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Hilary Swank is officially a mom.

The Million Dollar Baby and Boys Don’t Cry Oscar winner took to Instagram on Sunday to announce that she has welcomed her twins.

“It wasn’t easy. But boy (and girl!) was it worth it,” the Alaska Daily actress captioned a photo of her cradling her new bundles of joy, adding, “Happy Easter! Posting from pure Heaven.”

The sweet snap shows Swank standing on a balcony in her robe, back facing the camera, as she holds her two babies, one on each side, and stares off into the sunset.

The babies, whose names have yet to be revealed, are Swank’s first children with her husband, Philip Schneider, whom she married in 2018.

Swank first announced she was expecting her twins on Good Morning America in October, saying, “I’m going to be a mom— and not just of one, but of two. I can’t believe it.”

Swank’s Sunday post garnered well-wishes from fellow celebrities, including Kate Hudson, Sharon Stone and Juliette Lewis.

“Welcome home angels,” Mariska Hargitay wrote in the comments adding a heart emoji, while Swank’s fellow Oscar winner Viola Davis added, “Aaaaahhhh!!!!! Congratulations,” and her own hearts.

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Netflix has decided to cancel the hit drama series Sex/Life after two seasons, according to Deadline. A Netflix spokesperson tells the outlet that the show’s second season brought the series to a happy conclusion, wrapping up the main character storylines. They added that the streamer is proud of the work by all the cast, crew, and those involved. Sex/Life, which stars Sarah Shahi, Margaret Odette, Mike Vogel and Adam Demos, and is based on a book by B.B. Easton, follows the complicated love life of a woman named Billie…

Michael Lerner, an actor known for his work in films such as Barton Fink and Elf, has died at the age of 80, his nephew and The Goldbergs actor Sam Lerner announced in an Instagram post Sunday. “We lost a legend last night,” he wrote. “RIP Michael, enjoy your unlimited Cuban cigars, comfy chairs, and endless movie marathon [sic].” Lerner was best known for his role as the intimidating Hollywood studio boss Jack Lipnick in the Coen brothers’ Barton Fink, a performance that earned him critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Lerner also appeared in numerous other films, including Godzilla, Harlem Nights, Blank Check, and Eight Men Out, as well as in TV shows such as The Twilight Zone and Law & Order…

Season 14 of Valerie Bertinelli‘s cooking show Valerie’s Home Cooking will be its last. Taking to Instagram on Saturday to promote the show’s 14th season, which started airing Sunday, Bertinelli revealed, “Yeah, Food Network canceled us last summer. I have no idea why. I didn’t say anything last summer because, honestly, I was hoping they would change their mind.” Valerie’s Home Cooking first aired in 2015 and features Bertinelli sharing her favorite recipes and cooking tips with viewers…

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Molly Shannon, former Saturday Night Live cast member, hosted the show’s April 4 episode, with the Jonas Brothers as musical guests.

This marks the second time Shannon has hosted the sketch comedy show, where she was a cast member between 1995 and 2001. She last hosted in 2007.

“It’s so great to be back,” she began in her monologue, before reflecting on her family and the memoir she put out last year.

Shannon appeared in several sketches throughout the night, including a “Sally O’Malley” skit that brought back one of her most popular SNL characters. She also reprised her stand-up comedian character Jeannie Darcy in a bit about a Netflix comedy special.

In addition to appearing in the “Sally O’Malley” skit alongside Shannon — in which they hired the high-kicking 50 year-old as their choreographer — the Jonas Brothers hit the stage to perform two songs: Their newly released single “Waffle House” and closing out with “Walls.” This marks the group’s third appearance on SNL, having previously been musical guests in 2009 and 2019.

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Let’s go, Mario! The Super Mario Bros. Movie topped the box office delivering an estimated $146.4 million domestically in its three-day opening weekend and $204.6 million in its first five days. 

The impressive debut makes the animated adventure film the biggest opening of 2023 with a $377.6 million worldwide tally. It also broke records for the biggest animated film surpassing Frozen 2’s record of $358 million and became the top-grossing video game adaptation ever over Warcraft‘s $210 million.

Super Mario Bros., which featured characters voiced by Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black, Seth Rogan, Keegan-Michael Key, Charlie Day, and more, also now stands as the highest-grossing debut for an Illumination film and the second-biggest debut ever for an animated title over Finding Dory. 

Remaining in second at the box office was John Wick: Chapter 4. The Keanu Reeves-led movie added another $14 million to its tally, bringing its total to $147 since opening three weeks ago. 

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves dropped to the third slot in its second week of release with $14.5 million, while Mat Damon’s Air came in fourth with $14 million. 

Scream VI rounded out the top five, adding $3.3 million to its total.

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On Friday, Universal Pictures gave fans a peek under the hood of the upcoming 10th adventure in the Fast and the Furious franchise.

The snippet shows not only action-packed scenes from the movie, but interview segments with its stars, including Vin Diesel, Jason Momoa, Charlize Theron, Michelle Rodriguez and John Cena.

“I’ve never seen a movie like this,” Diesel teases.

Cena, returning as a good guy after his heel turn as Dom Toretto’s brother Jakob in Fast 9, notes, “Everything is bigger, better, and it hits you like a right hand to the jaw.”

Director Louis Leterrier adds, “It is true entertainment on a massive canvas. … With a new villain, new stakes — real stakes.”

Momoa plays the baddie Dante, who is seeking revenge on Diesel’s Dom and his “family” for killing his drug kingpin father during the events of Fast 5.

