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It has been almost a year since fans began to worry about Swamp People star Joey Edgar and his massive weight loss. At the time, fans were worried that he was undergoing some serious medical problems and began to think the worst. In this week’s episode, he finally opened up about the weight loss, and it isn’t as bad as many might have thought.

Here is what caused Joey’s weight loss and what it means for his role as a gator hunter.

Joey Edgar Reveals Cause Of Drastic Weight Loss

The news just broke that Joey Edgar’s daughter Kallie is joining Swamp People with her dad. This is great news as the Edgar family has always been part of the reality TV series, and this keeps up that tradition. However, this news was also joined by something Joey said about his dramatic weight loss on the show this week.

Mother Nature’s fury is being felt like never before for the Southern Louisana alligator hunters of Swamp People. The hit History series returns for Season 16 as record-hot Atlantic and Gulf waters have created devastating weather patterns. The exclusive teaser provided to TV Insider below shows how these violent storms and tidal surges could threaten to cut the gator season short. Despite the obstacles, Troy Landry leveled up with 800 tags to fill and added two new boats to do it. Don Brewer was promoted to captain and running one boat alongside Troy’s nephew Calum Landry and Chase Landry, the youngest son of the “King of the Swamp,” heading up the other. Jacob Landry brought on “Little Willie” Edwards as his new deckhand. Of course, Troy will again be joined by Cheyenne “Pickle” Wheat on his adventures. Daniel Edgar enlisted Zak Cathmen as his new deckhand while Joey Edgar gave...

Bringing Up Bates star Kelly Jo Bates continues to keep fans in touch about her family since the cancellation of their reality show in 2021. The 58-year-old mom is usually the one who shares updates about her younger children who still live with her. One of her latest updates was about Callie receiving a very important item from her grandmother, Mama Jane. Keep reading to see what it was.

Bringing Up Bates: How’s Callie Bates Today?

Callie is the seventeenth child of Gil and Kelly Jo. Unfortunately, she has yet to have her own social media account due to her young age. However, Kelly Jo never forgets to share updates about her 15-year-old daughter. In August, the Bringing Up Bates star shared a lengthy message for Callie as she celebrated her birthday. According to Kelly Jo, Callie is one of the most “sensitive” and “thoughtful” people she knows. Kelly...

Every so often, a TV show goes completely off the rails, delivering an episode so strange, it feels like we’ve slipped into another dimension.

Whether it’s a surreal musical interlude, a trippy black-and-white homage, or a storyline that still has fans scratching their heads, these episodes broke the mold, giving us unforgettable — and often baffling — moments.

They pushed characters into uncharted territory, twisted the show’s usual format, and left us all wondering, “Did that really just happen?”

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Some of these episodes were bold experiments; others felt like fever dreams that somehow made it through the writer’s room.

While they’ve since faded into TV history, their weirdness sticks with us, reminding us of a time when TV wasn’t afraid to take a risk.

From supernatural crossovers to unsettling dream sequences, here’s a look back at the wildest, strangest, and most unexpected episodes...

After Kurtwood Smith announced that Netflix had canceled That ’90s Show after two seasons, his co-stars took to the comments to share their reactions.

Mace Coronel, who played Jay Kelso, said, “Such an honor to meet and work with you.”

Smith replied, “Mace, you’re a wonderful young man with a ton of talent to go along with it… it was [a] pleasure every day to see and work with you! Thanks for all those good days!”

Coronel’s character was the son of Ashton Kutcher’s Michael Kelso and Mila Kunis’ Jackie Burkhart.

Callie Haverda, who played Leia Forman, the daughter of Topher Grace’s Eric Forman and Laura Prepon’s Donna Pinciotti, also had some kind words for Smith, who played her grandfather Red Forman.

“The best TV grandpa I could’ve asked for,” Haverda said.

Smith wrote back, “…and there couldn’t be a better TV granddaughter! Callie,...

There have been many characters on Grey’s Anatomy over the years. Some of them have become beloved, fan favorites. Others have been characters we would love to forget existed and never see again.

As the new season of Grey’s Anatomy has started, we’re taking a look at the most hated characters every to grace our screens. This is updated to the Season 21 premiere, but we won’t share any spoilers from that episode if you haven’t caught up. It’s only about the characters and how they became so hated.

Leah Murphy

Leah Murphy was one of the new interns who came in after Magic sat the boards and moved on up the career ladder. She immediately proved to be a problematic, showing that she didn’t really belong there. She used her connections with Mark Sloan to get into the program.

Then she became clingy after sleeping with Arizona.

