“Nonnas,” the Vince Vaughn-led comedy film also starring Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, Brenda Vaccaro, Linda Cardellini and Susan Sarandon, was the most-watched title on Netflix during the week of May 5-11. The movie debuted on May 9 and hit 15.3 million viewers in its first three days of availability.

For the second week in a row, the No. 1 TV title of the week was “The Four Seasons.” The Tina Fey comedy reached 12.5 million views, up from 11.9 million views in four days the week before. It was followed by “You” Season 5, which had its third week on the chart with 5.4 million views.

FX has unveiled the release dates for “The Bear” Season 4, Noah Hawley’s “Alien: Earth,” as well as the drama series “The Lowdown” starring Ethan Hawke.

Season 4 of the Emmy-winning culinary dramedy “The Bear” hits Hulu June 25, with all 10 episodes available at 5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et. Season 4 will also be available at the same time internationally on Disney+.

All 10 episodes of Season 3 of “The Bear” dropped on Hulu on June 26, 2024. It followed Jeremy Allen White’s Carmy Berzatto after he reopened his restaurant The Beef into the fine dining establishment The Bear. Finally fed up with Carmy’s kitchen’s dysfunction,...

Marvel’s “Thunderbolts” continued to lead the U.K. and Ireland box office into the second week of May, holding onto the top spot for Disney with a weekend gross of £2.3 million ($3.1 million). That brings its total to $15.6 million.

Warner Bros.’ “Sinners” continued its strong run in second place, adding $1.4 million in its fourth weekend and crossing $17.5 million overall. “A Minecraft Movie” took third with $834,597 in its sixth frame, boosting its cumulative total to $73.6 million.

A strong new entry in fourth place, “Ocean With David Attenborough” from Altitude Film Distribution earned $770,625 on debut. Warner Bros.’ “The Accountant 2” held fifth with $305,004, reaching $1.5 million overall, while Sony’s horror entry “Until Dawn” followed in sixth with $254,965, and is now at $2.1 million after three weeks.

Vertigo Releasing’s “The Surfer”, starring Nicolas Cage, opened in seventh with $177,432. In eighth, Lionsgate U.K.’s “The Penguin Lessons” added $136,680 to bring its total to $4 million.

Fallout is set to return to Prime Video late this year — and it will continue beyond that.

The Amazon-owned streamer has given an early season three renewal to Fallout, which instantly became one of Prime Video’s biggest shows when it debuted April 2024. Season two is set to premiere in December.

Prime Video announced the early pickup at its upfront presentation Monday, with series stars Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten and Walton Goggins appearing on stage to reveal the season two premiere.

“We are absolutely thrilled that our global Prime Video customers will be able to delve deeper into the wonderfully surreal and captivating world of Fallout,” Amazon MGM Studios global head of television Vernon Sanders said in a statement. “Jonah [Nolan], Lisa [Joy], Geneva [Robertson-Dworet], and Graham [Wagner] have done an exceptional job bringing this beloved video game franchise to vivid life on Prime Video. Together with our amazing partners at Bethesda Games and Bethesda Softworks,...

Jude Law and Andrew Garfield will star in “Wild Things,” a new limited series from Apple TV+ centered around famed magicians Sigfried and Roy. The show stems from the Apple Original Podcast of the same name.

John Hoffman, a six-time Emmy Award nominee known for “Only Murders in the Building” and “Grace and Frankie,” will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer. The series will consist of eight episodes and tell “the wild ride relationship tale of two of the greatest showman-magicians in history who, along with their white tigers, are tasked with turning Sin City into a family-friendly destination,” per the show’s official logline. “The duo push the concept of illusion versus reality to the extreme, personally and professionally, until tragedy reframes and opens a mystery surrounding their last fateful Las Vegas show.”

Law will star as Siegfried and Garfield will star as Roy. Both actors will also...

Cannes is making it official: nudity and “excessively voluminous” clothing are not welcome on the red carpet of the Palais.

After a demonstrator appeared topless on the Cannes red carpet in 2022 and Bianca Censori stretched the limits with her appearance with a transparent dress at the Grammys earlier this year, the festival issued a statement in accordance with “the institutional framework” of the festival and French law.

“This year, the Cannes Film Festival has made explicit in its charter certain rules that have long been in effect. The aim is not to regulate attire per se, but to prohibit full nudity on the red carpet, in accordance with the institutional framework of the event and French law,” said the new instructions from the festival.

In addition, the festival said that it “reserves the right to deny access to individuals whose attire could obstruct the movement of other guests or complicate...

