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Allison Janney is opening about what it was like to reunite with Bradley Whitford on The Diplomat!

The two actors previously worked together on The West Wing across all seven seasons from 1999–2006.

In the upcoming third season of The Diplomat, Bradley joins the cast as Allison‘s husband, First Gentleman Todd Penn.

While appearing at the Las Cultiristas Culture Awards recently, Allison dished on working with Bradley once again

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“I knew it was going fantastic,” she told Variety‘s Marc Malkin. “I knew all of them who did not know him were in for a treat of their lives because he is not only an excellent human being, he is a wonderful actor.”

“He is hilarious,” Allison added. “He’s really, really funny. He makes the crew laugh. He keeps everyone happy on the set.”

Bradley previously gushed about joining The Diplomat.

“I was...

Finally Dawn (Finalmente l’alba) is a soulful Italian period drama written and directed by Saverio Costanzo. While far from perfect, the film is genuinely immersive in its ability to transport viewers to another time and place. Set during the 1950s and 1960s—an era when Hollywood productions flocked to Rome.

This period saw major American stars, including Elizabeth Taylor, Gregory Peck, and Audrey Hepburn, headline films such as Ben-Hur (1959), Roman Holiday (1953), Cleopatra (1963), and Quo Vadis (1951). The result was a cinematic fusion of classic Roman backdrops and American glamour that remains iconic to this day.

Finally Dawn uses this rich setting as a backdrop to tell an absorbing story that unfolds like a sprawling novel, full of twists, turns, and layered subplots. While it can feel convoluted at times, the narrative ultimately finds its way and proves cinematically satisfying.

Finally Dawn Review and Synopsis Joe Keery and Lily James in Finally Dawn...

Rob Zombie has been one of the most polarizing figures in the horror community since making the leap from musician to filmmaker. He made his feature writing and directorial debut with House of 1000 Corpses in 2003 — after being purchased by Lionsgate when its original studio, Universal, shelved it three years prior due to fears of it receiving a dreaded Nc-17 rating.

Corpses fell victim to many issues faced by first-time directors — Zombie was seemingly unsure if he’d ever get the opportunity to make another movie, resulting in an anarchic mélange of ideas and influences — but the end result remains potent all these years later. Despite the troubled production and a largely unfavorable critical response, the film turned a healthy profit, giving Zombie the sinister urge to make a sequel as his sophomore effort.

Released 20 years ago today, The Devil’s Rejects is decidedly more grounded in reality than its heightened predecessor.

We all tend to have our favorite genres of books. If we try something new, sometimes all it takes is one bad book to make us uninterested in anything else from that category. Science fiction books can present a challenge for readers who don't fancy spending their time reading about aliens or time travel or other otherworldly phenomena.

However, don’t rule out the entire sci-fi genre. There are a plenty of books that engage with sci-fi ideas without being overwhelming. They may happen to be set in space or make use of other sci-fi tropes, but then they develop in ways that evokes other genres.

Here are five books that are great if you want to test the waters of sci-fi even though the genre initially puts you off. You will not be disappointed.

The Martian by Andy Weir | Image: Ballantine Books The Martian by Andy Weir

You likely...

Some TV shows end with loose threads or cliffhangers that leave us craving closure, while others are so beloved we just want one last adventure. A movie can tie up lingering plots or give fans a proper farewell, extending the story in a big way.

We’ve ranked 15 shows that need a cinematic finale, from compelling to essential, based on their unresolved stories or untapped potential. Here’s why these series deserve a movie to finish strong.

15. Hannibal (2013-2015) The De Laurentiis Company

Mads Mikkelsen’s chilling Hannibal Lecter and Hugh Dancy’s fragile Will Graham ended on a cryptic cliffhanger. A movie could explore their twisted bond post-escape.

The show’s lush visuals and psychological depth scream for a cinematic leap. We’re hungry for their dark, unresolved dance.

14. The Oa (2016-2019) Plan B Entertainment

This mind-bending sci-fi series about alternate dimensions was canceled mid-story, leaving fans baffled. A...

Exclusive: Miss You Already producer Christopher Simon has boarded low-budget Brit pic Yamas!.

The film, which is being produced for under £500,000, is the debut title of Harry Richards and Rufus Love’s production house, Headrush Films, and is billed as a chaotic comedy-drama satire. Richards and Love are co-directing from a script Love adapted from his theater script of the same name.

New Sparta Productions CEO Simon will executive-produce the film, alongside Disauthority CEO Marcus Hundsnes, who put some of the production finance. Ex-Anton, Head Gear and HanWay Films financier exec Orlando Figg is also supporting the project.

The 90-minute comedy-drama is billed as a “sizzling satire that sees a liberal British family’s boozy holiday plunged into chaos by the discovery of a refugee living in the villa’s outhouse.”

