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We’re getting a first look and premiere date for Lena Dunham’s upcoming Netflix comedy Too Much. The series, starring Meg Stalter and Will Sharpe, will launch July 10 on the streamer. You can see some first-look photos above and below.

Co-created by Dunham and Luis Ferber, Too Much centers on Jessica (Stalter) a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behaviour, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister. But when she meets Felix (Sharpe) – a walking series of red flags – she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore, even as it creates more problems than it solves. Now they have to ask...

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Netflix announces premiere date for Too Much, Lena Dunham's TV return

Golden Globe-winning Girls creator and star Lena Dunham is returning to TV with Too Much, the first series she's created since 2018's Camping. The semi-autobiographical romantic comedy series premieres July 10 on Netflix. Dunham writes and directs the series, which she cocreated with her husband, Luis Felber. Megan Stalter (Hacks) stars as Jessica, "a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behaviour, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister. But when she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) — a walking series of red flags — she finds that their...

Have you ever been told you’re just “Too Much,” especially from an ex? Well, leave it to the “voice of a generation” Lena Dunham to capture that feeling all too well with her aptly titled Netflix rom-com series.

Megan Stalter leads “Too Much” as a Dunham-esque character. The “Hacks” breakout star plays Jessica, who relocates from New York to London while reeling from a breakup. Despite planning on being alone forever, Jessica soon meets Felix (“The White Lotus” star Will Sharpe), who challenges her to reevaluate her thirty-something crisis.

Dunham co-created the series with her real-life husband, Luis Felber, who also serves as an executive producer and provides original music. The 10-episode show was announced in 2023. Dunham is the creator, writer, director and executive producer.

The official synopsis of “Too Much” reads: Jessica (Stalter) is “a New York workaholic in her mid-30s, reeling from a broken relationship that...

Exclusive: Jennifer Garner (The Last Thing He Told Me) is attached to star in Zygote (wt), a sci-fi drama based on a short story by Alyssa Hill, who is on board to adapt the screenplay.

Hailing from Pinky Promise (The Last Showgirl) and Linden Productions (Is God Is), the film centers on Parisa (Garner), an elite crisis negotiator who is sent 254 miles from Earth as a response to hostages on the International Space Station. Due to the unexpected nature of the expedition, Parisa quickly realizes this could be her final mission, as she is forced to confront the limits of her life’s work alongside her own mortality.

Kara Durrett and Jessamine Burgum of Pinky Promise will produce alongside Riva Marker and Deanna Barillari of Linden Productions. Mia Samuels of Linden will oversee the project in tandem with Barillari after making the deal for rights to the film. The director’s chair remains open.

Netflix is giving us a first look at Too Much!

The streamer also confirmed that the forthcoming Lena Dunham co-created series will be released on July 10.

The first look images feature Meg Stalter, Will Sharpe, Michael Zegen, Janicza Bravo, Richard E. Grant, Rita Wilson, Naomi Watts, Andrew Rannells, Rhea Perlman, Emily Ratajkowski, and Adwoa Aboah.

Here’s a synopsis: Jessica (Stalter) is a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behaviour, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister. But when she meets Felix (Sharpe) – a walking series of red flags – she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore, even as it creates more problems than it solves.

Netflix has announced the release date for Too Much, a new series created by Lena Dunham and Luis Felber. The series, which makes its debut on July 10 on the streamer, stars Hacks’s Meg Stalter, Will Sharpe, Michael Zegan, Janicza Brave, Richard E. Grant, Rita Wilson, Naomi Watts, and Rhea Pearlman.

Too Much marks Dunham’s first series as a creator and writer since 2018’s Camping, which ran for one season on HBO. Andrew Rannells, who co-starred in Dunham’s breakthrough series Girls, will also make an appearance in the new rom-com.

Netflix describes Too Much as a show about “a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows.” More entertaining, however, is Stalter’s own take on the show.

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Lena Dunham is making her return to television. Netflix has revealed a first look and release date for Dunham’s new series “Too Much.”

Starring Meg Stalter, Will Sharpe, Michael Zegan, Janicza Bravo, Richard E. Grant, Rita Wilson, Naomi Watts, Andrew Rannells, Rhea Perlman, Emily Ratajkowski and Adwoa Aboah, the series will debut globally on Netflix July 10.

The official synopsis for “Too Much” reads: “Jessica (Stalter) is a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behaviour, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister.”

“But when she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) – a walking series of red flags – she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore,...

