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One of the hardest Broadway shows to get tickets to this fall might have gotten easier — a little bit. 

Due to overwhelming demand, Tony-winning director Sam Gold‘s forthcoming Romeo + Juliet starring West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler and Heartstopper lead Kit Connor will have a four-week extension, running through Feb. 16.

Previews for the show start on Sept. 26, ahead of an official opening on Oct. 24.

Both stars make their Broadway debut in the hotly anticipated adaptation of Shakespeare‘s famous play, which will also feature music from Grammy winner Jack Antonoff.

Fans were so excited for the team-up that upon its announcement back in April they crashed the production’s website. 

Of the play, the producers tease, “Left to their own devices in their parents’ world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle towards their inescapable fate. The intoxicating high of passion quickly descends into a brutal chaos that can only end one way.”

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The teaser trailer for Emilia Pérez has arrived.

In the new trailer for the Jacques Audiard-directed film, Selena Gomez stars alongside Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz in a film that is described as “an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations,” according to its synopsis.

The film “follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness,” according to the synopsis.

There’s Emilia (Gascón), a “fearsome cartel leader,” and Rita (Saldaña), an “unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job” who is enlisted by Emilia to help fake her death “so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self,” the synopsis for the film continues.

Audiard elaborated more on the film in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum and said it was inspired by Écoute, a novel by Boris Razon. The Emilia Pérez director and writer said halfway through reading the book, he came across a transgender drug dealer who wishes to have surgery.

“As the character wasn’t that developed over the following chapters, I decided to start my story there,” Audiard said.

Also starring Édgar Ramirez, Emilia Perez screened at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in May.

Gomez recently posted to Instagram photos from when she was working on the film and a video from when she found out she landed the role.

Saldaña also took to Instagram to share a post from rehearsals and learning choreography with Damien Jalet.

“In that moment, I felt a sense of pure joy and fulfillment, like a little girl dancing in her living room and dreaming of the day she would be on stage (or on set) doing what she loves,” she captioned the post.

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“The enemy of my enemy is my friend” seems to be the order of the day in the action-packed new trailer to the forthcoming Sonic The Hedgehog 3.

According to Paramount Pictures, “Sonic (Ben Schwartz), Knuckles (Idris Elba), and Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessey) reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before.”

Shadow is voiced by none other than Keanu Reeves, and his character goes John Wick mode on the heroes: He can teleport, fly and has the strength to best even Elba’s punchy Knuckles in hand-to-oversized-hand combat.

“Shadow’s story began much like yours did, Sonic,” a military man advises the heroic hedgehog. “But where you found family and friends, Shadow found only pain and loss.”

The producers continue, “With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.”

“He’s too powerful,” Sonic says. “I can’t believe I’m saying this, but we need you-know-who.”

That “you-know-who” is Jim Carrey‘s nefarious Dr. Robotnik, looking a little worse for wear when we first see him.

However, after a much-needed makeover to get him looking like his old self, he declares, “If I can’t rule the world, I might as well save it!”

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 opens in theaters in December.

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NBC has announced that The Kelly Clarkson Show will kick off its sixth season Sept. 23 with a rooftop party at the show’s 30 Rock headquarters. The upcoming season will include guest appearances from Kristen Bell, Halle Berry, Jim Carrey, Colin Farrell, Anna Kendrick, Uma Thurman, Kate Winslet and Zachary Quinto, as well as the cast of Emily In Paris and the cast of Wicked …

Make that Emily in Rome as the Netflix rom-com Emily in Paris moves to the Italian capital for part two of its fourth season. The streaming service released the trailer for season 4, part 2 on Monday. “Emily (Lily Collins) has everything she wants, but is it what she needs? From skiing in the French Alps to taking a Roman holiday, she’s ready for her next adventure,” reads the tag line for the upcoming season. Emily in Paris season 4, part 1 hit Netflix on Aug. 15. Part 2 drops on Sept. 12 …

Comedy Central has revealed Sept. 25 as the premiere date for Everybody Still Hates Chris, along with a first-look image. The series is an animated version of Chris Rock‘s sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, which ran for four seasons from 2005 to 2009. Rock returns as Adult Chris to narrate the reimagined series, with America’s Got Talent host Terry Crews voicing Chris’ dad, Julius, The Neighborhood‘s Tichina Arnold voicing Chris’ mother, Rochelle, and Saturdays‘ Tim Johnson Jr. as the voice of Young Chris …

Deadline reports The Good Wife creators Robert King and Michelle King are developing another legal drama for CBS. Tentatively titled Cupertino, the potential series is described as a “David vs. Goliath legal show set in Silicon Valley,” according to the outlet …

Hulu has picked up The Spot, a drama starring and executive produced by Kate Winslet, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series, created and scripted by writer Ed Solomon, who also directs, follows a successful surgeon — played by Winslet — whose husband suspects that she may be responsible for a child’s hit-and-run death, according to THR …

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Only Murders in the Building will launch its fourth season on Hulu Tuesday, and co-stars Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short still can’t get enough of each other. 

When ABC Audio asked them if they’ve learned anything new about each other this season, Selena noted, “No, I just … continuously am impressed and I feel grateful that I have really wonderful influence in both Marty and Steve, and they just really keep things happy.”

She adds, “And, even if it’s hard, they’re working so hard, it’s just impressive.” 

Short expressed, “I think what’s changed is that with just the love and affection that’s grown from season to season.” But he couldn’t resist a joke: “You know, if someone had said … after one episode of the first season, ‘Selena seems upset,’ I’d say, ‘Which one is Selena?'”

