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Daisy Edgar-Jones is taking on the role of one of Jane Austen‘s classic heroines.

The actress will star as Elinor in a brand-new film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. Georgia Oakley will direct the movie for Focus Features and Working Title.

This marks Oakley’s sophomore feature. Her recent debut, Blue Jean, won the People’s Choice Award at the Venice Film Festival.

Bestselling author Diana Reid is adapting Austen’s book for the film’s screenplay. This adaptation is being described as “a new take on Austen’s enduring masterpiece,” according to a press release.

Edgar-Jones shared the news of her casting to her Instagram. She posted a selfie holding Austen’s novel close to her face with a simple caption of the eyes emoji.

Focus Features also shared the news to their Instagram.

“SENSE AND SENSIBILITY starring Daisy Edgar-Jones. Directed by Georgia Oakley. Coming soon from Focus Features and Working Title Films,” the company’s caption reads.

Sense and Sensibility, of course, follows sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. It shows the journey of their love lives, losses and financial uncertainty, all of which they navigate as complete opposites in emotional approach.

This new film reunites Austen’s classic storytelling with Focus Features and Working Title. They previously collaborated for the adaptation of her novel Pride & Prejudice in 2005 and again on the 2020 film Emma. 

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Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness have finalized their divorce.

Furness filed for divorce from the Deadpool & Wolverine star on May 23. According to court records from New York’s Suffolk County Supreme Court, the divorce was granted on June 3.

News of the divorce comes two years after Jackman and Furness announced in in September 2023 that they were separating after 27 years of marriage.

The former couple shared a joint statement about their split at the time, saying their “journey is now shifting” and that they have “decided to separate to pursue our individual growth.”

They vowed to put their family first and to embark on their next chapters “with gratitude, love, and kindness.”

At the time, Jackman and Furness had just celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary.

The duo married in April 1996 after meeting the previous year on the set of the Australian TV series Corelli.

They share two children: son Oscar Maximilian Jackman and daughter Ava Eliot Jackman.

In May 2025, Furness shared a statement with People in which she opened up about the emotional toll of her and Jackman’s breakup.

“My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal. It’s a profound wound that cuts deep,” she said at the time. “However, I believe in a higher power and that God or the universe, whatever you relate to as your guidance, is always working for us.”

Furness added that this belief helped her navigate the end of her decadeslong marriage.

“I have gained much knowledge and wisdom through this experience. Even when we are presented with apparent adversity, it is leading us to our greatest good, our true purpose,” she said then. “It can hurt, but in the long run, returning to yourself and living within your own integrity, values and boundaries is liberation and freedom.”

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Paramount+ with Showtime has rebranded. The streaming service informed its subscribers on June 23 that the name of its ad-free plan will no longer be called Paramount+ with Showtime. The service will now be called Paramount+ Premium. According to its website, Paramount+ says the name change “reflects the broad and diverse offerings across both plan tiers.” …

Judge Judy is back on the bench. Prime Video released the trailer for her new series, Justice on Trial. The show is set to debut all eight of its episodes on July 21. The show follows Judge Judy Sheindlin as she puts the American justice system on trial in a true-crime series spotlighting cases that did not necessarily feel “just” …

Ransom Canyon is coming back for more. The Josh Duhamel-led series has been renewed for season 2 at Netflix, Deadline reports. The romantic Western also stars Minka Kelly. Its renewal comes a little over two months after the 10-episode first season debuted on Netflix … 

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Eric Dane and Jensen Ackles star in the new Prime Video series Countdown.

The show, which debuts on Wednesday, follows a secret task force that comes together to investigate the murder of an officer with the Department of Homeland Security.

Ackles leads as LAPD Detective Mark Meachum, while Dane plays his commanding officer, Nathan Blythe. The characters butt heads at times, but they’re ultimately on the same team.

“There’s this beautiful dance that happens between a commanding officer and the guy who is effectively a bit of a maverick and a loose cannon and has problems with superiority,” Ackles said.

Dane is “the one swinging the hammer and I’m the hammer,” Ackles said.

