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There’s a new sheriff in town: TVLine can exclusively reveal that Will Trent has cast Yul Vazquez (Severance) in a major recurring role that will potentially carry into Season 4 of the ABC drama.

Vazquez will first appear in the penultimate Season 3 episode, which is set to air Tuesday, May 6 at 8/7c. The hour, which was directed by series star Erika Christensen, introduces Sheriff Caleb, “a rugged, handsome, fiercely stubborn hometown hero” who “uses his self-appointed status as a constitutional sheriff to protect his community and has little patience for outside interference,” according to the official character breakdown. When Will...

Born in New York City on May 18, 1924, Priscilla Pointer made her screen acting debut in 1954 and, over the course of a career that lasted 60 years, went on to rack up more than 90 other credits. Sadly, trades like The Hollywood Reporter have broken the news today that Pointer passed away in an assisted living facility in Ridgefield, Connecticut on April 28, 2025 at the age of 100, just twenty days shy of her 101st birthday.

Pointer’s first acting credit came on the 1954 TV show The New Adventures of China Smith. For years, she turned her focus to the stage, working with her first husband, Jules Irving, at the San Francisco Actor’s Workshop and the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center. Then, she returned to the screen with an episode of N.Y.P.D. in 1969. From there, she would appear in such films and TV shows as The High Chaparral, Death Takes a Holiday, McCloud, Adam 12,...

“Until Dawn” may not have the cultural ubiquity of “Minecraft,” but the horror survival video game has a cult fanbase. Director David F. Sandberg and co-screenwriter Gary Dauberman are not only devotees of the game but a logical team to tackle the adaptation. Sandberg has helmed the horror favorite “Lights Out” and the well-received “Annabelle: Creation,” which was also scripted by Dauberman, while Dauberman is no stranger to adapting beloved horror properties, having co-written both “It” films.

Playing in the sandbox of the beloved game, “Until Dawn” is a new story in the larger universe — not a remake or reboot of the story. Ahead of its release, Sandberg and Dauberman broke down the film’s place in the franchise, some of its easter eggs and potential sequels.

How did you figure out how you wanted to adapt “Until Dawn” into a film?

Dauberman: It was a discussion with Blair Butler,...

Disney may have a bit of a PR problem with their Mandalorian / Mister Fantastic actor after he referred to “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling as a “heinous loser.”

Why is Pascal calling Rowling names?

The U.K. Supreme Court recently ruled that transgender women will not be recognized as “women” under the Britain Equality Act.

An activist on Instagram is claiming that Rowling financed the “For Women Scotland” campaign that challenged Britain’s Equality Act in court. Putting the blame on her for the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Rowling posted an image on X with the caption “I love it when a plan comes together,” referencing the 1980s show “The A-Team.”

I love it when a plan comes together.#SupremeCourt #WomensRights pic.twitter.com/agOkWmhPgb

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 16, 2025

In response to activist tariq_rauf’s condemnation of J.K. Rowling, Pedro Pascal commented, saying,

“Awful disgusting Sh*T is exactly right.

Ed Sheeran staged another surprise performance at a Nashville institution on Tuesday, this time bringing along Noah Kahan.

A month after Sheeran serenaded bachelorette parties at Tootsie’s, the singer performed “dueling songs” with Kahan at Nashville’s Santa’s Pub, which was reportedly one of Sheeran’s go-to haunts during his time living in the city over a decade ago.

Sheeran shared a brief clip of the Santa’s Pub performance on social media, with Kahan leading Sheeran and the crowd on a sing-along of his hit “Stick Season...

JoBlo’s own Ryan Cultrera was recently able to catch up with several popular Final Girls at the Ve Neill’s Vampire Weekend convention in California. Last week, we shared Ryan’s interviews with Lisa Wilcox from the Elm Street franchise, Christine Elise from the Child’s Play / Chucky franchise, and Melanie Kinnaman from Friday the 13th: A New Beginning. He also got to talk with one of the horror genre’s greatest male heroes, Ken Foree, and the legendary character actor Michael Ironside. But we’re not done sharing Vampire Weekend interviews yet!

Now, we’ve collected moments from Ryan’s conversations with Lisa Wilcox, Ken Foree, and Michael Ironside in the video embedded above, which also includes previously unreleased interviews with makeup artist Ve Neill and actor Daniel Roebuck!

Ve Neill’s career stretches back to the 1970s and includes work on Kingdom of the Spiders, Laserblast, Tourist Trap,...