Development finance of £40,000 has been raised and a shoot will take place in Greece this fall. The film has only six roles,...

Netflix has released the first teaser for “The Diplomat” Season 3, confirming a fall 2025 premiere and unveiling “West Wing” alumnus Bradley Whitford as First Gentleman Todd Penn alongside returning star Keri Russell.

The 90-second clip, dropped 12 June, caps a shoot that wrapped in London and New York and reunites Whitford with Allison Janney, now playing President Grace Penn. “I was thrilled… I love Keri. I love Rufus. And I hear Allison Janney is good at acting too,” Whitford quipped.

Creator-showrunner Debora Cahn promises the story “flips the chessboard… Kate lives the particular nightmare that is getting what you want.” Executive producer Janice Williams calls Whitford “the perfect addition to what is already a dream cast.”

Audience appetite has so far justified Netflix’s confidence. Season 1 opened at No. 1 globally with 57.48 million hours viewed in its first weekend, charting in 87 countries. The political thriller has already secured a fourth-season renewal, announced at the streamer’s May upfronts,...

Commander Joseph Lawrence was bid bon voyage in the penultimate episode of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale last month, but now Bradley Whitford has landed a new gig: First Gentleman to Allison Janney’s freshly appointed president of the United States in the third season of The Diplomat, debuting this fall on Netflix. The series also stars Keri Russell in the eponymous role and Rufus Sewell as her quasi-estranged husband.

Whitford and Janney are, of course, no strangers to the White House, having both starred in Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed political drama The West Wing from 1999 to 2006. “I love Keri. I love Rufus. And I hear Allison Janney is good at acting too,” Whitford quips in the press release for the show.

The teaser trailer for the new season of The Diplomat sees Whitford bringing his patented brand of dry wit to the role of Todd Penn. Todd joins his wife,...

Netflix has released the official teaser for The Diplomat Season 3, which is coming to the streaming service this fall. See Bradley Whitford in action for the first time as he reunites with his The West Wing costar Allison Janney and joins Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, and the rest of the cast as they navigate the state of the union.

In The Diplomat Season 3, Ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) lives the particular nightmare that is getting what you want. She just accused Vice President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) of hatching a terrorist plot and admitted she’s after the VP’s job.

But now the President is dead, Kate’s husband Hal (Rufus Sewell) may have inadvertently killed him, and Grace Penn is the leader of the free world. None of this slows Hal’s campaign to land Kate the vice presidency.

Kate steps into a role she never wanted, with a freedom she never expected,...

C.J. and Josh are back together — on The Diplomat.

On Thursday, Netflix dropped the first teaser for Season 3 of the political thriller, which reunites The West Wing stars Allison Janney and Bradley Whitford. The season introduces Whiftord's Todd Penn, the husband of Grace Penn (Janney), the new Potus in the wake of the death of President Rayburn (Michael McKean) in the Season 2 finale.

The teaser is mostly silent, but features the Penns hugging, along with a shot of Todd and Kate (Keri Russell) in the pool. It ends with Todd, sitting next to Grace, asking Kate and Hal (Rufus Sewell), "How was everyone's day at the office?"

"I was thrilled when I heard that Debora was interested in me doing something. I had no idea what it was. I love the show. I was jealous of the writing on this show. I love Keri. I love Rufus. And I...

“The Diplomat” is getting another boost of star power: The buzzy political drama brings Bradley Whitford into the fold for a “West Wing” reunion with Allison Janney, whose character was the catalyst for the jaw-dropping events in Season 2.

Keri Russell, of course, is back as Ambassador Kate Wyler, with Rufus Sewell as her fixer husband who just might have made international relations even worse. The Season 3 synopsis reads: “Ambassador Kate Wyler (Russell) lives the particular nightmare that is getting what you want. She just accused Vice President Grace Penn (Janney) of hatching a terrorist plot and admitted she’s after the VP’s job. But now the President is dead, Kate’s husband Hal (Sewell) may have inadvertently killed him, and Grace Penn is leader of the free world. None of this slows Hal’s campaign to land Kate the vice presidency. Kate steps into a role she never wanted,...

An erotic thriller that has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score and should have been a shoe in for Oscar nominations ended up being disqualified for a technicality. Kevin Smith has been promoting the re-release of his cult classic Dogma into theaters, and he mentioned the Oscar controversy concerning his lead actress for that movie, Linda Fiorentino.

Kevin Smith went on The Rich Eisen Show to talk about the re-release of Dogma. The two discussed some interesting trivia about how Smith wanted Samuel L. Jackson to play Rufus. However, Chris Rock wanted the role and Smith said the actor fought for it. He also talked about how star-studded his cast was before discussing his lead actress, Linda Fiorentino, who played Bethany in Dogma. That is when Smith mentioned why he was so excited to get her for the movie.

