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Starz has dropped the second season trailer to Shining Vale, its supernatural horror comedy series starring Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Oscar winner Mira Sorvino.

The second season begins just months after the first. Cox’s author Pat has emerged from the psychiatric hospital, into which she was committed at the end of season 1, after being plagued by Sorvino’s demonic Rosemary and Pat nearly killing her own family with an ax.

“I am rehabilitated…I’m no longer a danger to society,” Pat tells her Merrin Dungey‘s Kam, who is Pat’s book editor and friend.

Kam wants Pat back out plugging her work. “Let’s stick to the story. No ghosts. No demons. You had a mental breakdown while you were writing your book, and now you’re recovered,” she tells her.

Pat attempts to put her past behind her, but she fears her “psychosis got into the family,” as now, her amnesiac husband Terry, played by Kinnear, can see Rosemary, too.

Oh, Rosemary’s back, by the way. “You let me in, and there’s no escape,” she warns.

The second season debuts Friday, October 13.

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On Wednesday, September 13, Apple TV dropped a tense second trailer to Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese‘s forthcoming film starring Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio.

DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, the “war hero” nephew to De Niro’s character William Hale, who Burkhart calls “the nicest man in the world.”

However, he’s anything but.

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.

De Niro’s character warms his nephew up to the plan to steal the oil discovered on Osage land — through marriage into the tribe and straight-up murder.

The resulting killing spree was known locally as the Reign of Terror and lasted from 1921 to 1926; while locals covered up the deaths as “bad luck,” as De Niro’s character coldly puts it, a federal investigator played by Jesse Plemons thinks there’s more to it.

Meanwhile, Burkhart was torn between both worlds: his uncle’s scheming and his Native American wife Mollie, played by Lily Gladstone, who begs him to avenge her family.

“You gotta pick a side,” his uncle advises him.

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

As reported, Paramount Pictures is releasing the film wide on October 20 — including in IMAX theaters — before it debuts on Apple TV+.

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Drew Barrymore‘s decision to resume production on The Drew Barrymore Show amid the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes has cost her a hosting gig.

Barrymore was to emcee the 2023 National Book Awards on November 15, but she was just uninvited by the awards show.

“In light of the announcement that ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ will resume production, the National Book Foundation has rescinded Ms. Barrymore’s invitation to host the 74th National Book Awards Ceremony,” announced the organizers of the event, which has been deemed the Oscars for the publishing world.

The statement on social media continued, “Our commitment is to ensure that the focus of the Awards remains on celebrating writers and books, and we are grateful to Ms. Barrymore and her team for their understanding in this situation.”

When Drew’s show resumed production on Monday in New York City, Writers Guild of America members picketed outside the studio.

Barrymore was dragged online as well, with spoofs of her movie posters popping up, including one titled Scab instead of Stab, a fictional film within the Scream series.

On social media earlier this week, Barrymore announced the show would be returning, saying in part, “I made a choice to walk away from the MTV, film and television awards because I was the host and it had a direct conflict with what the strike was dealing with which was studios, streamers, film, and television.

“However, I am also making the choice to come back for the first time in this strike for our show, that may have my name on it but this is bigger than just me,” she added.

For the record, CBS’ The Talk and two syndicated chat shows, The Jennifer Hudson Show and Sherri, hosted by Sherri Shepherd, are also returning to the studio, per The Hollywood Reporter.

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The pirate adventure One Piece stayed atop the streaming waves for a second straight week, with another 19.3 million viewers in its second week of release on Netflix.

The well-received adaptation of Eiichiro Oda‘s record-shattering manga remained on the top of the streamer’s most-watched English language TV rankings for last week; it’s now closing in on nearly 38 million views since its launch on August 31.

On the movies side of things, Netflix says Adam Sandler‘s You’re So Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah also repeated in the #1 slot, staying atop the English language film chart for the second week in a row with 8.8 million views.

The film now has 52 million views in only three weeks since its release, the streaming giant says.
 

