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National Geographic is launching a new initiative that celebrates people who have made a positive and forward-looking impact on the world and its people. Dubbed National Geographic 33, the initiative will see the publication honoring 33 changemakers through the release of videos and photos honoring their contributions. The full list of honorees will be released today, and will include Hollywood stars, climate activists, and innovators across other sectors of the arts and sciences.

ScreenRant is excited to debut looks at digital covers for National Geographic 33. Featuring Academy Award winner and Wicked: For Good star Michelle Yeoh and Black-ish and Grown-ish star Yara Shahidi, the covers highlight the actors themselves and briefly touches on the accomplishments that led them to be included. In Yeoh's case, the actor and Undp Goodwill Ambassador was chosen for her work spotlighting women in disaster zones, including Turkey and Syria. Shahidi has publicly explored the psychology of optimism,...

There’s a tried-and-true aphorism in Hollywood that ‘There’s no one way to break in.’ Even though TV writing seems to have one of the more straightforward paths – Pa, Script Coordinator, Writers’ Assistant, Staff Writer, Success????- the saying still applies.

Take Episodic Writing Lab Fellow Hank Jones for example. Sure, he got a break working as a Pa on The Game, but that wasn’t the end of his journey. The Will Trent writer made his own projects, applied to labs, and worked writing for animation before moving over to live action.

And of course, he was a part of Film Independent’s Episodic Writing Labs. The lab gave him the opportunity to hone his craft, practice pitching, and build a community with his fellow writers.

We spoke with him earlier this month about his journey, and what he would say to aspiring TV writers.

Oh and by the way,...

NAACP Image Awards organizers on Thursday revealed the host for this year’s ceremony as well as the recipient of the Founders Award.

BET Media Group will be honored with the Founders Award, presented during Saturday’s ceremony, which will at 8 p.m. Et/Pt live on BET and CBS. That award honors individuals and organizations who “took the risk to be the first — and sometimes at all costs — believing and demonstrating that the unattainable is indeed attainable.” BET Media Group was chosen for its “45-year legacy of amplifying Black culture and championing authentic storytelling.”

BET was founded in 1980 by Bob and Shelia Johnson, becoming the first cable network for Black audiences. It has since grown into a multimedia company spanning television, streaming, digital, live events and international markets. BET also made advocacy part of its mission, leading relief efforts through the BET Saving Our Selves platform for Haiti, Hurricane Katrina,...

Exclusive: Aud Mason-Hyde, one of the breakouts of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, has signed with Artists First for management.

A queer trans nonbinary actor from Australia, Mason-Hyde stars opposite Olivia Colman and John Lithgow in Jimpa, a semi-autobiographical family drama from returning Sundance filmmaker Sophie Hyde. The film follows filmmaker and mother Hannah (Colman) as she takes her nonbinary teenager Frances (Mason-Hyde) on a trip to Amsterdam to visit their beloved gay grandpa Jim, aka “Jim-pa” (Lithgow).

In his review of the film out of Sundance, Deadline’s Pete Hammond called Mason-Hyde “perfectly cast.”

Mason-Hyde’s additional credits include the award-winning indie 52 Tuesdays, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014, the Aussie ABC six-part series F*&#ing Adelaide, and the 2022 short film Right Here that played the festival circuit in Australia and was nominated for a number of awards. Also a poet,...

A Max original, The Pitt is a medical drama that chronicles one 15-hour shift in the emergency room of the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital. Gritty and authentic, each episode in the show covers a single hour of the shift beginning at seven in the morning. With medical students and interns in tow on their very first day, Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle), the show’s senior attending, navigates the organized chaos that’s become synonymous with working in the ER.

A realistic representation of medical personnel on the frontlines, the series isn’t made for those with a queasy stomach. At any given moment, viewers could witness a simple flesh wound or the inside of someone’s chest cavity. It is an ER after all. Given the scope of the series, The Pitt has an extensive cast, which audiences might recognize from other television shows and movies. Below are the...

The NAACP Image Award nominations have been revealed — with “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo, multi-hyphenate Keke Palmer, rapper Kendrick Lamar, comedian Kevin Hart and NFL hall of famer-turned-broadcaster Shannon Sharpe competing for Entertainer of the Year.

The winner of the prestigious award will be announced on Feb. 22 during the two-hour live broadcast of the 56th NAACP Image Awards from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, airing on BET and CBS. The theme for this year’s show is, “Our Stories, Our Culture, Our Excellence.” A host is yet to be announced, though Queen Latifah emceed the previous two ceremonies.

“The Piano Lesson” leads the motion picture categories with 14 nominations, including recognition for director Malcolm Washington and stars John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Samuel L. Jackson, Corey Hawkins and Skylar Aleece Smith. The Netflix movie was nominated for outstanding motion picture, alongside Sony’s “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” Paramount’s “Bob Marley: One Love,...