FX's Grotesquerie begins with Niecy Nash-Betts' Det. Lois Tryon investigating several horrific murders in a small town, but viewers are soon thrown for a loop when it's revealed that the character is actually — spoiler alert! — in a coma. It's a classic TV twist that producer Ryan Murphy has become known for.

"I will probably be working with Ryan until the day they throw dirt on my face," Nash-Betts tells Gold Derby. "I love Ryan Murphy. I love him as a partner. I love him as a creator. I was so interested to see what was next, what was going on in his mind. And when I read that script — oh my gosh!"

Nash-Betts won an Emmy for another Murphy project, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, and she's soon returning to his universe in the upcoming Hulu legal series All's Fair, which will costar Kim Kardashian, Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson,...

Liev Schreiber is showing his support for the LGBTQ+ community after opening up about his daughter Kai coming out as trans.

The 57-year-old actor and his wife Taylor Neisen stepped out with Kai, 16, at the Ali Forney Center’s A Place at the Table Gala on Friday night (May 9) at The Glasshouse in New York City.

The gala celebrated the resilience of LGBTQ+ youth and honored the individuals and organizations working to build a more inclusive, supportive future.

Liev recently opened up about Kai coming out to him and mom Naomi Watts. He also talked about the need to step up and support people who are facing hardship while coming out.

“This isn’t just about representing the trans community,” he told Variety. “This is actually a community of people who don’t have great resources, who don’t have access to help, who aren’t being protected and looked after by their families.

Liev Schreiber is opening up about being the father of a trans daughter.

The 57-year-old actor opened up to Variety about raising daughter Kai, 16, who he shares with his ex Naomi Watts.

Liev talked about Kai staying true to who she is and how she embraces her space in the trans community.

Keep reading to find out more…

“Kai was always who Kai is. But I suppose the most profound moment was her asking us to change her pronouns. To be honest with you, it didn’t feel like that big of a deal to me only because Kai had been so feminine for so long,” Liev said.

He added, “Kai is such a fighter. It’s important that she goes, ‘Hey, I am trans,’ and, ‘Look at me,’ and, ‘F–k you. F–k off.’”

Liev was asked to share advice to parents of children who are coming out as trans.

Horror remakes get a bad rap – and let’s be honest, they often deserve it. For every clever reimagining, we’ve sat through a dozen limp reboots that sucked the life (and the scares) right out of the original. But sometimes, a remake comes along that doesn’t just cash in on nostalgia; it sharpens, reinvents, or even surpasses the source material.

With fresh remakes like Wolf Man (2025) and Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Frankenstein reboot lighting up horror headlines, now’s the perfect time to revisit the remakes that proved this subgenre can deliver more than lazy copy-paste thrills. Here’s our list of horror reboots and remakes that earned their place in the genre’s blood-soaked hall of fame.

Horror Remakes That Actually Worked The Thing (1982)

John Carpenter’s The Thing often gets cited as one of the best horror remakes ever made… and for good reason. While...

Human beings and dogs have been friends for 12,000 years now. While the wolf in the wild has evolved to become man’s “best friend,” an emblem of loyalty in friendships, have humans been as considerate in treating this best friend as an equal? There are stories of dogs like Hachiko and Apollo in fiction, but canine shelters still fill up in numbers with dogs abandoned by their humans. The Friend, adapted from Sigrid Nunez’s National Book Award-winning novel, is a tender introspection of friendship and the grief that comes with losing a friend—a remembrance that you take a lifetime to recover from. Starring Naomi Watts as Iris, a writer living alone in Manhattan, it follows her life after her close friend and mentor Walter’s death by suicide. Walter, a man of many loves and wives, chooses his best friend and former student to take care of his Great Dane,...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Being Maria (Jessica Palud)

Last Tango in Paris was both a breakout role and turning point in the life and career of Maria Schneider––a traumatic filming experience that inspired her to become an advocate for women in the film industry, and the often redundant depictions of female characters in cinema. Her steadfastness and increasing ability to not suffer fools gladly after her experiences with Bernardo Bertolucci and Marlon Brando saw her walk out on several major directors midway through shooting, earning her a reputation for being difficult, frustrations largely ignored as this behavior coincided with her own battles with mental health and drug addiction, both of which were weaponized as reasons to not hire her. Any writing on Schneider characterizes her...

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Netflix is one of the best places to find the best movies and TV shows you can watch on any streaming service. Every month, it adds hundreds of new titles to its content library. For instance, this month, we are getting the much-anticipated Season 4 of Love, Death & Robots and a new original comedy series titled The Four Seasons, but with that, some titles have to leave the service for a number of reasons. So, today, we are here to tell you about the best film and TV shows you should watch before they leave Netflix in May 2025.

