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After a two-year absence, Steve Burton is returning to ABC’s General Hospital, where he will reprise his role as Jason Morgan.

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The announcement came at the end of Thursday’s primetime special General Hospital: 60 Years of Stars and Storytelling,...

"Happy Anniversary" marked the first major character growth for Johnny Rose, as he realized the value of Schitt's Creek and acknowledged the good it brought into his life. Johnny's confrontation with his old friends showcased a different side of him, demonstrating his growth and appreciation for the town and its residents. This episode set the stage for the Roses to embrace Schitt's Creek and embark on their own journeys of self-improvement.

In its first two seasons, Schitt's Creek proved to be a funny fish-out-of-water comedy, but it wasn't until the season 2 finale, "Happy Anniversary," that the show elevated itself from good to great through Johnny Rose. Throughout Schitt's Creek season 1, the Roses clearly see themselves as superior to Schitt's Creek's citizens while trying to do everything possible to get out. Season 2 centers around their realization that, because they may never get back on their feet, Schitt's Creek may be their home now.

If you’re wondering what’s new on Amazon Prime Video in June, the answer is a lot. The streamer has a solid slate of movies heading into summer 2023. From the first two “Creed” films to “Love, Rosie,” “Yours, Mine & Ours” and other clever romantic comedies, the streamer has a range of options for viewers with different tastes. Newer theatrical releases arriving on the streamer in June include “TÁR,” “Armageddon Time,” and “M3GAN.”

TV premieres to look forward to include Boots Riley’s “I’m A Virgo” and the fourth and final season of John Krasinski’s “Jack Ryan.” “Crazy Rich Asians” arrives early in June, followed by “Interstellar” for all Christopher Nolan and Matthew McConaughey lovers. Even though “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” doesn’t release in theaters until November, all four “Hunger Games” films land on Prime Video this June. Perfect timing — maybe even with a reread...

With its list of new releases for June 2023, Prime is bringing a handful of Amazon Originals and many recent movie hits to the fold.

It’s actually quite a busy month for non-American programming in Amazon Originals department. Shows and movies like Deadloch, My Fault, and Medellín all originate from outside the U.S. and U.K. For the American and British crowd, however, the streamer is debuting two big tentpoles.

The first is I’m a Virgo on June 23. Acclaimed director Boots Riley’s TV followup to Sorry to Bother You will tale the surreal and satirical tale of a giant in Oakland. That will be followed by the more conventional (assumedly) fourth season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan on June 30.

The real fireworks this month come from a ludicrously deep bench of library TV and movie titles. Give them a look for yourself below but if we were to highlight just a few,...

The fourth and final season of “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” arrives on Prime Video on June 30. It finds Ryan — now the new acting CIA director — unearthing internal corruption and suspicious black ops that leaves the United States vulnerable to attack. John Krasinski stars as the tough-as-nails Ryan.

Watch the “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” trailer:

“Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets” is a new docuseries that reveals the truth behind the myth of the wholesome religious family and their involvement with the predatory Bill Gothard and The Institute in Basic Life Principles. The organization’s abusive practices — and the insidious long political game it plays — is revealed on June 2. The Duggars and their 19 “happy” kids are exposed as frauds, while also being manipulated by Gothard and enduring the scandal of Josh, their sexually abusive son.

Check out the “Shiny Happy People” trailer:

When a body is found on the beach in the Tasmanian town of Deadloch,...

With Outer Banks season 3 on the way, there are a lot of updates concerning what's happening in the new season. Created by Josh Pate, Jonas Pate, and Shannon Burke, Outer Banks follows the residents of North Carolina's titular islands. They are divided between the affluent community of Figure 8 known colloquially as Kooks and the have-nots known as Pogues. Firmly embodying the latter are John B. Routledge (Chase Stokes), Sarah Cameron (Madelyn Cline), JJ Maybank (Rudy Pankow), Kiara Carrera (Madison Bailey), and Pope Heyward (Jonathan Daviss). Together, they hunt treasures that could change all their lives.

Outer Banks season 2 picks up immediately where things left off during the ending of Outer Banks season 1, and season 3 is set to follow that trend. The adrenaline-fueled teen drama has been able to marry the relationships of teen soaps with the action of adventure movies in a way that keeps Netflix subscribers tuning in. It's...

Writ Large has upped TV and film literary manager Lauren Dineley to partner.

Dineley joined Writ Large in 2016 and was later promoted to manager in 2019. During her tenure at the company, she has cultivated a diverse roster of top tier clients including creator & showrunner Tanya Saracho (Vida), Black List scribes Azia Squire, Emma Dudley, and Holly Brix, writers Brittany Miller, Kim Shumway, Silvia Olivas, Calaya Michelle Stallworth, Carly Woodworth, and Jessica Mena Esteves, as well as filmmakers Veronica Rodriguez and Monica Zanetti (Ellie & Abbie and Ellie’s Dead Aunt).

