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Beyond the Gates spoilers reveal more explosive moments in Fairmont Crest as May sweeps continue, and there will also be a ton of casting changes, too! Check out ‘who’s coming and who’s going’ on the CBS soap during the week of May 19-23.

Welcome To Fairmont Crest, Tracy!

Beyond the Gates spoilers reveal that Maria Howell will enter the canvas during the week of May 19 playing ‘Tracy’, Anita Dupree’s (Tamara Tunie) long-lost friend and one of the gals who was a part of the singing group, The Articulettes.

Howell has had quite the career and began as a choir soloist from The Color Purple. Fans might also recognize her from roles on Army Wives and Devious Maids, and guest-starring primetime shows like The Resident and Criminal Minds.

An incredible singer, she’s been on the stage along with music artists like Ray Charles, Earl Klugh, and Nancy Wilson.

Going into the fourth season of “The Righteous Gemstones,” costume designer Christina Flannery didn’t know that this year was going to be the show’s swan song — or perhaps more accurately, after Episode 8, its gator song. Series creator and star Danny McBride kept that information close to the chest during the prep process, but Flannery told IndieWire that knowing whether or not there would be more “Gemstones” hardly mattered.

By the time the show had gotten to the civil war prelude that opens Season 4, to say nothing of the troubled production process of “Teenjus” and Eli’s (John Goodman) equally troubled retirement, there was no bucket list left for the costume design team. The challenge and the joy of designing for “The Righteous Gemstones” is that it has been maximalist from the very start. Finding new degrees of colorful suits, flowing capes, and animal print jumpsuits supported the show’s tone from the beginning,...

Gareth Evans’s Havoc has a setup as elementally simple as the filmmaker’s 2011 breakout The Raid: Redemption and its 2014 sequel: A grizzled detective, Walker (Tom Hardy), fights his way through a gang war in a city plagued by urban rot, along the way uncovering that the highest echelons of society have ties to the drug-peddling underworld. Along the way, he puts down one gangster after another in violent fashion.

It’s established immediately that Walker is a capable but crooked detective whose history of taking dirty money puts him at the mercy of higher-ups. One such figure, Lawrence Beaumont (Forest Whitaker), comes to Walker when word gets out that the politician’s son, Charlie (Justin Cornwell), is the chief suspect in a drug robbery gone bad and on the run from both police and cartel soldiers. “Don’t forget,” Beaumont growls, “I know what you did,” threatening to expose...

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Gangs Of London has always been best appreciated as an alternate-reality affair — a bit like John Wick, except people drive on the left and there’s no hotel for hitmen (though there may be an assassins-only greasy spoon we’ve not seen yet). In this London the roads are free of traffic, nobody uses public transport, and a bullet-spewing gang war can rage without being interrupted by the police, whose response times are apparently glacial. It’s a fantasy-crime slayground where anything can happen, as long as that “anything” is deadly serious and intensely, gratuitously violent. In short, if you’re willing to suspend disbelief, and aren’t squeamish, it’s a pugilistic hoot.

Despite another change of showrunners (South Korean director Kim Hong-Sun and lead writer/exec producer Peter McKenna taking over from Season 2’s Corin Hardy and Season 1’s Gareth Evans...

Quick LinksWhat is the Story of State of Grace?How Goodfellas Overshadowed the Film During Its Release (and Still Continues To Do So)Gary Oldman Delivered One of His Career-Best Performances in State of Grace

Gary Oldman is considered to be one of the greatest actors currently living and for very good reason. Fans of DC Comics are sure to remember him for his turn as Commissioner Gordon in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, and Harry Potter fans will immediately recognize him for his role as Sirius Black. He's also been celebrated worldwide for his chameleon-like ability to disappear into any role he touches, having won an Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. One of his more underrated performances happens to also come from one of his more underrated films. When State of Grace was released in 1992, it was a critical success, garnering a "certified...

Quick LinksWhat is the Story of State of Grace?How Goodfellas Overshadowed the Film During Its Release (and Still Continues To Do So)Gary Oldman Delivered One of His Career-Best Performances in State of Grace

Gary Oldman is considered to be one of the greatest actors currently living and for very good reason. Fans of DC Comics are sure to remember him for his turn as Commissioner Gordon in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, and Harry Potter fans will immediately recognize him for his role as Sirius Black. He's also been celebrated worldwide for his chameleon-like ability to disappear into any role he touches, having won an Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. One of his more underrated performances happens to also come from one of his more underrated films. When State of Grace was released in 1992, it was a critical success, garnering a "certified...

