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Never short on hilarious moments, Friends is iconic for many reasons and one of those is its innumerable cameos. Throughout its run, the sitcom featured several cameos that fans least expected. However, the greatest one was when it brought in not one, but two legendary guest stars in an intro scene that was undeniably the best of all.

The cameo that stole Monica’s thunder | Credit: Friends / NBC

Stealing Monica’s thunder, here is a look back at when her moment was hilariously overshadowed by an impromptu cameo from Robin Williams and Billy Crystal.

When Robin Williams and Billy Crystal Hilariously Overshadowed the Cast of Friends Billy Crystal and Robin Williams in Friends | Credit: NBC

The fans of Friends were left shocked when they discovered two of Hollywood’s most legendary actors, Robin Williams and Billy Crystal made a brief cameo in the sitcom. Guest starring in season 3’s The...

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Introduction Phenomenal Response at Patna Event Record-Breaking Predictions for Pushpa 2: The Rule Allu Arjun, Fahadh Faasil, and Rashmika Mandanna Lead the Cast The Anticipation Building Around Pushpa 2 Sukumar’s Directorial Vision and Its Impact Collaborations and Production Pushpa 2 Release Date: December 5th Conclusion 1. Introduction

The much-anticipated sequel to Pushpa: The Rise, Pushpa 2: The Rule, is on the verge of creating new benchmarks at the Box Office. With its official trailer launch event in Patna, the hype surrounding the movie has skyrocketed, and early predictions suggest it will shatter all records once it hits theaters.

2. Phenomenal Response at Patna Event

The trailer launch event in Patna was a massive success, with fans and film enthusiasts showing immense excitement for Pushpa 2: The Rule. The crowd’s energy and response to the trailer suggest that the movie is set to take the Box Office by storm. The...

Mo Harawe makes history this Cannes Film Festival with debut feature The Village Next To Paradise, which is world premiering in Un Certain Regard as the first Somalian title to make it into Official Selection across the festival’s 77 editions.

Born in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Harawe moved to Austria to study film when he was 18 years old.

The Village Next to Paradise follows hard-hitting shorts Life on the Horn, about toxic waste landing on the Somali coast, and Will My Parents Come to See Me, about a young prison inmate.

Set in a ramshackle village on the Somali coast, the drama follows a single father as he struggles with the challenges of daily life, in order to offer to his young son, Cigaal, a better future.

They are joined in their home by Araweelo, who is in the process of divorcing. Together they navigate between their different aspirations...

On Tuesday, ABC made the official announcement about which lucky lady will be the first Golden Bachelorette. As it turns out, Joan Vassos is the lucky lady who will get to hand out roses to men looking to find love. When Gerry Turner’s premiere season of The Golden Bachelor aired, fans were disappointed that the episodes were only one hour long. Did production listen to fans and make longer episodes for The Golden Bachelorette? Keep reading to get the scoop.

Will Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos Have Longer Episodes?

The Golden Bachelorette is officially happening and the leading lady has been announced. Joan Vassos will be looking for love on television this fall. The spinoff will air on a different night. The Golden Bachelorette will air on Wednesday nights. This is a big change from the usual Monday night The Bachelor and The Bachelorette get. Gerry Turner’s season was...

Joan Vassos was announced this week as the Golden Bachelorette. Theresa Nist was among the co-stars from Golden Bachelor shared their thoughts. How did Gerry Turner’s ex react to the news?

Theresa Nist Reacts To Golden Bachelorette Casting Announcement

Theresa Nist is unexpectedly single months after marrying Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner. Some fans speculated she may try to find love again on The Golden Bachelorette. However, ABC nixed that rumor by announcing who will be the first-ever lead for the spinoff.

‘Golden Bachelor’ ladies/Credit: Joan Vassos Instagram

As everyone figured, it is someone from Gerry Turner’s season. Joan Vassos, who left in Week 3, is will star in the Golden Bachelorette this fall on ABC.

Theresa Nist took to her Instagram to share her reaction and it was a little underwhelming. She shared a set of two photos featuring her and Joan Vassos.

She wrote “My dear friend,...

Picture Perfect Entertainment head Patrick Wachsberger arrives on the Croisette with key pre-sales in the bag on his hot-ticket French adaptation of The Incredible Shrinking Man starring Jean Dujardin.

Production began in Brussels last week on the feature based on the Richard Matheson novel and Universal’s 1957 black and white film about a man who faces danger at every turn after he is exposed to radiation and insecticide and shrinks to less than one inch tall.

Dujardin, who won the Oscar for The Artist, reunites with his 99 Francs director Jan Kounen.

Deals have closed in Germany (Leonine), Italy (Rai), Latin...

