The Killing Joke' to movie theaters across the country so fans can see it on the big screen," Fathom Events Vice President of Studio Relations Tom Lucas said in a statement. "Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment have created an amazing production based on a beloved graphic novel, and we're honored to be a part of this release."

"Fans have been clamoring for a theatrical release of the popular DC Universe Original Movies, and the highly anticipated 'Batman: The Killing Joke' presented a perfect opportunity to work with Fathom Events to bring the fans' wishes to fruition for this special, limited release," added Mary Ellen Thomas, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's vice president of family and animation marketing.

Tickets for screenings of 'Batman: The Killing Joke' can be purchased online beginning June 17 at www.FathomEvents.com.

The film will have its world premiere at Comic-Con International in San Diego July 22 and it will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Aug. 2.

I can't wait to get my ticket. I'm a huge fan of 'Batman: the Animated Series'. Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill are my Batman and Joker. It's going to be great.

Be Well,
Steve

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Ellen DeGeneres sued for mocking woman's name on show
Ellen DeGeneres is facing a lawsuit over a joke she made on her show mocking a woman's name.

Coldwell Banker real estate agent Titi Pierce is suing DeGeneres for using a real estate sign with her name on it in a segment called "What's Wrong with These Ads... and These Signs" and pronouncing Pierce's name as "Titty" while displaying the Coldwell Banker sign, the New York Daily News reported.

"Prior to defendant's misdeeds, Ms. Pierce has been called only by her name 'Titi,' which, as grammar dictates, is pronounced 'TEE TEE,'" a lawsuit filed in a Georgia court last week said.

The suit went on to explain that the name Titi means "flower" in Nigerian.

The comedian mispronounced Pierce's name just after showing a sign that read "Nipple Convalescent Home."

"Titty Pierce, sounds like she might have spent some time in that nipple home, I don't know," DeGeneres told a laughing audience.

The suit claims the Georgia woman's personal cellphone number was displayed during the segment, after which she began getting harassing calls.

Pierce said she was on her way to a funeral when the DeGeneres segment aired and she began receiving the mocking cellphone calls, TMZ reported.

"The name-calling led to immediate ridicule and raucous laughter from the show's live and television audiences," Pierce's suit said.

She said she has suffered emotional distress and anger as a result of the joke.

Pierce, a Robins Air Force Base engineer from Warner Robins, Ga., is also suing Warner Bros., which produces the Ellen DeGeneres Show, legalmedia.com reported.



'Ghostbusters' stars go glam for Elle magazine covers
The stars of the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot are getting their own magazine covers for the July issue of Elle.

Kristin Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy and Kate McKinnon appear glammed-up on their respective covers, which will hit newsstands June 21.

Comedian and actor Will Ferrell interviews former Saturday Night Live alum Kristen Wiig in one the magazine's feature editorials. In the interview, Wiig recounted one of her first sketches on SNL. "I was scared that I was going to freeze or swear or pass out," she said.

Shoe designer Brian Atwood spoke with fellow designer and actress Melissa McCarthy for her editorial. She detailed how she creates believable characters, saying she gets "psychotically attached" to them. "I fight for them in probably the most annoying way," she said.

Interviewed by Ben Dickinson, Leslie Jones said she knew she would have her big break at some point. "I just knew that I was funny, and I knew that it was just a matter of time," she said. "I didn't know what was going to actually happen -- this is definitely way bigger than I thought -- but I knew there was no way I was going to be that funny and nobody was going to notice it."

Lastly, Kate McKinnon, who was interviewed by Lizzy Goodman, said she uses acting as a way to relate to others. "I came to a reckoning that [pretending to be other people] is in fact such a real, huge chunk of the way I communicate," she said. "I thought it was something I was putting on to disguise something else, but it's not."

Director Paul Feig's female-centric Ghostbusters reboot arrives in theaters July 15.


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"I cut my hair for a film and there is nothing more freeing then realizing your beauty exists from within. I am not my hair. I am not my weight. I am not my skin color. I am love, I want to be love with every interaction, with every decision I make for myself, with every failure and success."
--Gina Rodriguez, posting a pic of her freshly shorn undercut, on Instagram


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Canceled 'Nashville' TV show may have new home
The country music drama Nashville that ABC cancelled after four seasons may have a new home.

Lionsgate Television is reported to be near a deal for a fifth season on Viacom-owned CMT, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

CMT is just one of the potential new homes for Nashville. Others mentioned include Hulu, Lifetime, Bravo and E!, as Lionsgate has remained firm on finding a home for the show's fifth season.

A formal announcement could come as soon as Wednesday during the CMT Awards.

Lionsgate and ABC Studios were confident enough that they would find the show a new home that they convinced ABC to air Nashville's cliffhanger ending, TVonline reported.

"We wouldn't take such a strong position to advocate for (the cliffhanger ending) if we didn't feel good about our chances moving forward," said Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate TV's chairman.

The series' last aired episode left the fate of the show's Juliette Barnes, played by Hayden Panettiere, in the air as the plane that was carrying the starlet lost radio contact. The show shot, but ultimately discarded, an alternative ending in which Juliette is alive and reunited with her estranged husband Avery.

"There's a little short-term pain but ultimately long-term gain because we intend and are quite focused and are in substantive and serious conversations with multiple buyers about continuing the show on another platform," Beggs said. "If we didn't feel that was going to happen, we might have gone a different way."


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Which 'Underground' star is expecting her first child?

Jurnee Smollett-Bell and husband Josiah Bell are expecting their first child.

The 29-year-old actress announced the news Monday on social media by sharing a photo of herself and Bell holding her growing baby bump.

"He+Me+Baby=Three. So in love with this beautiful blessing God has given us. #WeArePregnant!! @josiahbell," she captioned the picture.

Smollett-Bell received immediate congratulations from her brother Jussie Smollett, who plays Jamal Lyon on Fox series Empire. The siblings have three other brothers and one sister: Jake, Jocqui, Jojo and Jazz.

"My little baby is having a baby!!!!!!!!" the 32-year-old actor wrote. "@jurneebell I remember mommy giving birth to you and now you're about to have a baby of your own."

"I love you so so so so much," he added. "This is the most blessed event in life and you & @josiahbell are built for it. Love y'all so much. #BabyBellis coming! #UncleJesseForTheSecondTime."

Smollett-Bell and Bell, a singer-songwriter, married in 2010. The couple share a love of music and once told Sonos, "Music is pretty much the core of our household, our relationship. It is the creative force of everything we do."

Smollett-Bell is known for playing Jess Merriweather on Friday Night Lights and Nicole Wright on True Blood. She's now portraying Rosalee on the WGN America series Underground, which was renewed for a second season in April.