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Embattled actor Ezra Miller made a rare public appearance at the premiere of their new film The Flash on Monday night in Los Angeles.

Miller walked the red carpet to applause, but did not take questions from journalists on hand, Variety reports.

The actor, who has had a series of arrests and questionable behavior in public — starting in 2020 when they were caught on camera choking a female fan in Iceland — thanked Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran, and Warner Bros. Film Group heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy and for their support.

According to the trade, Miller thanked the execs for their “grace and discernment and care in the context of my life. And in bringing this moment to fruition.”

The red carpet also drew an appearance from Miller’s The Flash co-star Ben Affleck and his wife Jennifer Lopez, as well as Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain, who previously worked with the film’s director Andy Muschietti on It Chapter Two.

In August of 2022, Miller, who uses they/them pronouns, announced they were seeking treatment for “complex mental health issues” and wanted, “to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior.”

This past February, Variety quoted Safran as saying, “Ezra is completely committed to their recovery. And we are fully supportive of that journey that they’re on right now.”

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The first international entry into the NCIS franchise, NCIS: Sydney, headed to Paramount+, has nailed down its main cast, according to Deadline. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow‘s Olivia Swann plays NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey and Spartacus: War of the Damned’s Todd Lasance leads as Sergeant Jim “JD” Dempsey. They’re joined by Sean Sagar as NCIS Special Agent, DeShawn Jackson; Tuuli Narkle as AFP Liaison Officer, Constable Evie Cooper; Mavournee Hazel as AFP Forensic Scientist, Bluebird “Blue” Gleeson and William McInnes as AFP Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Roy Penrose. NCIS: Sydney “will follow the eclectic team of U.S. NCIS Agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP), who are grafted into a multi-national taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet,” per the outlet…

Max has greenlit the new animated preschool series Hop, from the creator of the long-running PBS series Arthur, the streamer announced on Monday. Hop “follows an eclectic group of besties whose comedic adventures teach preschoolers about embracing their own uniqueness. Led by Hop, an enthusiastic, empathetic frog with one leg shorter than the other, he and his quirky friends address kid-relatable problems with a healthy dose of laughter, silliness, and adventure,” per Max…

The CW has renewed Superman & Lois and All American: Homecoming for the 2023-24 season, the network revealed on Monday. All American: Homecoming will return with a 13-episode third season, while Superman & Lois has been renewed for a 10-episode fourth season. The CW, meanwhile, has pulled the plug on Gotham Knights after one season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series will air its last episodes on June 20 and 27…

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Pat Sajak‘s time as the host of Wheel of Fortune is coming to an end.

In a tweet he shared on Monday, the game show host, 76, said the upcoming 41st season will be his last.

“Well, the time has come,” Sajak said. “I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last. It’s been a wonderful ride, and I’ll have more to say in the coming months. Many thanks to you all.”

Wheel of Fortune also shared Sajak’s note on Instagram and captioned, “Thank you, Pat!”

Sajak has been the host of the game show since 1981. His co-host, Vanna White, 66, who operates the board and reveals letters as they are guessed by contestants on the game show, has been on Wheel of Fortune since 1982.

The game show host has never missed a day of taping Wheel of Fortune until a health scare he had in November 2019.

In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Sajak said that he remembers experiencing a “horrific pain” in his stomach and needed to have emergency surgery for a blocked intestine.

While he was recovering for a month after his surgery, White hosted the show in his place.

Sajak said at the time he would continue hosting the show for as long as he could.

“I’ve gotta do this until — you know — I’m doddering,” he said. “I think I still do it at a high level. But you know, I can’t do it another 40 years, I know that, because I’d be 110, and that would be a record.”

In 2021, Sony Pictures Television announced that Sajak and White would host the show through 2024. Sajak’s daughter, Maggie Sajak, 28, also joined the Wheel of Fortune team as the show’s social correspondent.

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Treat Williams, the veteran actor best known for his roles in the WB series Everwood and the films Prince of the City and Hair, died Monday, June 12 in a motorcycle accident, his agent, Barry McPherson confirmed to ABC News. He was 71.

“It is with great sadness that we report that our beloved Treat Williams has passed away tonight in Dorset, Vermont after a fatal motorcycle accident, As you can imagine, we are shocked and greatly bereaved at this time,” his family wrote in a statement on Monday.

Williams first gained prominence with his starring role in Miloš Forman’s 1979 movie adaptation of the Broadway musical Hair, following that up with a role in Sidney Lumet’s Prince of the City two years later.

