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Simone Ashley landed her first-ever role as a background character in 2015’s Straight Outta Compton. It was this small role that led to her appearances in episodes of Wolfblood and Broadchurch and her breakthrough role in Sex Education. Ashley’s casting in Bridgerton was announced when Season 1 of her other Netflix show became a major streaming hit.

Bridgerton gave her immense popularity and propelled her into a TV lead status. Fans of the regency romance drama would be thrilled to know that Ashley is reportedly part of The Devil Wears Prada sequel. Deadline reported that the actress has joined the ensemble cast, featuring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci.

Ashley joined the cast after it was earlier reported that Kenneth Branagh was tapped for a role in the sequel. The new film will explore Meryl Streep’s character Miranda Priestly as she confronts the reality of the decline of the print industry.

To be fair, I’d probably lose my job and disappoint my father if I set out to write a “celebration of fly white boys who love beautiful queens of every race,” too.

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Tragically, the “scared straight”-style wilderness intervention he was subjected to as a teen didn’t take, and Chet Hanks has achieved only infamy in his decades-long struggle for pop-culture relevance. His song “White Boy Summer” is the closest he’s gotten so far, but the intended “celebration of fly white boys who love beautiful queens of every race” has turned into more of a white privilege/white pride anthem.

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Aspiring reality star and current “content creator” Carly Reeves got her 15 minutes on Fox’s Claim to Fame, a reality game show where all the contestants were secretly related to megastars. She lost early on, and went viral for her mic’d-up,...

After The Twilight Saga and one-off films like Renfield, vampires were truly beginning to lose their bite. Gone were the days of real monster movies where the creature lurking in the shadows was but moments away from pouncing to tear its victim limb from limb and gulp down its blood. Over the last year, vampire flicks started to get back on course thanks to Gary Dauberman’s ‘Salem’s Lot and Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, but many are still sleeping on one of the greatest bloodsucker features in recent years. Luckily, Prime Video is the current home of The Last Voyage of the Demeter and audiences around the world are finally discovering what they’ve been missing out on. Right now, countries like Argentina, Mexico, and Panama have helped raise the title up to the Top 10 where it’s currently settled into fourth place.

Adapting a different part of Bram Stoker’s iconic gothic novel,...

Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later is now playing in theaters and M3GAN 2.0 is joining it on the big screen this coming Friday, but sandwiched in between those two major studio releases are a handful of new horror movies this week. Beginning with Six of them today alone.

Here’s all the new horror that released on Tuesday, June 24, 2025!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Melding cat-and-mouse horror with medical thrillers, Pins and Needles hit VOD today.

In Pins and Needles, “What should have been an uneventful ride back to campus unexpectedly becomes a nightmare as Max, a diabetic biology grad student, is entrapped in a diabolical new-age wellness experiment. And her insulin supply is dwindling…

“Max is forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse where she must escape at all costs or risk becoming the next test subject to extend...

Cryptid fans, get ready, because there’s a new Bigfoot movie on the horizon. Directed by Max Tzannes and co-written by Tzannes and David San Miguel, Found Footage: The Making Of The Patterson Project is a horror-comedy mockumentary about an ill-fated film crew’s attempts to make their own found footage movie about Sasquatch himself. But, as you can imagine, it doesn’t quite go to plan.

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Found Footage is a mockumentary horror movie about a budding filmmaker’s attempt to produce his first feature, a found footage movie about Bigfoot. Through the eyes of an esteemed French documentary crew, the story follows his unlikely band of misfits as they struggle to keep the production afloat on a shoestring budget. All the while, mysterious and sinister occurrences begin to unfold behind the scenes, blurring the lines between movie magic and real life. As the shoot days get longer and scarier,...

Sabrina Carpenter has been making headlines recently, and it’s not for a good reason. That’s right, the singer-songwriter recently teased her upcoming album Man’s Best Friend with a bold cover art, which has received a mixed bag of reactions. While some like her confident vibe, others simply called it degrading. Still, there’s no denying it grabbed some major attention.

So, when the Grammys unveiled their list of the 34 Most Iconic Album Covers, many were curious if Carpenter’s bold visual would earn a spot. Well, it didn’t – and for the Espresso singer who’s having a breakout year, the snub felt surprising to some. Let’s dive deeper!

Sabrina Carpenter snubbed as Grammys unveil their 34 most iconic album covers Sabrina Carpenter in a still from the Taste music video | Credits: Sabrina Carpenter/YouTube

Sabrina Carpenter‘s new album Man’s Best Friend has people talking, but not...

