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Exclusive: Writer-director Vicky Wight (Happiness for Beginners) has set the cast for her new film, The Body Is Water, a project described as a cross-cultural story about loss, healing, and the strangers who refuse to let you disappear.

The list includes Isiah Whitlock Jr. (The Residence), Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Derry Girls), Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Origin), Academy Award nominee Stephen Rea (The Crying Game), Aidan Quinn (Legends of the Fall), Eva Birthistle (Bad Sisters), Allen Leech (Downton Abbey), Fionnula Flanagan (Waking Ned Devine), Maria Doyle Kennedy (Orphan Black), and Bronagh Gallagher (The End).

Set between Houston, Texas, and the weathered coastline of West Cork, Ireland, The Body Is Water follows a grieving man who vanishes to a remote Irish village, only to find that disappearing is the one thing the town — and Lou, an eccentric young woman with a curious dog — won’t let him do.

Wight also produces alongside Geoff Linville, Syndey Augusta Huynh, and John Norton of Red Ted Media. Executive producers include Stephen Hall and Mike Jones of Dark Day Pictures, and Coert Voorhees.

Best known for directing Happiness for Beginners, a Netflix rom-com starring Ellie Kemper and Luke Grimes, Wight has also previously helmed romantic drama The Lost Husband, starring Leslie Bibb and Josh Duhamel, and drama The Volunteer, starring Ellis-Taylor and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. She is repped by Zero Gravity Management and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.

Whitlock Jr. is repped by Innovative Artists, Liebman Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello; Jackson by Independent Talent Group; Ellis-Taylor by CAA and Tmt Entertainment Group; Rea by CAA, Independent Talent Group, and Barking Dog Entertainment; Quinn by Curtis Brown Group, Framework Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello; Birthistle by 42; Leech by The Way, Untitled Entertainment, and Felker Toczek Suddleson; Flanagan by Lisa Richards Agency and Felker Toczek Suddleson; Kennedy by United Agents and Atlas Artists; and Gallagher by Hamilton Hodell, Macfarlane Chard, and Nb Management.

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Countdown is an action crime drama series created by Derek Haas. The Prime Video series is set in Los Angeles, and it revolves around a group of law enforcement agents from different agencies as they are brought together by FBI Special Agent Nathan Blythe to form a task force dedicated to investigating a deadly terror plot. Countdown stars Jensen Ackles, Jessica Camacho, Violett Beane, Elliot Knight, Uli Latukefu, and Eric Dane. So, if you loved the explosive action, thrilling drama, and compelling characters in Prime Video’s Countdown, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is an action spy thriller drama series co-created by Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland. Based on the Jack Ryan novels by author Tom Clancy, the...

Jason Statham, Naomi Ackie, and Liam Neeson lead this week’s standout MGM+ titles.

MGM+ might not be the first app you open when you’re scrolling for something to watch — but it’s quietly stacked with solid movies right now. If the name doesn’t sound familiar, you might know it by its old one: Epix. The service got a rebrand, a sleeker look, and a sharper focus on big movies, original series, and classic MGM hits. So if you’re looking for your next movie night pick, here are seven of the best movies streaming on MGM+ right now.

Top 7 movies streaming on MGM+ right now:

No. 7: ‘Nickel Boys’

No. 6: ‘September 5’

No. 5: ‘In the Land of Saints and Sinners’

No. 4: ‘The Beekeeper’

No. 3: ‘Blink Twice’

No. 2: ‘Gladiator II’

No. 1: ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’

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Patrick Walker and Charlotte Fountain-Jardim have been upped from recurring to series regulars on the Fox medical drama Doc for Season 2.

Based on the Italian series Nelle tue mani, Doc follows powerhouse physician Dr. Amy Larsen (Molly Parker) as she continues to rebuild her life after a car crash erased eight years of her memory. No longer Chief of Internal Medicine at Westside Hospital, Amy must restart her medical journey as an Intern in the hopes of becoming the doctor she once was. She’ll confront hard truths about her missing years, work to repair fractured relationships, and seek to reconcile the person she used to be with the one everyone else has come to know.

Wilson portrays Dr. Tj Coleman, a first-year resident at the start of the series. Tj is smart, kind, strong, and charismatic with an infectious smile. He is a veteran and the son of two cops.

Exclusive: Live Nation Productions has tapped Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys) to pen a feature centered on “Godmother of Rock and Roll” Sister Rosetta Tharpe, with rock legend Mick Jagger producing.

Hailing from Tribeca Studios, Jagged Films, and Inaudible Productions, the project has the participation of Tharpe’s estate, which has granted rights to her music catalogue. In the making of the film, the producers will also draw on Gayle Wald’s definitive biography Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, to which they’ve secured exclusive rights.