Writer/director Alex Garland explored the near future in two of his previous three features. In Ex MacHina he pondered the possibilities of emerging technology and the rise of sentient artificial beings. Then in Annihilation, he tackled the results of alien contact and the impact on the ecology and the military response to it. With this new film, Garland goes “back to the future”, though it’s not centuries ahead, but rather a time that could be “just around the corner”, spawned from events happening right now. And it’s not gizmos or ETs that propel the cautionary fable. No, it’s the dangers of hatred and intolerance that divide the country and lead to a Civil War. It’s not the first time, but it could be the last…

We’re not shown the causes or origin (no “first shot heard ’round the world” flashback). Instead, we’re “backstage...

Bringing Up Bates star Katie Bates Clark likes to share adorable content with her daughter, Hailey. The 23-year-old mom made headlines after sharing the gorgeous first birthday party of her only child. However, some Redditors think Katie is showing signs that her daughter is about to have a new sibling. Keep reading to see why some people think the 11th Bates child is hinting at pregnancy.

Bringing Up Bates: Katie Bates Shares First Travel As A Family Of Three

Katie recently took to social media to share their first trip as a family of three. According to the Bringing Up Bates star, Travis surprised her with a getaway trip to make up for their canceled anniversary. Katie had to cancel all their plans earlier this year after undergoing kidney stone surgery. Many were also impressed that the married couple was already traveling just a few days after relocating to Tennessee.

Sffilm on Wednesday unveiled the program slate of the Sloan Science in Cinema Initiative at the 67th San Francisco International Film Festival, which runs April 24–28. Presented in a partnership between the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Sffilm, this year’s program includes three films and participation by Sloan fellows and grant recipients at events throughout the festival.

Curated programs include three titles selected by Jessie Fairbanks, Sffilm’s Director of Programming. First is the world premiere of On the Invention of Species from director Tania Hermida, also being honored as the 2024 recipient of the Sffilm Sloan Science on Screen Award. This award carries a $5,000 cash prize and celebrates the compelling depiction of scientific themes or characters in a narrative feature film.

On the Invention of Species follows Carla, while on the cusp of womanhood and grappling with the loss of her brother, finds herself adrift on the historic archipelago that...

Arizona Robbins made her grand return.

But did her reappearance on Grey's Anatomy Season 20 Episode 4 live up to the hype? Elsewhere, Lucas moves in with Amelia, and Jules deals with her brother in a pretty uneventful episode.

Join Haley Whitmire White, Sara Trimble, and Lucy Peel as they discuss the hour.

What are your thoughts on Arizona's big return? Do you feel like there were some missed opportunities?

Haley: I love Arizona, and I've missed her. It was great to see her back, especially in the capacity of a world-renowned fetal surgeon.

It's amazing to see how far her career has come. But yes, I definitely think there were some missed opportunities. Why didn't anyone ask about how Callie and Sofia were doing?

It seems weird that none of that would get brought up. Are Callie and Arizona together? Come on, now. I need answers.

Related: Grey's Anatomy How Arizona's...

This article contains spoilers for Grey’s Anatomy season 20 episode 4.

Fans were introduced to the character of Dr. Arizona Robbins, portrayed beautifully by Jessica Capshaw, back in season 5 of Grey’s Anatomy. Over the years, many felt seen through the character because, as the actress wrote on her Instagram, Arizona was one of the first members of the LGBTQ+ community to be represented in a series regular role on network television, making her impact on the world “permanent and forever.” So when her character left in the season 14 finale, it left a big hole in the medical drama.

Thankfully, she wasn’t killed off. Instead, Arizona decided to move to New York for the sake of her daughter, who needs both of her parents. She teams up with Dr. Nicole Herman (Geena Davis) to start the Robbins/Herman Center for Women’s Health, where she will perform fetal surgery, and launch her maternal mortality prevention program.

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Twd: The Ones Who Live, All American and Bob Hearts Abishola!

1 | So, Mr. Plankton starring Grey’s Anatomy’s Alex Landi isn’t a SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff…?

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2 | Does SmackDown‘s newest recruit Jade Cargill know how to make an entrance or what?...

Arizona Robbins brought a little bit of magic back to Grey's Anatomy.

The blonde Peds Goddess made a triumphant return during Grey's Anatomy Season 20 Episode 4, and while the interns weren't the least bit impressed with her ability to pull off a miracle.

It was hard for viewers not to be impressed with this fan-favorite character making a big return after her controversial departure during Grey's Anatomy Season 14.

For the most part, it was an understated return for her, and the vibe of the hour overall was as well.