About Time (May 1) Credit – Universal Pictures

About Time is a sci-fi romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Curtis. The 2013 film follows Tim Lake, a young man who his father tells that the men in his family have the...

In devastating news on the eve of Cannes, Bleecker Street founder and CEO andindependent community stalwartAndrew Karpen has died of brain cancer. He was 59.

Karpen was diagnosed withglioblastoma in 2024 and died in hospital inConnecticut on Monday.

Longtime friend and Bleecker Street president Kent Sanderson said, “Our industry has lost a giant. Andrew taught us all so much, foremost of which is the value of kindness, honesty, and family above all else. His leadership and courage will inspire all of us at Bleecker Street for the rest of our lives.”

The popular East Coast native founded Bleecker Street in 2014 and guided...

Starz has announced the movie and TV titles that will be available on the service in May. The Starz May 2025 schedule includes the season four finale of Power Book III: Raising Kanan, plus movies such as Flight Risk, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, and the American Pie franchise.

A blockbuster-worthy lineup of fan-favorite films will also be available. Highlights include the high-octane thriller Deja Vu, starring Denzel Washington; the suspenseful drama The Call, starring Halle Berry and Morris Chestnut; the empowering revenge drama Enough, starring Jennifer Lopez; and the epic adventure flick King Kong, starring Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, and Jack Black.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4 Starz Highlight

Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4

In season three of “Raising Kanan,” Kanan Stark finally stopped living in the shadow of his mother and assumed control of his life, taking matters into his own hands by orchestrating the deaths of Ronnie and Detective Howard.

RankFilm (origin)DistributorApr 25-27 grossTotalWeek 1 A Minecraft Movie (US) Warner Bros £2.5m £51.7m 4 2 Sinners (US) Warner Bros £2.4m £7.3m 2 3 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith (US) Disney £1.8m £1.8m 1 4 The Accountant 2 (US)

Warner Bros £906,660 £906,660 1 5 Until Dawn (US) Sony £566,028 £566,028 1

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A Minecraft Movie held off the excellent second weekend of Sinners for another Warner Bros one-two at the UK-Ireland box office.

Minecraft added £2.5m on its fourth weekend – a 53% drop that brought it to £51.7m. Extending its lead as the highest-grossing release of 2025, it has now entered the top 50 highest-grossing films of all time in the UK & Ireland,...

Sinners held off the re-release of Revenge Of The Sith to stay atop North American box office as an estimated $45m haul in the second weekend boosted the running total to $122.5m and ensure a Warner Bros film ruled the charts for the fourth consecutive weekend.

A strong late-April session elevated box office and earned $146.5m, pushing the year to date to $2.28bn and approximately 11% ahead of 2024 by the same stage.

Playing in 3,347 locations,Ryan Coogler’s period vampire tale starring Michael B. Jordan dropped an impressive 6% from last weekend.That was the lowest second-weekend drop for an R-rated film...

Sinners Rotten Tomatoes Score Compared With The Top 10 Horror Movies Of Rotten Tomatoes Poll ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Ryan Coogler’s period horror movie Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan in the lead role(s) was released in theatres on April 18, 2025, and has received a terrific response from critics and audiences alike. Sinners has a Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score of 98%, which is unusually high for a horror film. It will be interesting to see how Sinners’ Rotten Tomatoes score compares with the scores of the scariest horror movies of all time (as per Rotten Tomatoes’ 2024 poll).

Here are the top ten scariest horror movies ever, per a list published by Rotten Tomatoes (based on a poll conducted by Rt last year). We have curated our list from the Top 10 horror movies, mentioned in Rotten Tomatoes’ poll and ranked them based on their Rotten Tomatoes score. Let’s find out whether any of...

Warner Bros The Accountant 2 leads the new releases in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend as the Ben Affleck-starring crime drama opens in 573 locations.

The sequel is up from its 2016 predecessor which opened in 397 venues. That film had a debut of £1.6m and went on to clear £5m across its run.

Gavin O’Connor returns to direct The Accountant 2, which won the SXSW Headliner audience award earlier this year and sees Affleck return to the role of an autistic accountant for criminal organisations. In the sequel, he uses his unconventional methods to solve the murder of a Treasury chief.

Mubi has acquired rights to Twin Peaks, the iconic 1990 series from David Lynch and Mark Frost, as well as the 2017 follow-up Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series, with plans for both to debut on the service on June 13.