Rising to fame in the ’30s and ’40s, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a trailblazing gospel guitarist and singer whose fearless transgressions of musical boundaries laid the foundation for rock and roll. An artist who broke barriers as a Black woman in music, she influenced countless legends with her music — among them, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash,...

One of the best action movies of the last few years continues to prove its greatness, earning a pair of nominations at this year’s Gotham TV Awards. Released by Netflix back in September last year, Rebel Ridge has been both a critical and commercial success for the streamer, with the action thriller having now found itself up for awards consideration and thus cementing itself as one of the best genre features of modern times.

Rebel Ridge is now up for Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast, or Streaming alongside the likes of Peacock’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, NBC’s Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music, HBO’s Pee-wee as Himself, and Hulu’s Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius). Not only that, lead star Aaron Pierre is also in contention for Outstanding Performance in an Original Film, finding himself up against Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in Searchlight Pictures...

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This April, we are getting a ton of content from the much-anticipated return of The Last of Us and Andor on streaming to the release of some of the most-anticipated movies of this year, such as The Accountant 2 and Sinners. This upcoming month will see the release of many great movies, so we thought of compiling a list of all the best movies that are coming straight to streaming.

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Y2K is an apocalyptic sci-fi comedy film directed by Kyle Mooney, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Evan Winter. The 2024 film is set on the last night of 1999, and it follows a group of high school juniors who crash a party but soon find themselves trying to survive the horrors of Y2K. It stars Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler,...

Exclusive: William Fichtner and Eric Lange are set for key recurring roles, rounding out the cast of Apple TV+’s limited series Lucky, starring and executive produced by Anya Taylor-Joy. Production is currently underway in Los Angeles.

Created by Jonathan Tropper based on Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel, Lucky stars Taylor-Joy as the eponymous heroine. She is a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.

In addition to Taylor-Joy, cast is led by Annette Bening, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Timothy Olyphant, Drew Starkey, Clifton Colins Jr. and Mo McRae.

Lucky is produced by Hello Sunshine and Tropper Ink, and is created by Tropper under his overall deal with Apple TV+. He serves as co-showrunner alongside Cassie Pappas. Witherspoon EPs alongside Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, a part of Candle Media. Taylor-Joy executive produces through her production banner Ladykiller. Jonathan Van Tulleken will direct several episodes, including the pilot, and serve as executive producer.

Fichtner’s upcoming projects include Season 2 of Netflix’s Beef and Anne Rice’s The Talamasca. He has been seen in films including Armageddon, Crash, Black Hawk Down, and The Dark Knight and on TV in Prison Break, Mom, and ABC’s The Company You Keep, among others. Fichtner is repped by Principal Entertainment LA, Thruline, Innovative Artists, and Sloane, Offer, Weber, and Dern Llp.

Lange received a Critics Choice Award nomination for his role in Showtime’s Escape At Dannemora opposite Patricia Arquette. He’s currently a series regular in Prime Video’s upcoming comic-thriller series El Gato opposite Diego Boneta. He’ll next be seen in MCU’s Thunderbolts premiering May 2, and also will recur in Apple TV+’s sci-fi thriller series Invasion in its upcoming third season. He’s repped by Trademark Talent and Innovative Artists.

LL Cool J will soon reprise the role of Sam Hanna in “NCIS.”

The rapper debuted the role in 2009, when “NCIS” was on its sixth season, before the launch of “NCIS: Los Angeles” later that year. “Los Angeles” was the franchise’s first spinoff, and LL Cool J starred in all 14 seasons before the series concluded in 2023. He made another appearance on the flagship series in the months leading up to the “Los Angeles” series finale, and appeared in “NCIS: Hawai’i” in both 2023 and 2024.

The news was announced in a joint Instagram post between LL Cool J and the official “NCIS” account. “Back on set, baby! NCIS. Let’s get it,” he says in the video. He will appear in one episode set to air on April 21.

Sam is an honorably discharged ex-Navy Seal who works as a senior chief special warfare operator, and the husband of Michelle Hanna (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor...

Exclusive: Emmy Award nominee Clifton Collins Jr. and Mo McRae have joined the cast of Apple TV+’s limited series Lucky created by Jonathan Tropper. Production is currently underway in Los Angeles.

Based on Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel and Reese’s Book Club pick of the same name, Lucky stars Anya Taylor-Joy as the eponymous heroine. She is a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.

Collins will portray ‘Dutch’ and McRae will portray ‘Agent Eli Gates.’

The pair joins the previously announced cast members Annette Bening, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Timothy Olyphant and Drew Starkey.

Lucky is produced by Hello Sunshine and Tropper Ink, and is created by Tropper under his overall deal with Apple...