Madonna is working on adapting her life story into a limited series for Netflix.

The iconic pop star has teamed with “Stranger Things” producer and director Shawn Levy on a series about her life and career. The project is still in development, but if it comes to fruition, it will be Levy’s latest title with Netflix.

The filmmaker and producer’s 21 Laps has an overall deal with the streaming giant. Levy himself, meanwhile, has directed and produced a number of past Netflix shows and films, including “Stranger Things,” 2023’s “All the Light We Cannot See” and the Ryan Reynolds sci-fi vehicle “The Adam Project.”

He is currently attached to direct the Ryan Gosling-led “Star Wars: Starfighter” for Lucasfilm.

Madonna has been trying for years to get a biopic about her life and career off the ground. Julia Garner was previously said to be a frontrunner to play the...

New Line Cinema has filed an arbitration claim against Kevin Costner’s company under which Horizon was produced over alleged breaches to a deal for the period Western, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Horizon Series, Costner’s loan-out firm, is in a standoff with New Line over its cofinancing agreement, a source says. After City National Bank initiated arbitration proceedings against both companies, New Line responded by filing a crossclaim seeking repayment from Horizon Series as part of its defense.

Under the deal, New Line and Horizon Series were each required to repay a portion of the financing. By New Line’s thinking, it covered the portion its partner didn’t pay, but City National Bank took the position that it’s owed more.

When asked, New Line declined to comment. City National Bank and Territory Pictures, Costner’s production banner, didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Costner designed...

We don’t have to say au revoir to Lupin, merci.

Part four of the hit series is already in production in Paris, Netflix said on Monday; it will consist of eight 45-minute episodes. Omar Sy is back as Assane Diop, “the gentleman thief who has captured the hearts of viewers in France and around the world,” as Netflix likes to tell us.

Lupin was created by George Kay in collaboration with François Uzan; Marie Roussin, Florent Meyer and Tigran Rosine also participated in the formation of the series, which is inspired by Maurice Leblanc’s Arsène Lupin character.

Rosine, Meyer, Mathilde Arnaud, Jean-Yves Arnaud and Pennda Ba are the series’ writers; Sy and Louis Leterrier are showrunners.

“I often say that Lupin is an extraordinary plaything. I find great joy in it every time,” Sy said in a statement. “Together with Netflix, Carrousel, and Gaumont, we’ve invested the...

The full list of 2025 BAFTA TV Awards winners is in!

This year’s ceremony celebrating all things television was held at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday (May 11) in London, England.

BAFTA previously announced that ITV won the Special Award for commissioning Mr Bates vs The Post Office. Kirsty Wark, the former BBC Newsnight presenter, won the BAFTA Fellowship, the British Academy’s top accolade.

The BAFTA TV Awards were hosted by Alan Cumming, who currently hosts The Traitors on Peacock.

The ceremony screened on BBC One in the UK and BritBox istatside.

Keep reading to find out more…

2025 BAFTA TV Awards

Drama Series

Blue Lights (BBC) - Winner

Sherwood (BBC)

Supacell (Netflix)

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (BBC)

Limited Drama

Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

Lost Boys and Fairies (BBC One)

Mr Bates vs the Post Office (ITV) - Winner

One Day (Netflix)

International

After The Party (Channel 4...

The Cannes Film Festival is nearly here and while it’s easy to get swept up in the glitz and glamor and very big yachts, there’s another, equally important side to the festival as a marketplace for films from all over the world seeking distribution.

And there are some very big movies at this year’s festival which don’t have distribution, either domestically or internationally, that are very much worth keeping an eye on. They could be some of the festival’s biggest splashes.

“Die My Love” (Courtesy Cannes Film Festival) Die, My Love (Lynne Ramsay)

Scottish director Lynne Ramsay is one of the most exciting filmmakers working today and the fact that she has only made five features total, beginning with her outstanding debut feature “Ratcatcher” (back in 1999), turning the release of each new film into a verifiable event. “Die, My Love,” her first since 2017’s “You Were Never Really Here,...

It’s been just over a decade since the world lost the comedy legend that was Joan Rivers, so to celebrate her life, NBC is releasing “Joan Rivers: A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute.”

The hour-long special will unite several comedians and actors to revisit Rivers’ legendary cabinet of jokes, and add their own spin to them. Plus, they’ll include some original material as well.

“This tribute is everything my mother would have wanted — hilarious, unfiltered and filled with people she respected (and roasted),” Melissa Rivers, Joan Rivers’ daughter, said in a statement. “And as usual, she was still the funniest person in the room. It’s incredibly moving to see so many iconic comedians come together to celebrate her legacy, especially the women whose careers she helped make possible by breaking down so many doors.”

