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Sydney Sweeney and Stephen Colbert are among the big names set to present at the 77th Emmy Awards.

CBS and the Television Academy announced on Tuesday the stars who will present the golden statuettes at Sunday’s award ceremony.

Among the presenters are Tina Fey, Sterling K. Brown, Elizabeth Banks, Ike Barinholtz, Angela Bassett, Jason Bateman, Kathy Bates, Kristen Bell, Jennifer Coolidge, Alan Cumming, Eric Dane, Colman Domingo, Walton Goggins, Tony Goldwyn, Kathryn Hahn, Justin Hartley, Jude Law, James Marsden, Leanne Morgan, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Paulson, Parker Posey, Jeff Probst, Phylicia Rashad, Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, Michael Schur, Sofia Vergara and Jesse Williams.

There will also be a Gilmore Girls reunion, as both Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel are set to present ahead of the 25th anniversary of the beloved drama series.

Another TV mother-daughter duo presenting are Wednesday stars Jenna Ortega and Catherine Zeta-Jones. As for other presenters, Law & Order stars Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni are set to take the stage, as are Charlie Hunnam and Evan Peters. Hunnam is the star of the upcoming season of Netflix’s Monster series, while Peters is the show’s original lead.

Comedian Nate Bargatze hosts the Emmys live from the Peacock Theater in LA on Sunday. It airs on CBS and will stream on Paramount+.

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Dwayne Johnson is getting back in the ring with Benny Safdie. Deadline reports that Johnson is set to star in The Smashing Machine director’s next film, Lizard Music. Safdie will adapt the script from the novel by Daniel Pinkwater. Johnson will play Chicken Man in the film. The sci-fi novel follows the story of a young boy who gets involved with a group of intelligent lizards who tell him about an invasion from outer space …

Leanne is coming back for a sophomore season. Netflix has renewed the comedy series from Leanne Morgan for season 2. Chuck Lorre co-created and executive produces the show, which was inspired by Morgan’s stand-up. The 16-episode first season premiered on July 31. It follows a woman named Leanne whose world gets turned upside down when her husband of 33 years leaves her for another woman …

Cate Blanchett has found her next project. The actress is set to star in the new film Sweetstick. It comes from an original script by Alice Birch, who will make her directorial debut with the film. Sweetstick will be about a mercurial woman who has the gift of being able to see what others intimately need, often at a great personal cost, who journeys home …

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Kerry Washington has a few projects on the horizon, one of which is the upcoming movie Animals, directed by Ben Affleck. In an interview exclusive to InStyle, she talks about her role in the film and what it was like to work alongside the actor.

“I play Ben’s wife. I’m a mom and he’s running for mayor, and we have some unfortunate events unfold in our life with our kid,” she says of the plot, before praising Ben’s approach to directing. “[He is] a real actor’s director. He understands what it takes. We did a full week of rehearsal before filming even began, which is unheard of. It was so wonderful to really dig into these characters.”

Though she says she’s known Ben “in a Hollywood-casual way,” it wasn’t until she worked with him that she realized his height.

“He never seemed tall to me. Anytime I had ever been in a room with him, I was in heels at some fancy event. All of a sudden, I was six inches shorter than I normally am with him,” she shares of Ben, who she enjoyed getting to know.

“I learned so much from him as an actor and as a director,” the actress says. “I love the opportunities I’ve had to direct television. I’m open to—and kind of looking for—a feature. I was like, ‘I want to spend some time in the edit with you just to observe,’ because he is such an extraordinary talent.” 

Animals is just an example of the projects Kerry’s taking on her in this new chapter of her life, where she’s focused on accepting roles she’s creatively drawn to.

“I’m in a place where I’m more comfortable saying no for my inner artistry,” she says. “I want to be ambitious for things other than professional success: Ambitious for my kids, ambitious for my marriage, ambitious for life.”

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Jenny Slate is nominated for her first Emmy for her role in Dying for Sex.

Slate plays Nikki on the FX miniseries, and she told ABC Audio that, because she mostly lives in a small town in Massachusetts, she hasn’t been talking about the accomplishment all that much.

“It has been a lot of me privately trying to figure out what to do with the information. It’s flattering,” Slate said. “When I found out that people were talking about our show in terms of, like, maybe the show will get nominated for Emmys, that felt well-earned to me. It felt appropriate. But I also feel like I know myself enough to know that the prize always feels like getting another job.”

Slate said that while it is nice to feel celebrated by other people, the real prize is booking other jobs that can fulfill her the way Dying for Sex has.

“I, of course, want to be recognized in this way. I would never pretend that I didn’t. But I should also keep in mind that while I hope to be celebrated as much as I can and to celebrate this moment—it feels good to feel good about yourself—I think my eye is always on, OK, I just did this work, I loved it, how can I keep the bar this high, and continue going and be in the sights of the filmmakers, and writers and people making TV that I admire and keep working at this level?” Slate said.

All of the feelings she is experiencing with this Emmy nomination are new, she said.

“I play an adult woman dealing with real things based on a real, true, heartbreaking and joy-exploding story,” Slate said.

And while she’s been recognized for other projects in the past, “This is a really new area for me. And I feel like weirdly young about it [and] proud,” she said. (AUDIO IS ABC 1-ON-1)

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It seems the Saturday Night Live cast shake-ups are over.

The upcoming 51st season of the late-night comedy sketch series has finished announcing its new arrivals and departures, Variety reports.

Bowen Yang, Ego Nwodim, Chloe Fineman and Kenan Thompson are all set to return for the new season of the show, with Thompson back for a record-breaking 23rd season on the program.

Additionally, Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che are returning for season 51. They will host the beloved sketch for their 12th season together.

