Chrissy Metz has joined the cast of Apple TV+’s upcoming crime drama based on Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna books, Variety has learned. Metz is the latest addition to the series, joining previously announced cast members Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz, Stephen Graham, Bill Camp, and Rory Culkin. The show was officially picked up in May for […]
The Sundance Film Festival has announced what attendees can expect from its 2026 festival, which will take place Jan. 22 to Feb. 1 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. The festival, which has called Utah home since its first screenings in 1978, anticipates a historic farewell to its familiar location, as it will […]
Chuck Lorre first encountered stand-up comedian Leanne Morgan via her 2023 Netflix special “I’m Every Woman,” which became a smash for the platform. Morgan was a 50-something mother — and now grandmother — from Tennessee, and her routine resonated with the “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory” comedy titan. “It’s really […]
Andrew Garfield has officially signed on for Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming feature “Artificial” at Amazon MGM. Garfield joins “Anora” breakout and recent Oscar nominee Yura Borisov in the feature, which is described as a “comedic drama set in the world of artificial intelligence.” Simon Rich (“An American Pickle”) wrote the script and will produce alongside Heyday […]
Nicholas Hoult plays the perfect megalomaniac, Lex Luthor, in James Gunn’s “Superman.” As Superman’s arch-nemesis, the powerful owner of LutherCorp, he can’t stand that people look up to the Man of Steel and not him. With billions of dollars at his disposal and tech masterminds at his service, Luthor sets out to banish Superman from […]
Hogwarts has reopened for a new term. HBO’s “Harry Potter” TV series — the long-awaited and much-hyped return to J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world — has officially started production at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the U.K., almost 14 years to the day that “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” concluded Harry’s journey on the big screen. […]
By now, Justin Bieber is a pop music legend. Over nearly two decades, the world has watched as he’s evolved from a doe-eyed teen into a creative titan, consistently reinventing himself while pushing his sound forward. And out of nowhere last week, he returned with “Swag,” showing just how much gas he’s got left in […]
Moonvalley, an AI research company that says it is developing “ethical” foundational AI video models trained exclusively on licensed content, announced $84 million in additional funding led by existing investor General Catalyst. The round includes strategic investments from CAA and Comcast Ventures, as well as AI cloud company CoreWeave. Existing investors Khosla Ventures and YCombinator […]
Rihanna walked the “Smurfs” blue carpet at the movie’s Los Angeles premiere on Sunday with her and A$AP Rocky’s sons RZA and Riot in tow. It was quite the fashion affair for the trio. Rihanna, who is pregnant with her and A$AP’s third child, wore a Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello dress while the little ones were […]
Thierry Ardisson, a staple of the French television landscape for nearly four decades who ruffled feathers as an iconoclastic journalist, host and producer of often explosive talk shows, died on Tuesday from liver cancer. He was 76. His wife, Audrey Crespo Mara, who is also a TV host and journalist, confirmed the news to French […]
