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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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Another UFO Boss to Break Silence in Major Book Deal: “The Process of Disclosure Has Begun”
Another high-ranking government official who investigated UFOs/UAPs is ready to tell their story. Jay Stratton, the former director of the U.S. government’s secretive Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, has struck a memoir deal with HarperCollins. Stratton represents the most senior former U.S government official yet to go public about their direct involvement in the investigation […]
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AMC’s $31 ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Drink Goes Viral (But There’s More to the Story)
The cinema chain's "Sandworm Slayer" blue gummy-topped promotional drink is turning heads
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Eric Idle on ‘Monty Python’ Money Troubles, “Poor” John Cleese Relationship
The move also follows fellow Cleese claiming he's quitting Twitter/X after Elon Musk post.
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‘Tulsa King’ Writer Terence Winter on Season 2 Changes: “This Is Where the Fun Starts”
The Emmy winner on the Paramount+ hit's new season, a possible New Orleans spinoff, and working with Sylvester Stallone: "This is basically who he is, right?"
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‘The Rings of Power’ Creators on Making Tom Bombadil Cool: “I Get Chills When He Says That”
"There's a good balance here between the wise, sage, ancient Tom and the Tom who's just messing with you," say #TROP showrunners.
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Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Landman’ Trailer Stars Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Hamm and Demi Moore
The first trailer for Taylor Sheridan’s Landman shows a high-powered ensemble cast sparring over the oil business in West Texas. “The world has already convinced itself that you are evil and I am evil for providing them the one thing they interact with every day!” marvels recurring guest star Jon Hamm in the footage (below). […]
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George R.R. Martin Blasts ‘House of the Dragon’ Changes, Details Problems: “I Argued Against It”
George R.R Martin has made good on his promise to detail “everything wrong” with HBO’s House of the Dragon. The author and Dragon executive producer has posted a candid chronicle of his concern about the fantasy drama, giving readers a rare glimpse of behind-the-scenes creative friction of a major TV series. Martin essentially said on […]
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Jenna Ortega Says Women Should Have Their Own Franchises: “I Don’t Want ‘Jamie Bond'”
Jenna Ortega weighed in on the trend of remaking iconic films with female leads. The Wednesday star was doing an interview with MTV along with her Beetlejuice Beetlejuice co-star Catherine O’Hara. Host Josh Horowitz asked Ortega’s thoughts on other potential sequels — like would she be interested in starring in a sequel to another one […]
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‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Rotten Tomatoes Scores Show Improvement for Hotly Debated Show
Is Amazon’s hugely expensive The Lord of the Rings gamble starting to pay off? The second-season critic and audience reviews for the much-debated fantasy drama The Rings of Power show an early improvement compared to the series’ 2022 debut season. On Thursday, the company released the new season’s first three episodes onto Prime Video, giving […]
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George R.R. Martin Says He’ll Reveal “Everything That’s Gone Wrong With ‘House of the Dragon'”
George R.R. Martin is suggesting he’s about to go “dracarys!” on House of the Dragon. The Game of Thrones author and Dragon co-creator posted an eyebrow-raising message on his blog Friday, saying he’s going to reluctantly describe what’s gone wrong with the hit series. Innocuously snuggled into the bottom of a blog post about a […]
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‘Yellowstone’ Releases Teaser Trailer for Final Season 5 Episodes
Yellowstone released the first footage of season 5B — the long-awaited back half of the Paramount Network drama. The short promo includes some narration from previous episodes by star Kevin Costner, who is not returning, and includes some new footage hinting at a Dutton family civil war, with Jaime Dutton (Wes Bentley) warning Beth Dutton […]
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