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Raven Banner Entertainment has revealed the poster for Love Is the Monster designed by Creepy Duck Design, via Deadline.

Inspired by Finnish mythology, the folk horror film follows troubled couples to Finland for a transformative retreat, where they fall prey to a sinister cult seeking to resurrect an ancient goddess of love.

Madeline Zima (“Californication”), Leonardo Nam (“Westworld”), Kimberly-Sue Murray (“The Boys”), Moe Jeudy-Lamour (“Ted Lasso”), Kristina Tonteri-Young (“Warrior Nun”), Milla Puolakanaho, and Sheila McCarthy (“The Umbrella Academy”) star.

Alex Noyer (Sound of Violence) directs from a script he co-wrote with Hannu Aukia and Blair Bathory.

Raven Banner will launch global sales at the Marché Du Film and its Fantastic Pavilion during Cannes.

“I have known the Raven Banner team for some time and their attachment to bold storytelling in horror is what makes this partnership so exciting,” said Noyer. “Love Is the Monster brings about a sort of modern...

There are hundreds of Red Hot Chili Peppers songs, but there can only be one #1. After tallying your votes, SiriusXM’s Whole Lotta Red Hot aired a countdown of the 50 best Red Hot Chili Peppers songs: “Red Hot 50.”

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50 Best Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs

50. Minor Thing – By The Way

49. Especially in Michigan – Stadium Arcadium

48. I Could Die For You – By The Way

47. Knock Me Down – Mother’s Milk

46. My Friends – One Hot Minute

45. If You Have To Ask – Blood Sugar Sex Magik

44. The Heavy Wing – Unlimited Love

43. Slow Cheetah – Stadium Arcadium

42. Stadium Arcadium – Stadium Arcadium

41. Strip My Mind – Stadium Arcadium

40. Higher Ground – Mother’s Milk

39. Universally Speaking – By The Way

38. Easily – Californication

37. The Adventures of Rain...

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Shameless is a dark family comedy-drama series created by Paul Abbott. Based on Abbott’s British series of the same name, the Showtime series is set in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, and it follows the extremely dysfunctional Gallagher family, whose patriarch, Frank Gallagher, an alcoholic who never properly took care of his six children, leaving the eldest, Fiona Gallagher to care for her siblings. Shameless stars William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin, Ethan Cutkosky, Shanola Hampton, Steve Howey, Emma Kenney, Jeremy Allen White, Cameron Monaghan, Noel Fisher, Joan Cusack, Laura Slade Wiggins, and Emma Greenwell. So, if you loved the hilarious dark comedy, intense drama, and compelling characters in Shameless, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Showtime’s Shameless, which we all love and adore, is actually...

Pamela Adlon got teary-eyed rewatching a scene from “Better Things” featuring Mikey Madison. Madison, who played one of her character’s daughters in the much-loved FX show and recently won an Academy Award for “Anora.”

“You mean, I’m the kingmaker? Or a queenmaker?,” joked Adlon.

“I’m emotional watching it because it’s triumphant for me to be able to make people laugh and then bring it back around to the heart of it. When I was casting the girls in the show, they were all babies. They all had something that was special. Mikey, I mean, she looks like she came out of my vagina. She looks like everybody on my dad’s side of the family.”

She also talked about her breakout role in “Californication.”

“Am I naked [in the clip]? I went from being a scrappy boy to doing sex things.”

“When I read the pilot for ‘Californication,’ I didn’t get it.

In an effort to raise money for families of color displaced by the recent Los Angeles wildfires, actor and comedian Milana Vayntrub is going much farther than a GoFundMe.

Rising to fame a decade ago as “the AT&T girl” featured prominently in commercials for the telecom giant, Vayntrub recently launched OnlyPhilanthropy – a kind of spoof of the ubiquitous adult content platform OnlyFans – where she’s sharing “flirty” photos in exchange for cash for victims.

Though she is not providing nudes, Vayntrub says the project hopes to “use the male gaze to fight the blaze.” One such flirty pic will run you $69, with tiers for more. The platform comes with a gentleman’s agreement that donors will not proliferate the images online. Vayntrub is handing 100% of her proceeds to benefit Bipoc families affected by multiple devastating fires in Southern California this year. In four days of operation, she’s stacked nearly...

Taylor Lautner is set to star in a very self-aware(wolf) TV series.

Variety has learned exclusively that Lautner will star in and executive produce the scripted series “Taylor Lautner: Werewolf Hunter,” which is currently in development at Amazon MGM Studios. The project was brought to Amazon by Tornante, the independent studio behind shows like “BoJack Horseman” and the Amazon series “Undone.” Daisy Gardner is the creator and showrunner.

