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In a new interview with Sight & Sound magazine, acclaimed Twin Peaks director David Lynch says he has emphysema and as a result likely won’t direct on set ever again.

The Independent excerpted the chat, in which the 78-year-old filmmaker said he’s “homebound” as a result of the pulmonary condition.

“I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not,” Lynch says. “And now, because of COVID, it would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold.” What’s more, he says, “I can only walk a short distance before [running] out of oxygen.”

Lynch says he might be able to direct remotely, but added, “I wouldn’t like that so much.”

The filmmaker’s last project was 2017’s acclaimed Twin Peaks: The Return. He has a couple of projects he’s still trying to get off the ground, including the animated Snootworld and his screenplay called Antelope Don’t Run No More. “Well, we don’t know what the future will bring, but we remain hopeful,” Lynch said.

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The Daily Show will be without Jon Stewart Monday after the part-time host tested positive for COVID-19.

As he recovers, Michael Kosta will host the show at 11 p.m. ET on Comedy Central; each episode debuts the next morning on Paramount+.

Stewart will return to the anchor desk Aug. 12, ABC Audio has learned.

With Stewart anchoring Monday nights since his return on Feb. 12, the Emmy-winning program features a rotating series of hosts, including Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper and Kosta.

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Brooke Shields famously once said, “Nothing comes between me and my Calvins,” but at least $50,000 could come between you and her jeans from that controversial 1980 ad.

That’s the estimated opening bid for the treasured trousers, part of Studio Auctions‘ upcoming event From Bombshells to Blasters: An Auction You Can’t Refuse.

Shields, obviously in the “Bombshell” category, was 15 when she wore the jeans in the classic commercial. She tells People, “Can you imagine my waist was ever that small? It’s terrifying!”

The 59-year-old adds, “I hope that somebody enjoys these just as much as I have and finds them as meaningful as I do. I can’t wait for someone to show these off!”

As the title of the auction event suggests, there’s also a trove of Godfather-related memorabilia, including Marlon Brando‘s tuxedo as Don Vito Corleone in 1972’s The Godfather and a stunt knife used to stab Luca Brazi in the hand before he “slept with the fishes.” Brando’s Jor-El costume from 1978’s Superman is also up for grabs.

The “Blasters” component includes a screen-used pulse rifle from 1986’s Aliens, with other props from that franchise, as well as Star Wars weapons.

There’s also a trove of Marvel-related goodies up for grabs, including Robert Downey Jr.‘s screen-used Iron Man armor — well, from helmet to waist — from 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, as well as Chris Evans‘ Cap shield from that film. Thor’s Stormbreaker axe once wielded by Chris Hemsworth is hitting the block, too, as is a Black Panther helmet worn by the late Chadwick Boseman, along with many more Marvel items.

The event runs from Sept. 20 to Sept. 22 and Oct. 25 to Oct. 27.

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His surprise appearance in Deadpool & Wolverine not only drew cheers from fans, it also made Wesley Snipes a multiple Guinness World Records holder. 

Snipes first played the half-vampire vampire hunter in the 1998 hit Blade, and reprising as the character in Deadpool & Wolverine officially gave him the record of Longest Career as a Live-Action Marvel Character. The feat beat out his co-star Hugh Jackman, who has played Wolverine/Logan in nine movies starting with 2000’s X-Men.

Guinness also points out that the 61-year-old bested Alfred Molina‘s record of the longest gap between character appearances in Marvel films: Snipes last played Blade in 2004’s Blade Trinity, which came 19 years and 231 days before D&W‘s debut. 

Molina had a 17-year gap between playing Dr. Otto Octavius/Doc Ock in 2004’s Spider-Man 2 and reprising in 2021’s blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Marvel Studios has had a rough road trying to reboot Blade, following its announcement way back in 2019 that it snagged two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali to succeed Snipes.

The behind-the-scenes drama, including multiple script and creative changes, was winked at in Deadpool & Wolverine. Snipes says in the film, “There’s only been one Blade. There’s only ever gonna be one Blade,” prompting Deadpool to break the fourth wall and raise his eyebrows to the audience.

