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The Young and the Restless spoilers for Thursday, May 1, 2025, are here! In tomorrow’s episode, fans can expect there to be a crisis at Marchetti.

Meanwhile, Lauren Fenmore Baldwin (Tracey E. Bregman) loses patience with Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc). Also, Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) raises the stakes with Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver).

Keep reading and let’s talk about what is coming up in the next episode of the CBS soap opera.

Summer Newman’s Crisis

In tomorrow’s episode, Y&r fans can expect Summer Newman (Allison Lanier) to deal with a crisis at Marchetti.

Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) has a job offer as well as Chelsea Lawson (Melissa Claire Egan). Based on what’s been shown so far, it appears that both Sally and Chesea could leave Marchetti, which could definitely put Summer in crisis mode. Sally is a designer and Chelsea is the creative director, so that’s a double whammy.

The Young and the Restless spoilers for Wednesday, April 30, 2025, are here! In tomorrow’s episode, fans can expect Lauren Fenmore Baldwin (Tracey E. Bregman) to get unexpected news.

Meanwhile, Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) encourages Cole Howard (J. Eddie Peck) to make a tough decision.

Keep reading and let’s talk about what is coming up in the next episode of the CBS soap opera.

Michael Baldwin’s Mistake

Fans already know that Lauren has been concerned about Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc). The former district attorney hasn’t been sleeping well and his stress level has skyrocketed.

Of course, Lauren was never on board with Michael working for Victor Newman (Eric Braeden). However, now that Michael has betrayed Victor by secretly meeting with Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman), things are about to explode.

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Lauren Fenmore Baldwin’s Discovery

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Showtime and Lionsgate’s Entertainment One have prevailed in a lawsuit claiming their hit series “Yellowjackets” stole ideas from a 2015 film called “Eden.”

In court documents obtained by TheWrap, U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson dismissed the November 2024 lawsuit, saying that the television show and film – both about soccer teams that crash in the woods on the way to a game, and begin to lean into cult-like behavior, ultimately resorting to cannibalism – were not similar enough to constitute copyright infringement.

“There can be no serious dispute that escape attempts by shipwrecked or stranded survivors are prevalent throughout fiction and history, from Odysseus, Robinson Crusoe and Gilligan to Shackleton and the Uruguayan rugby team,” Pregerson wrote. “Instances of competition, tribalism and factionalism in disaster scenarios or in response to resource scarcity are nearly as commonplace, from ‘The Tempest’ to ‘Survivor’ to much of the post-apocalyptic genre, such as the ‘Mad Max...

Showtime Networks and Lionsgate’s Entertainment One have beaten a lawsuit accusing them of ripping off 2015 survival thriller Eden in Yellowjackets.

Both follow a soccer team whose members start to exhibit cult-like behavior and contemplate cannibalism after crash landing in a remote location. U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson on Friday dismissed the lawsuit, finding that the plots, characters, themes and settings of the two works aren’t similar enough to constitute copyright infringement.

Eden, written by Nate Parker and distributed by Voltage Pictures, was released in 2015. Showtime sensation Yellowjackets premiered in 2021 to critical acclaim. Its second season opener became the studio’s most streamed debut ever, drawing roughly 2 million viewers across all platforms. The third season as a whole was the most watched so far for the series, with its finale drawing in 3 million watchers in its first seven days.

Alleged plot similarities between the movie and TV series...

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The Force is strong with this one, like, critically strong. Just when we thought Star Wars had peaked with Jedi duels and Grogu-sized cuteness, Andor sneaks in with its blaster set to “masterpiece.” The gritty rebel thriller is back for Season 2, and guess what? It’s not just back, it’s breaking records. Ahead of its April 22nd premiere, Andor Season 2 has officially scored the highest Rotten Tomatoes rating of any Star Wars project. Yup, it just Force-choked the competition.

Set during the tense years before Rogue One and A New Hope, the new season is serving up 12 episodes divided into four 3-episode arcs, aka mini Star Wars movies packed with espionage, betrayal, and some serious rebel grit. If Season 1 was about building the rebellion, Season 2 is about lighting the fire. And from the critic buzz, it looks like Andor just became the...

Young and the Restless weekly predictions see Summer Newman clawing, Audra Charles getting exposed, and Amy Lewis getting some really bad news.

We have got predictions for Amy Lewis (Valarie Pettiford) and Nate Hastings (Sean Dominic), for Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver), for Summer Newman (Allison Lanier) and Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor), for Dumas and Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), and for Lily Winters (Christel Khalil) and Damian Kane (Jermaine Rivers).

