Jace Downs/AMC Melissa McBride is returning to The Walking Dead universe. The actress will reunite with Norman Reedus in season 2 of the spinoff series The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, reprising her role as Carol Peletier. Announced Thursday during AMC’s presentation at New York Comic Con, McBride will join the show as a series regular. Season 2 also gets a new title …
Brie Larson tackles sexism and more in the Apple TV+ series ‘Lessons in Chemistry’
Apple TV+ Brie Larson is dishing out chemistry lessons in the new Apple TV+ series Lessons in Chemistry. The show premieres Friday, October 13 and it’s based on the popular book. Showrunner Lee Eisenberg tells ABC Audio the plot revolves around a female chemist in the 1950s who faces a lot of misogyny and sexism …
In brief: New ‘Suits’ series, ‘Based on a True Story’ renewed, and more
This year’s Suits resurgence has broken several streaming records, and now the series will be making a comeback. Suits Creator Adam Korsh is developing a new show for NBCUniversal that will take place in the Suits universe. According to Deadline, the show will not be a reboot of the original series, but instead something with …
Scoreboard roundup — 10/12/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 1 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Orlando 108, Cleveland 105 Washington 98, Charlotte 92 Detroit 128, Oklahoma City 125 Brooklyn 135, Maccabi Ra’anana 103 Atlanta 103, Memphis 102 Houston 120, New Orleans 87 Chicago 133, …
‘The Golden Bachelor’ recap: Joan ends her journey with Gerry as tensions rise in the mansion
ABC/John Fleenor Tensions began to rise at the Golden Bachelor mansion this week as the women competed for Gerry‘s heart — literally, with a talent show competition. Golden Bachelor host Jesse Palmer surprised the women in the mansion by saying that Gerry wanted to see all of them on a group date where they competed in a talent show — eliciting some apprehension …
Former ‘Teletubbies’ sun baby is pregnant with first child
Ian Gavan/Getty Images Believe it or not, the Teletubbies sun baby is about to have a baby of her own. Jess Smith, who was cast as the iconic sun baby from the children’s TV series Teletubbies at only 9 months old, is expecting her first child with her partner, Ricky Latham. Smith made the announcement in an Instagram post Tuesday. “When two …
Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone are married and anxious in new ‘The Curse’ trailer
Beth Garrabrant/A24/Paramount+ with SHOWTIME Nathan Fielder fans, get ready because he has a new show for you. The full trailer for the new series The Curse dropped Thursday, and it stars Fielder and Emma Stone as Asher and Whitney Siegel, a married couple working as HGTV house flippers. From the minds of Benny Safdie and Fielder, the new A24 series will explore “how an …
Timothée Chalamet creates pure imagination in new trailer for ‘Wonka’
Jaap Buittendijk/Warner Bros. Timothée Chalamet creates a world of pure imagination in the new trailer for Wonka. Inspired by Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Wonka tells the origin story of the world-class chocolatier Willy Wonka. It arrives in theaters this holiday season on December 15. This new trailer shows off more from Hugh Grant’s Oompa-Loompa character, who Chalamet’s Willy …
Studios walk away from SAG-AFTRA negotiations, union calls out “bully tactics” from AMPTP
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images It appears the SAG-AFTRA strike won’t be ending any time soon. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) walked away from the bargaining table on Wednesday, October 11, after refusing to counter SAG-AFTRA’s most recent offer. In a press release from the trade association that represents the studios and streamers, the AMPTP …
‘Cat Person’ director Susanna Fogel talks crafting the complex dating thriller
Courtesy of Rialto Pictures When Susanna Fogel read The New Yorker short story Cat Person after it took the internet by storm in 2017, she knew it would be adapted into a film one day. She just had no idea she would be the person tasked to direct it. Cat Person, now playing in limited release and expanding to more theaters …