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In a case of life imitating art, Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus tells the Times of London that she plans to be “extra involved” in the presidential run of real-life Vice President Kamala Harris‘ presidential run. 

In the hit HBO show, Louis-Dreyfus’ Selina Meyer plays a senator-turned-vice president who has to take over as POTUS when her running mate steps down. 

In real life, of course, President Joe Biden bowed out of the 2024 race, leaving his own veep, Harris, in the driver’s seat for the 2024 Democrat nomination. 

Since Biden announced he was stepping away, viewership for Veep, which ended its run in 2019, has reportedly shot up more than 300%. Louis-Dreyfus tells The Times that left her gobsmacked. 

That said, the apparent cooperation between the TV veep and the real one is a little odd: Selina Meyer was well-educated and had the right political bona fides, but she was painted as over-ambitious, self-centered and impulsive, and arguably much of the humor of the show came from her decisions blowing up in her face. 

Louis-Dreyfus tells the paper, “Let me just say this. If Selina had any advice for Kamala, she had best not take it. I think Kamala is so intelligent she wouldn’t take the call.”

The Seinfeld alumna also revealed Harris told her in 2022 she’s a “big fan” of Veep. When asked if she would appear at the upcoming Democratic National Convention, Louis-Dreyfus replied “probably, yes.”

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Hallmark has announced this year’s “Fall into Love” lineup, which includes six new films airing throughout September and October. The first of these include His & Hers, which premieres Sept. 7, and stars Lacey Chabert and Brennan Elliott. The pair play Dana and Mark, a married couple who are high-powered lawyers who work at two separate New York City law firms. Next up will be The Heiress and the Handyman, airing on Saturday, Sept. 14, starring Jodie Sweetin and Corey Sevier. Other titles include Falling Together, premiering Sept. 21 and starring Ashley Williams and Paul Campbell, and The Real West with Kimberley Sustad, Lucas Bryant and James Denton. Fans can expect new films premiering every Saturday through Oct. 12 …

HBO has released a first look teaser showcasing several series coming to the premium cable channel in 2025, including The Last of Us season 2, White Lotus season 3 and the Game of Thrones spinoff A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. The teaser also includes the upcoming 2024 series The Penguin; Dune: Prophecy; season 3 of Industry; season 3 of The Sex Lives of College Girls; season 5 of the adult toon Harley Quinn; James Gunn‘s animated DC series Creature Commandos; And Just Like That … season 3; The Gilded Age Season 3 and Welcome to Derry …

Yellowstone‘s Luke Grimes and his wife, Bianca Rodrigues Grimes, are expecting their first child. “Can’t wait to meet you little one,” Bianca captioned a silhouetted selfie of herself that showed off her obvious baby bump. She didn’t reveal any further details. Luke and Bianca tied the knot in 2018 …

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Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin used to act while he was in prison, but his skills are now on full display in theaters worldwide. He stars as himself in the new movie Sing Sing, a story that brings awareness to the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts program in Sing Sing Correctional Facility. The program helps people in prison “develop critical life skills through the arts,” which the org says models an approach “based on human dignity rather than punishment.”

Clarence went back in time — and back to jail — for the role. He tells ABC Audio he was slightly reluctant but decided the overall mission was greater than his fear. 

“I don’t think any of us really want to go voluntarily walk back into a prison, so that wasn’t what we wanted to do at all. Or even put those greens back on, that uniform that identifies you as a prisoner. But the overall purpose of what we was doing is so much bigger than just that apprehension that it outweighed any negative ideas,” he said. “It was really a no-brainer. It was the message that needed to get out … and now we’re glad that it’s out.”

While big names like Colman Domingo and Paul Raci might intimidate some, Clarence says he felt no pressure to work with the actors. “I didn’t feel any pressure because the brothers is just, they just the bros to me now. They’re not big bad Colman or big bad Raci anymore,” he said, noting a brotherhood was formed as they talked about their views on life before working on the film.

“Through that camaraderie, we created the message that we wanted to put out to the world,” Clarence says. “All of us had a hand in creating this message because this camaraderie was built on trust first.”