Jonathan Daviss has been cast as Snoop Dogg in the upcoming biopic of the rap star.Director Craig Brewer has cast the 25-year-old actor - who is best known for playing Pope Heyward in the Netflix drama Outer Banks - in the film's lead role, Deadline reports.The upcoming movie is being produced by Snoop, Brian Grazer and Sara Ramaker, the president of Death Row Pictures.The biopic explores Snoop's rise from humble beginnings in Long Beach, California, to the top of the rap industry.Snoop's route to stardom saw him join the Death Row record label in the 90s, where he worked with rap legends like Dr Dre and Tupac Shakur.Snoop released his debut album, Doggystyle, in November 1993, and he's now one of the best-selling rap artists of all time.The What's My Name? hitmaker has enjoyed success in other spheres, too, including starring in movies such as Half Baked and Training Day,...

Craig Brewer is no stranger to the music world with films like Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan (which is a good recommendation if you’re a fan of the blues music in Sinners). The director recently collaborated with Eddie Murphy on Dolemite is My Name and Coming 2 America, as well as helming episodes of the Peacock Original, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. Now, Brewer is getting back to the music with a Neil Diamond-themed film starring Hugh Jackman and an upcoming biopic about rapper Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus Jr.

Deadline is now reporting that Brewer’s biopic of the West Coast rapper has now found its star in Jonathan Daviss, who is known for Outer Banks and Do Revenge from Netflix. The film will be coming from Universal Pictures, which also released the hit rap biopic Straight Outta Compton and featured a...

Snoop Dogg has a biopic that's currently in development, set to bring the life story of the famed rapper to the big screen. The first question fans will likely have about the movie is who will be playing the music icon, and the answer to that has just been revealed.

Per Deadline, actor Jonathan Daviss has been tapped to portray Snoop Dogg in the upcoming biopic in the works at Universal Pictures. The announcement comes just days after it was reported that Craig Brewer had signed on to direct the feature film. Snoop Dogg is on board as a producer on the project alongside Brian Grazer and Death Row Pictures President Sara Ramaker.

Daviss is best known for his Netflix work, particularly as one of the stars of the hit series Outer Banks. The Houston native plays the role of Pope on the show, which is set to end with its upcoming fifth season.

Jonathan Daviss is leaving the Outer Banks for the West Coast. The actor has landed the starring role in Universal’s upcoming biopic about the rap legend Snoop Dogg.

Snoop Dogg is producing the project, described by the studio as the “definitive biopic about the entertainment mogul and icon,” alongside Brian Grazer and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker. The film is the first project under Death Row Pictures’ overall deal with NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios. The yet-to-be-titled film will be directed by Craig Brewer, who will contribute revisions to a screenplay previously written by Joe Robert Cole (co-writer of both “Black Panther” movies).

Daviss is best known for starring as Pope in the hit Netflix YA series “Outer Banks,” which is set to end with a fifth and final season. Daviss also starred in the streamer’s teen black comedy “Do Revenge,” opposite Maya Hawke, Camila Mendes, Sophie Turner and Austin Abrams,...

Universal is hoping its biopic of rap legend Snoop Dogg will have the juice.

Craig Brewer, known for helming such films as Hustle & Flow and Dolemite Is My Name, is set to direct the untitled feature. Brewer is revising the script that was previously penned by Joe Robert Cole and tells the story of the music icon’s eventful journey along his path to fame. A cast has not yet been announced, nor has a release date.

Producers include Snoop Dogg, Brian Grazer and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker. This marks the first project through Death Row Pictures’ overall deal with NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios. Universal senior vp of production development Ryan Jones oversees the feature for the studio.

The film continues Snoop Dogg’s collaboration with NBCUniversal, as he is set to return to NBC’s The Voice this fall for season 28. He also contributed to NBC and...

Exclusive: Craig Brewer has been set by Universal Pictures to direct what the studio believes will be the definitive biopic of Snoop Dogg in his growth from hip hop star to iconic entertainment mogul.

Brewer will contribute revisions to a script previously written by Joe Robert Cole. The film will be produced by Snoop Dogg, Brian Grazer and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker. SVP Production Development Ryan Jones will oversee the project for the studio.

Brewer, whose gritty music-driven films include Hustle & Flow and Dolomite is My Name, most recently directed Song Sung Blue for Universal’s specialty studio Focus Features, which will be released domestically on December 25, 2025.

The Snoop Dogg film is the first project under Death Row Pictures’ overall deal with NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios. It’s an outgrowth of Death Row Records, the label that launched Snoop Dogg’s star and now embarks on an ambitious new chapter with the expansion.

