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The stars chosen to be part of the 2025 Hollywood Walk of Fame class have been announced.

Over 30 new celebrities have been chosen to be added to the Walk of Fame, including actors like Jane Fonda, Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell.

Those three have been selected in the motion picture category, along with John Carpenter, Bill Duke, Robert Englund, Emilio Estevez, Nia Long, Lisa Lu, Glynn Turman and Toni Vaz.

Over in the TV category, everyone’s favorite science guy Bill Nye is being honored, along with Fran Drescher, Lauren Graham, Molly Shannon, Sherri Shepherd, Courtney B. Vance, Chris Wallace, and Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who will have a double ceremony together.

These honorees will have up to two years to set a date for their ceremonies.

“Each honoree truly embodies the essence of excellence in their respective fields,” Peter Roth, chairman of the Walk of Fame selection committee, said. “The committee and I cannot wait to see our honorees becoming part of this world-famous walkway!”

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Somebody matched their Freak—y Friday!

Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis have reunited on the set of Freaky Friday 2. Disney released a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the long-awaited sequel on Monday, which is currently filming in LA.

Lohan and Curtis are reprising their roles of Anna and Tess Coleman in the movie, which will head to theaters in 2025.

Freaky Friday 2 picks up years after the events of the original film. According to a press release, the plot follows an adult Anna, who “now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might indeed strike twice.”

Other original cast members Chad Michael Murray and Mark Harmon will also return for this film, along with Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky and Rosalind Chao.

Joining the cast this time around are Manny Jacinto, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Julia Butters and Sophia Hammons.

Curtis shared a photo holding hands with Lohan while on set for the film to her Instagram on Monday. “WE ARE FREAKING OUT because the Coleman’s are getting FREAKY AGAIN!” Curtis captioned the post.  

Nisha Ganatra is directing the movie, which is being produced by Curtis and executive produced by Lohan.

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Bill Skarsgård is trading in his Pennywise makeup for a pair of fangs.

The trailer for director Robert Eggers‘ Nosferatu, a reimagining of the 1922 German silent film, dropped on Monday.

Skarsgård plays the famous vampire Count Orlok in the film. While the trailer mostly keeps the look of his character a mystery despite a few quick shots, his presence certainly looms large.

According to its logline, Nosferatu is “a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.”

The woman Skarsgård’s Count Orlock is obsessed with is Ellen Hutter, played by Lily-Rose Depp. Nicholas Hoult co-stars as Thomas Hutter, Ellen’s husband and a real estate agent unaware his client is a centuries-old vampire.

“Does evil come from within us, or beyond?” Depp’s Ellen asks Willem Dafoe‘s Professor Albin Von Franz in the trailer.

This marks Dafoe’s third collaboration with Eggers, after starring in The Lighthouse opposite Robert Pattinson and in 2022’s The Northman.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Emma Corrin also star in the gothic horror film, which is set to release in theaters on Dec. 25.

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If you were one of those Barbie fans who preferred Ken’s Mojo Dojo Casa House to Barbie’s Dreamhouse, you’re in luck.

People reports that Mattel Creations is embracing all the love that Ken got from the 2023 movie by releasing a Mini Mojo Dojo Casa House. The house, modeled after Ken’s takeover of the Dreamhouse in the movie, will make its debut July 24 at San Diego Comic-Con before being officially available on the Mattel website July 25. 

The Mini Mojo Dojo Casa House, which will sell for $50, will come with a denim-wearing Ken doll, with a sign that reads “Kendom” in the background. It also features swinging saloon doors that read “Kendom,” with a horse head and horseshoe on it. 

But if you still prefer the traditional Barbie Dreamhouse, there’s no need to worry — a Barbie the Movie Mini DreamHouse will be on display at Comic-Con, as well.

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Tattoo artist Ryan Hadley, best known for appearing on season 6 of the Paramount competition series Ink Master, died Thursday, June 20, his family posted on Instagram. He was 46. According to Deadline, Hadley announced last December he’d been diagnosed with seminoma, a malignant germ cell tumor that develops most often in the testicle…

Alex Trebek, who hosted Jeopardy! for 37 seasons until his death from pancreatic cancer in 2020, is getting his own stamp. His successor, Ken Jennings, made the announcement during the June 21 episode of the game show. The sheet of stamps looks like the display of video monitors on the Jeopardy! game board alongside a photo of Trebek. Printed on each stamp is the clue, “This naturalized U.S. citizen hosted the quiz show “Jeopardy!” for 37 seasons.’” Underneath, written upside down, is the response: “Who is Alex Trebek?” The stamp will be released July 22 and is available for preorder now on the USPS website …

Thomas Brodie-Sangster, best known for his roles in Love Actually and the Maze Runner films, and Westworld‘s Talulah Riley have tied the knot, according to The Sun. The newspaper obtained photos of their wedding in England. Brodie-Sangster, 34, and Riley, 38, met on the set of the Disney+ drama Pistol in March 2021. The couple reportedly got engaged in July of 2023. Talulah was previously married to billionaire Elon Musk …

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Timed for Pride Month, Audible has launched Queer West, a nine-episode audio series centering on the “LGBTQ+ lives that got buried in the dust of popular culture and history” and how they “continue to shape the West.”

