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Killers of the Flower Moon, the book adaptation from Martin Scorsese starring Oscar winners Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Brendan Fraser, will make a bigger splash in theaters than previously known.

As reported, Paramount Pictures had previously planned a select theater release starting October 6, but ABC Audio has confirmed the film is skipping its limited run and going wide on October 20 — including in IMAX theaters — before it debuts on Apple TV+.

Based on David Grann‘s bestselling book of the same name, Killers of the Flower Moon is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the real-life serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation.

When oil was discovered on Osage land, its Native American residents became globally wealthy overnight. That didn’t sit well with the white folks living there, leading to betrayal, corruption and murder.

The murder spree was known locally as the Reign of Terror and lasted from 1921 to 1926.

The film premiered earlier this year at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it was met with a nine-minute standing ovation.

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Officially, ABC is mum on the matter until the cast is revealed on Wednesday, September 13, but Entertainment Tonight says Mira Sorvino will be joining the forthcoming season of Dancing with the Stars.

The actress, seen recently in the sleeper blockbuster drama The Sound of Freedom and who won an Academy Award for Woody Allen‘s 1995 film Mighty Aphrodite, will purportedly be strapping on her dancing shoes for season 32 this fall.

Again, while nothing’s official, it’s pretty easy to imagine DWTS‘ producers having Mira recreate her epic dance scene opposite Lisa Kudrow and Alan Cumming in the beloved 1997 comedy Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion.

The three-way dance was set to Cyndi Lauper‘s “Time After Time” — and while the performance drew applause from their classmates in the scene and remains a fan favorite, it begs the question what Dancing‘s judges would have made of the interpretive dance.

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Steve Harvey is setting the record straight about his marriage. 

After rumors circulated that his longtime partner and wife, Marjorie Harvey, had an affair, the 66-year-old comedian said they are doing just fine. 

“Before I get started, just let me say, I’m fine. Marriage is fine,” Steve is heard saying in a TikTok video later shared by Essence. 

Once cheers from the crowd at the 2023 Invest Fest in Atlanta subsided, Steve continued, “I don’t know what y’all are doin’, but find something else to do cause we fine, Lord have mercy.”  

Later on Instagram, Marjorie posted a lengthy message in an apparent clap back to the “foolishness and lies.”

“My husband and I don’t usually stop to address all the foolishness and lies that have been spread about us,” she wrote. “However to whom much is given much is required. I understand that with my platform comes some sort of responsibility to those that may not be as strong as we are. Read and share this with your love [sic] ones that may not know how to properly cope. God Bless all of you.”

The gossip spread all over X, formerly known as Twitter, last week, with fans creating memes out of the rumor. 

Steve and Marjorie tied the knot in 2007.

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On Tuesday, August 29, Apple TV+ debuted a special peek into its forthcoming series The Changeling, which features star and executive producer LaKeith Stanfield and co-star Clark Backo [BOCK-oh].

“It’s like a fantasy, horror, folklore,” Backo says of the series, adding, “In general, it’s a journey of two lovers doing everything they need to get their baby, and the gravity of that.”

Based on the acclaimed bestselling book of the same name by Victor LaValle, Apple TV+ describes the project as “a fairytale for grown-ups. A horror story, a parenthood fable and a perilous odyssey through a New York City you didn’t know existed.”

In the piece, LaKeith plays a rare book dealer whose life is turned upside down after his wife, Emma, played by Backo, commits an act of violence and then disappears.

Stanfield says in the special peek, “Just watch it. Just turn it on and watch it. Let it speak to you, and you come up with your own conclusions.”

He adds with a laugh, “Y’all smart out there. You don’t need us!”

The Changeling will make its global debut with three episodes on Friday, September 8, on Apple TV+, followed by one episode weekly through October 13.

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On Tuesday, August 29, Netflix revealed the trailer for The Killer, a thriller that reunites director David Fincher with his Se7en writer Andrew Kevin Walker.

Michael Fassbender plays an assassin for hire in the film, which is based on the French graphic novel series The Killer. The movie’s description states, “After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.”

The trailer begins with Fassbender limbering up before getting behind a rifle; when the alarm on his watch beeps, he fires. The action then gets more and more frenetic: Fassbender stomps on cellphones, uses a staple gun to kill a laptop and checks out forged passports, all while reciting a mantra whose recurring theme is “Stick to the plan.”

The mantra also includes the phrases “Forbid empathy. Anticipate, don’t improvise. Fight only the battle you’re paid to fight. This is what it takes if you want to succeed.”

The Killer, which also stars Tilda Swinton, Arliss Howard and Sophie Charlotte, will have its world premiere this Sunday, September 3rd at The Venice Film Festival. The thriller opens in select theaters in October and streams on Netflix starting November 10.

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Hannah Brown is engaged!

The former Bachelorette, 28, took to Instagram on August 28 to share news of her engagement to Adam Woolard.

Alongside snapshots of the two lovingly leaning into each other with the sparkling diamond ring on full display, Brown wrote, “So happy. i love our steady love.”

The comments section was flooded with well wishes for the newly engaged couple, including messages from former Bachelor franchise host Chris Harrison, fellow former Bachelorette Andi Dorfman, and former Bachelor Matt James.

Brown and Woolard’s romantic journey ignited in January 2021, a period peppered with sightings in Nashville and Los Angeles. The duo’s hand-holding escapade was captured in a photograph that hinted at their blossoming connection.

