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On Monday, FX dropped a trailer for its American Horror Stories Huluween event, a special, four-episode anthology streaming October 26 on Hulu.

The four installments include “Bestie,” about a young woman mourning her mom who “seeks connection in a mysterious online friend”; “Tapeworm,” in which an up-and-coming model swallows what she thinks is the key to a dream body and turns out to be a nightmare; “Daphne,” about an Alexa-like device that becomes obsessed with its user, and “Organ,” about an online date that takes a cannibalistic turn.

The cast of the series’ four installments varies, but the anthology collectively features Lisa Rinna, Laura Kariuki, Reid Scott, Annie Hamilton, Emma Halleen, Raúl Castillo and Emily Browning, among others.

American Horror Stories is a spinoff of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk‘s award-winning hit anthology series American Horror Story, the most recent of which, American Horror Story: Delicate, is now airing Wednesday nights on FX and streaming the next day on Hulu.

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Legendary actor Michael Caine says he’s retiring from acting.

In a new interview with BBC Radio 4, the two-time Academy Award winner said his new movie, The Great Escaper, may be his last.

“I keep saying I’m going to retire,” Caine said. “Well, I am now because I’ve figured I’ve had a picture, which is I’ve played the lead and it’s got incredible reviews.”

“The only parts I’m likely to get now are old men … and I thought, ‘Well, I might as well leave with all this,'” he explained.

Caine revealed he had actually turned down the role of Bernard “Bernie” Jordan — the real-life World War II veteran The Great Escaper is based on — three times but kept falling in love with the character each time he read the script.

“So I did it,” he said.

Caine also noted he’s very happy in his life, gushing about his wife of 50 years, Shakira, and his grandchildren, adding he’s “been lucky in every way.”

The actor also said he’ll be leaning into a different creative outlet in the future: writing. His first fiction book, a thriller titled Deadly Game, releases this November.

When asked if he’ll return to acting, Caine said no.

“There’ll be writing. I’ll write another book sometime because I so enjoy writing,” he said. “With writing, you don’t have to get out of bed. All you need’s pencil and a bit of paper and you can start.”

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Fox’s new game show, Snake Oil, takes a page from Shark Tank but with a twist: Some of the contestants looking for investors just may be plugging a fictional product.

Helping to separate fact from fiction is host David Spade. The Saturday Night Live veteran explains to Emmy magazine, “It used to be, ‘Don’t do a game show, don’t do commercials.’ But then, one day, it was like, ‘Why are we so precious about all this?'”

He says his friend Will Arnett helped convince him to take the gig. “He thought I might be a good host,” he explains.

“At the initial meeting, I said, ‘I don’t think I’m really good at this. I’m not Ryan Seacrest,'” Spade recalls. “They said, ‘We want an anti-game show host,’ [and] I thought … I can handle that.”

As it turns out, Spade was a fan of the genre, saying he loved Match Game, Card Sharks, Wheel of Fortune and Hollywood Squares back in the day.

He explains, “Those shows were all pretty basic, but now game shows have really advanced. Snake Oil has a huge stage, and there’s a lot going on. And the audience really gets into it. I was surprised. With one crowd, we had to tell them to tone it down.”

Spade says of the new gig, “I get to make fun of the contestants, the crowd and the celebrity advisors. That part is fun. But I’m really the straight man trying to organize the show.”

He says most can’t tell the fake products from the real McCoys.

“So many people get it wrong!” Spade says. “That’s what we’re loving,” he adds, noting, “I was wrong most of the time.”

Snake Oil airs Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. ET.

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Oscar winner Riz Ahmed took to social media to lament the deadly state of affairs in Israel and Gaza in the wake of “horrific and wrong” Hamas terror attacks.

“We are told there are two sides to what is happening in Israel and Palestine,” says the English actor of Pakistani descent. “But in my heart, I know there is only one – the side of our humanity.”

The Sound of Metal Oscar nominee and winner for The Long Goodbye added, “What happened in Israel last week was horrific and wrong. The pain and fear so many are feeling is deep and real.”

He then added of Israel’s response, “What’s happening in Gaza now, and has been happening in Palestine under the Occupation for decades, is horrific and wrong. The depth and reality of this suffering cannot be ignored.”

Ahmed called for the end of “indiscriminate bombing of Gaza’s civilians and vital infrastructure, the denial of food, water and electricity, [and] the forced displacement of people from their homes,” calling them “morally indefensible war crimes.”