Young and the Restless Spoilers: Amy’s Cancer Battle and Nate’s Dilemma

Our very first prediction: Amy’s cancer gets worse during sweeps. And I even hate to say this, but it is sweeps. So Nate of course, finally got Amy to agree to treatment for her Leukemia. And Nate brought in Dr. Kelly, that oncologist from Chicago. He took Amy up to Chicago, or over to Chicago, however the geography works, got her into treatment. And Nate and Damian (Jermaine Rivers) went along.

The second season of The Sandman, Netflix's hauntingly metaphysical series, is set to premiere in 2025, and it's getting a major pre-holiday release! As confirmed by Netflix, the final season of The Sandman will arrive on July 3, 2025, just ahead of the Fourth of July holiday... or at least part of it will!

In an unexpected move, Netflix has revealed that the final season will be broken into two parts with Part 1 releasing on July 3 with the first six episodes of the season. Part 2 will the arrive a few weeks later on July 24, 2025, with the release of what will be the final five episodes of the series.

It was recently confirmed that the second season would also be the show's last, as Netflix looks to wrap it up., but season 2 won't be without any new additions!

According to MSN, Luke Allen-Gale (Dominion) and Will Keen (His Dark Materials) have been cast...

Young and the Restless fans, I’ve got your two-week spoilers for April 14th through the 25th. Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) escalates the insanity, and Lily Winters (Christel Khalil) is making a threat. On Monday, April 14th, we have Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) talking to Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) about what’s going on with his love life, and she thinks that he should get back with Sharon Newman (Sharon Case).

He thinks it’s destiny, but Nick is like, “No, that’s not it, we’re just friends. We’re taking this family trip, but there’s nothing romantic about it.” Victoria worries that because Nick is saying no to Sharon, that means he might say yes to Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford), but he’s quick to say no, that’s not happening either.

Young and the Restless Spoilers: Sharon and Phyllis’ Unexpected Truce and Traci’s Departure

Speaking of his two exes,...

Young and the Restless spoilers for April 14-18, 2025 see Alan Laurent (Christopher Cousins) is cornered, Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) is pushing, and Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland) is rattled.

Young and the Restless Spoilers: Phyllis’ Discovery and Summer’s Dilemma

So, on Wednesday, April 9th, we’ve got Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) telling Summer Newman (Allison Lanier) about Alan’s deranged twin, Martin. And Chance Chancellor’s (Conner Floyd) theory that they swapped during this deathly fall from a balcony in Paris.

Summer freaks out, understandably, thinking that Phyllis’ kidnapper has been living in the same house with Harrison Locke (Redding Munsell). That is a valid issue. Summer says she and Chance split up because she’s clearly not over Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor). And Phyllis is really hoping that Summer is not going to make a move to try and steal Kyle from Claire Grace Newman (Hayley Erin).

Sharon’s...

Exclusive: The London Barbican Theatre’s scintillating production of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, boasting an all-star ensemble led by Cate Blanchett, Tom Burke and Emma Corrin and directed by the estimable Berlin-based Thomas Ostermeier, is setting course for New York in 2026, multiple sources inform me.

The play, adapted by Duncan Macmillan and Ostermeier, is propelled by blasts of oomph. It feels so marvelously fresh that it could have been written today. Indeed, Macmillan and Ostermeier keep on eye on current events and amend their script as and when significant news emerges.

Like, on Thursday night, Jason Watkin’s Sorin made a point about the “f*cking high tariffs” he has to pay on his country estate’s farm produce, a clear reference to the tariffs introduced Wednesday by the Trump administration.

Jason Wakins in ‘The Seagull’ at the Barbican Theatre

The line had the Barbican audience whooping with irresistible,...

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London’s Metropolitan Police have charged comedian Russell Brand with rape, indecent assault, and sexual assault.

The charges come on the heels of an investigation that began in 2023, when five women accused Brand of varying acts of sexual misconduct.

Brand is scheduled to appear in London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court on May 2.

Russell Brand poses for photographs as he arrives to deliver The Reading Agency Lecture at The Institute of Education on November 25, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) Charges against Brand follow 18-month investigation

News of the charges comes courtesy of a statement from Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy.

“The women who have made reports continue to receive support from specially trained officers,” Furphy said in a statement issued on Friday.

“The Met’s investigation remains open and detectives ask anyone who has been affected by this case, or anyone who has any information,...

Character actor Denis Arndt, who appeared in Basic Instinct, a slate of David E. Kelley shows and earned a Tony nomination for his role in Broadway’s two-hander Heisenberg, has died at the age of 86, his family announced in an obituary published Wednesday.

“It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of our dad, Denis Leroy Arndt,” the statement read. “He died peacefully in his bed in his beloved cabin home of almost 50 years in Ashland, Oregon; he wouldn’t have had it any other way.”

Born Feb. 23, 1939 in Issaquah, Wash., Arndt served as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War and was awarded the Purple Heart twice. Afterward, the soon-to-be prolific actor moved to Seattle, where a friend convinced him to audition for a local theater, paving the way to more onstage roles later in his career.

