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Live-Action ‘Moana’ in the Works From Dwayne Johnson, Disney
Disney is setting sail with Moana once again, this time in vibrant live action. The studio has teamed with Dwayne Johnson to develop a live-action remake of its 2016 animated musical sensation. Johnson plans to return to the role of Maui, the grandiose demigod of the wind and sea. He will produce via his Seven […]
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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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Why John Oliver Barely Addressed Donald Trump’s Indictment on ‘Last Week Tonight’
You knew John Oliver would bring up Donald Trump’s indictment by a grand jury, and he expected you to expect him to. The problem is, he doesn’t feel like we know enough about the actual charges to even talk about it. Joking it had been a “quiet” week, Oliver started out Sunday’s episode of HBO’s […]
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Paramount Network President Says They’re “Very Confident” Kevin Costner Will Continue With ‘Yellowstone’
Speaking at a Yellowstone panel on Saturday night, Keith Cox, president of development and production at Paramount Network, addressed the elephant in the room concerning star Kevin Costner’s future with the show. “What I can say is our star, the face of our show and the executive producer, [we] are very confident he’s going to continue with […]
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Florence Pugh Says She “Most Definitely Abused” Herself for Her ‘Midsommar’ Role
Florence Pugh got candid about the lengths she went to in order to create her Midsommar character, Dani. In a recent appearance on the Off Menu podcast with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, the actress said that every day on set was different. “Each day the content would be getting more weird and harder to […]
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‘Bachelor’ Creator Mike Fleiss Responds to Report of Investigation Into Racial Discrimination Amid Show Exit
Two days after news broke that The Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss was exiting the franchise that premiered more than two decades ago, he has responded to a report that his departure followed an investigation into racial discrimination, with Fleiss acknowledging that he could have done more to engender diversity. Variety published a report Thursday stating […]
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Gwyneth Paltrow Wins Ski Crash Trial, Jury Verdict Awards Her $1
Gwyneth Paltrow may have lost half a day of skiing — and spent seven years fighting litigation — but she has won her contentious ski slope collision trial. After eight days of testimony in Park City, the Oscar-winning actress and wellness mogul was found not liable in retired optometrist Dr. Terry Sanderson’s lawsuit claiming that […]
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Paramount+ Orders Diverse, Teen-Focused ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Series
It’s official: Paramount+ has ordered a Starfleet Academy TV series. After more than a year in development, the streamer has greenlit Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, plus released a description of the show. The new series description and quote below from the showrunners seems to hint at a more soapy YA Trek than the other shows, […]
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U.S. Army to Run Repurposed ‘Be All You Can Be’ Ads Without Actor Jonathan Majors During NCAA Final Four
The U.S. Army will run ads this Saturday during the NCAA Final Four Tournament using existing footage from older commercials and unused material from the new “Be All You Can Be” campaign instead of featuring actor Jonathan Majors. A day after the Creed III actor was arrested last weekend for allegedly assaulting a woman in […]
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Jennifer Aniston Says “There’s a Whole Generation of People” Who Finds ‘Friends’ Offensive
Jennifer Aniston recently opened up about how comedy has changed in the decades since Friends aired. While promoting her upcoming film Murder Mystery 2, Aniston explained that comedy is more complicated today than it used to be. “Now it’s a little tricky because you have to be very careful, which makes it really hard for […]
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Aliens and Tom Hanks Abound in Trailer for Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’
An alien movie by way of Wes Anderson — the trailer for Asteroid City is here. The spot (below) for Anderson’s latest feature, which takes place in a fictional American desert town circa 1955, stars Scarlett Johansson as a movie star, Tom Hanks as an ornery grandfather and Jason Schwartzman as a recent widower trying […]
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Jeremy Renner Sets First Post-Snowplow Accident Interview With Diane Sawyer
Jeremy Renner has set his first interview since his New Year’s snowplow accident: an hourlong special that will see the Marvel star opening up about the incident and his recovery to Diane Sawyer. The Mayor of Kingstown star is slated to share details about the accident, including the critical hours that followed him being pulled […]
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