Serie criminal con fichajes estrella. © Apple TV+

Apple TV+ ha dado el pistoletazo de salida al rodaje de Lucky, su nueva miniserie original, basada en la novela superventas homónima de Marissa Stapley.

Anya Taylor-Joy vuelve a la televisión después de haber interpretado a Gina Gray en Peaky Blinders y a Beth Harmon en Gambito de dama, el que fue el papel que le dio la fama, para meterse en la piel de una joven, Lucky, que dejó atrás la vida criminal en la que se crio, pero que ahora debe abrazar su lado más oscuro y criminal por última vez en un intento desesperado por escapar de su pasado.

Además de Taylor-Joy , la serie también está protagonizada por Drew Starkey (Queer), Annette Bening (Nyad), Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Los chicos de la Nickel) y Timothy Olyphant (Terminator Zero).

Por su parte, detrás del proyecto están Jonathan Tropper (Vicios ocultos), que firma el guion,...

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor holds onto Brandon Wilson while arriving for the 2025 Academy Awards on Sunday (March 2) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The Nickel Boys stars were also joined on the carpet by co-star Ethan Herisse.

Also in attendance was their director RaMell Ross, who walked separately.

Nickel Boys is nominated at the Oscars tonight in two categories – Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. The latter was already announced, and was won by Conclave.

The Oscars will be hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien for the first time and the show is airing live on ABC and Hulu. The movie Emilia Perez leads the nominations with 13 nods, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked with 10 each. Make sure to check out the full list of nominations and find out who is performing during the show!

Fyi: Aunjanue is wearing Sterling Forever earrings.

Check out more photos of the Nickel Boys stars arriving at the Oscars in the gallery…...

Apple has debuted two first-look images from the limited series ‘Lucky,’ which features Anya Taylor-Joy and Drew Starkey.

Based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, the series centres on a young woman (Taylor-Joy) who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.

The star-studded cast also includes multi-Academy and Emmy Award nominee and SAG and Golden Globe Award-winner Annette Bening as “Priscilla,” Academy, Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as “Billie,” Timothy Olyphant as “John” and Drew Starkey as “Cary,” Lucky’s husband.

Also in news – Patrick Wilson set for Apple TV’s ‘Cape Fear’ adaptation

Hailing from Apple Studios, Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and created by Jonathan Tropper, the series is now in production. After kicking off production in Las Vegas this week,...

The career trajectory for a particular Outer Banks star continues to go up, up, up! After breaking out on the breakout hit Netflix teen adventure drama, the cast members have continued to book more and more roles that have taken them to the big screen, more television shows, and beyond. Well, one of the show's biggest breakouts landed a new role that raises questions for Outer Banks season 5.

Drew Starkey, who plays super-Kook Rafe Cameron in Outer Banks, scored his latest high-profile role that's setting up a successful career after the Netflix teen series ends with season 5. The actor will have a major recurring role in Lucky, the Apple TV+ limited series based on the book by Marissa Stapley, executive produced by Reese Witherspoon, and starring Anya Taylor-Joy.

The Queer star joins a cast that also includes Annette Bening, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Timothy Olyphant, which is perhaps the most A-list...

Apple TV+ has released the first images from Lucky, a limited series starring and executive produced by Anya Taylor-Joy. Based on Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel, the series follows a woman who left behind a life of crime but is forced to return to it in a final attempt to break free from her past.

The cast includes Drew Starkey, Annette Bening, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Timothy Olyphant. The series is produced in collaboration with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and co-showrun by Jonathan Tropper and Cassie Pappas.

Production began in Las Vegas before shifting to Los Angeles, where Lucky secured a $10.6 million California tax credit as an untitled Apple Studios project. The effort to bring more productions to Los Angeles has gained momentum following the January wildfires.

The first images show Taylor-Joy and Starkey in a quiet moment against a city skyline, hinting at a layered connection between their characters.

Anya Taylor-Joy and Drew Starkey share an embrace in this first look photo from their upcoming new series Lucky!

The 28-year-old Emmy-nominated actress stars as the titular character and the 31-year-old actor portrays Carey, her husband.

Anya and Drew kicked off filming in Las Vegas, before production moves to it’s main location in Los Angeles, according to Deadline.

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Lucky “centers on a young woman (Taylor-Joy) who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.”

Drew was just revealed to be cast in the limited drama series on Monday (February 24), the day after he attended the 2025 SAG Awards in LA, where he presented an award with Millie Bobby Brown.

Also set to star in the series are Annette Bening as Priscilla,...

Production has started on Apple TV+’s limited series Lucky, headlined and executive produced by Anya Taylor-Joy and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon. Filming kicked off last night in Las Vegas before the show moves to its main location, Los Angeles.