The attacks in Israel at the hands of the terror group Hamas left at least 1,300 dead and more than 3,200 injured, with scores of hostages snatched by its fighters.

The Palestinian authority claims more than 2,200 Palestinians have been killed during Israel’s ongoing response; more than 8,000 have been injured.

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Kevin Spacey‘s comeback trail hit a major pothole when the world premiere ofm a movie featuring the Oscar winning actor was canceled because of his involvement in it.

Spacey, who was recently acquitted on sex assault charges in an English court, is the unseen antagonist in the low-budget thriller Control, which has his character remotely hijacking a British politician’s car and speaking with her through the car’s sound system as he terrorizes her from afar.

However, his co-star in the film she co-produced, Welsh actress Lauren Metcalfe, tells The Telegraph she was emailed out of the blue by Greg Lynn, who runs the independent Prince Charles Cinema, the venue near Leicester Square where the world premiere was to take place in November.

According to Metcalfe, Lynn said, “Last night it came to our attention that your film features Kevin Spacey, in particular his first film since the court case. My staff as well as I are horrified that we are being mentioned in the same breath as his new film for the premiere.”

Metcalfe told the paper, “It was very shocking given that Kevin has been cleared. He has been proven to be innocent and who are they to say otherwise? Kevin Spacey has done nothing wrong.”

Spacey’s attorney, Chase Scolnick, noted of the “beyond disappointing” development, “Mr. Spacey has proven his innocence in every courtroom in which he has appeared. Every juror who has considered the evidence against him has unanimously rejected the false allegations.”

He added the decision “rejects the legal process of two countries” and censors his “100 percent innocent” client.

Spacey was also unsuccessfully sued in New York City by former Rent actor Anthony Rapp, who had accused him of making sexual advances toward him decades ago, when Rapp was 14.

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“Batman to be honored at Gotham Awards” may sound like a headline from a comic book movie, but the guy who played the Caped Crusader, Ben Affleck, is actually going to share an honor from the real-life New York City event on Monday, November 27.

ABC Audio has confirmed the actor, director and Oscar winner’s film Air will be presented with the Gotham Awards’ inaugural Visionary Icon and Creator Tribute, which recognizes “cultural icons and the filmmakers responsible for bringing those icon’s stories to life.”

The film honored an icon, Michael Jordan, and centered on his revolutionary partnership with Nike that birthed the legendary Air Jordan sneaker. The people who brought both the movie and the iconic kicks to life will be saluted.

Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of The Gotham Film & Media Institute, noted in the announcement, “Both gripping and hilarious, Air is a deeply refreshing reminder to the film industry that audiences respond to smart, original narratives.”

He continued, “By capturing the dramatic story behind the most monumental partnership in the history of sports marketing, the film highlights the power of knowing your worth and using that knowledge to take the right risks.”

The nominations for the 33rd annual Gotham Awards will be announced October 24.

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Pete Davidson wants his work to be taken seriously, but he’s not nearly serious enough to blame you for thinking otherwise.

That’s the gist of “I’m Just Pete,” the Barbie-spoofing video that aired during his SNL-hosting gig over the weekend.

The send-up of Ryan Gosling‘s hit “I’m Just Ken” from Greta Gerwig‘s blockbuster begins with an excited Pete bringing a cake to his SNL colleagues — only to have him overhearing them poking fun at him.

“No one cares about the work I do,” Pete sings, referring to his Peacock series Bupkis, “I made a show with Joe Pesci too, and no one streamed it but my mom.”

He also makes fun of his purchase of a Staten Island ferry with another SNL-er from the borough: “When I’m high I do things like call up Colin Jost and say, ‘Homey, we should buy a boat.”

Pete also refers to his so-called “butthole eyes,” adding, “yet I never sleep alone at night.” The chorus has him triumphantly declaring, “I’m just Pete/Anyone else I’d be a three/But I guess I’m hot for dudes in comedy — ’cause it’s an ugly industry.”

Of course, there’s references to his long list of actual — and rumored — girlfriends, including everyone from Michelle Obama and Flo from the Progressive Insurance commercials, according to the video.

As for his relationship with Kim Kardashian, the 29-year-old comic says, “People online still call me Skete, because of a guy whose name I can’t say legally,” before a flash of Kanye West appears on screen.

The video ends with another self-deprecating jab: With Chloe Fineman subbing for Barbie, they peel out in a pink Dream Car — only to have Pete crash it into her matching Malibu pad. “Not again!” he laments.