Ryan Destiny said her role playing iconic female boxer Claressa “T-Rex” Shields in “The Fire Inside” helped her develop a new level of trust in herself as an actress.

“I think I found a lot of trust in myself. Obviously, a lot of different levels of discipline that I don’t think I’ve had to use before,” Destiny told TheWrap. “I knew that this film would challenge me in a way that scared me, but I used that fear to my advantage in a lot of ways. I just wanted it so bad, and I knew that I could execute it, and I knew that it would be something that was so different than what anyone’s ever seen me in. Other people couldn’t see it, but I could see it in myself.”

She added that “the entire journey itself has just put a lot more confidence in myself,...

The ascent from starring on a hit television show to booking the lead in a buzzy film has become increasingly common with this new class of movie stars. But where things went drastically different for actress Ryan Destiny is that her Independent Spirit Award-nominated performance in boxing biopic “The Fire Inside” was five years in the making—delayed by a global pandemic, the film going into turnaround, a new studio picking it up, and her primary scene partner being recast.

Speaking to IndieWire over Zoom about her turn in Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison’s directorial debut as Olympic champion boxer Claressa Shields, the only American in her sport to win back-to-back gold medals, Destiny said “I definitely didn’t think I would get it. Because I knew it was so competitive. Something like this, a project like this, especially with Barry Jenkins attached and Rachel attached, and the studio at that time,...

The Boys will end its run with season 5, but that's not even close to being the most exciting upcoming project in its shared cinematic universe on Prime Video. The Boys started out as a satire of the sprawling superhero franchises owned by Marvel and DC; it even has a scene in which Vought Studios overextends itself by announcing multiple phases’ worth of sequels and spin-offs all at once. But in the last couple of years, in response to its runaway success, The Boys has become the very thing it was spoofing.

Since The Boys has become the jewel in the Amazon crown, the megacorporation — which is suspiciously similar to the franchise’s corporate big bad, Vought International — is refusing to let it die. The Boys has several spin-offs already on the air and has even more in development, like a show set in Mexico with the working title The Boys: Mexico.

Learning to take and throw a punch is one thing, but changing your whole physique to better emulate one of the most awarded athletes in the sport of boxing is a different task entirely. For Ryan Destiny, originally an R&b singer turned actress on shows like “Star” and “Grown-ish,” becoming two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa “T-Rex” Shields in Rachel Morrison’s “The Fire Inside” was unlike any challenge she’d faced before.

“It was a lot. It was really, really exhausting, but in a good way,” Destiny said to the Los Angeles Times in a recent interview. “Because I have never pushed myself that way ever in my life before. Especially not physically. So to see my body transform from day one until actually starting was so crazy to me because I didn’t know my body could do those things that it was doing. And I built my...

10 Celebrities Who Went Back to College (and What They Studied) - Main Image

Despite achieving massive success at the height of their career, some celebrities that we know and love still went back to college and studied for a degree.

Here are some of the stars who managed to go back to studying during their fame.

Emma Watson

Emma Watson spent most of her younger years playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, but she still managed to study for college after her decade-long tenure in the role.

She graduated from Brown University in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in English literature.

Oprah Winfrey

Despite her career taking off in the late 1980s due to her talk show, Oprah Winfrey still found time to finish her college studies and get a degree.

After finally submitting her final paper years after leaving college, she received her degree in communication from Tennessee State University...

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The Sex Lives of College Girls is a teen comedy-drama series created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble. The Max series follows four young women as they begin their freshmen years as roommates at the Essex College in Vermont. It revolves around their day-to-day lives, from their love lives to their struggles with adulthood. The Sex Lives of College Girls stars Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Reneé Rapp, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Gavin Leatherwood, Christopher Meyer, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, and Renika Williams. So, if you loved the friendships, coming-of-age elements, hilarious comedy, and compelling characters in The Sex Lives of College Girls, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Sex Education is a British teen comedy-drama series created by Laurie Nunn. The Netflix series follows Otis Milburn, a student at Moordale Secondary...

Exclusive: Barrett Carnahan (Cobra Kai) has been cast in the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind for the space drama’s upcoming fifth season. In a recurring role, he will portray ‘Marcus,’ a recent high school graduate living on Mars.

The latest season of For All Mankind, created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, rocketed the series into the new millennium. In the eight years since Season 3, Happy Valley has rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars by turning former foes into partners. It’s now 2003, and the space program’s focus has turned to capturing and mining extremely valuable, mineral-rich asteroids that could change the future of both Earth and Mars. But simmering tensions between the residents of the now-sprawling international base threaten to undo everything they are working toward.

Carnahan joins the expanding cast that includes Mireille Enos, Costa Ronin, Sean Kaufman, Ruby Cruz and Ines Asserson.

Today, Yara Shahidi — the award-winning actress best known for her roles in the ABC sitcom “black-ish” and Freeform spinoff series, “grown-ish” — releases the first episode of her new SiriusXM podcast, “The Optimist Project” – and it features special guest Janelle Monáe! Listen to the full episode on the SiriusXM app now.

