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Stranger Things is coming to a close.

The cast of the series prepares to say goodbye to the show and teases what fans can expect from the fifth and final season in a new behind-the-scenes video shared by Netflix.

After being separated among different groups for the past couple seasons, this new video shows the original gang of Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) and Will (Noah Schnapp) all working together to defeat the villainous Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) and save their hometown of Hawkins, Indiana.

“As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before,” according to the season’s official synopsis. “To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.”

As for what fans can expect from the final season, creators Ross Duffer and Matt Duffer say it is the biggest season they’ve ever made in terms of action, visual effects and story.

“It’s more of an adventure and more of a mission, which I really like,” Brown said. “Everybody is really put into the thick of it. No one is sitting back on a walkie-talkie. Everyone is full throttle, going for it.”

Wolfhard says that season 5 is “the highest stakes the show has ever been,” while McLaughlin says it shows that, “We’ve come full circle.”

“The fans will be truly satisfied with the ending,” McLaughlin said.

Stranger Things season 5 debuts volume 1 on Nov. 26. Volume 2 of the final season arrives on Christmas, while the series finale premieres on New Year’s Eve. Each batch of episodes arrives to Netflix on those days at 5 p.m. PT.

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The official trailer for IT: Welcome to Derry has arrived. It shows off the picturesque town of Derry, Maine, in the year 1962. Bill Skarsgård returns to star as Pennywise the killer clown in the prequel series, which he also executive produces. The nine-episode series premieres Oct. 26 on HBO Max …

Nicolas Cage is set to lead the star-studded cast of the upcoming film Fortitude. The film, which will be directed by Simon West, is a World War II espionage action-adventure. It began filming on Sept. 8 in London and costars Matthew Goode, Michael Sheen, Paul Anderson and Ben Kingsley. Fortitude follows the true story of British Intelligence operatives who used unprecedented strategic operations to fool Nazi leaders and change the course of World War II …

Another fresh face is joining Spider-Man’s web. Deadline reports that Marvin Jones III will play the crime boss Tombstone in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The actor comes to the live-action version of the character after voicing him in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and the upcoming sequel Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse …

Apple TV+ has postponed the release of its upcoming thriller series The Savant. The Jessica Chastain-starring show, which follows an investigator who prevents domestic extremism, has been postponed. It was supposed to premiere on Friday. Apple TV+ did not provide an expected date for when the show will debut …

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Regina Hall is opening up about how she once considered becoming a nun.

The actress said she seriously considered becoming a nun at several moments in her life while guesting on a recent episode of Amy Poehler‘s Good Hang podcast.

“I went to Catholic school, and so we had the nuns, who I loved. I loved my nuns,” Hall said.

Poehler then asked what specifically Hall loved about nuns.

“They were strict, but they were loving,” Hall said, before detailing exactly when she considered becoming a nun.

“When I was in high school, and then again when I was older and I was too old,” Hall said. “Thirty-nine, that was the cutoff. I was 41. They were like, ‘It’s not a backup plan, miss. Get on out of here.'”

Hall said that, as a young person, the idea of spending a life in prayer for others and having “no romantic heartbreak” was enticing.

“I’m sure that it’s not that easy, I’m just saying that was what I romanticized it would be if I did it,” Hall said. “I thought that was lovely.”

The actress also says she believes in past lives and believes she was a nun in a past life.

“I believe I had a past life where I was that. I believe I’ve come from that,” Hall said. “It probably exists within me because it has existed.”

Hall stars in the upcoming film One Battle After Another, which arrives in theaters on Friday.

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Jimmy Kimmel and Guillermo Rodriguez are commemorating the return of Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Rodriguez, who is Kimmel’s sidekick on the late-night talk show, posted a photo to Instagram hours before Jimmy Kimmel Live! airs its Tuesday episode.

The photo features Kimmel and Rodriguez smiling and embracing.

“We are back full of love,” Rodriguez captioned his post. The official Jimmy Kimmel Live! Instagram account collaborated on the post and shared it to its page, as well.

Kimmel also posted on Instagram hours before Jimmy Kimmel Live! is set to air on Tuesday. His post features a photo of himself smiling with the late TV legend Norman Lear.

“Missing this guy today,” Kimmel captioned the photo.

The Walt Disney Company announced Monday that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would return on Tuesday.

ABC preempted Kimmel’s late-night talk show on Sept. 17 after comments Kimmel made regarding Charlie Kirk‘s death. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr called for Kimmel’s suspension over the comments before ABC’s decision was announced.

“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” a statement from The Walt Disney Company reads. “It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”

Tuesday night’s guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be Glen Powell and Sarah McLachlan. Ethan Hawke, Lisa Ann Walter and YUNGBLUD will appear on Wednesday night, while Peyton Manning, Oscar Nuñez and Alex G will appear on Thursday’s episode.

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Baywatch is back.

Fox has given a straight-to-series order for a reboot of the popular lifeguard live-action series Baywatch. The revival will splash onto airwaves during the 2026-27 season with 12 brand-new episodes.

An all-new cast of Baywatch lifeguards will wear the signature red swimsuits for this revival series. The new show will celebrate the original’s legacy while reenergizing it for the modern day. According to a press release, fans can expect “adrenaline-fueled rescues, tangled relationships, complicated chemistry and beachside heroics that defined the original — now with an entirely new cast, contemporary trappings, tensions and challenges, and a renewed mission to protect Southern California’s shoreline.”

