Medical Drama ‘Doc’ Lands Series Order at Fox
Fox has handed out its first series pickup for a new live-action show for the 2023-24 season. The broadcast network has given a straight-to-series order to Doc, a medical drama based on an Italian format. The show centers on the Dr. Amy Elias — chief of internal and family medicine at a Minneapolis hospital, who’s also […]
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Ben Affleck Jokes About Matt Damon Overshadowing His Career in New Dunkin’ Donuts Commercial
Ben Affleck is dishing up a new commercial for Dunkin’ Donuts following his first spot, which featured Jennifer Lopez and went viral after airing during the 2023 Super Bowl. The new commercial was teased during Good Morning America on Monday, with Affleck returning to a real, Boston-area location to film the spot he also directed. […]
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Richard Madden to Star in ‘Killer Heat’ Drama
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Richard Madden are set to star in Killer Heat, a love triangle thriller from director Philippe Lacôte for Amazon Studios and Makeready. The film is based on Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo’s short story The Jealousy Man, with the screen adaptation to follow twin brothers caught in a violent love triangle on a remote Greek […]
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DC’s ‘Blue Beetle’ Trailer: An Alien Encounter Launches a Superhero
Warner Bros. and DC’s first trailer for Blue Beetle has arrived. The trailer, released Monday, introduces audiences to Jaime Reyes, a recent college graduate who gains superpower armor after an encounter with an alien scarab and must come to terms with his newfound abilities, while uncovering the reason the scarab was sent to Earth. In […]
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Fire at U.K. Studio Briefly Disrupts ‘Lord of the Rings’ Filming
A fire Monday at the studio complex where The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is shooting its second season halted production for a time. The Prime Video series is filming at Bray Studios in the United Kingdom, having moved its production hub from New Zealand, where season one was based (and where […]
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‘Street Fighter’ Film, TV Rights go to Legendary
Legendary is ready to unleash a sonic boom, with the studio acquiring the film and TV rights to the classic beat-’em-up game Street Fighter. The studio will work with video game company Capcom on future projects. Street Fighter is one of the more enduring fighting video game franchises of all time. It began life with […]
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Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson Reveal Their Take on ‘Fatal Attraction’
Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson are ready for their seduction. The two stars are taking on the iconic roles of Alex Forrest and Dan Gallagher — made famous by Glenn Close and Michael Douglas — for their TV reimagining of Fatal Attraction. The Paramount+ series of the same name launches April 30 with three episodes, followed by […]
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Sophie Nélisse on Stepping Out of the Shadows in ‘Yellowjackets’ — and That Jaw-Dropping Episode
[This story contains major spoilers from the second episode of Yellowjackets season two, “Edible Complex.”] Yellowjackets has challenged Sophie Nélisse in her role as young Shauna. As many of the stars who play their adult counterparts have remarked, it’s the younger ensemble that has the harder job on Showtime’s hit survival series. And nothing makes […]
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‘Drag Race’ Winner Jinkx Monsoon Joins ‘Doctor Who’ in Major Role
From drag race to outer space (sort of). Jinkx Monsoon, the actress, singer and two-time winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, will star the next series of Doctor Who in a major role, joining Ncuti Gatwa as the new Time Lord and Millie Gibson as the new companion Ruby Sunday. “I’m honoured, thrilled, and utterly excited […]
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‘Spinning Gold’ Filmmaker on the 24-Year Journey to Tell the Story of Neil Bogart and Casablanca Records
It may have taken Spinning Gold filmmaker Timothy Scott Bogart 24 years to tell the story of his father, Neil Bogart, and his record company, Casablanca Records, but such perseverance runs in the family and in the film. As years and years of development came and went, so did names like Justin Timberlake and Spike […]
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Chris Hemsworth Takes on New Deadly Mission in ‘Extraction 2’ Trailer
The latest teaser for Netflix’s action sequel Extraction 2 has Chris Hemsworth’s Australian black ops mercenary Tyler Rake taking on a new deadly mission as it’s revealed Rake survived the events of the original film. In the sequel, Rake is tasked with rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster. Rake seemingly died in the original […]
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ATX TV Festival Sets ‘Justified: City Primeval’ World Premiere for Opening Night
ATX TV Festival said Monday that opening night of the June 1-4 event will feature the world premiere of FX’s Justified: City Primeval. The 12th iteration of the Austin-based television festival also will include a Dawson’s Creek 25th anniversary screening and conversation as well as a discussion with the cast and creatives of Outlander. Justified: City Primeval, from showrunners/executive […]
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Women and Hollywood Founder Launching Podcast, No Longer Publishing Original Stories on Blog (Exclusive)
Women and Hollywood founder Melissa Silverstein is launching a weekly podcast centered around interviews with women creatives and will no longer be publishing original stories on the Women and Hollywood blog she founded more than 15 years ago. The 30-minute podcast will be called In Her Voice, building on Silverstein’s book of the same name […]
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‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ World Premiere Confirmed for Cannes Film Festival
Seems the Cannes soothes were on the money: Indiana Jones is heading to the festival. Cannes and Disney have confirmed the previously reported news that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will have its world premiere in the South of France on May 18, undoubtedly making it one of the hottest tickets in town. […]
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Elizabeth Vargas Bets She Can Build a NewsNation “Newscast of Record”
Elizabeth Vargas thinks there’s room for a new evening newscast. “I think a lot of people feel like they’re just being ignored or they’re turned off by the extreme nature of just one side, or the two extremes arguing with each other,” Vargas tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I think there’s a way to cover what’s […]
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Endeavor’s UFC, WWE to Merge; Ari Emanuel to Serve as CEO, Vince McMahon as Executive Chair
Endeavor Group Holdings and sports entertainment powerhouse WWE made things official on Monday, unveiling a definitive agreement to form a new, publicly listed company consisting of two “iconic, complementary” global sports and entertainment brands: UFC and WWE. Endeavor will hold a 51 percent controlling interest in the new company, with existing WWE shareholders owning a […]
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Paul Mescal, Jodie Comer Win Olivier Awards for West End Debuts
With a still relatively fresh Oscar nomination, Paul Mescal has added to his fast-growing haul of accolades by winning his first Olivier Award. On the biggest night for the British stage, the Aftersun star won the best actor honor for his portrayal of Stanley Kowalski in Rebecca Frecknall’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named […]
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Regal Owner Cineworld Unveils Restructuring Agreement With Lenders to Emerge From Bankruptcy
Movie theater giant Cineworld said early Monday London time that it has struck an agreement with lenders that would see it emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy via a restructuring. The company said it still expects to emerge from its Chapter 11 cases during the first half of 2023, even though the process could delay this […]
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