The official logline for the series states:

“After wrapping the final ‘Twilight’ film, Taylor Lautner vanished from the spotlight. Fans speculated, tabloids theorized—but the truth is wilder than fiction. Taylor wasn’t just taking a mental health break. He was preparing for his real calling…Taylor Lautner: Werewolf Hunter. Playing himself, Taylor is drawn into a secret society of werewolf trackers who need his unique expertise. As he navigates his double life—Hollywood actor by day, supernatural warrior by night...

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ music has always been tied to California throughout their 40-plus-year career, and that was on full display during the Los Angeles band’s set at the FireAid benefit concert on Thursday night (January 30th).

The FireAid benefit took place in two arenas, the Kia Forum and the Intuit Dome, with proceeds going toward rebuilding the communities that have been devastated by the recent LA wildfires.

The Chili Peppers played the Forum, delivering a four-song set comprised of “Californication,” “Dani California,” “Black Summer,” and “Under the Bridge.”

While the first two songs’ connections to California are quite obvious, the other two songs also fit into theme of the band’s set.

“Black Summer,” from Rhcp’s 2022 album Unlimited Love, may not be directly tied to California, but its opening lines take on an eerie meaning considering the devastation that just took place in the Los Angeles area:...

Shortly after Nirvana’s surprise reunion at FireAid, the Red Hot Chili Peppers came together for the first time since the 2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony. They opened up with “Dani California,” and then launched into “Californication” and “Black Summer” before wrapping up with a singalong rendition of “Under The Bridge.”

“Love you so much Los Angeles,” Flea told the crowd, wearing nothing more than a pair of purple underpants. “Los Angeles is our home. We fuckin’ love you.”

The Chili Peppers are a quintessential L.A. band whose roots go all...

Just as he was on the cusp of international superstardom thanks to The X-Files, David Duchovny was a relatively unknown actor taking what many might call a big risk — playing a trans woman in a surrealist TV series in 1990. 35 years ago, that kind of performance could have easily been insulting and one-dimensional, but Twin Peaks was a different kind of show, and Duchovny was a different kind of actor.

Created by Mark Frost and David Lynch, Twin Peaks embraced queerness in many ways, just like much of Lynch's work, and Duchovny's character of Denise Bryson, a former Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent who later becomes the FBI's Chief of Staff, was an important stepping stone in representation. With the death of David Lynch on Jan. 15, 2025, some members of the LGBTQ+ community were paying tribute to Lynch through the form of Duchovny's character, and through a specific line of dialogue in Twin Peaks: The Return,...

Two years after her searing self-titled debut, Blondshell will return with the new album If You Asked For A Picture, out May 2 via Partisan Records.

The 12-song track list contains the previously-released “What’s Fair” and the new single “T&a,” out today. In the video below, Blondshell’s Sabrina Teitelbaum appears with adorable rescue dogs (and some not-so-adorable dudes) as she basks in burning alt-rock grandeur, singing, “I said if you stop drinking maybe I could find you attractive/Maybe I could let you have it/And it happened.

Universal Television casting head Beth Klein is set to retire and depart the studio at the end of the year.

Klein, who first joined Utv in 2011, has increased representation in front of the camera through her work, which included Jason Katims’ “As We See It,” which centered around three roommates on the autism spectrum, and David Schulner’s “New Amsterdam,” with characters often portrayed by actors living with the actual illnesses featured in the storylines.

She was also instrumental in the creation of “StandUp NBC,” where diverse stand-up comedians across the country would compete for the chance to win a talent-holding deal; and worked closely with NBCUniversal’s Launch Talent and Casting Assistant program that develops aspiring episodic casting directors during a ten-month paid pipeline initiative.

“I have been fortunate to collaborate with some of the best in the business during my career, and while I will miss my colleagues,...

Exclusive: Universal Television’s EVP of Talent and Casting Beth Klein will be leaving the studio at the end of the year when she will retire after a 37-year career as a casting executive. There is no immediate replacement.

Klein has been Universal TV’s first — and only — head of casting. She joined the studio, now a division of Universal Studio Group, in September 2011 as part of a new executive team for the unit as it was being rebranded from Universal Media Studios to Universal TV.

With Chicago Fire and Brooklyn Nine-Nine among her first shows, Klein has spearheaded casting for four Peabody Award-winning series and 20 Emmy-winning series, most recently, Hacks, as well as the the Law & Order, One Chicago and FBI franchises, The Gilded Age, Loot, Schmigadoon! and “Girls5eva, Bel-Air, Never Have I Ever and The Best Man: The Final Chapters, among others. She also oversaw casting on NBC’s live musicals,...