Gold Derby's top news stories for June 6, 2025.

Mia Goth to star in Star Wars: Starfighter

The MaXXXine actress has signed onto the Shawn Levy-directed movie, which already has Ryan Gosling on board. The news comes hot off of reporting that recent Oscar winner Mikey Madison turned down the project over pay. Starfighter is currently scheduled for a May 2027 release.

Samuel L. Jackson joins the Taylor Sheridan Cinematic Universe

Deadline is reporting that the honorary Oscar winner has signed onto Nola King, a spin-off of the Sylvester Stallone-starring Tulsa King. According to the trade, Jackson will appeared in episodes of Tulsa King's upcoming third season before spinning off down to the Big Easy. Dave Erickson from Mayor of Kingstown is set to write.

Hustle & Flow's Craig Brewer to direct Snoop Dogg biopic

The Snoop D-o-Double-g is getting his own movie after appearing as a character in Straight Outta Compton.

Aldis Hodge has signed with WME for representation in all areas.

Hodge currently stars as Alex Cross in Amazon’s hit crime thriller Cross, based on James Patterson’s bestselling series. The show premiered in November 2024, quickly reaching No. 1 on Prime Video’s Top 10 list and earning Hodge nominations from the NAACP Awards, Gotham TV Awards, and BET Awards. The series has been renewed for a second season, which has already wrapped production.

His film and television credits include starring as Mc Ren in Straight Outta Compton, with the cast earning a SAG Award nomination for Best Ensemble, Black Adam, the Showtime series City on a Hill, One Night in Miami, The Invisible Man and Clemency, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and earned Hodge a Virtuoso Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.

Other notable credits include Brian Banks, Hidden Figures, What Men Want, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and Leverage: Redemption.

A budding filmmaker attempts to produce his first feature, a found footage movie about Bigfoot, in the upcoming meta mockumentary Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project, and Bloody Disgusting is exclusively debuting the official trailer today.

The subversive mockumentary is produced by Tyler Friesen with Radio Silence – the team behind the most recent films in the Scream franchise, Scream and Scream VI.

Drawing inspiration from Christopher Guest-style comedies like This is Spinal Tap and found footage classics like The Blair Witch Project, Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project will be released in theaters by Vertical on June 20 and digitally on June 24.

Watch the official trailer below and read on for everything you need to know!

Directed by Max Tzannes, Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project is a mockumentary horror film about a budding filmmaker’s attempt to produce a found footage movie about Bigfoot.

Jamie Foxx is going from an action hero to the heavyweight champ, as the actor has signed on to lead Netflix's new boxing biopic/drama, Fight for '84. Foxx is best known for his roles in Quentin Tarantino's Django: Unchained, the hit comedy Horrible Bosses, and Disney Pixar's Soul, to name a few. In recent years, Foxx has frequently collaborated with Netflix on new movies. In 2023, he starred in They Cloned Tyrone alongside John Boyega, and, more recently, he joined Cameron Diaz in her acting comeback in Back in Action. Foxx has also starred in two boxing movies in the past; the Will Smith-led Ali in 2001 and the 1996 satirical comedy The Great White Hype. But neither of them are like his new film.

Per Variety, Jamie Foxx has been cast in Netflix's semi-biographical boxing drama, Fight for '84. The film is directed by Andrés Baiz, who previously helmed Griselda,...

Jamie Foxx is set to star in and produce the Olympic boxing movie “Fight for ’84” for Netflix. The Oscar-winner will play a coach hired to reconstitute the U.S. Olympic boxing team after the original team is killed in a tragic plane crash in 1980. In the 1984 Olympics, the U.S. won nine gold medals in boxing, the most in Olympic history. The project was announced during Netflix’s upfront presentation on May 14.

Columbian filmmaker Andrés Baiz (“Santanás”) — who helmed Netflix’s 2024 limited series “Griselda,” as well as episodes of “The Sandman,” “Narcos: Mexico,” and “Marcos” for the streamer — is making his English-language feature debut with the movie. Andrea Berloff (“Straight Outta Compton”), John Gatins (“Flight”) and Andy Weiss (“White Boy Rick”) wrote the screenplay.

The film is based on the real crash of a Lot Polish Airlines flight in March 1980 that killed 14 boxers and eight staff members of the U.

In high school, Jamie Foxx wanted to play football for the Dallas Cowboys; unfortunately, he had to settle for being a movie star. But even on-screen, the Oscar winner has continued to channel his love for sports — he played a quarterback in Any Given Sunday and a boxing trainer for the champ in Ali. Now, he’s heading back to the ring with Fight for ’84,a new film based on the true story of the coach of the 1984 US Olympic Boxing team.