Smith said Fiorentino just starred in Men in Black, so she had that fame coming in.

Kate Wyler’s (Keri Russell) work overseas isn’t letting up. The Diplomatis coming back for a third season in fall 2025, and, by the looks of it, things are about to get a lot more complicated as Bradley Whitford joins the cast. Check him out in the teaser above.

“I was thrilled when I heard that Debora [Cahn, creator, showrunner, and executive producer] was interested in me doing something,” Whitford tells Tudum. “I had no idea what it was, but I love the show. I was jealous of the writing on this show. I love Keri. I love Rufus. And I hear Allison Janney is good at acting too. It’s an amazing cast.”

As for what to expect from the upcoming episodes, “Season 3 flips the chessboard,” Cahn tells Tudum. “In Season 3, Kate lives the particular nightmare that is getting what you want.”

Production...

Casting director Julie Schubert might work so well with actors because she originally thought she wanted to be one, even going to college in New York to study the craft. “I quickly realized that I was absolutely terrible at it — like miserable — but I still wanted to work in the industry,” she reveals. She took a bunch of internships her senior year, one in casting, and found it to be the perfect fit. “I get to work with actors all the time, which I love. I get to play in new and interesting worlds with each new film or series I cast. And I never have to be seen! Win-win-win.”

An Emmy Award winner for casting “House of Cards” (with Laray Mayfield, Schubert earned an Artios Award nomination for her work on Season One of Netflix’s “The Diplomat,” starring Keri Russell in the titular role. Season Two upped the stakes even more,...

At this point in the evolution of popular media, it's a cliché to say that everyone's run out of ideas. You need only take a look at a recent year-end box office list to see just how many major properties are getting recycled all the time, rebooted and remade and turned into something new simply because it has built-in name recognition for audiences.

That kind of thing has, in fact, been going on for quite a while. Remakes have been happening since the earliest decades of film history, but in the 1980s and 1990s especially, many breakout movies were immediately monetized as much as possible, adapted into toy lines and breakfast cereals and, yes, Saturday morning cartoons. Some of those cartoons caught on, becoming bona fide smashes in their own right -- for example, it can be jarring to watch the original "Beetlejuice" movie and realize that Beetlejuice and Lydia Deetz were not,...

After years of Dogma being held under lock and key by Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Smith recently reacquired the distribution rights to the film, and a worldwide re-release is currently in the works. Released in 1999, Dogma was one of the most controversial films of the '90s, due to its depictions of various Christian figures, like the twelve (thirteen including Rufus) disciples, the angels Bartleby and Loki, and God himself/herself. Despite that, and the film being withheld from streaming services for years, Dogma has become a cult classic, and it's almost time for fans around the world to enjoy it again on the big screen.

Per Deadline, the French distribution company Goodfellas is backing the upcoming re-release of Kevin Smith's Dogma. The 4K remaster of the film is set to screen at this year's Cannes Film Festival, as part of the festival's Cannes Classics sidebar. Kevin Smith acquired the rights...

You just got to hand it to Hiro Mashima for making Fairy Tail a masterpiece with that world of magic, friends, and crazy battles. Natsu burns everything, Erza cuts through legions of enemies, and Lucy summons celestial spirits.

The guild is filled with great characters, and most of them have a moment to shine in this series. But one particular character has continually gotten the short end of the stick, and it is a real shame. Gray Fullbuster, the calm ice wizard, has been left out in the cold (pun intended).

He has got this backstory that just hits you differently, but isn’t he supposed to be a major character? Mashima makes some really good moments for Gray, and then just throws him away! It is like he got confused about how much potential this character has.

Gray has so much more to give in Fairy Tail

No doubt,...

For the longest time, word about what might be happening with the 1999 Kevin Smith opus "Dogma" was nil. Trapped in the clutches of the Weinstein Brothers, it seemed that the original movie was likely to never be re-released in theaters or on physical or streaming media, never mind the long-rumored sequel coming to pass. Fortunately, thanks to the efforts of Iconic Events and others, Smith has regained control of the film and as such, has embarked on a massive multi-city tour, showing a spiffy new restoration of the movie as well as appearing in super-sized post-screening Q&a sessions. Both this writer and /Film's Ethan Anderton were lucky to attend a couple of these screenings, and got to hear some fascinating tales about the making of "Dogma" and its resurrection.

Although Smith mentioned at both screenings that he is currently working on a proper "Dogma" sequel, it was at the...

Each episode unfolds like a new planting season, mirroring the eleven stages of Ayta’s life. Opening with a vibrant spring‑themed chapter at her grandmother’s cottage, the show sets a rhythmic pace: winter’s muted palette gives way to summer’s lush interiors, then cool autumn hues, before returning to cozy beginnings. This chapter‑based approach borrows from level design in puzzle games, inviting viewers to anticipate fresh challenges and emotional beats with every shift in season.