Christopher Dale Flannery, aka “Mr Rent-a-kill,” remains a shadowy figure in Australian criminal history. Reputedly responsible for over a dozen murders, Flannery was never convicted, his life ending in a still-unsolved disappearance in 1985. This Sunday 16 March, Channel 7’s The Hunters aims to separate fact from fiction, examining whether Flannery was truly a prolific […]

The Hunters: Mr Rent-a-kill – Australia’s most deadly hitman: myth or reality?...

There's a reason "The Office" remains so beloved more than a decade after its ninth and final season ended in 2013. In fact, there are several reasons, from the cast to the writing to the way in which the early episodes, at least, felt like they were giving you a glimpse into the lives of real people who just happened to have an absolutely twisted weirdo as a boss. But the show was also just packed with some incredibly funny moments that remain forever embedded in fans' memories. From the disastrous dinner date at Michael (Steve Carrell) and Jan (Melora Hardin)'s house to the legendary fire drill cold open that began one of the best and most chaotic episodes of "The Office," the series' already hilarious tone was punctuated by so many of these comedic high-points.

One of the funniest moments on "The Office" came during the season 3 episode "Business School,...

Ian Buchanan had been through some rollicking times as Dr. James Warwick on The Bold and the Beautiful. While his involvement with the villainous Sheila was full of surprises, including their marriage, they were on the outs at one point. Looking for solace, he kissed Stephanie Forrester, and Sheila witnessed it. Despite the danger that James was in, his alter ego survived and has remained friends with Stephanie’s portrayer, Susan Flannery, all these years later.

They’re Life-Long Friends

Buchanan, who is often posting snaps of himself and his friends on social media, once again took to Instagram to share a fun pic of him, his partner Antonio Hendricks, and the iconic Flannery. His caption read: “With our Best Girl!❤️❤️❤️.” A fan from Italy commented, “...

In an interview with the new PBS SoCal digital series Locationland, location manager Danny Finn describes the kismet moment when he discovered that the house used for Freaky Friday in 2003 was still standing and still owned by the same woman. Even better, she was open to allowing it to be used again for Disney’s August 2025 release, Freakier Friday.

“I called and got an old, robotic answering machine, left a Hail Mary voicemail,” Finn recalled. “Two minutes later I got a call from an unknown number and this voice answered, ‘Hi. It’s Me. Yes, I still live here. Same house, new husband, all good.’ So we ended up shooting there, which was wonderful.”

Then, last week, everything changed.

“We’ve since confirmed that that house — along with every house on that block — was lost in the Palisades Fire,” he told Locationland.

In the midst of that life-altering tragedy, Finn...

John Krasinski was awarded with People’s Sexiest Man Alive title this year and honestly, it’s absolutely worth it. Right from the time we saw him breaking the fourth wall and staring at us in The Office, the actor has captivated our hearts like no other. Clearly, his admirers are not limited and even actors can’t help but admire the man’s undeniable beauty. This includes his former co-star, Kate Flannery.

John Krasinski in a still from A Quiet Place Part II | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Kate Flannery played the role of the eccentric Meredith Palmer, who took Casual Fridays a bit too seriously. The actress recently commented on John Krasinski’s win and announced that the title was long overdue. She believes that he should have won as early as 2005. But hey, at least we got there. Sure, it took us almost 20 years, but we got there.

Kate...

On the face of it, The Office seems like a straightforward sitcom with relatable storylines that fans can't get enough of. And for the most part, it is. However, keeping the series fun and unpredictable, there are a few stunts thrown in along the way, namely from Meredith. The office setting makes it seem like nothing too out of the ordinary would happen. The employees of Dunder Mifflin go to work, and each make their contribution to the success of the paper merchants. Once viewers get to know the array of characters, it quickly becomes clear that almost anything could happen. Despite Dwight hiding weapons around the office and Michael burning his foot on a grill, the writers and actors managed to maintain a believable environment for the show to be based in.

Although she's not at the forefront of every episode, Meredith had some truly memorable moments. Flashing Michael at a Christmas party,...

This story was published in partnership with Drilled, a global multimedia reporting project focused on climate accountability, and was supported by the Pulitzer Center.

It’s become increasingly common in coverage of the annual United Nations climate negotiations — the Conference of the Parties, or Cop — to see stories about the number of fossil fuel lobbyists attending, the oil deals expected to be done on the sidelines of the conference, and the placement of oil executives in leadership positions. As former Un leaders Ban Ki-moon and Christiana Figueres join global climate...

