AMPASOn Tuesday, the Motion Picture Academy announced the producers and director for the 96th annual Oscars telecast, which will air live March 10 on ABC. Seven-year veteran of the broadcast Raj Kapoor has been named executive producer and showrunner; he won an Emmy for executive producing the Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) Adele: One Night Only.…… Read More…
Studio GhibliAnimation legend Hayao Miyazaki’s acclaimed, upcoming film The Boy and the Heron has attracted an equally acclaimed cast for its English language version. The movie centers on a 12-year-old boy Mahito Maki (Luca Padovan) who is sent by his father (Christian Bale) to live in the country with his aunt after his mother dies.…… Read More…
GQ/Cass BirdTimothée Chalamet graces the cover of GQ for a third time, and he talks about “leveling up” in his career and his life. He also leans into those who’ve been inspiring him, including his Dune: Part Two co-stars Austin Butler and Zendaya. Oh, and some guy named Tom Cruise. “It started on Zoom,” Chalamet…… Read More…
Disney+On Tuesday, Disney+ dropped the trailer to the second season of The Santa Clauses. Once again, Tim Allen plays Scott Calvin aka the Man with the Bag, and this time around, he’s getting his family into the Santa business, priming his son Cal (Austin Kane) as his successor. However, like most best-laid Christmas plans, there’s…… Read More…
Courtesy AppleOn Tuesday, Apple revealed a first-look photo from its upcoming holiday special Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas. The Ted Lasso Emmy winner dons a gold gown, smiling broadly with a mic in hand, in front of a fully dressed Christmas tree. The special will debut November 22 on the streaming service. Apple notes Waddingham…… Read More…
Rocco Spaziani/Archivio Spaziani/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty ImagesTwo-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey made a surprise appearance during an Oxford University lecture about cancel culture and was rewarded for his performance of a passionate, five-minute speech from William Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens. Author Douglas Murray headlined the lecture, speaking of the importance of free speech and paralleling…… Read More…
Taylor Hill/FilmMagicMillie Bobby Brown is ready to say farewell to Stranger Things. The actress, who first gained recognition on the hit Netflix show in 2016, will end her time on the series with her castmates on the show’s forthcoming fifth and final season. “I’m ready to say, ‘Thank you, and goodbye,'” Brown, one of Glamour’s…… Read More…
Netflix on Monday released the first-look images for Part 1 of The Crown’s sixth and final season, which will follow the blossoming romantic relationship between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed — played respectively by Elizabeth Debicki and Salim Daw — leading up to their untimely deaths. Prince William — portrayed by Rufus Kampa — “returns…… Read More…
ABCJada Pinkett Smith revealed that her husband Will Smith’s infamous Oscars slap at the 2022 ceremony, when he walked onstage and smacked Chris Rock across the face re-affirmed their marriage after years of separation. “When I was sitting at the Oscars, it clicked in. I was like, ‘Oh snap, you hit Chris?’” Jada recalled during an in-person conversation in…… Read More…
National GeographicNational Geographic has tapped Oscar nominees Angela Bassett and Jeremy Renner, and Emmy nominee Awkwafina to narrate a trio of shows bound for Disney+. Bassett, who was nominated for playing Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, will produce and narrate Queens, which “features matriarchies and female leaders around the world to tell a story of sacrifice and resilience but also…… Read More…