ELIZABETH BANKS

It’s during the commercial breaks that the audience inside the Dolby Theatre really comes to life on Oscar night.

Sunday’s Academy Awards show was surprising for its warmth and sincere, unpolished emotions that blossomed in a stultifying format.

Banks presented the award for best visual effects alongside a co-presenter in a head-to-toe bear costume.

Sunday studio estimates say the gonzo R-rated horror comedy “Cocaine Bear” sniffed up $23.1 million in its opening weekend, while Marvel's “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” shrank unusually quickly in its second weekend.

It's like a parody of a parody that director Elizabeth Banks has turned limp and pointless. If you think it's hysterical to see a bear do a bump off a severed leg stump, by all means, the movie theater is this way. The best thing to say is that, even at an efficient 95 minutes, “Cocaine Bear” just snorts along.

Elizabeth Banks has promised her viewers no more than a bear on drugs, and a bear on drugs is what they get.

Yes, “Cocaine Bear” is a real movie.

Actress and filmmaker Elizabeth Banks defended the controversial drug scene depicting minors doing cocaine in her upcoming action-comedy film "Cocaine Bear."

The announcement was made Friday, a few days before Ernie Banks’ eighth death anniversary on Jan. 23. Banks, known worldwide as “Mr. Cub,” passed away in 2015 at the age of 83.

The real Cocaine Bear featured in the horror movie died near 40 bags of cocaine that dropped from the sky and is allegedly stuffed and on display in Kentucky.

Four standing ovations in one night might seem a little over-the-top, even by Hollywood standards, but at the Governors Awards Saturday night, where Michael J.

Elizabeth Banks plays a woman seeking an underground abortion in the topical yet slapdash 1960s-set drama about the Jane Collective.

A rundown of notable films coming out this fall, which range from Disney+'s “Pinocchio” adaptation to Ana de Armas playing Marilyn Monroe in the Netflix film “Blonde.”.

The 44th annual Sundance Film Festival is back, and entirely online once more.

The Sundance Film Festival is returning to the Utah mountains in January armed with documentaries about Bill Cosby, Princess Diana, Kanye West and Lucille Ball as well as the directorial debuts of Eva Longoria, Tig Notaro and Jesse Eisenberg.

Viola Davis has been named Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

Cole, whose "Magic School Bus" books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75. (Annabelle Helms/Scholastic via AP)NEW YORK Author Joanna Cole, whose Magic School Bus books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75. The idea for "The Magic School Bus" came in the mid-1980s. And with The Magic School Bus it was how to explain it so that it is accurate and in a form that a kid can understand and use. She had a rare sense of what could be humorous.Cole and Degen recently completed The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution, scheduled to come out next spring.

NEW YORK The Magic School Bus has traveled everywhere from Pluto to inside the human body. Scholastic Entertainment said Thursday that it will make a feature-length, live-action hybrid film based on the animated TV show that ran from 1994 to 1997. Elizabeth Banks will play the manic science teacher Ms. Frizzle. The Magic School Bus, adapted from a series of books written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen, centers on a group of school children who board a yellow school bus for field trips to such unlikely places as outer space or the human digestive system. Lilly Tomlin supplied the voice for Ms. Frizzle in the original cartoon series and Kate McKinnon voiced her sister in a recent Netflix reboot, The Magic School Bus Rides Again.The film version will be led by Scholastic Entertainment, Brownstone Productions, Marc Platt Productions and Universal Pictures.

RuPaul's Drag Race fan favorites Farrah Moan, Nina West and Peppermint turned some sickening, '70s inspired looks at the Los Angeles premiere of Charlie's Angelson Monday. "We're an homage to the original Angels," Farrah added. Nina raved, noting that she'll also be making an appearance on the newly-announced RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race, which is set to premiere next year. 'RuPaul's Drag Race': Nina West Says She Would Join 'All Stars' 'In a Heartbeat' (Exclusive) Embed Code RestartRELATED CONTENT:'Charlie's Angels': Prepare to Meet a Whole New Side of Kristen Stewart! (Exclusive)Farrah Moan Opens Up About Her Ariana Grande Tweets and the Importance of Promoting Queer Artists (Exclusive)'RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race' to Launch in 2020

"Ariana Grande came in really early on to executive produce the soundtrack for the movie. Banks continued to gush over Grande, saying, "She's just so perfect and she really loves Charlie's Angels." They were angels, they still are angels -- the original angels and Charlie's still Charlie and Bosley's just a rank now." Charlie's Angels hits theaters Nov. 15. RELATED CONTENT:Kristen Stewart Reveals She Can't Get This 'Charlie's Angels' Song Out of Her Head (Exclusive)Lucy Liu Shares What She Thinks of 'Charlie's Angels' Reboot (Exclusive)Watch Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott in First Look at 'Charlie's Angels' Trailer

"I would like everyone to stop posting that song," Stewart said with a laugh. Realizing that her off-the-cuff remark could be misinterpreted as negative, Stewart quickly added, "Actually, what I mean is, Charlie's Angels is sick and I love that song. As for Banks, Stewart had nothing but reverence and praise, especially for her determination and artistic fortitude. And [Grande] so perfect [for this soundtrack] and she really loves Charlie's Angels, and it's been a dream." Charlie's Angels hits theaters Nov. 15.

Charlie has a new set of Angels -- and ET has your first look at the ladies in action. "I'm really excited for the world to meet the new Angels," Banks told ET's Lauren Zima during a visit to the Istanbul set. "We built this project on the shoulders of the amazing legacy of Charlie's Angels, the TV show [and] the movies in the 2000s. Charlie's Angels is in theaters on Nov. 15. RELATED CONTENT:'Charlie's Angels' Director Elizabeth Banks Hints at an Original Bop for the Soundtrack (Exclusive)Kristen Stewart Explains How the 'Charlie's Angels' Reboot Will Be Different From Previous Films (Exclusive)Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore Have 'Charlie's Angels' Reunion With Lucy Liu at Her Walk of Fame Ceremony