“Of course, Dad got the main role. And he was brilliant.

Veteran actor Denis Arndt, known in part for his role in the hit movie Basic Instinct, has passed away. His death is starting to get reported on by various news outlets, which have revealed that Arndt died at the age of 85.

Per Ashland.news, Arndt died unexpectedly on March 25 at his home in Ashland, Oregon. His wife of 45 years, Magee Downey, confirmed the actor's death. A cause of death was not revealed, but it was noted in the report that Arndt suffered a stroke in 2019, though he had since recovered.

Arndt was born on Nov. 23, 1939. Before he got into acting, Arndt had a stint in the U.S. Army as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. For his service, he was awarded a Purple Heart and a Commendation Medal. He then worked as a helicopter pilot in Alaska before he took an interest in theater, leading to founding Seattle's Intiman Theatre.

Denis Arndt, the familiar character actor who appeared on L.A. Law, Picket Fences and other shows for David E. Kelley and earned a Tony nomination for his turn opposite Mary-Louise Parker in the Broadway two-hander Heisenberg, has died. He was 86.

Arndt died Tuesday at his longtime cabin home in Ashland, Oregon, his family announced.

Arndt also portrayed the newlywed husband of Mary Tyler Moore’s character on the 1988 CBS sitcom Annie McGuire — Adrien Brody played his son — and he was one of the cops ogling Sharon Stone’s Catherine Tramell in the iconic interrogation scene in Paul Verhoeven’s Basic Instinct (1992).

Arndt started out with Kelley on NBC’s L.A. Law as lawyer Jack Sollers, who arrives in season five (1990-91) to represent the naughty Rosalind Shays (Diana Muldaur) in her sexual discrimination case against McKenzie Brackman.

He recurred as another lawyer, Franklin Dell, on CBS’ Picket Fences over four...

The actor and director on why The Return took 30 years to make, their joy at persuading Juliette Binoche to join them – and the punishing regime that earned Fiennes his battle-scarred physique

Uberto Pasolini likes to say he has been thinking about adapting The Odyssey for 30 years – 20 years longer than it took Odysseus to win the Trojan war. A nephew of the director Luchino Visconti, the 67-year-old Italian film-maker has lived in London for 50 years. Pasolini, who won a Bafta for producing The Full Monty, first approached Ralph Fiennes to play Odysseus in 2011, after the actor had made his directorial debut with Coriolanus, believing Fiennes might also be able to direct the film.

They got as far as a location scout in Turkey, where Fiennes, then about to play Prospero in a Trevor Nunn production of The Tempest, practised his “Such stuff as dreams are made on” speech in an abandoned outdoor amphitheatre at dusk.

Veteran actor Clive Revill, who voiced Emperor Palpatine in the second Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back, has died. He was 94. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Revill passed away on Tuesday, March 11, at a care facility in Sherman Oaks, California, after a battle with dementia, per his daughter, Kate Revill. Born on April 18 1930, in Wellington, New Zealand, Revill trained initially to be an accountant before deciding to pursue a career in acting. He made his stage debut in 1950 in a production of Twelfth Night before moving to London to study acting at the Old Vic Theatre. Revill appeared in several Shakespeare productions, including Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and The Tempest. He made his Broadway debut in 1952, playing Sam Weller in The Pickwick Papers. He also played Fagin in Oliver!, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. Revill also received a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a...

Far too often these days, fantasy settings in anime are just fodder for power fantasies. However, some fantasy anime prefer to travel down a darker path. These series feature characters who've been horrendously wronged and become singularly driven by revenge.

Fantasy anime series focused on revenge often take place in dark fantasy settings, allowing viewers a break from the usual high fantasy featured in most series. While these can occasionally veer into being needlessly edgy, the best series are cathartic. Great revenge storylines push fans to think about the downsides to giving oneself over to such an all-consuming emotion, or at least offer the enjoyment of seeing a target of revenge finally get what they deserve.

Kaze no Stigma Sees a Mage Return to His Family After Being Exiled Stream Kaze no Stigma on CrunchyrollImage via Gonzo

Kaze no Stigma follows the story of Kazuma Kannagi, a member of a...

The Young and the Restless spoilers for the week of March 10, 2025, are here! Next week, fans can expect Alan Laurent (Christopher Cousins) to propose to Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland).

Holden Novak (Nathan Owens) broadens his horizons despite orders to go back to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Chance Chancellor (Conner Floyd) gets a hot lead.

Unfortunately, Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) and Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) are already fighting for their lives. Keep reading and let’s talk about what is coming up in the CBS soap opera.

Alan Laurent Proposes

During the week of March 10, fans can expect to see more of Alan and Traci. The adorable couple will go through another shift in their relationship.

As Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) and Diane Jenkins-Abbott (Susan Walters) listen, Traci gushes about her feelings for the psychiatrist. Then, Alan says that if he had a chance, he would ask Traci to marry him right now.

A remake of the 1956 science fiction feature “Forbidden Planet”, an adaptation of Shakespear’s “The Tempest” is in development at Warner Bros., with a screenplay by writer Brian K. Vaughan:

‘…in the original ‘Forbidden Planet’ feature, directed by Fred M. Wilcox, starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen…

“… a spacecraft travels to the distant planet ‘Altair IV’ to discover the fate of a group of scientists sent there decades earlier.

“When ‘Commander John J. Adams’ (Nielsen) and his crew arrive, they discover only two people: ‘Dr. Morbius’ ( Pidgeon)…

‘…and his daughter, ‘Altaira’ (Francis), who was born on the remote planet.

“Soon, Adams begins to uncover the mystery of what happened on Altair IV, and why Morbius and Altaira are the sole survivors…”

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From the moment Jean-Luc Godard returned to commercial cinema with his self-proclaimed “second first film” Every Man for Himself, he devoted himself to crafting a kind of holistic film, one rebuilt from the supposed “end of cinema” represented by his caustic 1967 feature Weekend. It was a goal he pursued until the end of his life, constantly revising his methods with new editing and video technology while finding new ways to illustrate the intersections of moviemaking, artistic representation, and the political histories that art both reveals and obscures. His first major summary of this method was 1987’s King Lear, a nominal treatment of Shakespeare’s tragedy that’s a total deconstruction of the prospect of adaptation.

Godard’s avant-garde approach and totalizing ambitions are obvious from the outset. The first thing we hear is a taped phone call from producer Menahem Colan berating Godard for taking too long with the project...

Young and the Restless weekly spoilers find Phyllis Summers in danger during the week of February 24-28, 2025.

Elsewhere, someone makes the right choice and a reunion gets underway on Y&r. Check out the latest spoilers for the CBS daytime drama.

Young and the Restless Weekly Spoilers: Phyllis Summers & Sharon Newman at Risk

This week, on Young and the Restless, Sharon Newman and Phyllis Summers are both missing. They went missing around the same time and neither of their families have heard from them.

Soon, Phyllis ends up in serious danger and Sharon faces a difficult choice. Chances are, Ian Ward abducted both of them to get the ultimate revenge. And he might force Sharon to choose between her freedom and Phyllis’.

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Later, on Young and the Restless, Phyllis won’t back down. So, she likely stands up to her kidnapper. Meanwhile, everyone’s suspicions about them grow.

No doubt,...

The Young and the Restless spoilers for February 24-28 focus on Sharon and Phyllis missing in action, Audra resorting to set boundaries, and a not-so-surprising reunion.

Next Week on The Young and the Restless

Apparently, Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) and Sharon (Sharon Case) are missing in action. After their respective Valentine’s Day dreams, they both vanished into thin air. However, next week, we’ll see what they are up to.

When we catch up to them and whatever they’re going through, Phyllis finds herself in dire circumstances, while Sharon is forced to make a difficult decision. Does this mean that they’re together? We know that Ian (Ray Wise) is still alive. Is he the one responsible for what they’re experiencing? Does Sharon or Phyllis instigate this disappearance? Later in the week, suspicion mounts about Phyllis and Sharon. What does the word “suspicion” mean here in this context?...

Sally & Billy Tension | Damian’s Big Surprise | Audra & Holden Talk ( Photo Credit – Twitter )

Genoa City is always buzzing with something new, be it love triangles, villainous plotting, family drama, or more. Now that the Heather murder mystery is done and dusted with the death of Jordan Howard, the focus is on other storylines that have been building up over the last few months.

Be it the Y&r love triangles featuring Summer, Kyle, Claire and Sally, Billy, Phyllis, or the family issues between Nate, Amy, and Damian. Here’s what to expect from the February 20, 2025, episode of The Young & the Restless.

The Young & The Restless Spoilers: February 20, 2025

The episode will feature Audra pressing Holden or Intel. Will the latter give in due to their history together or will he stay firm and refuse? Next, Sally is left bothered by Billy’s bond with Phyllis. As the love triangle heats up,...

The Young and the Restless spoilers weekly update for February 17 – 21 teases that Audra makes a pact with Holden while Jack and Diane make a big move. Tune in next week so you can catch all of the action in Genoa City!

Weekly Recap

Monday, February 10, 2025 – Episode #13057

Victor (Eric Braeden) undermined Kyle (Michael Mealor) when it came to Claire (Hayley Erin). Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Nick (Joshua Morrow) discussed Victor’s shooting and his recovery, considering what life might be like without him there. Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan) set the record straight with Sharon (Sharon Case).

