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Bringing two movie stars together to do a buddy action flick has been one of Hollywood's greatest traditions. The appeal of these movies is watching personalities butt heads with each other until differences lead to a genuine comradery in the end. "48 Hrs," "Lethal Weapon," "Hot Fuzz" and "The Nice Guys" are but a few examples of the kinds of chaotic screen duos that we still talk about today. You would think that a gangster buddy flick starring Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds would be more fondly remembered, but it currently exists as an oddity that never took off in the way either of them wanted it to.

On paper, the 1930's-set "City Heat" sounds like a fun idea. Eastwood plays Speer, a Kansas City police Lieutenant who finds himself in quite a predicament when Reynold's Mike Murphy, a cop turned private eye, waltzes back in his life. The gist...

If you have been watching Poker Face season 2, you might have recognized Charlie’s “Good Buddy.” The man Natasha Lyonne’s amateur sleuth Charlie talks to on her Cb radio is none other than Fargo actor Steve Buscemi.

As Lyonne told TVLine, her and Buscemi go way back as native New Yorkers: “He cut me out of a movie he directed called Animal Factory back in 1998. I played ‘Girlfriend.’ We joke about it to this day.” Lyonne says the team behind the show initially approached Buscemi to direct an episode of Poker Face, and while he was unavailable to work on the sophomore season, “he was available to be Good Buddy.”

Buscemi is one of many famous actors who appear throughout season 2 of Poker Face. Cynthia Erivo, Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, and John Mulaney are just some of the numerous guest stars who will pop up throughout Charlie’s adventures.

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Thursday’s Poker Face.

There are plenty of guest stars this season on Poker Face — but one of them, we didn’t see coming. (Or hear, anyway.)

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Note: This story contains spoilers from “Poker Face” Season 2, Episode 3.

Any “Poker Face” fan would have expected the second installment of the Rian Johnson-created series to play out in a similar way to last season: Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale travels across the country in her Plymouth Barracuda solving murders before the finale sees her come face-to-face with the current antagonist.

But, instead, “Poker Face” threw out the rule book and eliminated the threat looming over Charlie from mob boss Beatrix Hasp (Rhea Perlman) in just the third episode of the season with an FBI string gone wrong that puts Beatrix into witness protection and Charlie without a hit on her head.

“When we started talking about different options of a … through-line, I don’t think any of them really excited us creatively,” showrunner Tony Tost told TheWrap. “We’re under that assumption that you have this big bad...

The return of the sweetest dating show on television; the long-awaited debut of an animated adaptation of a classic Japanese video game; Charlie Brooker’s latest batch of tech horror; a possible breakout action move from Japan; Joe Goldberg’s last stand; and Tom Hardy fighting crime and doing accents are some of the highlights among the new films and series hitting Netflix in April.

A third season of Netflix’s critically acclaimed and Emmy-winning reality dating series Love on the Spectrum hits the streamer on April 2. The franchise, which began with the much-loved Australian version in 2019, has spawned various international adaptations, and we get a third season of the American version here as a new batch of singles on the autism spectrum go out in search of love.

On April 3, Netflix drops its long-in-development and hotly anticipated animated adaptation of the popular Japanese video game Devil May Cry. The streamer,...

A new month for you means many new movies and series on Netflix. Your favorite streamer starts every month strong, and April is no different. There are older movies to see, new thrillers, and anything you might want to watch.

Heck, there are even the first Smokey and the Bandit films. Have they aged well? You will have to watch them for yourself and judge.

There are also several films that are just silly fun. That makes sense as the month starts with April Fools Day. If you can't watch something funny then, when can you?

Four movies that are new to Netflix in April you need to watch this weekHeat

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Netflix has unveiled the lineup of new TV shows and movies that will arrive on the platform in April 2025.

Among the highlights will be the April 10th premiere of Black Mirror’s seventh season, named by Consequence as one of the most anticipated TV shows of 2025. Other notable titles classic films like The Breakfast Club, Psycho, Field of Dreams, Heat, and Rudy; new episodes of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman; and documentaries like Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing and Carlos Alcaraz: My Way;

Find what other movies and shows are streaming on Netflix beginning in April 2025 below.

Titles Coming To Netflix In March:

*This list may not be comprehensive and is subject to change

April 1

The Age of Innocence

Big Daddy

Bonnie & Clyde

The Breakfast Club

Conan the Destroyer

Couples Retreat

The Croods

Draft Day

Field of Dreams

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The Netflix April 2025 Originals, movies, and TV series have been revealed and can be viewed below. The streaming service has also announced the list of movies and TV series leaving next month.