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In the premiere episode titled “Optimism Through Art and Identity with Janelle Monáe,” Yara and Janelle discuss:

Janelle Monáe on Realizing She Lost Joy for Performing

“There was a point where, I was, again, too inside my head, too unable to just find the joy in performing itself because I was too busy critiquing the performance. That became my job. versus, no, your job is to play.

And so I went through the grieving process and forgiving process. I forgave myself for not having the tools to identify,...

Actor and producer Yara Shahidi has signed with Objectively Good Management (Ogm) for representation.

Shahidi is best known for starring in ABC’s “Black-ish” and its spinoff “Grown-ish.” Shahidi also executive produced the Freeform show, which wrapped up its six-season run in May, under the 7th Sun Productions banner she runs with her business partner and mother Keri Salter-Shahidi. 7th Sun Productions is signed to a multi-year overall deal with ABC Signature, which expanded in 2022 with the addition of a collaboration with Onyx Collective.

“I’m thrilled to welcome Yara Shahidi to the Ogm family,” stated Mohamed Kheir, the company’s president of management, in a statement announcing the signing. “Yara’s talent, intellect and commitment to impactful storytelling, both as an actor and producer, make her a unique force. We look forward to supporting her as she continues to break new ground and inspire audiences around the world.”

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Exclusive: Kedar Williams-Stirling (Sex Education), Yara Shahidi (Grown-ish), Keith Powers (Uglies), and Tony Award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton) are in talks to star in Bloom, a coming-of-age romance marking the feature debut of Cole Swanson, who will direct from his own script.

The film is set against the enchanting backdrop of Tuscany, where a young and gifted Black artist named Ace (Williams-Stirling) embarks on a profound journey of self-discovery after moving to Italy on a scholarship for university. In his time there, he forges unexpected friendships and ignites a passionate romance, all within the captivating orbit of a defiant and opulent circle of wealthy young Black adults deemed “The Casa Rosa Kids.”

The film has been described as Love Jones in Italy, featuring super rich Black kids navigating a steamy love triangle. Dane Clarke II and Joel Poku’s Pineloft Entertainment developed it and will produce alongside Jolene Rodriguez of Broken English Productions.

Upcoming CBS soap opera “Beyond the Gates” has completed its castings, with veteran actor and Broadway star Clifton Davis joining the daytime series as the Dupree family patriarch.

Along with Davis (“Godfather of Harlem”), Alex Alegria (“Gossip Girl”), Lauren Buglioli (“Bad Monkey”), Ben Gavin (“Super 8”), Jibre Hordges (“Grown-ish”), Jen Jacob (“The Union”) and Mike Manning (“This Is Us”) have also signed on to star. Come 2025, the show will be the first-ever one-hour Black daytime soap and the first new daytime drama to premiere since “Passions” in 1999.

Previously announced cast members include Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix, Karla Mosley, Brandon Claybon, Timon Kyle Durrett, Sean Freeman, Marquita Goings, Maurice Johnson, Trisha Mann-Grant, RhonniRose Mantilla, Ambyr Michelle, Colby Muhammad and Arielle Prepetit.

According to CBS, Davis will star as Vernon Dupree, the husband of Anita and the father of Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson and Dani Dupree. Hordges will play Jacob Hawthorne, Naomi...

CBS announced the final cast for its upcoming daytime drama series “Beyond the Gates” on Tuesday.

Leading the final casting announcement is veteran actor Clifton Davis who joins the series as Vernon Dupree, the Dupree family patriarch married to Anita (Tamara Tunie) and father to Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson (Daphnee Duplaix) and Dani Dupree (Karla Mosley), respectively.

Joining Davis are actors Alex Alegria, Lauren Bugliogli, Ben Gavin, Jibre Hordges, Jen Jacob and Mike Manning.

Rounding out the series cast are previously announced actors Brandon Claybon, Timon Kyle Durrett, Sean Freeman, Marquita Goings, Maurice Johnson, Trisha Mann-Grant, RhonniRose Mantilla, Ambyr Michelle, Colby Muhammad and Arielle Prepetit.

Set to premiere in early 2025 on CBS, “Beyond The Gates” tells the story of the Duprees, a powerful and prestigious multi-generational family that is the very definition of Black royalty.

Set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington D.C., and in one...

Beyond the Gates revealed the last wave of casting for the upcoming soap opera, which is slated to begin filming in November. This is the final casting announcement for the original cast of the daytime drama from CBS Studios and NAACP, which will premiere on CBS in early 2025.

Btg Casting News

Veteran television and stage actor Clifton Davis will star as Vernon Dupree, the Dupree family patriarch and husband of Anita Dupree (Tamara Tunie). Alex Alegria, Lauren Buglioli, Ben Gavin, Jibre Hordges, Jen Jacob, and Mike Manning are also joining the new daytime series.