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 – Episode #13058

Victor defended his actions regarding his feelings about Kyle and the Abbotts. Nate (Sean Dominic) struggled to reunite Amy (Valarie Pettiford) and Damian (Jermaine Rivers), but they all talked a bit. Diane (Susan Walters) took matters into her own hands after they discussed Victor. However, Jack wasn’t read to discuss redecorating just yet.

Young and the Restless next week spoilers find Audra Charles put on the spot during the week of February 17-21, 2025.

Meanwhile, someone plots revenge while another denies her feelings on Y&r. Check out the latest spoilers for the CBS daytime drama.

Young and the Restless Next Week Spoilers: Audra Charles Panics

Next week, on Young and the Restless, Audra Charles is still at Crimson Lights talking with newbie, Holden Novak. Now we know that Audra shares a past with him. Part of it is business and involves Tucker McCall. However, it also appears that they share an intimate past as well.

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Next week, Audra tells Holden the last thing she needs is her man, Nate Hastings, finding out they have history. Of course, Nate strolls in at that exact moment and asks, “What’s going on here?”

So, Audra has two choices on Young and the Restless — tell...

The latest The Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers preview for the week of February 17 has fans talking! CBS Daytime is teasing that things just got soapier, flirtier, dirtier, sexier, and riskier! We’ve got the scoop! What’s Coming Up on Y&r? The Young and the Restless Spoilers Preview for February 17 Summer (Allison Lanier) […]

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Can anyone forget the transfixing mysteries of Lois Patiño’s 2023 film, “Samsara”? The director is back with a new feature, “Ariel,” which recently premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in the Harbour section. The film is a disarmingly playful, free-wheeling strum on representation and reality. It’s lit by a spirit of surreal mischief, as Agustina Muñoz playing herself travels to an island for a production of “The Tempest,” where everyone is locked in a sort of Shakespeare-mania.

HighOnFilms’ Debanjan Dhar caught up with Patiño to discuss Ariel’s metatextual riffs, collaborations with Matías Piñeiro and Ion De Sosa, and bringing Shakespeare into the fold of everyday in the Azores. Edited excerpts from the conversation:

Debanjan: Could you speak about creating the conceit of the ferry where somewhere midway all passengers except Ariel fall into deep sleep? When did that conceit, as the first entry point into that strange,...

Director Scott Derrickson‘s new sci-fi thriller “The Gorge” is largely a two-hander between Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy as assassins tasked with guarding opposite sides of an enormous and highly classified chasm.

That chasm is also home to a supernatural force that cannot be allowed to get out, under any circumstances. Outside Teller and Taylor-Joy’s central story — a romance that develops over binoculars as they communicate without ever traversing the space between them — one of the movie’s biggest pleasures lies elsewhere.

That’s in Derrickson’s casting of Sigourney Weaver as Bartholomew, the imposing and enigmatic operative who hires Teller to guard the gorge without revealing its secrets — or her own intentions. Part of the fun of watching Weaver in the role is seeing her as a character that recalls not Ripley, the heroine she played in four “Alien” films, but one of the shadowy figures behind Weyland-Yutani,...

Poppy is finally feeling the repercussions of a decision she made long ago on The Bold and the Beautiful. By hiding the fact that her nephew Finn is the father of her daughter, Luna, she’s created a chaotic situation that’s only going to get worse. However, in the real world, Romy Park is enjoying the calmness of one of her passions. She not only shared some words of wisdom with her fans but also showed off some impressive skills.

Life Without Ballet is Pointe-less

Park’s followers were loving her after she wrote on Instagram, “‘We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.’ Prospero in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest.” She added, “Here is where I can live in endless dreams, however fleeting. A place to drown out the outside world and be a child again. A safe haven to heal the mind,...

A few years back, directors Lois Patiño and Matías Piñeiro joined forces for what was meant to be a very loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The resulting short, Sycorax, felt like the meeting of two kindred spirits. Piñeiro’s ability to resuscitate the Bard’s texts and graft them onto present-day settings met with Patiño’s keen eye for the otherworldly. The story of a fictional cineaste (Piñeiro regular Agustina Muñoz) who roams the Azores in search of a woman to play the eponymous witch from The Tempest, Sycorax oozed both the playfulness of Piñeiro’s “Shakespeareads” and the sensual, hypnotic aura of Patiño’s Red Moon Tide or Samsara. It was that rare joint project whose two directors worked in perfect symbiosis, each playing to the other’s strengths.

Based on an original idea by Piñeiro and Patiño, through written and directed by the latter only, Ariel...

