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Sofia Carson stars in the trailer for her latest Netflix rom-com, My Oxford Year.

The film stars Carson as Anna, an ambitious young American woman who moves to England to study at the University of Oxford. She soon falls for her charming professor, Jamie, played by Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story star Corey Mylchreest.

“Flirting with the hot teacher on the first day?” a student played by Harry Trevaldwyn asks Anna in the trailer.

Flustered, she says no, while the student reassures her he is not judging.

“Oh, no, I love it,” he says. “That is a serious bit of crumpet.”

Carson told Netflix it was an honor to study the poets who walked the halls of Oxford to prepare for this movie.

“Our story is a film that in every frame reaffirms the belief that life is too short to not live it in love. To not live it in joy,” Carson said.

Along with starring in the film, Carson also executive produces. Iain Morris directed the romance movie from a script by Allison Burnett and Melissa Osborne, which is based on the novel by Julia Whelan.

Dougray Scott, Catherine McCormack, Esmé Kingdom and Nikhil Parmar also star in the movie.

My Oxford Year makes its way to Netflix on Aug. 1. 

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Gird your loins: The Devil Wears Prada sequel begins filming this week.

Production on the sequel to the iconic 2006 film starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci has started. To mark the occasion, 20th Century Studios shared a teaser.

The video shows a pair of stylish red stilettos with devilish pitchforks as the heels, a reference to the original film’s poster, which featured a single red stiletto with a pitchfork heel.

Audio for the video features iconic lines from the first film, including Streep’s character, Miranda Priestly, saying, “By all means, move at a glacial pace, you know how that thrills me.”

At another point, Hathaway’s character, Andy Sachs, is heard saying, “Can you please spell ‘Gabbana’?”

Blunt’s character, Emily Charlton, rattles off another memorable line: “I refuse to be sick. I’m wearing Valentino for crying out loud.”

Miranda is heard elsewhere in the video saying, “Don’t be ridiculous, Andrea, everybody wants this.”

“That’s all,” she adds.

The end of the video includes onscreen text that reads, “Now in production.”

In the caption, the studio wrote, “The Devil Wears Prada 2. Now in production.”

20th Century Studios confirmed to Good Morning America on Monday that Streep, Hathaway, Blunt and Tucci are all slated to return for the sequel.

Oscar winner Kenneth Branagh will also star in the film as Miranda’s husband, according to 20th Century Studios.

In May, several outlets reported that the release date for the upcoming film had been set for May 1, 2026.

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Ryan Gosling is a reluctant space traveler in the official trailer for Project Hail Mary.

The Amazon MGM film is based on The New York Times bestselling novel by Andy Weir. It follows middle school teacher Ryland Grace, played by Gosling, who finds himself on a spacecraft with no memory of his past or even how he arrived there.

Ryland must successfully complete an interstellar mission to save Earth from a disaster. This leads him to meet an alien who is also trying to save its own species.

“I just woke up from a coma. I’m several light years from my apartment and I’m not an astronaut,” Ryland says in the trailer.

“If you don’t go, you die. With the rest of us,” Eva, played by Sandra Hüller, tells him in response.

He does not respond very well to the idea of taking on such a dangerous mission.

“I put the not in astronaut,” Ryland says. “I’ve never done anything—I’ve never done a space—I can’t even moonwalk!

The Oscar-winning filmmaking duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller directed the upcoming movie.

Milana Vayntrub also stars alongside Gosling and Hüller.

Project Hail Mary blasts off into movie theaters and IMAX screens on March 20, 2026. 

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Nearly 30 years into her acting career Taraji P. Henson is set to make her Broadway debut. She’ll be starring alongside Cedric the Entertainer in Debbie Allen‘s production of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson.

Taraji will take on the role of Bertha Holly, wife of Cedric’s character, Seth Holly, with additional casting to be announced at a later date. Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is set to kick off in spring 2026.

“We are truly honored to return to August Wilson’s legacy,” producer Brian Anthony Moreland said in a statement. “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is Wilson’s seminal masterpiece—an unflinching exploration of pain, identity, and hope. With Debbie Allen’s visionary direction and this extraordinary cast, the entire company will present a performance that resonates deeply and lingers in the hearts and minds of all who experience it.”