The news comes amid Twin Peaks‘ 35th anniversary celebration. Of course, the works of Lynch are also being reexamined at present, just three months’ out from the iconic surrealist filmmaker’s passing.

Twin Peaks follows idiosyncratic FBI agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan), as he investigates the murder of a young woman — local homecoming queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) — in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. As the investigation progresses, several other mysteries and conspiracies, edging on the supernatural, are uncovered around town, all linking back to Laura’s murder.

Mubi subscribers will have access to all 30 episodes of the show, as well as all 18 parts of A Limited Event Series,...

Warner Bros.’ “A Minecraft Movie” continued its blockbuster run at the U.K. and Ireland box office over the Easter weekend, adding £5.3 million ($7 million) in its third frame, according to Comscore. The video game-inspired hit has now amassed a towering $60.2 million, securing its place as one of the highest-grossing releases of the year so far.

Also from Warner Bros., “Sinners” made a strong debut in second place with $3.2 million. Lionsgate U.K.’s “The Penguin Lessons” opened in third place with $1.4 million. Walt Disney’s “The Amateur” held onto fourth with $1.2 million, pushing its two-week total to $4 million.

A24’s Iraq combat film “Warfare” opened in fifth place with $997,470. Disney’s “Snow White” followed in sixth place with $624,461, bringing its five-week cumulative total to $14 million.

Universal’s stage-to-screen success “Six The Musical” placed seventh with $543,106, and is now at $6.7 million after three weeks. Falling to eighth, Universal’s thriller “Drop...

Daisy Edgar-Jones may easily be mistaken for Anne Hathaway’s identical twin! And I’m not just talking about how they look alike. Beyond their similarity in appearance, they perfectly mimic one another’s fashion sense!

Like Anne Hathaway, Daisy Edgar-Jones has a penchant for timeless, sophisticated fashion. She leans toward classic pieces but sometimes embraces modern, chic ensembles to showcase her versatility.

Daisy Edgar-Jones showcases her penchant for timeless elegance and modern sophistication in Khaite and Shushu/Tong outfits with heels from Jude (Credit: Roger Wong / INSTARimages)

While promoting her upcoming movie, On Swift Horses, Daisy displayed her exceptional style prowess, reflecting her sophisticated taste.

On Swift Horses: Exploring Sexuality and Romance in the 1950s

On Swift Horses focuses on the struggles of navigating queerness in a society where such desires are heavily frowned upon.

Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her husband Lee (Will Poulter) settle in California after the...

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Anne Hathaway continues to refuse to age, and it’s leading to questions about cosmetic surgery.

Some instead accuse her of vampirism, but they’re joking. We think.

The famously beautiful actress’ years of sobriety alone probably cannot explain her radiant look.

But after recent photos went viral, everyone agrees that Hathaway remains a knockout. They just don’t agree on how.

Anne Hathaway attends the Ralph Lauren Collection Fall 2025 on April 17, 2025. (Photo Credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images) The immortal Anne Hathaway strikes again

Once again, Anne Hathaway and her apparent lack of familiarity with the aging process is on people’s minds.

She recently had a front row view at Ralph Lauren’s fall 2025 fashion show on Thursday, April 17.

Though 42, she doesn’t really look older or less fresh-faced than she did when she made her acting debut as a teenager.

Anne Hathaway attends the Bulgari...

The stars are stepping out for Ralph Lauren‘s big fashion show!

Anne Hathaway sat front row with Michelle Williams and Naomi Watts at the fashion brand’s Fall 2025 Collection Show on Thursday (April 17) in New York City.

Fellow stars in attendance included Kacey Musgraves, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stranger Things actress Sadie Sink, Baby Driver actress Eiza Gonzalez, Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, Cruel Intentions actress Sarah Catherine Hook, TikToker Tinx, Oscar winner Ariana Debose, and Andra Day.

Ralph‘s kids Dylan and David Lauren were also in attendance at the fashion show along with their respective spouses Paul Arrouet and Lauren Bush Lauren.

It was recently announced that Michelle quietly welcomed baby No. 4!

Click through the gallery inside for 40+ pictures of the stars at the fashion show…...

You think luck is when preparation meets opportunity—but sometimes, luck is just a phone call from someone who sees the potential in you before anyone else does. Naomi Watts’ big break wasn’t just a stroke of fortune, it was a turning point in her career, and, believe it or not, she owes a great deal of it to David Lynch, the late filmmaker whose movies dance in the shadowy corners of cinema.