Character Breakdown

Clifton Davis stars as Vernon Dupree, the Dupree family patriarch married to Anita and father to Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson and Dani Dupree. A venerable former senator, Vernon is gentle, humble, and generous with his knowledge and experience. Retired now, Vernon was at the forefront of the civil rights movement.

Davis is a veteran...

CBS has set the final new cast members for its upcoming daytime soap opera “Beyond the Gates.”

Legendary actor and Tony & Grammy Award nominee Clifton Davis has signed on to the series, as have Alex Alegria, Lauren Buglioli, Ben Gavin, Jibre Hordges, Jen Jacob, and Mike Manning.

Full character descriptions can be found below.

The new additions will appear alongside previously announced cast members Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix, Karla Mosley, Brandon Claybon, Timon Kyle Durrett, Sean Freeman, Marquita Goings, Maurice Johnson, Trisha Mann-Grant, RhonniRose Mantilla, Ambyr Michelle, Colby Muhammad and Arielle Prepetit.

“Beyond the Gates” was originally picked up to series at CBS back in April. As previously reported, the show was developed under CBS Studios’ content partnership with the NAACP. The show will begin production in November and will premiere in early 2025.

The show’s official logline states:

“‘Beyond the Gates’ is set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington,...

Chief Keef, a pioneer in the inception and rise of drill music, is getting his own documentary, Variety can exclusively report. Kenya Barris’ Khalabo Ink Society is partnering with Lyrical Lemonade and Cole Bennett to chronicle the Chicago native’s trajectory.

The film, directed by Bennett and produced by Barris and Khalabo’s Jeremy Allen, will capture Keef’s rise, hiatus and recent return to the city. It will examine Chicago’s influence on Keef’s life and career, as well as his impact on the city’s music scene and beyond.

Other notable players in the untitled documentary include Lyrical Lemonade’s Jake Millan and Krista Worby, who will executive produce the project alongside Khalabo Ink Society’s Emilie Geneve and Idris Dykes. Keef previously had a documentary titled “The Story of Sosa: The Movie” in the works at Apple Music in 2017, though the film never materialized.

Throughout his career,...

Sketch comedy aficionado Druski has built a brand around the notion of “could have.” There’s Coulda Been Records, the parody talent-scouting show he started on Instagram Live during the pandemic; the Coulda Been House YouTube reality web series it spawned — which premiered in February with guest stars Snoop Dogg and Chris Brown; and Coulda Fest, his 17,000-person sold-out comedy and music festival held at State Farm Arena in Atlanta in September. But in real life, the comedian, born Drew Desbordes, doesn’t believe in what could have been.

“Nothing is a mistake,” says Druski. “Everything happens for a reason. My whole life is like that.”

Such has been the case for the 30-year-old who has amassed a following of more than 15 million across TikTok and Instagram with his hilariously relatable skits portraying everything from airport debacles to relationship squabbles and athletic fanaticism — the latter of which led to him...

Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry’s star-studded musical film now has its title and release date. Universal Pictures will release “Atlantis” wide on May 9, 2025.

While plot details remain under wraps, the film is described as an expedition into the summer of 1977 in the Virginia Beach neighborhood inspired by the Atlantis Apartments of Williams’ childhood.

The all-star cast includes Kelvin Harrison Jr., Halle Bailey, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brian Tyree Henry, Quinta Brunson, Anderson .Paak, Janelle Monáe, Tim Meadows, Jayson Lee, Jamilah Rosemond, Jaboukie Young-White and Missy Elliott.

Academy Award-winning “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “The Science of Sleep” filmmaker Gondry directs a screenplay by Martin Hynes (“Toy Story 4″) and Steven Levenson.

The coming-of-age film features songs by Williams and the decorated musical duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. “Atlantis” is produced by Williams, Mimi Valdés and Gil Netter.

The film is executive produced by Matthew Hirsch, Raffi Adlan, Jennie Lee,...

From 87North comes a new women-led action project Ballerina Overdrive.

The cast has rotated a bit since the project was first announced out of Berlin’s European Film Market with additions still being made.

For everything we know about Ballerina Overdrive, read on.

What is Ballerina Overdrive about?

The film will follow a troupe of ballerinas whose bus breaks down on the way to a dance competition. While they are stranded, they must fight for survival.

Who is in Ballerina Overdirve?

Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds (A Quiet Place) and Iris Apatow (The Bubble) were among the first announced as cast members of the action feature film, which Deadline reported first. Lena Headey (Game of Thrones), Yara Shahidi (Grown-ish) and Isabela Merced were also originally attached, but they have since dropped the project.

Warner Bros. TV has responded to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by Michael Crichton‘s widow, calling the legal move “baseless” and arguing that the studio’s upcoming medical procedural “The Pitt” is very different from “ER.”

