Tom Holland has been enjoying his time filming Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey.
The actor called playing the role of Telemachus in the upcoming film “the job of a lifetime” in a recent interview with GQ Sports.
“It was amazing. The job of a lifetime, without a doubt. The best experience I’ve had on a film set,” Holland said. “Incredible. It was exciting. It was different. And I think the movie is going to be unlike anything we’ve ever seen.”
Holland had nothing but kind words to say about Nolan and his wife and producer Emma Thomas.
“Working with Chris, getting to know him and Emma was absolutely fantastic. I’ve never seen someone that can work the way that they do, and there is a reason why they’re the best in the business for sure,” Holland said. “To get a front row seat to that and to be a part of the process and to collaborate with a true master of his craft and learn from him was the best experience I’ve ever had.”
Holland is leading the ensemble of the film alongside Matt Damon, who is playing Odysseus. The star-studded cast of TheOdyssey also includes Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and Jon Bernthal.
“Matt Damon has always been a hero of mine, Anne Hathaway has always been a hero of mine,” Holland said. “So to share scenes with them, to learn from them, to become friends with them, I couldn’t have asked for a better job. And I’m so proud of the work I’ve done. I came to work every day with a real sense of purpose and a point to prove, and I’m so grateful for Chris to have given me that opportunity.”
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Zach Braff, Donald Faison and more are scrubbing back in.
Good Morning America has confirmed that Braff and Faison are returning for the new Scrubs series.
Sarah Chalke will also return to the series and join Braff and Faison as executive producers.
According to a logline for the reboot, “JD and Turk scrub in together for the first time in a long time- medicine has changed, interns have changed, but their bromance has stood the test of time.”
“Characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way,” the logline adds.
GMA previously reported that a reboot was being developed by show creator Bill Lawrence.
The hit 2000s medical comedy featured the story of the medical staff of Sacred Heart Hospital, including interns, doctors and other employees, from the point of view of J.D. Dorian (Braff).
It aired for nine seasons and was honored with a Peabody Award in 2006.
In his Instagram Story, Braff shared a video of himself singing, “I can’t do this all on my own. I need Sarah Chalke and Donald Faison.”
Faison, who portrayed Turk in the hit series, also shared a post of his own with a throwback photo of him, Chalke and Braff. He captioned the post, “Hello again.”
Chalke took to Instagram and shared a throwback photo too, with Faison and Braff and captioned the post, “YAY!!!!”
She added in her Instagram Story, “@vdoozer thank you for my dream job…a second time.”
In a statement shared by ABC, Lawrence said, “Scrubs means so very much to me.”
“So excited for the chance to get the band back together,” he added.
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The trailer for Outlander: Blood of my Blood has arrived. STARZ has released the trailer for the upcoming prequel series, which premieres on Aug. 8. New episodes of the series will stream Fridays on the STARZ app, and all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms. The show is a romance that takes place across time, going from the battlefields of World War I to the Highlands of 18th century Scotland …
Murderbot has been renewed for season 2 on Apple TV+. The show’s renewal comes ahead of the season 1 finale, which premieres on Friday. Alexander Skarsgård stars in and executive produces the series, which was created by and showrun by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz …
Hailee Steinfeld has joined the upcoming Olympic romance film Winter Games. Deadline reports that the Sinners star has joined Miles Teller in the film, which follows an overlooked skier and a self-sabotaging hockey legend who connect in the Olympic Village …
The titular serial killer is back in the new series Dexter: Resurrection, which is a continuation of the series Dexter: New Blood, which in turn is a sequel to the beloved series Dexter.
This new series picks up weeks after Dexter took a bullet to the chest at the hands of his own son, Harrison Morgan, at the end of Dexter: New Blood. After he wakes up from a coma, Dexter sets out for New York City to find Harrison and make things right.
Michael C. Hall reprises his role as Dexter for the new show. He talked to ABC Audio about how the character has changed over the years.
“I think Dexter, when we first meet him, has a very firm line that he’s drawn between the life he simulates—the seemingly normal human life—and who he imagines himself to truly be,” Hall said. “I think, at this point, the lines are completely interweaving and intersecting and, as far as his humanity goes, I think the one thing that’s undeniable is his very human connection to his son.”
While Hall says Dexter’s relationship with Harrison “was backed into a pretty gnarly corner at the end of New Blood,” the bullet did not end up killing him, so he now has “a second chance at life and a chance to reclaim his identity.”