When Watts was teetering on the edge of doubt about taking on the role of Ann Darrow in King Kong (2005), it was Lynch’s words that made her leap. And, well, just like that, she jumped right into the palm of cinema history.

David Lynch’s timeless advice: How one phone call led Naomi Watts to King Kong King Kong | Credit: Universal Pictures

Let’s be clear—King Kong (2005) wasn’t just any blockbuster. It was...

Family Equality’s Night at the Pier gala has set its sights on a power Hollywood couple to honor on May 12.

Uber-manager and Untitled Entertainment founding partner Jason Weinberg and his screenwriter husband Merritt Johnson will be feted at Pier Sixty in New York with the Luigi Caiola Luminary Award at an event set to celebrate love, equality, family and inspiration, as well as a decade of marriage equality thanks to the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case of Obergefell v. Hodges.

Their honor will be presented by clients and close friends like Oscar nominee Demi Moore, Marlo Thomas and Debbie Harry. Other planned tributes include Peggy Gillespie, co-founder and director of Family Diversity Projects, receiving the Hostetter-Habib Family Award presented by renowned choreographer Bill T. Jones. The night’s program also plans talent performances from Broadway shows like The Outsiders, Six, The Wiz, Kimberly Akimbo, Some Like it Hot and more.

“Rebuilding,” a drama starring Josh O’Connor as a cowboy who loses his ranch to wildfires, has sold U.S. rights to Bleecker Street. The film premiered at Sundance and will debut in theaters later this year.

Max Walker-Silverman directed “Rebuilding,” which follows Dusty, a rancher who is forced into a Fema camp and unexpectedly reconnects with his estranged daughter and ex-wife while reconstructing his life alongside fellow survivors. Lily Latorre (“Run Rabbit Run”), Meghann Fahy (“The White Lotus”), Kali Reis (“True Detective”) and Amy Madigan (“Field of Dreams”) round out the cast.

Variety’s chief film critic Owen Gleiberman praised the performance of O’Connor, a 34-year-old British actor best known for “The Crown” and “Challengers.” In his review, Gleiberman wrote, “He’s an authentic presence, scraggly and taciturn in a soulful way, and he communicates the quiet anguish at the heart of Dusty, a character who has lost everything.

Exclusive: The next novel from Warm Bodies author Isaac Marion is to be adapted into a feature film.

Rights to Marion’s upcoming book The Overnoise has been snapped up by Nine Perfect Strangers maker Made Up Stories, whose bosses Bruna Papandrea and Steve Hutensky will produce alongside Jeanne Snow and Claudia Park.

Per the synopsis, “The Overnoise follows aspiring musician Robin Conway, who simply wants to complete her new album and maintain her record deal. Everything changes with the launch of ‘Infinite Connection’ – a revolutionary global wireless service promising seamless connectivity worldwide. However, the technology brings an unexpected and disturbing consequence: a persistent dissonant hum known as the ‘overnoise.'”

This is the second collab between Isaac and Papandrea, following the feature film adaptation of Warm Bodies, the New York Times bestseller, in 2013. The zombie comedy-romance, directed by Jonathan Levine, starred Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco and John Malkovich among others.

Early last year, it was announced that Tom Cruise will be starring in the new film from director Alejandro Iñárritu for Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment, with this being Iñárritu’s first English language movie since The Revenant, which hit theatres back in 2015. Cruise’s co-stars on the project were then announced to be John Goodman (The Big Lebowski), Jesse Plemons (Civil War), Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), and Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me by Your Name), with Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal). This will be Cruise’s first time working with all of these actors except for Plemons. Cruise and Plemons were both in the 2017 film American Made.

According to Deadline, House of the Dragon‘s Emma D’Arcy has now been added to the cast of the film. The news was confirmed by an exclusive statement D’Arcy had given to Deadline that read, “I...

The final resting place of TV and film icon David Lynch was recently revealed by Lynch’s daughter, Jennifer. Lynch, who was the mastermind behind Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet,The Elephant Man, and Mulholland Drive, died in January at the age of 78. Lynch passed away from cardiac arrest with obstructive pulmonary disease named as an underlying condition.

Lynch’s daughter, Jennifer, posted a photo of her father’s grave on Instagram with the caption: “Dad is at rest at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Visit when you can. I will be.” The photo showed Lynch’s gravestone with his full name, David Keith Lynch, and his year of birth and death, as well as the phrase “Night Blooming Jasmine.”

The Hollywood Forever Cemetery is also the resting place for other notable Hollywood names, like Judy Garland, Cecil B. DeMille, and Jayne Mansfield. Per The Independent, the phrase “Night Blooming Jasmine” etched on...

