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Benji Madden is proving he's his wife Cameron Diaz's biggest fan.

The Good Charlotte singer took to Instagram on Friday to not only mark his and Diaz's recent 10th wedding anniversary but to praise her return to the big screen in Back in Action as well.

"This is my QUEEN," he wrote in the post's caption. "I celebrate this BAD A** WOMAN. Wife, Mommy, friend, partner, Boss, and lover."

Of their decade of marriage, which they reached on Jan. 5, Madden said "every year only gets more fulfilling."

"It's special," he continued. "Never perfect- always real- always reliable. Every day getting to have my best friend with me ride or die."

Madden expressed his gratitude for his "beautiful life" with Diaz, which includes their two children, and hinted at "ANOTHER MILESTONE" in their lives.

"We are SO happy to see you….BACK IN ACTION!!....Congrats baby!!" he gushed.

Back in Action, an action-comedy starring Diaz and Jamie Foxx, marks Diaz's return to acting after more than a decade away, with her most recent film being 2014's Annie remake.

Back in Action is streaming now on Netflix.

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Greta Gerwig is bringing her Narnia adaptation to the big screen.

The film, which is being made for Netflix, will get an exclusive two-week global run on Imax screens, according to Variety. It will open in movie theaters on Thanksgiving Day 2026. Narnia will play in movie theaters in 90 countries in over 1,000 cinemas ahead of its streaming release on Netflix on Christmas Day 2026. It's based on The Chronicles of Narnia book series by C.S. Lewis.

Puck first reported the news that a deal with Imax had been reached after months of negotiations. It is a rarity for Netflix, which does sometimes have limited theatrical releases in order for its titles to qualify for The Oscars, but mostly prefers to have its films debut on its streaming platform.

Narnia is one of a few exceptions. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery had an exclusive one-week run in over 600 theaters before its streaming release back in 2022, making it the streamer's widest-ever theatrical release to date.

Netflix recruited Gerwig to direct their Narnia adaptation back in 2020. In 2023, the director helmed the year's highest-grossing film, Barbie, which earned almost $1.5 billion worldwide. 

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Joel McHale is joining the Scream franchise. The actor will play Sidney Prescott's husband, Mark Evans, in Scream 7. Deadline first broke the news on Thursday. As previously reported, Neve Campbell is returning to the role of Sidney in the seventh Scream film, along with a cast that will also include Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Isabel May, Celeste O'Connor, Asa Germann, Mckenna Grace, Sam Rechner and Anna Camp. The film is currently in production in Atlanta ...

Conan O'Brien is set to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. “I am honored to be the first winner of the Mark Twain Prize recognized not for humor, but for my work as a riverboat pilot,” O’Brien said. The prize will be awarded to O'Brien on March 23 in The Kennedy Center Concert Hall, and the program will premiere on Netflix on a yet-to-be-announced date ...

Fox has renewed its crime series Murder In A Small Town for a second season. The show, which stars Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk, is based on the Edgar Award-winning book series from L.R. Wright. “We look forward to giving fans a second season of Karl Alberg’s unmatched expertise as a crime solver in Murder in a Small Town,” Brooke Bowman, of Fox Television Network, said. “We’ve enjoyed a terrific partnership with Sepia and Future Shack and our incredibly talented cast and crew and can’t wait to see what’s in store for our characters next season.” ...

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Innies and outies, rejoice! AppleTV+'s Severance is finally back for a second season. The show follows co-workers at a mysterious, cult-like company who volunteer for a procedure that separates their work life and their home life: While at work, they have no memory of their home life and vice versa. The first season ended with a massive cliff-hanger, and fans have been pondering theories ever since.

Britt Lower, who plays Helly, and John Turturro, who plays Irving, say in the three years the show's been gone, they've been asked for spoilers many times.

"I think there's that moment that we've all experienced of someone wanting to know and then saying immediately, 'But don't tell me anything!'" Lower tells ABC Audio. "And I think people want to be on the journey of mystery."