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International sales agent Incredible Film has secured global distribution rights to “Amsterdamned II,” the sequel to Dick Maas’ 1988 cult classic, “Amsterdamned.” Veteran Dutch actor Huub Stapel reprises his role as detective Eric Visser, who once pursued a serial killer through the Dutch canals three decades ago, as he is brought back from retirement by a revelation that shakes him to his core. In the sequel, also directed by Maas, Visser and fellow detective Tara Lee fight against an evil that threatens them and the city of Amsterdam.

The film is a coproduction from the Netherlands’ 2CFilm and Parachute Pictures and Belgium’s Potemkino. Production is set to begin later this year, with release scheduled for 2025, in time for the city of Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary.

Daniëlle Raaphorst, CEO of Incredible Film, said: “Three decades ago, the chilling horror ‘Amsterdamned’ gripped audiences around the world. Now, we are delighted to be representing the sequel.

Like many of us, Kelly Clarkson is still celebrating the long-anticipated reunion of ’NSync last fall. In her latest Kellyoke, the talk show host covered “Better Place,” the track that brought the band back together for Trolls Band Together.

“Just let me take you to a better place/ I’m gonna make you kiss the sky tonight,” she sang, dressed in a light-blue dress and eye shadow. The performance hears Clarkson taking a stripped, jazzy approach to the pop song, while weaving in her signature high notes.

Justin Timberlake visited...

Wishy, the indie rock quintet fronted by Indiana songwriters Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites, have announced their debut album, Triple Seven, out August 16th via Winspear.

Triple Seven arrives after the band’s pair of 2023 EPs — Mana and last December’s excellent Paradise. Previously, Krauter released two solo albums and played in the dream pop band Hoops, while Pitchkites fronted the electro-pop band Push Pop. Their dreamy, guitar-forward sound is indebted ’90s shoegaze and indie rock staples like My Bloody Valentine and The Sundays.

As a preview for Triple Seven, the band has shared “Love on the Outside,” an anthemic power pop track with Krauter taking the lead. Sounding like a forgotten late ’90s alternative radio hit, “Love on the Outside” features a seismic chorus and a blistering bridge that turns into a feedback-ridden outro; Krauter narrates the beginning modes of a relationship, and all the while, the band toggles...

Doubling Down with the Derricos star Deon Derrico is getting Ocd vibes coming on in a new teaser for the TLC show that airs on May 14. The dad of 14 kids looks to have a whole bunch of problems at the moment, and in years to come, things probably only get worse.

Deon Derrico’s Kids Get Bigger & Noisy

Doubling Down with the Derricos Season 5 already revealed chaos in the house as the kids grow older. Coming up, fans will see that Karen Derrico’s excitement about a newly renovated home fades, and Grandma Gg shares a disturbing decision with the family. What fans will notice is how big the kids are this year. They all shot up and multiple boys are verging on puberty.

Doubling Down With the Derricos – YouTube

Deon Derrico and Karen run into personal issues as their oldest daughter, Darrian isn’t enjoying college because she’s...

Recently, Perfect Match debuted its trailer for the newest season of the show. Undeniably, it is shaping up to be a great Season 2 with cast from popular Netflix shows like Love Is Blind and Too Hot To Handle. Filled with familiar faces, the season promises to bring together fun-loving contestants for a shot at love.

Perfect Match Season 2 Is Heating Up

While many of the Perfect Match participants have taken a shot at love in the past with series such as Love Is Blind and Too Hot To Handle not everyone has a background in love. Other series players are borrowed from are The Mole, The Circle, and Squid Game: The Challenge. Notably, the show is described as: “Winning couples gain power in the game to bring in new singles to match with their castmates, setting up potential love matches or stirring trouble in paradise as they compete to be...

Actor Allu Arjun is all set to represent Indian cinema at the Berlin Film Festival with the special screening of the 2021 blockbuster ‘Pushpa: The Rise’, directed by Sukumar.

Arjun will be seen having a conversation with international filmmakers, producers, and market buyers during his visit. Also, he will interact with the international press alongside the screening.

The action drama also stars Fahadh Faasil and Rashmika Mandanna.

The first instalment depicts the rise of a coolie Pushpa Raj in the smuggling syndicate of red sandalwood, a rare wood that grows only in the Seshachalam Hills of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.

The ‘Pushpa’ franchise has gained global success with ‘Pushpa The Rise’ in countries such as Russia, US, Gulf, Australia and UK.

The film’s second instalment christened ‘Pushpa 2 The Rule’ is all set to release on August 15. It will be released in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.

Reportedly, Raj & Dk, the directors of Amazon Prime’s landmark series The Family Man are currently roped in to develop a brand-new origin story of a superhero film for Marvel Studios. The director duo, who are known for their quirky and edgy style of storytelling, have impressed the Marvel executives with their unique flavour and vision. According to sources, Raj & Dk are working on the script along with their long-time writing partner, Sita Menon, who has collaborated with them on several projects such as 99, Shor in the City and Farzi.