But it was still a solid enough hour that delivered some nostalgia, even if it left us hanging about a few things.

One of our most pressing questions was whether Arizona and Callie found their way back to each other after she made the big move to the Big Apple to be closer to Sophia.

Shockingly, they didn't squeeze in a single...

Spoiler Alert! This post contains details from Thursday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy.

Paging Dr. Arizona Robbins!

Jessica Capshaw made her return to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital on Thursday night’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Naturally, the case involved fetal medicine, which she’s still been pursuing and advancing since she moved to New York with her daughter Sofia to be closer to her ex Callie.

In this episode, Arizona is called back to Seattle to perform groundbreaking surgery on a fetus with a brain abnormality that would likely result in the baby’s death upon birth.

She teams up with Grey Sloan’s chief neurosurgeon Dr. Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) to essentially perform a miracle and, in the process, inject some faith back into the rest of the staff at the hospital after a series of trying cases. And, of course, she challenges a bit of authority along the way,...

With Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) coming back to Grey Sloan during the April 4 episode of Grey’s Anatomy, we’ve all wondered if Callie (Sara Ramírez) will join her. Well, Season 20 showrunner Meg Marinis has the answer: Unfortunately, Callie will not appear in the episode. Marinis told TV Line that “there are so many [alumni], and everyone has busy careers and schedules,” so Ramírez was unable to return. Arizona’s reason for coming back to Grey Sloan is “really connected” to her specialty as a pediatric surgeon, so it “made sense” in this case for Callie’s absence. “We have an open-door policy here,” Marinis said about former cast members returning. “We always want to see old characters come back and interact with the new characters.” According to ABC’s description of Season 20 Episode 4, Arizona “returns to Grey Sloan for a particularly complicated case. The interns are interrogated about their past mistakes, while...

There isn’t much dialogue in Anthony Chen’s 2023 drama film, Drift. For most of its runtime, it remains extremely quiet—so much so that it tends to get on your nerves to some extent. The big reveal in the end is an absolute gut punch, which practically elevates the narrative. Yet, so many things remain half-baked here, which is not exactly a good sign. There’s nothing wrong with not revealing too much information and letting the audience connect the dots, but the amount of information this film withholds from us is quite frustrating and only leaves us confused. One might argue that Drift is more of a character study of Cynthia Erivo’s Jacqueline than a film focused on finding out what really happened to her, but that doesn’t really justify the really bland narrative that mostly depends on the performance of Erivo and a spirited Alia Shawkat.

Bringing Up Bates stars Gil and Kelly Jo Bates are making many of their fans curious as they continue to stay Mia from some of their kids’ big events. One of them was during a big birthday party held by Alyssa Bates and John Webster for their daughters. Another married couple also made a major decision recently, but Gil and Kelly Jo are still nowhere to be found. Until recently, some Redditors began to speculate that something may be up behind the cameras. Keep reading to see the possible reason behind Gil and Kelly Jo’s sudden absence online.

Bringing Up Bates: Gil and Kelly Jo Bates’ Ig Continues To Stay Active

Despite missing many family gatherings and occasions, Gil and Kelly Jo continue to stay active online. But the Bringing Up Bates stars don’t upload photos of themselves. Instead, the married couple often sends heartwarming messages to their kids and grandkids,...

Cynthia Erivo in Drift

Singaporean director Anthony Chen’s fourth feature, Drift, continues his interest in the archetypal ‘outsider.’ The story centres on Jacqueline (Cynthia Erivo), a young refugee who arrives on a Greek island. She’s trying not only to survive her present but to confront her past. When she strikes up an unexpected friendship with tour-guide Callie (Alia Shawkat), the pair help one another look to the future.

In conversation with Eye For Film, Chen discussed the rejuvenating presence of cinema, his decision to take a leap of faith, and being open to divine intervention.

Drift

Paul Risker: Why film as a means of creative expression? Was there an inspirational or defining moment?

Anthony Chen: All I know is cinema is so connected to my life that I can't see myself doing anything else. Every time I'm feeling down, every time I'm struggling, or I've lost faith in what I do,...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” a sequel to the reboot of 2021, which was adapted from the 1984 classic and featuring OGs Bill Murray, Dan Akyroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson. In theaters since March 22nd.

Rating: 2.5/5.0

The new crew are relatives of Egon Spengler (the late Harold Ramis character), including daughter Callie (Carrie Coon) and her kids Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and science nerd Phoebe (Mckenna Grace), now in New York City with step dad Gary (Paul Rudd). They’re also living in the original firehouse headquarters, where they are busted by City Hall after a ghost chase destroys several blocks. They find out … through an ancient round orb sold to Og Buster Ray (Akyroyd) by Nadeem (Kumail Nanjiani) that the site of the firehouse is a portal to the ghost world. So through a ghost that Phoebe befriends named Melody (Emily Alyn Lind...