Right from the opening of Lois Patiño’s endlessly beguiling new film “Ariel,” reality is ruptured. The sky and the sea are mottled with a purple glow. The camera shifts its gaze to a troupe of performers on the shores. It’s a Shakespeare play; there’s a rapt audience watching. Agustina Muñoz plays herself, an actress whom the troupe has tapped to play Ariel from The Tempest.

Set in the Azores, she travels to an island to partake in a production. However, a heightened air of the uncanny sets in on the ferry trip itself. Suddenly, everyone aboard except Agustina slips into sleep, as if hexed. It gets even more confounding when she reaches the island. Each of its inhabitants is a Shakespeare character. Agustina is baffled. She thinks they are all playing some trick on her. But they refuse to shake off their performative air.

It’s everywhere she goes,...

The Young and the Restless Spoilers for February 3, 2025: Coming up next on Y&r, Claire’s state of mind, and more. Opening Up About the Past! We’re slowly but surely digging into the juicy details of Audra’s (Zuelyka Silver) mysterious past—like a treasure hunt, but with more emotional baggage! Obviously, there are still some things […]

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Live from London — it's Friday night! And it's also another bumper, jam-packed edition of the Empire Podcast that we've got in store for you this week, dear listeners. The great Angelina Jolie heads up our trio of amazing guests, as she talks to our very own musical icon, George Har— we mean, er, John Nugent about taking on the challenge of playing legendary opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín's Maria [20:48 — 34:02 approx.] Then, Chris Hewitt has a fascinating chat with Jason Reitman about how, exactly, he recreated the chaos of SNL's opening night in Saturday Night [56:33 — 1:15:42 approx.] And completing the hat-trick of guesting all-stars, finally Chris is back again and sitting down on Zoom with Ee Rising Star Award nominee David Jonsson, who joins us for a natter about that, about Rye Lane, about the difference between a stroll and a strut, and about tackling a very complex role in Alien: Romulus,...

The Young and the Restless spoilers for February 3-7 focus on life after Genoa City’s supervillain era. Ian and Jordan are gone (for now). Who knows when Ian will recover from his gunshot wound and cause mayhem for the Newmans again? Meanwhile, Jordan’s dead, or so she’s led us to believe. We’ll see if that holds true.

Next Week on The Young and the Restless

Unfortunately for Jack (Peter Bergman), Victor’s (Eric Braeden) temper doesn’t go away just because he’s recovering from a gunshot wound. When Victor stands his ground with Jack, he undoubtedly attempts to keep his rival away from Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott), as seen in the show’s teaser for next week. On Monday, Victor doesn’t really give Jack a chance to show concern for Nikki. Instead, he rather hold on to his grudge against Jack, which stemmed from...

Lights On has secured international sales rights to “Ariel,” the latest feature from acclaimed Galician director Lois Patiño, whose previous work “Samsara” tripped out audiences at the Berlin Film Festival. The film is set to make its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam(IFFR) on Feb. 11, screening in the Harbour section, a platform for bold and innovative contemporary cinema.

“Ariel” tells the story of Agustina Muñoz, an Argentine actress who arrives on the Azores Islands to perform in a production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” with the Galician theater company Voadora.

However, after a strange incident on the ferry over, she notices peculiar behavior among the island’s inhabitants. Guided by a mysterious girl named Ariel, the actress navigates a surreal landscape where reality and fantasy blur, creating an ambiguous, dreamlike world.

The film is a Spain-Portugal co-production by Filmika Galaika and Bando à Parte, shot on location in the Azores.

Protesters from the environmental group Just Stop Oil interrupted a performance of The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver in London’s West End on Jan. 27, with the audience responding with boos and jeers. Footage released by the group shows the star, who portrays Prospero in the late Shakespeare play, leaving the stage after the interruption. In the video, the protesters can be seen using a confetti cannon, with a sign unfurled reading, “Over 1.5 degrees is a global shipwreck,” a reference to the play’s plot. (Credit: Just Stop Oil/Jamie Lowe via Storyful)

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Back in the 1990s, there was no bigger musical superstar than Alfred Moretti. “Global” doesn’t begin to describe his level of fame. His particular brand of old-school glam rock, new-school electro-pop and sheer charisma meant he topped every chart imaginable. He reinvented genres, cavorted with presidents and popes, broke Cindy Crawford’s heart. The man’s fans were legion. Moretti went by many nicknames: The Debutante, The Velvet Collar, Don Diva, The Wizard of Wiggle. Mostly, he was simply Moretti, a God-tier artist artist that earned his place in...

Sigourney Weaver’s West End production of The Tempest was disrupted by climate crisis protesters on Monday night.

Just Stop Oil activists took to the stage and unfurled a sign saying “Over 1.5 Degrees is a Global Shipwreck” in the group’s signature orange.

The play, performed at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane, was halted and Weaver was escorted from the stage.

