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While most movie stars don’t want you falling asleep while watching their efforts on-screen, Ryan Reynolds apparently isn’t one of them — at least when it comes to his new project.

On Thursday, June 15, Reynolds took to social media to tease Bedtime Stories, an offering coming to his Maximum Effort channel on FubuTV on Tuesday, June 20.

The teaser opens with a title card reading, “From an anxious mind, comes a restful show.”

The snippet shows the camera tracking through a cozy home at night, while the Deadpool star provides the gentle voice-over. “You know the best part about stories?” he begins. “You remember them.”

Reynolds changes into pajamas behind a screen as he continues, sitting and opening a book for a pair of sheep all tucked in. “And I wanna tell you a bedtime story,” he whispers.

He then shushes the camera and walks out a window to look at the night sky as he sits on the roof.

“Now: Rest your tired bones, and remember … whatever you do, don’t fall asleep,” he says.

The actor captioned the new tease by saying, “The idea for a show made to help everyone fall asleep was born the same day as my fourth child.”

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A week after sharing footage from a January brain scan and explaining to her followers that her stage 4 breast cancer has migrated to her brain, Shannen Doherty has posted another throwback video from her ongoing battle.

“January 16, 2023. Surgery. I had a tumor in my head they wanted to remove and also biopsy,” the former Beverly Hills, 90210 star captioned a video of herself in her hospital bed.

The actress is seen joking with a nurse during a pre-op check-up.

“I am clearly trying to be brave but I am petrified,” the 52-year-old actress explained in the caption, adding, “The fear was overwhelming to me. Scared of all possible bad outcomes, worried about leaving my mom and how that would impact her. Worried that I would come out of surgery not me anymore.”

Revisiting a refrain she made in the previous post, Shannen said, “This is what cancer can look like.”

Doherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and after entering remission, she revealed in 2020 that the disease had spread and returned as stage 4.

In an interview with Good Morning America, the actress said the diagnosis was “a bitter pill to swallow in a lot of ways.”

“I definitely have days where I say, ‘Why me?’ And then I go, ‘Well, why not me?’ Who else? Who else besides me deserves this? None of us do,” she said at the time.

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At the the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles Wednesday, June 14, fans and stars in attendance at the premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny got a special show before the show. 

Oscar-winning composer John Williams, along with an orchestra, performed selections of the new movie’s score, live. 

Steven Spielberg, the director of all the Indiana Jones movies except this last chapter, which was directed by James Mangold, introduced the maestro to a standing ovation. 

Williams led the musicians through several compositions from the new film, including its main title theme, as well as “Helena’s Theme,” the song Williams wrote for Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s heroine.

Earlier on the red carpet, there was a sweet moment when newly-minted Everything Everywhere Oscar winner — and former Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom star — Ke Huy Quan surprised his former co-star Harrison Ford as he was giving an interview. 

Quan sneaked up behind the star, animatedly hopping towards him, before placing his hand on Ford’s shoulder to get his attention. This led to a warm hug between the two, with Quan kissing him on the cheek and calling him “Dr. Jones.”

Smiling, Ford thundered, “You’re all grown up!” to the guy who played sidekick Short Round as a kid.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny swings into theaters June 30, from Lucasfilm, which like ABC News is a subsidiary of Disney.

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Apple TV+ announced on Friday that the sci-fi thriller series, Silo, currently in its first season, has already gotten the go-ahead for a season 2. Silo, per the streamer, follows “the last ten thousand people on earth, their mile-deep home protecting them from the toxic and deadly world outside. However, no one knows when or why the silo was built and any who try to find out face fatal consequences.” Rebecca Ferguson executive produces and stars in the series, along with Harriet Walter, Chinaza Uche, Avi Nash, David Oyelowo, Rashida Jones and Tim Robbins. Silo‘s eighth episode of launches Friday, June 16 on Apple TV+…

Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett are teaming up for the film Is This Thing On?, in which both are set to co-star and Cooper to direct, according to Deadline. The film is still in the early stages, with Arnett and Mark Chappell, turning in a rough draft of the script before the writers strike. Cooper’s also expected to pitch in as soon as the strike ends…