"Right? That's part of the fun for the audience," Turturro adds. "They really are participating that way — the longer it goes on, the better it is." 

Patricia Arquette, who plays seemingly evil manager Harmony Cobel, says she simply channels her character when people press her for details.

"It's funny, I don't really carry around characters very much, but when people ask me, a little inner Cobel comes out," she says. "I really want to lie to them. I want to throw them off of the scent."

Christopher Walken, who plays Turturro's romantic interest, Burt, likes that Severance's multiple mysteries mean the "audience is always catching up." He tells ABC Audio, "It's the element of surprise, which in show business is very valuable."

In addition to being mysterious, Walken says Severance is "a little bit funny" and "a little bit scary, which is always a good combination." He also likes the fact that as "somebody who plays all these unsavory characters," he gets to play "a good guy and a love interest," noting, "I don't get a lot of that." 

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Justin Baldoni has filed a new civil lawsuit against Blake Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, the couple's publicist Leslie Sloane and Sloane's public relations company, Vision PR, for, among other things, extortion and defamation.

Baldoni, who directed and starred in the film It Ends With Us with Lively, is accusing Lively of having "robbed" Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios LLC of control of the film, as well as destroying Baldoni's "personal and professional reputations and livelihood."

The suit lists Baldoni, Wayfarer and Baldoni's publicist Jennifer Abel as plaintiffs, as well as Melissa Nathan, a crisis PR specialist hired by Wayfarer Studios, and Jamey Heath, Baldoni's friend and podcast co-host. They are currently seeking $400 million in damages.

"Lively stole Wayfarer’s movie, hijacked Wayfarer’s premiere, destroyed Plaintiffs’ personal and professional reputations and livelihood, and aimed to drive Plaintiffs out of business entirely," the suit reads.

The suit claims Lively pushed a "false and damaging narrative" against Baldoni that was "rife with lies and doctored 'evidence'" in accusing him of sexual harassment on the set of It Ends with Us.

Lively first raised allegations of sexual harassment against Baldoni and accused him and his publicity team of trying to destroy her reputation in a complaint she filed in December with the California Civil Rights Department, which included numerous text messages and communications she claimed were part of a campaign to attack her public image. The New York Times was the first to report Lively's legal complaint.

Lively then formally filed a lawsuit in New York against Baldoni and other defendants, again alleging sexual harassment.

Bryan Freedman, the attorney for Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios, denied all allegations.

Baldoni's suit accuses Sloane of having gone "so far as to propagate malicious stories portraying Baldoni as a sexual predator" and Reynolds of using the term to describe Baldoni in a call with Baldoni's agent. The suit claims Reynolds told Baldoni's rep to "drop" him as a client.

Baldoni also accused Reynolds of launching into an "aggressive tirade, berating Baldoni in what Baldoni later described as a 'traumatic' encounter" at the couple's home during the film's production.

The suit claims Baldoni and the other plaintiffs were "the targets of a calculated and vitriolic smear campaign" lodged by the defendants and that Lively, leveraging her and her husband's star power, took control of the film — including Lively having her own cut of it.

Freedman said in a statement, "This lawsuit is a legal action based on an overwhelming amount of untampered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team's duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies by disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored information to the media."

"It is clear based on our own all out willingness to provide all complete text messages, emails, video footage and other documentary evidence that was shared between the parties in real time, that this is a battle she will not win and will certainly regret," Freedman continued.

Freedman ended his statement by saying, "We know the truth, and now the public does too. Justin and his team have nothing to hide, documents do not lie."

ABC News has reached out to Lively, Reynolds, Sloane and Vision PR for a comment in response to Baldoni's suit against them, but has not yet received a response.

Baldoni's latest action in his legal battle against Lively comes after he had filed a lawsuit against The New York Times on Dec. 31 for libel and false light invasion of privacy, after it published the story "We Can Bury Anyone" on Dec. 22, which included reporting on Lively's complaint. That same day, Lively formally filed her lawsuit in New York against Baldoni and other defendants.

