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In honor of Independence Day, Anthony Mackie, aka Captain America, has taken to social media to share a new photo from his forthcoming film, Captain America: Brave New World. “Happy Birthday America! Have a great 4th, see you soon…,” Mackie captioned his Instagram post. The film arrives next…

Sex sells, as the advertising and marketing adage suggests. But unfortunately for a whole bunch of acting aspirants, TV’s bodice-ripping Bridgerton ain’t buying. The show’s casting director, Kelly Valentine Hendry, revealed on the podcast Should I Delete That? that she is inundated with unsolicited…

It’s hard to imagine now, but it was no shoe-in that Hugh Jackman would become Wolverine in the Marvel films. Jackman confessed to Entertainment Weekly that he was utterly convinced he had blown his audition for the role in 2000’s X-Men film. Enter Kevin Feige, who is now the President of…

EXCLUSIVE: Essence Atkins (First Wives Club), Melissa Ponzio (Chicago Fire) and Vaughn W. Hebron (The Oval) have signed on to recurring roles in Season 2 of Onyx Collective’s Reasonable Doubt. From executive producers Raamla Mohamed, Kerry Washington and Larry Wilmore, Reasonable Doubt centers on…

UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film…

James Gunn’s Superman has added Will Reeve, son of the late Superman star Christopher Reeve, in a cameo role, according to local reporting out of Cleveland, where production is currently in motion. While reps for Warner Bros and DC could not be reached for comment, the younger Reeve will reportedly…

Kevin Bacon (City on a Hill) and Glenn Howerton (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) have boarded Netflix’s dark comedy limited series Sirens, headlined by Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy and Milly Alcock. Created by Molly Smith Metzler (Maid) based on her play Elemeno Pea and executive produced by…

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Jillian Bell (Brittany Runs a Marathon) is set to make her feature directorial debut with Summer of 69, an American High comedy for Hulu, starring Saturday Night Live‘s Chloe Fineman. Written by Liz Nico, Jules Byrne, Jillian Bell, the film’s cast also includes Sam Morelos (That ’90…

EXCLUSIVE: Molly Shannon (The Other Two) has signed on to star alongside Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser in Balls Up, the action comedy that Peter Farrelly is directing for Amazon MGM Studios and Skydance. Details as to her role are under wraps. Written by Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese (Deadpool & W…

The Morning Show is adding a second Oscar winner to its Season 4 cast. Jeremy Irons has been tapped for a major role on the Apple TV+ drama. He will play Martin Levy, Alex Levy's (Jennifer Aniston) father. Irons joins fellow new Season 4 cast addition Marion Cotillard. The Levy family drama that…

EXCLUSIVE: Pieces of a Woman‘s Kornel Mundruczó has five new additions to his new drama At the Sea, co-written with longtime collaborator Kata Wéber. They are Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso), Chloe East (The Fabelmans), Daniel Levy (Good Grief), Jenny Slate (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On), and Rainn Wilson (T…

3 Body Problem breakout Zine Tseng has been tapped as a lead opposite Hero Fiennes Tiffin in Young Sherlock, Prime Video’s series from Guy Ritchie, which tells the origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved detective. Written and executive produced by showrunner Matthew Parkhill inspired by…