The Ghostbusters: Afterlife (watch it Here) sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (which, of course, also serves as a sequel to the original Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II) is now in theatres – and in the review of the film that was written by JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray (you can read it at This Link), Bumbray said that it feels like it was “aimed at building the franchise out more extensively.” While talking to The Hollywood Reporter, franchise co-creator Dan Aykroyd hinted that we could see the franchise expand with globe-trotting adventures.

Aykroyd said, “We like New York, but that’s not to say that we couldn’t make New York the base and travel off somewhere else. But… hey, there are ghosts around the world.“

While the first two films and Frozen Empire are set in New York, Afterlife took place in Oklahoma. It sounds like Aykroyd wouldn’t mind seeing the...

Ghostbusting is back at the box office!

“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” the fifth and latest movie in the frightening franchise, has made $4.7 million at the box office in Thursday previews.

Sony and Columbia Pictures’ new movie, which reunites the original stars of the ’80s classic and the cast from the 2021 “Afterlife” sequel, is expected to top the box office this weekend with an opening between $43 million and $45 million. That launch is in line with the previous film that revived the franchise, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” which had a $45 million opening amid the pandemic. “Frozen Empire” will need to outperform its predecessor to turn a profit due to its $100 million price tag (“Afterlife” only cost $75 million).

“Frozen Empire’s” Thursday box office haul is slightly up from “Afterlife,” which made $4.5 million in previews back in 2021. At the end of its run, “Afterlife” made $129.3 million in North America and $204 million worldwide.

Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon,...

Janine (Annie Potts), Peter (Bill Murray), Ray (Dan Aykroyd) and Winston (Ernie Hudson) in Columbia Pictures Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

Suit up! Even though spring has finally sprung it doesn’t mean that all the spooks and specters are hiding out or in hibernation until the Fall and their holiday Halloween. And you know who you’re “gonna’ call”. Yes, it’s the return of a much-beloved film franchise, opting for an “earlier than Summer” release. Well, they are celebrating a rather big anniversary. Mind you, it’s just a few months short of three years since the last installment/revival/spin-off. No, I’m talking about the original, still-revered comedy/horror hybrid classic which will soon be forty years “young”. So, let’s fire up Ecto-1 and see what the new teams and the OGs are up to in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

After a wild prologue involving a certain NYC...

Like with basically every new Ghostbusters movie, I was skeptical but optimistic heading into the latest installment, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. The original is perhaps my favorite comedy of all time but its follow-ups have always felt lacking to one degree or another. Ghostbusters II is a lazy retread with only a handful of good moments, while the 2016 film suffers from a lack of confidence in its own genuinely creative ideas and falls back on nostalgia in the process. And Afterlife suffered a similar but not as extreme fate, in addition to never quite escaping from under the weight of its massive tone problem.

But now, forty years after the original with a fresh and talented new cast joining a few familiar faces, has Frozen Empire finally figured out the secret to a truly great Ghostbusters sequel? Has the series finally stopped relying on nostalgia, ready to move forward with a...

Major spoilers follow.

Ever since a quartet of blue-collar fringe science-exploring schlubs first formed an organization known as the Ghostbusters back in 1984, the Ray Parker Jr.-led refrain of "Who ya gonna call?" has been both a promise and a cross to bear. While the original 'Busters (and their female counterparts from 2016) have continually struggled to convince themselves and others that non-corporeal entities are very real and need to be handled, they've also been burdened with the fact that ghostbusting is a full-time job with few tangible benefits. In essence, everyone from Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Raymond Stanz (Dan Aykroyd), Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) to Phoebe Spengler (Mckenna Grace), her mother Callie (Carrie Coon), and others have been so continually preoccupied with the afterlife that they've barely carved out a present life for themselves.

That's the dilemma facing all of the people who call themselves Ghostbusters in the latest installment of the franchise,...

Finn Wolfhard, Celeste O’Connor, Paul Rudd, Kamail Nanjiani, Logan Kim, and Carrie Coon in ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’

To succeed, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire needed to be fun and capture the spirit of the original Ghostbusters. It was and it did – with caveats. Seeing the Og Ghostbusters team strapping on their proton packs was a hoot, but this latest installment in the franchise made some odd plot choices. It also sticks around half an hour too long.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, a direct sequel to Afterlife, finds the Spengler family – teens Phoebe and Trevor, plus mom Callie – and former teacher-turned-ghostbuster Gary Grooberson moving into the iconic NYC headquarters. The foursome’s kept hopping, responding to kooky undead creatures, including a sewer dragon. If there’s something strange in the neighborhood, they’re on the case. Why? As Gary says, quoting the “Ghostbusters” lyrics, because bustin’ makes him feel good. (That’s just one...