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone follows the story of Herald Loomis, a man living in Pittsburgh at Seth and Bertha’s boarding home, which houses Black travelers navigating the disorder caused by the Great Migration. Loomis is in search of his wife, but also his identity, belonging and healing after seven years of being illegally enslaved by Joe Turner. 

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Matt Reeves has finished writing the script for the highly anticipated sequel to his 2022 film The Batman. Reeves shared the news in a photo posted to Instagram. In the photo, Reeves and co-writer Mattson Tomlin sit on a couch in front of the script, which is displayed on a coffee table. The blurred, black-and-white photo shows the script has a prominent bat on its cover, under which the title The Batman: Part II can be made out. “Partners in Crime (Fighters),” Reeves wrote in the caption, next to three bat emojis …

The Duffer Brothers have lined up their next project. The Stranger Things creators are developing the Ron Currie novel The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne for Netflix, Deadline reports. The crime-thriller will center on the titular grandmother and crime matriarch who rules her small town in Maine …

Did you miss Drop in theaters? Not to worry. The Blumhouse horror movie will make its streaming debut July 11 on Peacock. Christopher Landon directed the film about a first date that was more than rough — it was deadly. Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar star in the action-thriller …

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The box office waved a checkered flag at Brad Pitt’s Formula One racing drama F1: The Movie, as it zoomed to #1 with a weekend gross of $55.6 million, according to Box Office Mojo.

The film stars Pitt as a retired driver who gets back in the game to save a failing team by coaching its promising rookie. Variety notes that the film from Apple, which is being distributed by Warner Bros., took in $144 million globally, shaping up to be the company’s first real blockbuster. Other Apple films, such as Killers of the Flower Moon and Argylle, under-performed at the box office.

Meanwhile, last week’s #1 film, How to Train Your Dragon, falls to #2 with $19.4 million. The only new movie to debut in the top 10, according to Box Office Mojo, was M3GAN 2.0, the sequel to the 2023 surprise hit about a sassy killer doll. It brought in $10.2 million — good enough for fourth place. Pixar’s Elio, remains at #3 for another week.

Here are the top 10 films at the box office:

1. F1: The Movie — $55.6 million
2. How to Train Your Dragon — $19.4 million
3. Elio –– $10.7 million
4. M3GAN 2.0 –– $10.2 million
5. 28 Years Later –– $9.7 million
6. Lilo & Stitch –– $6.9 million
7. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning –– $4.15 million
8. Materialists –– $2.99 million
9. Ballerina –– $2.13 million
10. Karate Kid: Legends –– $1 million

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Dukes of Hazzard stars John Schneider and Tom Wopat have responded to reports that their former co-star Rick Hurst has passed away at the age of 79. Hurst played Cletus Hogg on the popular series.

Schneider wrote on Facebook, “You were [a] remarkable force for humanity, sanity and comedy my friend. Heaven is a safer and more organized place with you in it.”

He added, “We’ll keep the race going and people laughing until we meet again!”

Wopat called Hurst a “true friend, a fine actor and an all around good guy” in his tribute on Instagram.

“He was handed the unenviable task of replacing Sonny Shroyer as Sheriff Rosco’s sidekick,” Wopat continued. “He did an amazing job of accomplishing this with panache and characteristic humility. Rick will be deeply missed.”

Hurst’s death was first announced by Dukes of Hazzard co-star Ben Jones. He shared the news on the Facebook page of his Dukes of Hazzard museum, Cooter’s Place, named after his character.

“It doesn’t seem right that Rick Hurst passed away this afternoon,” Jones wrote on Thursday. “When something so unexpected happens, it is ‘harder to process’, as the current expression goes.”

He added, “We have always thought of our Cooter’s friends as ‘Hazzard Nation’, Well, Hazzard Nation is sure going to miss Rick Hurst down here around ‘Cooters’, but his presence will always be near us. Rest in Peace, old friend!”