“The lawsuit filed by the Crichton Estate is baseless, as ‘The Pitt’ is a new and original show,” the studio said in a statement. “Any suggestion otherwise is false, and Warner Bros. Television intends to vigorously defend against these meritless claims.”

The swift Warner Bros. response comes after the Crichton estate accused exec producer John Wells of a “personal betrayal,” claiming that he and star Noah Wyle came up with “The Pitt” after the Crichton estate blocked their plans to reboot “ER.” “‘The Pitt’ is ‘ER,’” the lawsuit states. “It’s not like ‘ER.’ It’s not kind of ‘ER.’ It’s not sort of ‘ER.’ It is ‘ER’ with the exact same executive producer,...

Exclusive: Netflix on Monday morning revealed Ok, Mister as the title of its new comedy special from Deon Cole, teased back in May, announcing that it’ll premiere globally on the streamer on September 17.

Ok, Mister is Cole’s third special for Netflix on the heels of Charleen’s Boy and Cole Hearted, which were respectively released in 2022 and 2019. In his new hour, filmed at Netflix Is a Joke Fest in Los Angeles, Cole riffs on the telltale signs of aging, bedroom mishaps, dating deal-breakers and more.

Ryan Polito directed the special, for which Cole, Kirsten Ames and John Irwin served as executive producers. Irwin Entertainment was the production company. Check out a sneak peek above.

In between the release of his two Netflix specials, Cole put out Workin’ It Out, a stand-up documentary released exclusively on Netflix is a Joke’s YouTube channel, which has there garnered 2.4 million views to date.

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of September titles. The Tubi September 2024 slate features new Tubi Originals and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller, and Western titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library: over 200,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of Tubi Originals, and nearly 250 Fast channels.

You can watch the Tubi September 2024 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.

You can also watch the service on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the Tubi site.

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Kim Kardashian is continuing to expand her footprint as a TV producer at Disney. The reality star-turned-actor has entered a first look deal at 20th Television, through which she will develop dramas, comedies and limited series.

The first new project in development under the deal is “Group Chat,” a series based on La La Anthony’s 2014 book “The Love Playbook: Rules for Love, Sex and Happiness.” Anthony will star in the project and executive produce alongside Kardashian and Kenya Barris, who serves as creator via his Khalabo Ink Society banner. Khalabo’s Adam Kassan also executive produces. BET Studios co-produces with 20th.

If greenlit, “Group Chat” will stream on Hulu.

The deal and development announcement follow a big year for Kardashian, who recently starred in “American Horror Story: Delicate,” created by Ryan Murphy and produced by 20th. She and Murphy have also set a legal drama at the studio, in...

7th Sun Productions, the company founded by Yara and Keri Shahidi, have tapped Kauveh Khozein Carrera to lead development.

Khozein Carrera previously worked for Angelina Jolie and Netflix’s Original Series team, which was responsible for Firefly Lane and My Life with the Walter Boys. He also worked for media financier Picturestart and Scott Free Television.

“What a thrill to shepherd Yara and Keri’s vision, marrying creative genius with exemplary community involvement during a momentous time for the company. I’ve always been drawn to the power of storytelling, which has been expertly harnessed in the Shahidi’s long-standing relationship with Disney, and look forward to the journey ahead with them as we fire on all cylinders in TV, film, and beyond,” said Khozein Carrera.

7th Sun Productions continues to operate under an overall deal at ABC Signature in partnership with Onyx Collective, where they have active development at play.

Spend your summer at Disney+! It's a light month at the House of Mouse but still plenty of programming for younger audiences out of school for the summer! This August, catch the Season 2 premiere of "Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures," as well as Season 2 of its companion shorts series. Season 3 of "Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends" will also come to Disney+ this month with Team Spidey taking on Zola, Sandman, Doc Ock, and more.

On the live-action side, K-pop megastars Jimin and Jung Kook hit the road in “Are You Sure?!,” a new travel documentary series premiering on Disney+ this month that follows the BTS members on an unforgettable trip in Summer 2023 ahead of their military enlistment. Plus, catch up on the final season of Freeform’s “grown-ish,” Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, Trevor Jackson, and more, which concluded its six-season run this past May.

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If you’re like me, you spend a lot of August yelling “Summer is over!” to your nearest and dearest — and they don’t take kindly to that. Summer TV is in its twilight, while fall premieres loom on the horizon after the Emmy Awards on September 15.

But summer is not over, and there’s plenty of new titles to stream in the Disney bundle. Disney+ will premiere new Star Wars and “Winnie the Pooh” titles for kids, as well as the original series “Are You Sure?!” following BTS’s Jimin and Jung Kook. Hulu will become home to “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “The Woman King,” “Smile,” and more movie titles, as well as the home for FX series — this month: “The New York Times Presents: Lie to Fly: Documentary Premiere.” Hulu originals “Solar Opposites” returns on August 12, and “Reasonable Doubt” for its second season starting August...