High Potential Episode 7 is bannered by several notable guest stars, which include Addison Timlin (Californication), Michael Trotter (Law & Order: Organized Crime), and Jd Pardo (Mayans M.C.).  

"One of Us" enters unfamiliar territory as Morgan and her peers in the LAPD encounter a hostage situation. It comes at a difficult time as well since Morgan has taken Ava inside the headquarters to tour her around. 

High Potential Episode 7 (the show's Fall finale) premiered on ABC on November 12.

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David Duchovny became a household name during his run as Fox Mulder in The X-Files. The compassionate alien hunter was well-known for tracking down various government conspiracies and striving to get the real truth out into the world. Alongside his partner, Agent Dana Scully, the pair came face-to-face with a variety of unexplainable sights.

Together with his work as an actor, Duchovny is also labeled a writer and director, working on hit projects like Californication and Aquarius. Yet, many fans are unaware that the actor also wrote and directed an episode of The X-Files called "The Unnatural." The episode blends Duchovny's love of baseball with his passion for sci-fi, making it one of the show's most underrated episodes.

The Unnatural Speaks to the True Essence of the X-Files

Season 6, Episode 19, "The Unnatural," is a pretty unique episode of The X-Files because the story is mostly told via flashbacks. The episode...

Exclusive: More than a decade after his last feature directorial outing with The Do-Deca-Pentathlon, Jay Duplass is back behind the camera for See You When I See You, a comedic family drama to star Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth), David Duchovny (Californication), Hope Davis (Succession), Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), and Ariela Barer (How to Blow Up a Pipeline).

An exploration of the intricacies of grief and healing, currently in production in Atlanta, See You When I See You is scripted by actor, comedian and writer Adam Cayton-Holland (Those Who Can’t). The film is inspired by Cayton-Holland’s acclaimed memoir Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-Comic Memoir, the winner of the 2019 Colorado Book Award for Creative Non-Fiction, which examines the impact of his younger sister Lydia’s suicide on him and his family.

Jay Duplass called the project “the kind of deeply personal dramatic comedy that I grew up on,...

Madeline Zima and Breaking Bad's Christopher Cousins are notable guest stars in High Potential Episode 4.

The latest episode of Hulu's crime and mystery series dives deep into the unique circumstance where one of the lead investigators has to keep his or her emotions in check when trying to solve the case.  

Morgan, a single mother, has to do just that because High Potential's case of the week hits close to home. She is tapped to search for the culprit behind the case of missing children. 

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We spoke to Heather Graham upon the release of her directorial project Chosen Family, a comedy film she wrote and also stars in. The title lives up to its name, as Graham's lovable lead character navigates modern romance and lasting friendships while struggling to set boundaries against her increasingly needy family. It's the latest in a long line of projects Graham has tackled over the years, on both the big and small screen. TV audiences know her from Twin Peaks, Californication, and, of course, her standout role on the hit sitcom Scrubs and fans have been hoping for a reboot ever since it went off the air. Graham told MovieWeb:

"I definitely would love to be in the Scrubs revival. Zach [Braff] and Donald [Faison] do a podcast called [Fake Doctors, Real Friends] and we were all talking about that. And I was just like, 'I want to go back and do more episodes of Scrubs!

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Get ready to get killed by the gorgeous and extremely erotic lifelike AI android Alice in the new sci-fi thriller Subservience. Directed by S.K. Dale from a screenplay co-written by Will Honley and April Maguire, the Megan Fox film blends the popular killer robot genre with a tinge of eroticism like Wifelike and it seems to be working in favor of the film as it is garnering attention worldwide after its VOD release.

Subservience follows the story of Nick, a struggling father as he buys a lifelike AI android named Alice to help around the house after his wife falls sick but he soon realizes that Alice is becoming self-aware and could become a danger to his family.

Subservience – Where & When to Watch It? (Streaming & VOD Release Date) Credit – XYZ Films

Subservience didn’t exactly get to see...

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Subservience is a sci-fi thriller film with a tinge of eroticism directed by S.K. Dale from a screenplay co-written by Will Honley and April Maguire. The Megan Fox film follows the story of Nick, a struggling father who buys a lifelike AI android named Alice to help with the housework after his wife gets sick but he soon begins to realize Alice is becoming self-aware and a danger for his family. Subservience also 365 Days famed actor Michele Morrone and Californication‘s Madeline Zima in the lead roles with Matilda Firth, Jude Allen Greenstein, and Andrew Whipp starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the sci-fi thrillers, compelling characters, and Black Mirror themes in Subservience here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Wifelike is a...