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At New York Comic Con on Saturday, Chris Evans proudly displayed his wedding band while confirming his marriage to fellow actor Alba Baptista.

In front of the eager audience, Evans shared the delightful news that he and Baptista had the privilege of celebrating their union with not one but two “wonderful and beautiful” weddings.

“It’s a lot planning a wedding. For those of you who are married you know it takes a lot out of you,” the Marvel actor said at the event. “But now that we’re through that, we’ve just been enjoying life, gearing up for autumn, my favorite season. Now we’re just relaxing and enjoying life and reflecting.”

The couple exchanged “I do’s” in September, with the first taking place in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, while the second unfolded in Portugal, Baptista’s home country.

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Will Smith has responded to his wife Jada Pinkett Smith‘s forthcoming memoir Worthy and the revelations about their marriage.

In an email shared with The New York Times, Smith candidly expressed that his wife’s revelations in her memoir “woke him up,” adding that it made him realize that she had experienced a life on the edge, uncovering a newfound appreciation for her resilience, intelligence, and compassion.

“When you’ve been with someone for more than half of your life,” he wrote, “a sort of emotional blindness sets in, and you can all too easily lose your sensitivity to their hidden nuances and subtle beauties.”

Will’s response comes amid Jada’s press tour for the memoir, out Tuesday, October 17. During the tour, she’s revealed key details of the book, including dropping the bombshell that the pair had been separated since 2016, way before the infamous Oscar’s slap in 2022, when Will walked onstage and smacked Chris Rock.

“We had been living separate lives and were there as family, not as husband and wife,” read an except of the book shared with People. “But when I hear Will yell ‘wife’ in the chaos of the moment, an internal shift of Oh s*** … I am his wife! happens instantly.”

Meanwhile, Will posted to Instagram that he’s ignoring the reactions to Jada’s headlines: In a new video, Will is shown sleeping on a boat despite notifications pinging incessantly as his phone blows up.

“Fun fact about me: I can take a nap almost anywhere,” you hear in voiceover before Will wakes up and shakes his head at the camera. “Notifications off,” he captioned it, earning a pair of crying laughing emojis from Jada.

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Piper Laurie, best known for her film roles as Sissy Spacek’s ultra-religious mother in Brian De Palma‘s Carrie and Paul Newman‘s love interest in The Hustler, died Saturday, October 14, in Los Angeles after a long illness, her rep confirmed to ABC News affiliate KABC. She was 91. Laurie also had a memorable role as Marlee Matlin’s mother in Children of a Lesser God and made an appearance in the film White Boy Rick. On TV, She co-starred in the TV drama Twin Peaks…

Actor/comedian Ken Jeong is developing a syndicated daytime talk show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show will be produced under SAG-AFTRA’s so-called Network Code, a different contract than the one that actors are currently striking. The Network Code governs talk shows, variety shows and other unscripted programs. Jeong has been a judge on Fox’s The Masked Singer since its debut in 2019 and hosts the network’s competition show I Can See Your Voice, whose third season is set to premiere in 2024. He’s also set to be part of the long-anticipated Community movie from creator Dan Harmon…

Apple TV+ has canceled the Tiffany Haddish-led murder-mystery comedy The Afterparty after two seasons, according to Deadline. The studio behind the series is reportedly shopping it to other platforms. The Afterparty season 1 followed Haddish’s Detective Danner as she searched for a killer during a house party following a high school reunion. The second season found Danner investigating a murder that took place at a wedding. Sam Richardson and Zoë Chao also reprised their roles for season 2, which introduced a new case of characters played by John Cho, Paul Walter Hauser, Ken Jeong, Anna Konkle, Poppy Liu, Elizabeth Perkins, Jack Whitehall, Zach Woods and Vivian Wu…

Mark Goddard, best known for playing Major Don West on the 1960s CBS series Lost in Space, died in Hingham, Massachusetts on October 10 of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 87. Goddard’s Lost in Space co-star Bill Mummy shared the news on Facebook writing, “R.I.P. to Mark Goddard. A truly beloved friend and brother to me for 59 years. I knew this was coming for the past few months. Shortly after a great phone chat he and I had on his 87th birthday in late July, I became aware that I would most likely never see or speak with him again. The last words we exchanged were ‘I love you.’” Goddard’s other credits include The Disney film The Monkey’s Uncle and the soap operas One Life to Live and General Hospital…

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