When Gil Kenan co-wrote Ghostbusters: Afterlife with his creative partner Jason Reitman, they knew full well that they were penning a touching tribute to Ghostbusters co-creator Harold Ramis and his character of Egon Spengler. Upon the release of Afterlife in November 2021, they ramped up their efforts to crack the story that would eventually become its sequel, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, however, just a few months later, another Ghostbusters co-creator, Ivan Reitman, passed away, turning Frozen Empire into an homage to the beloved filmmaker.

As it turned out, Kenan and Jason Reitman had the chance to share their Frozen Empire story outline with Ivan before he passed on.

“We pitched an almost complete version of this film’s story outline to Ivan before his passing, and that was really meaningful,” Kenan tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Obviously, we didn’t know that he wouldn’t be with us for the film, but his...

Forty years ago, four men put on uniforms, came up with a catchy logo — a startled specter in a red circle with a slash going through it, no big whoop — strapped on some proton packs and saved New York City from an evil deity holed up in a penthouse. They were brave, they were bold, they were smartasses and, we can’t stress this part enough, they weren’t ‘fraid of no ghosts. It’s not a Stay Puft Marshmellow Man-sized leap to say that Ivan Reitman’s original Ghostbusters changed Hollywood blockbusters.

Carrie Coon is pleased that her 'Ghostbusters' character is "grounded in reality".The 43-year-old actress returns as Callie Spengler in 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' and praised the film's writers for making her alter ego a mother with flaws.Carrie told The Hollywood Reporter: "Callie feels like a very real mom who's maybe not always great at the job, and makes mistakes and has to make repairs."That, to me, feels really grounded in reality in a way that movie moms aren't always, especially when they're serving a function in a story like Callie kind of is in this second film."And so I just appreciate that (co-writers Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan) are always writing a family dynamic that feels like it could be very, very real, even though we're busting ghosts."The 'Gone Girl' actress has admiration for Jason after he handed the...

The new film in the “Ghostbusters” series, a sequel to the reboot of the franchise – Ghostbusters: Afterlife – continues the goodwill and fan service carried out by Jason Reitman’s 2021 film. This time around though, Reitman assumes the role of producer/co-writer and hands the reigns of the series off to director Gil Kenan. The result – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire – again plays as a well-meaning and, overall, rather entertaining ode to the original films and any nostalgia the viewer may have for the property itself.

In Frozen Empire, the Spengler family have assumed the mantle of “official” Ghostbusters and now operate out of the iconic New York City firehouse. Initially things seem to be going well for the new team, but when an evil force is mistakenly unleashed from an ancient artifact, the current crop of Ghostbusters must again enlist their predecessors to prevent the world from falling into a second Ice Age.

On March 21, 2004, HBO introduced audiences to the frontier outpost of Deadwood, where the Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane series ran for three seasons. Fifteen years after its premiere it was revived as a standalone movie on the premium cabler. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review of season one is below:

David Milch, executive producer of NYPD Blue and, before that, Hill Street Blues, has spent years looking at society from the perspective of those who enforce its laws and impose order. His new series, Deadwood, imagines a world without law, a world ruled only by the conscience of individuals, many of whom have none. The result is a Western unlike most others. It is brutal, passionate, heroic, tragic, blanketed by coarseness and always fascinating, though some times morbidly so.

Although it would be just as solid a drama if it were cut from whole cloth, Deadwood is deeply rooted in historical reality.

It’s been almost forty years since Ghostbusters introduced the plucky foursome fumbling their way through spectral encounters, using a now iconic Manhattan firehouse as their operations base. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, set two years after the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, further entrenches the Spengler family and newcomers into the franchise by returning to where it all began: New York City. Frozen Empire offers familiar set pieces, references, and easter eggs aplenty, but the nostalgia tank is now running on empty.

Phoebe (Mckenna Grace), Trevor (Finn Wolfhard), mom Callie (Carrie Coon), and stepdad Gary (Paul Rudd) have adjusted well to life as Ghostbusters in the rundown yet classic firehouse. So well, in fact, that their latest paranormal capture caused enough city damage to put them in the crosshairs of Walter “Dickless” Peck (William Atherton). That’s not the only source of trouble for the new team; the firehouse’s containment unit is at capacity and struggling.

