Columbia Pictures Action figures promoting an action movie are a pretty basic merchandizing technique, particularly when you’re Quentin Tarantino. The director has had such collectible tie-ins made for each of his films, according to the Associated Press. But recent uproar over Tarantino’s Django Unchained toys shows that the basics don’t always work. The Django edition of those toys may have been intended somewhat ironically—yes, Django has action-movie qualities, but the bloody take on slavery is no Transformers—but if the people behind the toys had thought things through a little more, the irony might have taken on another level: it’s not hard to see why somebody might be offended that eight-inch versions of the movie’s enslaved characters are available for purchase for $39.

To open the 90th Academy Awards, host Jimmy Kimmel had the arduous task of addressing everything that had happened since last year's Oscars. From the best picture blunder that ended last year's show, to the recent #MeToo Movement, there was a lot to cover in the opening monologue. But the late-night host pulled it off impressively and with his usual dry humor. Looking back on the best-picture fiasco, Kimmel asked the nominees to not "

January 11, 2017 11:53 AM EST After nearly six years of waiting, Game of Thrones fans may soon be able to get their hands on the sixth installment of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter. Responding to a complaint on his most recent Live Journal post about the lengthy time gap between novels, the author explained that he is hoping to release the next installment this year.

Profession: Actress Biography: Hollywood career spanned (with a long break in the middle) from 1932 until 2004 where she appeared on stage, television and in film, for which she was best-known. Appeared as Claude Rains' sweetheart in "The Invisible Man", and as the elderly Rose Dawson Calvert in the Academy Award-winning film "Titanic". She is the oldest person to be nominated in a supporting role for a competitive Oscar, for her role in "

The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Communications, Dr. Muideen Akorede told The Herald that contrary to the fake news being peddled on social media, the government is actually planning to upgrade Radio Kwara and Midland FM. He also assured that there is no truth whatsoever in the second leg of the said piece which alleged that the government was planning to sell the land on which the Radio Kwara transmitters are located.