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ABC’s Good Morning America has exclusively revealed which celebrities will compete for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy on Dancing with the Stars season 32.

The full list of stars was announced Wednesday, September 13 on GMA.

Hitting the ballroom this year will be actress Alyson Hannnigan, Brady Bunch alum Barry Williams, Grammy-winning singer Jason Mraz, Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and model Tyson Beckford.

Veep‘s Matt Walsh will also be dancing this season, as will Buying Beverly Hills‘ Mauricio Umansky, Australian reality star Harry Jowsey, social media star Lele Pons, former pro athlete Adrian Peterson and Doctor Strange sequel star Xochitl Gomez.

They join the three previously announced contestants: reality stars Ariana Madix and Charity Lawson and singer/actress Jamie Lynn Spears.

Season 19 winner Alfonso Ribeiro will co-host the show, alongside former pro and judge Julianne Hough, a two-time Mirrorball champ. Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli are back as judges.

Williams will be dancing with Peta Murgatroyd; Walsh with Koko Iwasaki; Hannigan is paired up with Sasha Farber. Spears will dance with Alan Bersten; Umansky’s partner will be Emma Slater; Jowsey will be with Rylee Arnold; Beckford is paired with Jenna Johnson.

Pons will be dancing with Brandon Armstrong; Madix with Pasha Pashkov; Sorvino with Gleb Savchenko; Gomez with Val Chmerkovskiy; Lawson with Artem Chigvintsev, and Mraz with Daniella Karagach.

The new season of Dancing with the Stars premieres Tuesday, September 26 on ABC and Disney+.

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Mark Ruffalo, Edward Norton, Julianne Moore, and Joaquin Phoenix were among 200-plus filmmakers who signed an open letter to Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey to protest the festival’s sponsor Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). According to Deadline, the stars blasted the institution as a “world-leading enabler of fossil fuel extraction” and its alleged, “indiscriminate enabling of projects” on Indigenous lands…

Netflix’s beloved dramedy, Sex Education, dropped the first full-length trailer for its highly anticipated fourth and final season On Tuesday, September 13, giving fans a glimpse of what’s to come. This season sees Otis Milburn, portrayed by Asa Butterfield, and Ncuti Gatwa‘s [Shoo-ti Gat-wa] Eric Effiong embarking on a new chapter at Cavendish Sixth Form College. The trailer promises answers to lingering relationship questions as Otis and Emma Mackey‘s Maeve navigate the challenges of long-distance dating. Meanwhile, Jean, portrayed by, Gillian Anderson juggles single parenthood and supporting Otis, and Dan Levy reprises his role as Maeve’s tutor in America. Season 4 of Sex Education drops September 21…

Netflix has unveiled the chilling trailer for The Fall of the House of Usher, a series by Mike Flanagan based on Edgar Allan Poe‘s tale. The show delves into the lives of siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher, portrayed by Bruce Greenwood and Mary McDonnell, respectively, who lead the Fortunato Pharmaceuticals empire, cloaked in wealth and power. As the family’s dark history resurfaces, heirs from the dynasty meet sinister ends, orchestrated by a mysterious woman from their past. The trailer offers a spine-tingling preview of the impending horrors. The Fall of the House of Usher premieres on October 12th…

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The Morning Show returns to Apple TV+ for its third season on Wednesday, September 13, and executive producer Lauren Neustadter says there is even more behind-the-scenes drama in store for the news team at UBA.

At the head of that team is Jennifer Aniston as Alex Levy and Reese Witherspoon as Bradley Jackson; Neustadter says they find themselves navigating the newsroom’s ever-shifting power dynamics this time around.

“There’s a lot around power. How do you use it and how do you wield it?” Neustadter said. “As you saw in the trailer, there’s a hack. The hack is going to uncover a lot of secrets and a lot of truths are going to be revealed. And then I think that puts everyone sort of spinning. And the question is, what are they going to do, and where are they going to go now?”