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Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine had another big week at the domestic box office, earning an estimated $97 million — the eighth-biggest second weekend in box office history, according to Variety.

The film, starring Ryan Reynolds and High Jackman, earned an estimated $110.5 million internationally, bringing its worldwide gross to $824.1 million. It’s now the second-highest-grossing film of the year, behind Inside Out 2.

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Twisters took second place, grabbing an estimated $22.7 million at the North American box office in its third week of release. It’s three-week global tally now stands at $195.6 million and $274.4 million worldwide.

M. Night Shyamalan‘s thriller Trap, starring Josh Hartnett, collected an estimated $15.6 million in its opening weekend for third place. The film grabbed an estimated $4.4 million overseas, for a global total of $20 million overseas

Fourth place went to Despicable Me 4, which earned an estimated $11.2 million, for a fifth week domestic box office total of $314 million and $752.2 million globally.

Rounding out the top five was Inside Out 2, earning an estimated $6.7 million at the North American box office, bringing its total to $626.9 million domestically and $1.6 billion worldwide after eight weeks.

The weekend’s other major release, the live-action CGI adventure Harold and the Purple Crayon, starring  Zachary Levi, Lil Rel Howery and Zooey Deschanel, finished in sixth place with an estimated $6 million at the domestic box office.

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The two main stars of the highly anticipated film adaptation of People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry have been revealed.

On Friday, Netflix announced that My Lady Jane actress Emily Bader and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes actor Tom Blyth will play Poppy and Alex, the two main characters of Henry’s beloved romance novel.

The book follows Poppy and Alex, two best friends who live apart but reunite each summer for a weeklong vacation, “until two years ago, when they ruined everything,” a synopsis for the novel reads.

When Poppy finds herself “stuck in a rut,” she “decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together — lay everything on the table, make it all right,” the synopsis continues.

Henry shared in her newsletter why Bader and Blyth were the perfect Poppy and Alex.

“They are PERFECT,” she wrote. “He’s so stoic, repressed, quietly repressed, quietly hilarious. She’s an irresistible rascal with a secret softness.”

Henry added that after seeing Blyth and Bader’s chemistry read, she used the word “irresistible” to describe “the magic of them together.”

“I wish I could just show you now but the good news is, we are MOVING so you will get to fall in love with them very soon,” she told her fans. “I hope you are even a fraction as excited as I am right now for this film. I know how terrifying it is to loosen our grips on this story enough to let new people into the mix.”

Netflix also shared a video on Instagram of the moment Bader found out over Zoom that she was cast as Poppy.

“Are you kidding?!” Bader says in the video. “I’m gonna cry!”

A release date for the upcoming film has not yet been announced.

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Jeremy Renner‘s Mayor of Kingstown has its third season finale on Sunday, and Paramount+ just dropped a sneak peek of the final chapter.

In the snippet, Renner’s fixer Mike McLusky and his longtime criminal friend and sometimes frenemy Bunny, played by Tobi Bamtefa, seek to divvy up influence in the titular city.

“That’s a whole lotta territory. There’s a whole lot of ambition right there,” Bunny says, as the pair look out on the city.

“When you go across the lines, there’s monsters waiting,” Renner’s character warns. “Monsters bigger than you. … You settle for Kingstown.”

Bunny replies, “What about you?”

Mike says, “I get some sort of peace. Twisted as it is.”

As his show winds up, Renner is playfully jabbing that “son of a b****” Robert Downey Jr. for hiding the news he’s rejoined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Dr. Doom.

“I had no idea,” Renner told Us Weekly, “and we’re close friends.”

Renner said he started “blowing up” RDJ’s phone on the old Avengers chat string, which also features Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo.

“I’m like, ‘What’s going on? Are you hiding this from us?'”

Renner said he’s “really, really excited about it” and teased whether we may see his Clint Barton aka Hawkeye in Downey’s next entries, Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.

“I think it’s going to be challenging to get everybody together,” said the actor, who miraculously survived being crushed by a snowplow in 2023.

He added of the new movies, “I’m excited about it. We’ll see. I think we’ll probably be doing it.”

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