Lucky, which also stars Annette Bening, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Timothy Olyphant and Drew Starkey, will be filming in LA after scoring a $10.682M California tax credit in December as an untitled Apple Studios Series. The shoot comes amid an industrywide push to bring production to Los Angeles, which has become stronger and more urgent following the devastating January wildfires.

Written by Jonathan Tropper based on Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel, Lucky centers on a young woman (Taylor-Joy) who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.

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Hulu is ready with an entertainment-packed March this year. The upcoming month will see the release of the brilliant crime comedy-drama series Deli Boys and the streaming release of the award-winning film Anora. Just like every month, Hulu is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 7 new movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in March 2025.

Deli Boys Season 1 (March 6) Credit – Hulu

Deli Boys is an upcoming crime dark comedy-drama series created by Abdullah Saeed. The Hulu series follows two Pakistani American brothers who are suddenly put in charge of the family-owned convenience store after their father suddenly dies. They soon realize that their father was mixed up in some dangerous criminal activities, and now they must take up his mantle to continue the family business. Deli Boys stars Asif Ali,...

Drew Starkey is joining the cast of Lucky!

The 31-year-old Outer Banks actor has just joined the cast of the limited Apple TV+ series.

The show is being led and executive produced by Anya Taylor-Joy and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon, via Deadline.

Co-stars include Annette Bening, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Timothy Olyphant.

Keep reading to find out more…

Here’s a plot summary: “Written by Jonathan Tropper based on Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel and Reese’s Book Club pick of the same name, Lucky centers on a young woman (Taylor-Joy) who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.”

Drew‘s role is being billed as a major recurring role, as he will play Cary, Lucky’s (Taylor-Joy) husband.

Production is expected to begin this spring.

Exclusive: As Netflix’s Outer Banks is headed to its fifth and final seasons, one of the hit adventure series’ breakout stars, Drew Starkey, has joined the cast of Apple TV+’s limited series Lucky, headlined and executive produced by Anya Taylor-Joy and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon. He rounds out a star-studded main cast that also includes Annette Bening, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Timothy Olyphant.

Written by Jonathan Tropper based on Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel and Reese’s Book Club pick of the same name, Lucky centers on a young woman (Taylor-Joy) who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.

In what is billed as a major recurring role, Starkey will play Cary, Lucky’s (Taylor-Joy) husband.

Hailing from Apple Studios, Lucky is co-showrun and...

Keke Palmer is a winner!

The 31-year-old One of Them Days actress won the Entertainer of the Year award at the 2025 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday (February 22) in Pasadena, Calif.

“It’s so important that we come here together and celebrate one another,” she said during her acceptance speech.

“Nobody has uplifted me more than you, all the people in this room.”

She also hilariously said she didn’t think she was going to win because of Cynthia Erivo, pointing at her and singing “Defying Gravity”!

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She also recalled advice from Aunjanue Ellis: “You always have to ask to see that nobody’s table; just make your own table with your folks.”

The annual ceremony, presented by the NAACP, honors representation and achievement of people of color in movies, television, music, and literature in the past year, and aired on BET and CBS.

Winners for this year’s NAACP Image Awards — which celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film — were announced daily this week, culminating in the live telecast that aired Saturday night on CBS and BET.

Heading into this year’s awards, Ayo Edebiri was the most-nominated TV performer with four total nominations — three for her work on FX’s The Bear, and another for her memorable hosting debut on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. On Tuesday, she converted on one of those opportunities when she was named Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television).

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The 2025 NAACP Image Awards honored the best in Black excellence for the past year and we have the full list of winners!

The awards were given out across several nights with the main ceremony held on Saturday night (February 22) at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif.

The show, hosted by Deon Cole, aired live on CBS.

Keke Palmer won the Entertainer of the Year award and Outstanding Motion Picture went to The Six Triple Eight, with the film’s star Kerry Washington also taking home the Best Actress prize.

Make sure to check out our recap of all the celebs who walked the red carpet.

Head inside to check out the complete list of winners…

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Entertainer of the Year

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Keke Palmer – Winner

Kendrick Lamar

Kevin Hart

Shannon Sharpe

Outstanding Social Media Personality of the Year

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The 40th anniversary Film Independent Spirit Awards got underway Saturday afternoon, and plenty of stars and filmmakers from the indie world walked the blue carpet ahead of the ceremony. In addition to host Aidy Bryant, presenters include Kathryn Hahn, Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Natasha Lyonne, Danielle Deadwyler, Alana Haim, Questlove, Hunter Schafer and more.

Nominees this year range from Amy Adams to Sebastian Stan to Demi Moore to Kieran Culkin.

