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Netflix has revealed the trailer for Trigger Warning, the action thriller from the producers of Sicario and John Wick. Jessica Alba, per the streaming service, stars as “a skilled Special Forces commando” who runs her father’s bar following his sudden death and clashes with a violent gang as she searches for the truth behind his death. Trigger Warning — also starring Mark Webber, Tone Bell, Jake Weary, Gabriel Basso and Anthony Michael Hall — debuts June 21 on Netflix … 

X-Men producer Simon Kinberg is in talks to produce a new Star Trek feature for Paramount Pictures, with an eye toward taking a creative role in the franchise’s upcoming feature films, per The Hollywood Reporter. Since 2016’s Star Trek Beyond, the franchise has mostly existed on the small screen. Attempts to revive the film side, including reuniting J.J. Abrams‘ Star Trek cast members Chris Pine, Zoe Saldaña and Simon Pegg, have thus far been unsuccessful, according to THR …

Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan has been tapped for a starring role in the upcoming drama-thriller Love and War, according to Deadline. The film, based on Louise Monaghan and Yvonne Kinsella‘s book Stolen: Escape From Syria, follows the true life story of a woman’s fight to rescue her 6-year-old daughter, who was kidnapped by her father and taken to his native Syria during the height of a civil war. Coughlan says in a statement obtained by Deadline, “I am so honoured to be playing this role and to tell the story of Louise Monaghan’s incredible bravery” …

Don Stark is returning to Netflix’s That 90s Show in a “heavy recurring role,” reprising his That 70s Show character Bob Pinciotti, according to Deadline. He’ll reportedly return to the series’ fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin, where he reconnects with Kitty and Red — played respectively by Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith. Season 3, Part 1 of That 90s Show premieres June 27, with the season conclusion launching on October 24 …

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Esther Smith and Rafe Spall are going to keep on trying. Their Apple TV+ comedy Trying returns Wednesday for season 4.

The comedy started out following a young couple trying to have a baby, but by the end of season 3 they had officially adopted two children, Princess and Tyler. Smith tells ABC Audio season 4 picks up six years later.

“They are fully fledged parents, but now parents of older children, one being a teenager, which I think throws up quite a few challenges,” she shares. “[Princess] wants to find her birth mom, and that throws up a lot of tension.”

While their characters are no longer trying to have a bay, Spall says the show’s title still works.

“Ultimately we never stop trying, do we, as human beings and when we do it’s a sad day. And I think it’s what’s so relatable for audiences is that they’re these good folks trying to be good,” he says. “I think that’s a universally identifiable message.”

Spall thinks TV has gotten very intense over the last 15 years, and while a lot of it is great, their show works because the characters are more relatable.

“Like a work of timeless genius is Breaking Bad, but damn I used to have to take a Valium after watching it … but this is, this is the opposite of that. This is like a warm bath. This is relaxing. It’s like a glass of wine for the soul,” he says.

Adds Smith, “People want to hang out with these people, and their extended family, because they, they’re just good people trying to do the right thing. And they are flawed and a bit messy and chaotic, but they all have heart.”

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Tires isn’t even on the showroom floor yet, but Netflix has ordered another set.

The show starring and co-created by stand-up comedian and actor Shane Gillis officially premieres on May 23, but execs at the streaming giant have apparently kicked the tires and found it to be ready to roll on to a sophomore season.

Gillis’ co-creator Steven Gerben plays Will, “the nervous and unqualified heir to an auto repair chain” who “attempts to turn his father’s business around despite constant torture from his cousin and now employee,” played by Gillis.

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The investigation into the death of Friends star Matthew Perry remains ongoing, especially in respect to where he acquired the ketamine that led to his death in October, according to local and federal law enforcement officials.

Perry died at his home from the acute effects of ketamine, according to the autopsy report released in December by the Los Angeles County medical examiner.

Detectives have been interviewing people who could have information about where the drugs came from, sources told ABC News, but they do not have information to narrow in on a source. No arrests have been made.

“Based on the Medical Examiner’s findings, the Los Angeles Police Department, with the assistance of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States Postal Inspection Service, has continued its investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Perry’s death,” the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement.

