Disney+ After a successful launch on Disney+, a second season of Percy Jackson was slated to get underway in the fall, but evidently shooting has already begun. The Adam Project‘s Walker Scobell returns as Percy, a young man who discovered he’s the titular son of the Greek god Poseidon. The show’s director/executive producer James Bobin …
Punkie Johnson announces she’s not returning to ‘Saturday Night Live’
NBCUniversal Comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member Punkie Johnson says she won’t be returning to the show for its 50th season this fall. Johnson broke the news following a stand-up date at Brooklyn’s Union Hall on Wednesday evening, when an audience member asked her what she’s looking forward to in what would have been …
Matt Berry and Gabriel Leone joining Prime Video’s ‘Citadel’ for sophomore season
FX/Russ Martin With newly minted Emmy nominee Matt Berry‘s What We Do in the Shadows gearing up for its sixth and final season comes news the Krapopolis voice star will appear in yet another show, Prime Video’s Citadel. ABC Audio has confirmed that both Berry and Ferrari co-star Gabriel Leone have signed on to the …
Chris Hemsworth teases fans that he knows ‘Deadpool’ “secret”
Marvel Studios One tiny, tear-filled cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine has had fans — and according to the movie, Deadpool himself — wondering what it could mean. The scene in question comes via a screen at the Time Variance Authority in the beginning of the film: Ryan Reynolds‘ character is getting an eyeful of what …
Will Smith, Coco Jones perform at event celebrating upcoming third season of ‘Bel-Air’
Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images With the upcoming third season of Bel-Air on the way, Peacock hosted a summer barbecue to celebrate, which featured a surprise performance from Will Smith. Will, who serves as executive producer for the series, was invited onstage by Coco Jones, who plays Hilary Banks. After singing her new song “Here …
Netflix announces fourth annual Geeked Week coming in September
Netflix Netflix has just announced it is holding its fourth annual Geeked Week, starting Sept. 16 and “culminating with a live, in-person fan event” in Atlanta on the evening of Sept. 19. The streaming giant notes it will be the first time its celebration of nerd-friendly titles — from live-action shows like Squid Game, Stranger …
LGBTQ athletes take their marks on the track at the Paris Olympic Games
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (PARIS) — This year’s U.S. Olympic team has a star-studded cast of LGBTQ athletes headed to Paris. At least 29 competitors are prepared to take on the international games, according to a database compiled by LGBTQ news outlet OutSports. These athletes are just a handful of the LGBTQ representation to …
Matt Damon reflects on working with Robin Williams, says he’d “definitely” play Jason Bourne again
‘Good Will Hunting’ – Ronald Siemoneit/Sygma via Getty Images Matt Damon looked back at his breakout role in Good Will Hunting and his action star turn in the Bourne franchise for the Good Morning America series “Take It From Me.” The 53-year-old actor, whose latest film The Instigators debuts Aug. 9 on Apple TV+, says …
‘Law & Order’ faves Benson and Stabler to reunite again, and more
Starz has released a teaser trailer for Sweetpea, a “deviously twisted coming-of-rage story” coming to the premium cable channel in October. The six-part series stars Ella Purnell as Rhiannon, “a quiet wallflower who develops a vengeful and intoxicatingly liberating taste for murder.” Almost invisible to people at first, Rhiannon’s “killer secret” turns everything around and she becomes …
Colman Domingo on brotherhood, bringing prison arts programs to the mainstream in ‘Sing Sing’
Black Bear Pictures, Marfa Peach Company, Edith Productions Colman Domingo‘s worked alongside mainstream actors, but in Sing Sing, out now, he joins a group of incarcerated men who’ve been flexing their acting chops behind bars. Colman portrays writer Divine G, who was imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. His character co-founds and finds purpose in Rehabilitation Through …