Dineley is a graduate...

Actress Puja Agarwal, who will be seen in the web series Ballia Kaand soon, says that she always picks up roles that are meaty and strong. The actress, who has also done short films such as Mirror, Fear of God and Happy Anniversary, adds that bold scenes are something that she is wary of. “The […]...

Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell’s thriller short The Recordist leads the nominations for the 23rd South Australian Screen Awards, featuring in seven categories.

Alies Sluiter ’s Myth – The Go-Between and Kiara Milera and Charlotte Rose’s Waiyirri were also well represented in the field of 82 nominees announced yesterday, each securing five nods.

To be held in-person at Mercury Cx next month, the awards celebrate South Australian key creatives and crews across short films, music videos, web series, and games with total prizes valued at more than $30,000.

Winners will be presented across 24 categories, including drama, comedy, documentary, animation, web series, games, music video, acting, hair and makeup, design, sound, music, editing, cinematography, writing, directing, and producing.

Mercury Cx CEO Karena Slaninka said that for the nominees and winners, the recognition provided a stepping stone for which to build their careers.

“Getting a Sasa means something,” she said.

“In each case,...

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Now that comic books have been around as long as they have, and we are coming up to the one hundredth year anniversary of the American comic book industry in the not too distant future, literally tens of thousands of characters have been created to date. Only a few have the legs to last the distance, and Green Arrow is one of the lucky few. Created way back in 1941, he was originally a Robin Hood take off on Batman. Rich, ArrowCar, Arrow Cave, kid sidekick, you get the picture. He had reasonable success back in the day but in more modern times he never really rose above second banana status, until Denny O’Neil and then Mike Grell gave him a more mature makeover and he really shone. Even so, popularity boosts have usually been temporary, and he always felt...

HBO Max has set the cast for the drama pilot “Red Bird Lane,” with Oscar winner Susan Sarandon set to star.

Along with Sarandon, Kiersey Clemons, Isidora Goreshter, Danny Huston, Ash Santos, Fiona Dourif, Dizzie Harris, and Tara Lynne Barr will also star.

The show is described as a psychological thriller about eight strangers who arrive at an isolated house — all for different reasons — and quickly realize that something sinister and terrifying awaits them.

Sarandon will play the hostess of the house, Catherine. She is brilliant, beautiful, magnetic, and a murderer.

Sarandon is a five-time Oscar nominee, having won the award for best actress for “Dead Man Walking.” She has also been nominated for nine Golden Globes as well as six Emmys. Her other film roles include “Thelma & Louise,” “Bull Durham,” and “The Client.” On the TV side, she recently starred in the critically-acclaimed FX series “Feud.” Beyond that,...

The word rang out this morning in the world of laughter. A member of comedy royalty had taken his last well-deserved bow.

Here’s how the AP news service spread the word:

New York (AP) — Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy’s front ranks as creator of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and straight man to Mel Brooks’ “2000 Year Old Man,” has died. He was 98.

Reiner’s assistant Judy Nagy said he died Monday night of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

While he made significant contributions to the worlds of live theatre, television, recordings, and literature, we at Wamg would like to applaud his body of work in motion pictures: acting, writing and directing. But in order to begin, lets’ double back to TV. Carl first achieved worldwide...

Carl Reiner, the writer, producer, director and actor who was part of Sid Caesar’s legendary team and went on to create “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and direct several hit films, has died. He was 98.

He died of natural causes on Monday night at his home in Beverly Hills, his assistant Judy Nagy confirmed to Variety.

Reiner, the father of filmmaker and activist Rob Reiner, was the winner of nine Emmy awards, including five for “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” His most popular films as a director included “Oh God,” starring George Burns, in 1977; “The Jerk,” with Steve Martin, in 1979; and “All of Me,” with Martin and Lily Tomlin, in 1984.

In his later years, Reiner was an elder statesman of comedy, revered and respected for his versatility as a performer and multi-hyphenate. He was also adept at social media. He maintained a lively presence on Twitter up until the last day of his life.

The Tracking Board, in partnership with The Script Lab, is excited to present a new episode of Anatomy Of A Sale. In this week’s episode, we are joined by Sara Nestor of Verve, as she explores Holly Brix’s Horror-Comedy spec script Happy Anniversary. After being written in just seven days, the script was featured on [...]

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The Haunting of Bly Manor creator Mike Flanagan made it official on Twitter this morning that iZombie actor Rahul Kohli is joining the Netflix/Paramount TV/Amblin/Intrepid Pictures follow-up horror anthology series to The Haunting of Hill House.

In addition, Catherine Parker, who starred in Hill House as Poppy Hill, is coming to Bly Manor.

