Robert Redford attends his Tribute during the 18th Marrakech International Film Festival -Day Eight- on December 06, 2019 in Marrakech, Morocco. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
Robert Redford, the actor and Oscar-winning filmmaker who at his peak was simultaneously one of Hollywood’s most critically lauded directors and bankable leading men, has died at age 89.
“Robert Redford passed away on September 16, 2025, at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah–the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved. He will be missed greatly,” his representative confirmed to ABC News. “The family requests privacy.”
The Smurfs are making their way to Paramount+. The family-friendly film Smurfs will be available to stream on the platform Tuesday. Rihanna stars as Smurfette in the animated film, which finds the crew on a rescue mission to save Papa Smurf after he is kidnapped by Razamel and Gargamel …
The Baby-Sitters Club is about to become a musical. Deadline reports that the bestselling book series by Ann M. Martin is being developed into a stage musical with a book by The Devil Wears Prada scribe Kate Wetherhead, and music and lyrics by KPop Demon Hunters musician Mark Sonnenblick …
Lorne Michaels has commented on the Saturday Night Live cast changes for the upcoming season 51. While speaking to Entertainment Tonight on the Emmys red carpet, Michaels said, “The show has always brought people in from different ages and different generations and it’s how it revives itself. It’s always hard when people leave but there’s a time for that and our audiences always stayed relatively young and more so now with TikTok, and change is good. And the people we’re bringing in I’m really excited about.” …
Cover of ‘Rolling Stone’s’ October issue with Paul Mescal on the cover/(Photo credit: Ryan McGinley)
Actor Paul Mescal will play Paul McCartney in director Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles biopics, and he talks to Rolling Stone about the work he’s putting in to get it right.
He and his castmates will be performing live for the film, and Mescal tells the mag he’s been learning to play guitar left-handed for the role.
“It would just be crazy to not play it left-handed, you know?” he says. “You’re like, ‘Nah. I like [McCartney] a lot but I don’t love him.’ That would be the messaging if I didn’t play left-handed. And he’s the f***** coolest man on planet earth, I think.”
Mescal was able to meet with McCartney and even got to play a classic Beatles tune with him.
“I will never forget it as long as I live. I got to play ‘Blackbird’ with him,” he says in a video interview with the mag. “That’s the coolest thing that my job has ever afforded me. I was kind of having an out-of-body experience, being like, I was in drama school nine years ago, and now I’m sat opposite Paul McCartney and we’re playing ‘Blackbird.'”
He adds, “I was like, I love my job.”
Mescal says he’s always been a “massive admirer” of McCartney’s music, calling the rocker’s work ethic “absolutely relentless.”
“I’m biased, but I think it’s kind of just an objective fact that like the work that he made has changed the world, the world of pop culture and culture more broadly,” he tells Rolling Stone. “I think he has fundamentally and forever changed the world.”
Mendes’ Beatles films, The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, will be released in April 2028.
Noah Wyle as Dr. Robby in ‘The Pitt.’ (HBO Max/Warrick Page)
The Pittcame out on top at the 77th Emmy Awards, winning for outstanding drama series. Star Noah Wyle also won outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his portrayal of Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch.
Dr. Robby grapples with grief as he goes about his work day in season 1 of the show, and Wyle told ABC Audio back in February that hearing stories about real-life emergency room doctors relating to his character is the most rewarding part of his job.
“It feels analogous to when my son was born, and they handed him to me for the first time and I went, ‘Oh, that’s why I’m here,'” Wyle said. “Everything I’ve ever done or learned—it hasn’t been for me. The point of it was to teach it to you or to have it as a frame of reference for you.”
Wyle says he feels like The Pitt is exactly where he is meant to be.
“In the same way, I feel very much like, ‘Oh, this is what I’m supposed to be doing right now.’ This feels [like] really an important and impactful show and message to be bringing out there, and I feel like I’m right where I’m supposed to be.”
After starting out as Dr. John Carter on ER, Wyle says playing a doctor again on The Pitt feels “totally full circle,” as the shows were filmed on the same lot.
“We shoot this show on stage 22, we filmed ER on stage 11 — I drive through the same gate that I drove through every day for 15 years and drive past that stage and thousands of ghosts to get to stage 22 to basically put on the same costume and do the same thing that I did when I was in my 20s,” Wyle said. “It feels wonderful and synchronistic, and it feels appropriate and timely, and it’s been really gratifying.”
Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook and Sam Nivola in ‘The White Lotus’ season 3. (Fabio Lovino/HBO)
The White Lotus is officially saying bonjour to France.
HBO Chairman and CEO Casey Bloys confirmed the location of the series’ fourth season in an interview with Deadline after the 77th Emmy Awards.
When asked specifically where the next season will take place, Bloys said, “France for sure but details and location TBD.”
The White Lotus creator Mike White was absent from the Emmy Awards ceremony on Sunday, despite being nominated. It was speculated that his absence was due to him being in France, writing the next season of the show.
“I believe that is the case,” Bloys told Deadline.
While HBO walked away with many acting Emmy Awards at Sunday night’s ceremony, none of them went to season 3 of The White Lotus. Bloys spoke about why he believes the show was shut out of the supporting actor and actress categories despite many nominations.
“I do think that The White Lotus may have been a victim of his own success with so many nominations in the categories,” Bloys said. “But again, that’s the way it goes.”
In all, HBO and HBO Max received 30 Emmy awards across 12 different projects, including outstanding drama series for The Pitt and outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for Jean Smart in Hacks.
Ariana Grande attends the 2025 MTV VMAs (Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic)
Ariana Grande‘s first big-screen comedic role will be in the upcoming Meet the Parents sequel Focker In-Law, and so far producer and star Ben Stiller thinks she’s been doing a great job.