His other notable films included The Phantom, The Eagle Has Landed, 1941, Once Upon a Time in America, Dead Heat, Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead and Deep Rising.

More recently, Williams landed a starring role in the 2002-2006 WB TV series Everwood, playing a New York City neurosurgeon who moves his family to Colorado. He also had recurring roles on White Collar, Chicago Fire, We Own This City and Blue Bloods.

His most recent appearances came as a main cast member of Chesapeake Stories, which concluded a six-season run on the Hallmark Channel last October; and the Blue Bloods episode “Irish Exits,” which aired in May.

Following the announcement, friends and co-stars honored the late actor:

David Simon: “After years of cop reporting, Prince Of The City was the only film that made me believe anyone else knew the truth about the drug war. So honored when Treat Williams signed on to deliver our own, later critique of the disaster. RIP to a legendary actor and a fine, gracious man.”

Justine Bateman: “Working with Treat Williams in Mamet’s “Speed the Plow” at Williamstown in ‘91 was the start of great friendship. Damn it, damn it. Treat, you were the best. Love you.”

James Woods: “Treat and I spent months in Rome filming Once Upon a Time in America. It can be pretty lonely on the road during a long shoot, but his resilient good cheer and sense of humor was a Godsend. I really loved him and am devastated that he’s gone.”

David Alan Grier: “Ahhhhhh mannnnn! I jus devastated! This is breaking my heart. Treat Williams rest in peace. One of the truly nicest guys I’ve ever met! My prayers go out to Treat’s family…what a loss. So, so so sad.”

Wendell Pierce: “Treat Williams was a passionate, adventurous, creative man. In a short period of time, he quickly befriended me & his adventurous spirit was infectious. We worked on just 1 film together but occasionally connected over the years. Kind and generous with advice and support. RIP.”

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star Tenoch Huerta took to Instagram to rebut accusations of sexual assault that were made about him by musician María Elena Ríos.

Rios, a musician and activist, had posted her accusations on Twitter in Spanish Sunday, June 11, explaining, “It is very difficult to talk about the emotional abuse and abuse of power of a sexual predator who is loved around the world for playing a character in a movie like @TenochHuerta.” She added, “Charming in appearance, the great hallmark of a narcissist + a good helping of victimization.”

Huerta responded Monday to what he called the “false and completely unsubstantiated accusation,” saying “I cannot let it go unchallenged any longer.”

The Mexican actor, who played Namor/the Sub-Mariner in the Marvel hit, explained, “About a year ago, I dated Elena for several months. It was entirely consensual at all times, as countless others can attest. And throughout it was a loving, warm and mutually supportive relationship.”

He added, “After it ended, however, Elena began to misrepresent our interactions both privately and in front of groups of mutual friends. As a result, a few months ago, I engaged a legal team to commence the appropriate actions to protect my reputation and refute these irresponsible and false accusations that can cause great…damage.”

Huerta expressed, “Although I am by no means perfect, I know that these allegations are simply untrue.”

He concluded by expressing gratitude to his family and supporters, saying he greatly appreciates “everyone who is willing to look at the facts and reflect before rushing to an untrue and unjust conclusion.”

The allegations come months after another Marvel movie star, Jonathan Majors, was charged with domestic violence after an incident in New York City. He has maintained his innocence.

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Jennifer Lawrence opened up about her upcoming movie, No Hard Feelings, and how she made her way into her big-screen comedy debut.

“I had just had a baby, so I definitely wasn’t planning on working,” Lawrence, who welcomed her first child with husband Cooke Maroney last February, said in a new interview with Good Morning America.

However, she said the script “was the funniest thing I had ever read.”

Lawrence, 32, portrays the main character, Maddie Barker, a young woman who’s on the verge of losing her house after experiencing financial troubles. While in search of solutions, she comes across a job listing from wealthy helicopter parents who are looking for someone to date their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy, played by Andrew Barth Feldman, in an effort to bring him out of his shell before he leaves for college.

The Oscar-winning actress told George Stephanopoulos the film was inspired by a real-life Craigslist ad that director Gene Stupnitsky showed her four years ago.

“And I just thought it was hilarious, but I in no way thought I was gonna, like, be in the movie or that — there was no movie. It was just the ad, and we laughed about it. And then four years later, he sent me the script.”

Lawrence told Stephanopoulos she and her crew would be laughing “multiple times a day.”

“You’d be doing certain scenes, and you’d get so focused on the scene that when you, like, zoom out and remember what the movie’s about, it’s just so funny,” she explained. “But it definitely is — a jab at the helicopter parents, they’re trying to do what they think is gonna make their son happy and — bring him out of his shell.”