Flanagan also announced that T’Nia Miller and Amelia Eve are joining, as well as Amelie Smith as Flora and Benjamin Ainsworth as Miles, the latter two being kids’ roles. Kohli, in a series regular role, is reportedly playing a small town guy with a worldly mindset, who has returned to the country to take care of his ailing mother.

Bly Manor is inspired by Henry James’ psychological gothic horror novella The Turn of the Screw, which takes place almost entirely in an old country mansion. There, two young orphans are looked after by...

Luis Buñuel (left) and Jean-Claude Carrière (right).“The screenplay is not the last stage of a literary journey. It is the first stage of a film.” —Jean-Claude Carrière, The Secret Language of FilmThe screenwriting career of Jean-Claude Carrière begins with a gag. Or, it at least seems like a gag that one of the most prolific and distinguished of French screenwriters should have gotten his start by doing the very opposite of what he became known for—that is, by writing novelizations of two films. Having just published his first novel Lizard in 1957, the 25-year-old Carrière was approached by his publisher Robert Laffont to enter a curious writing contest. The prize? A commission to turn Jacques Tati’s Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953) and Mon Oncle (1958)—the latter still in production at the time—into written works. Recalling the incident later on, Carrière writes: “I agreed, and won—thus deciding, although...

CBS has put in development Townies, a multi-camera comedy executive produced by Green Eggs and Ham writer/executive producer Jared Stern.

Penned/co-executive produced by young writer Katie Greenway (Bella and the Bulldogs), Townies follows an eclectic group of friends in their twenties who are happily living large in their small Wisconsin hometown.

Stern executive produces via his A Stern Talking To Productions for Warner Bros. TV where Stern is under an overall deal.

Stern serves as executive producer/showrunner of the Netflix/Warner Bros. Animation series Green Eggs and Ham, which he adapted from Dr. Seuss’ classic. He has been a writer and regular adviser on several Warner Bros. film projects as a member of its Warner Animation Group “think tank,” which launched back in 2013. Among the projects Stern has worked on through that pact are The Lego Batman Movie and Smallfoot.

Wreck-It-Ralph scribe Stern recently wrote and directed...

It's been 26 years since Barack and Michelle Obama tied the knot, and the former president took to social media on Wednesday to share a sweet message for his other half. He posted a picture of Michelle looking out the window of an airplane, and in the caption, he wrote, "Happy Anniversary, @MichelleObama. For 26 years, you've been an extraordinary partner, someone who can always make me laugh, and my favorite person to see the world with."

Of course, the Obamas bringing their A game to Instagram for thoughtful tributes is nothing new. Back in May, Michelle posted a picture of Barack for his birthday, saying, "The view is always better with you." And who could forget her adorable wedding-day throwback? Keep reading to see some of the Obamas' sweet messages for each other, then find out why Obama recently broke his no-selfie rule.

Related: Everything You Need to Know About Michelle...

Paramount Pictures has snatched up writer Holly Brix’s script Happy Anniversary, Deadline reports, with Platinum Dunes on board to produce the home invasion film. It’s being described as War Of The Roses meets Cheap Thrills. “The plot follows a happily married couple’s anniversary celebration, which goes awry when they find themselves victims of a sinister home invasion.”...

Exclusive: Paramount Pictures is developing Holly Brix’s Happy Anniversary script, with Platinum Dunes, which has a first-look deal with the studio, on board to produce.

Describes as War Of The Roses meets Cheap Thrills, the plot follows a happily married couple’s anniversary celebration, which goes awry when they find themselves victims of a sinister home invasion.

Platinum Dunes and Paramount most recently teamed on John Krasinski-directed sleeper horror hit A Quiet Place, which was greenlit for a sequel to be released on May 15, 2020.

In addition, Deadline recently broke the news that Paramount had picked up the rights to horror feature Meet Jimmy, with Platinum Dunes is producing alongside The Picture Company. The pic is based on a short film from Dutch filmmakers David-Jan Bronsgeest and Tim Koomen.

Brix, who was brought to rewrite the screenplay for investigative thriller Gasp for Paramount, is repped by Verve and Morris Yorn.

Kevin Hart is celebrating his two-year wedding anniversary one year after rough period in his marriage.

Hart, 39, posted a throwback video of his wedding. In the video, he dances with wife Eniko Parrish, 33, as Alicia Keys performs “If I Ain’t Got You.”

Eniko also posted the video and wrote, “Happy Anniversary my love! It’s only been 2 yrs so far and it already feels like a lifetime with you. Cheers to another year of love, light, & laughter as the Harts!”

Happy Anniversary @enikohart #Harts

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If you like superheroes and animals equally, you're in luck. Warner Bros. is currently developing an animated Super Pets movie, with writer Jared Stern penning the script. Throughout its history, DC Comics has given their various heroes animal counterparts that have often been accomplices on various adventures with the non-animal do-gooders. However, there were times when the pets united to form a group known as the Super Pets and Warner Bros. is hoping to spin that idea into some gold with a new animated feature.