The new film is directed by Andrés Baiz and written by Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton), John Gatins (Flight), and Andy Weiss (White Boy Rick).

“What excites me about Fight for ’84 is how deeply human it is,” Baiz tells Tudum. “It’s a story about second chances, about rebuilding after loss, and about finding strength through connection. This isn’t about fame or glory – it’s...

Award-winning director Christopher Nolan is no stranger to massive projects, but his adaptation of "The Odyssey" will probably be his biggest undertaking yet. The director behind "The Dark Knight," "Inception," and "Oppenheimer," (just to name a few of his blockbuster films) is taking on Homer's epic poem, and filming is already underway for the project — which is set to release in 2026 (as of this writing).

So what do we need to know about "The Odyssey" before it hits theaters and, in all likelihood, blows critics and audiences away? If you didn't have to read "The Odyssey" for any of your high school English classes, I'll also go over the basic plot points of "The Odyssey," remind you that it is, in fact, a sequel — to another of Homer's poems — and talk about some straightforward and wildly divergent adaptations of this famous story. Here's everything you need to know about...

A new season of Poker Face has arrived, and with it a new rotation of famous faces as guest stars.

Notable names include Cynthia Erivo, who plays sextuplets, Justin Theroux, Katie Holmes, Giancarlo Esposito, Melanie Lynskey, Tayklor Schilling and many many more. Some of Season 1’s guest stars included Adrien Brody, Charles Melton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jameela Jamil, Clea DuVall, Tim Blake Nelson, Tim Meadows, Lil Rel Howery and several others.

For more details about new episodes of Poker Face Season 2 and when they come out, read on below:

When does Poker Face Season 2 come out?

The second season of the Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne collaboration arrives on Peacock May 8.

How many episodes are in Poker Face Season 2?

There are twelve episodes in Season 2 of Poker Face.

When do new episodes of Poker Face arrive on Peacock?

The first three episodes arrived on the streamer May 8, with the rest arriving...

After derailing a partial settlement last week and claiming he wanted a full-blown trial, Suge Knight made another about-face today and agreed to a $1.5 million settlement in his wrongful death civil case.

The last-minute pact averted a retrial over claims filed by the wife and two daughters of Terry Carter, the Compton businessman who died on Jan. 29, 2015, when Knight mowed him down in the parking lot of a Los Angeles burger stand in an incident linked to the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton.

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When Suge Knight sped away from Tam’s Burgers in Compton, California, on Jan. 29, 2015, he left two men lying on the asphalt behind him. He had just shifted gears and barreled over the pair with his two-ton Ford Raptor truck. One of the men, Terry Carter, would die from multiple blunt force injuries within the hour.

The other man, Cle “Bone” Sloan, was rushed to a hospital with two crushed ankles and a serious head laceration. Knight abandoned the truck and turned himself in for questioning at 3 a.m. the next day.

Directing the best American film of 2024 that’s also the uber-rare piece of experimental art to screen in multiplexes and––you know where this is headed––massive box-office bomb would typically spell the end of a director’s career. It’s to his fortune and ours alike that Robert Zemeckis’ well never quite runs dry, ergo: Deadline reports he’s set to direct Jennifer Lopez in the Netflix thriller The Last Mrs. Parrish, an adaptation of Liv Constantine’s novel that’ll be scripted by John Gatins (Flight) and Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton).

Early comparisons to What Lies Beneath and Allied match with a description of said novel, which concerns a con artist (Lopez) who targets a wealthy couple, the Parrishes, “by befriending the wife and seducing the husband, with the master plan of becoming the next Mrs. Parrish, only to discover that the wife’s life is far...

Suge Knight’s wrongful death retrial veered wildly off course Tuesday when the Death Row Records founder dramatically contradicted his lawyer’s claim that he had agreed to a last-minute deal in the long-running civil case. The partial settlement would have allowed Knight to avoid facing a jury over claims he recklessly killed Compton businessman Terry Carter with his Ford Raptor truck 10 years ago, sources and court filings reveal.

The breakdown came as a panel of prospective jurors was due to fill a tiny courtroom for jury selection in downtown Los Angeles.

Ice Cube is still reveling in the events that have just transpired. On April 15, the trailblazing West Coast Mc and actor left his mark with a hand and footprint ceremony outside of the Tcl Chinese Theatre, where friends, family and fans gathered outside to celebrate his storied career. The same day, he announced the Truth to Power: 4 Decades of Attitude Tour, his first headlining tour in over a decade, which will allow Cube to dig deeper into his catalog for his “day-ones.”