And if you’re wondering how Joan Rivers herself would feel about the special,...

Note: This article has spoilers for “The Rookie” through Season 7, Episode 18: “The Good, the Bad, and the Oscar.”

If you were hoping to see “The Rookie” duo Lucy Chen (Melissa O’Neil) and Tim Bradford (Eric Winter) back together in full swing by the end of Season 7, you might have been surprised to find that the finale left things a bit inconclusive. What’s more, fans are going to have to wait until 2026 to get their resolution after ABC announced Tuesday at Upfronts that the series will once again make a midseason return.

But don’t take it as a sign of doom or further disrepair for the fan-favorite couple’s romance (dubbed #Chenford by the passionate fandom). In fact, series creator Alexi Hawley sees it as a “super happy ending” for the pair, who slowly re-built the foundation of their relationship throughout Season 7 after Tim blew it all up...

Note: This article contains spoilers from “Andor” Season 2, Episodes 10-12.

Ever since he was introduced in “Andor” Season 1 as one of the rebellion’s key founders, “Star Wars” fans have wondered what the ultimate fate of Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) would be. There was no way, surely, that he could have lived through the events of the Original Trilogy, in which the Rebel Alliance mounts its war against the Galactic Empire, without ever being mentioned or shown.

To “Star Wars” fans, that seeming impossibility meant all along that it was unlikely Luthen would make it to the end of “Andor” alive. Those fans are proven correct in “Andor” Season 2, Episode 10, which says the goodbye to Luthen that both he and viewers long ago accepted was inevitable. The good news? Even when he finds himself completely cornered, Luthen still manages to go out on his own terms in “Andor.”

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Erik and Lyle Menendez have been resentenced for the double murder of their parents, seeing it reduced from life without the possibility of parole to 50 years with the possibility of parole, a Los Angeles judge ruled on Tuesday evening. The move sets up the brothers, who’ve been incarcerated for over 30 years, to regain their freedom.

Following the surprise decision, the brothers must now appear before the California Parole Board, where a panel and Gov. Gavin Newsom will make the final decision on granting them parole. The brothers were already set to appear before the parole board on June 13 in a hearing related to the possibility of clemency.

Judge Michael Jesic’s Tuesday ruling came at the end of the first day of a two-day resentencing that Los Angeles’s new District Attorney, Nathan Hochman, fought tooth and nail to bring to a hault over the past six months. Hochman...

Spoiler Alert: This interview contains major spoilers from “Listening to a Heartbeat,” the Season 3 finale of ABC’s “Will Trent,” streaming on Hulu on May 14.

For the Season 3 finale of their hit ABC crime drama, “Will Trent” creators and showrunners Liz Heldens and Daniel Thomsen wanted to create an epic two-part event, in the vein of “ER,” which would put all of its main characters in jeopardy. They have certainly delivered on that promise, leaving the lives of two beloved characters hanging in the balance.

Tuesday’s season finale marked the conclusion of a bioweapons attack on the city of Atlanta,...

Peyton and Eli Manning really want to develop their acting careers, if Disney’s upfront show is to be believed.

The Mouse House highlighted its sports programming more than anything else during its annual presentation to ad buyers Tuesday in New York City, parading the Mannings and several other star athletes in front of ad buyers and even connecting scripted Disney content back to what happens on the court and field.

The presentation opened with a marching band performance that lasted for more than five minutes, made up of musicians from Jackson State and Delaware State plus a gameday-ready Mickey Mouse as drum major.

A Los Angeles judge Friday reduced the life sentences of Erik and Lyle Menendez, giving the brothers hope for freedom after serving 35 years in prison for murdering their parents in 1989, according to AP.

L.A. County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic moved to reduce the Menendez brothers’ original sentences of life without parole to 50 years to life. Because they were under the age of 26 at the time of their crime, they now have a shot at parole under California’s Youthful Offender law. However, the brothers must still receive the nod from the state parole board before they are released.

Tom Cruise has some key advice for the next wave of actors.

As one of the biggest movie stars in the world, he didn’t attend film school or have a technically trained background. Instead, Cruise told the audience on Monday while receiving the British Film Institute Fellowship honor that he learned his skills by watching movies.

And Cruise encourages the next generation of talent to focus on what goes into making a movie. “It is important to understand the tools around you. There is tech,” he said. “It is like understanding the stage as an actor but for a lot of artists it is not taught in film school: how to understand the lens and what it can do, and why there is eye movement and recognize the effect it has.”

