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Rick Riordan is hard at work with Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ season two for Disney+. “Our intrepid writers’ room sails into the Sea of Monsters. The season two script work is ‘full steam ahead‘ and I love it. The only problem is I want to watch these episodes NOW. But I imagine some of […]

Oprah Winfrey has announced that she is leaving WeightWatchers’ board after almost 10 years, according to Variety. This announcement followed her disclosure of taking weight-loss medication. The media mogul informed the company this week of her decision to not stand for reelection at the planned May 2024 annual shareholders’ meeting. Winfrey has served on the […]

Dwayne Johnson’s getting a more than a seat on TKO Group Holdings’ board of directors — he’s owning names, too. According to The Hollywood Reporter, TKO, which owns the WWE, named Johnson to its board of directors. Along with that, the company also gave the wrestler/actor the intellectual property and trademark rights to his iconic […]

Hiroyuki Sanada, currently the star of FX’s highly acclaimed show Shōgun, has finally gotten the Hollywood title he should have had since the beginning: producer, according to USA Today. Sanada, one of Japan’s most respected actors, first appeared in a Hollywood movie in 2003’s The Last Samurai with Tom Cruise. On set, he had to […]

William Gibson’s highly acclaimed novel Neuromancer will get a live-action adaptation on Apple TV+, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The tech giant/streamer has put in an order for 10 episodes based on the 1984 novel that launched the author’s career, as well as the Sprawl trilogy including 1986’s Count Zero and 1988’s Mona Lisa Overdrive. […]

Liam Neeson will go all out flexing his comedic chops as he becomes Lt. Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun reboot, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Paramount recently announced the release dates of their upcoming films. One of those was Akiva Schaffer’s newest Naked Gun installment which is set to hit cinemas on July 28, […]

Good new, Tony and Ziva fans! Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo are not just reprising their roles in the NCIS-verse, they’re getting their own spinoff show. Weatherly and de Pablo are returning to NCIS to star in an as-yet-untitled, Paris-set spinoff series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The actors will reprise their roles as […]

Dan Lin is joining Netflix as its head of film, according to an exclusive from The Hollywood Reporter. Lin produced the Lego movies as well as the streaming platform’s newest hit, the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender. He’s set to replace Scott Stuber who announced his departure from the company in January. Former Disney executive […]

Adele announced via Instagram that she’s postponing several of her Las Vegas residency dates due to an illness. The 16-time Grammy winner wrote, “Sadly I have to take a beat and pause my Las Vegas residency. I was sick at the end of the last leg and all the way through my break. I hadn’t […]

Don Lemon and CNN have reportedly reached a settlement since the host’s ousting in 2023, according to TheWrap. The former CNN anchor and the network have reportedly agreed on a separation deal worth $24.5 million paid out to Lemon. The amount is supposedly the money Lemon was set to receive had his contract ended in […]

Auli’i Cravalho is returning to lend her voice as Moana in the Disney sequel, according to a Deadline exclusive. Cravalho may be reuniting with Dwayne Johnson who was in talks to reprise his role as the demigod Maui. Disney CEO Bog Iger told CNBC ahead of the company’s earnings call early this month that Moana […]

Amazon Studios is being sued by the original screenwriter of its upcoming film Road House, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The scriptwriter of the 1989 film, R. Lance Hill, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday at the California federal court. In the complaint, he’s accusing MGM Studios and parent company Amazon of copyright infringement. Hill claimed […]

Max is prepping its subscribers for an action-packed March with its lineup of movies and TV shows joining its roster, Comicbook.com reported. The first of the month will see Deadpool, Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island joining the film roster. The first three Scream movies and all five Ocean’s Eleven films will also be available to […]

Paramount+ is gearing up for March with new additions to its streaming service. Starting March 1, popular movies such as the 1980s classic Footloose and Airplane! up to early ’90s comedies Tommy Boy and Wayne’s World, Comicbook.com reported. The streamer will also add The King of Queens to its sitcom lineup on March 25. Before […]

Ariana Grande was on The Zach Sang Show on the Amazon Music Channel on Twitch Monday and talked about her new album, Eternal Sunshine, and playing the good witch Glinda in the upcoming Wicked, Variety reported. The pop star talked about how some of her songs, which include the demo Fantasize, were leaked on TikTok […]

Zendaya and Matthew McConaughey are just two of the names who will be presenting the Oscar statuettes this March 10 for the 96th Academy Awards, according to Oscars X (formerly Twitter) post. McConaughey won in 2014 for best actor in a leading role for Dallas Buyers Club. The first list of presenters include Mahershali Ali, […]

Kathryn Hahn has promised, “Witches, witches, witches, witches,” when Agatha: Darkhold Diaries is released later this year, Entertainment Tonight reported. The actress spoke with ET’s Kevin Frazier at the 2024 SAG Awards red carpet. She was tight-lipped about the details of the upcoming Disney+ show. The Fabulous Agatha Harkness “I wish I could tell you […]

Pedro Pascal is finally getting his flowers. The actor recently picked up the SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series last Sunday, Feb. 25. In his speech, he began, “This is wrong for a number of reasons. I’m a little drunk. I thought I could get drunk. I’m making […]

Long thought to be the forecaster of the Academy Award Best Picture, the Producers Guild Awards has delivered its prediction on Sunday, Feb. 25, Deadline reported. The ceremony was held at The Ray Dolby Ballroom, Ovation Hollywood at Hollywood and Highland. The PGAs are also giving Martin Scorsese the David O. Selznick Achievement Award. Charles […]