Jon Hamm joins the cast this season as Paul Marks, a role that Neustadter calls “very complex.”

“You never really know what he’s got going on and what he’s got up his sleeve,” Neustadter said. “He is constantly keeping us on the edge of our seats and subverting expectation in many instances in really, really interesting ways.”

And with the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, Aniston, Witherspoon and the rest of the ensemble are not promoting the upcoming season. Neustadter says not having their voices as part of the conversation is “a bummer.”

“I think we all hope that we can get back to talking together about everything soon. That this can all reach a resolution so that we can all be in the conversation together, because I think we’re all very proud of this show and we can’t wait for the world to see it,” Neustadter said.

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The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards was nothing short of a party Tuesday night.

Taylor Swift was the night’s big winner and was also part of the night’s most talked about moment: the reunion of *NSYNC. Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick, and JC Chasez took the stage together to present the award for Best Pop, which went to Taylor.

“I’m not doing well pivoting from this to this,” Taylor said as she pointed at the boy band then to her moon person. “Like, I had your dolls. You’re pop personified so to receive this from your golden pop hands is really, it’s too much.”

Swift also snagged Song of the Year, Best Direction and Video of the Year during the broadcast — all for her song “Anti-Hero.” In total, she won nine VMAs, tying the record for most wins in one night and securing the second-most overall wins of any artist ever.

The night’s star-packed performer lineup included Olivia Rodrigo, who graced the stage with a two-hit medley of “vampire” and “get him back,” the latest tracks from her recently released sophomore album GUTS.

Demi Lovato rocked out to the rock versions of hits like “Heart Attack” and “Cool for the Summer,” while Doja Cat treated fans to a trio of her latest hits “Attention,” “Paint the Town Red” and “Demons.”

Shakira was this year’s recipient of the Video Vanguard Award and before accepting the honor, she dished out a medley of her iconic songs, including “She Wolf,” “Whenever, Wherever,” and “Hips Don’t Lie.” The milestone was a history-making one for Shakira as she is the first South American artist to ever receive the Video Vanguard Award.

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Should you choose to accept it — or not, it’s happening anyway — Tom Cruise‘s latest impossible mission is coming home.

And while Cruise once again risked his life for the sake of thrilling audiences, you get to watch from the comfort of your couch when Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One premieres on digital on October 10.

The film that made more than $563 million worldwide, and which also stars Ving Rhames, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg and Pom Klementieff, among others, comes to 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on October 31.

The home release of Christopher McQuarrie‘s movie shows the lengths Cruise went to to keep audiences thrilled this time around — including famously jumping a motorcycle off a mountain, which turned into a hair-raising skydiving sequence.

There are also commentaries; exclusive looks at the making of the globe-trotting film that took audiences to Abu Dhabi, Rome and Venice; and a breakdown of the movie’s intense opening sequence, as well as the stunt driving Cruise did while handicapped to Marvel movie vet Atwell.

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Shia LaBeouf announced on Tuesday, September 12, via social media that his run in his stage debut has been extended.

As reported, he took to the boards at Venice California’s Electric Lodge venue on September 1 in Henry Johnson, a new play from Pulitzer-winning writer David Mamet.

The drama was to run through September 24, but the actor explained, “Due to popular demand, the dates have been extended to 10/7.”

Indeed, tickets for many upcoming shows are sold out, according to the venue’s website.

Of his collaborators, also including co-stars David Paymer, A Different World‘s Dominic Hoffman and The Night House co-star Evan Jonigkeit, an “overjoyed” LaBeouf enthused on Tuesday, “The dedication of my dance partners is inspiring. The play is starting to pull us now.”

LaBeouf previously said he was “incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to work with David Mamet. His talent and creativity are unparalleled, and it is truly an honor to collaborate with arguably our greatest living playwright.”

LaBeouf, who weathered headlines and a lawsuit alleging he had been abusive to his former romantic partner FKA Twigs in 2020, has embraced sobriety after previous failed attempts and run-ins with the law.

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