Anna Delvey is officially a contestant on Season 33 of Dancing With The Stars. And, one former star of the show is not fond of the shocking cast decision.

Kate Flannery Speaks Out Against Anna Delvey

Kate Flannery, who competed in Season 28 of DWTS, recently spoke about how she feels about Anna joining the show. And she is not a fan, to say the very least.

“We don’t need that vibe. She’s not a dancer. We can do better than that,” The Office actress snapped.

Kate Flannery/Credit: YouTube

Flannery went on to say that choosing her might end in the show taking a viewership hit. “If they’re looking to get more people to watch the show, I don’t think that’s the way to go,” she said.

Anna hasn’t publicly addressed Kate’s comments as of yet. She did call out The View stars for...

Consider actress Kate Flannery among those who disagree with Anna Delvey’s participation in Dancing with the Stars.

Flannery, best known as Meredith Palmer on The Office, competed in Season 28 of the dance competition show.

She partnered with professional dancer Pasha Pashkov and got eliminated fifth overall.

Contestants from Flannery’s season may have been considered controversial, including former NFL star Ray Lewis, former NBA star Lamar Odom, and former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.

However, Delvey’s Season 33 appearance is highly controversial because she was convicted on eight charges after posing as a German heiress in New York to defraud wealthy entities of significant funds.

Everyone from disgruntled fans to The View’s Joy Behar and former DWTS dancer Cheryl Burke has reacted to Delvey’s controversial inclusion in the cast.

Flannery is the latest to offer critical remarks objecting to the fake heiress and criminal participating in the competition.

Susan Flannery doesn’t have any social media accounts, but that doesn’t mean she won’t appear there. Best known for her Emmy award-winning decades-long portrayal of Stephanie Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful, Flannery remains very close with members of the daytime community, both present and former. One such person is Ian Buchanan, who gave […]

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Exclusive: Fans of The Bold and the Beautiful were gobsmacked by the decision to supposedly kill off Kimberlin Brown’s Sheila Carter in a February episode — only to bring her back from the dead two months later.

Brown told Deadline “she didn’t see this coming, quite honestly .. I truly believe that my following and my fans and the people who have loved to hate Sheila all these years are responsible for me coming back.”

For the first time, Bell is addressing his decision to bring back the character that everyone loves to hate. While he didn’t say whether he changed his mind (or if it was all part of some secret master plan to throw off fans), he explained why it was necessary to temporarily part ways with Sheila.

“Villains typically need a cooling off period, which just adds to the drama to their return,” Bell tells Deadline.

Ernest Hemingway’s final novel, Across the River and Into the Trees, isn’t exactly known to be among his best works, so it’s probably no surprise that it took quite a while for anyone to adapt it to the cinematic medium. Director Paula Ortiz’s adaptation is fine, if unremarkable, elevated by its excellent cast and impressive production values.

Across the River and Into the Trees Review

The film follows a US Army Colonel who receives a life-changing diagnosis but meets it with indifference, taking a sojourn through post-wwii Venice. Those familiar with Hemingway’s work won’t be surprised by what Across the River and Into the Trees has in store — it’s poignantly meditative and incredibly simple. However, there is an undeniable elegance in that simplicity that allows this to be a charming drama.

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The Library of Congress, the Better Angels Society, Ken Burns and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation have unveiled six finalists for the sixth annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. The $200,000 cash award, established in 2019, recognizes late-stage documentaries that use original research and a compelling narrative to tell stories that bring American history to life through archival materials.

The six projects that were selected are: James Sorrels’s “Area 2,” John Benitz’s “Behind the Lines,” Julia Greenberg and Dianna Dilworth’s “Dory Previn: On My Way to Where,” Norah Shapiro’s “Magic & Monsters,” Asaf Galay’s “Out of the Inkwell: The Greatest Story Never Told,” and Marlene McCurtis’ “Wednesdays in Mississippi.”

This year close to 100 American history documentary features were submitted for consideration.

“It’s hard what we are doing,” Burns says of documentary filmmaking. “It’s really hard. In documentary, there are so many more really good filmmakers,...

Ethan Hawke’s directorial film, Wildcat takes a close look at renowned Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s life. The film consciously does not delve into the controversies revolving around the author, and instead focuses on the reappearing subject matter in her work. For those not familiar with her writing (like me), “Wildcat” is a decent introduction to generate interest amongst viewers. The explainer is solely based on the film and not on Flannery O’Connor’s literary work.