The Risky Business star continued, “I always tell actors, ‘Spend time in the editing room, produce a movie,...

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Chloe Fineman did not take lightly her decision to tackle the role of sex worker Santa Monica in the Hulu movie Summer of 69.

The Saturday Night Live standout stars opposite Sam Morelos in the comedy feature from director and co-star Jillian Bell that is currently streaming. Fineman did extensive research for the film that centers on teen Abby (Morelos), who enlists Fineman’s stripper character to help her become more sexually enlightened in order to win over her high school crush.

In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Fineman discusses her random encounter with a stripper who ended up working on the movie, how her preparation for the role led to Lindsay Lohan offering her a part in the Freaky Friday sequel and how she feels when SNL deals with controversy.

Sam Morelos (left) and Chloe Fineman in Summer of 69.

What initially attracted you to Summer of 69?...

Rosamund Pike says her audition for “Die Another Day” almost went too far.

In a recent sit-down with Harper’s Bazaar UK, Pike, who played Miranda Frost in the 2002 Bond flick, says she was asked to strip down to her underwear when auditioning for the film.

“In the Bond audition, I was asked to unzip and drop the dress I was wearing, to just stand there in underwear,” Pike said. “And I thought, ‘Well, no, I’ll be doing that if I get the part. I won’t be doing that now.’ I don’t know what possessed me.”

Despite the disagreement, Pike went on to star alongside Pierce Brosnan in “Die Another Day.” In the film, Pike’s Miranda Frost, a Harvard grad and Olympic fencer, disguises herself as a fellow member of MI6, only to later be revealed as a double agent. In the movie’s climax, she is...

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ so-called “freak-offs” were described at length during his sex trafficking and racketeering trial in New York on Tuesday by Cassie Ventura, his ex-girlfriend and the woman whose civil complaint launched a federal investigation into the rap mogul that led to his arrest on a five-count indictment where she is names as “Victim-1.”

Ventura also revealed from the witness stand on Tuesday that the video of Combs attacking her in 2016 in a hallway at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles shows her fleeing a “freak-off” that suddenly turned violent. She told the court that back in March of 2016, she had her first big movie premiere coming up and beforehand had told Combs that she was eager to do a freak-off but was worried about “wrecking” her body before the event. At the hotel, she recalled to the court, she was suddenly punched in the eye by Combs, bruising her face; at this point,...

The elite of LA’s luxury Real Estate brokers crowded into the plush screening room of The London West Hollywood in Beverly Hills on Monday to view the hottest upcoming developments and sumptuous off-market properties. Quickly becoming a real estate rite of spring, The Upfronts, presented by The Society Group and the Wall Street Journal, gives high-powered brokers the opportunity to learn about the latest projects around the world.

On a panel featuring Christie’s International’s Cindy Ambuhel and Tomer Fridman, and Re Socal’s Scott Moore, the power agents presented three current off-market homes. One stand-out was the 9000+ square-foot estate at 717 Moreno Avenue in Brentwood, designed by noted architect Michael Kovac.

The panel also discussed the importance of off-market sales, particularly after the devastating January fires. Off-market transactions have skyrocketed in recent years, with many celebrities and high-net-worth sellers wary of making real estate transactions public. It’s so prevalent,...

Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, took a moment out of Disney’s upfront frenzy in New York on Tuesday to talk up the growth potential of the company’s streaming operations and the resilience of its linear business with CNBC’s James Cramer.

“This is a growth business for our company,” Walden said of Disney+ and the bundle of Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ that has in recent quarters moved steadily into profitability. “We are moving toward those double-digit margins” of black ink that Wall Street covets from Disney+ after five years and many billions of dollars in investment.

Cramer raved about Disney’s performance in the first three months of the year and noted that its stock price has climbed for the past eight trading sessions. He praised Disney CEO Bob Iger and Walden for being effective stewards of a unit that had been posting huge lossees.

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Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, took a moment out of Disney’s upfront frenzy in New York on Tuesday to talk up the growth potential of the company’s streaming operations and the resilience of its linear business with CNBC’s James Cramer.

“This is a growth business for our company,” Walden said of Disney+ and the bundle of Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ that has in recent quarters moved steadily into profitability. “We are moving toward those double-digit margins” of black ink that Wall Street covets from Disney+ after five years and many billions of dollars in investment.

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Once upon a time in Cannes … Quentin Tarantino had a night to remember.

The Oscar winning auteur turned up at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday night to attend the opening ceremony at the Grand Lumiére Theatre where he had official duties to proclaim the start of the 12-day event. “It’s my honor to declare the 78th festival open!” Tarantino shouted into the microphone.