Quick Links Catwoman Needs To Appear In The Penguin How The Penguin Could Bring Selina Kyle Back Selina Kyle Needs A Future Without Batman

The Penguin finally premieres on Max on September 19, bringing Colin Farrell's Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot back for his own adventure. Set after the events of 2022's The Batman, which saw Gotham City's criminal underworld turned upside down following the death of Carmine Falcone, the new series depicts Cobblepot as he attempted to rise as the new kingpin in town. However, he won't be without competition in his bid for power, as Falcone's children, Sofia and Alberto, have returned to the city with their sights set on taking over what is left of their father's criminal empire.

Despite years of theories suggesting otherwise, Matt Reeves has recently confirmed that Robert Pattinson's Batman will not appear in The Penguin. Although the Caped Crusader renewed his dedication to...

Netflix will explore Silicon Valley in its next drama series.

The streamer won a bidding war by giving a straight-to-series order to Thumblite, set in the epicenter of the tech industry. The series comes from The Morning Show and Pachinko producer Media Res and creator Scott Z. Burns (The Report, Apple TV+’s Extrapolations); NYU marketing professor and podcaster Scott Galloway is an executive producer. Rosamund Pike (The Wheel of Time, Saltburn) will star and executive produce.

Netflix describes Thumblite as “a corporate thriller set in Silicon Valley, that examines the schemes, rivalries, visions and obsessions of the power brokers and their underlings as they vie for control of the most powerful industry the world has ever known.” Details on Pike’s role in the show are being kept quiet for now.

The series is one of a couple of Silicon Valley-set shows in the works. CBS is also developing...

Netflix is getting further into the tech world with Scott Z. Burns and Scott Galloway’s Thumblite. After a bidding war, the streamer has landed Media Res’ corporate thriller package starring Rosamund Pike with a straight-to-series order.

Created and written by Extrapolations creator Burns, who serves as showrunner, Thumblite is set in Silicon Valley and examines the schemes, rivalries, visions and obsessions of the power brokers and their underlings as they vie for control of the most powerful industry the world has ever known.

Burns, Galloway and Pike executive produce alongside Greg Jacobs as well as Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer for Media Res.

Netflix beat a number of rivals to the package, but interestingly, we hear Apple TV+, home of two Media Res series, The Morning Show and Pachinko, did not engage due to the fact that Thumblite touches on the same world that its parent company primarily operates in,...

The handoff of the Summer Olympic Games from Paris to Los Angeles just got a lot louder. Performances by Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are expected to be featured in the Closing Ceremony of the Paris games on Sunday, multiple sources told Variety.

All three artists will be seen from Los Angeles in a mix of pre-taped and live performances. Producer Ben Winston, who is no stranger to live music events as the producer of the Grammy Awards and CBS’ 2021 “Adele: One Night Only” special, is coordinating with French producers of the Closing Ceremony.

Tensions are high around live music events this week after authorities in Austria thwarted a terrorist attack plot during Taylor Swift’s planned three-night stand in Vienna with her “The Eras Tour.” Two high-ranking Individuals familiar with the planning for the surprise L.A. concert stunt said security and crowd control...

Brainstorm Media has acquired the North American distribution rights to Chosen Family, a romantic comedy written and directed by Heather Graham, and for which a trailer has now been released. Graham stars as the lead opposite 1990s movie icon Julia Stiles (The Bourne Identity) in a story about sibling rivalry and the family you choose as your own. Chosen Family tells the story of Ann (Graham), a yoga teacher on a path for inner peace amidst the chaos of her manic family and miserable dating life. Ann's journey is complicated by her inability to say no and her relentless desire to fix everyones problems. She struggles to save her sister Clio (Stiles) from addiction, leading to disastrous results. With a new love interest entering her life, played by John Brotherton (Fuller House), Ann must navigate the complexities of her relationships and learn to put herself first.

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Megan Fox and director S.K. Dale, who previously worked together on the thriller Till Death (about a woman who has to deal with a pair of killers while handcuffed to the corpse of her husband), have teamped up again on the sci-fi thriller Subservience, which was filmed at the Bulgarian Nu Boyana Studio last year. Subservience is now ready to make its way out into the world, with XYZ Films planning to give it a digital and VOD release on September 13th. With that release date swiftly approaching, a trailer for Subservience has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.

Will Honley (Escape Room: Tournament of Champions) and April Maguire (Lost Girls) wrote the screenplay for Subservience, crafting a story about a struggling father who purchases a domestic Sim to help care for his house and family until she gains awareness and turns deadly. Here’s the...