Exclusive: Siena Agudong (Resident Evil), Luke Eisner (Tall Girl) and Noah Lomax (The Walking Dead) are among the newest additions to the cast of The Upside of Unrequited, the forthcoming coming-of-age comedy from filmmakers Anna-Elizabeth and Hillary Shakespeare, aka The Shakespeare Sisters.

Other newcomers to the cast include Patrick Luwis (Barbie) and Matthew Sato. As previously announced, Ayvan Williams Jessica Belkin and Savannah Smith will also star.

Based on the book of the same name by New York Times bestselling author Becky Albertalli, The Upside of Unrequited centers on Molly (Williams), an awkward teenager who feels left behind when her twin sister Cassie (Belkin) starts her first relationship with her dream girl Mina (Agudong). In an attempt to get closer to her sister again, Molly lets Cassie set her up with Mina’s best friend Will (Eisner). Molly goes along with it but she’s caught:...

The MCU Wonder Man series set to premiere on Disney Plus with a unique Hollywood superhero twist and 10 episodes in the first season. The cast includes Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams/Wonder Man and Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery returning to the MCU. The show is part of the Marvel Spotlight banner, suggesting a more character-focused, grounded story, potentially kept more separate from the main MCU storyline.

Marvel Studios upcoming Wonder Man series, which will bring the titular superhero into the sprawling ensemble of the MCU, has an announced cast, a plot summary, and a few other details to share. Produced by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton, Wonder Man is set to premiere on Disney Plus with a first season consisting of 10 episodes. Also, Wonder Mans vanity, dark backstory, and place in show business will make him stand out among the other Marvel superheroes in the franchise.

Max’s upcoming medical procedural “The Pitt” has added nine new actors to its cast, Variety has learned.

The new cast members will star alongside previously announced series lead Noah Wyle as the “frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh,” per the official logline. Max has given a 15-episode order to the series.

The new series regulars are: Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, Shabana Azeez and Katherine Lanasa.

R. Scott Gemmill will write the first episode and executive produce the series alongside Wyle, John Wells of John Wells Productions (Jwp) and Jwp’s Erin Jontow, Simran Baidwan, and Michael Hissrich. Warner Bros. Television, where Jwp is under an overall deal, is the studio.

Ifeachor is repped by Paradigm, Nb Management, Artists Partnership and VanderKloot Law. Ball is repped by Innovative Artists and Authentic Talent and Literary Management. Ganesh is...

As if serving as the creative director of the 28th edition of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) wasn’t enough, Issa Rae will now sit for the inaugural “Creator Conversation” with two very special guests: Ava DuVernay and Kenya Barris.

The exclusive live event — which is part of a new program dubbed “Creator Conversations” — will take attendees on a journey through their Rae, DuVernay and Barris’ processes and careers, including recent projects such as DuVernay’s latest film “Origin” and Barris’ hit “Black-ish” franchise and his directorial debut “You People.”

“We are truly delighted to get a rare glimpse into the minds of three trailblazers who are reshaping the landscape of film and television. Ava DuVernay, Kenya Barris and Issa Rae are incredibly talented creators whose work and careers we admire tremendously,” ​​said Nice Crowd President Nicole Friday announcing the special event, which will be held on Friday, June...

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will lead the cast of Netflix’s upcoming thriller series “Man on Fire.” He will also executive produce the project alongside Steven Caple Jr., who has been set as director of the first two episodes under showrunner Kyle Killen.

“Man on Fire” is based on A.J. Quinnell’s first two novels about former French Foreign Legion solider John Creasy, titled “Man on Fire” (1981) and “The Perfect Kill” (1992). This is not the first adaptation of the Quinnell novels; Creasy was played by Denzel Washington in a 2004 “Man on Fire” film and by Scott Glenn in 1987.

The logline for Netflix’s adaptation reads, “Once a high functioning and skilled Special Forces Mercenary, known for surviving even the most desolate of situations, Creasy (Mateen) is now plagued with intense Ptsd. Determined to overcome his personal demons, he sets out on a path to redemption. But, before he can adjust to this new life,...

Exclusive: Universal Pictures’ untitled coming-of-age musical from director Michel Gondry and producer Pharrell Williams has two new additions, the studio announced on Wednesday: Quinta Brunson, the creator and star of hit ABC comedy Abbott Elementary, and eight-time Grammy winner Anderson .Paak.

No character details have been disclosed. Set in Virginia Beach in the summer of 1977, the film pays homage to the neighborhood where Williams grew up, and its Atlantis Apartments, in particular.

As previously announced, Kelvin Harrison Jr. leads an ensemble that also includes Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Halle Bailey, Brian Tyree Henry, Missy Elliott, Janelle Monáe, Tim Meadows, Jaboukie Young-White, Jamilah Rosemond and Jayson Lee.

Written by Martin Hynes and Steven Levenson, the film’s being produced by Williams and Mimi Valdés for i am Other, as well as Gil Netter for Netter Films. Universal’s Senior Vice President of Production Development Ryan Jones and Director of Production Development Christine Sun...