With that, his only job was done. To put an exclamation point on what had been a politically-charged program — Robert De Niro accepted an honorary Palme d’Or from Leonardo DiCaprio, blasted President Donald Trump and delivered a call to action for artists in the room (“We have to act, and we have to act now,” he said) — Tarantino literally dropped his mic on the stage.

It seemed to be a fitting end for his enthusiastic proclamation as well as his night at the Palais...

Harvey Weinstein’s legal team resumed their questioning of Kaja Sokola, one of the convicted movie mogul’s accusers, on Tuesday during his retrial in Manhattan.

The defense questioned the former Polish model about a private journal in which she documented people who had sexually assaulted her — but notably did not include Harvey Weinstein. Instead, the former Hollywood producer was mentioned in other contexts, including an entry referring to “Harvey W,” where Sokola wrote that he was “promising help,” but “nothing came of it,” the Associated Press reported.

“The trauma that Harvey Weinstein inflicted on you was that he made promises that he didn’t keep, even as you accused two other men of sexually assaulting you,” Michael Cibella, one of Weinstein’s attorneys, said to Sokola.

“That’s your interpretation and I’ll leave that with you,” Sokola replied. “Harvey made promises he didn’t keep — and he sexually assaulted me.

Yellow Veil Pictures has boarded worldwide sales rights on “Mother of Flies.” The indie feature is the latest supernatural horror from the family directing trio of John Adams, Toby Poser and their daughter, Zelda Adams.

The official logline for the film reads, “When a young woman faces a deadly diagnosis, she seeks dark magic from a witch in the woods. But every cure has its cost.”

Poser, John Adams and Zelda Adams direct as well as star alongside Lulu Adams. Poser serves as producer. Yellow Veil Pictures will present the first footage to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival in the coming days.

Previous credits for Poser, John Adams and Zelda Adams, serving as directors and stars, include “The Deeper You Dig,” “Where the Devil Roams,” and “Hellbender.” The trio’s breakout hit “Hellbender” was acquired by horror streamer Shudder in 2021 ahead of its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host Jimmy Kimmel was back cracking wise at the Disney upfronts on Tuesday, and at first it look like he might be doing remotely — his daughter is about to give birth, so it was touch and go whether he’d be able to give his annual monologue in person.

“I’m going to be a grandfather, and once I am a grandfather, I can’t wait to see this thing we’ve been talking about for so many years,” he said in a pre-tape. “What do they call it again? Oh, right, ‘CBS.’ I’m hearing great...

With less than two weeks to go before the Monaco Grand Prix, yachts will soon be coasting up the French Riviera. New to the scene this year will be Rd Grand Prix, a superyacht experience presented by Rosé Day and Agenxy Universe.

Set to debut May 23-25, and timed to Formula 1’s marquee race, Rd Grand Prix is designed as a “multi-sensory destination” and promises to be a sanctuary on the water during three days of programming, brand activations, entertainment and culinary delights aboard a 180-foot superyacht.

The program features a headline performance by Robin Thicke on Friday, with Evan Ross booked to host the night. The weekend’s roster will also spotlight DJs Ruckus, Cruz and Pookie, other unannounced performances and race viewing parties. As for the food, chef Marc Forgione (The Next Iron Chef) will oversee the menu, powered by Hexclad. There will be “immersive tastings,” an art...

Jimmy Kimmel typically doesn’t pull many punches in his annual appearance/roast at Disney’s upfront, but his monologue Tuesday carried something of an existential edge.

“I might not see you again. This could be it,” the Jimmy Kimmel Live host told the audience of ad buyers in New York. “… I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know a lot of you over the last 23 years — and I also know that many of you are worried that AI might take your jobs. But I don’t think it will. I don’t believe a computer — even the most powerful computer — will ever be able to do what you do. And you know why? Because no computer wants to do what you do. Your jobs suck. Every year, our audience gets smaller, and we tell you it’s bigger, and we want more for less. It’s exhausting, I know.

Jordan has unveiled an “enhanced financial incentives program” for film and TV productions early on Wednesday during the Cannes Film Festival.

The Royal Film Commission – Jordan said its new cash rebate will cover 25-45 percent of the in-country spend for qualifying film and TV projects, compared to the 25 percent cap so far. The exact percentage is determined by “a points-based system assessing the project’s size, incorporation of Jordanian cultural content, and its artistic, cultural, and economic value,” it said.

Projects with production expenditures exceeding $10 million and integrating Jordanian cultural elements can qualify for the maximum rebate of 45 percent.

