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In the new trailer for Netflix’s A Man on the Inside, we meet Ted Danson‘s Charles, a retired widower who finds an interesting way to “keep busy” in his golden years: He becomes a gumshoe.

Based on a true story that inspired the Oscar-nominated documentary The Mole Agent, Charles answers an ad for an “investigative assistant” and goes undercover at a retirement community to get to the bottom of the heist of a pricey necklace. 

However, once he gets the hang of spycraft — that is, video glasses, secret recording devices and the like — it appears he’s having too much fun. “This place is crazy!” he enthuses, as one resident tells him that for some residents, happy hour also gets the equivalent of an early bird special. 

Along the way, he develops friendships with the people who he was supposed to be investigating and gets closer to his daughter, who has been concerned with how lonely Charles has been since his wife passed on.

Executive producer Michael Schur reunites with his Good Place star Danson for the eight-episode series, which also stars Sally Struthers, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Stephen McKinley Henderson from Fences, Loki alum Eugene Cordero and another Schur veteran, Stephanie Beatriz from Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

A Man on the Inside premieres Nov. 21 on Netflix.

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Prince William is providing a glimpse into one of his most significant royal causes in a two-part documentary titled Prince William: We Can End Homelessness.

Good Morning America announced Monday that the upcoming docuseries highlighting the Prince of Wales’ initiative to combat homelessness will premiere on Disney+ Nov. 1. 

In a newly released clip from the documentary, William recalls a childhood memory that features his brother, Prince Harry, making it one of the rare public mentions of his brother in recent years.

The teaser, which was posted on YouTube on Friday, shows William sharing how his late mother, Princess Diana, first introduced him to the issues of homelessness by taking him and Harry to The Passage, a U.K. charity that assists those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

Prince William: We Can End Homelessness, filmed over 12 months, provides an in-depth look at William’s Homewards program, which aims to demonstrate that ending homelessness is possible, according to a press release.

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Timothée Chalamet made a surprise appearance at his own lookalike contest in New York City.

It was an unofficial event organized by his fans that was eventually disbanded by police.

A TikTok video shows the Oscar nominee walking through the crowd greeting contest attendees in Washington Square Park in Lower Manhattan.

His arrival was accompanied by cheers and screams from his fans.

“Just a typical sunday in new york city,” a user by the name of Sophie Mannes wrote in the TikTok caption, as she posted the video.

Chalamet was also seen taking a moment to pose for photos with his doppelgängers, some of whom had dressed up as his characters from Wonka and the Dune films for the lookalike contest, per images released by The Associated Press.

As the contestants began walking on a red carpet for the competition, the New York Police Department instructed the large crowd to disperse and issued organizers a $500 fine for holding an “unpermitted costume contest,” the AP reported, adding that the police arrested at least one contestant, with pending charges.

The organizers had promoted the event by posting flyers for the contest around the city, offering a $50 dollar prize to the winner, which led to social media buzz and thousands of online RSVPs.

Paige Nguyen, a producer for the YouTube personality Anthony Po, who hosted the event, told the AP, “It started off as a silly joke, and now it’s turned pandemonium.”

ABC News has reached out to the NYPD for comment but did not hear back immediately.

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The ninth season of Netflix’s Queer Eye, set in Las Vegas, will premiere December 11, the show announced on Instagram, along with a picture of the Fab Five posing around a giant slot machine. Queer Eye vets Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Karamo Brown, Jonathan Van Ness return for the upcoming season, along with newcomer Jeremiah Brent, who’ll serve as an interior design expert on the show following the departure of Bobby Berk …

David Harris, best known for playing Cochise in the 1979 cult classic The Warriors, died Friday, Oct. 25 at his New York City home after he was diagnosed with cancer, his daughter Davina Harris tells The New York Times. He was 75. Harris’ other credits include the 1980 film Brubaker, as appearances on the TV shows MacGyver, Hill Street Blues, The Equalizer, ER, NYPD Blue and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit …

Deadline reports former child star of Home Improvement Zachery Ty Bryan has been arrested on a felony DUI charge for the second time year. He was booked Oct. 25 for allegedly driving under the influence and failing to produce a valid driver’s license, per Custer County Sheriff’s Office records obtained by the outlet. The charge follows his earlier DUI this year in his residence of La Quinta, California in February, according to People. Bryan has had a string of legal issues over the past several years, including an arrest for a domestic violence charge in 2023. Prior to that, he pleaded guilty in 2021 to two felony counts in a domestic violence case in Oregon …

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Venom: The Last Dance debuted with an estimated $51 million at the domestic box office — nearly $15 million below expectations.

The third and final chapter of the Venom trilogy, starring Tom Hardy as the titular alien symbiote, also opened much lower than its predecessors, 2018’s Venom and 2021’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage, with $80 million and $90 million, respectively.

The news was much better overseas, where The Last Dance grabbed an estimated $124 million, bringing its global tally to a respectable $175 million.

Smile 2 finished in second place, earning an estimated $9.4 million at the North American box office, for a two-week total of $40.7 million and $83.7 million worldwide.

Third place was a dead heat between Conclave, the new mystery thriller starring Ralph Fiennes, and the animated adventure The Wild Robot, each earning an estimated $6.5 million. The Wild Robot, in its fifth week of release, has grossed $111.4 million domestically and $232.3 million globally.