Hall believes New York City is exactly where Dexter feels he is supposed to be.
“Obviously he wasn’t supposed to die and he’s suppose to be here,” Hall said. “As often happens with Dexter, he attracts pretty unsavory people and he is definitely doing that at a level that’s so beyond anything we’ve seen before.”
Dexter: Resurrection debuts its first two episodes Friday on Paramount+.
Larry David is teaming up with the Obamas for a new comedy series.
HBO has ordered a sketch comedy limited series from David produced by former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama‘s production company, Higher Ground.
“President and Mrs. Obama wanted to honor America’s 250th anniversary and celebrate the unique history of our nation on this special occasion,” the show’s logline reads. “…But then Larry David called.”
David and Jeff Schaffer wrote the series, which will feature a mix of Curb Your Enthusiasm actors and other noteworthy guest stars. Schaffer will direct the show.
Barack Obama said in a press release that he has “sat across the table from some of the world’s most difficult leaders and wrestled with some of our most intractable problems,” but that “nothing has prepared me for working with Larry David.”
David gave a statement on his decision to return to television after the end of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
“Once Curb ended, I celebrated with a three-day foam party. After a violent allergic reaction to the suds, I yearned to return to my simple life as a beekeeper, harvesting organic honey from the wildflowers in my meadow. Alas, one day my bees mysteriously vanished,” David said. “And so, it is with a heavy heart that I return to television, hoping to ease the loss of my beloved hive.”
The official trailer for season 14 of King of the Hill has arrived.
Hulu debuted the new trailer for the upcoming season on Thursday. The streaming service also announced that comedian and The Daily Show host and correspondent Ronny Chieng has joined the cast of the revival, taking over the voice of the character Kahn Souphanousinphone.
Chieng takes over the voice of the fan-favorite character from Toby Huss, who voiced Kahn during the show’s first 13 seasons. Huss will now voice Dale Gribble in season 14, taking over for the late Johnny Hardwick in episode seven.
Season 14 of the animated comedy takes place several years after the events of season 13.
“After years working a propane job in Saudi Arabia to earn their retirement nest egg, Hank and Peggy Hill return to a changed Arlen, Texas, to reconnect with old friends Dale, Boomhauer and Bill,” according to the season’s official synopsis. “Meanwhile, Bobby is living his dream as a chef in Dallas and enjoying his 20s with his former classmates Connie, Joseph and Chane.”
Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Hardwick, Stephen Root and Lauren Tom lend their voices to season 14.
King of the Hill season 14 arrives Aug. 4 on Hulu.
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Jason Momoa rides a shark into battle in the official trailer for Chief of War.
Apple TV+ released the trailer for the historical drama show on Thursday.
Momoa stars as the Hawaiian warrior Ka‘iana in the show he co-created, executive produced and helped write. He also directed the season 1 finale.
Apple says the show is based on true events and “follows the epic and unprecedented telling of the unification and colonization of Hawai‘i at the turn of the 18th century.”
Chief of War is told from an indigenous perspective. Apple describes the show as a passion project for co-creators Momoa and Thomas Pa’a Sibbett, who have native Hawaiian heritage. Additionally, the show has a predominantly Polynesian ensemble cast.
Momoa stars alongside Luciane Buchanan, Temuera Morrison, Te Ao o Hinepehinga, Cliff Curtis and newcomer Kaina Makua.
“This island. This is your home. This land will hold you. Long after I’m gone,” Momoa’s Ka‘iana says in the trailer.
Chief of War arrives on Apple TV+ on Aug. 1. The nine-episode series will debut with its first two episodes and then release a new episode every Friday through Sept. 19.
We now know when The Office spinoff The Paper will arrive.
Peacock has announced that the upcoming comedy series The Paper will premiere on Sept. 4. The first four episodes of season 1 will debut at once and will be followed by two new episodes every Thursday through Sept. 25.
The Paper follows “the documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch in the Emmy Award-winning series The Office,” according to an official logline. The documentary crew finds “a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it.”
Greg Daniels and Michael Koman serves as creators, writers and executive producers on the Universal Television series.
Domhnall Gleeson leads the ensemble cast that also includes Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, GbemisolaIkumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young and Tim Key.