See photos from the 2025 Spirit Awards blue carpet below.

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Mikey Madison, actress

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Natasha Rothwell,...

Indie movies are getting the spotlight at the 2025 Independent Spirit Awards and we’re recapping all of the celebs who showed up on the red carpet!

The afternoon awards show is being held on Saturday (February 22) at the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles.

SNL‘s Aidy Bryant is hosting the show for the second year in a row and you can live stream the event on YouTube. Anora and I Saw the TV Glow lead the film nominations with five nods each while Shogun leads the television nominations with five nods as well.

We’ll be keeping track of every celeb in attendance at the event and showing you all of the fashion on the red carpet.

Head inside to see all of the celebs who walked the red carpet…

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Elizabeth Olsen

Fyi: Elizabeth is wearing Erdem.

Before the NAACP Image Awards’ main, televised ceremony kicks off Saturday night, some of this year’s winners were announced in a non-televised Creative Honors event on Friday night.

Nickel Boys, a six-time nominee, took home two awards, with director RaMell Ross winning for best directing in a motion picture and Ross and co-writer Joslyn Barnes winning best writing in a motion picture for their Oscar-nominated adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel.

Another double winner was Jennifer Hudson, who saw her eponymous daytime talk show win best talk series as she won best host in a talk series.

Other notable winners included Sing Sing (best independent motion picture), Denzel Washington (best supporting actor in a motion picture for his work in Gladiator II), Inside Out 2 (best animated movie), Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (best limited series), Abbott Elementary (best comedy series), Cross (best drama series), the Luther Vandross...

Maybe Thomas Wolfe was right. Maybe you really can’t go home again.

In the Season 2 premiere of Apple TV’s Surface (now available to stream), that’s exactly what Sophie Ellis/Tess Caldwell (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) learns as she prepares to take on a family of wealthy Brits she shares murky history with. As she begins exploring London to find the truth behind her mother’s death (and her own very strange disappearance), her former friend Eliza Huntley (Millie Brady) and Eliza’s brother Quinn (Phil Dunster) aren’t about to make things easy for her.

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Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has been cast opposite Anya Taylor-Joy in Apple TV+’s Lucky limited series.

Based on the New York Times bestselling novel and Reese’s Book Club pick of the same name by Marissa Stapley, Lucky stars Taylor-Joy as “a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past,” according to the official description.

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Exclusive: Academy, Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has joined the cast of Lucky, a new limited drama from Apple TV+ starring and executive produced by Anya Taylor-Joy. Creator Jonathan Tropper also executive produces alongside Reese Witherspoon.

Based on Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel and Reese’s Book Club pick of the same name, Lucky stars Taylor-Joy as the eponymous heroine. She is a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.

Ellis-Taylor will play as ‘Agent Billie Rand.’

Lucky is produced by Hello Sunshine and Tropper Ink, and is created by Tropper under his overall deal with Apple TV+. He serves as co-showrunner alongside Cassie Pappas. Witherspoon EPs alongside Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, a part of Candle Media.

Hollywood’s biggest night isn’t just about shiny trophies and emotional speeches; it’s also packed with drama behind the scenes. And this year, an anonymous Academy voter just dropped some wild insider tea.

Adrien Brody in The Pianist | Credits: Universal Pictures

Apparently, Adrien Brody’s The Brutalist wasn’t the best pick — it was just the only pick. Why? Because a way better 2024 film tackling America’s racist past didn’t even get a nomination.

Did Nickel Boys’ snub hand The Brutalist the Best Picture crown? Herisse as Elwood Curtis in Nickel Boys | Credits: Amazon MGM Studios

Adrien Brody’s The Brutalist was the clear pick for Best Picture — yeah, but only because Nickel Boys didn’t make the cut.

That’s the word from an anonymous Academy member, and honestly? They might have a point. RaMell Ross’ powerful adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel landed a Best...

Counted among the films nominated for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards, ‘Nickel Boys’ directed by RaMell Ross, is a harrowing, but beautiful portrait of the lives of two young black teens with contrasting upbringings and beliefs who are living in an infamous reformation school. With unique visual language, greatly subdued performances, and a devastating conclusion, ‘Nickel Boys’ positions itself as deserving of its received awards nominations, if not deserving of more than it has or will be given. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment, education, and philanthropy. The School of...

The Sls Hotel in Beverly Hills was filled with pride and tears of joy on Monday night as the American Black Film Festival recognized five actors for their contributions to cinema at the 2025 ABFF Honors.