Ariana will play the future daughter-in-law of Stiller’s character, Greg Focker. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight on the Emmys red carpet, Stiller said, “We’ve been shooting about a month and I’ve been having the best time with her.”
“She’s incredible: so much fun, so good, such a pro, so funny,” Stiller added.
Most of the cast members from the other Meet the Parents films are returning, including Teri Polo as Greg’s wife, Pam; Robert De Niro as Greg’s father-in-law, Jack; Blythe Danner as Jack’s wife, Dina; and Owen Wilson as Pam’s formerfiancé, Kevin.
Focker In-Law arrives in theaters Thanksgiving 2026. This Thanksgiving — Nov. 21, to be exact — Ariana will be reprising her role as Glinda in Wicked: For Good, the sequel to last year’s smash Wicked.
And as if she wasn’t busy enough, next summer Ariana will hit the road for her first tour in six years, which is set to run from June 2026 to August 2026.
The cast of Broadway’s ‘Dreamgirls,’ from left, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Deborah Burrell and Loretta Devine in New York City. (Robin Platzer/IMAGES/Getty Images)
Dreamgirls is making its Broadway return.
A new revival of the hit 1981 musical is set to debut in New York City in fall 2026, four producers announced in a press release on Monday.
The show, which focuses on a young Black female singing trio’s rise to stardom, will be directed and choreographed by Camille A. Brown, who did choreography for Alicia Keys‘ musical, Hell’s Kitchen.
The production team will turn to the public in order to fill out the cast for the trio of women at the heart of the show, according to the release from Sonia Friedman Productions, Sue Wagner, John Johnson and LaChanze Productions.
“Seeking talented women of all shapes and sizes, the auditions will take place in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, Miami, London, Toronto, Mexico City, Amsterdam, Rome and Paris,” reads the release.
Dreamgirls, which starred Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jennifer Holliday, Loretta Devine, Deborah Burrell and more, debuted on Broadway in 1981, and scored 13 nominations and six wins at the 1982 Tony Awards. BenHarney won for best lead actor, Holliday won for best lead actress, and Michael Bennett and Michael Peters shared the award for best choreography.
The show also scored two Grammys the following year for best cast show album and best female R&B vocal performance for Holliday.
The musical also saw success beyond New York, scoring praise for its 2016 showing on London’s West End.
Director Bill Condon adapted the musical into a 2006 film starring Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy and more. Hudson won an Oscar for best supporting actress for the film.
Laurie Metcalf as Augusta Gein and Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein in ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story.’ (Netflix)
The official trailer for Monster: The Ed Gein Story has arrived.
Netflix released the trailer for the upcoming season in Ryan Murphy‘s anthology series on Monday.
This time around, the focus is on Ed Gein, the serial killer and grave robber who hunted rural Wisconsin in the 1950s. Charlie Hunnam takes on the role of the titular killer in the series, which sets out to explore whether monsters are born or created, and also why audiences are drawn to stories about them.
“Driven by isolation, psychosis, and an all-consuming obsession with his mother, Gein’s perverse crimes birthed a new kind of monster that would haunt Hollywood for decades,” the show’s official synopsis reads. “From Psycho to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to The Silence of the Lambs, Gein’s macabre legacy gave birth to fictional monsters born in his image and ignited a cultural obsession with the criminally deviant.”
After watching a montage of Hunnam’s Gein doing some horrific things, the trailer breaks the fourth wall. “You’re the one who can’t look away,” the actor says directly into the camera.
The trailer also reveals that Addison Rae will appear in the series as Evelyn, a babysitter who becomes one of Gein’s victims.
Tom Hollander, Laurie Metcalf, Suzanna Son, Vicky Krieps, Olivia Williams, Lesley Manville and CharlieHall also make up the show’s cast.
Monster: The Ed Gein Story will be available to stream Oct. 3 on Netflix.
Dancing with the Stars winner and former Bachelor lead Joey Graziadei is headed back to the ballroom. Graziadei will host the official Dancing with the Starspodcast. The new podcast will premiere Sept. 18 on Disney+ and Hulu. Each week, Graziadei will bring exclusive cast interviews and behind-the-scenes insights to the show, which will recap the events of the ballroom dancing competition series …
Victor Rivas Rivers is headed to The Pitt. Deadline reports that the actor will guest star in season 2 of the hit HBO Max medical drama series. He will play a character named Trent Norris, the chief executive officer of the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center …
Another actor has joined the cast of Presumed Innocent. Variety reports that Matthew Rhys is the latest to join the season 2 cast of the legal drama series, which is to be led by Rachel Brosnahan …
According to Variety, Demon Slayer’s haul marked a record for the biggest opening for an anime film ever, surpassing the previous record of $31 million set by Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back in 1999.
Last week’s #1, The Conjuring: Last Rites, brought in another $26.1 million to come in at #2 this weekend, followed by the third and final film in the Downton Abbey franchise, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, which brought in $18.1 million in its debut week to land at #3.
Two other new releases rounded out the top five: The Long Walk, which brought in $11.5 million to nab #4, and a rerelease of Toy Story at #5 with $3.5 million.
Other new releases landing in the top 10 this weekend include Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, which landed at #9 with $1.67 million, and a 60th anniversary rerelease of The Sound of Music, which landed at #10 with $1.48 million
Here are the top 10 films at the box office: 1. Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle – $70 million 2. The Conjuring: Last Rites – $26.1 million 3. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale – $18.1 million 4. The Long Walk – $11.5 million 5. Toy Story – $3.5 million 6. Weapons – $2.72 million 7. Hamilton – $2.2 million 8. Freakier Friday – $2.1 million 9. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues – $1.67 million 10. The Sound of Music (60th Anniversary) – $1.48 million