It’s hosted by a relatively new member of the queer community, Niecy Nash Betts, who married her best friend, singer Jessica Betts, in 2020.

Niecy told ABC Audio her life since coming out has been “heaven on earth.”

The Rookie veteran adds with a laugh, “First of all, I didn’t realize that this was where all the fun people are. The straights are boring. I’m like, ‘What’s going on? How come I didn’t know about this a long time ago?'”

Niecy adds, “I love it here. I love the community. I love the support. I love my spouse, and I love my life.”

In Queer West, Niecy reveals surprising details about the queer origins of the popular Broadway musical Oklahoma, the real story of the legendary Calamity Jane and more.

She tells ABC Audio, “When you talk about a community that has been marginalized … because of who they love, to be able to find out that there was such a presence in settling the West … you’re like, how come everybody doesn’t know about this?”

The show highlights the unheralded stories of LGBTQ+ people living in the West, from cowboys of yesteryear to the concrete cowboys of today — long-haul truck drivers in the queer community.

“I have to be honest with you and tell you that all of it was surprising,” Niecy says. “So much of history is either whitewashed or only told from the writer’s point of view what they want you to know, minus the facts.”

She called unpacking these stories “just delicious for me.” 

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Pixar’s Inside Out 2 had another huge weekend at the box office, earning an estimated $100 million in the North America in its second weekend.

It’s the best ever second week showing for an animated film and the seventh biggest overall, behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens‘ $149 million, Avengers: Endgame and Infinity War‘s $147 million and $114 million respectively, Black Panther‘s $111 million, Jurassic World‘s $106 million and The Avengers‘ $103 million, according to Variety.

Inside Out 2 also surpassed Dune: Part Two as the highest-grossing movie of the year worldwide with $724 million. It’s on a pace to eclipse the billion dollar mark, per the outlet.

Pixar is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die took second place, grabbing an estimated $19 million at the domestic box office. After two weeks, the fourth Bad Boys movie has grossed $147 million domestically and $289.1 million globally.

One of this weekend’s major new releases, The Bikeriders, starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy, opened in third place with an estimated $10 million at the North American box office.

Fourth place went to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, earning an estimated $3.6 million in its seventh week of release. The latest chapter in the Planet of the Apes saga has collected $164 million at the North American box office.

The Garfield Movie rounded out the top five, delivering an estimated $3.6 million at the domestic box office. After five weeks, the CGI/live-action movie has grossed $85 million in North America and $230 million worldwide.

The weekend’s second major release, The Exorcism, starring Russell Crowe, finished in seventh place with an estimated $2.43 million at the domestic box office.

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The second season of Netflix’s everything-winning drama series Beef might see Moon Knight‘s Oscar Isaac and Maestro Oscar nominee cfacing off.

Deadline reports the actors are circling the project, which will reportedly center on feuding couples. The trade reports Poker Face‘s Charles Melton and Civil War‘s Cailee Spaeny will also star.

The first season of Beef began with a road-rage incident between Steven Yeun and Ali Wong‘s respective characters that soon escalates out of control.

Both actors won Emmys and Golden Globes for their lead performances in the series, which also scored a mantel full of trophies, including the Emmy in the Best Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category.

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The Boys has been pulling out all the stops for its fourth season so far, and apparently the viewers have responded.

ABC Audio has confirmed that viewership for the latest installment has jumped 21% over season 3.

Prime Video hasn’t released exact viewer numbers, but noted the skewed superhero series has seen its viewership increase with every successive season. What’s more, the streaming service says The Boys has flown to the #1 slot of its original programming in 160 countries after just four days.

The series starring Karl Urban, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Antony Starr had a three-episode premiere on June 13; the fourth installment just dropped on the streaming service.

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Jennifer Lawrence is apparently bringing her well-known love for reality shows to the big screen in the form of a mystery called The Wives. 

Variety reports the A24 and Apple Original Films collab is in the vein of Real Housewives, but otherwise, the sought-after project’s plot is a secret. 

The Oscar winner is a dyed-in-the-wool reality fan, once telling Oprah Winfrey that the three people she’d most like to have dinner with — living or dead — were Keeping Up with the Kardashians‘ Scott Disick, and Real Housewives alumnae Bethenny Frankel and Luann de Lesseps. Lawrence added, “And I’m not proud of that, but that’s what comes from my heart.”

A 2018 appearance on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live saw the latter two surprise Lawrence at an impromptu dinner party, with a cardboard cutout of Disick completing the quartet.

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