The 80s were a time when country music and a type of hero born of the good ol boy class that came into his own. This could be seen in shows like The Dukes of Hazzard, Bj and The Bear, as well as movies like Any Which Way But Loose and Smokey and the Bandit. They were a time of what would be considered fun action films and TV. Again, this was personified in shows where usually no one got seriously hurt, like The A-Team. The bad guys went to the same shooting school as your friendly neighborhood Stormtroopers. But, one TV show that would personify this “nobody better get hurt” adventure series was The Fall Guy.

The series was designed as a vehicle for star Lee Majors, who had become a household name thanks to The Six Million Dollar Man, but struggled to find a worthy follow-up. This would be it,...

JoBlo’s own Ryan Cultrera was recently able to catch up with several popular Final Girls at the Ve Neill’s Vampire Weekend convention in California. This week, we’ve shared Ryan’s interviews with Lisa Wilcox from the Elm Street franchise, Christine Elise from the Child’s Play / Chucky franchise, and Melanie Kinnaman from Friday the 13th: A New Beginning. He also got to talk with one of the horror genre’s greatest male heroes – Ken Foree. Now, we have another interview to share that was conducted at Ve Neill’s Vampire Weekend, and for this one Ryan sat down with the legendary Michael Ironside, who has racked up nearly 300 screen acting credits over the course of a career that stretches back to 1974. To hear what Ironside had to say, check out the video embedded above!

Ironside’s credits include playing the head-exploding Darryl Revok in Scanners, the misogynistic...

Ed Sheeran doesn’t believe he has what it takes to headline a Super Bowl Halftime Show.

In a recent appearance on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, the pop star was asked whether he’d ever received an invitation to perform at the Super Bowl. Sheeran responded by saying he’s only been asked to play with another artist, but he’s fine with that.

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“There was a conversation about 10 years ago to go on with someone, and I think that’d be the only way that I would do it at the moment,” he said. “I don’t think English artists are like — I mean, there are some that have the pizzazz of Super Bowl, fireworks, dancers, blah, blah, blah — but me going up there and being like, here’s ‘The A Team’ and here’s ‘Perfect,’ no one wants to see that.

Ed Sheeran has never been asked to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, but was asked to be the guest of another artist!

In addition, the 34-year-old singer revealed if he’d ever headline the gig.

Keep reading to find out more…

During this week’s “Call Her Daddy” episode, host Alex Cooper asked if he’d ever been asked to headline. He said, “There was a conversation about 10 years ago to go on with someone, and I think that’d be the only way I would do it. I don’t think English artists…there are some that have the pizzazz….But me, going up there being like, ‘Here’s the ‘The A Team,’ ‘Here’s ‘Perfect.’”

“No one wants to see that…I can’t picture myself doing it,” Ed explained.

Find out which other big superstar singers have turned down the halftime show (some have even boycotted it!

Attention all thriller enthusiasts! Prime Video is set to release an exciting new thriller series that will instantly pique your interest once you discover all the details. It's titled The Better Sister, and we've shared all there is to know about it right below.

The announcement of this new series came in May 2024, revealing that Emmy nominees Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel would be starring together. This marks their first collaboration, so it'll be interesting to see how their dynamic plays out on screen. While Banks has taken on some serious roles in her career, she's most known for her work in comedy. You might've watched her in the comedy movies The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Fred Claus, Meet Dave, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Role Models, Our Idiot Brother and all three Pitch Perfect films. She most recently starred in the thriller flick Skincare. Besides The Better Sister, we'll see...

Bruce Glover, veteran actor and father of fellow character actor Crispin Glover, has passed away at the age of 92. Perhaps most well-known for his portrayal of Diamonds Are Forever villain Mr. Wint during Sean Connery's tenure as James Bond, Glover's distinct features and arresting approach to characters made him a journeyman in the industry, racking up over 115 credits in film and television projects since he began acting in the late 1950s. Other notable appearances of Glover's include parts in Walking Tall, Chinatown, Hard Times, and Ghost World.

His death, which apparently took place on March 12, was confirmed by the younger Glover in a series of Instagram posts with the caption "Bruce Herbert Glover May 2, 1932 – March 12, 2025" on Saturday, March 29, in the late afternoon. No further details have been given or confirmed by any outlet who covered the news at the time of this story's publication.

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Bruce Glover, whose acting spanned seven decades, has died. Glover was a prominent character actor best known for playing offbeat villains, even menacing James Bond in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever. Glover’s death was announced by his son and fellow actor Crispin Glover on Instagram. Glover died on March 12, 2025; he was 92.

Glover was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 2, 1932. His introduction to show business was wearing a gorilla suit in a variety show act with an exotic dancer. After serving in the US Army in the 1950s, he began his acting career on the stage, and eventually made a name for himself on television, guesting on series like Car 54, Where Are You?, Perry Mason, and Mission: Impossible. His off-kilter look and voice often led to him being cast as villains. He made his big-screen debut in an uncredited role in the1959 musical Never Steal Anything Small, with James Cagney, and...