Born in Savannah, Georgia, O’Connor (played by Maya Hawke) firmly believed that she was an instrument of God and that writing was not just her way of expressing herself but also serving the Almighty. Be it her publisher or her family, O’Connor was always reminded that her work was unusual and might not appeal to a larger audience, but that never deterred Flannery’s confidence. The vivid, blunt descriptions...

The Bold & The Beautiful Matriarch Susan Flannery Said She Did Not “Miss” The Show. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

The Bold & The Beautiful’s always fashionable, headstrong matriarch, Stephanie Forrester, aka Susan Flannery, shocked fans after her abrupt departure from the longest-running soap opera. The daytime television icon was part of the main cast for 25 years until her character, Stephanie Forrester, died in 2012. Given that death is not definitive in the soap opera world, with many characters returning from the grave, fans still held onto the hope that Susasn Flannery might make a fashionable comeback.

Fans will remember Susan Flannery, aka Stephanie Forrester, is known to fake her death to get her former TV son Ridge Forrester (Ronn Moss) to surrender to her will. She even faked a heart attack in hopes that her son would get back with his psychiatrist wife, Taylor Hayes.

So when Susan Flannery announced her exit alongside Ron Moss,...

With her eyes dramatically wide, as she’s hypnotized by flickering screens surrounding her, Maya Hawke gently sang, “I love TV sitcoms and soap operas/Cliffhanger, rerun courtroom dramas” — the opening lyrics of her new Chaos Angel single, “Big Idea” —on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday.

She quickly becomes comfortable with the visuals, though, and they amplify her lyrics, showing Shakespeare winking as she sings about making “your favorite person laugh” and a tank running over daisies as she sings the chorus, “You don’t believe in the big idea — Hey,...

Coming into a series that has been on for two seasons doesn’t always leave a lot of room for new ideas, but costume designer Christina Flannery says she was thrilled with the opportunity to embellish and elevate the established characters for the third season of The Righteous Gemstones. “Time had passed, so we were able to show that the three siblings were taking over the church and I was able to push my own look into it for sure,” she says. “The costumes of season one and two are great, but I definitely think that my injection of these psychedelic neons and rhinestones took the baseline and allowed us to fold out the characters more.”

The main task was to dress the Gemstone siblings—Jesse (Danny McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson) and Kelvin (Adam DeVine)—as they take over their father’s megachurch. “For Jesse’s character, I spent more...

Norman Reedus reveals that The Boondock Saints 3 opening scene will include a prison break, picking up from the second movie. The actor also reveals that the outline is "crazy." Reedus and Sean Patrick Flannery will return for the third installment.

The Boondock Saints 3 star Norman Reedus has revealed where the upcoming sequel will pick up following the conclusion of the previous movie. Reedus and Sean Patrick Flannery starred in Troy Duffy's The Boondock Saints, which followed two vigilante Irish Catholic brothers, who, following a religious epiphany, embark on a murderous crusade against the city's criminals, in the name of God. The movie had a troubled production and a poor box office but became a cult film, spawning a sequel, The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, in 2009. The Boondock Saints 3 has been confirmed to be in development, with Reedus and Flannery expected to reprise their roles.

In an exclusive...

Eyes follow Anya Taylor-Joy whenever she steps on a red carpet, and the descriptions of her ensembles that follow often include adjectives like glamorous, ethereal, angelic, and the like. But when she faced photographers’ lenses in Sydney in early May for the world premiere of George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, what followed was a series of exclamation points. Edgy! Electric! Striking! Furiosa-approved!

Taylor-Joy donned a vintage look from Paco Rabanne’s spring 1996 haute couture collection. The sheer chain-mail creation featured triangular and oval diamonté adornments with arrow spikes jutting out from both the body of the dress and the matching headpiece.

With her appearance, Taylor-Joy became the latest star to fashionably fuel a trend that has been described as method dressing or character cosplay. It has felt omnipresent as of late, thanks to style stars like Zendaya, Margot Robbie, Emma Stone, Kristen Stewart and Florence Pugh. Though...

“She’s one of my fashion girls — she loves fashion and is very spirited when it comes down to it.” So says veteran stylist Petra Flannery about one of her A-list longtime clients, Zoe Saldaña. And it shows. The actress, who moves seamlessly from blockbuster franchises like Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy to indie fare like Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez, the film that leads her back to the Palais this year, catches eyes whenever she steps on a red carpet. On the eve of her return, Flannery looks back on their memorable Cannes collaborations and teases what to expect this year: “The beautiful premiere moments are a really magical stage for fashion. These are the moments that we live for.”