Nicole Kidman has been on a hot streak for the last 35 years. Despite having risen to prominence multiple decades ago, she continues to topline quality films and series like a starlet half her age. Her talent is so profound that it transcends sexist and agist industry practices that put actresses of a certain age out to pasture, leaving them to play a matriarch or similar. Her impressive career trajectory is a testament to her talent, universal appeal, and staying power. With all that in mind, you likely won’t be surprised to learn that Kidman stars in the most-watched horror thriller on the Prime Video platform today.

Kidman toplines Holland, a mixture of genre tropes and dark comedy from Mimi Cave (who horror fans might remember from Fresh). The flick is a Prime original that just debuted on the platform late last month (March 28th).

Cave helmed the project from...

In a surprising move, the partners at Slate PR — one of Hollywood’s highest-profile publicity firms that represents a long list of A-list stars, creators, talent and events — are dissolving the company.

The development was confirmed Thursday morning in a brief statement sharing that after 15 years together, the partners Stephen Huvane, Simon Halls, Robin Baum, Ina Treciokas and Andy Gelb have all “decided to move forward on separate paths.” The statement added that Treciokas will soon announce her next venture while the others, Huvane, Halls, Baum and Gelb, will “do the same.”

“The partners depart with mutual respect and appreciation for their joint accomplishments at Slate PR,” per a statement received by The Hollywood Reporter. “The partners sincerely thank their clients, colleagues and industry peers for their support throughout the years. They remain committed to providing thoughtful and strategic communications guidance in their new ventures.”

That announcement of a new...

The Friend is gaining traction at the box office through sheer word of mouth; it continues to garner overwhelmingly positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. The reason is immediately evident in the film's premise, exploring themes of grief and friendship with the help of an adopted, mischievous dog.

The Friend is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, based on critic and audience consensus; it currently has high 80% ratings on the Tomatometer and Popcornmeter scores. Directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel, The Friend follows its main protagonist Iris (played by Naomi Watts) coming to terms with her close friend's passing; Walter (Bill Murray) made that all the more challenging, however, when he entrusted his dog Apollo to Iris before his death. The Friend is a heartwarming story about grief and friendship, a tearjerker for pet parents and everyone who has experienced loss.

At the heart of The Friend is its Great Dane...

Glenn Close is raving over Kim Kardashian!

For the past several months, the 78-year-old Oscar-nominated actress and the 44-year-old reality star have been working together on Ryan Murphy‘s upcoming Hulu legal drama series All’s Fair.

While stepping out for the 2025 Breakthrough Prize ceremony over the weekend, Glenn opened up about working with Kim.

Keep reading to find out more…“Just getting to know her,” Glenn said about Kim to Us Weekly. “I mean, I really love her. I think she has a public image, right? I don’t spend a lot of time on Instagram, but her as a person, as a woman, I was very impressed.”

“First of all, she’s very professional,” Glenn continued. “She was also — she has an amazing ability to compartmentalize. She would be talking to her kids. She’d be studying for a law exam, then she’d be having a board meeting for Skims,...

Brooke Shields has landed yet another role on television after the success of her Netflix movie Mother of the Bride. However, this latest project also officially reunites her with the writer behind the 2024 romantic comedy to recapture the magic of their surprise megahit. During AMC Networks' presentation on Monday, Acorn TV announced that Shields will lead the new murder mystery series Allie & Andi with Robin Bernheim serving as creator and writer. Production is slated to begin on the six-episode show this fall en route to a release sometime in 2026.

Allie & Andi takes place in a charming little colonial New England town where Shields, who has written several memoirs herself, plays a best-selling novelist roped into a case after forging an unlikely alliance with an aspiring writer and influencer. The two will put their skills to use as they hunt for the killer of a close friend. Little else is known...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson for Wbgr-fm on April 3rd, 2025, reviewing the new film “The Friend,” featuring Bill Murray, Naomi Watts and a Great Dane named Apollo. In select theaters beginning April 4th.

Murray portrays Walter, an iconic New York City-based author who commits suicide. This gathers his current wife and two ex-wives together and a former student named Iris (Naomi Watts), who was also a lover. Walter leaves behind Apollo, a horse-like Great Dane, a dog which Iris somehow ends up with while she is collecting Walter’s letters for publication, with the help of his daughter Val (Sarah Pidgeon). Can Iris handle the leash, even though her rent controlled apartment doesn’t allow dogs?