Those who’ve been riding with Cube since the late ‘80s, when N.W.A came out firing on all cylinders with 1988’s Straight Outta Compton, have bore witness to Cube’s evolution from a young, hungry gangsta rapper to a bona fide movie star, with roles in Boyz n the Hood, Barbershop, Friday and 21 Jump Street, to name a few. Friday was Cube’s screenwriting debut...

Jennifer Lopez is again teaming with Netflix, this time for an auteur’s latest project. Lopez is set to star in an adaptation of the book “The Last Mrs. Parrish,” directed by Robert Zemeckis and set up at Netflix, IndieWire has confirmed.

The 2017 bestseller “The Last Mrs. Parrish” sold over a million copies and was a Reese Witherspoon book club pick. A “Talented Mr. Ripley”-esque thriller, the book follows a woman and con artist named Amber who schemes to befriend and eventually undermine a socialite named Daphne and her family, including seducing her husband, all while trying to keep the skeletons of her past under wraps.

The project is currently in development with a script from Andrea Berloff and John Gatins. No additional casting was announced.

Netflix picked up the rights to “The Last Mrs. Parrish” way back in 2021 and at the time had set Lisa Rubin, creator of the streamer’s 2017 series “Gypsy,...

Jennifer Lopez and Robert Zemeckis are bringing The Last Mrs. Parrish to life.

Netflix is developing the psychological thriller feature that has Zemeckis set to direct and Lopez to star. Oscar-nominated screenwriters Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton) and John Gatins (Flight) are penning the script.

The Last Mrs. Parrish is based on author Liv Constantine’s 2017 novel that was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection and has sold more than a million copies. The book centers on Amber Patterson concocting a plan to get closer to the wealthy Daphne Parrish, whose lavish life Amber envies.

Serving as producers on the film are Liza Chasin for 3dot Productions, Molly Sims for Something Happy Productions and Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina for Nuyorican Productions. Executive producers include Margaret Chernin for 3dot Productions, alongside Lynne Constantine, Valerie Constantine, Jack Rapke and Derek Hogue.

The adaptation of The Last Mrs. Parrish is part...

Suge Knight appeared remotely from a San Diego prison Thursday and told a judge he was surprised to hear his longtime lawyer, David Kenner, had asked to withdraw as his attorney just weeks before a major civil trial.

Speaking over a phone line from his detention center, Knight told the court he wanted to move ahead with his April 7 re-trial over a civil lawsuit tied to the 2015 death of Compton businessman Terry Carter. He said he couldn’t proceed alone and rejected Kenner’s claim that an “irreconcilable conflict” had developed between them.

In a tumultuous Hollywood age of corporate takeovers and executive turnovers, Richard Brener is a rarity of the business. The tall, soft-spoken president and Cco of New Line has been at company for 30, yes, you read that right, 30 years come May 1. He started as a temp in Los Angeles, working in every conceivable department. Then, when a story editor position opened up, applied for the job. That gig instead went to a woman named Donna Langley, now the chairman NBCU Entertainment & Studios, but then an executive’s assistant. “That was smart of them because she’s obviously done very, very well for herself,” Brener notes while sitting in New Line’s offices on the Burbank lot of Warner Bros. Discovery. “She’s now a dame and I’m just a mister.” But New Line execs were impressed enough with the Yale history grad that they created the position of staff reader just for him.

There’s something inherently exciting about a thriller that takes place entirely within one apartment building or complex — a setting that is contained while threatening potentially nasty surprises behind every door. Prolific indie writer-director-producer Wes Miller’s Orlando-shot “Black Heat” doesn’t offer much more than that basic concept, yet he keeps this high-body-count action exercise pounding along in lively if blunt fashion.

Starring “Straight Outta Compton’s” Jason Mitchell and Tabatha Robinson (aka rapper DreamDoll) as parents rescuing their daughter from criminals at a sprawling housing project, the film could have used some additional polish in terms of both script and style. Still, it’s got enough propulsive energy to keep viewers entertained. Dark Star Pictures and production company BLacklight are co-releasing to over 200 U.S. theaters on March 28.

In the opening sequence, marital couple Malik (Mitchell) and Alexis (Robinson) are traveling in their SUV, bantering about favorite movies like “Boyz n the Hood,...

