Disney+Look, they did want to be half-bloods – and now they are! Walker Scobell and Leah Jeffries star in the new Disney+ TV series Percy Jackson and The Olympians, which streams its first two episodes on Wednesday. The pair talked to ABC Audio about what it was like to bring the long-awaited adaptation of Rick Riordan’s book series to life.…… Read More…
A new action-adventure show from Feel Good’s Tessa Coates, starring Ted Lasso Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham and Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer, has landed at Amazon, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The as-yet-untitled show follows Spencer’s Debbie, who learns her friend Judith, played by Waddingham, is a highly trained assassin, per the outlet. When a hit goes wrong, the two find themselves trying to…… Read More…
NBC/Trae PattonThe Voice revealed its season 24 winner — Huntley, from Niall Horan’s team. It’s the former One Direction singer’s second win in as many seasons on The Voice. Huntley, the 33-year-old rocker from Fredericksburg, Virginia, beat out Team Reba McEntire’s teen bluegrass artist Ruby Leigh, who finished second. Team Niall’s Mara Justine finished third,…… Read More…
Alon AmirDuring the press run for the upcoming new film adaptation of The Color Purple, Fantasia Barrino has been open and honest about what she says was a difficult decision to agree to reprise her role as Celie. In her Variety spread, the singer revealed she vowed to never play the role again, citing how “traumatic” of an experience her Broadway run had…… Read More…
PeacockKevin Hart and Kenan Thompson will host an end-of-the-year special to revisit some of 2023’s biggest moments. In 2023 Back That Year Up, streaming on Peacock Tuesday, December 26, the comedy duo will offer up their take on significant events in pop culture, sports, social media and politics. They’ll also welcome a host of celebrities during the hourlong special, including Simone Biles, Jay Pharaoh, David Alan Grier and Kelly Clarkson. “We…… Read More…
NetflixAdam Sandler is an astronaut in his next film. The actor takes on a dramatic role in the upcoming movie Spaceman. In an official first look video for the movie, Sandler is seen in a spacesuit, walking through a forest. “Just like you, I fled my planet,” he says in the clip. “Through galaxies, through black holes,…… Read More…
AppleHannah Waddingham knows you miss Ted Lasso — so does she. The Emmy-winning actress joined Good Morning America on Tuesday to discuss her holiday special on Apple TV+, and reacted to hopes for a spinoff of the soccer-centric series focused on her and co-star Juno Temple’s characters, besties Rebecca Welton and Keeley Jones. “If I told you that, I’d have to…… Read More…
Anna Kooris/A24Kristen Stewart falls for a female bodybuilder in the official trailer for Love Lies Bleeding. From A24, the film follows a gym manager named Lou (Stewart) and her relationship with Jackie (Katy M. O’Brian), a bodybuilder who gets pulled into the violent web of Lou’s criminal family. Ed Harris co-stars as Lou’s father, who we see slinging…… Read More…
AppleKeep your lords locked up, because the ladies of The Buccaneers are coming back for another season. Apple TV+ has announced it renewed the drama series for season 2, less than one week after the season 1 finale. The period drama follows “a group of fun-loving young American girls [who] explode into the tightly corseted London season…… Read More…
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesJack Black won a Children and Family Emmy Award for outstanding voice performance in an animated program for Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight and gave an animated acceptance speech to go with it. It is his first Emmy win. “Kung Fu Panda, the Dragon Knight!” he began as he did a few Kung…… Read More…