Taron Egerton Says Late 'Black Bird' Co-star Ray Liotta Was Like A 'Hero' To Him

John Travolta's daughter Ella Bleu is an accomplished performer in her own right, and she delighted fans when she announced some news regarding her musical career.MORE: John Travolta pictured with daughter Ella in stunning vacation photosShe revealed that she had found the winners of a recent open verse challenge she had issued to have a collaborator with her for her track Dizzy.VIDEO: John Travolta celebrates impressive new achievement with fansElla announced that group JSA aka Just Seconds Apart had won the challenge and that she would be recording a new version of the song with them."So excited to work with the amazing @jsamusic on a new version of 'Dizzy'," she stated.

Taron Egerton can't seem to escape the rumors. The 32-year-old actor denied more theories that he's set to play the iconic character, speaking up on SiriusXM's Pop Culture Spotlight with Jessica Shaw this week. The tidbit marks over two years of speculation surrounding Egerton's potential casting — ET first spoke to him about the rumor at 2019 Comic-Con. «It's really flattering that people think that I'm the guy to do it,» Egerton said this week, «but there's no truth.» In 2019, Egerton voiced an almost identical sentiment.

Apple TV+.The six-episode drama, adapted from James Keene’s 2010 book, “In With The Devil,” revolves around Keene (Taron Egerton, “Rocket Man”), a charismatic, armed-to-the-teeth Chicago drug dealer and son of an ex-cop (Ray Liotta in his final role) who, in 1996, is busted and sentenced to 10 years in prison.Shortly thereafter, he’s offered a deal: transfer to a maximum-security prison in Missouri and befriend high-talking, mutton-chopped serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser, “Richard Jewell”). If he can elicit a confession from the next-level-creepy Hall, who’s suspected in the murders of at least 14 young girls, Keene’s sentence will be commuted.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticTaron Egerton is at the center of Apple’s new drama “Black Bird,” a show that asks him, foremost, to be a reactive force. Tangled in the prison system after his plan to plead out for a short narcotics-charge sentence blows up, Egerton’s Jimmy Keene is offered the opportunity to get out.

As San Diego Comic-Con looms on the horizon, the prospect of Marvel beginning to announce the plans for their ambitious Phase 5 approaches. While many are expecting announcements on “Fantastic Four,” or “Deadpool,” many fans are still asking when we’ll hear some movement on the next iteration of “The X-Men,” and who might succeed Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.

Hulu The comedy stars Lana Condor (“To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before”) and is helmed by Erin Ehrlich (“Crazy Ex Girlfriend”) and Lauren Lungerich (“On My Block”). It revolves around a high school senior who lives under the radar but wants  to be noticed.

Emily Longeretta The “Field of Dreams” TV adaptation is no longer happening at Peacock, Variety has learned exclusively. Universal Television is currently shopping the project to other outlets.The show adaptation of the 1989 movie was ordered straight-to-series at Peacock in August 2021. Michael Schur was set as writer and executive producer under Fremulon, with Lawrence Gordon of The Gordon Company also executive producing with David Miner of 3 Arts and Morgan Sackett.

Showing their support. Ray Liotta’s daughter Karsen Liotta and fiancée Jacy Nittolo attended the premiere of one of his most recent projects, Black Bird, to honor the late actor.

Ray Liotta’s two leading ladies attended the premiere in his honor. On Wednesday, the late actor’s fiancée, Jacy Nittolo, and his daughter, Karsen Liotta, walked the red carpet together at the premiere of the Apple TV+ series in Los Angeles.  Karsen, 23, wore a black dress with silver lining across the bottom, while Jacy sported a black jumpsuit.

Anyone who has so much as turned on a television this year can tell you there is too much true crime. The genre has reached a saturation point: the stories are becoming thinner and are being repeated in different forms until they feel threadbare.

Ray Liotta's co-stars on his final completed project,, are sharing their memories of the late actor. ET's Will Marfuggi spoke with the stars of the new Apple TV+ drama series on the carpet at the show's premiere in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and they opened up about their memories of the celebrated actor.Taron Egerton, who stars in the series as a convicted criminal serving time in prison, recalled sharing scenes with Liotta, who plays his father.The 32-year-old Welsh actor — who also served as an executive producer on the series — recalled Liotta's «passion» for the script and the on-screen relationship they shared in the show.«I just kind of fell in love with him immediately,» Egerton remembered. «We developed a very, very, very close connection, and I had a very special time filming those scenes. I'm very pleased with how they turned out.»The show, inspired by true events, tells the story of Jimmy Keene (played by Egerton), who is sentenced to 10 years in prison for various criminal activities, but then is given a fateful choice: Either he can stay in his minimum-security prison and serve the whole sentence or enter a maximum-security prison to befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Houser), in exchange for a reduced sentence.Houser walked the red carpet wearing a T-shirt featuring Liotta's character from , and reflected on how big a fan he was of Liotta's amazing body of work.«So many great performances he left behind.

Ray Liotta‘s daughter Karsen Liotta and his fiancée, Jacy Nittolo, team up on the red carpet for the premiere of his final small screen role, Black Bird.

Taron Egerton is looking back on his special time working with the late Ray Liotta on the new Apple TV+ series “Black Bird”.

EXCLUSIVE: Euphoria‘s Eric Dane will star alongside KJ Apa in the motorcycle racing film One Fast Move, from Gulfstream Pictures and Luber Roklin Entertainment, which has entered production in Atlanta.

It’s been one week since Tom Mann lost his fiancée Dani Hampson on what was supposed to be their wedding day. The loss is still unbearably fresh.

Ray Liotta’s fiancée is remembering the late actor.

It’s been one month since the tragic death of actor Ray Liotta, and his fiancée got candid on her Instagram about what she’s going through.

Ray Liotta's fiancée, Jacy Nittolo, shared a somber update about life as of late with a tribute to the late actor posted on Instagram nearly one month after he died in his sleep while working on a movie in the Dominican Republic. Liotta was 67.

Ray Liotta’s fiancée, Jacy Nittolo, is reflecting on the late actor’s death, one month later. On Thursday, Nittolo took to Instagram to pay tribute to the  actor. “It’s hard to believe a month has gone by. There are no words to properly describe what one goes through with this type of unexpected loss.