His co-star agreed with his assessment. “That’s a really great analogy,” Dane said. “We butt heads but it doesn’t matter because at the end of the day I get what I want out of him.”

Ackles said working with Dane was both fun and intimidating.

“Right off the bat Eric and I had quick chemistry,” Ackles said. “I just knew it was going to be a lot of fun to be in scenes with him, and it was and it continues to be.”

“I sometimes turn to a bit of a wallflower watching him and forget I have a line because there’s just this quiet reverence that he portrays and that he delivers on set,” Ackles continued. “It’s quite fun to watch. And it’s sometimes a little intimidating to be in scenes with.”

Dane opened up about his ALS diagnosis in an interview that aired on Good Morning America June 16. He told ABC Audio the hardest thing about filming Countdown was the pace of which the show was filmed.

“It’s challenging shooting this show at the pace in which we shoot this show. It’s not a marathon, it is a sprint,” Dane said.

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My Life with the Walter Boys is getting ready to return.

The second season of the show has finished filming, Netflix announced on Tuesday. It will premiere on the streaming service later in 2025.

Netflix also released first-look photos from season 2 to tide fans over before they get to see if Jackie decides to come back home to live with Cole, Alex and the rest of the Walter family.

Nikki Rodriguez, who plays Jackie in the series, told Netflix the final weeks of filming season 2 felt strange because she didn’t feel like it was about to end.

“I really like it here,” Rodriguez said of the Walter ranch where the show is filmed. “I get to work with my best friends every day, looking at trees. It’s the best.”

My Life with the Walter Boys creator Melanie Halsall says season 2 will be “bigger and better” than the first.

“We’ve got massive set pieces in each episode, and the stories are more intricate. We found our feet with our characters, [and] the actors really understand their characters now. When I was coming back, I was excited to start shooting again because I knew we had great stories to tell,” Halsall said.

Season 2 finds Jackie “determined to make amends with Alex and set boundaries with Cole while finding her place within the Walter family,” according to its official logline. “But fitting back in isn’t that easy. Alex – who changed a lot over the summer – isn’t too thrilled about Jackie’s attempts to reconnect, as he’s focused on training for a risky rodeo event (and enjoying all of the new attention he’s getting).”

My Life with the Walter Boys has already been renewed for season 3. The third season of the show is set to debut in 2026.

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We’ve got chills and they’re multiplying: The late Olivia Newton-John will be the subject of a Netflix documentary, Deadline reports.

The movie will tell the story of the hit-making singer and actress, both in her own words and through archival footage, and through interviews with friends and collaborators. Newton-John died in 2022 at age 73 after living with breast cancer for many years.

In her career, which included starring roles in movies like Grease and Xanadu, and smash hits like “Physical,” “Magic,” “I Honestly Love You,” “Have You Never Been Mellow” and “Please Mr. Please,” Newton-John won four Grammys, six American Music Awards and a Daytime Emmy. She became an advocate for cancer research, establishing the Olivia Newton-John Cancer, Wellness & Research Centre in Australia.

Deadline quotes director Nicole Newnham as saying, “Olivia always signed her letters ‘love and light’ and that is the shimmering and hopeful legacy she has left us … this unique filmmaking journey – deep into the archives and into the amazing community of Olivia’s close friends and family – has revealed a complex and extraordinary woman whose impact on the world is still rippling outwards.”

The film is brought to you by the same production company responsible for the Disney+ documentary Elton John: Never Too Late and the Apple TV+ film Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry. So far, there’s no premiere date.

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Pedro Pascal is doubling down on his criticism of J.K. Rowling.

The actor looked back on how he called out the Harry Potter creator for her anti-trans views in a new Vanity Fair cover story published Tuesday.

Back in April, Pascal responded to a social post criticizing Rowling for celebrating the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom’s ruling that trans women should not be recognized as women and that the term “sex” should legally refer to biological sex.

“I love it when a plan comes together,” Rowling wrote in response to the ruling.

“Awful disgusting S*** is exactly right. Heinous LOSER behavior,” Pascal commented on Rowling’s behavior at the time.