Captain America: Brave New World star Anthony Mackie commenced the awards presentation portion of the ceremony — hosted by comedian Zainab Johnson — by recalling words of wisdom his Marvel film co-star Giancarlo Esposito — known for early roles in Spike Lee’s School Daze and Do the Right Thing and most recently Breaking Bad, Kaleidoscope and The Gentlemen — imparted to him when he was an aspiring actor.

“He said, ‘Look here, man. You want to be a working actor, you have to work to work on your craft,’” Mackie shared. “’Sometimes that means you won’t get paid. The value is in working on your craft.’”

Esposito, who received the Excellence in the Arts Award, echoed a...

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor enjoyed a surprise early birthday celebration at the 2025 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors ceremony on Monday night — complete with a cake, sparkling candles and the well-heeled crowd singing her “Happy Birthday”.

Ellis-Taylor was among the special honorees at the awards show, feted not just for turning another year older, but for delivering another year full of dazzling performances, including in the best picture Oscar-nominated film “Nickel Boys.” Though the spotlight was on Elllis-Taylor, she seemed less interested in accepting her well-deserved flowers than in doling them out to her fellow honorees.

“Keke Palmer made me famous,” Ellis-Taylor declared as she took the stage at the Sls Hotel in Beverly Hills to accept ABFF’s Excellence in the Arts trophy from her “Origin” director Ava DuVernay.

A dozen years ago, Ellis-Taylor and Palmer — who was honored with the Renaissance Award for her varied career accomplishments thus far — co-starred...

“I think about the film as a place to do, as I like to say, make an experiential monument,” says Nickel Boys director/co-writer RaMell Ross of the Oscar-nominated the Florida-set Jim Crow-era drama adapted from Colson Whitehead’s 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name.

“To elevate your schoolboy story to a place of historical reckoning for an audience where you guys have an experience that’s like, as visceral as you smelling something, smelling the air after a storm, or you rolling in the grass or feeling the sun on your skin,” the filmmaker asserted. “Where it’s something you try to explain to someone and they’re like, dude, you were just rolling in the grass and you’re like, but you don’t understand.”

With acclaimed actors Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson onstage with him and Deadline Executive Editor Dominic Patten moderating, Ross was speaking on...

Galeca: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced winners for the 2025 Dorian Awards, and it’s great news for genre fare like The Substance, Wicked, and I Saw the TV Glow.

Mubi’s body-horror movie The Substance won a leading five trophies, including Film of the Year, Demi Moore (Best Lead Performance), and Coralie Fargeat (Best Director), while Universal’s film adaptation of the Wicked musical claimed honors for Ariana Grande (Best Supporting Performance), Cynthia Erivo (Lgbtqia+ Film Trailblazer), and Jonathan Bailey (Rising Star).

Other movies with multiple victories were I Saw the TV Glow (LGBTQ Film of the Year and Jane Schoenbrun for LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year), Will & Harper (Documentary of the Year and LGBTQ Documentary of the Year), and Challengers (Justin Kuritzkes for Screenplay of the Year and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Film Music of the Year).

In addition to her acting triumph, Moore...

Exclusive: Joel Kim Booster just wants to make people laugh — and if anyone could use a moment of levity right now, its film and TV writers.

The comedian is set to host the 77th WGA Awards’ West Coast ceremony Saturday (joined by Roy Wood Jr. on the East Coast), because, in his own words, “I am a classically trained gay guy, so I love award shows.”

That, and he’s hoping to provide a bit of reprieve from the tough few years that many in Hollywood have faced, from production shutdowns to dual strikes to the devastating wildfires that kicked off the year. Most importantly, he’s looking forward to the opportunity to celebrate his own union membership.

“I think that we saw sort of the strength of our union throughout the strike we went through a couple years ago,” he tells Deadline, adding that he thinks a strong labor...

There is so much to unpack in RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” (2024) that it is hard to do justice with words. It is poetic and poignant as it blends historical fiction with a coming-of-age tale and a bruising prison drama. Although it revolves around two teenagers, it emerges as a collective portrait of an entire generation that struggled through the Jim Crow era. The film primarily follows Elwood (Ethan Herisse), a 17-year-old bright student, who seeks a higher education and hopes for a secure future. His doting grandmother motivates him in the same direction until one day when he finds himself in trouble.

While on his way to class, Elwood gets offered a car ride. He naively accepts the offer only to realize something shocking about it. Soon, he gets sentenced to Nickel Academy, a ruthless reformatory in Southern America. His dreams get shattered as he finds himself being forced to...

Amazon MGM’s powerful drama Nickel Boys, based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, is set to make its digital debut. The Oscar-nominated film, which had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival before a limited theatrical release in December 2024, has garnered critical acclaim for its harrowing portrayal of injustice. Here’s everything you need to know about when and where you can stream Nickel Boys online.

What is Nickel Boys About?