In addition, “for local productions, the rebate has been raised from 10 percent to 30 percent for projects with spending over $500,000 – part of a broader effort to empower Jordanian producers and stimulate the domestic production industry,” the commission said.

Existing additional financial savings on the likes of sales tax and customs duty also remain in place.

After spending most of his time at the Disney upfronts mocking his parent company’s competition, ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel ended his monologue with a somber plea to the advertising community.

“I know it’s not part of our multi-platform, but support ’60 Minutes.’ They deserve it. You have the power because you have the money. Support journalism. It’s important, and it doesn’t work without you,” Kimmel said on Tuesday.

Typically, the upfronts are a time when each of the major media companies shows off their wares and unapologetically asks advertisers for money. Someone reaching across the broadcast aisle, so to speak, isn’t just unusual. It’s the exact opposite of what’s expected from these presentations. Kimmel’s ask that advertisers “support ’60 Minutes'” was in his prepared script for Tuesday and was not ad-libbed, TheWrap can confirm.

The CBS staple is currently in the middle...

Jennifer Hudson learned Tuesday that Beyoncé wasn’t the only music star she appeared with in 2006’s “Dreamgirls” — the other one just hadn’t been discovered yet.

Stopping by “The Jennifer Hudson Show” in promotion of her new music and forthcoming sixth studio album, Kesha rendered the host speechless after revealing that she was actually an extra on “Dreamgirls” while it was filming in Downtown Los Angeles in 2006.

“What? Really?!” Hudson said, visibly shocked.

“Serious … Bible,” the “TiK ToK” singer said, raising her hand to God.

“Kesha was an extra in ‘Dreamgirls’?!” Hudson continued.

“For like $120, for 16 hours, I sat there with my hair teased to the gods. Oh my god — no offense — I hated it,” Kesha admitted.

“You know you’re going to make me rewind it back and try to spot you in the film, this is amazing,” Hudson said.

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A former teen model on the stand to testify against Harvey Weinstein protested Tuesday as the disgraced movie mogul’s attorneys began to read from her personal diary in the Manhattan courtroom where his sexual assault retrial is into its second week.

Facing cross-examination in her third day of testimony, Kaja Sokola was confronted by defense lawyers with passages from the journal, written in 2015 in Polish. Kaja protested, saying it was for a substance abuse treatment program during which she was instructed to list all the people for whom she held resentment.

“This is very inappropriate,” Sokola said as one of Weinstein’s attorneys began to cite the text. “Please don’t read that. This is my personal things. I’m not on trial here.”

The judge heard Sokola out, telling her he would only permit limited questioning around the diary – then said he had concerns about how Weinstein’s lawyers had obtained it.

“Leave One Day,” Amélie Bonnin’s feature film that opened the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday evening, is an unusual film for a Cannes opener in several ways.

It’s a musical, only the third to open Cannes in this century, after Leos Carax’s twisted “Annette” in 2021 and Baz Luhrmann’s lavish “Moulin Rouge!” in 2001. It’s directed by a woman, Bonnin, again only the third time that’s happened in the 2000s, after Maïwenn in 2023 and Emmanuelle Bercot in 2015. And it’s a first-time feature from a female director; the last time Cannes opened with one of those was, well, never.

In one major way, though, “Leave One Day” is quite similar to other recent Cannes openers, in that it’s likely to be largely forgotten a few days into the festival, quickly overshadowed by other films. A slight character study that strains to be charming but only occasionally gets there,...

Jessica Jones is back.

Krysten Ritter is reprising her role of the superhero-turned-private eye, entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe by being cast in season two of Marvel Television’s Daredevil: Born Again.

Ritter starred as Jones in the eponymous Netflix series in the mid-2010s. The series and actress generated considerable acclaim and awards at the time and is considered a highlight during the Netflix era of Marvel television.

The casting announcement was made during Marvel’s portion of Disney’s upfront presentation to advertisers Tuesday.

Marvel’s presentation also included a first look at Wonder Man, the series that offers a meta take on Hollywood and stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley.

The addition of Ritter, who joined Daredevil star Charlie Cox on stage for the reveal, is a boost to Born Again, which officially folds characters and actors from the Netflix-era Marvel series (which weren’t made...

It’s official, Jessica Jones is coming to the MCU. After actress Krysten Ritter admitted she is “cautiously optimistic” about returning to the character during a recent interview, the news was confirmed on Tuesday afternoon at Disney’s Upfront presentation.