We Live in Time took fourth place with an estimated $4.8 million, bringing its three-week North American tally to $11.8 million and $12.4 million worldwide.

Rounding out the top five was Terrifier 3, which delivered $4.3 million, bringing its three-week domestic total to $43.1 million. The film has collected $53 million globally.

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Lindsay Lohan is bringing Christmas cheer once again in a new holiday film.

On Friday, the trailer for Our Little Secret, a new holiday rom-com, was released and features Lohan spending the holidays with her boyfriend’s family for the first time.

But once she arrives at his family’s home and meets his mother (Kristin Chenoweth), things take a turn when she discovers she’s also spending the holidays with her ex-boyfriend and almost fiancé Logan (Ian Harding), who is dating her new boyfriend’s sister.

The trailer shows Lohan and Harding getting into sticky situations as they navigate the holidays with their partners’ family and more.

Also starring in the film are Jon Rudnitsky, Chris Parnell, Dan Bucatinksy and Henry Czerny. As reported, Lohan’s Mean Girls co-star Tim Meadows will also star in the film.

The streaming platform announced the news of Our Little Secret in January. The project is also part of Lohan’s two-picture creative partnership with Netflix.

Previously, Lohan starred in the Netflix rom-com Falling for Christmas in November 2022 alongside Chord Overstreet. She also starred in Irish Wish, which was released in March.

Our Little Secret will be available to stream on Nov. 27.

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Sony Pictures has quietly added a fourth Spider-Man film to its updated release schedule: It will swing into theaters July 24, 2026, ABC Audio has confirmed.

While the movie that will star Tom Holland as the web-slinging hero doesn’t have an official title, its director was confirmed to be Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton.

The Spider-Man films starring Holland are a co-production between Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios, which is owned by ABC News’ parent company, Disney. 

On the promotional circuit for his new nonalcoholic beer brand BERO, Holland confirmed to Good Morning America he’s read the script.

“The idea is crazy,” he teased. “It’s a little different to anything we’ve done before, but I think the fans are gonna really respond to it.”

The last in Holland’s trilogy, 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, also starred Holland’s girlfriend, Zendaya, as M.J., Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, as well as heroes and villains from Spidey movies past, including Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/Green Goblin, Jamie Foxx as Maxwell Dillon/Electro and Alfred Molina as Dr. Otto Octavius/Doc Ock.

The film was a smash, making $1.95 billion at the box office, the seventh-highest-grossing movie of all time.

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Netflix feels it has found treasure with Lara Croft.

The streamer debuted Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft on Oct. 10, and on Friday it announced the series, which features the voice of Marvel movie veteran Hayley Atwell as the titular adventurer, will be getting a second season.

While season 1 of the anime was more of an origin story, Netflix’s Tudum blog says, “Season 2 looks to advance her character from somewhat of a rookie to her journey to becoming the icon we know today.”

The streamer teases of the sophomore frame, “[W]hen adventurer Lara Croft discovers a trail of stolen African Orisha masks, she joins forces with her best friend Sam to retrieve the precious artifacts.”

Netflix continues, “Lara’s thrilling new adventure takes her around the globe as she delves deeper into the hidden secrets of Orisha history, dodges the machinations of a dangerous and enigmatic billionaire who wants the masks for herself, while discovering these relics contain dark secrets and a power that defies logic. Power that may, in fact, be divine.”

Writer and executive producer Tasha Huo explains, “Season 1, thematically, is about Lara embracing how her dad dealt with grief, which was isolating,” adding, “As we get into Season 2, we’re trying to build Lara’s team over the course of the show, so she goes from isolated hero, who only wants to do things on her own — a lone wolf — to realizing, ‘Actually, I have this really cool team behind me.'”

The video game heroine was previously brought to the big screen in 2001 and 2003 with Angelina Jolie in the title role. In 2018, Tomb Raider was rebooted successfully with Alicia Vikander in the lead.

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The reviews for Venom: The Last Dance haven’t been kind, but the threequel starring Tom Hardy and his gooey alien sidekick scared up a respectable $8.5 million in Thursday sneak peeks in the U.S., according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

The trade reports that while the movie is expected to end the weekend with lower stateside box office receipts than scored by the 2018 original and its 2021 sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, The Last Dance is already roaring overseas, which will help its overall bottom line.

THR says the movie is expected to earn $180 million globally over the weekend, which would be 5% higher than Carnage; it’s already made $14.7 million from China alone.

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While The Golden Bachelor and Bachelorette spin-offs have been hits, don’t expect to see Martha Stewart as a future contestant for the latter. 

In a recent segment of Watch What Happens Live opposite her bestie Snoop Dogg, Steward said plainly she would never appear on the show.

In fact, she said, “Absolutely not,” adding, “the guys aren’t hot enough.”

This apparently earned the icon a miffed DM from the Golden Bachelorette herself, Joan Vassos, she told Access Hollywood.

Vassos told the outlet, “I said, ‘OK, dating is hard out there and I had a great group of guys. She doesn’t know them like I know [them]. I got to know the inside of them as well as the outside. And, both are wonderful.”

Vassos added, “When they got out of the limos that first night and they started walking toward me, every single one of them did something memorable and made me want to get to know them more. I guess Martha didn’t watch or didn’t see what I saw in them, and maybe you have to be in person, I don’t know, but they were special guys.”

Her warm comments about her suitors aside, she also called them “awesome” — but didn’t call them “hot.” 

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