”The Friend” is in select theaters on April 4th. See local listings. Featuring Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Noma Dumezwani, Constance Wu and Carla Gugino. Screenplay adapted by Scott McGhee,...

Brooke Shields has already penned multiple memoirs, and now she’s becoming a novelist — or at least playing one on TV.

Acorn TV announced on Monday that Shields will star in Allie & Andi, a new crime drama from creator/writer Robin Bernheim (Star Trek: Voyager, When Calls the Heart). The pair has previously collaborated on Netflix’s Mother of the Bride.

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Update April 7, 2025: A Minecraft Movie demolished box-office expectations with a record-shattering $162 million opening over the April 4-6 weekend. It’s the biggest-ever debut for a video game adaptation, surpassing The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which earned $146 million the first weekend of April, 2023. The newly-minted blockbuster starring Jack Black, Jason Momoa, and Danielle Brooks also had the biggest opening of 2025, leapfrogging Marvel’s Captain America: A Brave New World, which took in $88 million back in February. The Warner Bros. movie provides a much needed boost for movie theaters after earnings had dropped 13 percent compared to last year, according to Comscore.

Rounding out the top five moneymakers for the April 4-6 weekend were Amazon MGM Studios’ A Working Man with $7.3 million, Fatham’s The Chosen: Last Supper — Part 2 with $7 million, Disney’s Snow White with $5.9 million, and Universal’s The Woman in the Yard with $4.5 million.

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Bill Murray has addressed the 2022 incident that led to the suspension and eventual shutdown of Being Mortal, a film directed by Aziz Ansari and produced by Searchlight Pictures. In a new interview with The New York Times, the actor described what happened on set as a failed attempt at humor, which resulted in a formal complaint and a six-figure settlement.

Murray said he kissed a female crew member while both were wearing masks and briefly straddled her, calling it something he had done before and considered lighthearted. “It wasn’t like I touched her,” he said. “I gave her a kiss through a mask. And she wasn’t a stranger.”

He added that they had worked together and shared meals during the shoot. “It was Covid, we were all wearing masks, and we were all stranded in this one room listening to this crazy scene. I dunno what prompted me to do it,...

There’s going to be a lot of celebrating tomorrow morning at Warner Bros’s Burbank lot. For the first time since Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice in the fall, the studio has a legitimate box office smash, with A Minecraft Movie blowing past industry expectations to make a whopping $157 million this weekend. That’s more than twice what we predicted earlier this week, but even the most optimistic industry forecasts didn’t expect this to make more than $100 million. It’s now the highest opening for a video game movie ever, beating the $146 million The Super Mario Bros Movie earned in 2023.

This comes along at just the right moment for WB, who have suffered from a huge slate of pricey box office bombs, including Furiosa, Joker: Folie a Deux, Alto Knights, and the recent Mickey 17. Will this be enough to turn around the company’s fortunes? It’s hard to say,...

Bill Murrary is opening up about the incident that led to the 2022 production of “Being Mortal” shut down and nearly ended his career. Speaking in a recent interview with The New York Times, the “SNL” comedian turned actor shared that there aren’t “too many day or weeks” he goes without thinking about what happened and has “tried to make peace” since.

“I ended up being, to my mind, barbecued,” said Murray of the fallout. “But someone that I worked with, that I had had lunch with on various days of the week — it was Covid, we were all wearing masks, and we were all stranded in this one room listening to this crazy scene. I dunno what prompted me to do it. It’s something that I had done to someone else before, and I thought it was funny, and every time it happened, it was funny. I was wearing a mask,...

Bill Murray reflected on the allegations and eventual $100,000 settlement that derailed and subsequently shuttered Disney’s Searchlight Pictures adaptation of Being Mortal back in 2022.

In a new interview with the New York Times‘ podcast The Daily, the Groundhog Day actor discussed how it’s “rough stuff” to portray crummy characters, like his roles in On the Rocks and The Friend, his latest release opposite Naomi Watts.

“When you’ve performed as a horrible creep, you know that ‘Hey, I have been that horrible creep and not seen it and not been aware of it,'” he said.

The comment then prompted the interviewer to question Murray about what happened on the erstwhile set of Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut, which also featured cast members like Seth Rogen and Keke Palmer.

“I don’t go too many days or weeks without thinking of what happened on Being Mortal,” he began. Continuing,...

Bill Murray opened up in a new interview about the incident that led to Being Mortal, Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut, being shut down in what was described at the time as Murray’s “inappropriate behavior.”