Rooms act as living characters. The grandmother’s home brims with heirloom pottery and bright floral accents; Ayta’s first solo flat, by contrast, spreads empty corners waiting for greenery and personal touches. Each piece of furniture, every pot and draping fern signals not only the year of her journey but her evolving confidence in shaping space—and self.

Plant arrangements serve as visual markers of inner transformation. Sparse seedlings in...

Most of Hollywood's biggest talents are known by their faces. However, a notable few are beloved for their voice. In the often underappreciated art of voice acting, a host of otherwise unrecognizable names have helped define pop culture institutions and inspire generations of viewers by lending their vocals to characters we all know and love. From Homer Simpson to SpongeBob SquarePants, the voice actor is a foundational part of the entertainment ecosystem, yet they rarely see the same spotlight that live-action stars receive almost daily.

In rectification of that, let's recognize a who's who of voice acting legends by counting down the best voice actors of all time. As you can imagine, the specific rankings in this list are arbitrary, as all of these folks are exceptionally talented and largely for the same reasons. There are also plenty of folks we don't have the digital real estate to include, so...

Colter took his survival talents to the snowy mountains and quickly found himself in a world of trouble.

Only Colter would be out looking for missing sisters and somehow find himself involved in some weird ritual in the middle of nowhere with zero backup, one gun, and a dream.

Tracker Season 2 Episode 16 was a wild one, but that’s come to be expected with Tracker.

(Darko Sikman/CBS)

Tracker prides itself on being anything but ordinary.

Sure, we get cases of the week, which is a formula as old as time, but we’re not getting your average missing person every week. They deal with cases that fall far outside the box, which sets it apart from most other action dramas on television.

This could have easily been a whole hour of Colter out in the wilderness battling the elements and trying to find Shelly and Brianna, but things went...

Hallmark is getting ready for their 2025 holiday ornament collections to debut. In July, there will be a preview event, and then in October,even more ornaments will be released. Thanks to a look at their upcoming catalog, we now know what Disney Hallmark Ornaments to expect from Summer to Fall!

The preview event will run from July 12-20 and launch the holiday 2025 collection. Keepsake Ornament Club early shopping can start on July 11.

More ornaments will launch in October with the big debut on October 11-19. Keepsake Ornament Club early shopping will start on October 10.

Let’s take a look!

Haunted Mansion

I believe this is the last year for this series. All the previous ornaments and the Walt Disney World Haunted Mansion will return this year along with the debut of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion.

Both buildings will be $149.99 and will release in July, along with all past Haunted Mansion ornaments.

"Two tickets to New Jersey, please." The two fallen angels are back! Kevin Smith has revealed a brand new trailer for the 25th Anniversary of Dogma, his celebrated religious comedy classic that first opened in 1999. I remember hearing about this movie growing up because it was so edgy and provocative, and the religious world didn't want anyone to watch it. Dogma is being re-released in theaters this June in the middle of the summer with a new 4K restoration, along with a nationwide screening tour featuring Kevin Smith + special guests (starting April 20 in LA). Two fallen angels who were ejected from paradise find themselves banned in Wisconsin. They are now headed for New Jersey where they find a loophole that can get them back into heaven. The only catch is that it will destroy humanity. A group bands together to stop them. The ensemble cast features Ben Affleck & Matt Damon as Bartleby & Loki,...

Death and Other Details fascinates viewers with a series of murders on a cruise and the invitation to play Sherlock Holmes. Rich folks are trapped on a boat, far away from land. There's no way out when a serial killer strikes onboard, threatening everyone's lives. What seems like a luxurious vacation soon turns into a countdown for survival when guests start to drop like flies. The worst thing is that everyone could potentially be the killer.

The world's best detective, Rufus Cotesworth, and his protégé, Imogene, team up to investigate the initial crime, but they soon realize that there's a bigger plan at play. The plot thickens as events from the past come to light, with the truth seeming both distant and close for the first time in fifteen years. Death and Other Details is full of promises, and throughout its ten episodes, the show blessed fans with some exciting moments.

One of the most underrated sci-fi action shows, and one that’s suitable for some good old-fashioned family watching, is all set to land on free streaming. Making its debut back in 2016, Timeless offers all manner of historical shenanigans as a small band of heroes must come together to save everything after a rogue government steals the time travel tech and embarks on a mission to change the past.

Created by The Boys’ Eric Kripke and The Night Agent’s Shawn Ryan, the series stars Abigail Spencer as Lucy Preston, a history professor, Matt Lanter as United States Army Delta Force soldier and Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan, and Malcolm Barrett as nervous programmer Rufus Carlin, the three of which make up the main trio tasked with saving the world, alongside Sakina Jaffrey, Paterson Joseph, Claudia Doumit, and Goran Višnjić, Timeless is all set to materialize on free streaming platform Tubi...