The Netflix April 2025 schedule includes Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight, Black Mirror Season 7, Chef’s Table: Legends, The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox, Devil May Cry, Havoc, and How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) Season 4.

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Also coming to the service are Jurassic World: Chaos Theory Season 3, Love on the Spectrum Season 3, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman Season 5 Part 2, Pokémon Horizons Season 2, Pulse, You Season 5, and more.

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Four years after bringing the world the high speed comedy classic Smokey and the Bandit (and three years after their stuntman comedy Hooper and one year after Smokey and the Bandit II), director Hal Needham and star Burt Reynolds teamed up again for another high speed comedy, the goofball ensemble film The Cannonball Run. The film was a big hit, the sixth highest-grossing domestic film of 1981, and it was followed by a pair of less successful sequels, Cannonball Run II (1983) and Speed Zone (1989). Even though the follow-ups aren’t highly regarded, The Cannonball Run is still a well-known title, which is why we’ve been hearing rumblings of a remake for years. Now, industry scooper Jeff Sneider of The InSneider reports that Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is likely to be the one to finally bring The Cannonball Run back to the screen, as his production company, Bosque Ranch, is developing...

Burt Reynolds achieved feature-film stardom and a large measure of credibility with his powerful dramatic performance in the 1972 thriller film Deliverance. Reynolds’ charm and sex appeal were effectively showcased throughout the rest of the decade in films like Hooper, The Longest Yard, Smokey and the Bandit, and Starting Over, which pleased audiences and critics alike while establishing Reynolds as an immensely likable star who was equally adept at action and comedy.

However, in the early 1980s, the good-old-boy image that led Reynolds to be voted Hollywood’s top box-office draw for a record five consecutive years between 1978 and 1982 reached a point of diminishing returns. His unsuccessful pairing with Clint Eastwood in the 1984 action film City Heat marked a precipice in his career from which he never regained his former star power. In the late 1980s, Reynolds made an ignominious return to television, where his career began in the early 1960s.

The late Burt Reynolds was a connoisseur of strong opinions. The man was known for speaking his mind, and what was on his mind was often unpredictable, entertaining, offensive, or otherwise wild. There was, for instance, that time he complained about the work of a then-up-and-coming Paul Thomas Anderson throughout the filming of "Boogie Nights," supposedly firing his agent because he hated the movie so much and only (slightly) changing his tune once he earned an Oscar nomination for his role. His opinions were just as colorful when it came to Greta Garbo (Per The Sun: she had "beautiful breasts"), Ingmar Bergman (To Esquire: "I'd rather be shot in the leg than watch an Ingmar Bergman picture"), and countless other celebrities with whom he crossed paths over his decades-long career.

With his reputation for airing grievances in mind, you'd be forgiven for imagining some beef might have existed between Reynolds...

Burt Reynolds was one of the effortlessly cool actors of his generation. His rugged charm, mischievous smile, and undeniable screen presence earned him a huge fan following. Rising to fame in the 1970s, Reynolds became a bona fide box office powerhouse. By some measures, he was, for a while, perhaps the biggest movie star on the planet. While most remember him for his high-speed chases and devil-may-care attitude in films like Smokey and the Bandit, his career also included some more diverse performances that proved he was more than just a leading man.

The writer and director worked on a string of successful comedies in the 1980s and 90s, including Private Benjamin and The Parent Trap, frequently with then wife Nancy Meyers

Charles Shyer, the director of Father of the Bride and Baby Boom, who formed a successful comedy film-making partnership with his then wife Nancy Meyers, has died aged 83. His family confirmed his death in a statement to Deadline, and his daughter, film-maker Hallie Meyers-Shyer, told the Hollywood Reporter he died in hospital in Los Angeles “after a brief illness”.

Shyer had a hand in a string of successful comedies made over four decades, often in conjunction with Meyers, whom he married in 1980. The son of studio executive Melville Shyer, he cut his teeth as a writer on the TV series The Odd Couple (starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman), before breaking into movies with a writing credit on Smokey and the Bandit.

Charles Shyer, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter who penned numerous successful films and TV series, including Private Benjamin, The Parent Trap, and Father of the Bride, reportedly passed away on Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at the age of 83, with no cause of death disclosed by the family. The late screenwriter and filmmaker, who began his career with Barefoot in the Park in 1970, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay for Private Benjamin in 1981.

