James Norton attends the “King & Conqueror” Global Premiere at the BFI Southbank on August 14, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)
British actor James Norton has reportedly landed a role in Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles films.
Deadline reports that Norton, who currently appears in the new Netflix series House of Guinness, will play Beatles manager Brian Epstein in The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event, which is scheduled to hit theaters in April 2028.
Epstein, known as The Fifth Beatle, managed the band from 1962 to his death. He met them in December 1961 when they performed at The Cavern Club in Liverpool. He died in 1967 at the age of 32.
In addition to House of Guinness, Norton appeared in Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaption of Little Women, and played Island Records founder Chris Blackwell in the biopic Bob Marley: One Love. He also has a role in the third season of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon.
Mendes’ four Beatles films will star Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr. Each film will be told from the point of view of each band member.
YouTube personalities Dan Howell and Phil Lester attend the 7th Annual VidCon at Anaheim Convention Center on June 24, 2016, in Anaheim, California. (Tara Ziemba/WireImage/Getty Images)
YouTube stars Dan Howell and Phil Lester, who make up the popular social media duo Dan and Phil, have confirmed that they are in a relationship.
The pair confirmed their romantic connection, which has spanned 15 years, in a video posted to YouTube on Monday.
“Are Dan and Phil in a relationship?” Howell asks in the video, before Lester responds, “Yes.”
“One of the biggest conspiracies in the history of the internet: Is ‘Phan’ real?” Lester continues, referencing the pair’s portmanteau.
“We’re gonna talk about it,” Howell adds.
The pair then explain the backstory and rumors surrounding their suspected romantic relationship, with Howell stating that speculation around them became overwhelming.
“This became so big, we could not ignore it,” Howell says.
“It was kind of disheartening when you put so much effort into a video, and all the comments were like, ‘Oh my God, they touched,'” Lester says.
The couple, who have been making videos together for over 15 years, also discuss in the video why they waited so long to reveal their relationship.
“Is our sexuality, who we may or may not be dating, whatever’s going on between us two something that our audience has the right to know?” Lester asks.
They also describe the inception of their relationship, which spanned the entirety of their collaboration.
“We fell into it hard and fast in 2009, and here we are almost 16 years later,” Howell says. “We are a bizarre example of a relationship — like, we’ve been attached at the hip 24/7 for 15 years.”
He adds, “We are just more compatible with each other day to day than anyone we will ever meet.”
The British content creators have accrued nearly 3 million subscribers on YouTube since they first began posting together in 2009.
Rachel McAdams stars in ‘Send Help.’ (20th Century Studios)
Rachel McAdams is stranded on a deserted island with Dylan O’Brien in the official trailer for Send Help.
20th Century Studios released the trailer for the upcoming film on Tuesday. Spider-Man and Evil Dead director Sam Raimi helmed the new, original darkly comedic psychological thriller film.
McAdams stars as Linda Liddle, a woman who works under her younger supervisor, Bradley Preston, an executive whom she isn’t quite fond of.
The pair ultimately “find themselves stranded on a deserted island after they are the only survivors of a plane crash,” according to an official synopsis. “On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it becomes an unsettling and darkly humorous battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.”
Raimi said in a press release that he’s “always loved stories where interesting, dynamic characters are pushed to extremes. In our story, the power shifts create an escalating situation that’s brimming with unexpected turns and suspense.”
The trailer starts with O’Brien’s Bradley telling McAdams’ Linda she needs to step it up at work, detailing complaints he has with her. We then see the duo on a private plane that crash lands into the ocean. After Linda survives, she washes ashore to find Bradley badly injured.
Linda nurses Bradley back to health while putting in work to make the island a more hospitable place to live.
“Getting us out of here, that should be your focus. Not being Suzy Homemaker over here,” Bradley says. “Let’s not forget, I’m your boss. You work for me.”
“We’re not in the office anymore, Bradley,” she responds.
Send Help crash lands into theaters on Jan. 30, 2026.
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Jeremy Allen White appears on ‘Good Morning America,’ Oct. 14, 2025. (ABC News)
Jeremy Allen White is opening up about playing “The Boss” in front of The Boss.
White joined Good Morning America Tuesday to discuss his upcoming role in the Bruce Springsteen biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, his relationship with his co-star Jeremy Strong, playing the guitar and more.
