Lucasfilm Lucasfilm has struck down the prospects for a second season of The Acolyte. The Disney+ show, starring Amandla Stenberg and created by Leslye Headland, launched on June 4 with two episodes, generating 4.8 million views for the first two chapters, enough to rank at #7 on Nielsen’s Top 10. As the series progressed, it …
In Brief: Second season sneak peek of ‘Bad Sisters’, and more
Apple TV+ has announced the premiere date for season 2 of Sharon Horgan‘s dark comedy Bad Sisters. The new season will kick off with two episodes on Nov. 13. The series follows the Garveys — an Irish family with five sisters — portrayed by Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene and Eve Hewson. Claes …
Millie Bobby Brown adapting her novel ‘Nineteen Steps’ for Netflix
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Stranger Things‘ Millie Bobby Brown is reportedly developing a feature adaptation of her debut novel, Nineteen Steps, for Netflix, sources tell Deadline. Brown will reportedly produce and star in the feature, which The Theory of Everything‘s Anthony McCarten will direct. The New York Times bestseller, co-written by Brown and Kathleen McGurl, is set …
Scoreboard Roundup — 8/19/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUECincinnati Reds 6, Toronto Blue Jays 3NY Mets 4, Baltimore Orioles 3Texas Rangers 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3San Diego Padres 5, Minnesota Twins 3Chicago White Sox 3, San Francisco Giants 5Seattle Mariners 0, LA Dodgers 3 AMERICAN LEAGUEHouston Astros 5, Boston …
“Big, fun, nice check”: Michael Keaton doesn’t really care the Batgirl movie got shelved
Warner Bros. Discovery In a feature in GQ, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star Michael Keaton had a pretty plain-spoken response to Warner Bros. infamously shelving Batgirl, a film that would have had him reprising as Batman. “Big, fun, nice check,” he said when he was asked what his feelings were about the shelving of the movie that …
Kirsten Dunst brings it on at anniversary screening party
Kelly Lee Barrett/Cinespia Oscar-nominated actress Kirsten Dunst has come a long way since playing chipper cheerleader Torrance Shipman in 2000’s hit Bring it On, but on Sunday evening she showed she can still bring it. The actress surprised fans at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery during a Kirsten Dunst Sleepover Party at the venue. It was …
Zoë Kravitz shares her hopes for her next turn as Catwoman in ‘The Batman: Part II’
Warner Bros. Pictures Zoë Kravitz doesn’t know when she’ll be called back into action by director Matt Reeves for the sequel to his blockbuster The Batman, but she has some hopes for the next time she plays Selina Kyle aka Catwoman. While promoting her directorial debut, Blink Twice, Zoë tells Collider, “Matt goes into his …
‘The Daily Show’ sets Democratic National Convention schedule
Comedy Central The Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture in Chicago will be hosting the Democratic National Convention beginning Monday, and The Daily Show news team will be there. Michael Kosta kicks things off Monday at 10 p.m. CT, and his special guest will be Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Desi Lydic will co-host Tuesday evening …
Oprah, Montel, Andy Cohen and more react to death of talk show “pioneer” Phil Donahue
Robin Platzer/Getty Images Talk show hosts past and present took to social media to mourn Emmy winner and talk show icon Phil Donahue, who died Sunday night at 88 years old. Oprah Winfrey posted to Instagram a throwback photo of her hugging the man whose talk show dominance she challenged in the 1980s. “There wouldn’t …
“I’m going to be fine”: ‘Boy Meets World’ star Danielle Fishel reveals breast cancer diagnosis
Good Morning America Danielle Fishel, who played Topanga on Boy Meets World and its follow-up, Girl Meets World, revealed on her podcast that she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer. The 43-year-old host of Pod Meets World explains her prognosis is very good, because it was caught “so, so early.” On the Aug. 19 episode, she …