Jones will appear in Season 2 of “Daredevil: Born Again,” alongside her fellow Netflix alum Charlie Cox, marking her first appearance in the MCU. Ritter played the character for three seasons on her own show over on Netflix, plus one season of “The Defenders,” earning both critical and fan acclaim.

It’s unclear how many episodes Ritter will appear in, but Cox did announce her as a member of the cast.

“It is so great to be back! Returning to Jessica after three seasons and ‘The Defenders,’ and now joining the MCU!” Ritter said at the presentation. “I am so excited to bring back this iconic character. And without giving too much away,...

Krysten Ritter is officially back as hard-fighting, hard-drinking Marvel hero Jessica Jones.

The announcement was made during Disney’s upfront presentation to advertisers in New York on Tuesday. Ritter took the stage with Charlie Cox, star of “Daredevil Born Again,” to reveal that she would be joining that show for its second season.

“It’s so great to be back, returning to Jessica after three seasons and ‘The Defenders’ and now joining the MCU,” Ritter said. “I’m so excited to bring back this iconic character, and without giving too much away, there is much more in store for Jessica Jones.

Glen Powell’s upcoming Hulu series “Chad Powers” finally has a release date.

The comedy series will drop on the streamer Sept. 30. The premiere of the 30-minute football show will include the first two episodes. Powell plays the titular Chad Powers – a star Qb booted from his college for behavioral issues who tries to sneak into another school’s program.

“When bad behavior nukes hotshot Qb Russ Holliday’s college career, he disguises himself and walks onto a struggling Southern football team as the talented, affable Chad Powers,” the show’s official synopsis reads.

Powell co-created the series and is co-producing through his production co-banner Barnstorm Productions along with “Loki” executive producer and writer Michael Waldron. The two co-wrote the premiere. Former New York Giants star Eli Manning also serves as executive producer along with his brother, Omaha Productions’ Peyton Manning.

“Chad Powers” is based on the 2022 sketch produced by...

In Tuesday’s cross examination of Kaja Sokola, one of the three accusers in the trial against Harvey Weinstein, the former mogul’s defense team sought to use a journal she had kept in 2015 against her.

The appearance of the journal, which Sokola said was related to treatment she had undergone for alcohol abuse and which was brought forward by her sister from Poland after a subpoena was issued against her, led to Sokola calling its unveiling “very inappropriate” and “unethical.”

“I’m not on trial here!” Sokola said, raising her voice.

“I’m wondering how this got into your possession,” she said, adding that it had been in Poland. “I haven’t seen these in many, many years.”

While he called it “intrusive,” Judge Curtis Farber allowed the use of the journal, which had been obtained by the defense team, in limited scope, after a morning and post-lunch discussion...

Kesha’s résumé just got even more impressive.

During a Tuesday appearance on the Jennifer Hudson Show, the Dreamgirls star started the segment off by noting how “nice” it was to meet the “Die Young” singer after hearing “that we almost crossed paths one time.”

“I was an extra on Dreamgirls,” Kesha admitted, which stunned Hudson. “Serious, Bible. For like $120, for 16 hours, I sat there with my hair teased to the Gods.”

The two-time Grammy Award nominee admitted that she “hated” the experience and recalled filming a scene in Downtown Los Angeles for the 2006 Oscar-winning film.

“No offense, I hated it,” she said. “Y’all were amazing. [I was] just an extra in a scene, it was a big auditorium [in] Downtown, L.A.,” she added, which Hudson confirmed was the shooting location for the beloved movie.

“You’re gonna make me go rewind it back and try to spot you in the film,...

Disney+ is set to launch a new women-led sports show, “Vibe Check.”

The new series, which will launch exclusively on Disney+ in late June, will feature “ESPN’s unparalleled roster of the most talented female voices across all sports,” according to Elle Duncan, Andraya Carter and Chiney Ogwumike, who made the announcement during Disney’s upfront presentation on Tuesday.

Streaming new episodes three times a week, “Vibe Check” will leverage ESPN’s most prominent voices to provide a fresh, perspective-driven approach to sports coverage, per the official logline. The show will provide expert analysis, all-access moments, unapologetic opinions and a healthy dose of laughter – all while bringing audiences bold perspectives and unbeatable vibes, per ESPN.

“ESPN is true women’s sports, not new women’s sports,” Duncan said. “And our commitment is fueling the growth of ESPN. Last year, fans spent 54% more time watching — that includes the WNBA, college basketball,...

“Saturday Night Live” regular Sarah Sherman admitted she “felt terrible” when “The White Lotus” star Aimee Lou Wood was insulted by the show’s April sketch that mocked the actress’ distinctive teeth.

