Variety

Shawn Hatosy on Playing a Flirt on ‘The Pitt,’ Taking a Social Media Break and Embracing His Sex Symbol Status: ‘I Don’t Know How This Happened’

“The Internet’s Newest Babygirl.” “Silver Fox.” “Sex Symbol.” Shawn Hatosy is aware of his newfound fame on the internet. But he has no idea how he got there. A busy actor for the last three decades, Hatosy became a celebrity in projects like “The Faculty” and “Outside Providence.” He earned a spot in millions of […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Nicholas Duvernay on ‘Not Suitable For Work’ and How ‘White Lotus’ Changed Things For Him

The 27-year-old actor digs into the new Hulu series and teases his role in the upcoming Lili Reinhart-fronted rom-com ‘The Love Hypothesis’: “People are going to eat it up.”

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Hollywood Reporter

Edward Bluemel to Star in Young Hercule Poirot Series for BritBox, BBC

'Hercule' will chronicle the younger days of Agatha Christie's iconic detective character.

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Variety

‘This Is Not Berlin,’ ‘Tequila’ Co-Writer Max Zunino Joins A Fabrica Mexico & U.S. as New Development Exec (EXCLUSIVE)

Banijay America’s A Fábrica Mexico & U.S. Hispanic has tapped director-writer Max Zunino, for the newly created position of executive director of development. Zunino will work closely alongside Santiago Zapata, executive VP of Content, who joined the fledgling company in August last year. Said Zapata: “Max’s exceptional narrative sensibility, combined with his dual perspective as […]

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Variety

NPR Hires Nadine Zylstra, Former YouTube and Pinterest Exec, as Chief Content Officer

Nadine Zylstra is trading her Pinterest vision board to try to get her head around the future of public media. The seasoned media exec most recently was Pinterest’s global head of programming and original content, and before that worked in top programming jobs at YouTube and Sesame Workshop. Zylstra will join NPR as chief content […]

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Variety

Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham Get Physical in First Trailer for Action Comedy Series ‘Ride or Die’

Amazon Prime Video has dropped the explosive first trailer for the action comedy series “Ride or Die” starring Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham. As previously announced, all eight episodes will premiere on July 15 on Prime Video. It was originally announced in December 2023 that Spencer and Waddingham were teaming up for the series. Check […]

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Variety

Paul Rudd Is Very Excited About the Knicks (and Rummikub)

The universe was trying to send a message to Paul Rudd: Get the hell out of L.A. First came the earthquake, then the mugging, followed by five car accidents in the span of a week. It was the mid-‘90s, not terribly long after the release of “Clueless,” and Rudd had already been contemplating moving to […]

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Variety

‘Descendants: Wicked Wonderland’ Sets Release Date, First Trailer Sees Red and Chloe Squaring Off Against Maddox Hatter

Disney has unveiled a first-look teaser at the film “Descendants: Wicked Wonderland,” along with announcing the movie’s premiere date. “Descendants: Wicked Wonderland” will debut on July 16 on Disney Channel and stream the next day on Disney+. The original soundtrack will be available via Walt Disney Records on July 17. The official logline for the […]

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Variety

Edward Bluemel to Play Agatha Christie Detective Hercule Poirot in New BBC and BritBox Series

“My Lady Jane” star Edward Bluemel is taking on the iconic role of Detective Hercule Poirot in a new drama series from the BBC and BritBox. Titled “Hercule,” the six-part series follows the Belgian detective — made famous by Agatha Christie — as he solves his first-ever cases in London before becoming the world’s most […]

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Variety

‘American Fantasy’ Film Adaptation in the Works From Elisabeth Moss, Author Emma Straub (EXCLUSIVE)

A film adaptation of Emma Straub’s “American Fantasy” novel is in development from “Imperfect Women” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” star Elisabeth Moss. Optioned by Moss and Lindsey McManus’s Love & Squalor Pictures, “American Fantasy” was published by Penguin Random House in April 2026. The story follows Annie, a recently divorced woman who boards a nostalgia […]