Bachelor Nation was first introduced to Hannah B. during her presence on Colton Underwood’s Bachelor season. Subsequently, she enjoyed her own spotlight as The Bachelorette in 2019. Her season’s conclusion saw her engagement to Jed Wyatt, but the love didn’t endure as she later called it quits, discovering his alleged pre-show relationship.

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Lupita Nyong’o is paying tribute to her late friend and Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman, three years to the day after his death.

Boseman, who is best known for his role as King T’Challa in Black Panther, died of colon cancer in on August 28, 2020 at age 43. His death shocked Hollywood and his fans around the world, as just a select few closest to him knew of his battle with the disease, which he battled for years.

In an Instagram post she shared Monday, Nyong’o talked about Boseman’s impact and a memory she shared with him in South Korea five years ago.

“Three years ago today, I experienced a singular pain at the news of @chadwickboseman’s death,” the Oscar winner captioned the post, which included a black and white photo of Boseman holding up a closed fist for the camera. “The confusion was so profound that it took months to trust the feeling of joy again.”

“This is a photo I took on film at the airport as we arrived in South Korea in 2018,” she continued….We spent a glorious 72 hours there, and the memory fills me with so much joy.”

“Death is hard to understand, maybe even harder to accept,” Nyong’o wrote. “But the love generated from the life he lived will fuel every anniversary marking his absence.”

Nyong’o ended her tribute to Boseman by writing, “Chadwick may no longer be in our photos, but he will always be in our hearts.”

Following Boseman’s death, he received a posthumous Emmy for his character voice-over work for T’Challa in Marvel’s animated series What If…?, and won posthumous best actor Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance in the 2020 film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award.

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Viewers in the United States will have to wait a little longer for the season 3 premiere of the Canadian drama Transplant, according to Deadline. The new season will launch Thursday, Oct. 12 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC — a week later than its original October 5 date — and stream on Peacock the next day. Transplant stars Hamza Haq as Dr. Bashir “Bash” Hamed, a Syrian Civil War refugee and a newest resident at York Memorial Hospital, as he navigates through numerous obstacles to resume a career in the high stakes world of emergency medicine…

A number of AMC Networks series, including Fear The Walking Dead, A Discovery of Witches and Killing Eve will stream on Max as part of a new agreement. The shows will be available on both the ad-free and ad-lite Max services for no extra cost. The shows, packaged as AMC+ Picks on Max, will be available from September 1 through October 31…

The upcoming Netflix comedy Family Switch has been given a November 30, 2023 premiere date, according to Entertainment Weekly. The movie stars Jennifer Garner in a callback to her 2004 rom-com, 13 Going on 30, only this time, instead of a teen waking up as an adult, she’ll wake up in the body of her teenage daughter, played by Wednesday‘s Emma Myers. Ed Helms and Good Boys and The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers‘ Brady Noon also star, along with Rita Moreno, Paul Scheer and Fortune Feimster…

Olympian Adam Rippon earned the winning mission patch and claimed the title of the “Brightest Star in the Galaxy!” on the Wednesday, August 28 season 1 finale of the Fox reality series, Stars on Mars. Rippon outlasted fellow “celebronauts” Paul Pierce, Cat Cora, Tinashe, and Porsha Williams. Stars on Mars features celebrities living together in a base camp in Coober Pedy, Australia, designed to simulate life on Mars. In each episode’s mission, the group must collectively work to complete a space-themed task while being directed by the Base Commander and Mission Specialist, selected by the group…
 

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HBO’s The Idol, co-created and executive-produced by and starring The Weeknd, has been canceled after one season.

In a statement, a spokesman for HBO told ABC Audio, “The Idol was one of HBO’s most provocative original programs, and we’re pleased by the strong audience response. After much thought and consideration, HBO, as well as the creators and producers have decided not to move forward with a second season. We’re grateful to the creators, cast, and crew for their incredible work.”

The Idol — starring Lily-Rose Depp as Jocelyn, a pop star who falls under the influence of Tedros, a cult leader played by The Weeknd — was highly controversial even before it premiered.  A March 2023 Rolling Stone article described the set as toxic, and the series’ content as “twisted torture porn.” 

Indeed, Variety’s initial review of the show said it “plays like a sordid male fantasy,” and it scored a unimpressive 19% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Ratings meanwhile, started off strong, with the first episode racking up seven million viewers, but then fell off from there.

Season 1 lasted just five episodes, down from a planned six-episode run. There have been rumors about its fate ever since it concluded on July 2.  HBO says the creators didn’t have a specific plan for more than one season, though they left “options open” for a potential second season.

The original music that The Weeknd created for the series was released as six separate EPs. One of the songs, “Double Fantasy,” featuring Future, was a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.  Another song, “Popular,” featuring The Weeknd, Madonna and Playboy Carti, became Madonna’s first Hot 100 entry in eight years, and only the second woman to have a Hot 100 hit across five different decades.

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While he has veered from dumb comedies like Big Daddy to celebrated dramatic performances in Uncut Gems and Hustle, Adam Sandler‘s latest film has given him his highest marks yet. At least when it comes to Rotten Tomatoes.

The ratings aggregator has pegged Adam’s most recent film, Netflix’s You’re So Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah, with a near-perfect 96% critics score.

The audience number is hovering around the 66% mark, though that can trend in either direction once viewers have a chance to catch up with the comedy, which was released on August 25.

The family comedy was a family affair: it stars Adam; his actress wife, Jackie; and their two daughters, Sunny and Sadie Sandler.

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