The details of the superhero film are still under wraps, but it is speculated that it will be an original creation and not based on any existing comic book character. It is also unclear whether the superhero will be of Indian origin or not, and whether Raj & Dk will also direct the film or not. However, fans of the...

Okemah, Oklahoma, native Evan Felker plus Jason Isbell’s “King of Oklahoma” equals an only-at-Newport moment. On Saturday, the Turnpike Troubadours leader joined Isbell and the 400 Unit onstage during their Newport Folk Festival main-stage set to sing lead on both verses of “King of Oklahoma,” a highlight of Isbell’s latest album Weathervanes.

Just before his own band, Turnpike Troubadours, closed out the festival’s largest stage, Felker jumped up to sing Isbell’s powerful tale of a man whose life slips away after getting injured on the job and...

If you’ve been counting down the days for the second season of Good Omens so fervently that the mere thought of its arrival makes you exclaim “I am having a moment here!” then you might need to have a sit down: Good Omen Season Two Is Finally Here.

If you’re new to Good Omens, now’s the time to catch up: this fantasy series is based on the 1990 book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, and stars a demon, Crowley and an angel, Aziraphale who are unlikely best buds/soulmates.

Season one saw them try to prevent the end of the world after the antichrist is born, and as for season two? Well, Crowley and Aziraphale are only just getting used to being exiled from their respective heavenly/hellish bosses when Aziraphale’s former boss, Archangel Gabriel turns up dazed, confused and totally nude. It’s up to...

Netflix is out with a new German-language sci-fi film title Paradise. The film is well under 2 hours but isn’t quite as engaging as its concept would warrant. Read our full review to know if it’s worth your while. “Paradise” is a sci-fi mystery that follows a young man and his wife in a dystopian not-so-distant future where lifespan, or your time, has basically become a commodity to sell for huge profits. The company Aeon, which discovered this process, is run by a woman named Sophie Theissen and has now become a global corporate giant. Max’s story begins as a happy employee at Aeon, but very quickly, things take a drastic turn for him. Let’s dive straight into the film to understand what happens to Max and Elena.

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What happens in the film?

Paradise begins with an advertisement for Aeon’s “time donation” program, which...

The German-language film Paradise‘s opening act sets up a movie that is both mysterious and intriguing, leading us to believe we may finally have an original sci-fi mystery that’s unique in its story and made well. But instead, after 15 minutes, it follows the same old uninspired tropes and gives us no more science, only tired cliches and reversed character arcs. I mean, I was actually kind of excited by the fact that a woman leads a company that says, “Stop being ageist,” but at the same time uses the procedures that her company provides for herself to make her younger. It’s an interesting subject that could lead to so many different outcomes! In a time when big Pharma is a hot topic, people would want to eat up such content, but alas, this film does nothing new. Come to think of it, the Cillian Murphy starrer “In Time...

Former IFC Films president Arianna Bocco, Berlinale managing director Mariette Rissenbeek and the British Film Institute’s head of industry and international policy Agnieszka Moody are set as keynote speakers for the upcoming Locarno Film Festival’s StepIN think tank on the most pressing issues in the indie film industry.

The Swiss fest’s unique event, now at its 11th edition, will explore various aspects of this year’s timely theme, which is “What’s the Deal With Independent Cinema?”

A select group of European and international industry players — distributors, exhibitors, producers, sales agents, film institutions, financiers, streaming platforms, broadcasters and film festival and markets reps — will be participating in closed working sessions to exchange thoughts on practices and business models and propose new ideas and strategies.

The themes of this year’s four StepIN roundtables are: the theatrical battlefield between independents, majors and streamers; how to protect the “biodiversity...

Television’s most shark-tastic week is almost here. Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2023 kicks off on Sunday, July 23 and runs through Saturday, July 29. Aquaman star Jason Momoa hosts the 35th annual event, which features nearly 20 hours of new programming about the ocean’s most fearsome predators. Highlights include Cocaine Sharks, which reveals what might happen to sharks that feed on drugs dumped in the water off the coast of Florida, and Monsters of Bermuda Triangle, which looks at the mysterious disappearance of a pregnant Porbeagle shark. Keep reading for the full Shark Week 2023 schedule.

Shark Week 2023 schedule ‘Belly of the Beast: Feeding Frenzy’ | Discovery

Sunday, July 23:

Belly of the Beast: Feeding Frenzy at 8 p.m.: In a Shark Week first, this special follows researchers with cameras as they brave a great white shark feeding frenzy from inside a life-size whale decoy. Jaws vs. The Meg at 9 p.m.

