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When Barry Keoghan watches a film that speaks to him, he likes to get in touch with the director to tell them. It’s something he thinks more people in the industry need to do. “We should…
Stephen Colbert hosted his fellow late-night frontmen Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver on Monday’s episode of “The Late Show.” The meeting of the minds was a sen…
The SAG-AFTRA board on Monday approved its four-year contract with the major studios, which includes a plan to merge the union’s two pension funds on Jan. 1, 2028. The deal now goes to the…
It wouldn’t be a roast without the Roastmaster General. Jeff Ross came out guns blazing at Netflix’s live skewering of Kevin Hart, the second installment in a series of “GOAT” roasts…
Michael B. Jordan was among the closing acts at Amazon’s upfront presentation to advertisers Monday at the Beacon Theatre in New York. And this particular appearance was not about the Osca…
Mark Smythe, a New Zealand-born and L.A.-based composer, died Saturday after a medical emergency on the Mount Wilson hiking trail near Los Angeles. He was 53. The L.A. Coroner’s office rep…
Just hours after she performed a song-and-dance number at the NBC upfront (as her “30 Rock” character Jenna Maroney), “Celebrity Name That Tune” host Jane Krakowski opened the Fox up…
Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” first introduced the Plums into its dystopian world in Season 5. When Luke (O-T Fagbenle) and June (Elisabeth Moss) search for their daughter Hannah, the…
Jennifer Harmon, the lead actress of the NBC soap opera “How to Survive a Marriage,” who also appeared on “One Live to Live,” died May 9 in New York City. She was 82. Harmon original…
Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham will kick off their “Ride or Die” adventure on July 15, Prime Video announced Monday. The action comedy received a premiere date — and revealed so…
David Koepp is returning to the world of twisted amusement parks. The screenwriter, best known for adapting the hit novel “Jurassic Park” for the big screen, has been hired to pen a rebo…
“Adolescence” co-creator Jack Thorne’s adaptation of “Lord of the Flies” remains largely faithful to William Golding’s 1954 novel. The series, a co-production between Sony Pictur…
The Peacock network opened its 2026 upfront presentation to advertisers Monday at Radio City MusicaHall with a laser light show that included all the colors of NBC’s logo rainbow, followed…
Seth Meyers closed the NBCUniversal upfront at Radio City Music Hall on Monday morning with plenty of jabs at his bosses. But perhaps his most cutting jokes were reserved for rival CBS and i…
On today’s special Upfronts-themed episode, Rita Ferro, Disney’s president of global advertising, offers a preview of the Mouse House’s May 12 presentation to advertisers in New York. …
French screen legend Isabelle Huppert is set to star in her first British film, “Lineage,” the hot new feature from acclaimed filmmaker Yann Demange (“Top Boy,” “71”). She’ll s…
The People’s Choice Awards are making a comeback — again. The kudocast, which hasn’t held a ceremomy since February 2024, will come back to life in 2027 on E!, the cabler announced Mon…
Independent Film Company and Sapan Studio have acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to “Mouse,” the latest feature from Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson, the filmmaking duo behind “Gh…
Tom Burke has joined the cast of “Please,” the next feature from “Babygirl” writer/director Halina Reijn and A24. The British star of “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “The Souveni…
NBC has unveiled its fall schedule for the 2026-2027 broadcast season, which includes the new broadcast edition of “The Traitors.” As previously announced, the NBC version of the hit com…
The kill list in “Is God Is” is a short one: a single name, and not even a name at that. The sole target of Aleshea Harris’ incendiary revenge movie is credited only as “the Monster,…
Conecta Fiction & Entertainment is taking its 10th edition to Magaluf-Mallorca, marking both an anniversary for the international content forum and its first landing in Spain’s Baleari…
Ian McKellen revealed in a recent interview with The Guardian that Obi-Wan Kenobi actor Alec Guinness once advised him not to go public when it came to advocating for gay rights. Guinness al…
The relationship between Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow — famed enfants terribles of the early 90s fashion world — is set to be brought to the screen in a new short film starring …
FKA Twigs will star as Jazz Age icon Josephine Baker in a new movie biopic from “Cuties” filmmaker Maimouna Doucouré, which begins filming this fall. Variety previously reported that th…