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Twenty-five years after they released their 1999 classic album, Californication, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are celebrating the anniversary of the project with a new line of merch that will have fans dreaming of Californication all over again. The legendary rock band teamed up with the Parks Project for a limited-edition capsule collection — an ode to Yosemite National Park.

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Paramount+ has cancelled Halo, Deadline has confirmed.

The news comes a few months after Season 2 of the live-action video game adaptation premiered on the streamer in February. Amblin Television, Xbox and 343 Industries are currently shopping Halo in hopes of finding it a new home, Deadline understands.

“We are extremely proud of this ambitious series and would like to thank our partners at Xbox, 343 Industries and Amblin Television, along with showrunner and executive producer David Wiener, his fellow executive producers, the entire cast led by Pablo Schreiber as Master Chief and the amazing crew for all their outstanding work. We wish everyone the best going forward,” a spokesperson for Paramount+ said in a statement Thursday.

Added 343 Industries: “We deeply appreciate the millions of fans who propelled the Halo series to be a global success and we remain committed to broadening the Halo universe in different ways in the future. We...

Before landing his starring role as Fox Mulder in The X-Files, David Duchovny was hoping for Full House to be his big break as an actor. He tried to land all three of the male lead roles on the classic sitcom, only to be turned down for each one.

Per Variety, Duchovny opened up on failing to land Full House during his podcast, Fail Better. He shared that he first auditioned for the role of Danny Tanner, which initially went to John Posey for an unaired pilot before Bob Saget secured the role. Duchovny then went for Jesse "Uncle Jesse" Katsopolis, Danny's brother-in-law, with the role ultimately going to John Stamos. The Californication star's final hope was to read for Danny's good pal, Joey "Uncle Joey" Gladstone, which was a role ultimately played by Dave Coulier.

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David Duchovny could’ve been Danny Tanner, Joey Gladstone, or Jesse Katsopolis on Full House.

The actor recalled that back in the 1980s, he auditioned for all three male roles that would end up going to Bob Saget, Dave Coulier and John Stamos.

“I auditioned for all three parts on Full House,” Duchovny said on the latest episode of his Lemonada Media podcast Fail Better. “At first, they had me for, I think, the dad. And then they had me for the Stamos character. And then they had me for the other guy. I was thinking, ‘I’ve got to get one of these, and it’s going to change my life.'”

Duchovny continued, “I had plenty of those pilots that I went up for when I was first out in LA, and I thought each one was going to be the break. I just needed to be able to pay my rent too.

David Duchovny was looking for his big break in Hollywood when he auditioned for all three of the male lead roles on Full House, but it didn’t go as planned.

The Emmy-nominated actor revealed on Tuesday’s episode of his Lemonada podcast Fail Better that he was once in contention for the roles of Danny Tanner (Bob Saget), Jesse Katsopolis (John Stamos) and Joey Gladstone (Dave Coulier) on the beloved sitcom, which ran for eight seasons from 1987 to 1995.

“I auditioned for all three parts on Full House,” he recalled. “At first, they had me for, I think, the dad. And then they had me for the Stamos character. And then they had me for the other guy. I was thinking, ‘I’ve got to get one of these, and it’s going to change my life.'”

However, none of the roles panned out for Duchovny. But The X-Files...

Throughout their Unlimited Love tour, the iconic rock band The Red Hot Chili Peppers has continued to solidify their status and influence in the music industry.

Formed in Los Angeles in 1982, the group, comprising vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith and guitarist John Frusciante, has consistently pushed the boundaries of their genre, seamlessly blending elements of alternative rock, funk, punk rock, hard rock, hip hop and psychedelic rock.

In 2022, the Chili Peppers made a triumphant return to the music scene to drop two critically acclaimed albums in quick succession. First came Unlimited Love in April, which reunited the band with their longtime collaborator, renowned producer Rick Rubin, for the first time since 2011. This was followed by the release of Return of the Dream Canteen just six months later, with Rolling Stone’s Andy Greene describing the 17-track album as leaning “deeper into the funk and sublime weirdness” that...

Some nude scenes are meant to be sexy. Others are meant to be funny.

David Duchovny took the latter approach in his latest movie, “Reverse the Curse,” which he wrote and directed. The 63-year-old actor stars in the film as an ailing Red Sox fan whose condition worsens every time his beloved baseball team loses. When his adult son moves back home to take care of him, he manufactures a fake winning streak to keep his dad’s spirits high.