Nickel Boys is inspired by the true story of the infamous Dozier School for Boys, a reform school in Florida known for its brutal treatment of students. The film follows Elwood Curtis (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), two African-American boys navigating the horrors of the Nickel Academy in the 1960s. As Elwood clings to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s teachings, Turner adopts a more cynical approach to survival—forcing both to make impossible choices in a deeply unjust system.

After delaying its awards ceremony for several weeks following the wildfires in Los Angeles, AARP the Magazine announced the winners of its annual Movies for Grownups Awards on Saturday, with A Complete Unknown going home as the big winner.

The show, hosted by Alan Cumming at the Beverly Wilshire, celebrates TV and film for older audiences, and this year also presented a career achievement award to Glenn Close. Though Conclave came into the ceremony with the most nominations, the film left empty handed. A Complete Unknown took best picture as Demi Moore and Adrien Brody won the top acting prizes, and Shogun was recognized as best TV series.

Check out a full list of winners below:

Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups

A Complete Unknown (Winner)

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Gladiator II

September 5

Best Actress

Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)

Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)

Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)

Demi Moore (The Substance...

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It’s awards season, celebrity gossip fans.

In the wake of the Golden Globes being handed out a few weeks ago, and then the Oscar nominations being announced a short time later, the 2025 Critics Choice Awards honored the best in movies and television on Friday night.

The ceremony was hosted by Chelsea Handler.

And the stars who took home the major prizes? Scroll down for a full list of Critics Choice Awards winners…

Demi Moore accepts the Best Actress award for “The Substance” onstage during the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on February 7, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

Best Picture

“A Complete Unknown”

“Anora” (Winner)

“The Brutalist”

“Conclave”

“Dune: Part Two”

“Emilia Pérez”

“Nickel Boys”

“Sing Sing”

“The Substance”

“Wicked”

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist” (Winner)

Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown”

Daniel Craig – “Queer...

The 30th annual Critics Choice Awards took place on Friday, February 7, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Three films—Wicked, Emilia Pérez, and The Substance—each won three awards. However, none of them claimed the top honor of Best Picture, which went to Anora. Interestingly, Anora didn’t win in any other category that night.

Jon M. Chu, director of Wicked, won Best Director, making him only the third filmmaker to win the award for a musical. The others were Baz Luhrmann for Moulin Rouge! and Damien Chazelle for La La Land. Chazelle later won an Oscar for directing La La Land, but Luhrmann and Chu didn’t even receive Oscar nominations for their films. Wicked also took home awards for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.

Emilia Pérez won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Song for “El Mal”, and Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña.

Zoe Saldana praised her fellow nominees as she accepted the Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress on Friday (02.07.25).The 46-year-old actress beat off strong competition from Danielle Deadwyler, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ariana Grande, Margaret Qualley and Isabella Rossellini to take home the award for her work in 'Emilia Pérez' at the ceremony at the Barker Hanger in Los Angeles.She said: "To my fellow nominees, the films this year and the work you've all done. It's breathtaking. I will forever be proud to be among you. Thank you to all of you. I can't see you, but you f****** rock."She also shared that she tries not to pay too much attention to movie critics but added "I will listen to you all tonight and I will accept this with pride"."Whenever you receive a negative criticism for a role or a film, everyone says, 'Don't read the reviews.

Mikey Madison as Ani and Mark Eydelshteyn as Ivan in ‘Anora’ (Courtesy of Neon)

Wicked and Conclave went into the 2025 Critics Choice Awards with the most nominations, but voters (myself included) spread the wealth around, showering Wicked, Conclave, The Brutalist, Anora, The Substance (congrats Demi Moore!), and Emilia Perez with film awards. On the TV drama side, Shogun earned Best Drama, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress awards. Hacks cleaned up in the TV comedy categories, scoring Best Comedy, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress.

The Critics Choice Awards were held on February 7, 2025 with Chelsea Handler returning as host for the third time. Handler spent time during the opening of her monologue to thank first responders for their incredible work during the Los Angeles wildfires. She also thanked Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni for providing a distraction from waking up every day not knowing what news will disappoint or horrify us.

Critics Choice Awards 2025: Full List Of Winners (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Critics Choice Awards 2025: The award season continues with another much-coveted award night. It is the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards, where both films and television artists are awarded. Shogun has secured quite a few awards, including Best Drama Series. Deadpool & Wolverine and Emilia Perez, too, bagged two top awards at the ceremony. Keep scrolling for the complete winners list.

For the uninitiated, the ceremony was held at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport on February 7. It was live-streamed on E! According to reports, it was supposed to be held on January 12 but was postponed due to the California fires.