Quentin Tarantino’s iconicKill Bill franchise will be heading to a brand-new streaming home for the month of April. Both Volume 1 and 2 were led by Academy Award nominee Uma Thurman as Beatrix “The Bride” Kiddo, who’s hellbent on seeking revenge against the members of the assassination squad she was once a part of.

Beginning on April 1, Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2 will officially start streaming for free on Tubi. The franchise centers around The Bride, a vengeful former assassin whose chance to have a complete family gets taken away after her former squad, The Deadly Vipers, suddenly attacked her and her groom during their wedding rehearsal. After waking up from a four-year coma, she embarks on a revenge-fueled quest to hunt down the ones responsible for the wedding massacre and the loss of her unborn child. Prior to working on the Kill Bill films, Thurman...

It's unfortunate the Wyld Stallyns was a fictional band, it could have been the world's greatest rock icon. Cult fans have a chance to relive their adventures when the Bill & Ted trilogy streams for free next month, on Tubi.

Tubi is streaming the Bill & Ted film trilogy for free on Apr. 1. Fans can binge watch Excellent Adventure, Bogus Journey, and Face the Music, and then hope to see for the teased fourth movie. The series revolved around its titular characters' time-traveling quests to foster a Wyld Stallyns Utopia. 1989's Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was a box office hit, ensuring the 1991 would be greenlighted. Bogus Journey flopped, but it established a cult following that clamored for a followup; that was fulfilled 29 years later in 2020's Face the Music. Lead stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves played Bill and Ted to a tee, self-aware, audacious, and carefree.

Bill and Ted's adventures wouldn't happen without Rufus,...

Numerous Disney Channel Original Movies or DCOMs, as they're commonly called by fans, remain timeless and nostalgic years after their release. Classics like High School Musical, Camp Rock and The Cheetah Girls became embedded in children's media and pop culture, helping launch the careers of many renowned actors and singers. While live-action DCOMs are often what come to mind when thinking about the most iconic titles, many of Disney Channel's animated films are just as deserving of the spotlight.

Seamlessly melding action/thriller elements with archetypal teen drama, Kim Possible is remembered as one of Disney's best cartoons. The end of the second season saw Kim meeting a Hollywood producer dead-set on making a movie about the teen hero and her best friend/sidekick Ron Stoppable. An actual film, Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama was developed andpremiered on Toon Disney on April 8, 2005. The film was Disney Channel's first official...

Each serial killer on The Hunting Party has been intriguing, but Roy Barber was the most complex and twisty.

The Hunting Party Season 1 Episode 5 was my favorite installment because the murder mystery kept changing, and the team cemented their relationship.

While procedurals don’t need fluffy romance, Bex’s relationships with Shane and Oliver were heavily coded, and so was her relationship with her daughter, Sam.

(David Astorga/NBC)

After several episodes, The Hunting Party found the balance of what worked for them.

Childhood Trauma is One of the Major Triggers For Murder

While we never condone murder, witnessing childhood trauma, especially violent abuse, traumatizes people.

Roy Barber’s father killed his mother and then killed himself when Roy was still a young teenager. He was never close to anyone but his mother, so that destroyed him.

Elliot & Olivia: Too Old for These Games, Too Iconic to Ignore — Bensler is...

It's official! The upcoming final season of Amazon Prime's The Boys will feature actors Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins as guest stars.

These actors are perhaps best known for their starring roles alongside The Boys regular, Jensen Ackles, in the cult classic 2005 show, Supernatural. With Eric Kripke being the showrunner for The Boys and the original showrunner and creator of Supernatural, it makes sense to see some actor crossover. Besides Ackles, the two shows share Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Joe Kessler & John Winchester), Rob Benedict (Splinter & Chuck/God), Alexander Calvert (Rufus & Jack), and Jim Beaver (Bob Singer &… Bob Singer). And those are just the big ones. At this point, the question becomes why they haven't brought on Jared and Misha sooner.

We can talk all we want about scheduling conflicts and actor fallout, and I'm sure those things definitely played a part, but I think it's bigger than that. You can...

This article contains a discussion of addiction.

Based (very loosely) on Cecily von Ziegesar's book series, "Gossip Girl" started its run on The CW in 2007 and, in the hands of Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, let us into the exclusive world of a bunch of uber-wealthy Manhattan teenagers, all of whom were played by beautiful twenty-somethings. The whole story begins with the return of the troubled but beautiful socialite Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively), who ran away to boarding school in Connecticut after some sort of traumatizing life experience before the show's narrative began — and when she does come back to New York, she tries to start fresh. Unfortunately for her, that's not an option thanks to one conniving, unhinged troublemaker: Georgina Sparks, played to perfection by Michelle Trachtenberg.

