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'Jay Leno's Garage' reportedly canceled after second accident
Jay Leno's show "Jay Leno's Garage' has been canceled after an accident on a motorcycle.
Leno has a well-documented love for cars. But lately, he hasn't had a lot of luck with them. In November, he was fixing a fuel line on a classic car -- the 1907 White Steam, when the car caught on fire. Leno suffered second-degree burns and was hospitalized.
Unbeknownst to most until this week, Leno had another accident earlier this month, this time on a motorcycle when he passed through a parking lot with a low-hanging wire. The 72-year-old TV personality and comedian says he broke several bones in the crash.
"Just last week, I got knocked off my motorcycle. So I've got a broken collarbone. I've got two broken ribs. I've got two cracked kneecaps," Leno told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "But I'm OK!" he added. "I'm OK, I'm working. I'm working this weekend."
But Leno may not be working for NBC, his TV home for the last 30 years, anymore. The Hollywood Reporter says that his show Jay Leno's Garage has been canceled. The show, which started airing in 2014, featured Leno showcasing his massive car collection and interviewing other car enthusiasts, from Jerry Seinfeld to Elon Musk. The seventh season aired last fall.
Leno has been at NBC since 1992, succeeding Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show. Leno hosted it for 17 years, then agreed to pass it on to Conan O'Brien in 2009. But that didn't work out and Leno returned to the host's chair before passing the reins to Jimmy Fallon and finally signing off in 2014.
Jay Leno's Garage started out as an NBC web series before it evolved into a CNBC show.
'Shazam! Fury of the Gods' trailer: Zachary Levi takes on Helen Mirren
Warner Bros. Pictures is giving a glimpse of the new film Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
The studio shared a trailer for the DC superhero film Thursday featuring Zachary Levi, Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods is a sequel to the 2019 film Shazam! The films follow Billy Batson, aka Shazam, a teenager who transforms into an adult superhero (Levi) after saying the name "Shazam," and are based on the DC Comics character.
The trailer shows Shazam (Levi) take on Hespera (Mirren) and Kalypso (Liu), daughters of Atlas.
Adam Brody, Rachel Zegler, Ian Chen, Faithe Herman and Djimon Hounsou also star.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods is written by Henry Gayden and Chris Morgan and directed by David F. Sandberg. The film opens in theaters March 17.
WATCH IT NOW: Shazam! Fury of the Gods - Official Trailer 2
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni to star in 'It Ends With Us'
Colleen Hoover's popular book, It Ends with Us, will be made into a movie starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
Baldoni will also direct the film version of Hoover's novel, which became a TikTok sensation.
It Ends with Us is in development with Wayfarer Studios and Sony Pictures, with a script penned by Christy Hall.
Due to her exposure via #BookTok, the book lover's hashtag on TikTok, Texas-based Hoover is now the top-selling author in the country, selling over 20 million books. It Ends With Us has been published in 43 languages, was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 90 weeks, and is 2022's top-selling book.
In the book, Lily, a recent college graduate now living in Boston, is dating Ryle, an emotionally distant neurosurgeon. But when her first love Atlas shows up, she and Ryle must come to terms with their relationship and his presence.
After starting his career as an actor best known for his role in Jane the Virgin, Baldoni has emerged as a podcaster, author and director. His 2022 young adult book, Boys Will Be Human, is a New York Times bestseller.
Lively is also venturing behind the camera, making her directorial debut in 2021 with Taylor Swift's video for "I Bet You Think About Me," which earned Lively an Academy of Country Music award nomination as well as a nod from the Country Music Association.
Lively will next direct the film adaption of the graphic novel Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley, her feature directorial debut. She is also reprising her role in the sequel to A Simple Favor with Anna Kendrick co-starring and Paul Feig back as director.
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Spike Lee to be honored with BFI Fellowship
BFI, the U.K.'s lead organization for film, TV and the moving image, is presenting Spike Lee with its highest honor -- an BFI Fellowship.
The honor will be presented to the award-winning writer, director, actor, producer and author at BFI Southbank, hosted by BFI chair Tim Richards and BFI chief exec Ben Roberts, on Feb. 13. The event will include a Q&A with Lee and a screening of his film, Summer of Sam.
"I'm blessed to live up to my ancestors credo 'DEEDS, NOT WORDS,'" Lee said. "I thank the BFI for helping me in continuing my generations of family legacy. Peace and love. YA-DIG? SHO-NUFF."
Lee was raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he founded his production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, after earning his MFA in Film Production at NYU/Tisch School of the Arts.
His first film, 1986's She's Gotta Have It, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Prix de la Jeunesse Award. Lee was nominated for an Academy Award for his next film, 1989's Do The Right Thing, which, along with 1991's Jungle Fever, screened in competition at Cannes.
Lee won an honorary Oscar in 2015 for lifetime achievement. He returned to Cannes in 2018 with his film, BlackKkKlansman, which won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and a BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay.
The prolific director, whose career includes true crime films, musicals, several comedies, a heist movie, documentaries, true crime films, a concert film, music videos, a TV series and more, was honored with the 34th American Cinematheque Award, which is given to filmmakers and actors who have made important contributions to the film industry, in 2020.
He was named president of the jury at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in 2021. Also that year, Lee, who had collaborated with Netflix on four projects -- Da 5 Bloods, She's Gotta Have It the series, Rodney King and See You Yesterday -- signed a multiyear film deal with the streaming giant.
While Lee is in the U.K., he will visit teams at the BFI National Archive, who have worked with him on a 35mm print of 1992's Malcolm X, which will premiere at the BFI's inaugural Film on Film Festival in June. The 65-year-old will also take a masterclass with young filmmakers.
"I am honored and excited to be awarding Spike Lee the prestigious BFI Fellowship," said Richards, BFI chair. "Lee has such a distinctive voice as an auteur, unafraid to challenge ideas of race, gender and class throughout his career with his unique cinematic style. A true renaissance man and pioneer, he has excelled in so many art forms, staying original, fresh and as relevant to contemporary audiences as those who have enjoyed his work for over 30 years."
Other BFI fellows include Barbara Broccoli, Tilda Swinton, Martin Scorcese, Sir Steven McQueen, Sir Michael Caine, Orson Welles and many more.
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