One of my favorite shows of 2024 was “The Newsreader,” a biting Australian series about the TV news business in 1980s Melbourne. I likened it to an Aussie version of the 1987 movie “Broadcast News,” with its winning combination of satire and pathos and a news team obsessed with beating the competition no matter the fallout.

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Just about anyone can be an action hero when production company 87North — the team behind the "John Wick" franchise — is behind the camera. They proved that in 2021 when they made comedian and “Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk a surprise badass in the hyper-violent dadsploitation flick “Nobody.”

Odenkirk played Hutch, a suburban ...Read more

Family guide to new movie releases — "Highest 2 Lowest" and "Nobody 2."

'HIGHEST 2 LOWEST'

Rated R for language throughout and brief drug use.

What it’s about: A wealthy music mogul is faced with a dilemma when his son's best friend is kidnapped and he has to pay the ransom or save his own company with the money instead.

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“Purple Rain” has found its Prince.

Singer-songwriter Kris Kollins, a Washington, D.C., native who now lives in Miami, has been tapped to play the Kid, the Prince stand-in for the stage adaptation of the semi-autobiographical 1984 film.

The musical, which will be amplified by songs from Prince’s expansive repertoire that were not in the ...Read more

The Detroit-set action-thriller "Motor City" — which features a score by Jack White — is headed to Toronto.

The film, which stars Ben Foster, Shailene Woodley and "Reacher's" Alan Ritchson, will make its North American premiere at next month's Toronto International Film Festival, programmers announced Tuesday. It will make its world ...Read more

Justin Bieber receives "forgiveness and love" that he "truly [doesn't] deserve".

The 31-year-old pop star has taken to social media to open up about his faith, revealing that he "wouldn't be able" to get through the day without love from Jesus.

Justin - who is married to model Hailey Bieber - wrote on Instagram: "grateful for a new day.

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Leonardo DiCaprio is keen to be "more honest" after turning 50.

The Hollywood star celebrated his landmark birthday in November 2024, and he admits that it's prompted a change in attitude.

Speaking to Esquire UK, the movie star explained: "It [turning 50] creates a feeling like you have a desire to just be more honest and not waste your time. ...Read more

Teddi Mellencamp isn't allowed to reveal her Real Housewives salary.

The 44-year-old reality star was a cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills between 2017 and 2020, but Teddi was always discouraged from discussing her salary.

During an appearance on The Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast, Teddi explained: "The longer that you're on The...Read more

Here’s what one might expect from a series rooted in the “Alien” universe: dimly lit spaceship corridors, sleeping pods, computer screens, something slithering in the shadows and, of course, lots and lots of blood.

Here’s what you don’t expect: lore from “Peter Pan.”

But then FX’s “Alien: Earth” was created by Noah Hawley, ...Read more

"Butterfly" is actor and producer Daniel Dae Kim's love letter to Korea and America.

Launching Wednesday, Prime Video's South Korea-set spy thriller follows David Jung (Kim), a former U.S. intelligence operative who comes out of hiding to reunite with his daughter Rebecca (Reina Hardesty), a deadly agent who grew up believing he was dead.

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LOS ANGELES — A popular YouTube streamer posted on social media that he "almost [died] today" after Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies drew their weapons on him and briefly detained him Sunday afternoon in what he said appears to be a swatting incident.

Rapper DDG posted on a YouTube video that he was at a paintball tournament ...Read more

Jennifer Aniston "fought" to wear a wig in Horrible Bosses.

The 56-year-old actress played the flirtatious Dr. Julia Harris in the 2011 comedy movie, and Jennifer has revealed that her brunette wig was a point of contention before the cameras started rolling.

The Hollywood star told Vanity Fair: "I fought for that wig, by the way. That was not...Read more

Sharon Stone says Eric Dane's role in Euphoria "means the world" to her.

The 67-year-old actress has landed a mysterious role in the upcoming third season of the HBO drama and she is delighted to be starring alongside her old friend - who announced in April that he is battling the incurable degenerative condition ALS - because she knew how much...Read more

Denzel Washington wishes he'd been more active in his faith when he was younger.

The 70-year-old actor - who was baptized and obtained a minister license last year - has enjoyed a long and successful career and the only advice he has to offer his younger self is to have been more in contact with God.

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Friday the 13th franchise star Kane Hodder almost landed the role of Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare On Elm Street.

The 70-year-old actor was the man behind the hockey mask playing killer Jason Voorhees in four films; Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday ...Read more

Wednesday creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are creating a new animated Addams Family feature film.

The two showrunners of the Netflix series are developing an Addams Family reboot for Amazon MGM Studios which will be unconnected to Wednesday - which stars Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams - and the previous two animated films released in ...Read more

Crowded House have shot down a false AI-generated report claiming frontman Neil Finn suffers from erectile dysfunction.

In the bizarre clip, TVNZ journalist Simon Dallow reports on the fake news that the Don't Dream It's Over hitmaker has recently had a child after struggling with impotence.

An AI version of Finn says in the broadcast: "I ...Read more

Eddie Van Halen's electric guitar is predicted to fetch between $2 and $3 million at auction.

The custom 1982 Kramer once belonging to the late Van Halen axe-slayer - who died in 2020, at the age of 65, following a battle with throat cancer - will go under the hammer as part of Sotheby's New York's all-new Grails Week commencing on October 21. ...Read more

Demi Lovato found it "really healing" to perform with the Jonas Brothers over the weekend.

The 32-year-old singer-and-actress made a surprise appearance at her Camp Rock co-stars' show in New Jersey on Sunday (10.08.25) and not only was it "so nice" to be back on stage with the trio after receiving a call from ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas, they ...Read more

Jason Momoa almost drowned while out surfing.

The Aquaman actor was navigating Pe'ahi, the biggest surf break in Maui, which is nicknamed Jaws, during a lengthy paddle through Hawaiian waters in 2007 when his leg rope snapped amid high wind, though he was "fine" at first, despite the waves crashing down on him.

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