When news broke that Trachtenberg passed away on February 26 at the age of 39, I thought of her starring role...

If you consider yourself a fan of trashy monster movies, then I am pretty sure you are familiar with Cocaine Bear and all its rip-offs, which try to put predators like sharks and werewolves in substance-induced frenzies. Because let’s face it, why not? It’s easier to put a mindless twist on age-old creature survival narratives to make easy money than to cultivate the genre by making something unique. Anyway, while most moviegoers don’t really get the appeal of the silly fun derived from these gimmicky flicks, I appreciate the zaniness that goes into making the audience believe in such wild shenanigans. In the vein of such monster exploitation movies, The Bayou asks a question you never thought of—what if alligators got high on meth, and a party of unlikeable characters were put into their territory? The result could have been much more entertaining than it turned out to be,...

Disney Channel star Christy Carlson Romano had quite the scare at her husband's birthday celebration when one of the guests inadvertently shot her in the face. Fortunately, she's okay, as revealed in an update shared on social media.

On Instagram, Romano posted a video of herself revealing the wound she sustained just below her left eye. She shared that there was an incident that happened on Saturday when she took her husband, Brendan Rooney, to shoot clay pigeons for his birthday. In the caption of her Instagram post, Romano shared that during that time, "another party" had "unsafely fired in the wrong direction and shot me in the face." Romano was struck in five places, with one fragment narrowly missing her eye, and it remains in place as doctors say it's "too risky" to attempt to surgically remove the fragment at this time.

RelatedWizards of Waverly Place Sequel Series Trailer...

Tim Allen is back on TV in his new ABC sitcom, Shifting Gears, and in a recent interview he likened working on the series to acting alongside the late Alan Rickman on Galaxy Quest for one reason. While it seems that the sci-fi parody and Allen’s new grounded sitcom are worlds apart – literally – for Allen, there is definitely something that he feels about his newest venture that harkens back to the much-loved 1999 movie – the fun and chaotic working environment that drove Rickman to distraction.

Allen’s new sitcom, which also stars MCU’s Kat Dennings, has not been given the warmest welcome with its first reviews, landing “rotten” 44% and 46% Rotten Tomatoes scores from critics and audiences, respectively. This is a very different result to the stellar 90% Tomatometer score that Galaxy Quest landed over 25 years ago, when Allen was arguably at the height of his career.

However, it seems that...

Matthew McConaughey got his big break as a leading drama actor, thanks to his role as attorney Jake Brigance in A Time to Kill. It was Joel Schumacher’s second film adaptation of a John Grisham novel. Interestingly, the studio initially wanted a recognizable name in the role of the young lawyer. The director was among the few who believed McConaughey could pull off a leading role.

Matthew McConaughey in a still from A Time to Kill | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures

One particular story the Interstellar actor shared from the set about filming the most important scene suggests that he and Schumacher were destined to be collaborators for this project. McConaughey’s closing statement had the power to make or break the film, but it was a supernatural connection between the director and actor that helped nail the scene.

Matthew McConaughey recalls the telepathic communication with A Time to Kill...

Eric Kripke and Shawn Ryan brought Timeless to NBC in October 2016, capturing a small but passionate fanbase with its unique and intriguing storyline. The show followed thrilling time-travel adventures but, unfortunately, faced a short-lived journey itself.

Timeless | Credit: Sony Pictures Television

Despite an intriguing story and devoted fans, the series was canceled after two seasons. Interestingly, this wasn’t its first cancellation, as it had been briefly canceled before being revived for a short time.

Timeless was almost canceled after one season

Timeless centers on a trio of time travelers: Lucy Preston, a history professor played by Abigail Spencer, Wyatt Logan, an Army Master Sergeant played by Matt Lanter and Rufus Carlin, a skilled time machine pilot played by Malcolm Barrett.

Together, they chase Garcia Flynn played by Goran Višnjić, a terrorist who steals a futuristic time machine, the Mothership, and begins altering key moments in history.

Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter,...

Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Day of the Jackal season 1.

The Day of the Jackal (2024) follows a highly skilled assassin who racks up quite the death toll over just 10 episodes, but he is not the only killer seen on screen. The series is an updated and contemporary adaptation of an earlier 1973 film, which was in turn based on a novel from a few years earlier by Frederick Forsyth. The series stars Eddie Redmayne as the titular Jackal, and Lashana Lynch as the determined MI6 agent Bianca Pullman, who is in hot pursuit.

While Jackal is clearly intended to a be a villain, with his role as an assassin being a clear sign of his morals, the series explores the complexity of everyone's motivations. From the very first episode, there are numerous deaths. These range from targets, to bystanders, and even people who stand in MI6's way.