American comedian/actress Chelsea Handler hosted the Critics Choice Awards 2025, while many Hollywood actors took the stage to present the trophies. The list includes Aldis Hodge, Allison Tolman, Chase Stokes, Craig Robinson, David Alan Grier, David Harbour,...

After two separate delays due to the Los Angeles wildfires, the 2025 Critics Choice Awards have all finally been handed out. The winners list provides another indicator of the strength of several films leading into the Academy Awards March 2, though TV plays a big role in the Critics Choice Awards as well — even if many of the top contenders on that side of the event, such as “Shogun,” which led the TV awards with four wins, are not eligible for this September’s Emmys having already stormed last year’s Emmys.

“Anora” won Best Picture out of a field of 10 nominees. It was the only Critics Choice Award the Sean Baker film starring Mikey Madison won full stop. The most film wins went to “Wicked,” “Emilia Pérez,” and “The Substance” with three each.

“Wicked” won Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and, in a shock, Best Director for Jon M. Chu,...

The best in both movies and television were honored at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards!

So many stars stepped out for the awards show on Friday (February 7) at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Calif.

Heading into the show, Wicked and Conclave were the most nominated movies of the night with 11 nominations each while Shogun led the TV categories with 6 nominations.

Make sure to check out our Best Dressed list to see all of the best looks from the red carpet.

Head inside to check out the complete winners list for the Critics Choice Awards…

Keep scrolling to see the full winners list from the Critics Choice Awards…

Movie Categories:

Best Picture

A Complete Unknown

Anora – Winner

The Brutalist

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Nickel Boys

Sing Sing

The Substance

Wicked

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist – Winner

Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Daniel Craig – Queer

Colman Domingo – Sing Sing...

Zoe Saldaña continued to cement her Oscar frontrunner status by winning best supporting actress honors at the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards for her performance in Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez.” She stars in the musical crime drama as Rita Mora Castro, an exasperated lawyer who agrees to help a drug lord undergo gender reassignment surgery.

“My husband went to the bathroom!” Saldaña began before pulling out a written speech and thanking the Critics’ Choice Association and her fellow nominees. “I appreciate the role of a critic. I do. I sometimes read the reviews and internalize it, especially the helpful feedback like, ‘Her crying is distracting.’ ‘She’s in too many franchises.’ Or, my personal favorite, she’s too blue,” getting some laughs for her nod to the “Avatar” franchise.

“To think that ‘Emilia Pérez’ is the little movie that could and has resonated with so many people has been an experience worth having,...

“Wicked,” “Emilia Pérez,” and “The Substance” each triumphed with three wins at the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards on Friday night. However, it was “Anora” that claimed the best picture prize at this year’s ceremony.

The Neon release entered the race with seven nominations, including best actress for Mikey Madison and best director and original screenplay for Sean Baker. But ultimately, “Anora” walked away with the coveted best picture award, and nothing more.

Meanwhile, “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu, who wasn’t nominated in the Academy Awards’ best director category, beat out several Oscar nominees to win the best director honor at the Critics Choice Awards. “I’m going to win that Oscar!” Chu said jokingly on stage.

The film-acting categories had less surprises, as the ceremony handed best actress to Demi Moore (“The Substance”), best actor to Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”), best supporting actress to Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia...

The 2025 Critics Choice Awards will finally be happening Tonight (February 7) after multiple delays and we have everything you need to know about the show.

The annual awards show, which honors the best in both movies and television, was originally scheduled for January 12, but the show was delayed twice due to the Los Angeles fires.

Chelsea Handler is still hosting the show and it’s still being held at the original location, the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

Going into the ceremony, Wicked and Conclave are the top 2 nominated films this year, both garnering 11 nominations. FX’s Shogun has the most TV show nominations this year with 6 total.

We have all the details you need to know about the nominees, the presenters, and how to stream the show from home.

Keep reading to find out more…

How To Watch

The show is airing live on E! this year at 7pm Et/Pt.

The Brutalist is poised to win big at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards on Friday. According to the official Gold Derby odds, which are based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby experts, editors, and users, the epic drama about a Holocaust survivor’s struggles in America will claim Best Picture, Best Director (Brady Corbet), Best Actor (Adrien Brody), and Best Cinematography.

The Critics Choice Awards are decided by the Critics Choice Association, which comprises more than 580 broadcast, radio, and online critics and entertainment journalists. The voting body has little overlap with the Motion Picture Academy that decides the Oscars, which may be why they’ve disagreed with the Best Picture Oscar winner half the time in recent years. The two organizations have matched five times in the past decade: both groups picked Spotlight (2015), The Shape of Water (2017), Nomadland (2020), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), and Oppenheimer (2023).

After The Brutalist,...