Also returning for season 51 are Mikey Day, Sarah Sherman, Marcello Hernández, Andrew Dismukes and James Austin Johnson. Ashley Padilla and Jane Wickline, who joined the cast during season 50, are also coming back to the show for another season.

As previously reported, new faces joining the cast are Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska. Please Don’t Destroy member Ben Marshall has also joined the show’s cast. The sketch comedy trio will be split up with Martin Herlihy on the SNL writing staff and John Higgins departing the show.

Additionally, Heidi Gardner, Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow and Emil Wakim have all departed the cast ahead of the new season.

Season 51 of SNL premieres Oct. 4 on NBC.

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We have our first look at Tim Robinson‘s latest comedy series, The Chair Company.

HBO has released brand-new images as well as the premiere date for the show, which was created by Robinson and his I Think You Should Leave collaborator Zach Kanin.

The Chair Company will debut Oct. 12 on HBO. It will also be available to stream on HBO Max. New episodes of the eight-episode season will premiere weekly leading up to the finale on Nov. 30.

The show follows a man, played by Robinson, who finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy after he has an embarrassing incident at work.

Robinson stars as William Ronald Trosper in the series, which also features Lake Bell as Barb Trosper, Sophia Lillis as Natalie Trosper, Will Price as Seth Trosper and Joseph Tudisco as Mike Santini.

Lou Diamond Phillips also appears in the show in the recurring role of Jeff Levjman.

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The official teaser trailer for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery has arrived.

Netflix released the first teaser for director Rian Johnson‘s third film about Detective Benoit Blanc on Monday.

Daniel Craig reprises his role as the Southern crime solver in this highly anticipated sequel. Josh O’Connor also stars as the young priest Jud Duplenticy, who has been assigned to assist Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin) in a small church in upstate New York. The film also features Glenn Close, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.

“After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott (Kunis) to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic,” the film’s official synopsis reads.

The trailer reveals that it is Jefferson Wicks’ death that Benoit Blanc is investigating.

“This murder was dressed as a miracle. But what happened that night is a much, much larger scheme,” Craig’s Benoit Blanc says in the trailer. “To understand this case we need to look at the myth that’s being constructed. A man gives a sermon. He then, in plain sight of everyone, walks into a sealed concrete box. And 30 seconds later, than man is lying dead. A classic impossible crime.”

Netflix previously announced that Wake Up Dead Man will get a limited, two-week theatrical release starting on Nov. 26. This will come ahead of its streaming debut on Dec. 12.

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Season 2 of The Couple Next Door is coming to Starz. The relationship drama features an all-new cast this time around, including Annabel Scholey, Sam Palladio, Aggy K. Adams and Sendhil Ramamurthy. It premieres Sept. 19. Season 1 of the series starred Outlander’s Sam Heughan and Poldark‘s Eleanor Tomlinson … 

Netflix has picked up Saturn Return, a new film with Rachel Brosnahan, Charles Melton and Will Poulter attached to star. The film, according to Deadline, is a romance set in Chicago that follows young college love into adulthood …

Kurt Russell is gearing up for the Yellowstone spinoff series The Madison, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The actor joins the new Taylor Sheridan show as both a cast member and an executive producer. The show stars Michelle Pfeiffer and is described as “a heartfelt study of grief and human connection following a New York City family in the Madison River valley of central Montana.” It’s one of several Yellowstone spinoffs in the works, including Y: Marshals and a spinoff with the working title Dutton Ranch …

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The Conjuring: Last Rites, the ninth film in the Conjuring universe, scared its way to the top of the box office this weekend. According to Box Office Mojo, the film, starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, brought in $83 million in its debut to land at #1.

According to Variety, the box office take is a record for the franchise, surpassing the 2019 Conjuring spinoff, The Nun, which opened with $53.8 million.

Coming in at #2 this weekend was the theatrical release of the Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton, which brought in $10 million. The film, which has been available to view on Disney+ since 2020, is a recording of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s hit Broadway musical featuring its original cast.

Following three non-consecutive weekends at #1, the horror film Weapons dropped down to #3 with a $5.37 million box office take, followed by Freakier Friday at #4 with $3.8 million and Caught Stealing at #5 with $3.2 million.

The only other new movie to land in the top 10 this weekend was the animated Christian film Light of the World at #9, with $2.4 million.

Here are the top-10 films at the box office:

1. The Conjuring: Last Rites – $83 million
2. Hamilton – $10 million
3. Weapons– $5.37 million
4. Freakier Friday– $3.8 million
5. Caught Stealing– $3.2 million
6. The Roses– $2.8 million
7. The Fantastic Four: First Steps– $2.75 million
8. The Bad Guys 2– $2.45 million
9. Light of the World – $2.4 million
10. Superman – $1 million

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The popular video game franchise Life Is Strange is being adapted into a TV series for Prime Video.

The story revolves around a photography student named Max who discovers she can rewind time when she saves the life of her childhood best friend, Chloe.

“As she struggles to understand this new skill, the pair investigate the mysterious disappearance of a fellow student, uncovering a dark side to their town that will ultimately force them to make an impossible life or death choice that will impact them forever,” the description reads.

Charlie Covell is on board as the creator, executive producer and showrunner. Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap is among the show’s producing partners, along with Amazon MGM Studios.

“It’s a huge honor to be adapting Life Is Strange for Amazon MGM Studios,” Covell says in a statement. “I am a massive fan of the game, and I’m thrilled to be working with the incredible teams at Square Enix, Story Kitchen and LuckyChap. I can’t wait to share Max and Chloe’s story with fellow players and new audiences alike.”

The game was first released in 2015. No word yet on casting or when the show will premiere.

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