Baldoni was reportedly dropped from his talent agency after the story was published.

In his complaint against The New York Times, Baldoni accused the newspaper of relying on "cherry-picked" and altered communications, with details "stripped of necessary context and deliberately spliced" to "mislead."

In a statement to ABC News, The New York Times denied Baldoni's accusations and said their original story was "meticulously and responsibly reported," and that their report was "based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and emails that we quote accurately and at length in the article."

Lively's attorney issued a statement amid the ongoing feud.

"Ms. Lively's federal litigation before the Southern District of New York involves serious claims of sexual harassment and retaliation, backed by concrete facts. This is not a 'feud' arising from 'creative differences' or a 'he said/she said' situation. As alleged in Ms. Lively's complaint, and as we will prove in litigation, Wayfarer and its associates engaged in unlawful, retaliatory astroturfing against Ms. Lively for simply trying to protect herself and others on a film set," the statement read in part.

In recent days, both Baldoni and Lively's attorney have issued statements on the ongoing legal feud.

Both Baldoni and Lively are seeking a jury trial.

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Kyle MacLachlan is paying tribute to his longtime collaborator and friend David Lynch, who died at age 78, his family announced on Facebook Thursday.

In a photo carousel shared to Instagram, MacLachlan posted pictures of himself with the acclaimed director alongside a lengthy caption.

"Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn’t recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision," MacLachlan began his tribute.

"What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to," MacLachlan wrote. "Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I’d ever met."

The actor then detailed how in tune Lynch was with the universe, and that he was not interested in finding answers and instead focused on asking questions, because they "are the drive that make us who we are."

"While the world has lost a remarkable artist, I’ve lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own," MacLachlan wrote. "I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We’d talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh. His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other."

MacLachlan ended his tribute by saying he will miss Lynch more than the limits of language can tell and that his heart can bear.

"My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he’s gone," MacLachlan wrote. "David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything."

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A spokesperson for Brad Pitt has given a statement regarding the French woman who was scammed out of her life savings while believing she was in a relationship with the actor.

The French woman, named Anne, revealed she was scammed out of $850,000 after she believed she was in a long-distance relationship with the Hollywood actor. The story was first reported on the TF1 show Sept à huit on Sunday, according to Men's Journal.

"It’s awful that scammers take advantage of fans’ strong connection with celebrities, but this is an important reminder to not respond to unsolicited online outreach, especially from actors who have no social media presence," the spokesperson for Pitt told ABC Audio.

Anne, who was married to a wealthy man at the time, first began communicating with the scammer while on vacation with her children in the French Alps. She downloaded Instagram and shared photos from her trip. The scammer originally pretended to be Pitt's mother, Jane Pitt. They found her Instagram profile and told Anne "that her son needed someone like me,” she said on the TF1 show. Their communication lasted over a year.

"At first I said to myself that it was fake, that it’s ridiculous,” Anne said. “But I’m not used to social media and I didn’t really understand what was happening to me.”

As time went on, Anne received AI-generated photos and audio messages from the scammers, now pretending to be the actor. They claimed Pitt needed $1 million for a kidney transplant and was unable to access his bank accounts due to his divorce from Angelina Jolie, coercing Anne into sending them the money.

“I ask myself why they chose me to do such harm like this?” Anne said. “I’ve never harmed anyone. These people deserve hell.”

Anne ultimately left her husband before she realized she had been conned when she saw reports about Pitt's real-life girlfriend, Ines de Ramon.

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Jessica Alba announced Thursday that she and husband Cash Warren are splitting after 16 years of marriage.

The actress and The Honest Company co-founder shared a statement about their split to Instagram.

"I've been on a journey of self realization and transformation for years-both as an individual and in partnership with Cash," she began. "I'm proud of how we've grown as a couple and in our marriage over the last 20 years and it's now time for us to embark on a new chapter of growth and evolution as individuals."