In one scene in the film, Duchovny and his co-star Logan Marshall-Green are changing in a men’s locker room. Naked, Duchovny’s character asks his son, “Are you uptight naked in front of your father?” After seeing his bare bottom half, Duchovny hugs him and says, “That’s a perfectly respectable prick you’ve got there, son.”

In an interview with Salon, Duchovny explained that it was important for...

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most profitable and adapted works, based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyles famous character. Guy Ritchie, who helmed Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes films, is expanding the universe with a series heading to Prime Video, and has just added a new cast member.

Per Deadline, Guy Ritchie's upcoming Sherlock Holmes series, titled Young Sherlock, has just tapped 3 Body Problem actress Zine Tseng as a lead for the series. The new series is based on Andy Lane's novels, and Guy Ritchie will direct and executive produce. The upcoming prequel has already found its new Holmes in Hero Fiennes Tiffin, who previously worked with Ritchie on his latest film, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

Related Sherlock Holmes Series Watson Adds Star Trek: Discovery Star in Major Role

The cast for CBS' upcoming Sherlock Holmes series, Watson, continues to grow, adding stars from Star Trek: Discovery and So Help Me Todd.

Angelina Jolie is easily one of the most recognizable actresses all around the globe. But even she had to start somewhere, and Californication's David Duchovny joked that he played a role in her becoming a huge star.

Angelina Jolie might be one of Hollywood's nepo babies, given that her father is Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight, but the actress has proven her talent time and time again. Whether it's as an actress, director, or producer, Angelina Jolie has done it all and well. However, during an appearance on Sirius Xm's Radio Andy on Thursday, David Duchovny explained why he feels like he had a hand in "discovering" Angelina Jolie.

Related 'Trick Question': Maya Erskine Shares Her Hopes for Mr. & Mrs. Smith Season 2

Maya Erskine didn't clarify the mystery about her and Donald Glover's possible return in Mr. and Mrs. Smith Season 2.

During a segment where he...

Maggie Grace, who played Shannon Rutherford on hit ABC drama Lost, has recalled her relatively short stint on the series, saying she had hoped there would be more story for her character. The actress told The Independent in an interview published today that Shannon being killed off in episode six of the second season is “still the worst heartbreak of my career. I was devastated!”

Shannon began the series as a spoiled and unsympathetic character, but ultimately softened as her relationship with Sayid (Naveen Andrews) blossomed. As with several former series regulars, Grace’s Shannon returned for the 2010 Lost finale.

Grace elaborated that she “thought they were gonna take (Shannon) a little further,” but said she understood the reasoning, telling The Independent that the character “was sort of a caricature of white privilege before that was a phrase, you know? And maybe I was just too good at my assigned job of being incredibly annoying.

Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone have joined the cast of Amazon Prime Video’s “Young Sherlock” as series regulars.

Fiennes — the uncle of Hero Fiennes Tiffin, who plays Sherlock Holmes — has been cast as Silas Holmes, Sherlock’s father, who is described as a “scientist, explorer and self-made businessman.”

McElhone will play Cordelia Holmes, described as “Sherlock’s devoted mother, artist and matriarch of the Holmes clan.”

Fiennes is best known for playing William Shakespeare in 1998’s “Shakespeare in Love” and Commander Fred Waterford in the first four seasons of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.” His other prominent credits include starring in “The Mother” opposite Jennifer Lopez, the Cate Blanchett-led biopic “Elizabeth” and Jean-Jacques Annaud’s “Enemy at the Gates.” Most recently, he led the James Graham play “Dear England.” Fiennes is repped by the Artists Partnership and WME.

McElhone is best known for playing Karen Van Der Beek...

Alanna Ubach hints at a potential return to Legally Blonde 3, but notes nothing is official for Serena's appearance. Ubach also shares her excitement about the franchise's upcoming prequel show, Elle, while also revealing she just recently saw the musical for the first time and "loved it". Though no story details have been revealed for the threequel yet, Legally Blonde 3 could see Serena having gone on to build a career of her own similar to Reese Witherspoon's Elle.

While the third movie remains in an unclear state of limbo, original star Alanna Ubach has an exciting response to her potential Legally Blonde 3 return. Ubach rose to prominence playing the character of Serena McGuire, best friend and sorority sister to Reese Witherspoon's leading lady Elle Woods in MGM's 2001 hit rom-com, which was a box office success, taking over $140 million worldwide, against a budget of $18 million. Ubach also...

Fire Country blazed onto the scene in 2022, hooking viewers immediately with its unique perspective.

It bridges the divide between those on the "right" side of the law and "criminals" trying to redeem themselves.

Fans thrived on the action-packed scenes, unique fire calls, and inspirational characters throughout Fire Country Season 1.