Both Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx have dazzling Hollywood careers spanning decades, and in 2009, the talented leading men squared off in the pulse-pounding action thriller Law Abiding Citizen, which focuses on a devoted family man-turned-vicious vigilante as he decides to take justice into his own hands and targets not only the legal system but also a prosecuting attorney after his wife and daughter are brutally murdered, and the killer manages to evade the death penalty.

Butler brilliantly goes against type and delivers a fantastic performance as a haunted man on a mission for vengeance, with the flick being the perfect follow-up to the Scotsman's latest exciting release, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera. When Law Abiding Citizen made its rip-roaring premiere, fans were blown away by the on-screen showdown between Butler and Foxx, though critics were far less impressed; let's check out why the gripping thriller is worth a watch.

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Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic, Interstellar, will be available to stream on Hulu on April 1.

Interstellar stars Matthew McConaughey as a former NASA pilot-turned-farmer who, amid a worldwide blight that threatens the future of humanity on Earth, agrees to pilot a spacecraft for a mission to discover a new habitable planet. In addition to McConaughey, Interstellar also stars Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, Topher Grace, Mackenzie Foy, John Lithgow, Ellen Burstyn, Timothée Chalamet, and Matt Damon. Nolan co-wrote the film alongside his brother, Jonathan Nolan.

Nolan's sci-fi masterpiece starring McConaughey recently saw a resurgence, as filmgoers got another chance to see Interstellar in IMAX to celebrate the film's 10th anniversary. Nolan's Interstellar returned to cinemas near the end of 2024, where it became a surprise hit of sorts all over again. The 10th anniversary IMAX re-release brought in a staggering $38 million at the worldwide box office,...

A gripping crime thriller starring The Avengers' Samuel L. Jackson and an all-star cast is set to stream for free, bringing intense action and high-stakes drama.

Starting April 1, 2025, fans of high-stakes thrillers can revisit The Negotiator, one of Jackson’s most underrated films, as it arrives on Tubi. The 1998 crime drama, directed by F. Gary Gray, blends suspense, action, and psychological tension, keeping audiences on edge until the very last moment. With its gripping storyline and powerhouse performances, the film remains a standout in the crime thriller genre decades after its release.

A High-Stakes Battle of Wits

In The Negotiator, Jackson stars as Danny Roman, a top hostage negotiator for the Chicago Police Department who finds himself framed for corruption and murder. With his reputation and life on the line, Roman takes an entire office hostage in a desperate bid to prove his innocence. He demands to negotiate with Chris...

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is easily one of the most anticipated films of 2026, and just like with all the Academy Award-winning director's films, he has assembled an all-star cast, and now some key roles might be revealed. Nolan's follow-up to Oppenheimer, the Academy Award winner for Best Picture in 2023 and a film that grossed $975 million worldwide, is none other than The Odyssey.

The Odyssey, along with The Illiad, is one of the two great epic poems written by Homer and one of the world's most iconic pieces of literature. Christopher Nolan has now set out to give the epic tale a definitive film version like no other.

Discussing Film is reporting that Greek media outlets are reporting some of the roles of the actors in The Odyssey. Matt Damon is, of course, playing Odysseus, and Anne Hathaway will reportedly play Odysseus' wife, Penelope. Tom Holland is Odysseus and Penelope's adult son,...

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of April titles. The Tubi April 2025 slate features new Tubi Originals, TV series, and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, 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 of over 250,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of exclusive Originals, and nearly 250 live channels.

You can watch the Tubi April 2025 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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A new teaser trailer has been released for the upcoming second season of the hit series Poker Face. The Peacock premiere date for Season 2 has also been announced.

As announced in the teaser,Poker Face Season 2 is set to drop on Peacock on Thursday, May 8. The news follows the first-look footage being unveiled at PaleyFest LA before then making its way online. Natasha Lyonne is returning as Charlie Cale, of course, and like with the first season, she'll be joined by many familiar guest stars. Several are featured in the new teaser trailer, which can be viewed below.

The series was created by Rian Johnson (Knives Out), who joined Lyonne in a joint statement to comment on the new season, "Charlie Cale is back on the run, and in Season 2 we’ve taken her journey to the next level one murder mystery at a time. From minor league baseball to big box retail,...

Can you read her poker face yet? She can read yours, and she's about to read a ton of other people as Natasha Lyonne returns in Season 2 ofPoker Face. With showrunner Tony Tost behind the wheel, Season 2 begins streaming on Peacock starting May 8, 2025, with three episodes at launch and new episodes streaming Thursday. There are a cool dozen episodes this time around, as opposed to the 10 great episodes in Season 1. The synopsis is simple: Poker Face is a mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.