Victoria Beckham in 2014

“This was a fun dress. I like the softness of the pleating mixed with the hardware like the gold chain and big earrings. Zoe has always worn Victoria Beckham really,...

It’s been a rough few weeks for indies but May is here with a handful of hopefuls looking to rev up the market — from A24’s buzzy I Saw The TV Glow to Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Venice award-winning Evil Does Not Exist. A documentary about Anita Pallenberg featuring Scarlett Johansson hits theaters, with a French animated sci-fi set on Mars, and a Flannery O’Conner biopic by Ethan Hawke.

I Saw The TV Glow is written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun (We’re All Going To The World’s Fair) and produced by Emma Stone under her Fruit Tree Banner. The horror-thriller that gripped Sundance (Deadline review called it a “trippy gut punch”) then SXSW follows a teenager named Owen trying to make it through life in the suburbs. The weirdness starts when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show, a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own.

Full disclosure: I’ve been looking forward to this interview ever since I read the novel Ash Wednesday as a teenager. Ethan Hawke, co-writer and director of Wildcat, is an actor and filmmaker who has been as important to me as any artist in my life. The opportunity to discuss his new film––a feverish, faith-fueled look into the life of writer Flannery O’Connor as inspired by her fiction––with Hawke was both welcome and daunting.

The film stars Maya Hawke as O’Connor, alongside a stellar supporting cast that includes Laura Linney, Philip Ettinger, Rafael Casal, Steve Zahn, Cooper Hoffman, Willa Fitzgerald, Alessandro Nivola, and Liam Neeson. Ahead of the film’s release this Friday, we talk about the intimidation of adapting a great writer’s work, the joy of filming a great scene in a master shot, and inviting your audience into the conversation.

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In the 1990s and 2000s, May (and specifically Memorial Day) typically marked the beginning of Summer Movie Season. Multiplexes nationwide were packed to the emergency exits with big names, big explosions and (presumably) big box office. The film industry has changed since then, obviously, and summer no longer packs the same high-octane punch that it once did. But in this evolution, release schedule space has opened up for a stellar month of Don’t-Miss Indies titles.

Jeanne Du Barry

When You Can Watch: May 3

Where You Can Watch: Theaters

Director: Maiwenn

Cast: Maiwenn, Johnny Depp, Benjamin Lavernhe, Melvin Poupaud, Pierre Richard

Why We’re Excited: In 18th-century France, Jeanne Vaubernier, a common girl eager to climb the social ladder uses her distinct charms to convince her lover, the Count du Barry (Melvin Poupaud) to introduce her to the King, Louis Xv (Depp). The Count organizes the meeting through the intermediary...

In March 2020, during the first days of the Covid pandemic, IndieWire launched an Instagram Live series. The idea was to hold a causal conversation with talent about their creative process and how they spend their free time, a discussion that took on a very different meaning against the uncertain backdrop of the lockdown. IndieWire instinctively turned to Ethan Hawke to launch the series and set the tone; and at a time when most creatives understandably went dark, Hawke was hungry for the conversation.

Later that summer, the actor-writer-director gave a Ted-Ed talk, “Give yourself permission to be creative.” Even if you haven’t watched the nine-minute talk, you’ve seen it: Excerpts, four years later, still flood most social media feeds on a daily basis.

In the most viral clip, Hawke, discussing what happens to people when they suffer a great loss, said, “Did anyone feel like this before? What is happening to me?...

Josh O’Connor would very much love to fuck off into the woods with a stick.

It’s a deceptively warm April day in New York City and O’Connor, who looks brighter than anyone who was awake before the sun has a right to look, is hunched over conspiratorially to share what music he’s currently listening to. It’s where he got the idea of fucking off — central lyrics to Irish blues singer Mick Flannery’s “Fuck Off World”: “Fuck off world/Fuck off politics/I’m going...

“Wildcat” director Ethan Hawke was introduced to the books of Flannery O’Connor by his mother, but it was his then-teenaged daughter, Maya, who introduced him to a more personal side of the writer.