Notably, Oscar Nuñez is set to reprise his role as Oscar Martínez, the Dunder Mifflin accountant from The Office.
Olivia Munn is opening up about her mom’s breast cancer diagnosis.
The Your Friends and Neighbors star, 45, took to Instagram on Wednesday and revealed that her mom was diagnosed with Stage 1 HER2 breast cancer after Munn’s own breast cancer diagnosis in 2023.
“Going through cancer is really hard,” Munn wrote in a statement shared in the post. “But there’s something about watching a loved one go through it that is even more heartbreaking.”
In the statement, Munn wrote that she “urged my mother and sister to take the Breast Cancer Lifetime Risk Assessment test” after receiving her diagnosis in 2023.
According to the Susan G. Komen foundation, the test is a tool “often used by health care providers to estimate breast cancer risk.”
Dr. Jennifer Ashton, former ABC News chief medical correspondent and a board-certified OB-GYN, said in a 2024 interview that the test “helps to provide an actual numerical risk for lifetime risk of breast cancer and breast cancer diagnosis in the next five years.”
“It is what we use in medicine to stratify a woman’s individual risk in a more precise way,” Ashton added.
According to the American College of Radiology, people with 20% or greater lifetime risk of breast cancer are considered high risk.
Munn said that her mother scored 26.2% on the IBIS, or the Tyrer-Cuzick Risk Assessment test, and because of that score, she wanted her mom to get an MRI, which led to learning about her Stage 1 HER2 breast cancer diagnosis.
The American Cancer Society describes HER2 as a “protein that helps breast cancer cells grow quickly.”
“Breast cancer cells with higher than normal levels of HER2 are called HER2-positive,” the ACS states. “These cancers tend to grow and spread faster than breast cancers that are HER2-negative, but are much more likely to respond to treatment with drugs that target the HER2 protein.”
Munn said her mom “completed 12 rounds of chemo” after her diagnosis “and will continue monthly Herceptin transfusions this fall.”
“I spent many nights taking care of my mom when the chemo became too much, wishing I could fight the fight for her, even if only for a day to give her a little break,” she continued. “It’s no small feat to realize you can’t do it for them. To anyone out there who is taking care of someone or has made it their profession to do so, thank you. These fights can feel near impossible without you.”
Munn said the Tyrer-Cuzick Risk Assessment “saved my life and now my mom’s.”
The Tyrer-Cuzick model, or IBIS, is a type of breast cancer risk calculator. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, this calculator is one of a few options that physicians can use to calculate lifetime risk of breast cancer.
“My mom wanted me to tell you that she hopes by sharing her story it will save someone’s life,” Munn said.
“I want to say how proud I am of my mom,” she added. “She’s handled all of this with bravery and humor while still driving us crazy (just days after her double mastectomy she tried to do laundry and make dinner — she’s insane).”
She thanked “the hospital nurses, patient coordinators and staff who have taken care of my mother,” as well as her mother’s primary care physician and oncologists, before thanking her own doctors as well.
Munn previously opened up about her private battle with breast cancer in a 2024 Instagram post. At the time, she revealed she had been diagnosed with Stage 1 aggressive Luminal B breast cancer in April 2023 and underwent a double mastectomy 30 days later.
Since then, Munn has been open about her experience, sharing her story to urge other women to get tested and to raise awareness about the disease.
“I’m lucky,” she said in her 2024 Instagram post about her diagnosis. “We caught it with enough time that I had options. I want the same for any woman who might have to face this one day.”
The streaming service formerly known as HBO Max officially reinstated that name on Wednesday. Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the name change from Max back to the former name of HBO Max has gone into effect. HBO Max made the announcement in a video shared to its socials on Wednesday, titled “It’s Good to be Home.” …
Rian Johnson‘s upcoming third Knives Out film will make its debut at the BFI London Film Festival. The third installment of the mystery film series centered on Daniel Craig‘s Detective Benoit Blanc will open the 69th year of the festival. “We’re honored to be opening the BFI London Film Festival with Wake Up Dead Man,” Johnson said. “London is the birthplace of the golden age of detective fiction and it’s a thrill to be back!” The festival runs from Oct 8. through Oct. 19 …
A reimagining of Night at the Museum is in the works at 20th Century Studios. Deadline reports that the film will tell a brand-new story with fresh characters. Tripper Clancy is set to write the script, while Shawn Levy will produce the project …