A press release from Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne reads, "Charlie Cale is back on the run, and in Season 2 we’ve taken her journey to the...

Exclusive: UTA has signed Ice Cube, bringing the multi-hyphenate international music, film, and sports entrepreneur back into the agency fold.

Cube’s rise from South-Central Los Angeles during the 1970s and ’80s began as the lyrical force behind the groundbreaking hip hop group N.W.A. with hits like Straight Outta Compton and F*** Tha Police, branched into acting with Boyz N The Hood, and franchises including Friday, Barbershop, Are We There Yet?, Ride Along and the 21 Jump Street films. He then branched into producing through his CubeVision banner, with credits that include 50 episodes of the series Hip Hop Squares for VH1 and MTV, and the Oscar nominated biopic Straight Outta Compton, which grossed over $200 million worldwide. Collectively, his films have earned over $1 billion at the box office. He followed N.W.A. with a big solo rap career and has sold over 10 million albums with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award on his shelf.

Exclusive: Established Artists has brought on veteran Hollywood talent manager Corey Simon as a manager.

As the former EVP of Cultivate Entertainment Partners, Simon has played a pivotal role in shaping the careers of a diverse roster of actors, influencers, and creatives. His clients include Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton), Stakiah Lynn Washington (Amazon’s Primo), Nadji Jeter (Spider-Man: Miles Morales), Flame Monroe (Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready), Christian Robinson (Warner Bros.’ Sinners), Yovanna Ventura (The New Edition Story), and Briana Starks (Found), among others. Simon has been instrumental in securing major studio deals, developing projects, and guiding his clients to success across film, television, and digital platforms.

“I’m thrilled to be joining Established Artists and working alongside such a dynamic and respected team,” said Simon. “This partnership will allow me to continue advocating for my clients at the highest level while expanding opportunities in an ever-evolving entertainment landscape.

Two years after Suge Knight sought to overturn what he called his “illegally imposed” 28-year prison sentence in his hit-and-run manslaughter case, a California judge has rejected his bid, calling it both too late and based on evidence described as “not sincere.”

In a new ruling issued Tuesday and obtained by Rolling Stone, Los Angeles County Judge Laura F. Priver “summarily denied” Knight’s request, known as a writ of habeas corpus, saying he took too long to file it and didn’t have the grounds to support it either way.

After its Season 2 renewal in February 2023, Rian Johnson’s and Natasha Lyonne’s Poker Face, the case-of-the-week mystery series, will be back for more sleuthing this year.

Season 1 of the Peacock show featured 10 episodes of Lyonne’s Charlie Cale, a Vegas casino worker whose keen sense of honesty leads to a Columbo-style show and reverse detective format. Johnson, who also has Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery in the works with a stacked cast, describes the show as a “howcatchem” versus a “whodunit” which is the format of the Knives Out and Glass Onion films.

Read on for everything we know about Poker Face Season 2:

Is Poker Face Season 2 in production?

Yes, Rian Johnson posted on his Instagram when production on Season 2 began. The photo contained a clapboard that featured Lyonne as episode two’s director.

How many episodes will be in Poker Face Season 2?

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The Academy saluted Hollywood — still standing despite the terrible wildfires in January — with a montage featuring some of the most magical moments from movies filmed in L.A., including two from “La La Land,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Chinatown,” “Straight Outta Compton” and “Mulholland Drive.”

You can watch the video below, titled “The Oscars Love L.A.” and read on for the list of movies that go all the way back to 1973’s “The Long Goodbye.”

The clip begins with Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) saying, “There’s no place like home,” and a shot of the Hollywood sign.

“F9”: Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and crew look out over downtown Los Angeles “Mulholland Drive”: Aspiring actress Betty Elms arrives in Los Angeles via taxi in David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive.” “The Long Goodbye”: Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) at the beach in Robert Altman’s existential noir.

Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale in ‘Poker Face’ season 2 (Photo by: Peacock)

There’s finally official content available for the much-anticipated second season of Peacock’s Poker Face starring Natasha Lyonne. While the streamer didn’t announce a season two premiere date, it teased that the 12-episode new season will arrive this spring.

“Charlie Cale is back on the run, and in season two we’ve taken her journey to the next level one murder mystery at a time. From minor league baseball to big box retail, from funeral homes to alligator farms and even a grade school talent show, Charlie navigates her crime-solving existential road trip with deadpan wit, human empathy, and her signature uncanny lie-detecting ability,” wrote series creator, writer, director, and executive producer Rian Johnson and series star director, writer, and executive producer Natasha Lyonne in a joint statement released with the first photos.