Peacock just announced their March roster of shows which include new originals as well as popular titles, Comicbook. com reported. DreamWorks properties Trolls and Megamind will debut on Peacock next month. The new film Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate will be available to stream starting March 1. The TV series Megamind Rules! will debut on […]

March is fast approaching and Prime Video has stacked its movie and TV playlists, Comicbook.com reported. The biggest movie hitting Prime Video next month is Doug Liman’s reimagining of the 1989 classic Road House starring Jake Gyllenhaal. The movie is set to premiere on March 8 at SXSW before being released to stream on March […]

The 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards are on Sunday in Santa Monica with former SNL cast member Aidy Bryant as host, Variety reported. American Fiction, May December and Past Lives lead the nominees with five nods. The Indie Awards retired the traditionally gendered acting awards in 2022 and replaced them with Best Lead Performance and […]

The 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Feb. 24 is held at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles and streamed live Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles streamed live worldwide for the first time on Netflix starting at 8 p.m. ET. The SAG Awards starting doing away with hosts since 2021. […]

Robert Downey Jr. exclusive told People that his wife and producing partner, Susan, woke him up from a kittenish nightmare when he found out he had just been nominated for an Oscar for the third time. The actor spoke with the entertainment magazine for the yearly Oscar portfolio and said, “I was having this nightmare […]

Tyler Perry has been planning an $800 million expansion of Atlanta studio in the last four years, which would add 12 soundstages to his 330-acre property. However, he’s putting those plans on pause due to what he saw as rapid developments of OpenAI’s text-to-video system Sora, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The filmmaker noted that […]

On the heels of Tom Cruise’s deal with Warner Bros. announced just last month, he’s set to star in Spanish director Alejandro Iñárritu’s next film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros. are currently in negotiations regarding the film, which will be Iñárritu’s first English-language movie since 2015’s The Revenant, which won […]

Fresh off the success of Anyone But You, Glen Powell is set to star in a Hulu sports comedy series Chad Powers, Deadline reported. Powell will also serve as co-creator and executive producer with Michael Waldron, who wrote the pilot episode. The series comes from 20th Television and will stream on Hulu. The return of […]

Christopher Nolan got his wish with his co-ownership with Steven Spielberg and 33 other filmmakers of the Westwood’s iconic Village Theater, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Director Jason Reitman put together a coalition of 35 filmmakers to buy the theater. According to a release, the group aims “to preserve the architectural gem and create a […]

The John Wick spinoff Ballerina, which stars, Ana de Armas, has changed its released date to June 6, 2025, a year later than reported, according to an exclusive Deadline report. This is due to John Wick director Chad Stahelski’s new deal with Lionsgate to oversee the franchise as well as that of Highlander’s. For Ballerina, […]

Jimmy Kimmel is currently feuding with former Congressman George Santos over personalized video service Cameo, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The host of the upcoming Oscars asked his audience Tuesday night, “Did anyone else get sued by George Santos this weekend?” “I am currently embroiled in what may be the most preposterous lawsuit of all […]

Zendaya heats up the court in the second trailer for Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s film slated for release in April 26, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The recently released trailer previews the steamy love triangle between Mike Faist, Zendaya and Josh O’Connor playing out on the court and in the larger world of professional tennis. The […]

Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up to the massively successful first Dune film, Dune: Part Two, is currently rated at 97% on Rotten Tomatoes with 113 reviews. Early previews have given the film overwhelmingly positive reactions. And now critics seem suitably impressed with Villeneuve’s sprawling sci-fi film. Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson said, “Heavy with spectacle and theme as […]

The 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards is on Saturday, Feb. 24. The SAG Awards ceremony will be held at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles and will be streamed live worldwide on Netflix at 8 p.m. ET, Collider reported. Netflix released the trailer for the SAG Awards on Feb. 14, and announced […]

The WGA Awards have been typically held before the Academy Awards. However, due to the strikes last year, the ceremony will now be held on April 14, over a month after the Oscars, Deadline reported. The Writers Guild of America also has different eligibility requirements from the film academy so some movie script favorites won’t […]

Disney+ will have a hit film and a highly anticipated original gracing its streams this March, Comicbook.com reported. The record breaking and biggest concert film in history will premiere on March 15. Disney shelled out quite a few … well, not shells, to exclusively stream Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version). ’90s kids will […]

A few popular television shows will be making their network return in March. A day after that they will be available to stream on Hulu. These shows include 9-1-1, Animal Control, The Cleaning Lady, Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19, Comicbook.com reported. Several popular TV shows will be returning to networks in March, and their new […]

Madame Web has received an absolute pummeling from critics, but Hush director and Midnight Mass creator Mike Flanagan has his own hilarious review on Letterboxd. His review is a word-for-word copy and paste of AMC’s ad starring Nicole Kidman. And bear with me as I take a page out of his book and paste his […]

Martin Scorsese is on his way to the big screen, not as a director nor as himself, but as an actor in the upcoming mystery In the Hands of Dante, Variety exclusively reported. The director, who will be honored at the Berlin Film Festival with an Honorary Golden Bear on Tuesday, plays an elderly wise […]

Beyoncé has just launched her haircare line, Cécred, and will be jointly funding a grant for cosmetology schools and salons with BeyGOOD, according to the public charity foundation. The $500,000 annual grant is the Grammy-winning artist way to give back to the industry she credits as having helped her become the performer she is. This […]