Maya Hawke, then a teenager looking for something original to recite for her Julliard audition, dug into O’Connor’s “Prayer Journal,” which captured the young, yet-to-be-published writer searching for meaning in journal entries she addressed to God. When Maya’s acting career took off with “Stranger Things,” and she approached O’Connor’s age writing the journal entries, Maya optioned the rights and asked her father to develop them into a film for her to portray O’Connor.

It was deep into the scriptwriting process that Ethan was introduced to yet another, far uglier side of O’Connor: Paul Elie’s 2020 New Yorker article, “How Racist Was Flannery O’Connor?” featured bigoted quotes from O’Connor’s personal correspondences.

It’s no secret that Zoe Saldana usually wears black dresses, and I couldn’t blame her—black is a classic and versatile color that can effortlessly create a stylish and sophisticated appearance.

After showcasing a series of black ensembles during the promotion of “The Absence of Eden” last month, Zoe Saldana made a striking return to the red carpet. Remarkably, she appeared in two identical black dresses at events only a few days apart.

Embracing Quiet Luxury: Zoe Saldana in Maison Margiela Midi Dress

Zoe Saldana and her husband of 11 years, Marco Perego, flew to Venice, Italy, recently to attend a gala dinner hosted by business magnate Francois Pinault, Salma Hayek’s husband, in celebration of the 60th Biennale Art 2024.

Arriving arm-in-arm at the Giorgio Cini Foundation, the lovebirds wore coordinating black outfits, with Marco in a classic suit and Zoe in a black midi dress.

Sporting his signature mustache and long blond hair,...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Masked Singer Season 11 Episode 7 “Group A Finals: Queen Night.”] As The Masked Singer Season 11 continues and with each elimination, chances are someone who won over the crowd will go home. After the Group A Finals, Goldfish is the one to move on. Ugly Sweater was the first eliminated and revealed to be singer Charlie Wilson. Then, after facing Goldfish in a Battle Royale, Starfish was unmasked: The Office star Kate Flannery! Below, Flannery opens up about her time on the show. What made you say yes to doing The Masked Singer? Kate Flannery: I really liked the challenge of performing on live TV. When I did Dancing With the Stars, it was a much better experience than I had hoped for, and I felt the same way about Masked Singer. It was just really fun, really challenging, but really interesting, and being in a costume that you could barely walk in,...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 11, Episode 7 of “The Masked Singer,” “Queen Night,” which aired April 17 on Fox.

“The Masked Singer” dropped a bomb on us: Singer/songwriter Charlie Wilson, who has enjoyed a tremendous career as a solo artist in addition to his time as lead vocalist for the Gap Band, was one of two celebrities revealed on Wednesday night’s edition of “The Masked Singer.” Also unmasked: “The Office” star Kate Flannery (who played the frequently inebriated Meredith).

Wilson was unveiled during the show’s Group A finals as Ugly Sweater, while Flannery was Starfish.

For the Ugly Sweater, Robin Thicke got it right with Charlie Wilson. Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg named Aaron Neville. Rita Ora guessed Smokey Robinson. Ken Jeong went with Al Green.

And then, for Starfish, Jeong figured out it was Kate Flannery. Ora picked Amy Schumer, McCarthy-Wahlberg thought it was...

Ethan and Maya Hawke are stepping out to support their new movie!

The father-daughter-duo were joined by Laura Linney at a special screening of their new movie Wildcat hosted by Dior, Cinema Society, and Oscilloscope Laboratories on Thursday (April 11) held at the Angelika Film Center in New York City.

Fellow cast members in attendance included Philip Ettinger and Alessandro Nivola.

Ethan‘s wife Ryan Hawke was also in attendance.

Keep reading to find out more…Directed and co-written by Ethan, Wildcat “invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, Flannery (Maya) visits her mother Regina (Laura) in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old.

Struggling with the same disease that took...

Starfish is quickly becoming one of The Masked Singer judges’ favorite contestants this season, despite them having absolutely no clue who she really is. (Seriously, those guesses have been way off.)

Based on the clues provided thus far, it’s clear to TVLine that Starfish — who returns to compete with the rest of Group A on Wednesday (Fox, 8/7c) — is Kate Flannery, best known for playing Meredith Palmer on all nine seasons of NBC’s The Office.

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Petra Flannery, recently featured on THR’s 2024 Celebrity Power Stylist List, has launched two new collaborations.

Working as a team with her sister Meehan, Flannery — whose clients include Emma Stone, Zoe Saldaña and Reese Witherspoon — has partnered with Lafayette 148 to launch “Classic 148: The White Shirt Project,” as well as with sustainable fine jewelry company Vrai for a recycled gold collection.