Jared Stern already has a proven track record within the DC universe, having penned the screenplay for last year's The Lego Batman Movie, which is arguably the best DC movie that Warner Bros. has made in the last five years. Stern also penned The Lego Ninjago Movie, the upcoming animated movie Smallfoot, as well as live-action comedies like The Internship, The Watch and Mr. Popper's Penguins.

Warner Bros. has been having a lot of success with their animated movies, and after the release of Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, the studio announced that they were developing another DC animated film called Super Pets and they've hired The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie writer, Jared Stern to write and direct the film.

The story will focus on the pets of the classic DC heroes. According to Collider, it’s "unclear whether Stern will use DC’s Legion of Super-Pets or the Cartoon Network series as the basis for the script, or whether he’ll create new characters better suited to his vision for the film."

The Super-Pets team first appeared together in Adventure Comics #293 (February 1962), though most of the members had appeared in earlier issues. Over the years, those members included Krypto the Super-Dog, Streaky the Super-Cat, Beppo the Super-Monkey and Comet the...

Green Eggs and Ham writer/executive producer Jared Stern has signed an exclusive overall deal with Warner Bros. TV, the studio that is distributing the upcoming Netflix animated series.

Under the multi-year pact, Stern will continue to serve as showrunner of the Warner Bros. Animation series, which he adapted from Dr. Seuss’ classic and executive produces alongside Ellen DeGeneres, Jeff Kleeman, Mike Karz and David Dobkin. Additionally, Stern will develop, write, produce and direct television projects for broadcast, cable and streaming platforms through his production company, A Stern Talking To. Development executive Winsor Yuan will also continue his role at the shingle overseeing development on all of the company’s projects.

The Wbtv pact extends writer-producer-director Stern’s longstanding relationship with Warner Bros. He has been a writer and regular adviser on several of the studio’s film projects as a member of its Warner Animation Group “think tank,” which...

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]

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It’s a phrase on billions of greeting cards, exchanged between millions of couples who may or may not mean it. “Happy anniversary.” Now it’s the title of a Netflix romantic-comedy starring Ben Schwartz and Noël Wells. But the story of a couple who grapple with their relationship on the day of their third anniversary may be more […]

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"I miss the person that I met three years ago... That guy was romantic." Netflix has debuted the first trailer for a romantic comedy titled Happy Anniversary, which is the directorial debut of screenwriter Jared Stern. The story is about a couple, as they approach their third anniversary, who must decide whether to stay together or call it quits. This actually looks maybe even better than you're expecting, so you might want to take a look anyway. Ben Schwartz (from The Intervention, "Parks and Rec") and Noel Wells (from Mr. Roosevelt, Infinity Baby, "Master of None") star as the main couple Sam and Mollie, with a cast including Annie Potts, Joe Pantoliano, Isidora Goreshter, and Rahul Kohli. This does look like a good mix of humor and emotion, with some funny and still poignant moments. Might hit a little close to home for some. Here's the official trailer for Jared Stern's Happy Anniversary,...

Noël Wells recently popped up on our radar last year with her directorial debut “Mr. Roosevelt.” We enjoyed the film, and have been looking forward to what’s next on the actress’ docket. Well, in a new trailer for the film “Happy Anniversary,” we see Wells in what could be a pretty fun film.

While Wells didn’t write or direct “Happy Anniversary” (that went to “The Lego Batman Movie” writer Jared Stern), you can see her comedic sensibilities shine in the trailer.

Sam and Molly aren’t having a great anniversary. In Jared Stern’s directorial debut “Happy Anniversary,” the long-time couple are ostensibly celebrating three years together when Molly (Noël Wells) makes a startling admission: she’s not happy. That’s certainly one way to put a major pin in Sam (Ben Schwartz) offering up relatively benign wish of “happy anniversary” on, you know, their actual anniversary.

What follows in the new Netflix original is a day-long exploration of the pair’s relationship, complete with flashbacks to their earliest days, and a two-pronged perspective that allows both Sam and Molly to explore the good and bad of their bond, and where it might go in the future.

It’s a cute conceit for a rom-com, but it’s also laced through with truth — Stern himself has admitted it’s a semi-autobiographical tale — and the problems that plague Sam and Molly are extremely relatable.

Rahul Kohli has been cast in the Netflix romantic comedy Happy Anniversary from writer/director Jared Stern. The pic stars Noel Wells and Ben Schwartz as a couple at a relationship crossroads who must decide whether to stay together or calls it quits. Kohli will play Ed, Sam’s (Schwartz) loyal and vulgar best friend and business partner. Helena Heyman, M. Elizabeth Hughes, and Marc Provissiero are producing. Kohli, best known for his role as forensic pathologist Dr. Ravi…...