Almost Paradise fans, get ready for a summer with extra blessings, because season 2 is just around the corner! After season one finished airing back in mid-2020, it seemed like we might have seen the last of Alex Walker (Christian Kane) and his new detective friends Kai Mendoza (Samantha Richelle) and Ernesto Almarez (Arthur Acuña), but our favorite gang of Philippines-based crime-solvers are back on the case this July in a brand-new, ten-episode season.

In season two, Alex will be questioning his place on the island, but with the help of his trusted friends, he will discover a renewed sense of family in paradise!

“There’s never been an American series filmed in the Philippines,” star Kane told Tell-Tale TV. “I feel like we know what Korea looks like, we know what Japan looks like and we know what China looks like because we’ve seen films that they’ve been featured in.

ABC’s The Bachelorette 2023 continues on in San Diego, California, for episode 3. Charity Lawson meets up with her 14 remaining men for more one-on-one dates, more group dates, and another rose ceremony. Unfortunately, The Bachelorette 2023 spoilers note Charity sends one of the men home during his one-on-one date this week. Here’s who heads home.

[Spoiler alert: The Bachelorette 2023 spoilers ahead regarding episode 3 and future eliminations.]

Charity Lawson and Warwick Reider | ABC/Craig Sjodin Related

‘The Bachelorette’ 2023 Locations: Where Does Charity Lawson Travel?

‘The Bachelorette’ 2023 spoilers: Charity Lawson sends Warwick Reider home during his 1-on-1

Charity Lawson heads on two one-on-one dates in episode 3. She takes Brayden Bowers on a date to Petco Park, and they spend their afternoon with golden retrievers. Charity then invites Warwick Reider on the next one-on-one date. They spend the day at Belmont Park, a beachside amusement park.

While Warwick appeared to be on this season for all the right reasons, he fails to impress Charity. According to The Bachelorette 2023 spoilers,...

ABC’s The Bachelorette 2023 is in full swing, and Charity Lawson is well on her way to finding the man of her dreams. Charity has numerous fantastic men to choose from this season, but she can only pick one. And that leaves the remaining men as eligible bachelors for the Bachelor in Paradise 2023 cast. Here’s who’s allegedly joining, according to spoilers.

[Spoiler alert: The Bachelorette 2023 spoilers ahead regarding Charity Lawson’s eliminations.]

‘The Bachelorette’ 2023 | ABC/Craig Sjodin Related

‘The Bachelorette’ 2023 Locations: Where Does Charity Lawson Travel?

These men from Charity Lawson’s season are confirmed to join the ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ 2023 cast

Charity Lawson can only end up with one man from The Bachelorette 2023. So, which of her men joined the Bachelor in Paradise 2023 cast?

Reality Steve spoke about the next season of Paradise on his podcast, Daily Roundup. He explained that filming began in early June 2023, and he could confirm quite a few cast members who hit the beach on day one.

Bird Box: Barcelona, the NFL docuseries Quarterback, the third season of Sweet Magnolias and Jamie Foxx starrer They Cloned Tyrone are among the new projects debuting on Netflix in July

Bird Box: Barcelona is a Spanish-language spinoff of the 2018 Sandra Bullock-starring thriller. The film, written and directed by Alex and David Pastor, picks up after a mysterious force destroys Earth’s population and follows survivors as they seek to escape visible threats. The movie, which stars Mario Casas and Barbarian breakout Georgina Campbell, is meant to be the first of a series of films to expand the Bird Box universe.

The eight-episode Quarterback, Netflix’s first partnership with the NFL and produced by Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions, features unprecedented access to Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota both on and off the field during the 2022 season as the NFL allowed the quarterbacks to be mic’d up for every single game,...

Eurimages have announced their second wave of projects receiving some co-production funding coin. Among the filmmakers and projects that caught our eye on we find Olla filmmaker Ariane Labed‘s feature debut Sisters (an Irish-uk-Germany-Greece production) landing €350,000. This is an English-language adaptation of Daisy Johnson’s novel which follows two sisters who move to the countryside with their maniac depressive mother. Can’t wait for the casting on this one. Fauve filmmaker Jérémy Comte landed some significant coin for his debut as well for Paradise (a Canada-France production) which is expected to move into production late this year. Most Beautiful Island (2017) filmmaker Ana Asensio finally mounts her sophomore project in Goat Girl (a Spanish-Romanian production).…...

New projects from Cherien Dabis, Anders Thomas Jensen and Ameer Fakher Eldin have also been awarded

Ariane Labed’s feature-directing debut Sisters is among the 33 projects to receive funding from Eurimages second wave of 2023 co-production funding.