Rufus...

Over ten years after Fringe stopped airing, the classic sci-fi TV show remains a favorite among fans of the speculative fiction genre. In recent years, sci-fi and fantasy TV series have been growing in popularity and carving out a significant niche. Fringe drew inspiration from classic science fiction television while it was airing, and, in turn, has become a jumping-off point for many modern series that deal with time travel, alternate universes, and investigation. The extensive lore and interconnected timelines on Fringe are some of the best parts of the show and similar series touch upon these topics.

The best episodes of Fringe combine the best of the crime procedural genre with that of sci-fi. As the seasons progressed, Fringe became more focused on season-long arcs and serialized storytelling and fully embraced the most outlandish and unexpected storylines. The ensemble cast of Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, and Lance Reddick...

Popularly known for playing the moody and often misunderstood professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter franchise, the late actor Alan Rickman had been one of Britain’s most celebrated stars. But while the magical film series catapulted Rickman to global fame, it also left a myriad of his works overlooked and underappreciated.

Alan Rickman in a still from Love Actually | image: Universal Pictures

One such gem from his wealth of underrated movies is Richard Curtis’ Christmas favorite Love Actually, which starred Alan Rickman beside the Mr. Bean star Rowan Atkinson. And while the 2003 movie proved to be one of his best performances to date, Rickman had reportedly reached his limits in the film while working alongside Atkinson.

Alan Rickman Had Almost Reached His Limits With Rowan Atkinson

While Alan Rickman had often been known for his perfectionist attitude towards his craft, there was one time when even the Harry...

OnlyFans Star Scarlet Vas’ Expects Her First Child With Stepbrother Tayo Ricci, Sparks Controversy Online ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

The internet is a crazy place, and information now comes easily to people who have access. Recently, the news of OnlyFans star Scarlet Vas’ pregnancy has taken the internet by storm. She announced the terrific news a few months back, but it has been trending only now. Vas drew attention because she is pregnant with the child of her stepbrother, Tayo Ricci. Scroll below for the deets.

For the uninitiated, Scarlet featured on the Australian show Neughbours before starting on the adult entertainment website. They got married in September last year in the picturesque location of Greece. According to reports, they met for the first time when they were 13 years old. Last month, while speaking to news.com.au, Vas revealed that their families knew each other and introduced them; hence, the...

The third part of Final Fantasy 7 Remake is the perfect starting point for players to head to first. FF7 Rebirth contains most of the content from the first disc of the original PlayStation release. However, a few important towns were omitted. Some were optional in the original Final Fantasy 7, but a key main story area is completely absent. This location is Rocket Town, the home of Cid Highwind, where some major events occur.

Because Rocket Town was originally visited before the City of the Ancients, some elements will have to change. Cid already knows that Rude shouldn’t be trusted, having witnessed Cloud fight him and the other Turks. Any specific interactions with Aerith might be removed, though Cloud could still imagine them after the new final boss and the ending of FF7 Rebirth. On the plus side, Yuffie and Vincent could directly integrate more with Rocket Town,...

Rufus and Martha Wainwright are launching a new initiative in honor of their late mother, Kate McGarrigle, to provide musicians living with aggressive cancer time in professional recording studios.

“Folk Cancer: The Kate McGarrigle Project” was inspired by the way McGarrigle — an accomplished singer-songwriter who worked closely with her sister, Anna — found comfort in music as she navigated the final months of her life before her death from cancer in 2010. The project will give musicians with cancer a similar platform to express themselves creatively during such a difficult time and...

Despite having made sequels to almost all of his films (with mixed results), Kevin Smith has finally confirmed that one of his best movies is getting a second installment. Dogma, saw the infamous Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith) travel with a young woman, Bethany (Linda Fiorentino), the angel, Metatron (Alan Rickman), and the 13th disciple, Rufus (Chris Rock) to find God (Alanis Morissette) and prevent the demons Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) from returning to heaven. Dogma has become a cult-classic like most of Smith's movies earning a devout following, and angering several religious organizations in the process.

Fans have been waiting 25 years for Kevin Smith to return for Dogma 2. Speaking at this year's Vulture Festival, Smith confirmed he's in development on the long awaited sequel. The director began, joking that fans are skeptical about seeing a sequel to such a beloved movie, saying, "Some people will be like,...

Justin Bieber is reportedly more troubled than ever before.

For months, ominous reports have warned of Justin’s mental health following years of ups and downs.

Welcoming his first child with Hailey Bieber has not made his emotional struggles any easier.

Now, new stressors and things that have troubled him in the past are causing Justin Bieber to “regress,” friends worry.

Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber watch Super Bowl Lviii between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 11, 2024. (Photo Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/Afp via Getty Images) Has fatherhood made Justin Bieber feel less troubled?