Her statement continued, "We are moving forward with love and kindness and respect for each other and will forever be family. Our children remain our highest priority and we request privacy at this time."

Alba and Warren married in May 2008 and share three children — daughters Honor, 16, and Haven, 13, as well as son Hayes, 7.

The couple celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary last May.

In a post shared to her Instagram at the time, Alba wrote, "16 years of marriage, 20 years together and forever to go… Happy Anniversary @cash_warren."

"I'm proud of us for making it this far," she continued at the time. "There is no real set of rules or guidance that can ever prepare you for what it means to commit to another person and choose to be family. Through thick and thin we have continually found our way back to each other and have chosen one another. Cheers to us, I love you."

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David Lynch, the Oscar-nominated director of films including Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, and co-creator of the cult drama series Twin Peaks, has died. He was 78.

"It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch," a statement on his official Facebook account said. "We would appreciate some privacy at this time. There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, 'Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.'"

The statement added, "It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way."

The filmmaker revealed in August 2024 that he had developed emphysema after years of smoking. "I'm homebound whether I like it or not," Lynch told Sight and Sound magazine. "I can't go out. And I can only walk a short distance before I'm out of oxygen."

Lynch added in a social media post at the time that he was "in excellent shape" otherwise, declaring, "I am filled with happiness, and I will never retire."

An acclaimed film director and screenwriter, visual artist, musician and composer known for his surreal, sometimes macabre, works, Lynch was nominated for four Academy Awards over his more than six-decade career, though he only directed 10 feature films between his 1977 debut, Eraserhead, and his most recent film, 2006's Inland Empire. So singular was his artistic vision, however, that in 2019 Lynch received an honorary Academy Award in recognition of his body of work and contribution to cinema.

He also received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his 1990s TV series Twin Peaks, which introduced the broader public to his eclectic style that often juxtaposed fantastical or dreamlike elements with mundane environments – a signature aesthetic that came to be described as "Lynchian."

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Goodbye, You.

Netflix has released the teaser trailer and release date for season 5 of its thriller series, You. The show, which stars Penn Badgley as the hopeless romantic killer Joe Goldberg, returns for its final season on April 24.

Joe's journey to finding The One has taken him all over the world, from New York City to LA, San Francisco and London, but he's back in the Big Apple for the final 10 episodes of the popular show.

"Hello, you. Do you remember me? 'Cause I remember you. Here we are together again, back to where it began. A lot has happened these many years together. Identities, cities, loves. Complications," Badgley's Joe says via his signature voice-over narration in the trailer. "But all that led me here to now, to where I was always meant to be. And the one constant, the one thing that has always been there for me, is you."

Charlotte Richie also returns in season 5 as Joe's partner, Kate. The pair move to New York together, where we're introduced to several new characters, including free-spirited playwright Bronte, played by Madeline Brewer, Joe's brother-in-law Teddy, played by Griffin Matthews, and Joe's twin sisters-in-law Raegan and Maddie, both portrayed by Anna Camp.

Natasha Behnam, Pete Ploszek, Tom Francis and Nava Mau also star in the fifth and final season of the Netflix show.

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Fans will get a double dose of Sam Heughan Friday night. Right after Outlander’s season 7 finale airs on Starz, Heughan’s new show, The Couple Next Door, debuts its first episode on the channel.

Heughan stars as Danny, a husband with secrets, in the steamy relationship drama about two married couples who become entangled in each others’ suburban lives. While many fans would argue Heughan’s Outlander character Jamie Fraser is the perfect man, the Scottish actor tells ABC Audio it was refreshing to play a man with flaws in The Couple Next Door.

“I think it's actually somehow more interesting,” he says. “Jamie Fraser always knows what to do in most situations. And that's a great character to play. But it's really interesting to play someone who's maybe more morally ambiguous and makes bad decisions. Perhaps too many of them.”

Danny and his wife, Becka, played by Jessica De Gouw, are at a “crisis point” in their relationship just as a beautiful couple – played by Eleanor Tomlinson and Alfred Enoch – move in next door, making their lives all the more complicated.