Matt Nix will serve as the reboot’s showrunner, while the original show’s creators, Michael Berk, Greg Bonann and Doug Schwartz, will executive produce along with Dante Di Loreto.

“In its first run, Baywatch defined an entire era of beach life and elevated lifeguards to an iconic status. Now, with our partners at Fremantle, this television juggernaut is set for a modern-day comeback,” Michael Thorn, the president of FOX Television Network, said in a press release. “Together, FOX and Fremantle, along with Matt Nix and original co-creator Greg Bonann, will bring the California dream to a whole new generation of fans with fresh stories, rising stars and all the spectacle that make the Baywatch franchise a global sensation.”

Christian Vesper, the CEO of global drama at Fremantle, said Baywatch “remains one of the most iconic series in television globally.”

“Our goal is to reconnect with existing fans while also introducing a new generation to the world of these famous lifeguards,” Vesper said.

The original Baywatch concluded its 11 season run 25 years ago. 

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Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley are Frankenstein’s monster and his betrothed in the official teaser trailer for The Bride!

Warner Bros. Pictures released the teaser trailer for the upcoming film on Tuesday.

Maggie Gyllenhaal wrote and directed the film, which is described as a bold and iconoclastic take on Mary Shelley‘s classic monster tale Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

“A lonely Frankenstein (Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious (Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Buckley) is born,” according to the film’s official description. “What ensues is beyond what either of them imagined: Murder! Possession! A wild and radical cultural movement! And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!”

Peter Sarsgaard, Jake Gyllenhaal and Penélope Cruz also star in the upcoming sci-fi horror film.

“Was I just the same, before the accident?” Buckley’s Bride of Frankenstein asks in the trailer.

“There wasn’t any accident. Everything we did, we did it on purpose. There is nothing left to do know but live,” Bale’s Frankenstein’s monster says in response.

The Bride! arrives in theaters and on IMAX screens on March 6, 2026.

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Catfish: The TV Show has come to an end.

The reality show that helped people discover the truth about suspicious romantic prospects they met online has been canceled at MTV after nine seasons, ABC Audio has learned.

Paramount has notified the show’s production company that MTV will pass on future seasons of the show. The network will continue to air past episodes from the show’s library. MTV has given the producers permission to shop the series elsewhere.

Nev Schulman hosted the show that was based on the 2010 documentary of the same name. The documentary coined the term “catfish” and detailed Schulman’s own experience tracking down a woman he had an online relationship with, not knowing that she was using a fake, online persona.

Shulman developed the show with his brother, Ariel Schulman, and Max Joseph. It debuted in 2012 and spanned over 200 episodes. Its most recent season premiered on April 30, 2024.

Nev Shulman and Joseph hosted the show during its first seven seasons. Joseph was replaced by a group of rotating co-hosts in 2018. Katie Crawford eventually joined as permanent co-host, taking on duties alongside Nev Shulman for 96 episodes.

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Melissa McCarthy is starring in a live-action film adaptation of the beloved children’s book Miss Nelson is Missing! Variety reports that Netflix is developing the movie, which will follow a misbehaving class whose teacher is mysteriously absent from school one day and replaced by a strict substitute named Viola Swamp …

Sorry, Baby will soon be available to stream at home. The A24 film will make its streaming debut on HBO Max on Oct. 30. It will debut on HBO linear on the same day at 8 p.m. ET. Eva Victor wrote, directed and stars in the film, which also features Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges and John Carroll Lynch …

The Handmaid’s Tale star Yvonne Strahovski is set for season 2 of Apple TV+’s comedy Bad Monkey. Deadline reports that she has closed a deal for a series regular role opposite Vince Vaughn in the upcoming second season. Strahovski will play an attorney named Delaney in the new season. The first season of the show was based on the Carl Hiaasen novel, while season 2 will follow an original story …

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The whisky often flows on the long-running Starz series Outlander, and that love of a dram carries over into star Sam Heughan’s real life.

The Scottish actor, who plays Jamie Fraser on the series, founded his own spirits brand, Sassenach Spirits, and is now releasing a cocktail book about his passion called The Cocktail Diaries: A Spirited Adventure.

The book contains recipes from simple to complex, and features anecdotes from Heughan’s life and travels. There are even some cocktails that would get Jamie Fraser’s stamp of approval.

“Jamie Fraser obviously is a Scotsman through and through, and he even has his own whisky in the Outlander series, the Jamie Fraser Special,” he says. “And I would say the Rob Roy or the Bobby Burns [would be his favorite].”

With the eighth and final season of Outlander set to premiere next year, Heughan says he has plans for a celebration event and a special release from his spirits brand. “There might be even a special cocktail as well,” he says. “I’ll have to think of one.”

He’s also been thinking of ways to take his business to the next level, hinting that opening his own bar would be “a dream.” In the meantime, he teases Sassenach Spirits — which currently produces whisky and gin — is releasing a Scottish vodka next. 

As they say in Scotland, slàinte!

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Jimmy Kimmel is coming back to ABC.

The Walt Disney Company has announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return on Tuesday, Sept. 23.

“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” a statement from the company reads. “It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”

ABC preempted Kimmel’s late-night talk show on Sept. 17, after comments Kimmel made regarding Charlie Kirk‘s death. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr called for Kimmel’s suspension over the comments before ABC’s decision was announced.

At the time, a network spokesperson said that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would be “preempted indefinitely.”

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