Bad Bunny Joins Adam Sandler in ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ (Exclusive)
Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasió — also known as the musical artist Bad Bunny — has found his next onscreen role, joining the cast of Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore sequel. Kyle Newacheck, who directed Sandler in the Netflix comedy Murder Mystery, is helming the Netflix sequel to the 1996 comedy about a wannabe professional hockey player who discovers […]
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Larry David Is Going on Tour — Watch His Sales Pitch
Larry David is going on tour. And he soft-pitched fans — in his very Larry David way — to come check it out. “Listen, there are some tickets going on sale for this thing I’m doing — it’s really nothing,” says the Curb Your Enthusiasm comedian in a video, announcing his A Conversation With Larry […]
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‘JonBenet Ramsey’ Series at Paramount+ Finds Its Title Character
The Paramount+ limited series about the murder of JonBenét Ramsey has cast the girl at the center of the story. Emily Mitchell (Women Talking, Ordinary Angels) will play JonBenét in the drama. Garrett Hedlund, Alison Pill and Owen Teague have also been cast in the series, which comes from Yellowstone producers MTV Entertainment Studios and […]
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Amazon Touts ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Ratings as Strong, Yet Below First Season
Amazon released some viewership numbers for the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The company says 40 million viewers worldwide have watched at least some of the first three new Rings of Power episodes through the sophomore season’s first 11 days. The company did not make clear, however, how […]
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Kevin Hart Series ‘Fight Night’ Is a Hit, and “the Olympics Are Back,” Comcast President Says
Comcast and its NBCUniversal streamer Peacock are flying high across the board, Comcast president Mike Cavanagh signaled on Tuesday. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco in a session that was live-streamed, he shared that Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, the new limited series starring Kevin Hart, Taraji Henson, […]
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The Oldenburg Film Festival’s Quest to Save Indie Cinema
When Torsten Neumann launched the Oldenburg Film Festival back in 1994, setting up the event as Germany’s answer to Sundance, it was near the peak of the ’90s indie film boom, when the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, Kevin Smith and Robert Rodriguez were starting to hit the mainstream. 31 years later and indie […]
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HBO Takes ‘Bottoms’ Star Rachel Sennott’s Comedy to Series
HBO is moving ahead with a comedy series from Bottoms and Shiva Baby star Rachel Sennott. The premium cabler has picked up the untitled show, which Sennott created and will star in. The series follows a group of codependent friends who reunite after some time apart, navigating how the separation, ambition, and new relationships have […]
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‘Speak No Evil’ Review: James McAvoy Is in Top Sinister Form in a Slow-Burn Blumhouse Thriller That Almost Works
Scoot McNairy and Mackenzie Davis star as the victims in a remake of the 2022 Danish horror movie about two families holed up in a remote farmhouse.
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Megan Thee Stallion to Be Honored at God’s Love We Deliver Gala
The 18th annual Golden Heart Awards — the marquee gala fundraiser presented by God’s Love We Deliver — will spread a lot of love towards honorees Sarah Jessica Parker and Megan Thee Stallion. For the first time, the event, which will be presented in partnership with Michael Kors, will be held at New York’s historic […]
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Lear deBessonet Named Next Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater
Lear deBessonet will be the new artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater, succeeding André Bishop after his 33-year tenure. DeBessonet is currently the artistic director of Encores! at New York City Center, which produces revivals of musicals and has seen a number of its productions, including the recent revivals of Into the Woods and Once […]
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Oscars: Hungary Submits ‘Semmelweis’ for International Feature Race
Hungary has picked Lajos Koltai’s biopic Semmelweis as its contender for the 2025 Oscars in the best international feature category. The feature traces the life of Hungarian doctor Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures who became known as “the savior of mothers” for his efforts in fighting deadly infections following childbirth. Set […]
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TIFF Film ’40 Acres’ Facing Claims by IATSE Over Alleged Unpaid Crew, Vendors
Producers of 40 Acres, a dystopian thriller starring Danielle Deadwyler that had its world premiere at TIFF, have addressed cost overruns during the movie’s production a year ago that led to some local crew and vendors being left unpaid, according to the U.S.-based union IATSE. “We had cost overruns on the production. It’s a big, […]
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How to Watch Tonight’s Harris-Trump Presidential Debate Online Without Cable
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will face off at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Sept. 10. This marks the 2024 election cycle’s first presidential debate between this set of Democratic and Republican nominees, following the Biden-Trump presidential debate on June 27 and President Biden dropping out of […]
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Shailene Woodley to Star in Janis Joplin Biopic
The elusive Janis Joplin biopic is closer to reality, as Shailene Woodley has received a commitment for a $2.49 million tax credit from the California Film Commission for the film, it was announced Tuesday. “I have a feeling Janis would be smiling ear to ear, zipping down the PCH in her psychedelic Porsche knowing her […]
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‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ Final Trailer Paints a Portrait of Parents José and Kitty
José and Kitty Menendez make their Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story debut in the final trailer for the Netflix anthology series, unmasking the now-deceased parents of the real-life brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez. Following a teaser trailer that hinted at cracks in the family, and the first official trailer focusing on the Menendez […]
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Harvey Weinstein Resting and “Weak” After Being Rushed to Hospital for Heart Surgery
Harvey Weinstein was taken to Bellevue Hospital in New York on Sunday night and underwent heart surgery Monday. According to Weinstein’s representatives, Craig Rothfeld and Juda Engelmayer, Weinstein was “rushed” to the hospital “due to several medical conditions.” On Tuesday, Engelmayer said Weinstein was resting after surgery and “weak.” “We can confirm that Mr. Weinstein […]
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PBS’ ‘Masterpiece’ Books ‘Maigret’ Mystery Series
A new iteration of one of the most beloved detectives in fiction is coming to PBS. The public broadcaster has ordered Maigret, a series based on Georges Simenon’s novels about Jules Maigret, a chief inspector for the Paris police. Production on the series, which stars Benjamin Wainwright as the title character, has begun in Budapest; […]
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Civil Rights Group Color of Change Calls Out CMA Awards for Beyoncé Snub (Exclusive)
Racial justice nonprofit Color of Change is calling out the Country Music Association for snubbing Beyoncé at its 2024 awards show. Despite having an uber-successful No. 1 album and single on both the country and pop charts — with Cowboy Carter and “Texas Hold ‘Em” — the Grammy-winning star was completely shut out of the […]
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