“It's make or break for them, I think,” Heughan says. “And this new couple coming in obviously is refreshing and new energy and new life and they welcome them into it. But it also has obviously big consequences.” 

The Couple Next Door airs on Starz Fridays at 9 p.m. ET.

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The Wheel of Time has added five new cast members ahead of its upcoming third season. The show made the announcement in a post shared to social media on Wednesday. Isabella Bucceri will play Faile Bashere; Nukâka Coster-Waldau will play the eldest Wise One, Bair; Salóme Gunnarsdóttir has been cast as Melaine, a Wise One of the Taardad Aiel; Björn Landberg is Rhuarc, the Clan Chief of the Taardad Aiel; and Synnøve Macody Lund will play Melhindra, a Malkieri survivor. The fantasy series, which stars Rosamund Pike, returns for season 3 on Prime Video on March 13 ...

Faran Tahir will reprise his Iron Man role Raza in the upcoming WandaVision spinoff series Vision Quest, he confirmed on his Instagram Story on Wednesday. The actor shared a link to the Deadline story that first reported the news. Tahir will play the villainous character who led the terrorist organization the 10 Rings in the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film back in 2008 in the upcoming Paul Bettany-led Disney+ show, which has been in development since 2022 and was picked up for series in May 2024 ...

The Writers Guild of America announced the nominations for the 2025 Writers Guild Awards on Wednesday. A Real Pain, Anora, Challengers, Civil War and My Old Ass were recognized with nominations in the original screenplay category, while A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part 2, Hit Man, Nickel Boys and Wicked were nominated in the adapted screenplay category. The winners of the 77th annual Writers Guild Awards will be announced on Feb. 15 during concurrent ceremonies in New York and LA ...

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Renée Zellweger is opening up about why she took a half-decade hiatus from acting, and it has to do with the sound of her voice.

In a recent interview with Hugh Grant for British Vogue, Grant asked Zellweger why she took a break from acting between the years 2010 and 2016.

“Because I needed to. I was sick of the sound of my own voice. When I was working, I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, listen to you. Are you sad again, Renée? Oh, is this your mad voice?’ It was a regurgitation of the same emotional experiences,” Zellweger said.

While she did not do any acting during her break, Zellweger said she kept up with her artistry by writing music, among other new hobbies she picked up.

The actress "studied international law. I built a house, rescued a pair of older doggies, created a partnership that led to a production company, advocated for and fundraised with a sick friend, and spent a lot of time with family and godchildren and driving across the country with the dogs. I got healthy" during her acting hiatus, she said.

Zellweger and Grant will reunite in the upcoming fourth Bridget Jones film, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, which streams on Peacock on Feb. 13.

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Riley Keough is sharing how she wants to raise her kids differently than her own upbringing.

In an episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast released on Wednesday, the actress, who is the eldest daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley, opened up about her childhood, talked about the relationship she had with her mother and shared what she wants to instill in her children.

"I think she was such an amazing parent and she wanted us to have — I think her father did — these amazing experiences all the time," Keough told host Alex Cooper. "For me personally, I think that the problem there could be for some that when you're used to so much, it's hard to find joy in simple things."

"I really want my children to be able to find joy ... just playing in the backyard and doing normal kid stuff and not need like elephants and circus and all these things all the time," she said.

The actress also talked about the mother-daughter dynamic she had with Presley, who died in January 2023 at 54 from a small bowel obstruction. Keough said the dynamic with her mom "changed" when Presley "fell into her addiction."

"There was a certain point, probably in my mid 20s, when I sort of became more of the caretaker in the relationship. And I think it was around when she became addicted to opiates," Keough said.

As a mom to daughter Tupelo Storm, whom she shares with husband Ben Smith-Petersen, Keough said she doesn't want to ever burden her kids and make them feel like they have to take care of her.

