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BET Media Group announced today that the hit BET+ Original Series Churchy will return for its highly anticipated second season on August 21, with all 10 episodes available to stream at once. The breakout comedy made waves in its debut, becoming the most-watched scripted comedy on the platform during its premiere week.

In addition, BET has greenlit The Hospital, another original series from the creative mind of comedian Kevin “KevOnStage” Fredericks.

In Churchy, Fredericks will reprise his role as Pastor Corey Carr Jr., who inherits leadership of Bethlehem Temple, along with a surprise book of debts. He and his wildly unqualified church crew must navigate the daily headaches of ministry life, all while fending off a vengeful rival’s plan to replace the church with a trampoline park.

Returning Churchy series regulars include Mark Jp Hood, Lexi Allen, Anthony Elfonzia, Quin Walters, Tahir Moore, alongside new additions Jasmine Luv and Nic Few.

In the wake of Anna Kendrick’s success in the charming black comedy A Simple Favor and way before its sequel, Another Simple Favor, she was tapped to star in HBO Max’s Love Life, which unfortunately ran for a short time. Created by Sam Boyd, the rom-com premiered on May 27, 2020, but was cancelled in December 2022, a month after its Season 2 finale. Now, close to three years later, fans will be beyond thrilled to know that Love Life has found a new streaming home in the U.S. thanks to Netflix.

As confirmed by What’s on Netflix, Love Life will arrive on Netflix U.S. on August 5 for the first time with two seasons and all twenty episodes. It’s no secret that the show was one of the earliest HBO Max Originals and performed well among viewers. However, after being removed from the streamer, it became widely unavailable,...

The 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards — the top awards event for the independent film and television community — were handed out on Saturday from the beach in Santa Monica, Calif.

The ceremony, hosted by Saturday Night Live vet Aidy Bryant for the second year in the row, was streamed live on the IMDb and Film Independent YouTube channels at 5 pm Et, and across other social platforms.

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At some point during the filming of Bulldozer, law enforcement got word that the half-hour comedy pilot was filming without proper permits.

“They started trying to bust down the door,” recalls director Andrew Leeds of officers showing up to their shoot in the Valley, demanding the production clear out.

It was a potentially disastrous moment, given that Bulldozer was self-financed (no studio lawyers to intervene), and was largely made by calling in favors to people like Mary Steenburgen, who plays the mother to creator/star Joanna Leeds’ character. Producers held the door shut so they could finish filming, and tried to shield Steenburgen from the chaos, not wanting the show’s biggest name to feel she was on a production that didn’t have its shit together.

“I am literally chatting Mary up, looking over my shoulder at these cops going, ‘Oh my God, please don’t turn around,’” says executive producer Rhett Reese,...

Nominations for the 2025 Independent Spirit Awards are in!

The awards show celebrates films budgeted at less than $30 million to produce and must be considered “independent.” There are also TV categories!

For the films, Anora and I Saw the TV Glow got six nominations each. Shogun got the most TV nominations with five total.

The show will take place on Saturday, February 22, 2025, with Aidy Bryant hosting.

Keep reading to find out more…

Scroll down for the full list of nominees…

Best Feature

Anora

Producers: Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

I Saw the TV Glow

Producers: Ali Herting, Sam Intili, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, Sarah Winshall

Nickel Boys

Producers: Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine

Sing Sing

Producers: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Monique Walton

The Substance

Producers: Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner

Best First Feature

Dìdi

Director/Producer: Sean Wang

Producers: Valerie Bush, Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters...

Nominees for the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards — the premiere awards event for the independent film and television community — were announced on Wednesday morning, and FX’s Shōgun led the TV pack with five total contenders.

It was followed closely by Netflix’s Baby Reindeer and FX’s English Teacher, each of which netted four nods.

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Other TV shows earning...

"How to Die Alone" sounds like a fear-mongering headline in a women's magazine listing the do's and don'ts of dating or fashion, a way to scare women into behaving or looking a certain way to not end up like a "childless cat lady" or some other misogynistic descriptor lobbied by insecure weirdos. The fear of dying alone is not exclusive to women, but American society certainly treats single women as moral failures. It's why magazines used to produce lists of "eligible bachelors" while women age into "spinsters." In Natasha Rothwell's brilliant new comedy, "How To Die Alone" isn't just the title of the show, but a jarring wake-up call for Mel who has a near-death experience while alone on her 35th birthday (the same day she's invited to her ex-boyfriend and current manager's wedding) that puts her in the hospital and face-to-face with the woman in the bed next...

A number of Marvel Comics characters are viable candidates for any potential post-credits cameos offered by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The trilogy is ending, but that doesn't mean Marvel won't use the movie's post-credits scenes to set up new characters to be utilized in future cosmic adventures. After all, the cosmic side of the MCU will live on even as the stories of Star-Lord and the others come to an end.

The direction Marvel took Phase 4 creates the expectation that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is hiding at least one comic character. Across its various Phase 4 installments, Marvel used its after-credits sequences to tease Dane Whitman's transformation into Black Knight, Mahershala Ali's Blade role, and also to introduce key characters like Clea, Hercules, Starfox, and Pip the Troll. That, combined with James Gunn's tendency to include huge teases in his moves' post-credits scenes, give...

Mick Jagger, P.J. Harvey and “Heartstopper” casting director Daniel Edwards are among the nominees at this year’s Royal Television Society (Rts) Craft & Design Awards 2022.

Jagger was nominated alongside Daniel Pemberton for writing the opening music to “Slow Horses,” the Apple TV+ show which stars Gary Oldman, while Harvey was nominated in the same category alongside Tim Phillips for their work on Sharon Horgan’s “Bad Sisters.”

“Heartstopper” casting director Daniel Edwards was nominated for his work on the hit Netflix show.

The BBC garnered most noms with 35 nods, followed by Sky with 13 and ITV with 11 nominations.

The awards will take place in London.

Check out the full list of nominees below:

Casting Award

Daniel Edwards, “Heartstopper” – See-Saw Films for Netflix

Aisha Bywaters, “The Baby” – Sister in association with Proverbial Pictures for Sky Atlantic

Rachel Sheridan, “In My Skin” – Expectation for BBC

Costume Design – Drama

Tom Pye & Nadine Clifford-Davern, “Gentleman...

You don’t need a virtual reality headset to enjoy immersive entertainment. The new 360-degree animated show “Water Bear” is a hilariously weird comedy series that recently debuted on Facebook, where anyone can watch episodes using a computer or a phone. To explore the virtual world, viewers just click and drag or move their phone while watching.

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“Water Bear” follows the friendly titular character, a bear who was on a glass bottom cruise getting “schlocked” with friends before finding himself underwater. There, he meets a host of new underwater friends, including Octopus, Starfish and Squid Dude. The ocean floor even has fun activities ranging from bocce to karaoke.

“Water Bear” features the voices of Chris Powell (“Detroiters”), Kate Berlant (“The Characters”), Amanda Lund (“Fresh Off the Boat”) and Rob Huebel (“Transparent”). The show was created by actor Lucas Kavner...