The Vrai collaboration ($1,900-$16,800) features California-inspired designs that “transcend time and trends,” the brand said in a release. Flannery has been working with the company since it started in 2014, and the stylist told The Hollywood Reporter that this latest collaboration has been in the works for roughly a year.

The collection, made up of 15 fine jewelry pieces, features diamond shapes created by Vrai in their carbon-neutral certified foundry.

“I’ve always had a great relationship with them,” Flannery says. “I kind of saw a space with their pieces...

The Alzheimer’s Association California Southland Chapter is putting the finishing touches on its program for the upcoming Magic of Music Gala at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City on May 9.

The fundraiser, designed to honor “Alzheimer’s heroes,” will help support the mission of the Alzheimer’s Association and the local California Southland community. Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery will serve as the night’s co-hosts — alongside gala chairs and business leaders Peter and Camille Goldstein — and the pair will also perform songs from their “anti-cabaret,” Two Lost Souls. Honorees for the event include the 2014 film Still Alice, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, as well as Maria Shriver and Patrick Schwarzenegger and hosts Lisa Foxx and Valentine.

“We’re excited to co-host this year’s Magic of Music Gala and perform songs from our cabaret show,” said Lynch and Flannery. “Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease that deserves our critical attention.

T.J. Miller is best known for his work alongside Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool as the bartender Weasel, but before that, he first collaborated with Michael Bay on the Transformers franchise, Age of Extinction. After his experience there, the actor did not seem eager enough to work with the director anymore.

T.J. Miller in Transformers: Age of Extinction

The same goes for his situation with Reynolds. It was reported that he had a beef with the latter while on the set of Deadpool.

T.J. Miller On His Strange Experience Working With Transformers Director Michael Bay

During his guesting on Doug Loves Movies podcast, comedian star T.J. Miller shared his ugly experience working with director Michael Bay on the set of Transformers: Age of Extinction. He recalled having the weirdest experience ever that made him refuse to work with the filmmaker on future films.

“He has a specific way of communicating with people.

Ethan Hawke goes back behind the camera for Wildcat, and here are details of his new film – plus a trailer.

Ethan Hawke is better known as an actor than a director, with a prolific career that has included many collaborations with Richard Linklater – the sublime Before trilogy, Tape, The Newton Boys and Boyhood stand tall. Plus, films as diverse as Dead Poet’s Society, Training Day, The Purge, Predestination and Lord Of War – the sequel to the latter is currently in development, with writer and director Andrew Niccol and star Nicholas Cage on board. It has not been confirmed if Hawke will appear.

However, he has also steadily built up an impressive career behind the camera. Besides co-writing the last two Before films with Linklater and Julie Delpy, he has directed several documentaries and three feature films – Chelsea Walls in 1999, The Hottest State, adapted from his own novel in 2006, and...

"An inquiry into the broken nature of grace." Oscope Labs has revealed an official trailer for Wildcat, the latest feature film directed by beloved American actor Ethan Hawke, following up his feature Blaze from 2018. This one originally premiered at the 2023 Telluride & Toronto Film Festivals last year, with stops at Zurich & Stockholm as well. This time it's a family affair - it follows the life of writer Flannery O'Connor while she was struggling to publish her first novel (titled "Wise Blood" published in 1952), starring Ethan's own daughter Maya Hawke as Flannery. Directed & co-written by 4-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, Wildcat invites viewers to weave in & out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O'Connor's mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? Some intriguing ideas. The film also stars Laura Linney, Philip Ettinger,...

Maya Hawke stars as Flannery O’Connor, the celebrated author of Southern Gothic-inspired short stories, novels, and essays, in Wildcat.

The film, directed and co-written by Hawke’s father, Ethan Hawke, follows a 24 year-old Flannery in 1950s Georgia as she deals with a lupus diagnosis. She returns home to her mother, Regina (Laura Linney), and begins writing some of her most imaginative stories as she attempts to heal her relationship with her mom.

Throughout, the film offers fictionalized adaptations of several of Flannery’s most beloved short stories, which include cast members Rafael Casal, Cooper Hoffman, and Steve Zahn. Also appearing in Wildcat are Liam Neeson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Alessandro Nivola, Christine Dye, Willa Fitzgerald, and Ethan Hawke’s son, Levon Hawke. Watch the trailer for Wildcat below.

The film, which premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival in September 2023, is co-written by one of Hawke’s frequent theater collaborators, Shelby Gaines.

