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The nominees for the Movies for Grownups Awards have arrived.

AARP has announced the films and TV shows that have been recognized as projects that tell the stories of and celebrate people 50 years and older.

The films nominated for best picture/best movie for grownups are Hamnet, A House of Dynamite, One Battle After Another, Sinners and Train Dreams.

Those nominated for best actress are Laura Dern for Is This Thing On?, Jodie Foster for A Private Life, Lucy Liu for Rosemead, Julia Roberts for After the Hunt and June Squibb for Eleanor the Great.

In the best actor category, the nominees are George Clooney for Jay Kelly, Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another, Joel Edgerton for Train Dreams, Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon and Dwayne Johnson for The Smashing Machine.

As for the shows nominated for best TV series or limited series, Adolescence, Hacks, The Pitt, The Studio and The White Lotus received recognition.

“These nominees prove that powerful storytelling transcends age. At AARP, we believe representation matters—not just for audiences, but for the industry itself,” Myechia Minter-Jordan, the CEO of AARP, said. “By honoring these actors and creators, we’re shining a light on the richness, depth, and diversity of experience that deserves to be seen and celebrated.”

The annual Movies for Grownups Awards ceremony will take place on Jan. 10, 2026. Tony and Emmy winner Alan Cumming returns to host the awards show, which will be broadcast by Great Performances on PBS on Feb. 22.

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We now know when the The 2026 Emmy Awards ceremony will take place. The 78th annual Emmys will air live Sept. 14 on NBC. It will also stream on Peacock. The Television Academy will announce the date that the Emmy Award nominations will be released in the coming months. As for the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, those ceremonies will take place on Sept. 5 and Sept. 6 …

The trailer for Kristen Stewart‘s directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, has arrived. Based on Lidia Yuknavitch‘s memoir, the film tells the story of a competitive swimmer who wrestles with childhood trauma and addition and eventually overcomes it all through writing. Imogen Poots stars in the film, which will come to limited theaters in December before a wider release in January …

Twisted Metal has been renewed for season 3 at Peacock. Deadline reports that the renewal comes with a brand new showrunner. David Reed will serve as the new showrunner and executive producer as Michael Jonathan Smith exits the show. Twisted Metal is based on the PlayStation video game and stars Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Joe Seanoa and Will Arnett …

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Only Murders in the Building was just renewed for a sixth season on Hulu. Steve Martin, who co-stars with Martin Short and Selena Gomez in the comedy, says that, while he knows the show is good, he’s still surprised it’s lasted this long.

“This is a show that we, you know, diligently created, but having no idea how long it would run,” Martin tells ABC Audio. “And just the idea that we’re starting a sixth season … people say your child grows up fast. A show grows up faster. I can’t even believe we’re on season 6.” 

The new season will find the main characters traveling to London, though Martin says the murders will take place in the show’s regular building, The Arconia. How? “We have clever writers,” he laughs.

Martin’s character, Charles, performs magic in season 5, one of Martin’s real-life skills. One of the actor’s other skills is playing the banjo: his latest album, Safe, Sensible and Sane, recently topped the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart. But don’t look for Charles to play in future seasons.

“I avoided that because it’s too identified with me,” he explains, noting he doesn’t think it’s “believable” that Charles would “just have a banjo laying around.”

Martin also wrote all the lyrics and sings one song on Safe, Sensible and Sane, a collaboration with acclaimed banjo player Alison Brown. The other songs are sung by guests like Vince Gill, Jackson Browne, Jason Mraz and the Indigo Girls. For Martin, having Browne sing on “Dear Time” was a reunion — they’ve known each other since the ’60s.

“Jackson Browne was an up-and-coming songwriter, and I was an upcoming writer, comedian, musician. And we sort of worked the same clubs,” he says.

“We always worked The Troubadour, and so when we recorded the video, we went back to The Troubadour … and to see Jackson on the stage, and for me to be on that stage, was full circle.” 

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Sadie Sink is heading to fair Verona to take on one of Shakespeare‘s classics.