“I was excited to play her because she’s so iconic, her character is so iconic, and I f–king obviously never meant to hurt anyone’s feelings,” Sherman told Vanity Fair in an interview published on Tuesday. “Never in a million years did I get into comedy to make anyone upset. I feel terrible that anyone would feel bad.”

After the segment aired, Wood objected to Sherman’s portrayal of her somewhat ditzy character Chelsea, which included prosthetic teeth to mimic Wood’s natural smile.

“I did find the ‘SNL’ thing mean and unfunny,” Wood wrote on Instagram at the time. “[It’s] such a shame cuz I had such a great time watching it a couple weeks ago.

Sean Penn says he would without a doubt work with Woody Allen again, whose adoptive daughter accused him of sexual molestation, as he sees the filmmaker as innocent given the fact that he has not been “proven guilty.”

“I just think that whatever is the worst of people’s suspicions about him, just check them with the facts separate from the [#MeToo] movement and all those who benefited from that,” Penn said during an appearance Tuesday on “The Louis Theroux Podcast,” adding that he loves his 1999 film with Allen, “Sweet and Lowdown,” which earned him an Oscar nomination.

“Let’s just take a second is all I’m saying. I see he is not proven guilty, so I take him as innocent. I would work with him in a heartbeat,” Penn continued.

Earlier in the conversation, he said he does not have all the facts nor does he know everyone involved...

If the defining tone of the most successful “Final Destination” films can be boiled down to “unsettling, but silly,” Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein’s “Final Destination Bloodlines” maintains that balance as well as any installment before it.

Fourteen years after “Final Destination 5” supposedly brought the horror franchise full circle, Lipovsky and Stein skillfully expand its scope to accommodate an interconnected universe where Death steadily attempts to reclaim victims across multiple generations. While a canonically satisfying sendoff to the late Tony Todd’s William Bludworth bolsters the series’ morbid gravitas, a cast of playful, mostly likable 20-somethings keep proceedings light in juxtaposition to the filmmakers’ fiendishly inventive kills.

After awaking from recurrent visions in which her grandmother Iris dies during the opening of a 1960s Space Needle-type landmark, Stefani Reyes (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) leaves college to address the relentless insomnia that’s wrecking her stellar academic career. Stefani’s...

Kryštof Mucha has been appointed as the chairman of the board of the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival Group. Mucha joined the festival team in 1997 and has been its executive director since 2004.

Rockaway Arts, majority owner of the festival, has decided not to fill the position of festival president left vacant following the death of Jiří Bartoška on Thursday.

In a statement, Rockaway Arts said: “As the festival prepares for its 59th edition, it will preserve the values and level of quality that its president built up over the years. The festival will continue to be guided by a strong and stable team headed by executive director Kryštof Mucha. The position of president will not be filled and will remain dedicated to Jiří Bartoška in memoriam.”

Jan Jírovec, head of the Rockaway Arts, said: “Despite the very sad fact that the world of culture has lost one of its most important personalities,...

Last week, Broadway grosses for the season-to-date surpassed 2018-2019’s record season-to-date box office for the first time.

Total industry box office hit $1.8 billion for the season, propelled by hits such as Good Night, and Good Luck, starring George Clooney, which was last week’s highest earner, with $3.8 million, followed by Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, with $3.2 million and Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr, with $2.4 million.

Good Night, and Good Luck and Glengarry Glen Ross both announced that they had recouped their capitalizations, with Glengarry Glen Ross breaking the Palace Theatre box office record with a gross of $2.4 million.

Some shows also appeared to get a boost from the Tony nominations, including Death Becomes Her, which saw its grosses shoot up close to $270,000 from the prior week to $1.3 million, Buena Vista Social Club, which saw a close to $90,000 gain to $1.2 million, Maybe Happy Ending,...

CAA Sports has acquired the international sports management firm Portas Consulting to bolster its strategy advice and services for its sports world clients.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the sports division of Creative Artists Agency will bring on board Portas Consulting executive chairman and founder David Portas, managing partner Donal McElwee and around 160 staffers to join a rebranded CAA Portas division.

Acquiring Portas Consulting will also aim to bolster CAA Sports’ outreach to governments, sports bodies and corporate entities in the professional sports world on behalf of its clients. The deal also comes as the Hollywood talent agency continues to see the line between pro sports and entertainment blur.

Paul Danforth, CAA managing director and president, CAA Sports, in a statement said Portas Consulting was “a best-in-class management consultancy, whose likeminded leadership and collaborative approach to client service will fit seamlessly into the CAA Sports ecosystem. By...