Following the untimely demise of Charles Shyer, the Meyers-Shyer family issued a heartfelt statement to Deadline on Friday, outlining how Shyer's legacy will carry on with his children for years to come. Here is the official statement:

"It’s with an indescribably heavy heart that we share the news of our beloved father, Charles Shyer’s passing. His loss leaves an unfillable hole in our lives, but his legacy lives on through his children and the...

Jimmy Carter, who followed a principled yet tumultuous single term in the White House with a post-presidency dedicated to human rights and peace advocacy, died this afternoon in his hometown Plains, Ga., The Carter Center said.

The nonprofit organization said there would be public observances in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., as well as a private interment in Plains, Ga. The final arrangements of a state funeral are still pending.

Chip Carter, his son, said in a statement: “My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love. My brothers, sister, and I shared him with the rest of the world through these common beliefs. The world is our family because of the way he brought people together, and we thank you for honoring his memory by continuing to live these shared beliefs.”

At 100, Carter — who was born on Oct.

Charles Shyer, director of Father of the Bride and Baby Boom and cowriter of the Oscar-nominated Private Benjamin, died Friday, as Variety reports. He was 83. The cause of death was not disclosed.

“It’s with an indescribably heavy heart that we share the news of our beloved father, Charles Shyer’s passing,” his family said in a statement to Deadline. “His loss leaves an unfillable hole in our lives, but his legacy lives on through his children and the five decades of wonderful work he’s left behind. We honor...

After a historic career that led to numerous box office successes and an Oscar nomination, Private Benjamin's director and writer Charles Shyer has reportedly passed away. The creator worked on over a dozen films throughout his decades-long career. He achieved prominence with Private Benjamin, where he helped to turn Nancy Meyers into a box office star in her debut film. The two often worked together on Shyer's other renowned projects, including The Parent Trap (1998), Father of the Bride (1991), and Irreconcilable Differences (1984).

According to a report by Deadline, Shyer has passed away at 83 years old on Friday, December 27. The cause of death has not been released, and it is not expected that it will be made public. It is not known if the acclaimed director was working on any projects. If so, none have have been announced. He is survived by four children, who have shared their pain and grief. His...

Charles Shyer, the American film director, screenwriter, and producer behind films such as “Private Benjamin” and “Baby Boom,” passed away on Friday, December 27, at the age of 83.

In a statement given to Deadline, his family wrote, “It’s with an indescribably heavy heart that we share the news of our beloved father, Charles Shyer’s passing. His loss leaves an unfillable hole in our lives, but his legacy lives on through his children and the five decades of wonderful work he’s left behind. We honor the extraordinary life he led and know there will never be another quite like him.”

Born on October 11, 1941, in Los Angeles, California, Shyer was the son of Lois Delaney and Melville Shyer, a production executive and film director who co-founded the Directors Guild of America. Shyer later benefited from his father’s work, participating in the guild’s apprenticeship program following his studies at UCLA.

Charles Shyer, who was Oscar-nominated for co-writing “Private Benjamin” with Nancy Meyers and went on to direct a string of hit comedies including “Father of the Bride” and “Baby Boom,” died Friday. He was 83.

His family said in a statement to Deadline, “It’s with an indescribably heavy heart that we share the news of our beloved father, Charles Shyer’s passing. His loss leaves an unfillable hole in our lives, but his legacy lives on through his children and the five decades of wonderful work he’s left behind. We honor the extraordinary life he led and know there will never be another quite like him.”

After Shyer’s collaboration with Meyers, whom he married the same year as “Private Benjamin” was released, the pair were Oscar-nominated for original screenplay along with Harvey Miller, kicking off a fruitful professional and personal relationship that produced some of the 1980s and ’90s most successful comedies.

Charles Shyer, the writer and director behind some of the most memorable comedies of their eras, has passed away at the age of 83.

Charles Shyer’s first film credit – after penning episodes of The Odd Couple and Happy Days – came with 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, lending to what would become a fast-paced, quip-filled comedy that would be one of the highest-grossing movies of the year. Shyer would garner more industry attention with the following year’s House Calls, sharing a WGA nomination.

He would go on to win a Writers Guild of America Award for Private Benjamin, which found Goldie Hawn as a privileged 20-something who joins the army. Shyer, along with a team that also included frequent collaborator and one-time wife Nancy Meyers, would be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

While Private Benjamin would end up being Charles Shyer’s most defining work (it...