White said that at first, seeing Springsteen on set made it difficult to portray him.
“I think at first, like any job, you get to set, you’re feeling a little insecure, you’re trying to figure things out,” White recalled. “It was hard when I’m looking at the man across the way, and I know I’m not him, because I’m looking at him.”
The actor added that Springsteen’s presence on set soon became a benefit.
“He kept showing up, and it became more and more normal. And then I feel like it was necessary,” White said. “His presence was giving us all a lot of permission and making sure that we were staying on the honest path.”
White also discussed his relationship with Strong, who plays Springsteen’s manager and friend Jon Landau.
“I love Jeremy Strong so much. I’ve been an admirer of his for a very long time,” White said, adding that he had long desired to work alongside the Succession star. “He is so thorough in his approach. I just trusted him so quickly and immediately.”
White said Strong understood and empathized with the task White was taking on.
“I think he also saw that I was trying to portray Bruce Springsteen, and that was a difficult thing to do. There was a lot of pressure. I think Jeremy became this sort of protector, and caregiver for me during the process of making the movie,” White said, likening the relationship to the real-life Landau and Springsteen.
White also discussed learning guitar for the film, sharing that he had never picked up a guitar prior to preparing for the movie. He said he learned to play on an instrument Springsteen gave him personally.
White also recalled sharing his excitement for learning guitar with his instructor, who he said responded, “We don’t have time to learn how to play the guitar. I’m going to teach you how to play these five Bruce Springsteen songs and that’s it.”
“So I feel still very ill-equipped,” he added.
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere hits theaters Oct. 24.
Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers and Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson in ‘Stranger Things’ season 5. (Netflix)
The runtimes for the final episodes of Stranger Things have been revealed.
After it was falsely reported by several viral social media posts and a Puck News article from Oct. 6 that every single episode of the fifth and final season would run longer than 90 minutes, Stranger Things co-creator Ross Duffer took to Instagram on Monday to clear up the rumors.
“ACTUAL runtimes,” he captioned a video showing off the first four episode titles and their respective lengths.
The season 5 premiere, titled “The Crawl,” will run for one hour and eight minutes. Only the first part of episode 2’s title has been revealed; so far, we know it begins with “The Vanishing of …” and that the episode is 54 minutes long. Finally, episode 3 is called “The Turnbow Trap,” and will run for one hour and six minutes, while episode 4 is called “Sorcerer,” and lasts for one hour and 23 minutes.
Netflix is releasing season 5 in three different drops. The first four episodes arrive on Nov. 26, just ahead of Thanksgiving, while the following three episodes will debut on Dec. 25. The series finale of Stranger Things premieres on Dec. 31.
Returning for the final season are stars Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer and Joe Keery.
The Hawkins crew all work together to defeat the villainous Vecna and save their hometown once and for all in season 5.
“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.”
Alec Baldwin attends The Roundabout Gala 2023 at The Ziegfeld Ballroom on March 06, 2023 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)
Alec Baldwin crashed his car into a tree while driving in East Hampton on Monday, according to authorities.
The front of his SUV is dented but Baldwin is okay, authorities added.
Baldwin took to Instagram after the accident and briefly addressed what happened.
“I just want to post a quick message,” he began. “I got all these inquiries about my car thing this morning — I was in a car accident this morning. I’m fine.”
“My brother, Stephen, was out visiting me,” he added, saying that they spent the weekend at the Buffalo Film Festival.
He went on and said that a “garbage truck the size of a whale” cut him off on the road.
“To avoid hitting him, I hit a tree,” he said. “I hit a big, fat tree. And crushed my car — my wife’s car. I crashed my wife’s car. I feel bad about that. But it’s all fine, and I’m fine and my brother’s fine.”
He ended his message by thanking the East Hampton Police Department and Officer Gerken for “coming to my aid.” Baldwin said that he also filed a report with them.
“My wife’s car is pretty smashed up,” he said. “Pretty big tree, big fat tree.”
He added that he’s going to LA to see his family and “can’t wait.” He also mentioned how he’s “still so proud” of his wife, Hilaria Baldwin. She was recently voted off of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.