With "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," director Jason Reitman sparked a new direction for the sci-fi comedy franchise pioneered by his father, filmmaker Ivan Reitman. Much like the younger Reitman taking the reins of his father's cinematic history, the film grappled with the legacy of the movies that came before by delivering an Amblin-esque family adventure soaked in the nostalgia of the original "Ghostbusters." The result landed somewhere in the middle of being wonderfully entertaining and borderline self-indulgent, and that's coming from someone who has nothing but respect for the groundbreaking 1984 hit that came before it. 

Two years later, the spook-nabbing franchise is continuing with "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire," this time directed by "Monster House" filmmaker Gil Kenan. Leaving behind the dusty, rural Oklahoma setting of "Afterlife," the sequel brings the action back to New York City, where the unconventional Spengler family have been handed the baton, or rather neutron wand, of the original Ghostbusters.

Despite some decent gags there’s very little life left in the tired franchise – it feels like it’s run its course and it’s time to think of something new

The ice age of intellectual property dullness shivers on … and on. The franchise frostbite is setting in; the limbs of once decent films are turning black, but not being amputated. Now the Ghostbusters series is limping back with a new and pointless movie, this one featuring a ghost whose purpose is that it basically freezes stuff. It is effectively Ghostbusters 4 – or Ghostbusters 5 if you count the (funny) all-female reboot from 2016, which this franchise clearly doesn’t; the women of that movie are very much not among the legacy-oldsters now invited back for cameos. There are one or two laughs here and an attempt at a queer romance, but no real signs of life.

Well, at least one thing has been fixed.

Phoebe Spengler knows who she is and what she wants and she doesn’t care what any of the dumb grown-ups think. Despite banishment from all Ghostbusting activities by her mother Callie, and also by the mayor of New York City, Phoebe decides to deal with a spirit sighting in a diner. She grabs her proton pack and marches her 15-year-old self to the scene of the haunting, brimming with teenage angst.

To anyone old enough to have watched the first Ghostbusters when it became a phenomenon in 1984, Phoebe might seem like an entitled brat, a spoiled Gen Z kid who approaches the supernatural not with wonder or wry humor, but with a temper tantrum. But for those who watch Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire not as an exercise in nostalgia, but as a proper film with its own character arcs and story beats, then Phoebe’s act of defiance offers the...

In Ivan Reitman’s 1989 sequel “Ghostbusters II,” a river of psychomagnotheric slime zipping underneath New York City gets charged up by the collectively angry feelings of the city’s addled citizens which, in turn, helps power up various evil spirits. A similar idea is at play in Gil Kenan’s “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” itself a sequel to (we’re already guessing) a more-liked first film (2021’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”), in which a nasty spirit attempts to kill off the human population by the power of, essentially, bad vibes.

Of course, that basic baddie bit isn’t the only similarity between Kenan’s film and the rest of the original “Ghostbusters” franchise. Such is the world of the legacyequel. But it provides the best roadmap for what Kenan and co-screenwriter Jason Reitman were attempting in their first follow-up to a mostly amiable reboot. A little winking and nodding to what came before?...

Quite alarmingly, the fifth entry in the Ghostbusters series — following straight on from the unexpectedly charming Afterlife — starts by quoting all 51 words of Robert Frost’s 1923 poem Fire and Ice, which posits two very different apocalyptic scenarios for the end of the world. Has the franchise suddenly fallen prey to the glum Christopher Nolanization of what we used to think of as bubblegum entertainment? Is Paul Feig’s controversial 2016 all-female iteration about to be frozen out of the canon? Will it be worthy and … boring?

Well, if you liked Afterlife, and not everybody did, the answer is no. It is confusing at times, and not everything works, but Frozen Empire does a very good job of keeping the flame alive, 40 years after the fact. As opposed to The Dial of Destiny, which leaned way too hard into the modern-day appeal of an action hero who’s now 80, the new-era Ghostbusters...

The Ghostbusters universe seems to be getting awfully crowded. The latest film in the franchise, celebrating its 40th anniversary (gulp), features a plethora of ghostbusters old and new, including the surviving members of the original cast, the characters introduced in 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and a variety of eccentric new figures who are bound to figure in future installments. The only ones left out, it would seem, are the female ghostbusters from 2016’s unfairly maligned reboot, who should at least have merited a respectful cameo.

Nonetheless, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire tries hard, very hard, to satisfy the series’ fans with plenty of nostalgic throwbacks and mainly succeeds. It’s not nearly as good as the classic 1984 original, but then again, neither was 1989’s Ghostbusters II, and that one was directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, all of whom were responsible for the original. So the fact...