Charles Shyer, the director and Oscar-nominated writer who teamed with then-wife Nancy Meyers on such audience-pleasing, feel-good comedies as Private Benjamin, Irreconcilable Differences, Baby Boom and Father of the Bride, has died. He was 83.

Shyer died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a brief illness, his daughter Hallie Meyers-Shyer, writer and director of the 2017 Reese Witherspoon comedy Home Again, told The Hollywood Reporter.

The son of veteran assistant director Melville Shyer, one of the founders of the DGA, Shyer started out writing for sitcoms like The Odd Couple and The Partridge Family with then-partner Alan Mandel before they broke into the movies with the box office smash Smokey and the Bandit (1977), starring Burt Reynolds and Sally Field.

Shyer’s career skyrocketed when he joined forces with Meyers and Harvey Miller to pen the screenplay for Private Benjamin (1980), directed by Howard Zieff and featuring Goldie Hawn in her first big-screen starring role.

Oscar-nominated film director Charles Shyer, known for adding a funny touch to classic Hollywood films like “Private Benjamin” and “Father of the Bride,” has passed away at 83. He died on Friday, but the reason for his death has not been made public.

He died, and his family said, “His loss leaves an unfillable hole in our lives, but his legacy lives on through his children and the five decades of wonderful work he’s left behind.” Thank you for the wonderful life he lived. There will never be another person like him.

From the beginning, Shyer’s path in Hollywood seemed set in stone. He was born in Los Angeles to Lois Delaney and Melville Shyer, who worked as a production assistant and film director with D.W. Griffith. He started working in the movie business after going to UCLA to study. He started his career as an apprentice at the DGA.

Oscar nominated screenwriter, director, and producer Charles Shyer whose films include Private Benjamin, Baby Boom, and the 1991 remake of Father Of The Bride and its 1995 sequel Father Of The Bride II died Friday. No cause of death was given. He was 83.

The Meyers-Shyer family shared this statement with Deadline: “It’s with an indescribably heavy heart that we share the news of our beloved father, Charles Shyer’s passing. His loss leaves an unfillable hole in our lives, but his legacy lives on through his children and the five decades of wonderful work he’s left behind. We honor the extraordinary life he led and know there will never be another quite like him.”

Shyer’s Oscar nomination, as well as a WGA awards win, came for the original screenplay for 1980’s comedy hit, Private Benjamin starring Goldie Hawn which he co-wrote with Nancy Meyers and Harvey Miller. His next...

Boogie Nights takes place in the world of adult entertainment. Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 classic stars Mark Wahlberg as Dirk Diggler, a California native who became a well-known adult film actor in the San Fernando Valley during the '70s. Recognizable actors portray most characters, but several real-life adult film stars make cameos in small roles. Before Boogie Nights, Mark Wahlberg had already established an impressive resume in the entertainment industry, but this movie made him a star.

Boogie Nights transformed Wahlberg into a mainstream movie star, thanks in large part to his tragicomic lead performance and a climactic scene that literally exposes the film's lead character, Dirk Diggler. However, what many P.T. Anderson fans remember is that this film is full of character actors who would go on to appear in several of the director's movies over the next two decades, some in lead roles and others always working as brilliant supporting actors.

Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who with brothers Jerry and David Zucker turned the comedy genre on its ear with such zany efforts as Airplane!, Police Squad! and The Naked Gun films, died Tuesday. He was 80.

Abrahams died of natural causes at his home in Santa Monica, his son Joseph told The Hollywood Reporter.

The trio made their first mainstream impression by writing the sketch-filled Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), directed by John Landis in his prelude to Animal House, and they also combined for Top Secret! (1984), starring a young Val Kilmer, and Ruthless People (1986), featuring Bette Midler and Danny DeVito.

Without his childhood buddies from Wisconsin, Abrahams directed Big Business (1988), starring Midler and Lily Tomlin, and co-wrote and helmed Hot Shots! (1991) and its 1993 sequel, both starring Charlie Sheen.

Joke-filled and laden with sight gags and puns, the humor of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, or Zaz as they came to be known, was fast,...

Several seasons of one of the longest-running television shows of all time are coming to Peacock in December. Seasons seven through 15 of the classic Western, Gunsmoke, will debut on the streaming service on Dec. 9.