In a conversation discussing his new movie The Friend with The New York Times, Murray was asked about the parallels between Walter, the film’s character he portrays, and his own experience with both of them being accused of “inappropriate misconduct.” When asked if he thought about that, Murray said, “I don’t go...

In April 2022, Ghostbusters star Bill Murray was accused of "inappropriate behavior" while filming Aziz Ansari's film Being Mortal for the Disney-owned Searchlight Pictures. Though it was deep into production, the project was squashed as it never went back into production after getting put on pause due to the allegations against Murray.

Per The New York Times, Murray addressed the situation on the set of Being Mortal that led to the movie's cancelation. Previously, it had been reported that Murray allegedly straddled a female co-star and kissed her through facemasks they had been wearing due to Covid-19 safety protocols. After production was shut down, Murray reportedly agreed to a settlement to pay the woman $100,000. Looking back at the ordeal, Murray admits he still thinks about it often, though he maintains that he didn't realize what he did would result in him getting "barbecued."

"I don’t go too many days...

Bill Murray has opened up about what happened on the set of “Being Mortal,” Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut that was shut down over complaints of the prolific comedian’s on-set misconduct.

While speaking with The New York Times about his new movie, “The Friend,” Murray discussed the fact that he and his character in the film, Walter, have both been accused of “inappropriate misconduct.” When asked if he still thinks about his “Being Mortal” incident, Murray said, “I don’t go too many days or weeks without thinking of what happened.”

“It was Covid, we were all wearing masks and we were all stranded in this one room listening to this crazy scene,” Murray said. “I dunno what prompted me to do it. It’s something that I had done to someone else before, and I thought it was funny, and every time it happened, it was funny. I was wearing a mask,...

Bill Murray candidly reflected on the 2022 misconduct allegations that had him settling with a female colleague for $100,000 after he kissed her through Covid-mandated face masks. He defended his behavior as “still funny” and indicated it was blown out of proportion when he was “barbecued” for the incident that led to Disney shelving their project, “Being Mortal” — a move he said was a “great disappointment.”

“It wasn’t like I touched her, it was just, I gave her a kiss through a mask, through another mask, to another person. And it wasn’t, she wasn’t a stranger,” he said, speaking with “The Daily” podcast for The New York Times in a Saturday episode.

“I thought I knew someone, and I did not,” he later added. “And I thought it was, I certainly thought it was light, and I thought it was funny. And to me it’s still funny.”

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Naomi Watts and Bill Murray in Bleecker Street’s The Friend. Credit: Bleecker Street

Bill Murray and Naomi Watts star as best friends in The Friend, a comedy-drama about a friend leaving his beloved pet, a Great Dane named Apollo, to his best friend. The friend didn’t let the bestie know about this plan, leaving the friend both grieving and trying to find a place for a dog that is not allowed in her no-pets apartment.

There even seems some doubt about whether that was really ever said out loud. But it is what the friend’s second ex-wife, who has the dog now, tells her he wanted. Naomi Watts plays Iris, the friend who is left the dog when her best friend Walter (Bill Murray) suddenly dies.

This smart, human comedy/drama is set in New York among writers, academics and literary types but it finds common ground...

Plot: A teacher and writer named Iris (Naomi Watts) is dealing with the aftermath of the sudden loss of her longtime friend and mentor, Walter (Bill Murray). To make life more complicated, his widow tells Iris that Walter wanted Iris to care for his aging dog Apollo after he’s gone. Two factors make this difficult. One….Iris isn’t a dog lover. Two….Apollo is a 150 lb. Great Dane and Iris live in a small apartment in New York City that doesn’t allow animals to live there. So, Iris is not only dealing with the drama and grief of her closest friend passing away but also faces the complications of taking care of the dog, trying to find him a home, and avoiding eviction.

Review: Normally, I love to watch movies for fun and escapism. But sometimes, I can enjoy a film for its relatability and empathize with everything that’s going on,...

It’s no exaggeration to say that the next few weeks will be pivotal for Warner Bros. While, at CinemaCon, they seemed bullish on the potential of their slate, it’s full of risky, big-budget gambles and following Joker: Folie a Deux, Alto Knights and Mickey 17, they are badly in need of a hit. This month, they have two movies that – if they succeed – could theoretically save the current regime. But, if they fail, it will be a disaster for all involved. The first of these two movies is A Minecraft Movie (the other – Sinners – opens Easter weekend). Based on the wildly popular video game, the movie is a trippy mix of live-action and CGI animation, with our critic, Alex Maidy, giving it a relatively positive review earlier this week.

Given how huge the video game is, industry estimates say the movie has a shot at a $100 million opening.