Hulu’s Reservation Dogs is coming to FX, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Season 1 of the comedy series will air two episodes Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT for four weeks starting June 26 and finishing a couple of weeks ahead of the show’s August 2 third season premiere on Hulu. The series, which stars D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Devery Jacobs, Paulina Alexis and Lane Factor, follows four Native American teenagers growing up on a reservation…

Deadline reports the CW’s Superman & Lois is returning for a 10-episode fourth season, but seven of its series regulars — including Dylan Walsh, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Erik Valdez, Inde Navarrette, Wolé Parks, Tayler Buck and Sofia Hasmik — won’t be, as a result of budget cuts. The hope, per the outlet, is that they’ll all reprise their roles on a guest star or recurring basis. Returning for season 4 are Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch as the titular characters, Michael Bishop and Alex Garfin as their children and Michael Cudlitz as Lex Luthor…

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Treat Williams’ daughter, Elinor Williams, is speaking out after her father’s tragic death at the age of 71.

“This is a pain I have never felt. I am absolutely shattered,” Ellie shared on her Instagram Story on Tuesday, June 13, along with a throwback photo of her dad, along with a second pic of a jacket with his name embroidered on it, according to Us Weekly. “Thank you to everyone who has sent messages and kept our family in your hearts during this terrible heartbreak.”

“We’re home, Dad.” Ellie, 25, shared in another Instagram Story a day later, along a picture of a pair of dogs playing in a field on the family’s Vermont compound — a place that held a special place in the elder Williams”s heart.

“I bought the house that we’re in 35 years ago. I’ve always had an enormous love for Vermont, both in winter and summer,” Treat told Vermont magazine in 2021. “There was something incredibly special about it to me, and the people here are incredibly honest, real, and good-humored. There’s also always something new to discover somewhere on a dirt road that you’ve never traveled on before.”

“I think very few people are lucky as I am to say, ‘I love where I live.’ I don’t have any fantasies of being somewhere else,” he added. “I have everything I want and need in Vermont. I’ve been all over the world, and I’ve never seen a place as beautiful as Vermont.”

The Everwood actor died Monday, June 12 in a motorcycle accident, his agent, Barry McPherson confirmed to ABC News.

He is survived by his wife, Pam Van Sant, and their two children: Gill, 31, and Elinor “Ellie.”

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Wonderwell, a fantasy film that was the last project Carrie Fisher worked on before her death in 2016, will finally get an audience. 

Director Vlad Marsavin tells Deadline, “The journey we have taken as filmmakers with this movie, has been as perilous as that of the movie itself.”

The movie, which also stars singer and actress Rita Ora, is described on IMDB as, “A coming-of-age fairy tale set between modern-day Italy and an imaginary realm just beyond,” and “follows Violet (Kiera Milward), a naive and inquisitive 12 year-old-girl, on a thrilling journey that transforms her world forever.”

The filmmaker explains delays with the movie’s visual effects, and disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, led to the nearly seven-year delay. And then there was the death of Fisher, which he called a “huge shock.” 

“Carrie was full of energy during filming and even celebrated her 60th birthday with us in Italy where we shot the movie,” Marsavin recalled. “After a night shoot, which went on until 2am, she invited the whole team to celebrate with her and the party ended up being shut down by the police because it was deemed a little too loud. Her passing was very emotional for the whole team.”

He adds, “Now is the perfect time to share her magical on screen moments as Hazel.”

The trade says the film will bow in AMC theaters in the U.S. starting on June 23 and will be available on streaming, as well.

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As Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford once said, “It’s not the years, honey. It’s the mileage.”

Considering a new interview, it’s not surprising that that was an ad-lib. In short, Ford isn’t letting age get in the way.

The actor, 80, who will return as the legendary hero archaeologist in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, said in an interview with People that he enjoys “making movies more now than I ever did.”

“I saw a lot of great actors having fun, so I thought, ‘Hey, I want some of this!'” he said.

Along with Dial of Destiny, Ford has starred in several shows recently, including Shrinking and 1923.

When it comes to his age, Ford says he embraces the idea of getting older.

“I don’t want to be young again,” he said. “I was young, and now I enjoy being old.”