Bruce Glover, a prolific actor who appeared in films like Diamonds Are Forever and Chinatown and acted alongside Bette Davis and Anne Bancroft on Broadway, died at the age of 92, his son, Back to the Future actor Crispin Glover announced on Instagram.

Crispin Glover shared a series of old and newer photos of his father on social media, as well as a family picture featuring himself and his mother, alongside the caption: “Bruce Herbert Glover / May 2, 1932 – March 12, 2025.”

Born in Depression-era Chicago, Glover showed an early interest in performance. While in school he thought about becoming a painter or pursuing a football career. Later on, as an art student, he was asked by a fellow classmate to don a near 100-pound Gorilla suit for a gig “toss[ing] her around” during her stripping act, and thus began his foray into acting. Being drafted in the U.S. Army for the Korean War delayed his plans,...

Actor Bruce Glover, known for his roles in Walking Tall, Diamonds Are Forever, and many other movies, has passed away. He was 92 years old.

Glover's passing was announced by his son, actor Crispin Glover, with several posts on Instagram. The younger Glover shared a series of posts including different images of his father. Each image was accompanied by the message, "Bruce Herbert Glover. May 2, 1932 - March 12, 2025." Some of the photos featured the two together, while others were of just Bruce at different times in his life.

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Bruce Glover was born on May 2, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois. After a stint in the U.S. Army in the 1950s, which saw him serving time in Korea, Glover delved into acting, picking up on-screen roles by the late 50s. One of his first on-screen roles was with an uncredited part in the 1959 film Never Steal Anything Small,...

Scouring the features of the Sony Bravia 8 55-inch Oled TV for the first time, we suspected it might become a modern classic – but only if it could deliver on its promises. Many of us grew up in a world filled with now iconic Sony kit – like the Walkman, the world's first CD player, and Trinitron TVs that outshone the competition twice over. Gate-crashing a friend's house after their dad bought a better colour TV than ours, we'd sit glued to Knight Rider or The A-Team. Back then the electronics world was ruled by a handful of big names. But, no matter who's living room we invaded, the goggleboxes we watched B. A. Baracus and "Howling Mad" Murdock on were often Sony.

That was followed in the '90s with an array of digital video cameras, the very first PlayStation console, and MiniDisc. As keen early-adopters, we hastily bought into this...

Actor Wings Hauser, who appeared in dozens of roles over the course of his career, has passed away. He was 77 years old.

The news of Hauser's death was posted on his official Facebook account, sharing how he'd died in the arms of his wife, Cali Lili Hauser, with whom he'd been married since 2002. A cause of death was not mentioned in the post, which included an image of Wings and Cali with a dog by the sea.

“Movie icon Wings Hauser took flight in the arms of his film & music partner, Cali Lili Hauser at their studio this weekend," the announcement stated. "Born in Hollywood, proud Academy member and prouder son of Academy Award winning writer, director, producer Dwight A. Hauser and loving mother Geraldine T. Hauser, Wings Hauser’s one of a kind, legendary career spanned 58 years in movies, TV & music working alongside many of the greatest artists...

We have some sad news to share today, as the official Wings Hauser page on social media has revealed that the prolific character actor passed away over the weekend at the age of 77. As the post reads, “Movie icon Wings Hauser took flight in the arms of his film & music partner, Cali Lili Hauser at their studio this weekend.“

Known for having one of the coolest names in cinema history, Wings Hauser was actually born Gerald Dwight Hauser on December 12, 1947. “Wings” was part of a stage name (Wings Livinryte) he used for a 1975 folk music album called Your Love Keeps Me Off the Streets, and he was credited as Wings Livinryte when he appeared on an episode of the TV series Cannon that same year. After that, he moved on to calling himself Wings Hauser.

Hauser made his screen debut with an uncredited appearance in the 1967 film First to Fight.

Prolific character actor Wings Hauser has passed away at the age of 77.

“Movie icon Wings Hauser took flight in the arms of his film and music partner, Cali Lili Hauser, at their studio this weekend,” Hauser’s official Facebook page announced.

Born in Hollywood to Academy Award-winning father Dwight A. Hauser, Wings Hauser appeared in over 100 films and TV shows throughout his 58-year career.

His horror credits include Tales from the Hood, Rubber, Vice Squad, Mutant, Nightmare at Noon, The Wind, Watchers III, Pale Blood, The Carpenter, and an episode of “Freddy’s Nightmares.”

Outside the genre, Hauser appeared in films like The Insider, A Soldier’s Story, Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time, and Tough Guys Don’t Dance, which earned him an Independent Spirit Award

He also guest starred on such shows as “House,” “Criminal Minds,” “The Mentalist,” “Bones,” “Castle,” “Monk,” “CSI,” “Roseanne,” and “The A-Team.”

