Deadline reports Twilight‘s Taylor Lautner, Modern Family‘s Sarah Hyland, Four Weddings and a Funeral‘s Andie MacDowell and Australian actor Brenton Thwaites have joined the cast of the rom-com The Token Groomsman. The movie, per the outlet, follows Lautner as a down-on-his-luck businessman who sees a golden opportunity to make some business connections when he’s invited …
‘Doctor Who’ returns with a new Doctor, a new home and a new slant
James Pardon/Bad Wolf/BBC Studios There’s a new Doctor in the house! A new season of Doctor Who debuts Friday on Disney+, the first time the show has ever been on the streaming service and the first time new episodes of Doctor Who will air on the same day around the world. Russell T. Davies returns as …
WNBA legend Candace Parker appointed president of Adidas women’s basketball
Candace Parker of the Las Vegas Aces looks on from the bench before Game Two of the 2023 WNBA Playoffs finals against the New York Liberty in Las Vegas, NV, Oct. 11, 2023. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Two-time WNBA MVP and three-time WNBA champion Candace Parker is taking on a new role. On …
Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, to plead guilty to stealing millions from star player
Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers prepares for a game against the Chicago White Sox at Camelback Ranch on Feb. 27, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani, has agreed to plead guilty to bank fraud in relation to stealing …
Scoreboard roundup — 5/8/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUELA Angels 5, Pittsburgh 4Toronto 5, Philadelphia 3Kansas City 6, Milwaukee 4Atlanta 5, Boston 0Baltimore 7, Washington 6 AMERICAN LEAGUECleveland 5, Detroit 4Oakland 9, Texas 4Chi White Sox 4, Tampa Bay 1NY Yankees 9, Houston 4Minnesota 6, Seattle 3Texas 12, …
Report: ‘Succession’s’ Jeremy Strong in talks to play Springsteen manager Jon Landau in ‘Nebraska’ film
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Succession star Jeremy Strong may have found his next role. Variety reports that the Emmy winner is in talks to join the cast of the Bruce Springsteen movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, where he’ll play The Boss’ manager, Jon Landau. Deliver Me From Nowhere follows Springsteen’s efforts to make the 1982 solo album …
New workplace comedy set in ‘The Office’ universe gets Peacock series order
Peacock NBC’s sister streamer announced Wednesday that the as-yet-untitled but eagerly anticipated follow-up comedy from The Office adapter Greg Daniels will be a Peacock series. We also officially know now it’s not a reboot of the beloved U.K. import. Daniels, also of King of the Hill fame, collaborated with Nathan for You co-creator Michael Koman …
Kerry Washington’s comedy ‘UnPrisoned’ returns to Hulu on July 17
Disney/Kelsey McNeal Hulu announced on Wednesday, May 8, that the second season of the Kerry Washington/Delroy Lindo family dramedy, UnPrisoned, will return on July 17. In the series produced by and starring the Emmy-winning former Scandal star, Kerry plays a busy single mom and relationship therapist whose life is turned upside down when her formerly incarcerated dad …
Bruce Willis’ wife explains why she went public with his dementia diagnosis
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Film at Lincoln Center Emma Heming Willis is opening up about how sharing her husband Bruce Willis‘ Frontotemporal dementia or FTD diagnosis in 2023 impacted her. “I could breathe, you know, I could really exhale and sort of just feel this weight sort of lift from my shoulders but everything changed …
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ director Shawn Levy talks recent MCU whiffs and more
Marvel Studios In a new interview in Empire magazine’s Deadpool & Wolverine feature issue, it looks like director Shawn Levy is putting some distance between his upcoming movie and recent failures in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel Studios’ last theatrical outing was 2023’s The Marvels, its lowest-grossing movie to date; that year also saw the release of the drubbed Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. …