"I really am going to try my best," she said. "I don't know if it's just inevitable, but as a parent, I don't ever want my kids to feel like they have to take care of me, or unless they literally do. But I mean like emotionally, you know?"

"I don't want my children to feel like my happiness is their responsibility," she added.

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The official trailer for Daredevil: Born Again is here at long last.

The clip centers around Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Charlie Cox), the blind lawyer by day and vigilante by night, and Wilson Fisk/Kingpin (Vincent D'Onofrio), the former mob boss, having an increasingly tense conversation at a diner intercut with bloody, bone-breaking action.

"I will admit, it's not entirely unpleasant seeing you again," Fisk says after Murdock thanks him for meeting him. "A lot of time has passed. By the look of it, you've come up in the world."

Murdock returns the favor, saying, "I could say the same about you."

Fisk defends his new title of mayor, claiming he's the one who "serves his city," but he's quick to notice Murdock's not buying it.

"I can see you're not entirely convinced," Fisk says. Murdock replies, "Can you blame me? I can't shake the feeling that you're gaming the system."

Later in the trailer, Fisk suggests that "sometimes peace needs to be broken and chaos must reign."

"I was raised to believe in grace, but I was also raised to believe in retribution," Murdock says as the trailer comes to a close — but not before he meets up with Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle/The Punisher.

According to the series' official synopsis, Murdock continues to "fight for justice" while Fisk "pursues his own political endeavors in New York," adding, "When their past identities begin to emerge, both men find themselves on an inevitable collision course."

The series also stars Margarita Levieva, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Wilson Bethel, Zabryna Guevara, Nikki M. James, Genneya Walton, Arty Froushan, Clark Johnson, Michael Gandolfini and Ayelet Zurer.

Daredevil: Born Again premieres on Disney+ on March 4 at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET.

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The nominations for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards have been revealed.

Conclave, the Edward Berger-directed film starring Ralph Fiennes, which centers on the death of a pope and the election of a new one, is the most-nominated film of the year with 12 nominations.

Following close behind is Emilia Pérez with 11 nods and The Brutalist with nine. Anora, Dune: Part Two and Wicked received seven nominations apiece.

The BAFTA Film Awards, which are colloquially referred to as the "British Oscars," will announce winners in a ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 16.

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St. Denis Medical has been renewed for a second season. The mockumentary-style NBC sitcom, which aired its midseason premiere on Tuesday, follows the staff at an underfunded Oregon hospital who treat patients while doing their best to maintain their own sanity. Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, Allison Tolman, Josh Lawson, Kahyun Kim, Mekki Leeper and Kaliko Kauahi star in the show, which was NBC's #1 new series of the 2024-25 season in the 18-49 age demo ...

Jared Padalecki is about to suit up in scrubs. The actor will star in a currently untitled one-hour medical drama for CBS. The show will reteam him with his Walker executive producer and showrunner Anna Frickle, Deadline reports. Padalecki will play a headstrong country doctor who practices a unique style of improvisational medicine from a mobile clinic in rural Texas ...

This February, A24 is celebrating the season of love by bringing its romance drama We Live in Time to Max for its streaming debut. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, will be available on the platform on Feb. 7 ...

Additionally, Waitress: The Musical will also make its streaming debut on Max in February. The film of the Broadway stage production, which stars Sara Bareilles, Charity Angél Dawson, Caitlin Houlahan, Drew Gehling and Christopher Fitzgerald, arrives on the platform this Valentine's Day, on Feb. 14 ...

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Josh Gad is opening up about the public response to his portrayal of LeFou in the live-action Beauty and the Beast film.

In the actor's new memoir, In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some, he writes about the public backlash he received after his character danced with a man during a musical number in the 2017 film.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Gad wrote he "never once" played LeFou as a gay character, and a "sweet and innocuous moment" of dance choreography was taken out of context.

"I for one certainly didn't exactly feel like LeFou was who the queer community had been wistfully waiting for," Gad wrote. "I can't quite imagine a Pride celebration in honor of the 'cinematic watershed moment' involving a quasi-villainous Disney sidekick dancing with a man for half a second. I mean, if I were gay, I'm sure I'd be pissed."