Behind the camera, Hauser worked as a screenwriter,...

Liam Neeson has appeared in over 100 feature films since making his big-screen debut 47 years ago in an adaptation of John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress." He spent the 1980s making his bones via supporting performances in high-profile movies like "Excalibur," "The Bounty," "The Dead Pool," but it was his lively portrayal of a hell-raising hill person in the Patrick Swayze revenge vehicle "Next of Kin" that made Hollywood perk up and take notice. The following year, Sam Raimi cast Neeson as Peyton Westlake aka Darkman, but it wasn't until Steven Spielberg entrusted the Irish actor with the title role in "Schindler's List" that he was off and running as a movie star.

When Neeson surprised moviegoers in 2008 by thriving as an action star in "Taken," he leaned heavily into the bit. Two sequels followed, as did "The A-Team," "Unknown," "Non-Stop," and "Run All Night." For more serious-minded fans of Neeson's work,...

“Shadow Force came with one iron clad rule. No one leaves.”

In Shadow Force, Kyrah (Kerry Washington) and Isaac (Omar Sy) were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on their heads, and the vengeful Shadow Force hot on their trail, one family’s fight becomes all-out war.

But in this first trailer, it’s definitely Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Cliff “Method Man” Smith who steal the show!

Oh yeah… count us in!

Also starring the always brilliant Mark Strong, the film is from director Joe Carnahan who’s helmed Narc (2002), Smokin’ Aces (2006), The A-team (2010), The Grey (2011), and the very entertaining Copshop (2021) starring Frank Grillo and Gerard Butler.

Look for Shadow Force in theaters May 2.

Cliff “Method Man” Smith as Unc and...

Special forces agencies should always know never to mess with the families of former agents. Joe Carnahan, who has brought us films like Narc, Smokin’ Aces, The Grey, The A-Team and the upcoming Rip, directs a new action film that he penned with Leon Chills called Shadow Force. The movie brings us a couple with a particular set of skills and is played by Kerry Washington and Omar Sy. The cast also includes Mark Strong, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Cliff “Method Man” Smith. The trailer just dropped from Lionsgate.

The official synopsis reads,

“In Shadow Force, Kyrah (Washington) and Isaac (Sy) were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on their heads, and the vengeful Shadow Force hot on their trail, one family’s fight becomes all-out war.

When looking back at 1983 television, there are two things noticeably absent: science fiction and anything that required actual thought. No offense to the likes of Dallas, Dynasty, or The A-Team, but "clever social commentary" was barely, if ever, on their agenda, and the closest to sci-fi was K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider. Then came V, the sci-fi miniseries based on Sinclair Lewis' "It Can't Happen Here," except with aliens. V was intelligent, bold, exciting, and horrifying (especially if you're not keen on seeing a live guinea pig being eaten), and proved popular enough to warrant a sequel miniseries, a proper TV series, and a reboot. It also happened to have in its cast the man who would become known as Freddy Krueger the following year.

The Voice Season 27 continued on Monday with the fifth and final batch of Blind Audition performances. After Episode 4, the teams of John Legend, Adam Levine and Michael Bublé had two open spots while Kelsea Ballerini still had three. Each of the coaches had also already deployed each of their single-use advantages, the Coach Replay and the Block. That means that going into the last day of the first round, the artists themselves would have a majority of the power to decide which coach they'd move forward with.

Over the course of the night, only one artist had the pick of the litter with all four judges turning their chairs — that was Guyanese native Jay Ammo with his performance of "The A Team." John said that he has a "lovely voice" and felt it "floating through the room" as he played. Adam agreed, in a sense, calling his voice "ethereal" and...

Paul Bronfman, the pioneering supplier of production equipment, soundstages and services to the Canadian and Hollywood film and TV industry, has died. He was 67.

Bronfman died Wednesday night in Toronto following a long battle with multiple sclerosis. “He was the most resilient, stubborn and dedicated man,” his family said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

“What an incredible loss the Canadian film and television industry is facing today with the passing of Paul Bronfman,” said Neishaw Ali, CEO of Spin VFX. “He was a visionary leader with an unwavering commitment to supporting filmmakers, investing in infrastructure and fostering talent. But beyond his business acumen, Paul was a generous philanthropist who championed the arts, education and the next generation of storytellers. His impact will be felt for generations to come.”

Tributes poured in Thursday from across the Canadian industry. “Paul was a friend, mentor and like a brother to me,...

Patrick Wilson is joining Amy Adams and Javier Bardem in the upcoming Apple TV+ “Cape Fear” adaptation.