Dukes of Hazzard, which ran on CBS from 1979 to 1985, followed cousins Bo and Luke Duke, played by Schneider and Wopat, respectively, who live in rural Georgia and drive a customized 1969 Dodge Charger nicknamed the General Lee. Hurst’s character, Cletus, was a deputy and the cousin of the town’s corrupt county commissioner Boss Hogg, played by Sorrell Booke.

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The Comeback is making a comeback.

HBO has renewed the Lisa Kudrow-starring comedy series for a third and final season.

The renewal announcement comes 20 years after the first season of the beloved HBO show debuted in 2005 and 10 years after season 2.

Michael Patrick King, the show’s creator, is reuniting with Kudrow for the third and final chapter in Valerie Cherish’s story. They both will also executive produce the season. Other returning series regulars include Dan Bucatinsky, Laura Silverman and Damian Young.

“Valerie Cherish has found her way back to the current television landscape. Neither of us are surprised she did,” Kudrow and King said in a press release.

Max also released an official video announcement celebrating the upcoming season 3.

“This is the last one. All right? Last time. Never doing this again,” Kudrow says in character as Valerie Cherish. “Well, I’ve got a new show. How’s that? And I’m so excited about it.”

A person off-screen tells her to read the line again, this time more excited. She ends up reading the line several times, before she gets upset and storms off the set.

“You know what, I’m not fooling around anymore,” she says as she walks away.

Amy Gravitt, the executive vice president of HBO and Max comedy programming, called the character of Valerie Cherish a survivor.

“On the 20th Anniversary of her debut, Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow have brilliantly scripted her return to HBO and we can’t wait to see that,” Gravitt said.

Season 3 of The Comeback will debut on HBO and HBO Max in 2026. It begins production this summer.

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Amanda Seyfried is opening up about how she auditioned for Wicked multiple times.

On the latest episode of In the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast, Seyfried said she auditioned for the Jon M. Chu-directed musical six times.

“I auditioned like six times for Wicked because that had to be really just right,” she said. “And I loved it. I was busy. I barely had time to do it, but I made it work.”

She added, “I worked my a** off for years and years and years on that music. I’m competitive with myself in a really healthy way, I think.”

Ariana Grande was eventually cast as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba for the musical-to-film adaptation.

Wicked: For Good, the second of the two-part installment, will arrive in theaters Nov. 21, 2025.

As with Wicked, Seyfried, who starred in the 2012 film Les Misérables, said she did six auditions before being cast in that movie as well.

Of the audition process, she said, “I actually love it, because it’s scary as hell, but I love getting notes and shifting my performance.”

“It’s like a puzzle for me,” she said. “I love the puzzle and I love the competition. And I love waiting for the phone call with the feedback from the casting director.”

She continued, “If someone’s like, ‘I just want to see your take on this,’ I’d be like, ‘Great. I’ll show it to you.’ I love helping people audition. I love directing actors … I think there’s something really beautiful about auditioning, because if you really have this skill, then you’re going to show it no matter what.”

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Brenda Song and Harvey Guillén will announce the nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards. The pair will present the nominations at a ceremony to be held on July 15. It will be streamed live from the Academy’s Wolf Theatre on the Television Academy’s website. “I’m thrilled to welcome Harvey and Brenda to help us honor the nominees and kick off what promises to be an unforgettable Emmy celebration,” Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego said. Nate Bargatze will host the 77th Emmys live on Sept. 14 …

Netflix has set its cast for its upcoming comedy Don’t Say Good Luck. Deadline reports that Melanie Lynskey, Max Greenfield, Stephanie Beatriz, Sunny Sandler, Bebe Neuwirth and Steve Buscemi have joined the cast for the film. Julia Hart is set to direct the film that follows a high schooler who is ready for the spotlight in her high school musical until she suddenly finds more drama in her home life …

The songwriters behind Frozen joining a musical based on The Princess Bride? As you wish. Oscar winners Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez have joined the upcoming stage adaptation of The Princess Bride, according to Broadway World. The duo are replacing the previously-announced composer, Tony-winner David Yazbek …
 

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