The actress is set to star in an upcoming production of Romeo and Juliet on the West End. She makes her London stage debut alongside Noah Jupe. The pair will portray the titular star-crossed lovers in the new staging of the classic play.

Robert Icke is set to direct the Empire Street Productions adaptation, which will run at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

The production runs from March 16, 2026, through June 6, 2026. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. GMT Wednesday.

“In a minute there are many days,” an Instagram post announcing the production reads. “Two young people meet at a party. The rest is tragedy.”

Additional casting announcements for the production will be made at a later date.

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Deck the halls with lots of drama.

Hulu has announced that The Secret Wives of Mormon Wives season 3 reunion special will debut on Dec. 4. This time around, the end-of-season reunion will be hosted by Vanderpump Villa star Stassi Schroeder.

“‘Tis the season for the most dramatic reunion yet! Host Stassi Schroeder reunites #MomTok and #DadTok to explore the shocking scandals, uncover never-before-seen footage, and deck the halls with controversial guests in the Season 3 Reunion,” according to its official logline.

Cast members Taylor Frankie Paul, Demi Engemann, Jen Affleck, Jessi Draper Ngatikaura, Layla Taylor, Mayci Neeley, Mikayla Matthews, Miranda Hope and Whitney Leavitt will take to the reunion couches to discuss the messy drama that unfolded over the course of the third season.

A teaser trailer for the reunion was also released, and it shows Schroeder interrogating the ladies of the cast, as well as their husbands. We see the women of the show answer tough questions and even shed some tears.

When asked if things had improved at all between Paul and Engemann, the former responds, “No, not really. She was a snake in the grass.”

The teaser then shows a clip of Engemann pointing to her head and asking, seemingly to Affleck, “What is wrong with your brain?”

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season 3 reunion special will also be available to watch on Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally.

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Production has officially started on Black Doves season 2.

Netflix has announced that cameras are rolling on the sophomore season of the spy thriller series starring Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw.

The streaming service also revealed several new additions to the cast. One Day star Ambika Mod will play Laila, an anarchic Black Doves agent who has been sent to help Helen on a mission. Babou Ceesay is set to portray Mr. Conteh, a Black Doves executive with suspicious motivations, while Sam Riley will play Patrick, an emissary who offers Whishaw’s Sam a lifeline.

Notably, Neve Campbell has also joined the cast, playing a character named Cecile Mason. Other additions include Sylvia Hoeks, who plays Katia Chernov, Goran Kostic, who takes on the role of Alexi Chernov, and Samuel Barnett, who plays Jerry.

Sarah Lancashire, Andrew Buchan, Kathryn Hunter, Ella Lily Hyland, Gabrielle Creevy, Agnes O’Casey and Molly Chesworth all also return for season 2, which is now filming in London.

Season 2 finds Helen (Knightley) still betraying her nation’s secrets to the Black Doves, according to its logline.

“But after the misadventures of last Christmas, and with her husband Wallace (Buchan), preparing to become Prime Minister, she is walking a more treacherous line than ever,” the logline reads. “As Helen’s enigmatic handler Mrs. Reed (Lancashire) is ensnared in a ruthless plot to undermine her position in the Black Doves, Helen is reunited with her best friend Sam (Whishaw).”

The show’s creator, writer and executive producer, Joe Barton, says he “couldn’t be more excited to delve back into the world of our murderous little spy family.”

“To have so many of our amazing cast returning and also being able to add some of my absolute favourite actors into the mix is such a great joy. Downing Street will never be the same again,” Barton said.