From creator and showrunner Nick Antosca and executive producers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, “Cape Fear” follows a happily married couple whose lives are turned upside down when a notorious killer from their past gets out of prison. Adams will play the wife, Anna, while Bardem will play the killer. Wilson’s role has yet to be officially disclosed.

Apple describes the 10-episode series as a “tense, Hitchcockian thriller” and an “examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century.”

“Cape Fear” is based on the John D. MacDonald novel “The Executioners,” as well as Gregory Peck and Scorsese’s films, from 1962 and 1991, respectively. The new series hails from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Spielberg’s Amblin Television. Adass and Bardem are also executive producers on the project,...

Of all the actors to have played James Bond, Timothy Dalton may be the most underrated. Even George Lazenby gets brought up fairly frequently for the novelty of his one-film tenure and its distinct subject matter in the grand scope of the franchise. Despite holding a nearly impeccable reputation as an actor, Dalton entered the franchise at a strange time, caught between the muddy dip of the later Roger Moore years and the modern rejuvenation of "Goldeneye" and Pierce Brosnan's four-film reign.

Dalton only starred in two "Bond" movies — 1987's "The Living Daylights," and 1989's "Licence to Kill." While neither were enormous hits, they both garnered strong reviews. Dalton's 007 was more grounded and serious, and his plots followed suit, both being a bit more Tom Clancy adaptation than the bombastic comic book spy capers of the previous decade. Unfortunately, the world wasn't quite ready for this more muted take on Bond,...

If you watch Austrian writer-director Florian Pochlatko’s feature film debut How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World (Wie man normal ist und die Merkwürdigkeiten der anderen Welt) in the Perspectives program of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, you may catch yourself rubbing your eyes and wondering: Is Ed Sheeran really in this movie? And how the heck did they get him?

That’s no coincidence. Pochlatko’s film, among other things, reflects on such questions as what is real and what is normal.

The movie’s cast is led by Luisa-Céline Gaffron (And Tomorrow the Entire World) and also features Elke Winkens, Cornelius Obonya, and Felix Pöchhacker, among others. And yes, the British man protagonist Pia meets is called Ned and does look a lot like Ed Sheeran. But the actor’s name is Wesley Byrne, and he is a street cleaner who lives in the Greater Manchester area.

Quick LinksLiam Neeson's Pulse-Pounding Survival Thriller Hit'The Grey' Left a Powerful Impression on Famed Critic Roger Ebert

Liam Neeson once again proved he's one of the entertainment industry's most compelling leading men when he starred in the 2012 anxiety-inducing survival thriller The Grey, which sees the Taken actor as a highly-skilled sharpshooter who is tasked with protecting a crew of oil men at an Alaskan oil facility from the ever-present risk of a wolf attack. When their plane crashes in the icy and brutal wilderness on their flight home, the expert marksman rallies the team of survivors to venture into the rugged terrain in search of safety, only to find themselves stalked by a ravenous pack of grey wolves.

Both a celebrated critical and commercial feat, The Grey was a knockout upon its January 27, 2012 release and was yet another career high for Neeson, who by then had emerged as one of...

Viewers likely noticed that Al Roker was absent from the Today show recently, and this may have been due to the loss of someone close to him.

On Tuesday’s episode of the NBC program, Dylan Dreyer replaced Roker as the show’s meteorologist. The Today crew did not provide a reason for Roker’s absence.

Hours before Today aired, Roker’s daughter, Courtney Roker Laga, shared on Instagram that her mother, Alice Bell, passed away.

“She was my mother, my heart, and the most loving grandmother to Sky. I was with her for her last breath, and I will carry her love with me always,” Laga wrote in her caption.

In the Ig carousel post, Courtney shared several throwback photos of her mother when she was younger and more recent images with Bell holding Courtney’s child on her lap.

According to TMZ, Bell died at age 77. While the...

Exclusive: Joe Carnahan, who is behind Netflix’s upcoming film Rip starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, is launching his own production company.

Carnahan has teamed with Chris Wagner, founder and CEO of White Label Productions, to launch Gang of Three.

Based in LA, the business hopes to be a full film and television production company from concept to delivery. There is also an undisclosed third partner.

The company has a number of projects in the works including foodie-assassin thriller The Connoisseurs, murder-for-hire action flick Viv & Vic, haunted family horror film Felix, and a biopic based on the famous two-fight legacy between Joe Louis and his German nemesis, Max Schmeling.

Carnahan got his start with Sundance Festival film Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane in 1997 before directing 2002’s Narc starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric, 2006’s Smokin’ Aces, 2010’s The A-Team reboot, 2011’s The Grey starring Liam Neeson and upcoming Zachary Levi...

