NetflixNetflix has just announced it is holding its fourth annual Geeked Week, starting Sept. 16 and “culminating with a live, in-person fan event” in Atlanta on the evening of Sept. 19.The streaming giant notes it will be the first time its celebration of nerd-friendly titles — from live-action shows like Squid Game, Stranger Things, Wednesday…… Read More…
Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what happened in the world of reality television this week:The Valley (Bravo)Jax Taylor is working on his mental health. The 45-year-old reality star announced this week that he has checked himself into an in-patient mental health facility. He posted a photo of his 3-year-old…… Read More…
Paramount PicturesTom Cruise’s next death-defying stunt won’t be for a Mission: Impossible movie, but for the 2024 Olympics. TMZ reports Cruise “quietly” shot a skydiving stunt in March that will be edited into the closing ceremony to the 2024 Games in Paris on Aug. 11. The gag, to use industry parlance, will serve as a symbolic hand…… Read More…
‘Good Will Hunting’ – Ronald Siemoneit/Sygma via Getty ImagesMatt Damon looked back at his breakout role in Good Will Hunting and his action star turn in the Bourne franchise for the Good Morning America series “Take It From Me.”The 53-year-old actor, whose latest film The Instigators debuts Aug. 9 on Apple TV+, says he learned…… Read More…
Starz has released a teaser trailer for Sweetpea, a “deviously twisted coming-of-rage story” coming to the premium cable channel in October. The six-part series stars Ella Purnell as Rhiannon, “a quiet wallflower who develops a vengeful and intoxicatingly liberating taste for murder.” Almost invisible to people at first, Rhiannon’s “killer secret” turns everything around and she becomes…… Read More…
Black Bear Pictures, Marfa Peach Company, Edith ProductionsColman Domingo’s worked alongside mainstream actors, but in Sing Sing, out now, he joins a group of incarcerated men who’ve been flexing their acting chops behind bars.Colman portrays writer Divine G, who was imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. His character co-founds and finds purpose in Rehabilitation Through the Arts,…… Read More…
Photo: Lee JeffriesKeanu Reeves will make his Broadway debut opposite his longtime friend and Bill & Ted’s co-star Alex Winter in a revival of Samuel Beckett’s classic play Waiting for Godot.Reeves will play Estragon and Winter Vladimir in the production, due on the Great White Way in the fall of 2025. Two-time Tony nominee and…… Read More…
RegalBetter skip the sodas: The original Twister and its follow-up, the summer hit Twisters, are blowing into Regal’s seat-shaking, immersive 4DX theaters nationwide on Aug. 30.Tickets for the limited run went on sale Thursday. It will be the first time the 1996 original starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt will be screened in the 4DX…… Read More…
Michael Tran/FilmMagicRecording artist and Power franchise co-creator Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has teamed up with Lionsgate for his very own streaming channel.According to a press release, 50 Cent Action will feature titles like Fiddy’s Power series and a dozen movies starring the rapper-actor. But it will also have access to 20,000 movies in its library,…… Read More…
Atlantic RecordsWarriors, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new musical concept album based on Walter Hill’s classic 1979 film The Warriors, will be available on Oct. 18 from Atlantic Records.As reported, Hill’s film centered on various fictitious themed street gangs in New York City, including the titular one. They must battle through the Big Apple to get back to…… Read More…