In many ways, Justin and Hailey Bieber’s life seems picture perfect. They and their son, Jack, recently celebrated Halloween in a Kim Possible family costume.

Hailey dressed as the titular protagonist. Justin dressed as her sidekick, though tragically without the voice of Will Friedle.

Directed by Linden Ashby, Secrets Between Sisters is a film whose plot diverges from its title, centering instead on Cassie Wilcot’s complex life. Recently separated from her ex-husband, Lyle, Cassie has married Steven, a District Attorney. Cassie also has two siblings: her troubled younger brother, Kevin, and her sister, Miranda, both of whom have made choices that place them in difficult situations. Cassie remains devoted to protecting them, doing her best to shield them from harm. However, a turning point arrives when Miranda faces a tragic ordeal, ultimately leading to her untimely death. As Cassie seeks justice, the central question emerges: can she uncover Miranda’s killer? We’ll delve into the answer by the end of this article. First, let’s explore the story in more depth.

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Secrets Between Sisters (2024) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:

The film begins with Miranda having a heated argument with her boyfriend,...

While Jenny Humphrey was a major character throughout the majority of Gossip Girl, actress Taylor Momsen made an abrupt exit halfway through season 4. Before landing the role in Gossip Girls cast as Dan Humphreys younger sister, Jenny, Momsen was best known for her childhood acting roles in projects such as How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) and Spy Kids 2 (2002). The success of Gossip Girl launched Momsen into a more mature teen role that departed from her past projects, but she would only remain in the main cast for the shows first four seasons.

At the very end of Gossip Girl season 3, Jenny was sent to live in Hudson with her mother, which led to Momsen only having a few appearances back in the city upon her return in season 4. Momsens final episode as a member of Gossip Girls main cast was in season 4, episode 10, Gaslit, which concluded with Jenny returning...

Quincy Jones, producer of several of the best-selling albums of all time, died at his home in Bel Air on Sunday as per his publicist. Though his work covered all genres, Jones will forever be best known for helping coronate the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, by helping craft Jackson’s infectious and highly lucrative sound across three classic albums: Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad. In 1985, he produced the “We Are The World” session, arguably the apex of 1980s pop music.

Jones, who in 1968 became the first African-American nominated for a Best Original Song Academy Award with “The Eyes of Love,” received an astonishing 80 Grammy nominations and 28 Grammy Awards throughout his career. His wins were for arranging, producing, and performing, and he won the 1988 Album of the Year prize for Back on the Block, an R&b-pop-hip hop cross-generational collaboration including artists like Ray Charles, Chaka Khan, Ice-t, Kool Moe Dee,...

Quincy Jones, the legendary record producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist whose contributions to contemporary music spanned over seven decades and multiple genres such as jazz, pop, and hip-hop, has died at the age of 91.

“Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing,” Jones’ family said in a statement. “And although this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him.”

Jones was one of the most celebrated icons in the music industry, garnering a record 80 Grammy nominations and 28 wins, including three Producer of the Year honors and two Album of the Year and Song of the Year awards each. His most recent win came in 2019 when Quincy, the semi-autobiographical documentary written and co-directed by his daughter Rashida Jones, took home Best Music Film.

As a producer and arranger,...

Note: The following story contains spoilers from “The Diplomat” Season 2 finale.

Just as Keri Russell’s Kate Wyler was ready to sound the alarms bells for British corruption, the politician plotting in “The Diplomat” Season 2 took a sharp turn.

The Netflix series finds Kate and her team collecting incriminating evidence against British Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear) to prove that he was behind the attack on British aircraft carrier, the Hms Courageous. But their investigation takes a turn when Trowbridge’s former adviser, Margaret Roylin (Celia Imrie), tells Kate that Trowbridge was not involved in the attack, and that she hired Russian mercenary Roman Lenkov to stage an attack that would create outrage, not harm. As we know, it didn’t go to plan and resulted in the death of 40 Royal Navy personnel.

As Vice President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) — whom Kate is supposedly meant to replace in the...

Note: The following story contains spoilers from “The Diplomat” Season 2.

After “The Diplomat” established the complex marriage between Keri Russell’s Kate and Rufus Sewell’s Hal, Season 2 digs into how the couple’s dynamic shifts after tragedy strikes.

“What we’re looking at is what happens after a trauma, what happens after a tragedy … the daily irritations and power struggles that happen that can be blown away in this kind of incident,” creator Debora Cahn told TheWrap. “It blows out all of the smoke of the mundane of a relationship, and suddenly, you’re dealing with the real heart of it.”

While Kate and Hal were inching towards a divorce by the onset of the Season 1 finale, the finale delivered an explosion in its final moments that left Hal’s fate hanging in the balance. Season 2 picks up just afterwards, with Kate dropping everything to tend to Hal, whose...