Brendan Fraser says ‘Rental Family’ is about eradicating loneliness

Brendan Fraser stars in 'Rental Family.' (Searchlight Pictures)Brendan Fraser stars as an actor struggling to find his purpose in Rental Family.When he lands an unusual gig playing stand-in roles for real-life strangers, Fraser's character, Phillip, finds himself forming genuine connections with his clients. It's an original, feel-good movie of the like that studios aren't putting out much of anymore, and Fraser told ABC Audio it is much needed."In the David and Goliath relationship of filmmaking, where the little guys normally […]

November 21, 2025

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Colleen Hoover opens up about ‘It Ends With Us’ legal drama

Colleen Hoover attends the 'It Ends With Us' New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on August 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/WireImage)It Ends With Us author Colleen Hoover is opening up about how she feels about the ongoing legal battle between the movie adaptation’s stars, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.In a new interview with Elle, Hoover says, "It feels like a circus. When there are real people involved, with real feelings and emotions. This actually […]

November 20, 2025

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Leighton Meester, Jared Padalecki to star in Netflix holiday rom-com

Leighton Meester (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images); Jared Padalecki (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)Another BookTok favorite is coming to your TV screens.Leighton Meester and Jared Padalecki are set to star in Netflix’s adaptation of The Bodyguard by Katherine Center.According to Tudum, it’s a “comedy about a no-nonsense bodyguard who is assigned to protect a charming action star over the holidays.” While the story follows Center’s 2022 novel, the movie version will go by a different title — since that […]

November 20, 2025

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‘Task,’ ‘House of the Dragon’ score renewals at HBO

Mark Ruffalo in 'Task' (Peter Kramer/HBO)Task and House of the Dragon are among the shows returning for another season on HBO.The network announced Thursday that Task, the Mark Ruffalo-starring crime drama series, will be back for season 2, while the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon will return for season 4.The third season of House of the Dragon will air in summer 2026, with the fourth season airing in 2028.Another Game of Thrones spinoff series, A Knight of […]

November 20, 2025

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Cynthia Erivo speaks out on protecting Ariana Grande at Singapore ‘Wicked: For Good’ premiere

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo attend the "Wicked: For Good" Asia-Pacific Premiere at Universal Studio Singapore on November 13, 2025 in Singapore. (Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)Cynthia Erivo has made her first public comments regarding the Nov. 13 incident in which Ariana Grande was accosted by an online prankster during the Wicked:For Good premiere in Singapore.Erivo told Savannah Guthrie on NBC's Today show Thursday why she stepped between the man, Johnson Wen, and her co-star Grande, and physically pulled him off her before security took him away."I was really […]

November 20, 2025

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First teaser released for ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’

'The Hunger Game: Sunrise on the Reaping' (Lionsgate)We have our first look at The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.Lionsgate has released a teaser for the prequel film, which shows a young Haymitch Abernathy, played by Joseph Zada, being chosen as a tribute for the 50th Hunger Games.The teaser shows glimpses of the arena and counts down from 10 as we see the tributes – 48 instead of the usual 24 – prepare to fight to the death.There are also […]

November 20, 2025

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In brief: ‘Heated Rivalry’ headed to HBO Max and more

The upcoming espionage thriller series Ponies now has a premiere date. Peacock has announced that the show will debut to the platform on Jan. 15. The show is set in Moscow in the year 1977. Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson star as two women who work as secretaries in the American Embassy. When their husbands are killed mysteriously in the USSR, the duo become CIA operatives ...Tulsa King is in need of a showrunner. Variety reports that the Sylvester […]

November 20, 2025

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‘The Family Stone’ writer, director working on a sequel following Diane Keaton’s death

Diane Keaton is shown in a scene from 'The Family Stone.' (20th Century Fox)A sequel to The Family Stone is in the works.Thomas Bezucha, who wrote and directed the 2005 film, said in a recent interview with CNN that he has been working on a follow-up to the original film. The original movie follows the Stone family at Christmastime as they navigate matriarch Sybil Stone's (Diane Keaton) cancer diagnosis.Bezucha said he was working on the new script when he learned of Keaton's […]

November 20, 2025

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Amanda Seyfried says Sabrina Carpenter, Sydney Sweeney should join her in a third ‘Mamma Mia!’ movie

Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney attend the 28th SCAD Savannah Film Festival on Oct. 27, 2025, in Savannah, Georgia. Sabrina Carpenter seen in SoHo on Nov. 7, 2025, in New York City. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images, Aeon/GC Images via Getty Images) Amanda Seyfried wants to bring a couple of superstars into the Mamma Mia! family.The actress shared she thinks Sabrina Carpenter and Sydney Sweeney could join her in a potential third Mamma Mia! film in a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight.“Maybe […]

November 19, 2025