Johnson and Lyonne...

Natasha Lyonne and Rian Johnson's hit streaming series, Poker Face, is set to return this year. And, well? The list of people they've finagled to guest star in Season 2 is actually unhinged. Like, the list of people who are going to be on this show is truly outrageous and unfathomable to someone like me, a person who does not cast television shows. But if I did? And I managed to pull this off? I'd be screaming it from the rooftop, folks. Because this cast list? It's truly the best of the best of the funniest, most talented people currently working in Hollywood.

And it seems that Lyonne and Johnson recognize that, sending along a note with the press release teasing the series' forthcoming slate of episodes. And though we don't know the exact premiere date yet — all it says is "Spring 2025" — we do know the 12, 60-minute-long episodes will feature Many very,...

Natasha Lyonne and Rian Johnson's hit streaming series, Poker Face, is set to return this year. And, well? The list of people they've finagled to guest star in Season 2 is actually unhinged. Like, the list of people who are going to be on this show is truly outrageous and unfathomable to someone like me, a person who does not cast television shows. But if I did? And I managed to pull this off? I'd be screaming it from the rooftop, folks. Because this cast list? It's truly the best of the best of the funniest, most talented people currently working in Hollywood.

And it seems that Lyonne and Johnson recognize that, sending along a note with the press release teasing the series' forthcoming slate of episodes. And though we don't know the exact premiere date yet — all it says is "Spring 2025" — we do know the 12, 60-minute-long episodes will feature Many very,...

Peacock has revealed exciting news about the second season of Poker Face. New images have also provided a first look at the new episodes.

Poker Face Season 2 is set to premiere on Peacock in Spring 2025. New photos share a sneak peek at Natasha Lyonne in the second season along with some of the various guest stars. While a specific premiere date has still yet to be announced, the Spring 2025 release window is good news for fans who have been waiting for the second season to arrive. For now, the new images can be viewed below.

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"Like a Bird" from the prison drama Sing Sing just won a key prize at the 15th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards on Sunday night so does that make the tune written by Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel, and Adrian Quesada the new frontrunner for the Best Song Oscar?

The guild has been handing out its award for Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film for the last nine years, and in that span it has lined up with the Oscars only three times: "City of Stars" from La La Land, "Shallow" from A Star is Born, and "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie. In four instances, the guild picked songs that were nominated for but didn't win the Oscar: "Mystery of Love" from Call Me by Your Name, "Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7, "Dos Oruguitas" from Encanto, and "This Is a Life...

Christopher Nolan's 2006 thriller, The Prestige, is set to land on a new streaming service in March.

Nolan's 2006 film, The Prestige, will drop on Hulu on March 14. The thriller, which unites Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman, follows two stage magicians in 1890s London, who develop an intense rivalry with one another. Obsessed with outdoing the other, the rivalry inevitably grows out of control, leading to dire consequences. Jackman and Bale lead the stacked cast, which also includes the talents of Nolan movie regular Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Piper Perabo, Samantha Mahurin, Andy Serkis, and the legendary David Bowie as Nikola Tesla. Nolan co-wrote the script alongside his brother, Jonathan, who would serve as a writer on several of his other movies.

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Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Vivica A. Fox starred in a 1996 heist thriller called Set It Off, and it's currently number one on Tubi. Directed by F. Gary Gray, the film was released in November 1996 and was a box office hit, earning nearly $41.2 million at the global box office on a production budget of $9 million. It currently has a 70% critical rating and 89% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Set It Off's official plot reads:

Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.

The film follows a group of friends working together at a janitorial service after Frankie (Fox) loses her job as a bank teller. Joining her are Cleo (Queen Latifah), Stony (Pinkett Smith), and Tisean "T.T." (Kimberly Elise). The friends decide to rob banks and are successful at first, but soon they begin to mistrust each other while...

Biopics about famous musicians have been quite popular for some time, as any artist with a passionate fanbase is bound to turn out to a theater to hear their favorite songs performed. Although there are many entertaining music biopics like Rocketmanand Straight Outta Compton that succeed in celebrating groundbreaking changes within the music industry, the involvement of their subjects gives them a rather slanted view on history. While What’s Love Got To Do With It does seek to explore the life of Tina Turnerand her tumultuous relationship with her husband Ike Turner, it dug far deeper into the tension that existed between them and managed to earn both Angela Bassettand Laurence FishburneAcademy Award nominations for their work. Due to the film’s unflinching depiction of domestic abuse, Roger Ebert called What’s Love Got To Do With It “a story of pain and courage, uncommonly honest and unflinching.”...