As important as it is for Marvel fans, Daredevil: Born Again is as important for the Call of Duty fandom. It includes the return of Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio), Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal), and more. It’s a blast for Marvelites.

One of the villains of the show is White Tiger, played by Kamar de los Reyes. Now if you aren’t aware of this name, you may know the actor better by the character he played; Raul Menendez from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. I can still feel the menacing but charming look on me every time he appears on the screen, even now, all these years later.

Kamar de los Reyes Will Appear as White Tiger in Daredevil: Born Again

Maybe some are aware of this already but for those who don’t know, this will be the last posthumous appearance of the actor. Kamar...

Behind every great man, as the old, outdated expression goes, there’s a great woman — and there’s a pretty decent chance she’s been played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.

The 55-year-old actress has built a long, inspiring career out of portraying characters who linger just off center stage: the long-suffering wife of Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Navy Seal in 2000’s Men of Honor; Ray Charles’ mistress in Jamie Foxx’s 2004 biopic Ray; Yusef Salaam’s mother in 2019’s When They See Us (her first Emmy nomination); and Venus and Serena Williams’ mom in the 2021 Will Smith film about their dad, King Richard (her first Oscar nom).

“If we only know the figurehead and we don’t know the women who were doing the groundwork, it’s not the full truth,” she tells THR. “We’d be telling a half story.”

She fills in the other half once again in the just-released Nickel Boys,...

Talk about a surprise. When Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (who has been acting professionally since her debut as Ariel in 1995’s Broadway revival of “The Tempest” opposite Patrick Stewart) arrived on the Louisiana set of “Nickel Boys” (Amazon/MGM/Orion), her documentarian-turned-feature-director RaMell Ross told her to do something she had never done before: Look straight into the lens, without a reverse angle on her co-star. She couldn’t see her fellow actors because their faces were obscured by the camera, just as their faces were hidden from the audience.

Watching the lauded critical hit “Nickel Boys” requires an adjustment to a strict point-of-view aesthetic. But Taylor-Ellis had to make it work on the ground, on the fly. The tightly scheduled period feature (budgeted at $20 million) left little time to figure it out.

Reactions range widely to this avant-garde Colson Whitehead adaptation about a brutal southern school for boys, but among the “Nickel Boys” ensemble,...

The Young and the Restless spoilers weekly update for January 6 — 10 teases that Victor issues an ultimatum and a solemn vow while Audra and Nate get a huge clue. Tune in next week to catch all of the action in Genoa City!

Weekly Recap

Monday, December 30, 2024 – Episode #13030

Victor (Eric Braeden) and Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) questioned Nick (Joshua Morrow) about supporting Sharon (Sharon Case). Ian (Ray Wise) and Jordan (Colleen Zenk) made a dangerous move. Danny (Michael Damian) raced home to surprise Christine (Lauralee Bell) in time for New Year’s Eve.

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 – Y&r re-aired Episode #12997 (Oad: 11/8/24)

Victor brought Nikki “home” to the Newman Ranch, leading Abby and Devon to finalize their wedding plans.

Wednesday, January 1, 2025 – Y&r aired Classic Episode #8361 (Oad: 4/6/06)

Sharon confronted Phyllis about her affair with Nick. Jack dealt with a crisis at Jabot. Victoria kept a secret from Brad.

Thursday, January 2, 2025 – Episode #13031

Nick made a shocking...

Olivia Hussey, who left an indelible mark on cinema and television through diverse works ranging from Romeo and Juliet to Black Christmas to Jesus of Nazareth has passed away. She was 73.

Olivia Hussey garnered widespread acclaim and a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer for portraying the titular Capulet in what is considered one of the best Shakespeare adaptations, 1968’s Romeo and Juliet. But she soon found a home in genre and horror movies, landing the lead role in Bob Clark’s slasher classic Black Christmas. It was here that Hussey played Jess Bradford, who would actually be one of the earliest examples of the “final girl”, paving the way for the likes of Halloween’s Laurie Strode, A Nightmare on Elm Street’s Nancy Thompson, Scream’s Sidney Prescott, and countless others.

A post on Hussey’s official Instagram account reads, in part: “It is with profound sadness that...

Actress Felicity Jones, aka 'Jyn Erso' in the feature "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", recently signed to lead Amazon MGM Studios ‘Formula 1’ racing drama “One”, poses for the December 2024 issue of “Marie Claire” (UK) magazine, wearing Chloe, Versace and Gucci, photographed by Kate Davis-Macleod:

Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008)…

…”Chéri" (2009), "The Tempest" (2010)….

…"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015)....

In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso'…

…winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.

She currently co-stars in “The Brutalist” (2024).