Coming off his stellar Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward documentary The Last Movie Stars, Ethan Hawke’s latest foray behind the camera is on the narrative side with the Flannery O’Connor biopic Wildcat. Marking a family affair, the film stars Maya Hawke as the celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing. Following stops at Telluride and TIFF last year, it’ll now open in theaters on May 3 and the first trailer has arrived.

Here’s more of the synopsis: “In 1950, Flannery (Maya Hawke) visits her mother Regina (Laura Linney) in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling with the same disease that took her father’s life when she was a child and desperate to make her mark as a great writer, this crisis pitches her imagination into a feverish exploration of belief. As...

Were you as impressed as we were when Starfish raised her voice in song for the first time on “The Masked Singer”? She wowed us with her flawless cover of the Madonna classic “Material Girl” on the March 6 episode. We’ve rewatched that performance by Starfish and her clues package. Forget those guesses by the judges that Starfish is Catherine O’Hara, Cheri Oteri or Molly Shannon. We are sure we know Starfish’s true identity. Keep reading as we have all your “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the answer to the question, “Who is Starfish?”

We are convinced that Starfish is Kate Flannery, the veteran scene stealer from the long-running comedy series “The Office.” Don’t believe us? Besides the fact that the Starfish sounds just like her, consider how so many of the clues fit in with the life of Kate Flannery.

In her clue package Starfish reveals, “when...

Exclusive: Oscilloscope Laboratories has settled on a theatrical release date for its Flannery O’Connor biopic Wildcat, co-written and directed by Ethan Hawke, following the acquisition of North American rights. Exec produced by and starring the filmmaker’s daughter, Maya Hawke, the film will open at The Angelika in New York, and in L.A. theaters still to be determined on May 3rd, with a national roll-out to follow.

Competitors in its opening weekend will include Uni’s action comedy The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, and an unknown title from Disney.

World premiering at last year’s Telluride Film Festival before going on to screen in Toronto, Wildcat invites the audience to weave in and out of the mind of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor (Maya Hawke) as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness?...

Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer addressed one of the popular ending theories for the upcoming fifth and final season of the hit Netflix series.

As the anticipation for Stranger Things Season 5 continues to build up, lots of theories about the show’s final chapter begin to circulate online with fans trying to figure out how it all ends. One of these theories got some fans believing that all the events that happened in Stranger Things might all just be one long Dungeons and Dragons campaign. This would suggest that Eleven, Vecna, and the characters tied to the Upside Down were never real. Speaking with Metro.co.uk at the West End premiere of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the Duffer brothers were quick to debunk the popular Dungeons and Dragons theory.

Related Stranger Things Stars Feature Directorial Debut Was Inspired by Shaun of the Dead Up-and-coming young directors...

Dennis Murphy reports on a new Dateline NBC episode titled “Down the Basement Stairs” airing Friday, December 15, 2023, at 10/9c. This episode delves into the complex and tragic case of Cara Rintala, who was sentenced to 12-14 years in prison for the 2010 strangulation death of her wife, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala.

What Happened to Annamarie Cochrane Rintala & Killer Cara Rintala?

Cara Rintala was sentenced to 12-14 years in prison by a Hampshire Superior Court Judge for the 2010 strangulation death of her wife, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala. This case, marked by its complexity and multiple trials, concluded with a sentencing that took into account the time Rintala has already served.

The crime occurred in the couple’s home in Granby, Massachusetts. Rintala’s actions following the murder, including attempts to alter the crime scene and mislead investigators, were highlighted by the prosecution as indicative of her character and premeditation. Despite being supported by numerous...

An app where mid-level celebrities can make beer money by carrying out the instructions of a total stranger via a selfie video… what could possibly go wrong? Elijah Wood, Dean Norris of “Breaking Bad,” Kate Flannery from “The Office,” Priscilla Presley (“The Naked Gun”), and “Scrubs” curmudgeon John McGinley found out the answer the hard way this summer.

Beginning in July, “Russia-aligned influence actors have tricked celebrities into providing video messages that were then used in pro-Russian propaganda,” the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center found and shared in a Thursday blog post. The videos were then “manipulated to falsely paint Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a drug addict.”

Ok, so that could go wrong.

American actors and other celebrities, including musician Shavo Odadjian, were apparently asked to provide messages of support on Cameo (almost certainly; the popular website will not confirm the specific activity) to someone named “Vladimir.” The unwitting stars...