“It’s exciting to be a piece in the puzzle of something so very important to pop culture,” Momoa notes.

“I do suggest for the audience out there to prep. It’s a big one,” warns Rodriguez, returning as Letty.

See for yourself May 19.

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After a successful box office run, and a strong performance on paid streaming, Cocaine Bear is headed to Peacock.

The Elizabeth Banks-directed movie, based on a real series of events, about a bear who ate a ditched cache of drugs — but didn’t go on a bloodthirsty rampage, as in the film — will be free to stream for Peacock subscribers starting April 14.

The movie, which also starred the late Ray Liotta, as well as Keri Russell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Alden Ehenreich, will stream exclusively on the streaming service.

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The Late Late Show with James Corden is coming to a close and going out with a bang. The CBS chat show has announced an all-star lineup for its final weeks, including Tom Cruise, Ben Affleck and Emmy winners Billy Porter, Brett Goldstein and Bryan Cranston.

Other guests include the Kardashian family, Josh Gad, Jennifer Garner, Kate Hudson, Sharon Stone, Seth Meyers and Allison Janney, the latter of whom will make her record-breaking 16th appearance on the show.

The producers also announced there will be a farewell performance of Crosswalk the Musical, a Carpool Karaoke segment with K-Pop superstars Blackpink and two other installments of the popular musical segment with two “iconic” guests.

The final broadcast of The Late Late Show will air Thursday, April 27, at 12:37 a.m. ET on CBS. It will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

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(NOTE LANGUAGE) In Paint, Owen Wilson plays a Carl Nargle, a Bob Ross-like public broadcasting painting superstar — a very big fish in the very small pond of Vermont.

He’s got a ’70s perm, a sweet van and a bevy of groupies, but when a new painter comes along (newcomer Ciara Renée), the soft-spoken star faces a crisis.

The Goldbergs‘ matriarch Wendi McLendon-Covey plays Wendy, one of Nargle’s fangirls, who waits on him hand and foot as a fellow public TV channel employee.

She explained to ABC Audio the allure of the man in the van. “Wow,” she exclaims. “What is the appeal? What isn’t the appeal? Someone who looks that fly just driving down the streets of Vermont with a pipe, speaking out of his loudspeaker on the top of his van. I mean, what’s not to love?”

She adds, “I never grew up watching painting shows, but I do know what it’s like to fall in love with someone’s potential, which of course leads to nothing.”

Wendi adds, “She’s stayed in love far too long and it’s time to move forward, and she just can’t do it and neither can any of these groupies of Carl Nargle’s until a new painter comes in and just disrupts everything. And then we realize, ‘Oh, wait, we’ve really been wasting our lives.'”

Michaela Watkins plays Katherine, Carl’s long-suffering ex.

She says of the experience, “We laughed our a**** off.”

Unlike other comedies, Paint doesn’t go for big gags or broad laughs, in spite of its spoof-ready conceit. “You’re right,” Watkins agrees. “Like, that is my sweet spot for comedy. Dry, real, subtle and going for the long joke. That’s for me.”

Paint is now playing.

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After Star Wars left the big screen in 2019 with the finale of the divisive Star Wars “sequel trilogy,” Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, it was announced Friday one of the sequel stars will be returning.

At Star Wars Celebration in London, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy announced one of the first three new Star Wars films to head back to theaters will center on Daisy Ridley‘s Rey.

After years of schedule shifting, and the eventual apparent scuttling of the heavily touted Rogue Squadron from Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins, Kennedy teased the trio.

The Rey project will be directed by Ms. Marvel episode director and two-time Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. It will be set 15 years after Episode IX and will center on “the rebuilding of the new Jedi Order and the powers that rise to tear it down,” Kennedy said.

Another will be directed by Oscar-nominated Logan screenwriter and director James Mangold, who also directed Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. His as-yet untitled movie will delve “into the deep past, telling the tale of the first Jedi to wield the Force and harvest its liberating power in an era of chaos and oppression.”

Another film will be directed by Star Wars: The Clone Wars Emmy winner Dave Filoni, who first stepped behind the live-action camera in season 1 of the show he executive produces, The Mandalorian. Kennedy said the movie, on which he and Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau will collaborate, will “bring together many of the threads of our series in that cinematic event that we’ve been promising you.”

Filoni is also co-producing the Disney+ shows Ahsoka — based on the character he created for Clone Wars — and Skeleton Crew with Favreau.

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(NOTE LANGUAGE) The trailer for Apple TV+’s STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie dropped Thursday, and it’s a can’t-miss documentary for fans of the beloved actor.

Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim helms the film, which takes a deep dive into Fox’s incredible acting career and his battle with Parkinson’s disease.

“What did it mean to be still?” an off-screen voice asks Fox at the beginning of the trailer, likely a reference to the doc’s title.

“I wouldn’t know,” Fox replies. “I was never still.”

The trailer whizzes through Fox’s many iconic film and TV roles that shot him to fame. As the Back to the Future star says, “I was bigger than bubblegum.”

Soon enough, it arrives at Fox’s diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease at 29 years old. Fox recalls his wife Tracy Pollan whispering to him at the time, “In sickness and in health.”

“I’m a tough, uh, son of a b****,” the actor says, highlighting his refusal to let the disease take over his life and his advocacy for continued research for a cure.

The off-screen voice returns once again at the end of the trailer, saying, “The sad-sack story is … Michael J. Fox gets this debilitating disease and it crushes him.”

Fox replies, “Yeah, that’s boring.”

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie releases May 12 on Apple TV+.

(Video includes uncensored profanity.)

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