The DEA said it had no comment.

The actor, most well known for his role as Chandler Bing on Friends, died on October 28, 2023, at the age of 54. In his bestselling 2022 memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Perry explored his decadeslong struggle with addiction in sometimes graphic detail.

In a statement the day after responding to his home, the LAPD said Perry “was discovered by a witness unresponsive in his jacuzzi.” There were no signs of foul play at the scene, according to law enforcement officials.

Perry was reported to have been receiving ketamine infusions for depression and anxiety, according to the autopsy report, but the medical examiner wrote the ketamine in his system at the time of his death could not have been from that infusion therapy because ketamine’s half-life is three to four hours or less. His method of intake was listed as unknown.

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It’s been a couple of weeks since Netflix’s hit roast of Tom Brady, but the night’s undisputed heavyweight champ, Nikki Glaser, is still unpacking it.

Glaser shared why she thought Ben Affleck “bombed” during his time at the podium, in which he was supposed to be skewering his former New England Patriot pal.

“He didn’t prepare,” Glaser told Barstool Sports’ KFC Radio podcast.

“He’s someone who’s famous enough that he thinks that this is probably beneath [him] to do this,” she said, speculating that Ben thought, “‘I’m just gonna do a favor. It’s not going to be that big of a deal.'”

Affleck’s set was dubbed a “train wreck” by some online snarkers — who, incidentally, became the focus of Ben’s “self-centered” set, Glaser said.

Affleck gave a mirthless tirade against online trolls instead of focusing on Brady. “You guys out there talking s*** behind your f****** keyboard, that doesn’t make you a fan, that makes you a b****,” the actor said in part.

Glaser offered that the normally “brilliant” Affleck either “didn’t work hard enough” on it “or he just picked a bad premise and then he had to stick to it the whole time.”

In a separate interview, Nikki also unpacked the booing suffered by roaster Kim Kardashian — an audience reaction that was edited by Netflix after the live event.

For one thing, Swifties weren’t behind it, Glaser told the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast on Tuesday. In spite of Taylor Swift‘s reported feud with Kardashian, Nikki blamed “a wild guy who’s a comedian” who was just “starting s***.”

“He just had too many drinks or something, and he’s not affiliated with Swifties or anything [and] just felt like saying a boo into the air, and apparently everyone was so riled up [they followed],” Nikki said.

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Prime Video has just dropped the trailer to My Lady Jane, a buzzy new alternative history series that seems to have all the ingredients for a new Bridgerton-esque bodice ripper: there’s literal palace intrigue, salty language and, of course, sex.

“My Lady Jane is a radical retelling of English royal history, in which King Henry VIII‘s son Edward does not die of tuberculosis, Lady Jane Grey is not beheaded, and neither is her scoundrel of a husband Guildford,” Prime Video teases. 

Calling it “an epic tale of true love and high adventure,” the streamer continues: “At the center of this swashbuckling new series is the brilliant and headstrong Jane (newcomer Emily Bader), who is shocked to be crowned queen and finds herself the target of nefarious villains coming for the crown (and her head).”

Starring opposite her is Killing Eve‘s Edward Bluemel, Pirates veteran Jordan Peters and Preacher‘s Dominic Cooper as Lord Seymour, one of the plotters.

All eight episodes of the show debut on June 27. 

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hasn’t exactly been known to be a chameleon through his movie career — even his Moana character looks like him, down to some of his famous tattoos — but a new peek at his latest project changes that.

Johnson has reteamed with his Jungle Cruise co-star Emily Blunt for The Smashing Machine, a biopic of mixed martial arts trailblazer Mark Kerr that was directed by Uncut Gems veteran, and Blunt’s Oppenheimer co-star, Benny Safdie.

In the photo posted by independent studio A24 to commemorate the first day of shooting, Johnson is shown as Kerr, sitting in the corner of an MMA ring mid-fight, as Blunt looks up at him from outside the ring; she plays Kerr’s wife, Dawn Staples.

Johnson is sporting a sweaty mop of black hair on his famously bald head, his tats have been covered and, most strikingly, he’s sporting facial prosthetics emulating Kerr’s more blunt features.