In the "Baywatch" episode "Now Sit Right Back and You'll Hear a Tale", Eddie (Billy Warlock) and Shauni (Erika Eleniak) are out in the ocean trying to rescue a beleaguered jet skier, when they discover an island that they hadn't ever noticed before. Going ashore, they find that two people have been living on this island, stranded far from shore, for decades. They are Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) and Gilligan (Bob Denver), the same characters seen on the 1964 sitcom "Gilligan's Island." 

Wait, what? Aren't those fictional characters? Gilligan and Mary Ann explain that their experiences being stranded on the uncharted desert isle are very much real. Shauni marvels, "I thought you were just a TV show!" But everyone sort of lets the unreality of the situation slip past. No further questions are asked about how Gilligan and Mary Ann were filmed or how their footage was converted into a 1964 CBS comedy series.

Olatunde Osunsanmi's new TV movie "Star Trek: Section 31" is weirdly retro in its setup, feeling reminiscent of delightfully corny B-movies of the 1980s like Peter Manoogian's low-budget time-travel lark "Eliminators." The main character is Empress Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh), the genocidal tyrant of the Mirror Universe, and she has been enlisted to be part of Section 31, Starfleet's ethics-free black ops organization that handles dangerous secret missions.

The film's cast, however, is rounded out by a rogues' gallery of diverse aliens and specialists, each one enlisted to help the Empress on a vital mission to retrieve a doomsday device. There is the shapeshifter Quasi (Sam Richardson), a none-too-bright cyborg bruiser named Fuzz (Sven Ruygrok), a microscopic organism named Zeph piloting a human-sized robot (Robert Kazinsky), an ultra-seductive Deltan named Melle (Humberly Gonzalez), and Rachel Garrett (Kacey Rohl), a straight-laced Starfleet officer who is there to make sure...

The movie that turned Liam Neeson into an action star is heading to Hulu. Taken, as well as Taken 3, will begin streaming on the Disney-owned streamer next month.

Beginning Feb. 1, Taken and Taken 3 will be available to stream on Hulu. Released in 2008, Taken stars Neeson as retired CIA operative Bryan Mills, who sets out to track down his teenage daughter Kim and her best friend Amanda after they are kidnapped by Albanian human traffickers while on vacation in France. Taken was an unexpected hit with audiences, with the action movie grossing over $225 million worldwide against a $25 million budget.

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A sequel, Taken 2, was released in 2012 and sees the tables being turned on Bryan Mills, with him being kidnapped instead of his daughter.

Ted Danson was 34 when Cheers debuted in the fall of 1982, on the younger side for a TV star at the time. That season’s top 10 highest-rated shows included a few other thirtysomething leads in Tom Selleck on Magnum, P.I. and John Ritter in Three’s Company, but for the most part, the hits of the small screen were built around actors in their fifties (Larry Hagman on Dallas, George Peppard on The A-Team) or sixties (John Forsythe in Dynasty, Jane Wyman in Falcon Crest). By the time Cheers ended a dozen years later,...

Liam Neeson's airplane action thriller from the director of Carry-On has become a global Netflix hit. Though the Irish actor rose to prominence for his performance in Steven Spielberg's acclaimed Holocaust drama Schindler's List, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, Neeson redefined himself as an action star with the Taken movies. Some of his other action movies include The A-Team, The Grey, Wrath of the Titans, A Walk Among the Tombstones, and Cold Pursuit.

Within the action genre, Neeson has collaborated with director Jaume Collet-Serra numerous times. To date, Neeson has starred in four films from the director – Unknown, Non-Stop, Run All Night, and The Commuter – all of which are action thrillers that received mixed reviews from critics, but were mostly box-office successes. Jaume Collet-Serra's latest action thriller is Netflix's Carry-On, which stars Taron Egerton as a Tsa agent who is blackmailed into allowing...

Stories have the power to allow us to feel the deepest of emotions, some good and some bad. We will be looking at a few depressing movies that hold the power to send you deeply disturbed but also enlightened. Don’t worry, you can always watch some fulfilling movies like Perks of Being a Wallflower to get that much-needed light, or maybe The A-Team to get that adrenaline flowing.

So now you know what you are getting into so behold, you may enter a void. Some are just average with a strong plot; others could be full of gore that will leave your mind splattered (speaking metaphorically). All in all, there won’t be sunshine and rainbows here, these are some depressing movies after all.

15. V For Vendetta The film is based on a limited series created by Alan Moore. Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

When it comes to matters in association with the government,...

One of Liam Neeson's worst movies has become a global Netflix hit two years after its release. Beginning his film career in 1978, the Irish actor broke through with his portrayal of Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's acclaimed Holocaust drama Schindler's List in 1993, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. From there, Neeson took on several roles in blockbuster movies, including Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Ra's al Ghul in Batman Begins, and Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia trilogy.