The French-Greek actor’s feature directing debut received €350,000 from the €9.7m pot. The Ireland, UK, Germany and Greece co-production is produced by Ireland’s Element Pictures. An English-language adaptation of Daisy Johnson’s gothic novel of the same name it follows two sisters who move to the countryside with their maniac depressive mother. Labed previously directed short film Olla which won three awards at...

Netflix will add plenty of action films and summer classics in the month of July. From “Bridesmaids” to “Jumanji” (1995) and “Kick-Ass,” the streamer’s selection kicks off the beginning of the month with options for many. “Star Trek” fans will have some films to choose from, as will fans of “The Karate Kid.” Anime fans can look forward to “One Piece,” “Baki Hanma: Season 2: The Tale of Pickle & The Pickle War Saga,” “Bastard!! – Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy -: Season 2,” “My Happy Marriage” and “Record of Ragnarok” Season 2 Episodes 11-15.

Those looking for new Netflix originals can check out the “Wham!” documentary,” “Gold Brick” and “The Out-Laws” starring Adam Devine, Pierce Brosnan, Nina Dobrev, Ellen Barkin and Poorna Jagannathan. “They Cloned Tyrone,” “Happiness for Beginners” and “Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie” provide very different plots and adventures. And library favorites arriving to streaming range from “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish...

Do not adjust your phone screen. You are not experiencing deja vu. Netflix’s list of new releases for July 2023 does indeed look quite a bit like last month’s.

That’s because the biggest new arrival this month is the conclusion of The Witcher season 3 on July 27. It seems like only 29 days ago that The Witcher season 3 premiered. And that’s because it was! Now Henry Cavill’s arc as Geralt of Rivia is set to officially end with this batch of three episodes. Get ready for the Liam Hemsworth era, Witcher fans. Other Netflix Original series of note in July 2023 are The Lincoln Lawyer season 2 on July 6, Sonic Prime season 2 on July 13 and the animated comedy Captain Fall on July 28.

Meanwhile it’s a big month for Netflix’s original movies department. Adam Devine-starring comedy The Out-Laws premieres on July 7. That will be followed by Bird Box...

Origins is a recurring series that gives artists a space to break down everything that went into their latest release. Today, Local Natives dig into their emotional new track, “Paradise.”

It was 2021, live music had just returned, and Local Natives were set to take the stage at Los Angeles’ Greek Theater. As this writer can attest, the show was brilliant — but little did we know there was some serious anguish bubbling up in the band, and that 2021 show was almost their last.

Thankfully, Local Natives found their way together, and are now gearing up for the release of Time Will Wait for No One, their fifth studio album and their first since 2019’s Violet Street. A little over a week before the album’s release on July 7th comes “Paradise,” the most recent slice of Time Will Wait for No One after this year’s “Just Before The Morning” and “Nye.

"This woman stole 40 years from you. We're going to take them back." Netflix has revealed the first official trailer for a German sci-fi thriller feature film titled Paradise, from filmmaker Boris Kunz. It's premiering this week at the 2023 Munich Film Festival, hence the trailer dropping now. It's a dystopian look at a future where we've commoditized our "youth", human aging, to always stay young. A man sees the dark side of the time-manipulating biotech company he works for when a crushing debt forces his wife to give up 40 years of her own life. Trade your life for money: In the not-too-distant future, a method of transferring years of your life from one person to another has changed the world forever and turned biotech start-up Aeon into a billion-dollar pharmaceutical company. When his wife has to pay debts by giving up 38 years, everything changes for this couple. The film stars Kostja Ullmann,...

Bachelor Nation can’t wait for news regarding the Bachelor in Paradise 2023 cast. Reality Steve’s Bachelor in Paradise 2023 spoilers note Rachel Recchia’s the only past Bachelor or Bachelorette lead to hit the beach so far, and those spoilers still stand despite fans having their doubts. Here’s what Reality Steve recently noted about the former lead.

[Spoiler alert: Bachelor in Paradise 2023 cast spoilers ahead.]

Reality Steve confirms Rachel Recchia is part of the ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ 2023 cast

As previously reported, Rachel Recchia is joining the Bachelor in Paradise 2023 cast, and it seems she’s still on the beach after the first rose ceremony. According to spoilers from Reality Steve, the men had the roses first (once again), and three women went home after the first ceremony. Rachel remains in the competition to find love in paradise.

Some fans doubted that Rachel was actually on the show due to her Instagram activity. She posted content to her...

Now this sounds right up Jason Bateman’s alley. Deadline reports that Jason Bateman is set to star in and direct a series adaptation of David Gauvey Herbert’s Esquire magazine article Daddy Ball for Netflix and Aggregate.

Daddy Ball deals with dad-on-dad youth sports rivalries, but on the Long Island Inferno, two fathers, both with complicated pasts, took it all too far. There were claims of stalking, corrupt cops, and mob connections. Neither man was ever the same. Daddy Ball, which will be retitled for the series, has the potential to be exactly the type of dark comedy that Jason Bateman excels at.

