Octavia Spencer Says Her ‘Heart Dropped’ After April Fools’ Day Text From Taraji P. Henson

An American Idol plot twist. Ryan Seacrest revealed Wyatt Pike would no longer compete on season 19 of the ABC series after earning a spot in the Top 12.

If Thunder Force will be remembered for anything, it might be this bizarro footnote: The movie marks the second time, after The Shape of Water, that a character played by Octavia Spencer learns her best friend has had life-changing sex with a fish-man. Which makes it sound a lot more interesting than it is.

The word “Miscreants” is uttered nearly a dozen times within the first fifteen minutes of “Thunder Force,” Netflix’s new superhero comedy starring Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer. It’s an absurd word to say repeatedly and an even more absurd way for writer-director Ben Falcone to drive home the point that his superhero world is filled with only super-powered “bad guys” (yes, known as Miscreants) and they’re terrible.

Melissa McCarthy and her husband, filmmaker Ben Falcone, have managed to put out not one but two movies during this global pandemic.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticThe “Airplane!” school of chock-full-of-jokes conceptual parody, with its fourth-wall-smashing stupido-smart goofiness, had a pretty impressive run.

Ben Falcone called me to say, 'Hey, do you wanna be in a superhero movie and play a supervillain,' what's the first question you ask?" Bobby Cannavale posits, then answers his own question: «What's my power? You gotta know what your power is.»Falcone has directed wife Melissa McCarthy as a reformed white-collar criminal, a middle-aged co-ed and the savior of all humanity from an apocalyptic A.I. Now, they're adding superhero to that list.

Tori Spelling admits that her April Fools pregnancy joke was motivated by constantly being body shamed.The 47-year-old actress received criticism on Thursday after posting a photo of herself cradling her belly and captioning the pic, «No.

Tori Spelling is speaking out on her controversial April Fools’ Day pregnancy post.

Move over Michael Strahan, as Taraji P. Henson pulled off a hilarious April Fools Day prank on Octavia Spencer!

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Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer love goofing on each other.

Octavia Spencer is showing fans the text message that she received from longtime friend Taraji P. Henson on April Fools’ Day!

This is one April Fool’s joke that’s actually a relief: Michael Strahan did not get rid of his “signature” tooth gap. The New York Giants star-turned-TV host fooled the world when he debuted a gap-less smile in this video on March 30. Two days later, he made it sound like it still wasn’t a joke…until the plot twist happened in the video below.

Halle Bailey is calling out a viral April Fool’s Day prank – but she wishes it were true!

Thankfully, it seems that, for the second year in a row, the number of April Fools jokes has decreased. Obviously, with a year-plus pandemic still causing issues with people’s day-to-day lives, we really don’t need silly fake news to pop up everywhere.

There are a slew of stars who have birthdays on major holidays, including April Fools’ Day! From SNL alums, to A-list actors, and even some social media stars, April 1 is the day so many big-name stars were born. Let’s take a look at a few with the breakdown below!