“Hilaria, I love you more than anything,” he said. “I’m very proud of you.”
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Nicholas Sparks poses at the opening night of the new musical based on the film ‘The Notebook’ on Broadway at The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on March 14, 2024, in New York City. (Bruce Glikas/WireImage via Getty Images)
Nicholas Sparks is known for his romance novels, many of which have been adapted into feature films. The author has teamed up with director M. Night Shyamalan for a new supernatural love story, and he recently told Variety the collaboration was a long time coming.
“A long time ago, way back when The Notebook was being adapted for the screen, they approached a writer to write the script — it was M. Night Shyamalan,” Sparks said to the outlet. “He was busy writing this movie, The Sixth Sense. I don’t know if you’ve heard of that movie. I wonder how that eventually did?”
Now, Sparks and Shyamalan have created the new book Remain, which debuts in bookstores on Tuesday. A film adaptation directed by Shyamalan starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor is also on the way.
The pair set out on their collaborative journey by pitching ideas that combined their respective genres: romance and sci-fi. Sparks wrote the novel based on an idea pitched by Shyamalan, and then Shyamalan wrote the film’s screenplay. Another concept, based on a pitch from Sparks, could be possible down the line, the author says.
“If this all works, and we’re in between projects we might do mine. It’s a good love story, little scary,” Sparks said.
As for spoiler-free teases of what fans can expect from Remain, Sparks opened up the possibility of the novel and the upcoming film adaptation not being exactly the same.
“One of the questions I asked Night about is, ‘Do you want the ending to be the same? Do you want the twist to be the same?’” Sparks said. “And we made a decision about that. You’ve gotta read the book and see the movie.”
Robert Irwin stars in season 34 of ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ (Disney/Andrew Eccles)
Robert Irwin is opening up about the “emotional week” he’s had in rehearsals ahead of Tuesday’s Dancing with the Stars dedication night.
The wildlife conservationist, who is competing on season 34 of the dance competition show, took to Instagram on Monday to share who he’s dedicating his dance to on the next episode.
“I’ve been thinking about my mum and her strength,” he wrote. “I’ve been reminiscing on the times we’ve spent as a family and how she has kept my dad part of my life.”
He continued, “This dance is for my mum, it’s for anyone who’s lost someone … and it’s for all the strong mothers of the world who deserve our recognition and appreciation.”
In his post, Robert shared a few black-and-white photos with his pro dance partner, Witney Carson, in the dance studio.
He also posted photos of him and his family when he was younger and a photo of him, mom Terri Irwin and Carson in the dance studio.
Robert is the son of the late Steve Irwin, who was known for his work as an environmentalist and for his documentary series The Crocodile Hunter. Steve died in 2006 from an injury caused by a stingray while filming off the coast of Australia.
Since Steve’s death, Robert, his mom and his sister, Bindi Irwin, have continued to honor his father’s legacy.
DWTS returns Tuesday with the 10 remaining couples paying tribute to the influential people in their lives with moving and meaningful performances, according to a description of the episode.
Former DWTS pro dancer Kym Johnson will also return to the show as a special guest judge.
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Glen Powell stars in ‘The Running Man.’ (Ross Ferguson/Paramount Pictures)
A new trailer for The Running Man has raced on to the scene.
Paramount Pictures released the new trailer for the upcoming Edgar Wright film on Monday.
Glen Powell stars in the movie as Ben Richards, who enters a televised competition to try to win a cash reward to save his sick daughter.
“In a near-future society, The Running Man is the top-rated show on television—a deadly competition where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins, with every move broadcast to a bloodthirsty public and each day bringing a greater cash reward,” according to the film’s official synopsis. “Ben Richards is convinced by the show’s charming but ruthless producer, Dan Killian (JoshBrolin), to enter the game as a last resort. But Ben’s defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into an unexpected fan favorite—and a threat to the entire system. As ratings skyrocket, so does the danger, and Ben must outwit not just the Hunters, but a nation addicted to watching him fall.”
The trailer finds Powell’s Ben going to extremes to stay alive as almost everybody he encounters tries to murder him. We see him jump out of an exploding car off of a bridge, evade innumerable gunshots and survive a burning building.
Also starring in the film are William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Emilia Jones, Michael Cera and Colman Domingo.