This season sees the trio jetting off to Los Angeles for a spell and also acting opposite a pig, who evidently was a little nervous becoming a TV star. “Well, when I was working with the pig, he peed all over Michael [Cyril Creighton],” Selena says. “And that was my first experience.”

Martin jokes, “I love working with animals. Anytime they’re on the set, it’s charming. It’s a pig, you know, you pick up a piggy, cuddle its nose … you pet the dog. It’s great. That’s the way I treat Marty.” 

Selena received her first Emmy nomination in the acting category for her work in the third season of the show. Even before she became a kid actor, she says she’s “pretty sure” she practiced her Emmy speech. “I used to hold auditions when I was 6 for my neighborhood — and I didn’t have anything they were auditioning for, I just was really interested in the process.”

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If it’s like you’re always stuck in second gear, Julien’s Auctions will be there for you. 

That’s because the auction house is celebrating 30 years of Friends by putting a massive trove of props, wardrobe, set pieces and other memorabilia from the beloved sitcom on the block.

The live and online auction takes place from Los Angeles on Sept. 23 and will let fans get their hands on set dec pieces from Ross’ apartment; a sweater worn by the late Matthew Perry‘s Chandler Bing; a striped shirt worn by Matt LeBlanc‘s Joey Tribbiani; and tons of other treasures.

Over its 10-year run on NBC, the show welcomed loads of guest stars, and hitting the block will be items used or worn by Susan Sarandon, Bruce Willis, Dakota Fanning, Winona Ryder and many others.

Possibly the most iconic item up for grabs: a studio-made replica of the Friends couch. Just don’t forget to PIVOT! 

Check out all the items here.

David Goodman, CEO of Julien’s Auctions, noted in a statement, “Every day, somewhere around the world Friends is playing on a screen, which speaks to its enormous popularity and its attraction of new fans even decades after its finale.”

He adds, “Julien’s is thrilled to represent this iconic collection brought us to by Warner Bros. Television that celebrates the 30th anniversary of this legendary show that achieved the absolute zenith of pop culture.”

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Clinton Kelly and Stacy London, the dynamic duo of stylists who starred in the hit TLC reality series What Not To Wear, are reuniting for an eight-episode “style transformation” series for Prime Video. 

Wear Whatever The F You Want will be executive produced by and star the pair, who return to TV for “this new style transformation show, giving people the confidence and style savvy to wear whatever they want.”

Prime Video adds, “Over the course of a couple of days, they will empower each client to live out their fashion fantasy and find their style truth in the journey of a lifetime.”

The show will get a rollout in 240 countries.

The pair shared in a joint statement, “The world has changed a lot since the run of What Not to Wear, and, thankfully, so have we. These days, we have zero interest in telling people what to do, based on society’s norms — because there are no more norms!”

The fashionistas add, “However, style is still an important form of communication, and we’re excited to show new clients how to align their personal messaging with their life goals. It’s time to celebrate individual style, not prescribe it.”

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Emilia Clarke has been tapped to star in Ponies, a spy show that has just been given a series order by Peacock.

According to the streamer, the series takes place in 1977 in Moscow, centering on two “Ponies,” that is “persons of no interest” in intelligence speak.

The pair “work anonymously as secretaries in the American Embassy. That is until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR, and the pair become CIA operatives.”

Clarke will play Bea, “an over-educated, Russian-speaking child of Soviet immigrants.” Her cohort, Twila, “is a small-town girl who is as abrasive as she is fearless. Together, they work to uncover a vast Cold War conspiracy and solve the mystery that made them widows in the first place.”

Ponies will be directed, executive produced and co-written by Susanna Fogel. David Iserson will serve as co-writer and showrunner.

Clarke will also serve as executive producer.

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ABC Audio has confirmed that Lost veteran Matthew Fox has joined the cast of The Madison, the forthcoming spin-off of Taylor Sheridan‘s Yellowstone. 

Fox joins Michelle Pfeiffer and Suits alum Patrick J. Adams in the MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios project, said to be “a heartfelt study of grief and human connection following a New York City family in the Madison River valley of central Montana.”

For his part, Fox will play Paul, “a self-reliant bachelor who loves the outdoors.”

As reported, Adams will play Russell McIntosh, “a young investment banker who has followed the life path set before him from the start.” 

Elle Chapman plays Paige McIntosh, “a somewhat self-centered woman who indulges in a luxurious New York lifestyle provided by her parents and investment banker husband.”

Beau Garrett will play Abigail Reese, “a resilient and sardonic New Yorker, who is a recently divorced mother of two,” and Amiah Miller will play Abigail’s eldest daughter, Bridgette.

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Just ahead of the Oscar-nominated movie’s 25th anniversary, M. Night Shyamalan‘s The Sixth Sense is finally getting a 4K HD Digital release. 

The Sixth Sense, which starred Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment and Toni Collette, and Night’s acclaimed 2002 thriller Signs with Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix, will hit digital platforms for rent or purchase on Tuesday.

Both films are coming to 4K UHD Blu-ray disc on Oct. 22.

Both Sixth Sense and Signs‘ original negatives were scanned at 4K resolution and restored in High Dynamic Range, promising a quality of image not yet seen for either thriller. 

Nominated for six Academy Awards, The Sixth Sense had Willis playing a therapist treating a young boy who purports to see dead people. 

Signs had Gibson playing a widowed former preacher whose Pennsylvania farm becomes the focus of a creepy alien invasion. 

An exclusive bundle, including both films and the filmmaker’s hit Unbreakable, which starred Willis along with Samuel L. Jackson, will also be available on Aug. 27 at digital retailers.

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