Disney/Randy HolmesA planned movie about Bruce Springsteen’s effort to make the 1982 solo album Nebraska may have found the man to play The Boss. Deadline was the first to report that The Bear star Jeremy Allen White is the frontrunner to play Springsteen in the movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, an adaptation of Warren Zanes’ 2023 book…… Read More…
Julia Roberts is teaming up with Call Me by Your Name filmmaker Luca Guadagnino for the Amazon MGM thriller After the Hunt, Variety reports. Roberts, per the studio, stars as a college professor who, “finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues,” and,…… Read More…
Apple TV+Ted Lasso Emmy winner Brett Goldstein will appear in the second season of Apple TV+’s acclaimed dramedy Shrinking, The Hollywood Reporter says. It’s not known who he’ll be playing, but it probably wasn’t a hard gig to get: Goldstein co-created the show with its lead Jason Segel, along with Scrubs veteran Bill Lawrence. The series, which also stars Harrison Ford,…… Read More…
Bell in 2019 – Michael Tran/Getty ImagesInvestigation Discovery has just announced that Drake Bell, Shane Lyons and other former child stars will headline a fifth episode of the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.The show that shocked some 16 million viewers with revelations about what went on behind the scenes at Nickelodeon in its…… Read More…
Warner Bros. PicturesAfter he helped deliver back-to-back blockbusters for the studio with Wonka and Dune: Part Two, Timothée Chalamet is staying in business with Warner Bros.The Wrap is reporting the studio has signed a first-look deal with the 28-year-old actor; the arrangement allows Chalamet to bring projects to the studio to star in and/or produce.Since…… Read More…
FoxFox announced Tuesday that it is renewing Hell’s Kitchen for two more seasons. The hit show’s star and producer, hot-tempered chef Gordon Ramsay, commented, “As my very first show on Fox, Hell’s Kitchen holds a very special place in my heart.” He called it “incredibly gratifying to have it renewed for its 23rd and 24th seasons.”Ramsay…… Read More…
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for WarnerMediaFounded in 1996, The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation is shutting down, Variety is reporting.Citing financial data from ProPublica, the trade says the charity, which claims to “connect the Smith family’s distinctive interests to social impact endeavors,” took a major hit in donation ever since Smith’s infamous Oscars slap in 2022.Donations to…… Read More…
Marvel StudiosThe animated series X-Men ’97 has become be a Juggernaut-sized hit for Disney+.Deadline is reporting that the series, which continues the adventures of the beloved 1990s X-Men: The Animated Series, attracted some 4 million views on the streaming service in the first five days since its release on March 20.According to the trade, that…… Read More…
CBS/Scott KowalchykIn the wake of the blockbuster news that Kate Middleton has cancer, add Stephen Colbert to the list of people who are backpedaling jokes they made about her.On Monday night’s The Late Show, Colbert struck a somber tone and expressed remorse for recent zingers he told related to Middleton’s highly-publicized Photoshop fail.”I tell a…… Read More…
CBS/Scott KowalchykIn the wake of the blockbuster news that Kate Middleton has cancer, add Stephen Colbert to the list of people who are backpedaling jokes they made about her.On Monday night’s The Late Show, Colbert struck a somber tone and apologized for recent zingers he told related to Middleton’s highly-publicized Photoshop fail.”I tell a lot…… Read More…