Related Interview: Kate Beckinsale and Ken Jeong Talk Fool’s Paradise

Here’s Deadline’s description of the article: “Determined not to follow in his detached father’s footsteps, Bobby Sanfilippo found himself doing quite the opposite with his son. He became entangled in an epic...

The festival runs June 23 - July 1.

Films by Jessica Hausner, Elegance Bratton and Sebastian Silva are among 36 titles selected for the Filmfest München’s three international competition strands, CineMasters, CineVision and CineRebels. The festival runs June 23-July 1.

CineMasters

Hausner’s Club Zero will be joined by another four Cannes competition titles - Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves, Marco Bellocchio’s Kidnapped, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters, and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster - to screen in Munich’s CineMasters competition for the €50,000 Arri Award which is presented to the producers of the best international film.

The 12-title line-up also includes...

At one point, we didn't think Almost Paradise Season 2 would see the light of day.

The series premiered in 2020 on WGN America and picked up many passionate fans along the way.

The team-up of Christian Kane and Dean Devlin always leads to magic, so we were left in shock when the series was let go by the cable network.

Thankfully, Amazon Freevee stepped in and picked up Almost Paradise Season 2, and it premieres this summer.

As revealed Monday by TV Line, all ten episodes of Almost Paradise Season 2 will wash up on the free streaming service on Friday, July 21.

It will be available in the U.S. and the UK on that date, with other territories likely following shortly after.

Kane returns to star along with returning executive producers and co-showrunners Devlin and Gary Rosen.

Kane plays Alex Walker, a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent forced into early retirement.

Elijah Wood, a renowned American actor, has captivated audiences with his versatile and impressive performances for over three decades. Born on January 28, 1981, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wood’s career as an actor began at a young age. He has starred in numerous films and television series, most notably as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s blockbuster The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. This article delves into the life and career of this iconic actor, showcasing his incredible journey from child star to accomplished Hollywood actor.

Early Life and Childhood Elijah Wood. Depostiphotos

Elijah Jordan Wood was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as the second of three children to Debbie Krause and Warren Wood. His parents managed a local delicatessen together. Wood’s ancestry includes English, German, Austrian, and Danish roots. As a child, Wood displayed a natural talent for performing, which led his mother to take him to the...

ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise 2023 will be here before fans know it, and Bachelor Nation followers can’t wait to see who hits the beach this upcoming season. Last season, Serene Russell and Brandon Jones got engaged on the beaches of Mexico. And fans considered them to be the most likely couple to stay together in the “real world.” Unfortunately, they broke up. So, can fans expect to see Serene hit the beach?

[Spoiler alert: Bachelor in Paradise 2023 spoilers ahead regarding the potential cast.]

Serene Russell and Brandon Jones from ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ 2022 | ABC/Eric McCandless Will Serene Russell join the ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ 2023 cast?

Serene Russell seems unlikely to join the Bachelor in Paradise 2023 cast. While fans would love to see her find true love again while in Mexico, she might not be ready to find love so quickly after her breakup with Brandon Jones. Serene and Brandon announced their breakup in early May 2023, and Bachelor in Paradise Season 9 began...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week a slew of hot tracks, including a top “song of the summer” contender from Latto and Cardi B, a fascinating pivot from Kid Cudi, and three big-hitter movie soundtrack singles to kick off the season.

Karol G feat. Aldo Ranks, “Watati” (YouTube)

Latto feat. Cardi B, “Put It on Da Floor Again” (YouTube)

Ty Dolla $ign, “Motion” (YouTube)

Metro Boomin’ feat. Swae Lee, Nav, and A Boogie Wit da Hoodie,...

Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek has readied his third solo album, Haunted Mountain. The complete LP arrives August 25th via the artist’s new label home 4Ad, while its title track is out now.

Produced by Meek’s resident pedal steel player Mat Davidson, Haunted Mountain was recorded live in two weeks at Sonic Ranch outside El Paso, Texas. Despite this raw approach, Buck Meek and Davidson aimed to create a considerably more polished record than their previous releases. Guitarist Adam Brisbin, drummer Austin Vaughn, bassist Ken Woodward, and keyboardist (and Buck’s brother) Dylan Meek joined the artists in playing in one big room, where cell phones, headphones, and even talking were prohibited.

Thematically, the new album is an exercise in love songs, a difficult feat, according to Buck Meek. “Not break-up songs, but an actual love song written in earnest? That is taboo now,” the artist said in a statement.

London and Paris-based Film Constellation head Fabien Westerhoff officially announced the launch of its in-house production arm Constellation Productions exactly a year ago, during the 2022 edition of Cannes.