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Tennessee Williams sets Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, his 1955 play about sexual repression, at a cotton plantation on the Mississippi Delta. You can feel the heat in director Rebecca Frecknall’s production at the Almeida Theatre starring a scorching Daisy Edgar-Jones as Maggie, the cat in question, who does all in her power to jolt her inattentive husband, Brick — played superbly by Kingsley Ben-Adir — out of his self-inflicted stupor.

The play opened just a few days ago and there’s already chatter about it transferring into the West End, most appropriately, next summer, and Edgar-Jones must be persuaded to move with it, along with Ben-Adir, Lennie James’ powerful Big Daddy and Clare Burt’s cotton-headed Big Mama.

Edgar-Jones’ Maggie the cat is a study in the art of allure, and calculation; she prowls the Almeida stage like a hungry feline wanting to play with her prey before gobbling it up,...

Hayley Atwell is enjoying a night on the town with two special guys!

The 42-year-old actress was joined by her fiance Ned Wolfgang Kelly and her future co-star Tom Hiddleston while attending the opening night of The Tempest on Thursday (December 19) at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England.

The new production of The Tempest is directed by Jamie Lloyd, who will direct Hayley and Tom in a production of Much Ado About Nothing next year. Tickets are on sale now!

Hayley and Ned have been engaged since April 2023. He wrote on Instagram at the time, “Lucky me. Arrived in Venice at 10am. Around midday the love of my life and I got engaged in the kitchen of this strange apartment full of porcelain ducks, with a bloke outside the window murdering “My Way” on the accordion. A perfect start to the rest of our lives together. I’d never...

The Young and the Restless spoilers for Thursday, December 12, 2024, are here! In tomorrow’s episode, fans can expect Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) to test Claire Grace Newman’s (Hayley Erin) loyalty.

Coming Up On The Young And The Restless

Lily Winters (Christel Khalil) makes a tough decision. Meanwhile, Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver) makes a promise to Nate Hastings (Sean Dominic). Keep reading to find out what is coming up in the next episode of the CBS soap opera.

The Young And The Restless Spoilers – Claire Grace Newman Tested

Y&R spoilers for Thursday, December 12 reveal that Victor will test Claire somehow. Recently, Claire and Victor had a conversation about his war with Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman). Claire didn’t approve, which she made clear to Victor.

While Victor said he would tell Claire the whole story someday, he will also test her loyalty to the family.

So, maybe Victor tells...

Megalopolis.Leaving the Cannes premiere of Megalopolis (2024) earlier this year, I remember a few friends and colleagues asking if I’d liked it. Truth is, I didn’t know; a few months later, I still don’t. There were things that felt outright puzzling—the clunky dialogue, the nonsensical storylines, the campy excess of it all. And yet, much like Joey Shapiro at the Chicago Reader, “I also found myself in awe of it over and over again.”Such an ambivalent response isn’t exactly the most common reaction to Francis Ford Coppola’s latest, which has received a raucous critical drubbing since its release. “Megaflopolis might be a better name for it,” Tara Brady quips at the Irish Times; over at Entertainment Weekly, Maureen Lee Lenker sees it as “a stain on [the director’s] legacy”: aside from “his being the mastermind behind two of cinema's greatest achievements, he's also now...

A remake of the 1956 science fiction feature “Forbidden Planet”, an adaptation of Shakespear’s “The Tempest” is in development at Warner Bros., with a screenplay by writer Brian K. Vaughan:

‘…in the original ‘Forbidden Planet’ feature, directed by Fred M. Wilcox, starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen…

“… a spacecraft travels to the distant planet ‘Altair IV’ to discover the fate of a group of scientists sent there decades earlier.

“When ‘Commander John J. Adams’ (Nielsen) and his crew arrive, they discover only two people: ‘Dr. Morbius’ ( Pidgeon)…

‘…and his daughter, ‘Altaira’ (Francis), who was born on the remote planet.

“Soon, Adams begins to uncover the mystery of what happened on Altair IV, and why Morbius and Altaira are the sole survivors…”

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Y: The Last Man creator Brian K. Vaughan is set to write a remake of the iconic sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet. Released in 1956, Forbidden Planet is an unofficial, loose sci-fi reimagining of William Shakespeare's The Tempest. The story follows the crew of the starship C-57D as they arrive at the distant planet Altair IV to solve the mystery of what happened to a 20-year-old missing starship, which leads them to uncover a mystery involving a relic from a long-perished race.

Nearly 70 years later, a remake of Forbidden Planet is finally happening. Deadline reports that Brain K. Vaughan, best known as the creator of the critically acclaimed comic series Y: The Last Man, is writing a script for the Forbidden Planet remake at Warner Bros. Vaughan has contributed to many television shows, including Lost, Under the Dome, and The Runaways, which was based on his own Marvel comic. Emma Watts,...