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is about to unleash all kinds of ghouls on New York City once more – with two generations of ‘busters ready to battle them, no less. As well as continuing the adventures of the young Spenglers – and Paul Rudd’s Gary Grooberson – the original gang is back in the Firehouse. Empire caught up with them for our world-exclusive Frozen Empire issue, getting the inside scoop on the film, the characters’ much-anticipated returns – and all other kinds of spooky business. Read Empire’s conversation with Annie Potts here – discussing Janine becoming an official Ghostbuster, the quotes fans always say to her, and making a Ghostbusters film without Ivan Reitman.

Originally published in the March 2024 issue of Empire.

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Empire: How did you react when you heard Janine was going to be suiting up for this one?

Annie Potts: It came as a real surprise. We were weeks into shooting...

Chrissy Metz (in her first post-This Is Us TV role), Katie Lowes (Scandal), Jaime Ray Newman (Eastwick) and George Ferrier (One of Us Is Lying) all have joined the upcoming Starz drama The Hunting Wives, as series regulars.

They join a cast that already includes Malin Åkerman, Brittany Snow, Dermot Mulroney and Evan Jonigkeit.

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Based on the novel of the same name by May Cobb,...

The upcoming Starz series “The Hunting Wives” has added four new series regulars to its cast.

Chrissy Metz, Jaime Ray Newman, Katie Lowes and George Ferrier have all joined the series, alongside previously announced cast members Malin Åkerman, Brittany Snow, Dermot Mulroney and Evan Jonigkeit.

The official description for “The Hunting Wives” reveals that the drama series “tells the story of Sophie (Snow) and her family’s move from the East Coast to deep East Texas, where she succumbs to socialite Margo Bank’s (Akerman) irresistible charms – and finds her life consumed by obsession, seduction, and murder.”

The series is based on the novel by May Cobb, who serves as an executive producer. Production recently began in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Metz joins the series in the role of Starr, described as “the mother of Abby, a proud working-class woman and staunch Christian. Although she’s active at church and her...

Chrissy Metz (This Is Us), Jaime Ray Newman (Dopesick), Katie Lowes (Scandal), and George Ferrier (One of Us Is Lying) have been cast as series regulars in Starz’s upcoming drama series The Hunting Wives, alongside previously announced Malin Åkerman, Brittany Snow, Dermot Mulroney, and Evan Jonigkeit. Production is underway in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Written by Rebecca Cutter based on May Cobb’s novel of the same name, The Hunting Wives tells the story of Sophie O’Neil (Snow) and her family’s move from the East Coast to deep East Texas, where she succumbs to socialite Margo Bank’s (Åkerman) irresistible charms – and finds her life consumed by obsession, seduction and murder.

Metz plays Starr. Abby’s mother, a proud working-class woman and staunch Christian. Although she’s active at church and her daughter dates the star point guard Brad, she is not welcomed in the high-society world of the Hunting Wives.

Starz is adding to the cast of its forthcoming thriller The Hunting Wives.

Chrissy Metz, Jaime Ray Newman, Katie Lowes and George Ferrier have joined the ensemble for the drama series, based on May Cobb’s novel. The cast for the series from Lionsgate Television and 3 Arts Entertainment also includes Malin Akerman, Brittany Snow, Dermot Mulroney, and Evan Jonigkeit.

The Hunting Wives, which has started production in Charlotte, North Carolina, follows Sophie O’Neill (Snow), who moves with her family from the East Coast to deep East Texas, where she succumbs to socialite Margo Bank’s (Akerman) irresistible charms — and finds her life consumed by obsession, seduction, and murder.

This Is Us star Metz will play Starr, a proud working-class woman who’s active in her church and whose daughter, Abby, is dating the star point guard Brad (Ferrier, Netflix’s Sweet Tooth), but who isn’t welcome in the...

This article contains spoilers through Grey’s Anatomy season 17.

Dr. Alex Karev, brought to life by Justin Chambers, is one of Grey’s Anatomy’s most dynamic characters, permanently leaving a mark on the series even after his exit. While he started off as a jerk back in season one, he quickly became a fan favorite as we peeled back the layers of who he actually was.

Against all odds, he didn’t just survive his time at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, but thrived. Not only was he Meredith’s person after Cristina left, but he was there for all other characters when they needed someone over the years. Then entered Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington), who he fell deeply in love with and eventually married. So why did he suddenly leave in season 16 and why was it such an awful ending for the character? Let’s break it down.