Twelve months on, the exec is taking stock with a sense of satisfaction.

“Projects are often announced and then you never know whether anything really happens,” he tells Deadline. “In one year, we’ve managed to create a diverse slate of films that are actually getting made.”

The first film to come down the pipeline will be UK director Alice Troughton’s first film The Lesson, starring Daryl McCormack, Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy, which world premieres at Tribeca in June.

Westerhoff takes a producer credit alongside London-based producer Camille Gatin at Poison Chef Production, Cassandra Sigsgaard at Jeva Films and Judy Tossell at Berlin company Egoli Tossell Film.

With his sales background, the exec financed the film through Focus Features and Bleecker Street.

Anohni has announced My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross, the first studio album under her Anohni and the Johnsons moniker in more than a decade. The LP is out July 7th via Secretly Canadian and Rough Trade, and features the lead single, “It Must Change.”

In a press release, Anohni explained that Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On was “a really important touchstone” while creating the new album, adding, “Some of these songs respond to global and environmental concerns first voiced in popular music over 50 years ago.”

Anohni began working on My Back Was a Bridge with soul producer Jimmy Hogarth in 2022, when they created a series of demos together before assembling a studio band including Leo Abrahams, Chris Vatalaro, Sam Dixon, and string arranger Rob Moose to record the project. Pre-orders are ongoing.

“I want the record to be useful,” Anohni said about the album.

Charlie Day’s feature directorial debut hits theaters Friday when Roadside releases Fool’s Paradise, a satire in which he plays a man who is unable to speak but becomes an accidental Hollywood star. Day, who voices Luigi in the smash hit The Super Mario Bros. Movie, is no stranger to leading his own projects.

Back when he was stuck in the audition trenches, Day met fellow aspiring actors Rob McElhenney and Glenn Howerton, and the trio realized they shared not only comedic sensibilities but also frustrations about landing roles. They started making short films at home, and these would ultimately evolve into It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which premiered on FX in August 2005 with all three as executive producers. (It moved to Fxx in 2013.)

“There was a real magic at making the show in the first three, four or five seasons that can’t be recaptured because we [now] know the characters so well,...

Charlie Day is a talented guy. The man has brought the humor for years thanks to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. And yes, Mr. Day shined in many a feature film including Fist Fight, Hotel Artemis, and the Lego Movie franchise. The actor is back, and this time he’s the writer, director, and producer of his latest, Fool’s Paradise. Taking on the insanity of Hollywood, Fool’s also features a terrific collection of talent that includes Kate Beckinsale, Ken Jeong, Jason Sudeikis, Adrien Brody, Ray Liotta, and even a few of his Sunny cast members. It’s a satire with sweetness, and it’s incredibly charming.

Recently, we spoke with Kate Beckinsale and Ken Jeong about their latest, and I even got a laugh or two out of them. The two opened up about taking on the craziness of a crazy town. They even talked about whether or...

Anohni and the Johnsons are reuniting for their first new music in more than a decade. Lead singer Anohni — previously known as Antony — made the announcement in an Instagram post teasing a new single dropping on May 16th that appears to be titled “It Must Change.”

“Anohni and the Johnsons,” she wrote in the caption. “It Must Change. new single May 16.” See the post below.

The last full-length released by the group was the 2014 soundtrack album, Turning, a collection of live recordings accompanying Anohni’s film of the same name. Before that, they released the 2012 live album Cut the World, which featured two previously unreleased songs: the title track and “Future Feminism.” Their last studio full-length was 2010’s Swanlights.

After going solo under her new name, Anohni released her 2016 debut album, Hopelessness, and an EP titled Paradise the following year. More recently, she shared the protest song “R.N.C.

Coldplay has extended its tour with new North American dates in the fall. The tour is in support of their latest album, Music of the Spheres (2021).

Starting in Seattle on September 20, the band will embark on a West Coast leg to Vancouver, San Diego and Los Angeles.

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Coldplay is currently preparing for their European trek, which will last from May to July.

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Coldplay formed in 1997. Their debut LP, Parachutes (2000), included their breakout single “Yellow.” The band received a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. Coldplay’s second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), featured the single “Clocks,” which won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

More recently, the band has incorporated new musical styles, including ambient, pop, R&b, electronica, classical and progressive rock. The band is one of the best-selling music acts of all...

Origins is a recurring series that gives artists a space to break down everything that went into their latest release. Today, former CoSign McKinley Dixon takes us through the title track of his forthcoming album.

Chicago-based rapper McKinley Dixon reveals the majesty of his new album with its name alone: Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? goes the title, with exclamation points that seem to say, “It’s that good, can you believe it?” and a concluding question mark that feels like a knowing wink and nudge. But it’s also a direct reference to Toni Morrison’s significant trilogy, and the album’s title track, which features Ms. Jaylin Brown, doubles down on the enveloping love that the title suggests.