The main character -- and series co-creator -- Max Thieriot juggles a redemption arc from prisoner to inmate firefighter planning a life on the outside.

But many fans felt the same magic wasn't there for Fire Country Season 2.

Related: Fire Country Season 2 Report Card: From Smoldering Worst Parts to the Flames of Success

Despite the reduced excitement for Fire Country's sophomore season, the hit show received an order for a third season.

Series Regulars Will Return

Like many series recently, Fire Country has maintained a regular cast of characters who play integral parts in the storyline.

However, to keep things fresh,...

David Duchovny may not be gracing television screens every week like he did in his “X-Files” heyday, but he’s still putting in the work. His second directorial feature film, “Reverse the Curse” — which he also adapted from his novel “Bucky F*cking Dent” — was released in select theaters this past Friday, and his podcast “Fail Better” received headlines for interviews with Bette Midler and Sarah Silverman when it debuted in May. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Duchovny expressed his desire to keep moving at this stage in his career and not get hung up on what people think of him or his work.

“I was once talking to an agent,” Duchovny said. “She’s no longer my agent — and not because of the story — but I was not getting the roles that I wanted. I felt stuck. She was like, ‘Well, do you want me to tell you the truth?...

David Duchovny made his film directorial debut with House of D in 2004. While he has helmed multiple television series episodes, including The X-Files, Bones, Californication, and Aquarius, Duchovny has spent more of the last twenty years writing novels than helming projects. His sophomore film effort behind the camera is Reverse The Curse, based on Duchovny’s novel Bucking F*ing Dent. Bringing together friends in the industry for supporting roles and casting Logan Marshall-Green and Stephanie Beatriz alongside himself, this is an emotional comedy-drama with a sports theme.

Reverse The Curse follows Ted (Logan Marshall-Green) who works as a peanut slinger at Yankee Stadium. Having a terse relationship with his father, Marty (David Duchovny), Ted returns home to learn his dad is dying of cancer. At the suggestion of Marty’s nurse Mariana (Stephanie Beatriz), Ted learns about his father’s past and what led to their distance from one another.

Plot: Ted is a failed writer-turned-Yankees Stadium peanut slinger who moves back home after learning of the failing health of his Red Sox-obsessed father, Marty. While Marty strives to make amends for his past, his health drops abruptly whenever his beloved Sox lose a game. To keep his dad’s spirits up, Ted takes matters into his own hands and manufactures a winning streak with the help of a crew of dad’s neighborhood pals. An ode to the bond between father and son, this warm and witty film demonstrates how life truly belongs to the losers, and that the longshots are the ones worth betting on.

Review: Over the last decade, David Duchovny has transformed from actor to musician and novelist. On top of three albums of original songs, the former star of The X-Files and Californication has written four best-selling novels. After a great role in HBO’s The Sympathizer,...

Since Showtime is a pay-for-view cable channel, the execs aren't tied to the ratings like regular commercial channels. However, they still have to run programs that will keep viewers subscribed. Which of their shows will be cancelled or renewed? We'll have to wait and see.

Scripted Showtime shows listed: The Affair, American Gigolo, Back to Life, Billions, Black Monday, Californication, The Chi, City on a Hill, The Curse, Dexter, Dexter: New Blood, Dice, Episodes, Escape at Dannemora, The First Lady, Flatbush Misdemeanors, A Gentleman in Moscow, George & Tammy, The Good Lord Bird, Happyish, Homeland, House of Lies, I Love That for You, I'm Dying Up Here, Kidding, The L Word: Generation Q, Let the Right One In, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Masters of Sex, Moonbase 8, Nurse Jackie, On Becoming a God in Central Florida, Our Cartoon President, Penny Dreadful, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels,...

The Intelligence Unit has certainly evolved over the past decade.

Since Chicago Pd Season 1, we've had our fair share of characters come and go, losing beloved characters in any myriad of ways.

As we head into Chicago Pd Season 12, we can expect more changes regarding the Intelligence Unit as it continues to take new forms.

Chicago Pd Cast Slowly Evolves

For the most part, the fortunate aspect of Chicago Pd is that many of the original cast members still remain, even as we head into the twelfth season.

Of course, cast shifts due to budget restrictions have become common in many series, particularly those across the One Chicago franchise.

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From Chicago Med to Chicago Fire, we've seen an everchanging list of characters, and the cast rotates and takes new forms with new looks.