According to IMDB, the artists behind the look were Glen P. Griffin, who also worked on Oppenheimer, and Kazu Hiro, who helped transform Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill for the actor’s Oscar-winning performance in 2017’s The Darkest Hour.

The Rock forwarded the photo to his socials.

Hours before, he posted a video of some of his training in mixed martial arts, including a throw of an opponent and a headlock submission.

“Working hard and feeling good about my progress so far, but far from satisfied,” he captioned the video.

“Approaching this as a total student of the game, absorbing and learning as much as I can, day by day. It’s my absolute honor to pay respect and homage to @UFC … Mark Kerr and all the founding fathers of MMA,” Johnson wrote.

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He may be famous for showing off some massive portions in his long running Food Network show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, but Guy Fieri has been cutting back — and cut weight as a result. 

The self-appointed Mayor of Flavortown tells Men’s Health he’s now 30 pounds lighter, a journey he began during the COVID-19 pandemic with the help of personal trainer Scott Butler.

Guy credits Butler’s intense workout routine inspired by military training as well as a change in the chef’s diet. 

“Once I started getting more serious about that, the quantity of food I was eating, and exercise, it really changed the whole thing,” Fieri told the outlet about his intermittent fasting diet. “It wasn’t as gnarly as you might think,” adding, “I’m not a big breakfast fan.”

Butler put him through a combination of fitness regimes including rucking and high-intensity interval training, as well as a daily cold plunge and getting into a sauna.

Rucking involves walking or running while carrying a backpack of weights or a weighted vest. Fieri said he rucks the hills near his house a few times a week.

A clinical trial published by the National Library of Medicine also found that participants who wore weighted vests for eight hours a day for three weeks without doing any physical activities experienced some weight loss compared to those who didn’t wear the vests.

Like any other fitness routine or diet, it’s best to consult with your physician or physical therapist before using a weighted vest.

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HBO has greenlit a yet-to-be titled, 10-episode comedy series starring Steve Carell. The single-camera series from Ted Lasso showrunner Bill Lawrence and Scrubs producer Matt Tarses, is set on a college campus and centers on “an author’s complicated relationship with his daughter,” per the premium cable channel. “The combination of Steve Carell and Bill Lawrence promises to be full of great laughs, warmth, and charm. We’re thrilled to be the home for this long overdue collaboration,” Amy Gravitt, executive vice president, HBO & Max Comedy Programming, said in a statement.

Warner Bros. Pictures has set a September 21 premiere date for the documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, followed by an encore presentation on the late actor’s birthday, September 25, according to Deadline. Using never-before-seen home movies and personal archive material, the film chronicles Reeve’s career, which most notably included playing the Man of Steel in four Superman films between 1978 and 1987, the tragic horse-riding accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down, and his activism on behalf of finding a cure for spinal cord injuries and disability rights. Reeve died in 2004 at the age of 52.

Paramount+ has tapped Genesis Rodriguez for the second season of Lioness, according to Variety. The Umbrella Academy actress will play Captain Josephina Carrillo, “a dedicated soldier with a fierce personality” and “a skilled helicopter pilot,” per the outlet. Rodriguez joins Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Nicole Kidman, Michael Kelly and Morgan Freeman, the last of whom will be a regular in season 2.

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Jason Momoa and his girlfriend Adria Arjona are Instagram official!

The Aquaman star confirmed the relationship in a post about his recent trip to Japan in which he referred to the 32-year-old actress as “Mi amor.”

“Japan, you are a dream come true you blew my mind. we’re so thankful for everyone who opened their homes, making memories with new friends and old friends, sharing another amazing adventure with mi amor,” Momoa, 44, captioned a series of photos, some of which included Arjona. “ON THE ROAM motorcycles and mayhem. All my aloha j.”

Momoa and Arjona, who starred alongside each other in the 2021 film Sweet Girl, have been mum about their relationship.

Momoa and Lisa Bonet ended their seven-year marriage in January. they share two children — Lola, 16, and Nakoa Wolf, 15.

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