In the season 16 premiere,...

Exclusive: Netflix has greenlighted Black Rabbit, a limited series headlined and executive produced by Jason Bateman and Jude Law in their first on-screen pairing. Cleopatra Coleman (Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire), Amaka Okafor (Bodies), Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (Gangs of London) and Dagmara Dominczyk (Succession) have joined the cast of the one-hour drama, from showrunners and executive producers Zach Baylin and Kate Susman and Bateman’s Aggregate Films under the company’s creative partnership with Netflix.

Bateman will direct the first two episodes of the series, created and written by Baylin and Susman based on an original idea. In it, when the owner of a New York City hotspot (Law) allows his turbulent brother (Bateman) back in his life, he opens the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he’s built.

Executive producing are Bateman and Michael Costigan for Aggregate Films; Law and Ben Jackson...

Fans are dying to know if Teddy Altman is going to die on Season 20 of Grey’s Anatomy. It is known that her contract was renewed, however, that does not mean she will be around the entire season. In the trailer, Teddy is seen collapsing to the floor while performing surgery. This is the most viewers got to see in her storyline this season. However, a showrunner recently let fans know there will be a lot of changes this time around.

Who Is Returning?

It seems as though there are several people returning and several people not. Jessica Capshaw will be back for one last run as Arizona. However, her former love interest on the show, Sara Ramirez will not be returning as Callie. There is a possibility she may show up briefly for an episode, however, she will not be there often or at all. Ellen Pompeo who plays Meredith Grey,...

Ever since promotion got underway by ABC for Grey’s Anatomy’s milestone 20th season, there’s been one big question on the minds of fans:

What the heck is going on with Teddy Altman?

The initial promo showcased her collapsing while performing surgery, leading to speculation that Kim Raver’s time on the series could be coming to a close.

Then, a lengthier trailer was released that gave some context, and honestly, it didn’t sound good for one of the show’s best characters.

We finally have some clarity on the situation, which sounds as dramatic as expected.

New Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Meg Marinis opened up to TVLine about the upcoming plot and how it will change Teddy.

Teddy survives her ordeal

The best part of the tidbit is that we now know that Teddy pulls through her ordeal, which is good news for fans of the long-serving character.

Grey’s Anatomy fans will see the return of several big characters this spring.

One of the people returning to the Grey’s Anatomy cast is the actress who played Arizona. But we aren’t going to see Callie, it seems.

In the run-up to the new season of Grey’s Anatomy, it was revealed that Jessica Capshaw is returning to play Dr. Arizona Robbins again.

Arizona was a fan-favorite character, but she left Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in Season 14 to move to New York.

The move was so her daughter Sophia could be closer to her other mom – Dr. Callie Torres.

Actress Sara Ramirez played Callie for years. She left the show at the end of Grey’s Anatomy Season 12 when Callie developed a relationship with Penny Blake (played by Samantha Sloyan) and moved to New York.

Why is Callie not returning to Grey’s Anatomy with Arizona?

Grey’s Anatomy has a new showrunner...

To many a Grey’s Anatomy fan, Arizona without Callie is like surgery without anesthesia. But when Jessica Capshaw reprises her role in the ABC drama’s abbreviated Season 20 (which kicks off Thursday, March 14, at 9/8c), she’ll be doing so as a solo actress. Why didn’t Sara Ramirez scrub in as Callie, too?

“We have an open-door policy here” where former cast members are concerned, new showrunner Meg Marinis tells TVLine. “We always want to see old characters come back and interact with the new characters.

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Robert Downey Jr. took home his first Oscar on Sunday night… but he also took a heap of criticism for how he accepted it.

It made for an awkward moment during Sunday’s Oscars ceremony when the award for Best Supporting Actor was presented by five former winners, including last year’s champ Ke Huy Quan, who won for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Quan excitedly announced Downey as this year’s winner for his role as Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer, and Quan held the Oscar statuette and the envelope with Downey’s name on it as Downey made his way to the stage.

It's the end of an era for Freeform as Good Trouble comes to a close this week. Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) and Callie (Maia Mitchell) said goodbye to The Coterie, ending a 10-year journey for the characters after five years on The Fosters before heading off on their new adult adventures in the spin-off series.

The Good Trouble creative team wasn't aware the show was ending when they originally crafted (and shot) the Season 5 finale. Freeform made the announcement during the season's post-production and allowed the crew to film additional scenes to wrap up the story. Despite only having a few scenes to pull together a series finale, the final episode of Good Trouble was representative of everything fans have loved about the show, from outlandish plots to heartwarming family moments.