Its almost that time of the year, with Lifetime unveiling its 2025 holiday movie slate. The cable channel has 12 Christmas-themed movies set to kick off Nov. 29, including Loretta Devine and Naika Toussaint in Deck the Hallways; James Lafferty and Zibby Allen in A Pickleball Christmas; Vivica A. Fox and Jackee Harry in The Christmas Campaign; and Nischelle Turner...

Getting into character as Lorenz Hart required more than just a physical transformation for Ethan Hawke. He appears in Richard Linklaters Blue Moon, as the balding and diminutive lyricist of such hits as Blue Moon and My Funny Valentine, looking almost unrecognizable. His character sweeps into Sardis on opening night of Oklahoma!, vacillating between anecdotes about his career highs and...

George Clooney and Annette Bening will star in In Love, an adaptation of Amy BloomsNew York Timesbest-selling memoir In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss that is to be directed by Paul Weitz. Anton, the rising outfit run by Sbastien Raybaud that helped produced Memoir of a Snail and the upcoming Victorian Psycho, is fully financing and is representing...

Endings are tough. Ending hugely popular hit fantasy shows is even tougher. Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard says that the team making the Netflix hits highly anticipated final season worried that the show could suffer the same fan backlash that greeted HBOs Game of Thrones. I think everyone was pretty worried, honestly, Wolfhard tells Time magazine in a new feature...

Victoria Beckham is opening up about why she wanted to share insight into her personal and professional life in her new self-titled Netflix docuseries, revealing shes finally come to terms with her reputation as a member of the Spice Girls. Ive been in fashion now for coming up two decades and I was in the Spice Girls for a four-year...

The next feature collaboration between Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie is about to bring the Chicken Man to life. In a competitive situation, Amazon MGM Studios United Artists and Scott Stuber have landed Lizard Music, a package that has Johnson attached to star and Safdie attached to direct. Safdie is set to write the films script based on author Daniel...

Nearly 40 years after its release, Stand by Me had a rather surprising impact on Julia Roberts daughter: It made her realize she didnt want a smartphone. At a time when ditching smartphones is becoming a bit of a soft Gen Z trend, the superstar says her daughter Hazel Moder (now 20) was inspired to ditch her own phone years...

Pop Culture Jeopardy! is getting a second season and a new home. The game show will move to Netflix for its second season, with a premiere set for sometime in 2026. The shows first season streamed on Prime Video late last year and early this year. Saturday Night Live castmember Colin Jost is in talks to return as host of...

Ed Williams, the onetime broadcasting teacher who portrayed Ted Olson, the earnest lab scientist with a pocket protector and a kinky side, on the Police Squad! TV show and original Naked Gun movies, has died. He was 98. Williams died Oct. 2 in Los Angeles, his granddaughter Stephanie Williams told The Hollywood Reporter. Williams often played reverends, priests and ministers,...

SK Global, the financier and producer behind titles like Anyone But You, and FilmNation, which recently released best picture winner Anora and nominee Conclave, have entered a partnership that will see the companies work together on SK Globals film slate. FilmNation will help with the development and packaging of SK Globals features, and will also present select projects for sale...

Richard Gere is paying tribute to legendary actress Diane Keaton. Gere stopped by the Today show on Thursday morning, where he was asked about Keaton, who died on Saturday at the age of 79 from pneumonia. Their first film together was in 1977s Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and that movie was also Geres second film of his career. More than...

What happened? Apple has joined hands with NBCUniversal to offer users a new Apple TV and Peacock bundle. The announcement closely follows Apples recent rebranding of its streaming service. The new bundle gives viewers access to content from both streaming platforms at a substantial discount. Subscribers can choose between two options: Apple TV + Peacock Premium for $14.99 per month,...

Paramount Pictures has renewed its exclusive, multiyear production deal with WalterHamada and his 18Hz Productions. Under the deal,Hamada, a former DC Films head, will continue to focus on the genre pic with low- to mid-size budgets for theatrical and streaming. His producing credits includeThe Conjuringfranchise andThe Batman. In 2023, Hamada started out in producing after working in the studio trenches...