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After the Hunt is heading to Prime Video. The Amazon MGM Studios drama film will arrive on the streaming service on Nov. 20. It stars Julia Roberts as a college professor at a crossroads. Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield also star in the film from director Luca Guadagnino …

The official trailer for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery has arrived. The third installment of Rian Johnson‘s mystery series will debut in select theaters on Nov. 26 and will stream on Netflix on Dec. 12. It follows Daniel Craig‘s Benoit Blanc as he travels to upstate New York to solve a new murder case. Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church also star …

A special episode of My Next Guest with David Letterman is coming to Netflix. The host will interview Adam Sandler in this standalone episode of the series, which will premiere on Dec. 1. The pair will discuss Sandler’s journey from standup comedian to Saturday Night Live cast member and his movie stardom that followed. The upcoming season 6 of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman will be available to stream later on in December …

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Justice Smith plays one of the new, up-and-coming magicians in Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, and without giving too much away, his character, Charlie, is certainly more than what meets the eye.

“[Director] Ruben [Fleischer] and I talked a lot about the specific nuances of Charlie’s front-facing personality,” Smith tells ABC Audio.

Smith describes Charlie as “the ultimate magic nerd” who “has such a reverence” for the Now You See Me franchise’s original characters, the Four Horsemen, played by Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Isla Fisher. Mostly, though, he “shies away from the spotlight” while he works behind the scenes for the benefit of the other members of his troupe, played by Dominic Sessa and Ariana Greenblatt.

“It was important for me to try and slip in as much insecurity as I could into Charlie,” Smith laughs. “Like, making sure I apologized in, like, every scene I could, or I freaked out … every time I met one of [the Horsemen].”

“Sorry” might be the word Smith says the most as Charlie in the film, much of which was off-script.

“All the fanboy moments I improvised, all the ‘sorries’ I improvised,” Smith says. “Except for the one in the scene with Isla. I think that was scripted.” 

Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, the third film in the franchise, is in theaters now. It opened at #1 at the box office.

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Tom Cruise has added another accolade to his already illustrious collection.

The Mission Impossible actor received an honorary Oscar on Sunday night at the 16th Governors Awards in Los Angeles.

The Honorary Award is given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences in any discipline, or for outstanding service to the Academy,” according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Cruise began his acceptance speech by thanking Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Iñárritu, who presented him the award. Then, he paid tribute to his fellow honorees, acclaimed production designer Wynn Thomas; dancer, actress and choreographer Debbie Allen; and music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton, who received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

“I am truly grateful to have this moment,” Cruise said, adding that “it allows me to acknowledge all the people who have helped me, all the people that I have been fortunate enough to create these films with.”

Cruise went on to describe his love for cinema, saying his passion for film unlocked “a hunger to understand humanity, to create characters, to tell a story, to see the world.”

“Making films is not what I do. It is who I am,” he added.

Cruise has received four previous Oscar nominations in his career, earning best actor nods for 1990’s Born on the Fourth of July and 1997’s Jerry Maguire, a best supporting actor nod for his role in 2000’s Magnolia and a best picture nod for his work as a producer on 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick.

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The teaser trailer for the live-action reimagining of Moana has arrived.

Catherine Laga’aia stars as Moana in the teaser, which shares a first look at the beloved story of a teenager who answers the ocean’s call and voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui.

The teaser opens the same way as the animated film, with a young Moana’s first encounter with the ocean, luring her in with a seashell and enveloping her.

It also features a giant hawk transforming into the demigod Maui (portrayed by Dwayne Johnson, who is reprising his role from the animated films), before diving into the ocean.

Laga’aia appears onscreen at the end of the teaser as the titular wayfinder, singing, “I am Moana!”

The upcoming film is directed by Emmy and Tony Award winner Thomas Kail and is produced by Johnson, Beau Flynn, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced Moana in both animated Moana films, also serves as an executive producer.

Along with Laga’aia and Johnson, the cast includes John Tui as Moana’s father, Chief Tui, Frankie Adams as Moana’s mother, Sina, and Rena Owen as Gramma Tala.

Johnson first revealed in 2023 that a Moana live-action was coming. He shared a video filmed on the Hawaiian island of Oahu with daughters Jasmine Lia Johnson and Tiana Gia Johnson.

A press release at the time added that the film will “celebrate the islands, communities and traditions of Pacific Islanders as seen through the eyes of a young woman eager to pave her own path.”

The live-action reimagining of Moana sails into theaters on July 10, 2026.

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