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Variety

‘Forsaken,’ About True Story of Slayed French Teacher Samuel Paty, Secures Broad International Rollout (EXCLUSIVE)

“Forsaken,” Vincent Garenq’s drama inspired by the harrowing true story of French teacher Samuel Paty, has sold in major markets around of the world following its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Represented internationally by Studio TF1, the movie has also been having a healthy run at the local box office, selling over 500,000 […]

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The Guardian Culture

‘You escape the slaughter. But there’s a long tail of sadness’: musician Bedouine on the strangeness of Arab life outside the Middle East

With roots in Armenia, Syria and Saudi Arabia, the singer-songwriter now lives in the US. But despite her Carole King-style sound, her homelands are never far from her mindThe title song to Azniv Korkejian’s fourth album as Bedouine, Neon Summer Skin, recreates a perfect day from childhood. “Being taken to the pool, where my only worry is being dragged away when the sun’s setting,” she says, calling from Los Angeles. “Later on, mom and dad wash me in the tub and put me to bed.” Steeped in dreamy

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Hollywood Reporter

Lilly Wachowski Shares Advice to Her Pre-Transition Self at ‘Bound’ Reunion Screening: “Start Taking That Estrogen”

At the Tribeca Festival, the director reunited with the cast of her film 30 years on and got candid about what the sapphic neo-noir meant to her then and now.

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Variety

Fatma Al-Ghanim, Former Qatar Women’s Soccer Captain, on Her Tribeca Short About Breaking Taboos in Arab Sports: ‘I Couldn’t Avoid Dealing With This Trauma Anymore’

Fatma Al-Ghanim is a Qatari athlete and filmmaker who is breaking new ground for women in the tiny country and in the Arab world at large. In 2010, she captained Qatar’s first-ever women’s national soccer team. Now, Al-Ghanim is at the Tribeca Film Festival with “Theatre of Dreams,” a powerful short that marks her directorial and […]

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Hollywood Reporter

One-Third of Musicians Now Use AI for Inspiration on Tracks They Release, Study Finds (Exclusive)

The Berklee College of Music poll also reveals that more than a quarter of artists use it for backing tracks in the final product.

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Hollywood Reporter

Netflix’s Live-Action Scooby-Doo Pup Deserves a Scooby Snack — See Photo

Who's a good crime solver?

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Variety

‘Backrooms’ Becomes A24’s First Movie to Surpass $200 Million Globally, Overtaking ‘Marty Supreme’ as Studio’s Highest-Grossing Release

“Backrooms” is officially A24’s highest-grossing worldwide release, as well as the studio’s first movie to surpass $200 million in ticket sales. The breakout horror hit, directed by YouTuber Kane Parsons, has generated $212 million globally including $135 million in North America. Those returns have surpassed the lifetime haul of Timothee Chalamet’s “Marty Supreme” ($191 million), which previously […]

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French Singer Patrick Bruel Taken Into Police Custody for Questioning Over Sexual Assault Allegations

Patrick Bruel, one of the best-selling French-speaking artists of all time, has been taken into police custody on Monday (June 8) as part of an investigation into alleged sexual violence. The probe currently concerns 13 alleged victims, according to the Nanterre prosecutor’s office. Bruel denies all allegations. His lawyers, Christophe Ingrain, Céline Lasek and Fanny […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Spencer Pratt’s Game Was No Match For L.A.’s Democratic Machine

The ex-reality TV star's redemption arc ushered in a new era of the influencer candidate and reframed the city's narrative around homelessness.

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The Guardian Culture

‘Screaming girls chased me down the street’: how we made Strictly Ballroom

‘A big dude came up to me and said, “My wife dragged me kicking and screaming to see your movie – and it was the best thing she’s ever done”’Baz Luhrmann was this cool guy two years ahead of me at NIDA, the drama school in Sydney. When I graduated, I joined his theatre company Six Years Old and the play of Strictly Ballroom came out of that. It was inspired by Keith Bain, who taught movement at the school. He was a ballroom-dancer who had left Australia for South America in the 1950s then came b

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