Yara Shahidi and Marcus Scribner first joined the Johnson family a decade ago.

The then-child actors landed starring roles in ABC’s black-ish as Zoey and Andre Johnson, the eldest two of five precocious siblings with big ambitions. Little did they know, 10 years later, they’d finally be bidding farewell to these characters — on an entirely different show.

Freeform’s grown-ish wrapped its sixth and final season on Wednesday, closing that chapter for Shahidi and Scribner.

“It feels crazy. It feels odd. It’s been 10 years of doing the same thing for so long and growing with the character,” Scribner told Deadline. “You create a family and you create a lot of friends and have to say goodbye to all that, but I’m thankful that we get to send off the show with an actual little bowtie to end it all off.”

The opportunity to end a show with...

Network: Freeform.

Episodes: 105 (half-hour).

Seasons: Six.

TV show dates: January 3, 2018 — May 22, 2024

Series status: Ended.

Performers include: Yara Shahidi, Deon Cole, Trevor Jackson, Francia Raisa, Emily Arlook, Jordan Buhat, Chris Parnell, Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Luka Sabbat, Diggy Simmons, Marcus Scribner, Daniella Perkins, Justine Skye, and Tara Raani.

TV show description:

From creator Kendra Barris, the Grown-ish TV show is a spin-off of ABC's sitcom Black-ish. The coming-of-age comedy follows Zoey Johnson (Shahidi) as she leaves the home of her parents, Dre and Rainbow (Anderson and Ross), and heads off to college.

Pretty, popular, sociable, and more than a bit entitled, Zoey arrives at Southern California University, only to discover that spreading her wings is not...

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Scripted Freeform shows listed: Alone Together, Baby Daddy, Beyond, The Bold Type, Chasing Life, Cruel Summer, Dead of Summer, Everything's Gonna Be Okay, Everything's Trash, Famous In Love, The Fosters, Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Guilt, Kevin from Work, Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Melissa & Joey, Motherland: Fort Salem, Mystery Girls, Party of Five, Pretty Little Liars, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Ravenswood, Recovery Road, Shadowhunters, Single Drunk Female, Siren, Stitchers, Switched at Birth, Twisted, The Watchful Eye, and Young & Hungry.

Updated with the latest ratings for Grown-ish.

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Taking cues from The Cosby Show’s iconic spinoff A Different World but updated for some 30 years later, Grown-ish, the Black-ish spawn premiered on Freeform in January 2018 by following Yara Shahidi’s Zoey Johnson, Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Bow’s (Tracee Ellis Ross) firstborn, to college. Similar to its predecessor, Grown-ish tackled many controversial topics, including university investment in the prison system, drug use, pre-nil exploitation of college athletes, sex, the value of college and more, but did so with a fresh voice and perspective.

Zoey’s college world included her competing love interests — woke Black campus activist Aaron (Trevor Jackson) and ultimate hipster Luca (Luka Sabbat) — as well as Latina Republican Ana (Francia Raìsa), Jewish rebel Nomi (Emily Arlook), first-generation Indian American and all-around hustler Vivek (Jordan Buhat), Olympic-bound South Los Angeles track stars Jazz and Sky (sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey, who perform the show’s theme song) and later,...

It's finally graduation time in Grown-ish but sadly for fans it means that the long-running series is coming to an end and taking the "-ish" universe with it. Before Freeform sends the comedy/drama series off, the network decided to share with Collider a sneak peek with a moment that fans have been waiting the whole season for a reunion with the Og Grown-ish besties. The final episode, titled "Grown," airs this Wednesday, and we can now unveil the sneak peek for you.

At the second Netflix Upfront presentation, Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria discussed a variety of shows, movies, and live events coming to the streaming service.

Netflix announced new series, including witty comedies like Golf, starring Will Ferrell and executive produced by Ramy Youseff and Rian Johnson, Running Point, starring Kate Hudson and executive produced by Mindy Kaling, and Nobody Wants This, starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody.

Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx in Back in Action

The scripted comedy Golf has received a 10-episode order. In his first TV comedy series, Ferrell stars as a fictional golf legend, and Youssef will also play a role. The series was created by Will Ferrell, Ramy Youssef, and Josh Rabinowitz. Youssef and Rabinowitz are showrunners and executive producers.

Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum, and Alix Taylor are executive producers for Gloria Sanchez Productions. Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, and Nena Rodrigue are executive producers for T-Street.

Grown-ish is making way for a full-circle guest-starring appearance as Malcolm-Jamal Warner joins Freeform‘s black-ish spinoff in the role of Darnell, father to Diggy Simmons‘ Doug. In an exclusive sneak peek, we’re giving fans their first look at Warner’s character in action as he observes Doug at work. The topic is a touchy one for the two as Doug butts heads with his dad Darnell over his career choice. What makes Warner’s appearance a full-circle moment is his history with the series A Different World, which influenced Grown-ish, a series that is considered a more modern counterpart to the popular series. Now, Warner’s guest-starring role is bringing a direct link between the two by stepping into the Freeform show. Freeform In the clip, above, the scene begins with Aaron (Trevor Jackson) chatting up Doug at the bar, where he says, “I’m good with parents,...