Famed for his portrayal of FBI agent Fox Mulder, David Duchovny has branched off into quite a few successful stints as an actor, writer, musician, and producer. In his latest tryst with fate, the X-Files actor kick-started his podcast Fail Better. In a reflection of his trials and missteps, his latest venture goes as far as to invite esteemed guests and talk about failures. The unconventional approach, however, has a deeper meaning, especially to him, on a personal basis.

David Duchovny | Gage Skidmore for Wikimedia Commons

To answer the burning question as to why he switched his tracks from being a popular actor to now hosting a talk show of sorts, the 63-year-old opened up on the same. Additionally, he also dished out why he would invite some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry and have them walk him through their defeats and constraints, in front of a global audience.

Lara Croft returns in Netflix's animated series, continuing the Survivor trilogy story with a new voice and fresh creative team. Hayley Atwell takes on the iconic role even though Camilla Luddington voiced Lara Croft in the Survivor trilogy of Tomb Raider games. Set to premiere in 2024, The Legend of Lara Croft promises to bridge various strands of Tomb Raider continuity and lore.

Netflix's Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft continues the enduring series' story in an all-new format: an anime-inspired TV series. After first debuting in 1996's Tomb Raider, the always-clever and tough-as-nails British archaeologist Lara Croft became a pop-cultural sensation nearly overnight. This prompted the first game's then-developer to churn out a new entry in the Tomb Raider saga on an annual basis. In 2001, the video game icon made the leap to the big screen in the action-adventure flick Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, which starred Angelina Jolie as the title character.

Chicago – The excellent new film “Babes,” which screened at the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival (Ccff) on May 4th, was the feature film director debut from a familiar name … Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”). “Babes” expanded nationwide on May 24th for Memorial Day weekend.

Pamela Adlon at the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival

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“Babes” is a hilarious riff on women friendships/bonding and an unexpected pregnancy. Eden and Dawn (Michelle Buteau) are besties, having grown up together in New York City, and are now firmly in different phases of adulthood. When carefree and single Eden finds herself pregnant after a one night stand, she decides to have a baby on her own, and her friendship with Dawn will face its greatest challenge. “Babes” is a hilarious and heartfelt comedy about the bonds of friendship and the messy, unpredictable challenges of adulthood and becoming a parent.

Eric Weinberg, a former producer on Scrubs and Californication, will stand trial for 28 charges of rape and sexual assault, according to multiple outlets. Following several days of preliminary hearings at Los Angeles’ Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, Judge Charlaine Olmedo set an arraignment set for June 4 and confirmed Weinberg would be put on trial for the charges, which also include sexual battery and using sexual force.

Variety reports that the preliminary hearing ran for more than two weeks in late April and early May, during which nine women gave testimony.

Eric Weinberg, a former writer-producer on the medical sitcom “Scrubs,” was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial by a Los Angeles judge. He is facing 28 charges of rape and sexual assault from eight different accusers and could receive multiple life sentences if convicted, according to media reports.

Judge Charlaine Olmedo heard testimony from nine women at a preliminary two-week hearing that ended in early May. The women, who have only been identified as Jane Does, said they agreed to meet Weinberg as his house for modeling sessions that quickly became physical.

Four of the Jane Does testified that Weinberg choked them and one said, “I was afraid he was going to kill me.” Another said, “I just remember thinking I was going to die,” when Weinberg placed both hands on her throat.

Olmedo dismissed four other counts on Tuesday: three because of the statute of limitations and one due to lack of evidence.

Eric Weinberg, a veteran writer-producer on the TV show “Scrubs,” was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial on 28 charges of rape and sexual assault.

Weinberg, 63, who also wrote on “Californication” and “Politically Incorrect” with Bill Maher, faces multiple life sentences if convicted.

Judge Charlaine Olmedo heard testimony from nine women at a preliminary hearing that ran for more than two weeks in late April and early May. The women told similar stories of being approached by Weinberg in public places, where he asked if they were interested in modeling.

Many of the women testified that agreed to meet Weinberg at his home, where he would begin to take photos. At some point, the encounter would become sexual, as Weinberg either began to remove their clothing or groped himself.

Several of the women — identified in court as Jane Does — said they became terrified when they realized the photo shoot was just...

At some point or another, it seems that just about every big name in Hollywood ends up making a Western. Some are bad, of course, but sometimes a compelling and thematic horse opera shows up that makes you think a little deeper about the genre. In the case of Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan, two actors well known for their roles in the action genre, that Western is Seraphim Falls, a revisionist Western directed by David Von Ancken that you definitely shouldn't sleep on. Though Von Ancken is generally known for his work directing episodes of shows like Californication and Hell on Wheels, he first tackled this revenge-fueled period drama in 2006, which pushed Brosnan and Neeson to their absolute limits.