Starring James Arness as Marshal Dillon and based in Dodge City, Kansas, Gunsmoke ran for a total of 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975. Its considered to be one of the greatest Western television shows of all time and started its life as a radio series. It was adapted into a television show because of its popularity on the radio airwaves. On TV, Gunsmoke first aired in half-hour installments from 1955 to 1961 and then hour-long shows from 1961 to 1975.

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Combining crime drama with supernatural thriller, Dark Winds has revolutionized the western genre through the lens of a Native American perspective.

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In 1984, Clint Eastwood teamed with another screen icon for City Heat, which became one of the star's biggest disappointments. While Eastwood has worked non-stop since the 1950s, it's fair to say the 1980s was one of his weaker decades. If anything, the reception to City Heat is emblematic of his spotty record during the decade. Outside of Clint resurrecting the Western genre with Pale Rider in 1985 or helming his own favorite movie, Bronco Billy, much of his output like would-be blockbuster Firefox or lame action-comedy Pink Cadillac proved very disappointing.

Regardless of the tepid critical response to his '80s output, Eastwood was still a major box-office draw. The best example of this is the fourth Dirty Harry movie, Sudden Impact. Despite only earning 51% from critics (via Rotten Tomatoes), this sequel was one of Clint's biggest hits of the decade, nabbing over $67 million worldwide. Eastwood followed up with City Heat,...

Jason Statham remade not one, but two movies by Hollywood icon Burt Reynolds - it's just a shame their only collaboration sucked so much. Despite making his name in Guy Ritchie gangster comedies, Statham soon made a dramatic gear shift in his career. The Jason Statham action movie era began in earnest with 2001's Ghosts of Mars, but it was The Transporter that proved his big breakthrough. Like any leading man, he has had his peaks and valleys, but the box office success of The Beekeeper proves Statham is still on top of his game.

He has remade several cult classics in the action genre too. Statham fronted the remake of Charle Bronson's The Mechanic and played the lead in the reboot of the Death Race franchise. One of the earliest remakes young Statham appeared in was Mean Machine, where he played a violent prisoner named Monk who takes part...

My father was a truck driver, as was his father before him, so I have spent some time in “the trucker world” and have a soft spot for movies that involve truck drivers – so, yes, Smokey and the Bandit is one of my all-time-favorite and most-watched movies. This is why I’m hyped to hear that Idris Elba of Luther, Hobbs & Shaw, and The Suicide Squad, among many other credits, has signed on to play a truck driver in the upcoming high octane action thriller Hammer Down!

Simon Hatt, who has served as an associate producer, executive producer, and co-producer on various James Gunn projects, including The Suicide Squad, will be making his feature directorial debut with this film. Hatt has also written the screenplay for Hammer Down, which is based on his 2020 short film (it had a running time of 13 minutes) with the same title. The short version starred...

Brothers follows a reformed criminal who is trying desperately to stay that when. He finds his plans turned upside down when he reunites with his unpredictable twin brother for one last heist. What comes next is a chaotic cross-country adventure filled with shootouts and family tension.

Peter Dinklage and Josh Brolin star in the film, playing the twin brothers. Both Dinklage and Brolin have extensive acting careers, and this is not the first film they have been in together. The two were in the McU's Avengers: Infinity War with Brolin portraying Thanos, and Dinklage playing Eitri. Brothers comes to select theaters on October 10 and starts streaming on Prime Video on October 17.

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Prime Video has released the trailer for Brothers, giving a look at Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage in their roles as twin criminals doing a final job.

The late great country music legend Kris Kristofferson also boasted an impressive movie career filled with iconic roles. Although Kristofferson had already made it big with hits like Me and Bobby McGee, his major acting debut in 1972 signaled an important new dimension to his acclaimed career, and he continued acting consistently until shortly before his retirement in 2021. While Kristofferson sadly died in September 2024, aged 88, he left behind an impressive body of work in country music and on the big screen.

From his extraordinary acting debut in the cult classic Cisco Pike to his final role as country musician Blaze Foleys father in Ethan Hawkes insightful biopic Blaze, Kristofferson proved himself a talented actor capable of imbuing his roles with his real emotive power. With iconic portrayals in Westerns like Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid and the dramatic rollercoaster that was A Star Is Born, Kristofferson possessed a unique cinematic charm and undeniable onscreen charisma.

Jimmy Carter, who turned 100 today, was governor of Georgia in 1973, but on the national stage, he was still Jimmy who?

As he prepared for a longshot bid for the presidency in 1976, he and his advisers were already laying the groundwork that year, which included developing a national profile by non-traditional means, which meant a game show.