Gad said he had discussions with director Bill Condon, as well as screenwriters Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos, about the specific nature of LeFou's feelings for Gaston. Ultimately, Gad wrote, they decided that LeFou was simply in awe of Gaston, "and that was not driven by any sexual desire whatsoever but rather a deep-seated love, appreciation, and belief in this person he had served alongside in battle for many years."

He also wrote that the team never discussed focusing on LeFou's sexuality, which "frankly was not a thing to really explore in a random comedic character in the film ... or so I thought."

Through all of this, Gad wrote he would have loved to have played an explicitly gay version of LeFou, but that "never once was the moment in this film described to me as something that we were going to hang a lantern on and pat ourselves on the back for. ... It was both too little and not enough to be anything more than it was."

In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some is available now. In a Tuesday morning appearance on The View, Gad said he plans to donate a portion of the proceeds from his book to those affected by the wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

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There's double the Robert De Niro in the new trailer for The Alto Knights.

The Oscar winner plays two roles — Vito Genovese and Frank Costello — in the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures film. It arrives in theaters on March 21.

Helmed by Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson, the film follows two of New York City's most notorious organized crime bosses "as they vie for control of the city’s streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever," according to the film's official logline.

"Where do I start?" De Niro's Frank Costello asks in the trailer. "You're going down a very dangerous road."

"And we ain't been down dangerous roads before? That's the risk you take. Me, I take that risk," the Vito Genovese De Niro responds.

The film was inspired by the true story of the mob boss who brought about the downfall of the American mafia, according to the trailer. It was written by Goodfellas screenwriter and Oscar nominee Nicholas Pileggi, and produced by Oscar winner Irwin Winkler, who also produced Rocky and Goodfellas.

Debra Messing, Cosmo Jarvis, Katherine Narducci, Michael Rispoli, Michael Adler, Ed Amatrudo, Joe Bacino, Anthony J. Gallo, Wallace Langham, Louis Mustillo, Frank Piccirillo, Matt Serviet and Robert Uricola also star.

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Jimmy Kimmel delivered an emotional monologue during the Jan. 13 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! about the "nightmare" situation of the Southern California fires.

"As you know, it has been a very scary, very stressful, very strange week here in LA, where we work, where we live, where our kids go to school," Kimmel said, getting choked up. "We are back at our studio, which we had to evacuate on Wednesday."

Video footage then showed a fire close to the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, where the talk show is filmed.

"Many of us had to leave our homes in a hurry. Some of our co-workers lost their homes," Kimmel said. "It's been terrible. It's been terrible. Everyone who lives in the city knows someone, most of us multiple people — families, friends, colleagues, neighbors — whose houses burned down. And the truth is, we don't even know if it's over."

Kimmel continued, "I think I speak for all of us when I say it has been a sickening, shocking, awful experience. But it has also been, in a lot of ways, a beautiful experience, because once again, we see our fellow men and women coming together to support each other. People who lost their own homes were out volunteering in parking lots helping others who lost theirs."

The host then went on to thank all of the LA firefighters who were "the first on the scene."

"Without hesitation, they were out there putting out the fires as best they could," he said, also shouting out firefighters from other states — and countries — for lending a helping hand in the face of the tragedy.

"To our police, our National Guard, our rescue workers, the doctors, the nurses, EMTs, the pilots working 12-hour shifts, thank God for all of you," Kimmel added. "I also want to thank our local news reporters who reminded us how important local television and radio and newspapers are."

Kimmel was also critical of some remarks President-elect Donald Trump has made in the wake of the fires, saying he had spread "vile and irresponsible and stupid things ... during our darkest and most terrifying hour."

The Southern California fires began on Jan. 7 and have ravaged thousands of acres throughout the Los Angeles area.

At least 24 people have died, more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for and tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate amid multiple wildfires, which have been fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds.

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