Indeed, the former Consequence CoSign uses “Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?” as a brand new thesis statement — one he calls “a familial affair in all senses.” Though it’s the title track and carries...

EntertainmentThe Maharashtrian actor, who has acted in several Hindi films, had also dubbed for Allu Arjun in ‘Pushpa: The Rise’.ImageCredit/IANSShreyas Talpade, who is known for his work in the Marathi and Hindi film industry, talked about the challenges of dubbing the dialogues in Hindi for the Telugu blockbuster Pushpa: The Rise, and also for the trailer of its sequel, Pushpa: The Rule. Written and directed by Sukumar, Pushpa: The Rise stars Allu Arjun, Fahadh Faasil and Rashmika Mandanna in the lead roles. The story is about Pushpa Raj, a daily wage labourer who smuggles red sandalwood in the Seshachalam Hills of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh, and goes on to become the head of the smuggling syndicate. Shreyas recalled working with the team of Pushpa: The Rise and said, "When I dubbed for the first part, I had never imagined that the film would go so big. This...

Charlie Day's "biggest regret" is that Ray Liotta did not live to see the reaction to their new movie 'Fool's Paradise'.The 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' star wrote and directed the comedy which features Ray - who died in May 2022 aged 67 - alongside actors including Kate Beckinsale, Adrien Brody, Jason Sudeikis, Ken Jeong, Edie Falco and John Malkovich but he passedaway 12 months before the film's release - and Charlie feels bad about the delays which meant the actor never got to see the project hit cinemas.Speaking on an episode of 'Sunday Today with Willie Geist', Day explained: "My biggest regret is that Ray is not going to get to see the audience see him."Ray would text me every three months like: 'Hey, man, what's going on with that movie we did? When is it getting out?' And I would say: 'Ray, I'm so sorry.

Adam Sandler may have done some impressive action sequences in “Murder Mystery 2,” but it sounds like he’s not jumping at the chance to do his own stunts again anytime soon.

The actor tells me he underwent hip replacement surgery not long after he and Jennifer Aniston wrapped the follow-up to their original “Murder Mystery” comedy.

“My god damn hip, I had to change that at the end of the movie,” Sandler told me Tuesday at the film’s premiere at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. “I had been doing so many movies in a row. I did ’Spaceman’ and I was hanging in harness all the time. I kept saying, ‘Something’s going on with my hip, man. I’m in trouble.’ And then during this and this other movie I did I was like, ‘Yeah, I definitely gotta x-ray that thing,’ and we were in trouble.

As soon as the women step out of the limo on the first night of The Bachelor, viewers wonder which ones will end up on Bachelor in Paradise. Not to worry, because fans do the same thing with the men on The Bachelorette.

ABC has already announced the next Bachelorette will be Charity Lawson, a fan favorite from the current season with Zach Shallcross. As The Bachelor winds down, who else might be joining the spinoff series Bachelor in Paradise?

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Ariel Frenkel from New York City made it all the way to overnight dates, where she did not have sex with Zach because he took “sex off the table.”

The longer Ariel lasted through the season, the more the audience loved her. She described herself as “adventurous, sophisticated, [and] unapologetically herself” in her Bachelor bio.

Oscar-nominated and double Palme d’Or winning film company Plattform Production has premiered its latest film, “A Tiger in Paradise,” by director and editor Mikel Cee Karlsson, as part of a live event that received a standing ovation at Cph:dox, one of Europe’s leading documentary film festivals.

Set in the picturesque Swedish countryside, the doc takes viewers on a surreal journey into the inner world of Swedish indie folk singer-songwriter José González.

Peppered with songs from his latest album “Local Valley,” introspective musings, self-deprecation and playful special effects involving moving portraits, looping techniques and Conway’s famous Game of Life computation model, the film opens with a disarmingly candid disclosure by González about his past mental health issues.

Karlsson tells Variety: “We used José’s mental illness as a jumping off point, in a way, to discuss themes that both of us think are really interesting. We read a lot of the same books.

Bravo New World: Seidl Returns with Desolate Portrait of Fallen Hustler

There’s always a healthy thread of humor lurking under the despair of Ulrich Seidl’s films, both documentary and otherwise, and this is most certainly the case in his long awaited return to narrative filmmaking with Rimini, a cross-cultural portrait of a hustler hit with a karma bullet. It’s been nearly a decade since Seidl unleashed his perversely enjoyable Paradise trilogy, though his documentary features have continued to unspool, as with the surprisingly sweet In the Basement (2014) and the disturbing Safari (2016). The groundwork of his latest feature is basically the story of a failed playboy gone to seed reuniting with his daughter, though undercurrents of cultural trauma bubble up sporadically.…...