What’s My Line? had been on the air for nearly 25 years as one of the producer Goodson Todman’s most popular panel game shows, in which a celebrity panel tried to guess the occupation of a guest. Typical programs were highlighted by a celebrity “mystery guest,” which required the panel to wear a blindfold to avoid instant recognition.

But when Carter’s office called the show suggesting him as a guest, the casting director agreed on the condition that he appear as “a Mr. X with the panel unmasked,” according to executive producer...

Marlon Brando was, unarguably, one of the most celebrated actors of all time, but he was also notorious for being a not-so-easy personality to work with, especially during the latter stages of his career. While his seemingly irrational demands and ways of operating (which involved strapping cue cards to sets) were one thing, he was also infamous for clashing with some other actors.

Michael Corleone in The Godfather. | Credits: Paramount Pictures.

For one, Brando had a famous feud with one other thoroughly commended actor who left the world a little time after him: Burt Reynolds. As it turns out, Brando was involved in what was a rather one-sided rivalry with Reynolds during the height of the latter’s career, which even had him nearly quitting his all-time best The Godfather in rage had it brought Reynolds into the cast!

Marlon Brando Nearly Quit The Godfather Because of Burt Reynolds

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Prolific actress Sally Field has returned to the world of social media, saying Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has restored her hope after Donald Trump used the digital platforms as “public toilet paper.”

“I’ve not been on social media,” the two-time Oscar winner said in a post on Instagram made prior to the weekend. “Not since it became public toilet paper for our former crook of a President.” She added, referencing Michelle Obama‘s words at the Democratic National Convention, “But ‘hope is making a comeback.’ So here I am. This is me. And this is my dog, Dash. Buckle up.”

In a follow-up post made two days ago, the Norma Rae star is shown in front of the television, which depicts MSNBC‘s coverage of Kamala Harris’ DNC speech. “Hope is here. Right in the room with me and my 18-year-old newly registered to vote grandson,” she wrote...

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Sally Field is in talks to star in “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” a film adaptation of the novel by Shelby Van Pelt.

Netflix has acquired the project, which is in early stages of development. Olivia Newman, the filmmaker of last summer’s sleeper hit “Where the Crawdads Sing,” is directing the movie. “Where the Crawdads Sing,” starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, was based on the best-selling novel by Delia Owens and grossed $144 million at the global box office. Newman is also co-writing the screenplay with John Whittington.

Netflix declined to comment.

“Remarkably Bright Creatures,” Van Pelt’s debut novel, was released in 2022 and became a best-seller. The story follows a lonely widow’s unlikely friendship with a giant octopus. After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she begins working the night shift as a janitor at a local aquarium. At work, she becomes acquainted with an eight-tentacled animal named Marcellus, who helps Tova uncover...

Kim Kahana, the stunt performer, teacher, coordinator and war hero who played Chongo on the kids show Danger Island and doubled for Charles Bronson in several action films, has died. He was 94.

Kahana died Monday of natural causes at his home in Groveland, Florida, his wife, Sandy Kahana, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Kahana, 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds, taught stunts to many thousands of students since the mid-1970s in six-week courses that took place in Chatsworth, California, and Central Florida. Many went on to have thriving careers in show business.

He also had six different black belt degrees — he taught martial arts, too — and worked as a professional bodyguard protecting Hollywood types.

A native of Hawaii, Kahana appeared in his first film as a biker in the Marlon Brando-starring The Wild One (1953) and was an extra in other movies before he realized that stunt performers got paid more than he did.

Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Teresa Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Winston Duke, Ben Knight, Matuse, Adam Dunn | Written by Drew Pearce | Directed by David Leitch

Stunts have been at the forefront of cinema since the beginning. Some of the earliest directors, actors, and writers were the very best stunt performers. Think Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd. Their influence can be seen across the history of cinema, from bridge jumps in Smokey and the Bandit, to lorry flips in The Dark Knight, shopping centre jumps in Police Story, to jumping off cliffs in the latest Mission Impossible. Stunts are in every action movie and ingrained in the very fabric of the art form – why it’s not yet recognised by the academy is a mystery, but David Leitch and his talented cast and crew look set on solving the mystery by putting a spotlight on those stunt performers.