His comment grew into a larger story that attracted headlines and attention. It made him feel like “that kid that got sent to the principal’s office a lot for behavioral issues in public schools in Texas feeling scared and thinking, ‘What’d I do?’” Pascal told Vanity Fair.

The actor questioned whether commenting on the situation helped in any way.

“The one thing that I would say I agonized over a little bit was just, ‘Am I helping? Am I f****** helping?’” Pascal said. “It’s a situation that deserves the utmost elegance so that something can actually happen, and people will actually be protected. Listen, I want to protect the people I love. But it goes beyond that. Bullies make me f****** sick.”

Pascal’s sister Lux Pascal is a trans woman. She came out in 2021.

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The Fear Factor reboot has found its host.

Johnny Knoxville will host the reboot of the reality competition series with the working title Fear Factor: The Next Chapter.

Fox Television President Michael Thorn made the announcement, saying that Knoxville is “the champion of fearless entertainment.”

“His wild sense of humor, unmatched ability to push boundaries and take on the extreme makes him the perfect fit to lead this bold new reinvention of Fear Factor,” Thorn said.

This new version of the classic reality series is coming back in a way Fox promises will be bigger, bolder and more daring.

Contestants will be dropped into a remote location where the group of strangers will be forced to live together under one roof. They will face harrowing stunts, challenges and the game of social strategy under conditions where it is hard to trust your neighbor.

“Only one contestant will conquer all their fears and walk away with the massive grand prize,” according to an official description from Fox.

Sharon Levy, the CEO of Endemol Shine North America, said that if you reimagine a show like Fear Factor, “you need a host who is the epitome of daring charisma and spectacle, and that’s Johnny Knoxville personified.”

“We’ll be pushing fear and social strategy to places that will redefine reality competition, which makes Johnny the perfect host for what will be a wild, unforgettable ride, and we’re beyond excited to see him unleash all the fear (and the fun) on our contestants and our viewers,” Levy said.

Joe Rogan hosted the original NBC series Fear Factor for seven seasons. A revival hosted by Ludacris aired for two seasons on MTV.

Fear Factor: The Next Chapter will premiere during the 2025-26 season on Fox.

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Cillian Murphy is taking his talents over to Netflix.

The actor is set to star as the titular teacher in the upcoming film Steve. Max Porter wrote the film, which is a reimagining of his own bestselling novel Shy.

Small Things Like These director Tim Mielants helmed the film, which will arrive in select theaters in September.

Steve follows a day in the life of the head teacher and his students at a last-chance reform school. It is set in the mid-1990s amidst a world that has turned its back on the students.

“As Steve fights to protect the school’s integrity and prevent its impending closure, he grapples with his own mental health,” according to an official description from Netflix. “In parallel to Steve’s struggles, we meet Shy, a troubled teen caught between his past and what lies ahead as he tries to reconcile his inner fragility with his impulse for self-destruction and violence.”

Tracey Ullman, Jay Lycurgo, Simbi Ajikawo and Emily Watson also star in the upcoming film.

Murphy serves as a producer on the project, while Porter executive produces.

Steve premieres globally on Netflix on Oct. 3.

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The trailer for Splitsville has arrived. The NEON film, which arrives in select theaters on Aug. 22 and everywhere on Sept. 5, follows a married couple deciding to open up their marriage. Their short-lived happiness is quickly overshadowed when a serious line is crossed. Dakota Johnson, Adria Arjona, Kyle Marvin and Michael Angelo Covino star in the film, which Covino directed …

Scarlett Johansson puts on a British accent in the trailer for My Mother’s Wedding. The film, which was helmed by Kristin Scott Thomas in her directorial debut, arrives in theaters on Aug. 8. Johansson stars alongside Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham in the film. The three women play sisters who journey to their childhood home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother, played by Thomas …

Sterling K. Brown stars in the trailer for Washington Black. The Hulu series, which is based on the bestselling novel, follows the story of George Washington “Wash” Black and his scientific mind, which sets him up for his destiny. All the episodes of the series start streaming on July 23 …

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