“You are certainly physically diminished by age, but there are wonderful things about age — richness of experience, the full weight of all the time you’ve been spending getting to being old — and there’s a certain ease in it for me,” he added.

With Dial of Destiny out in theaters soon, Ford also reflected on why he wanted to return as Indiana Jones for the franchise’s fifth installment.

“I just wanted to see him rally for one last adventure,” he said.

A synopsis for the film says the movie will follow Indiana Jones as he races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of destiny.

Ford stars alongside Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen and Shaunette Renée Wilson in the film.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will be released in theaters on June 30 from Lucasfilm, which is a subsidiary of ABC News’ parent company, Disney.

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In a social media post featuring Anna Cathcart and some of her castmates, Netflix announced that XO, Kitty, the spinoff series from the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before film franchise, is coming back for a sophomore season.

The message started with Peter Thurnwald (Prof. Finnerty) jumping onto a couch and into frame, and scribbling a note, before saying, “Pass this to Anna.” Choi Min-young (Dae) is handed it, reads it and has the same message for Gia Kim (Yuri), who slips it off camera to Anthony Keyvan (Quincy). “No. Way,” he says, before adding, “Anna: You’re gonna wanna see this one.”

For her part, Cathcart is ecstatic and reveals the note to the camera: It reads, “XO, KITTY SEASON 2 IS COMING.” She tells their followers she’s “so, so excited,” and thanked fans for making the first series a hit.

XO, Kitty premiered on May 18, debuting on the #2 slot of Netflix’s English TV list, with 72.1 million hours watched. The show also appeared on the streaming show’s Top 10 in 90 countries in its first week.

While details aren’t known about the next go-round, Cathcart tells ABC Audio she doesn’t think her character won’t have an easy go in the love department. “I don’t expect things to settle down,” Anna says.

“I think Kitty is–that’s kind of part of her greatness, is part of her joy, is that she’s a little all over the place and she has so much passion and so much love and that can be spread in a lot of different ways. So I assume it would still be a very bumpy ride, but that’s kind of what makes it fun,” she enthuses.

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With news of Disney’s theatrical release schedule being announced June 13, there was a particular note of interest to movie fans: The fifth and last Avatar adventure will reportedly hit theaters on December 19 … 2031.

The original Avatar movie came out in 2009, for some perspective.

The news — and the passage of time — wasn’t lost on the franchise’s Zoe Saldaña. The 44-year-old Marvel movie veteran had a laugh about it on Instagram.

To a headline about the 2031 date, Zoe said, “Great! I’m gonna be 53 when the last avatar movie comes out!” along with a “shocked” emoji.

The actress also noted, “I was 27 when I shot the very first avatar movie.”

No doubt in an industry that obsesses about youth James Cameron‘s franchise must be a pretty sweet gig: The same computer wizardry that turns the 5-foot-7-inch actress into her 9-foot-8-inch blue alien character, Neytiri, will ensure Zoe and her castmates don’t look radically different than when their Na’vi alter egos were first seen on Pandora in 2009.

Egos and Hollywood’s stigmas about “actresses of a certain age” aside, it makes sense canonically, as the alien race can live as long as 180 human years.

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Vanna White has responded to Pat Sajak‘s announcement that he’s retiring from hosting Wheel of Fortune.

“When we started @WheelofFortune who could have imagined we’d still be at it 41 seasons later?” she tweeted on June 13. “I couldn’t be happier to have shared the stage with you for all these years with one more to come.”

White, 66, ended her tweet with a toast to her longtime friend and co-worker, writing, “Cheers to you, @patsajak!”

Sajak, 76, shared a statement the day prior in which he told fans “the time has come” for him to step away from his hosting duties at the end of the upcoming 41st season, which begins in September.

“It’s been a wonderful ride, and I’ll have more to say in the coming months,” he said. “Many thanks to you all.”

The show’s official Instagram account reposted Sajak’s statement, captioning it, “Thank you, Pat!”

Sajak has hosted Wheel of Fortune since 1981, with White joining the game show the following year.

White, the show’s resident letter-flipper, previously filled in for Sajak as host when he underwent emergency surgery in November 2019 for a blocked intestine.

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