Nearly ten years after director George Miller returned to the post-apocalyptic wasteland and redefined the action genre with Mad Max: Fury Road, the Australian auteur returned to replace Charlize Theron with Anya Taylor Joy to tell the origin story of the warrior who helped Mad Max cross that fury road in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. And regardless of how underwhelming its box office may be, this high octane prequel will surely stand the test of time alongside the rest of the Mad Max saga, certainly more so than another follow-up from Warner Bros. to a car racing franchise way back in 1984, when the late great Burt Reynolds bid farewell to the formula comedy genre that made him a superstar alongside an all-star cast (Jackie Chan! Frank Sinatra! Tony Danza!) with Cannonball Run II.

The original Cannonball Run was just one of many hit movies between Burt and his stuntman...

If the 1970s and ’80s represented a golden age of kinetic but grounded stunt work by pioneers like Hal Needham, Buddy Joe Hooker, and Vic Armstrong, the 2020s are proving to be a seminal moment for stunts in television. The urban action that used to be the bread and butter of Walter Hill, Richard Donner, and Peter Hyams has migrated from the big screen (now dominated by more visual effects-oriented set pieces) to network procedurals and streaming series where stunt coordinators have become adept at creating spectacular moments on tight schedules — all while keeping the performers and crew as safe as possible.

Since its 2020 debut, Dick Wolf’s CBS series “FBI: Most Wanted” has consistently showcased some of the best stunt work on television, with expertly choreographed action sequences that are realistic, thrilling, and heavily slanted toward practical effects. Season 5 included some of the show’s most dynamic set pieces to date,...

Burt Reynolds' career was equally prolific as it was tumultuous, marked by a series of feuds and conflicts with various individuals in the entertainment industry. His relationships with fellow actors, directors, and critics were typically strained, leading to a reputation for being difficult to work with. Reynolds' personality and lack of respect for others in the industry contributed to his struggles to maintain lasting relationships and professional collaborations. Despite his success as an actor, his self-destructive personality and contentious nature ultimately left a lasting impact on his career and personal life.

At a juncture in the '70s, Burt Reynolds was the biggest, most recognizable star on the planet for his wit and sparking personality, universally beloved. That is, just as long as you weren't a dues-paying SAG-AFTRA member. That's a good example of how public perception and personal working relationships don't always sync up. Deep within the inner sphere of Hollywood,...

Glen Powell is definitely the man of the hour. While he may have been in the film industry for a long time, the actor has been making his way up to the top with ease, finesse, and dedication like no other. After getting the recognition he deserves with movies like Set it Up, the actor has gone on to star in some of the best projects of recent years.

Glen Powell in Top Gun: Maverick | Paramount Pictures

And now he is back at the box office in Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters, a sequel to 1996’s Twister. Having established a successful career now, with plenty of popular roles in his bag, Powell is determined not to make one mistake that could potentially tank his career.

Glen Powell is Not Willing to Make This One Mistake

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos, and Glen Powell in Twisters | Universal Pictures

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Quick Links Philo Beddoe Is Clint Eastwood's Craziest Role Clint Eastwood Turned Monkey Business Into Box-Office Gold This 1989 Flop Made Eastwood Quit Comedy Clint Eastwood's venture into comedy paid off from a financial perspective, with Every Which Way But Loose being his first film to cross the $100 million mark at the domestic box office. Clyde the orangutan steals the show, showcasing a deeply personal and touching relationship with Philo Beddoe and bringing hilarity to the sequel. After the critical failure of Any Which Way You Can, Eastwood never ventured back into straight comedy, retreating to his stoic on-screen persona.

Clint Eastwood has always had a dry sense of humor as an actor, especially in the Dirty Harry films, which charmingly edge close to parody through his ability and willingness to poke sly fun at his incomparable screen persona while maintaining an air of competence and strength. Eastwood entered the...

Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett, Emmy-nominated producer Coco Francini of Dirty Films, and Dr. Stacy L. Smith, founder of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, announced the 11 recipients of their Proof of Concept Accelerator program, supported by the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity.

“We have been astonished by the artistry of all 1,200 filmmakers who applied to Proof of Concept, which proves that there are so many voices out there who deserve to find their audience. Our final selection represents filmmakers who we felt had the experience and vision to take their careers to the next level and make creative and compelling film and television that may transform the landscape of storytelling. We are grateful to the applicants, our incredible selection committee, and the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity for their unwavering support and guidance as we take another step towards creating an ecosystem that supports inclusion of gender marginalized directors at the highest levels of the entertainment business,...

