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MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, the last surviving original member of the influential group, died Thursday morning at MediLodge of Taylor, where he had been rehabilitating following a heart attack in April. He was 75. His death comes a little over three months since fellow MC5 cofounder Wayne Kramer died. Other key figures in the band’s […]

Dennis Thompson Dies: MC5 Drummer And Last Surviving Original Was 75

Josh O’Connor is currently starring in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers and recently revealed what character he would love to play in the future. In a recent interview, the actor said he is open to giving like to a “dark” version of the Willy Wonka character from Roal Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. “I would love […]

Josh O’Connor Says He Would Love To Play A Dark Version Of Willy Wonka

Doctor Who’s Ncuti Gatwa and W1A’s Hugh Skinner will star in a National Theatre revival of Oscar Wilde’s play about courtships, betrothals, and confused identities. The Importance of Being Earnest also stars three-time Olivier Award winner Sharon D. Clarke playing the imperious Lady Bracknell. Director Max Webster, making his NT debut, told Deadline exclusively that casting Gatwa and […]

Breaking Baz: ‘Doctor Who’ & ‘Barbie’s’  Ncuti Gatwa Stars With Sharon D Clarke And Hugh Skinner In Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance Of Being Earnest’ At UK’s National Theatre; ‘Live Aid’ Musical Transfers To Toronto

Following its huge success with Red, White & Royal Blue, the adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s bestseller, which last year came in as one of its top three most-watched romantic comedies of all time, Amazon MGM Studios has greenlighted development on a sequel, with stars Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez set to return. After making […]

Nicholas Galitzine & Taylor Zakhar Perez Returning For ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ Sequel

Bad reviews? Bah, says Chris Pine, who is ignoring the brickbats thrown at his directorial debut, Poolman.  “It’s forced me to double down on joy,” Pine told host Josh Horowitz on Thursday’s Happy Sad Confused podcast. “As an actor… fundamentally it’s about play, right? What we do is essentially become children for hours a day and make […]

‘Poolman’ Star Chris Pine Tunes Out The Bad Vibes And Worse Reviews

Giada De Laurentiis left the Food Network after 21 years and is not missing her old work schedule. In a new interview, De Laurentiis reflects on what led her to leave the cable network after so long and focus on her lifestyle brand. “I would switch gears without knowing it every seven years. So I […]

Giada De Laurentiis Reflects On Food Network Exit: “I Got Burnt Out”

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains plot points from the May 11 episode of Young Sheldon on CBS. For fans of The Big Bang Theory, Thursday’s episode of Young Sheldon shouldn’t have come as a huge surprise. With the May 16 series finale only a week away, viewers were waiting for the comedy’s title character to […]

‘Young Sheldon’: How Producers Addressed The Inevitable Tragedy That Rocks The Cooper Family

This week’s SNL host Maya Rudolph was joined by veteran SNL cast member Kenan Thompson for the traditional Thursday promo to welcome this week’s musical guest, Vampire Weekend. The first bit saw them adopt fake Transylvanian accents to mock the band. Then a longstanding beef about a missing hair dryer stirred things up, followed by […]

‘SNL’ Promo: Maya Rudolph And Kenan Thompson Go Vampire Weekend Hunting

Elisabeth Moss has spilled some tea on the behind-the-scenes of the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted. Moss starred alongside Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, and Brittany Murphy in the Oscar-winning drama about a women’s psychiatric facility. The future Handmaid’s Tale actress was just 15 years old when she played Polly Clark, a teenager with schizophrenia who also […]

‘Girl, Interrupted’ Cast Was Divided Into Factions, Elisabeth Moss Claims

SATURDAY AM: For those hooked on a theory last weekend that star power no longer works in opening films, their concerns are further underscored this weekend as a bunch of no-name apes are driving 20th Century Studios/Disney’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes to what might be the biggest B.O. opening this May of […]

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