However, starting in 2009, Neeson established himself as a prominent action star with roles in the Taken movies, The A-Team, The Grey, Wrath of the Titans, and Cold Pursuit. He's collaborated multiple times with director Jaume Collet-Serra, starring in four of his action films – Unknown, Non-Stop, Run All Night, and The Commuter. Even as he's expressed interest in retiring from the genre,...

"Fantasy Island," Gene Levitt's ABC series that ran from 1977 to 1984, had a simple enough premise for it to be contained entirely within the show's title. An island where people come to live out their fantasies was enough of an idea to spawn two made-for-tv movies and seven seasons of fantasy drama, anchored by the great Ricardo Montalbán, who played the mysterious and distinguished Mr. Roarke. Roarke hosted the island's many guests and oversaw their fantasies coming to life, accompanied initially by his assistant Tattoo (Hervé Villechaize).

"Fantasy Island" became popular during its seven years on the air, and Tattoo's catchphrase "The plane, the plane," which he delivered at the top of every episode, was absorbed into the cultural lexicon. The show's popularity hasn't endured quite as well as some other series from the era, though, which is probably partly why Blumhouse's terrible horror getaway version of "Fantasy Island" failed...

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Liam Neeson revealed the unexpected twist on The Late Late Show with James Corden, saying, “I know they were looking at various actors, and I apparently was among them. However, my dear, departed wife did say to me… ‘Darling, if you’re offered James Bond and you’re going to play it, you’re not going to marry me.’ Let that sink in. Natasha wasn’t just saying she didn’t want him playing 007—she was saying, straight-up, if Bond was on the table, so was a dealbreaker in their relationship. Love, after all, wins.

This stuff goes back to the early ’90s, around the time GoldenEye was about to become the new Bond sensation. Producers were scouting actors to take on the role after Sean Connery and Roger Moore’s reigns. Neeson was in the mix—but Natasha wasn’t having it.

The new action thriller, The Caretaker is Fady Jeanbart’s feature film directorial debut and is a co-production between Millman Productions, Pyramax Productions, Babe Entertainment, Triple Origin Productions LLC, and Ron Lee Productions.

Millman Productions run by industry veteran Jeff Miller. Jeff is an active producer with over 30 years in the business. The Caretaker is his forty-second feature as a producer. Filming is currently under way in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The film stars Avaryana Rose, Robert Bronzi, Daniel Baldwin, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, and Paul Logan.

Executive producers are Tareq Salah, Paul M. Gahng Jr., Ashvat Shivaram Shetty, Ronnie D. Lee, and Brandon Gibbs. Co-producer is Robert Savakinus. Consulting producer is Dylan Matlock. Paul Logan is fight coordinator. Michael Su is director of photography. Nancy Foster is production designer.

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Jessica Biel has starred in numerous films, both critically acclaimed and box office successes such as Hitchcock, The Illusionist, The A-team, Total Recall, and Valentine’S Day. In addition to her impressive body of work, Biel is well-known for her extensive philanthropic efforts. In 2010, Biel joined a determined group of climbers to the top of Mr. Kilimanjaro in order to raise awareness about the need for clean water worldwide. This climb was a part of the Summit on the Summit expedition along with members of the United Nations Foundation. In 2012 Biel was honored with an “Impact Award” at Variety’S Power of Women ceremony her work with charity:water specifically highlighting how clean water directly affected the lives of mothers and daughters in villages throughout Africa; as well as its direct link to education for women.

Charles Bronson look-alike Robert Bronzi and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, who followed in the footsteps of Mr. T for the A-Team movie, star in the action thriller The Caretaker, which Deadline reports is now filming in Nevada. Also in the cast are Avaryana Rose (Bitter Souls), Daniel Baldwin (John Carpenter’s Vampires), Paul Logan (The Horde), wrestler Jacob “Madman Fulton” Southwick, Mark Justice (The Twisters), Brett Benowitz (Alabama Rose), Alex Trumble (The Search for Secret Santa), Leah Voysey (Terrifier 2), and newcomers Lane Griffith and Neva Leoncini. Deadline also got their hands on a pair of first-look images from the film, and those can be seen in this article.

The feature directorial debut of editor Fady Jeanbart, The Caretaker has a screenplay that was written by Joe Knetter (the upcoming George A. Romero-based zombie movie Twilight of the Dead) from a story by producer Jeff Miller. The film centers on the quiet,...

A nine-year-old Liam Neeson movie that received mixed reviews from critics is finding newfound success on Netflix. Run All Night is currently #5 on Netflix's list of Top 10 Movies in the United States.