Proof of Concept, an accelerator program supporting women, trans and nonbinary filmmakers founded by Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, producer Coco Francini and Dr. Stacy L. Smith, has set its inaugural class of filmmakers.

Proof of Concept was created after Dirty Films partners Blanchett and Francini met Smith at a Kering Women in Motion talk during last year’s Cannes Film Festival. On Monday, the trio reunited to discuss the progress they’ve made in building the new program, which was announced in December 2023 with the mission to support an inaugural class of 8 emerging filmmakers.

Among the updates shared was that the trio and their all-star selection committee — Chloé Zhao, Emma Corrin, Eva Longoria, Greta Gerwig, Jane Campion, Janicza Bravo, Lily Gladstone and Lilly Wachowski — had made their final selections out of more than 1,200 applications. They also announced that with the support of the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity, the program...

Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Teresa Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Winston Duke, Ben Knight, Matuse, Adam Dunn | Written by Drew Pearce | Directed by David Leitch

Stunts have been at the forefront of cinema since the beginning. Some of the earliest directors, actors, and writers were the very best stunt performers. Think Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd. Their influence can be seen across the history of cinema, from bridge jumps in Smokey and the Bandit, to lorry flips in The Dark Knight, shopping centre jumps in Police Story, to jumping off cliffs in the latest Mission Impossible. Stunts are in every action movie and ingrained in the very fabric of the art form – why it’s not yet recognised by the academy is a mystery, but David Leitch and his talented cast and crew look set on solving the mystery by putting a spotlight on those stunt performers.

With the announcement that Quentin Tarantino is no longer proceeding with The Movie Critic, the film has now joined a fraternity of Tarantino films that will never see the light of day. Ever since he was a teenager, filmmaking has been his passion of his. He wrote one of his first screenplays, an adaptation of 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, when he was just 14 years old, and he began his journey in Hollywood as a production assistant in 1986, when he was just 23 years old. A year later, Tarantino would co-write, co-produce, edit, and direct My Best Friend’s Birthday, a comedy shot in black-in-white that has remained unfinished for the past 37 years. The unfinished nature of that film has become sort of a hallmark for Tarantino. Although he has gone on to be the mastermind behind such classics as Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood thanks...

Burt Reynolds passed away five years ago, yet the legend of the actor, sex symbol, and famous mustache-wearer continues to grow even now. The most recent Reynolds anecdote to circulate comes courtesy of "Boogie Nights," where the "Smokey and the Bandit" star infamously clashed with a then 27-year-old Paul Thomas Anderson.

Stories of Reynolds' displeasure with the filming experience on the 1997 porn-centric comedic drama are widely known by now, and The Washington Post even reported once that he fired his agent after doing the film. In an interview with GQ in 2015, Reynolds admitted that he'd be hesitant to work with Anderson -- who earned a Best Writing Oscar nomination for "Boogie Nights," and 10 additional nominations since -- again. As Reynolds put it, "Personality-wise, we didn't fit." At the time, the actor didn't mince words, saying that during the "Boogie Nights" shoot he found Anderson "young and full of himself" and...

New month, new Netflix picks! As the calendar switches from March to April, the streamer is days away from several major premieres, including Andrew Scott in his long-awaited turn in the limited series adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s “Ripley,” coming to the platform in the first month.

Later this month, subscribers will get the continuation of Zack Snyder’s space epic “Rebel Moon” with”Part Two: The Scargiver,” starring Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, and Anthony Hopkins, among others. Plus, this April, the streamer is happily celebrating its finest fools, with new specials from Demetri Martin, Fern Brady, and more.

Check out The Streamable’s top picks from Netflix this April, and find out everything coming to the streamer this month!

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A car crash interview with a delusional prince, a new series adaptation featuring Patricia Highsmith’s most infamous creation, the second part of Zack Snyder’s pricey space opera and a paranormal detective show set within Neil Gaiman’s celebrated Sandman universe are among the big titles hitting Netflix in April.

Debuting April 4 is Ripley, Netflix’s glossy new take on Highsmith’s 1955 crime novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. Fresh from the critical acclaim he received for All of Us Strangers, Irish actor Andrew Scott will be inhabiting the role of Tom Ripley in an adaptation that will be screened in black-and-white. The eight-episode series also stars Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf, Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood, and acting newcomer Eliot Sumner (son of Sting and Trudie Styler) as Freddie Miles. Written and directed by Oscar winner Steven Zaillian, Ripley was originally set for release on Showtime before it found a new home on Netflix.