“Black-ish” and “Grown-ish” star Yara Shahidi has signed on to executive produce the documentary “Paint Me a Road Out of Here,” which will make its world premiere at the DC/Dox Film Festival next month.

Directed by Catherine Gund, “Paint Me a Road Out of Here” features artists Faith Ringgold and Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter and “uncovers the whitewashed history of Ringgold’s masterpiece ‘For the Women’s House,’ following the painting’s 50-year journey from the Rikers Jail to the Brooklyn Museum in a heartbreaking, funny and true parable for a world without mass incarceration.”

Of the painting Ringgold has said: “The women wanted to be free, they wanted to be out of there of course but it was obvious to me that the reason many of them were there was because they had a lack of freedom in the first place. They were arrested for doing things for other people.

It's the age-old question: can friendships survive hookups? In the new episode of Grown-ish, this is the theme that will circulate several of the characters' minds. The reason is a bit of a shocker, because it involves Andre (Marcus Scribner), Annika (Justine Skye) and Kiela (Daniella Taylor) going out for a wild night and then waking up in bed together. Collider can now share an exclusive sneak peek at the aftermath of this mess, before the episode airs tonight.

Exclusive: Blu Hunt (The New Mutants) and Peter Vack (Pvt Chat) are in production in North Macedonia on Replay, the sophomore feature from veteran music video director Jason Lester (High Resolution), which has unveiled a first-look still.

Specifics as to the plot of the film are under wraps, though it’s been described as an unconventional romantic drama following a young couple on a trip through North Macedonia. Also starring Sara Klimoska (You Won’t Be Alone), Morgan Krantz (In the Dark), and The Ion Pack podcast’s Kj Rothweiler (Salamander Days), pic’s written by Lester and Hunt.

Manuel Inacker, Sara Ferro, Stephen Belden, Lester and Hunt are producing alongside EPs David Lipper, Robert A. Daly Jr., David Grove Churchill Viste and Jayne Sullivan.

“It’s been incredible getting to film Replay in North Macedonia, a country that could not be more thematically appropriate for the story we’re telling in the film,...

Kenya Barris was deeply inspired by “The Cosby Show” when he created “Black-ish” in 2014. The writer and executive producer wanted to create a similarly beloved family sitcom that was expressly Black, not only with the characters, but also in the subject matter the show covered. That mission was achieved, and like “The Cosby Show,” “Black-ish” went on to spawn a TV universe that would also make an impact.

“Grown-ish” was the first “Black-ish” spinoff. It has now gone six seasons and will air its 100th episode this month. Similar to “A Different World” with Lisa Bonet’s Denise Huxtable from “The Cosby Show,” “grown-ish” has chronicled the college adventures of “Black-ish” characters Zoey Johnson (Yara Shahidi) and later Andre Johnson Jr. (Marcus Scribner). “Grown-ish” has become a tentpole series for Freeform, according to Simran Sethi, exec VP of programming and content at Freeform and ABC.

The series has tackled storylines about college athlete pay,...

Exclusive: Kyanna Simone (The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat) and Randall Park (Shortcomings) have been tapped for supporting roles alongside Samara Weaving and Karl Glusman in Eenie Meanie, 20th’s heist thriller from writer-director Shawn Simmons. Roles for the duo are under wraps.

The film centers on Edie (Weaving), a former teenage getaway driver who is dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend (Glusman). Produced by the Deadpool franchise’s Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the project is likely to premiere on Hulu, according to multiple sources.

Most recently, Simone finished shooting Searchlight’s The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, where she stars opposite Uzo Aduba, Aunjanue Ellis, and Sanaa Lathan. Previously, she’s also been seen in films like Project Power, Ma, and HBO’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, where she...

Andre and Aaron join forces to impress a critic and face surprising news at Cal U in a new Grown-ish season 6 clip. "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" features rapper Lil Yachty and comedian Druski in a hype-filled clip. Grown-ish ends with its 100th episode, showing an invested and satisfying conclusion for fans.

Screen Rant is proud to present an exclusive clip from Grown-ish season 6, episode 12, which airs Wednesday, April 10 on Freeform. The latest installment is titled “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” and will see Andre and Aaron attempt to put aside their differences to help Doug (Diggy Simmons) impress a restaurant critic. According to the official logline, Aaron (Trevor Jackson) will also "learn surprising news about his mentor at Cal U," while Andre (Marcus Scribner) "attempts to find an investor for his fledgling management company."

“Get Rich or Die Tryin’” features rapper, Lil Yachty, and comedian, Druski, both of whom...