No Hard Feelings hits theaters nationwide June 23.

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Massive change is coming to the Golden Globes.

Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge have acquired the assets, rights and properties to the annual awards show from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, according to a press release.

This will result in the winding down of the HFPA, a group of international journalists who previously chose nominees and decided winners for the Golden Globes each year, which has come under fire in recent years for a lack of diversity among its ranks.

Additionally, proceeds from this acquisition — in addition to current resources of the HFPA — will be used to form the Golden Globe Foundation to continue the HFPA’s entertainment-related charitable giving.

Dick Clark Productions and its partners will take on the task of planning, hosting and producing the annual Golden Globe Awards, with the 81st annual ceremony set for January 7, 2024.

Helen Hoehne, the current president of the HFPA, said the organization’s membership approved of the move.

“We are excited to close on this much anticipated member-approved transaction and transition from a member-led organization to a commercial enterprise,” Hoehne said in a press release.

Dick Clark Productions CEO Jay Penske said the company’s mission is “to continue creating the most dynamic awards ceremony on live television viewed across the world.”

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association had been the target of controversy even before a 2021 expose from The Los Angeles Times revealed the group didn’t have a single Black journalist among its ranks.

The negative headlines led some stars to publicly flame the group and three-time winner Tom Cruise to return his trophies. NBC pulled the awards show from its lineup in 2022, though it went on without a broadcast, or stars.

The organization vowed “transformational changes,” and the Golden Globes returned for its 80th annual show in 2023.

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Although the writers strike is gumming up the works like sticky, black alien goo, Venom 3 is close to getting underway for Sony Pictures.

The third go-round for Tom Hardy‘s Eddie Brock, who is also host for the foul-mouthed, voracious shape-shifting, titular extraterrestrial parasite, also stars Marvel movie veteran Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ted Lasso Emmy nominee Juno Temple.

The latter tells Variety she’s “thrilled about” the project getting underway “very, very soon.”

Venom 3 is slated for an October 2024 release, the trade revealed.

Even if production starts, the ongoing strike could pose a problem for the film, as WGA rules would forbid any on-set rewrites, a common occurrence.

A spinoff franchise from the Spider-Man universe, the R-rated Venom movies have been a smash for Sony Pictures. The 2018 original made more than $856 million worldwide, and while its 2021 sequel made considerably less, Venom: Let There Be Carnage still earned over $506 million against a reported production budget of $110 million.

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Some years ago, Joseph Fiennes said he was “as shocked” as anyone that he was cast as Michael Jackson in a 2017 made-for-TV anthology movie called Urban Myths.

Now he’s saying sorry.

His section of the film dealt with the likely apocryphal story that MJ, and his besties Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor were grounded due to airspace restrictions after September 11, 2001, and decided to flee New York by car.

The comedy Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon also starred eventual Succession Emmy winner Brian Cox as Brando and Grease‘s Stockard Channing as Taylor.

Backlash to the casting was immediate after a trailer was released, and at the time Fiennes caught heat not just for being in it, but for explaining to Entertainment Tonight that Jackson “definitely had a pigmentation issue … so he was probably closer to my color than his original color.”

Jackson battled vitiligo during his life.

Ultimately, Sky TV caved to the backlash and pulled the film before broadcast.

To Variety, The Mother star now explains, “I think people are absolutely right to be upset. And it was a wrong decision. Absolutely.”

Fiennes added, “And I’m one part of that – there are producers, broadcasters, writers, directors, all involved in these decisions. But obviously, if I’m upfront, I have become the voice for other people.”

The Handmaid’s Tale star expressed of the movie, “But you know, it came at a time where there was a movement and a shift and that was good, and it was, you know, a bad call. A bad mistake.”

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If you’re a parent with kids — or know any kids — you’re intimately aware of PAW Patrol, the cartoon starring furry first responders. And no doubt that was what drew some celebrity parents to lend their voices to a big-screen sequel.

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie features the voices of Chris Rock, Kim Kardashian, Serena Williams, Tyler Perry, Yara Shahidi and Taraji P. Henson, as well as younger stars, including black-ish veteran Marsai Martin, Sweet Tooth‘s Christian Convery and Ghostbusters: Afterlife lead Mckenna Grace.

A new trailer shows that a meteor’s crash landing in Adventure City gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups. However, all is not well, thanks to the prison escape of the Paw Patrol gang’s nemesis, Humdinger (Ron Pardo), who teams up with the “meteor-obsessed mad scientist” Victoria Vance (Henson), who plots to take their new powers.

The movie opens in theaters September 29.

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