Neeson starred alongside Joel Kinnaman, Ed Harris and Common in Run All Night, a film about an ex-Irish mob hitman who is forced to kill the son of a mob boss and goes on the run with his own estranged son. Run All Night was released in 2015, grossing $71.6 million worldwide and earning mixed reviews from critics. The film has a 59% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the site's critics' consensus saying "Liam Neeson is in typically fine form, but Run All Night suffers from a convoluted plot and workmanlike execution."

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Even though Contagion was released way back in 2011, the events chronicled in the tense medical thriller are reminiscent of the 2020 pandemic. Contagion starring Matt Damon and Jude Law will hit Paramount+ on Dec. 1.

Contagion, directed by Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) and written by Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum), centers around a viral outbreak caused by a zoonotic disease and focuses on the spread from “patient zero” to the creation of a vaccine.

It also stars Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Laurence Fishburne. When it was released, Contagion earned more than $136 million worldwide against a budget of $60 million, according to Box Office Mojo. The film boasts a “Certified Fresh” 85% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.8/10 rating on IMDb.

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"What could possibly go wrong for a ragtag group of mercenaries selling their skills to the highest bidder while doing their best to not get caught by the law which wrongfully put them in a prison they broke out of?" In almost 100 episodes aired over five years from 1983 to 1987, NBC's The A-Team attempted to answer that very question. Episodically covering cartoonishly violent adventures, the show follows four abrasive men who fought in the Vietnam War together, can make a weapon out of anything, and can rain down a storm of bullets without killing anyone.

Apart from getting rebooted as a movie in 2010, The A-Team's greatest surviving legacy is undoubtedly its iconic theme song. If it had come out today, sound bytes would be in every YouTube short, Instagram reel, and TikTok. Of course, the show also deserves credit for making T-Pain a household name in the 1980s before...

Apple Original Films Matchbox movie is circling a popular Golden Globe and Emmy nominated actor to star opposite John Cena. Produced in collaboration with Skydance and Mattel Films, the upcoming movie is based on the iconic line of children's toy cars that first took the world by storm in the 1950s. Plans for a live-action movie based on the Matchbox car brand from toy giant Mattel were first announced in 2022, predating the release of 2023s Barbie. Helmed by Extraction director Sam Hargrave, the movie will be based on a script penned by David Coggeshall (The Family Plan) and Jonathan Tropper (The Adam Project).

Cena, who recently wrapped filming on Peacemaker season 2, was first named as the Matchbox movies lead in September this year, and currently remains the only confirmed cast member. While details about the direction of the films plot remain scant, the decision to tap stunt-man-turned-director Hargrave, combined with Cenas casting,...

Remember when television felt like a comforting escape?

Shows like The Love Boat, The A-Team, and Friends offered pure entertainment — a chance to relax, laugh, and forget about real-world problems.

Problems were solved in under an hour, laughs were abundant, and happy endings weren’t just expected — they were guaranteed.

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These days, that carefree spirit seems harder to find, replaced by gritty dramas, morally ambiguous antiheroes, and narratives that demand heavy emotional investment.

While complex storytelling has its place, so does the simple joy of escapism.

So, how did we get here? And is it time for escapist TV to make a comeback?

Escapist TV: Fun, Fantasy, and Feel-Good Heroes I Dream of Jeannie (NBC/Screenshot)

There was a time when TV leaned unapologetically into escapism.

Shows like I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, and Gilligan’s Island didn’t ask audiences to confront tough questions or analyze deep themes.

Best known for playing the character Chris Alonso on 106 episodes of the CBS TV series S.W.A.T., Lina Esco has now become the latest actor to sign on for a role in Rip, a crime thriller that’s written and directed by Joe Carnahan and is set up at the Netflix streaming service. According to Variety, Esco will be taking on the role of Captain Jackie Velez.

Rip will follow a group of Miami cops whose trust begins to fray after they discover millions in cash in a derelict stash house. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including who they can rely on.

Esco joins a cast that includes Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, as well as Kyle Chandler of Super 8, Sasha Calle, who played Supergirl in The Flash, singer/songwriter Teyana Taylor, who starred in the drama A Thousand and One,...

There’s something about being an ’80s kid that feels different. And no, it’s not just nostalgia talking.

I’m a product of the latch-key generation, those of us who came home from school to empty houses and managed homework, chores, and the dinner prep our parents left us to handle.

I am a proud GenXer, born into a world that didn’t cushion or coddle us.

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We faced all kinds of challenges, from navigating schoolyard bullying and dodgeball bruises to growing up fast in households where single parents often worked double shifts to make ends meet.

I learned resilience the hard way — through personal trials and grit. My mom worked nights and went to school during the day, determined to better herself and build a better life for us, even if it meant time was always tight.

I saw a lot as a kid: family abuse,...