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 …
Britney Spears biopic set from ‘Wicked’ director Jon M. Chu
Michelangelo Di Battista/Sony/RCA via Getty Images Britney Spears‘ life is getting the musical biopic treatment. Universal Pictures has won the rights to the pop superstar’s bestselling memoir, The Woman in Me. Wicked filmmaker Jon M. Chu is attached to direct the film, with producer Marc Platt developing. Britney first shared news of a project in …
Bill & Ted’s Broadway adventure: Keanu to make Broadway debut with Alex Winter in ‘Waiting for Godot’
Photo: Lee Jeffries Keanu Reeves will make his Broadway debut opposite his longtime friend and Bill & Ted‘s co-star Alex Winter in a revival of Samuel Beckett‘s classic play Waiting for Godot. Reeves will play Estragon and Winter Vladimir in the production, due on the Great White Way in the fall of 2025. Two-time Tony …
‘Twister’ and ‘Twisters’ blowing into Regal’s seat-shaking 4DX theaters
Regal Better skip the sodas: The original Twister and its follow-up, the summer hit Twisters, are blowing into Regal’s seat-shaking, immersive 4DX theaters nationwide on Aug. 30. Tickets for the limited run went on sale Thursday. It will be the first time the 1996 original starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt will be screened in …
50 Cent teams up with Lionsgate for free 50 Cent Action streaming channel
Michael Tran/FilmMagic Recording artist and Power franchise co-creator Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has teamed up with Lionsgate for his very own streaming channel. According to a press release, 50 Cent Action will feature titles like Fiddy’s Power series and a dozen movies starring the rapper-actor. But it will also have access to 20,000 movies in …
Simone Biles wins 2nd career Olympic gold in women’s gymnastics all-around, Suni Lee takes bronze
Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images (PARIS) — Simone Biles took gold in Paris in the individual all-around on Thursday after the disappointment of Tokyo, while fellow American Suni Lee took bronze. It is the third time the U.S. has had two medallists on the same podium and the sixth straight time Team USA has won …
Women’s gymnastics individual all-around updates: Simone Biles leads heading into last rotation
Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images (PARIS) — Simone Biles and Suni Lee are back on the mat Thursday for the artistic gymnastics women’s individual all-around final. The veteran Team USA stars, who helped add the team’s fourth Olympics gold medal on Tuesday, will compete in four rotations: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. …
Women’s gymnastics individual all-around updates: Simone Biles drops to 3rd after uneven bars
Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images (PARIS) — Simone Biles and Suni Lee are back on the mat Thursday for the artistic gymnastics women’s individual all-around final. The veteran Team USA stars, who helped add the team’s fourth Olympics gold medal on Tuesday, will compete in four rotations: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. …
Lin-Manuel Miranda says his ‘Warriors’-themed musical concept album will debut in October
Atlantic Records Warriors, Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s new musical concept album based on Walter Hill‘s classic 1979 film The Warriors, will be available on Oct. 18 from Atlantic Records. As reported, Hill’s film centered on various fictitious themed street gangs in New York City, including the titular one. They must battle through the Big Apple to get …