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As the fallout continues around the It Ends with Us behind-the-scenes drama, Blake Lively helped at least one co-star land his next role. The Housemaid director Paul Feig recently revealed that the actress encouraged him to cast her former romantic lead Brandon Sklenar in his upcoming psychological thriller, which premieres Dec. 19 in theaters. “Blake […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/DMXEncT

Who knew that one of the most important figures in U.S. history had a seriously mean backhand on the basketball court? Glenn Kaino’s documentary Hoops, Hopes & Dreams follows the untold story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who, alongside a team of sharp civil rights activists, hit the basketball court to rally the community […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/GHTQ2cJ

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the prolific and instantly recognizable actor best known for his roles in the Mortal Kombat films, The Last Emperor, Memoirs of a Geisha and The Man in the High Castle, died Thursday in Santa Barbara. He was 75. Tagawa died due to complications from a stroke early this morning surrounded by his children. […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/luo5nKT

EXCLUSIVE: Jacquie Katz is departing CAA where she has been for 15 years, 11 and a half of them as an agent in the TV lit department, most recently based in New York. Katz is staying in New York as she is switching careers — she is leaving CAA at the end of the month […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/LuB7O0z

Donald Trump granted Tim Leiweke a pardon, just five months after the administration’s Justice Department charged the live entertainment executive in a scheme to rig the bidding process for a public arena in Texas. The pardon was signed by the president on Tuesday. In July, Leiweke, a longtime executive in live sports and entertainment who […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/4hlPJdc

Although Samara Weaving‘s Grace just barely survived her wedding night in Ready or Not (2019), it appears the honeymoon is over as she returns in the hotly-anticipated sequel. On Wednesday, Searchlight Pictures unveiled the first official trailer for Radio Silence‘s Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, which picks up immediately after Grace survived the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/Jfpdv9y

It turns out that the heavy behind the scenes in the Sean Combs: The Reckoning saga isn’t Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson but Netflix boss Ted Sarandos, at least according to Diddy and his lawyers. “Netflix chose Mr. Jackson as producer to punish Mr. Combs for refusing to play by its rules,” claims the December 1 […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/oeiQuMH

"You think I'm responsible for her death?" "My father thinks so." Sony Pictures Classics revealed an official US trailer for a playful French noir comedy titled A Private Life , the latest from the award-winning French filmmaker Rebecca Zlotowski following her last film Other People's Children recently. It premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, then played at nearly every other major fest in the fall including TIFF and NYFF. A frisky, feminine, film noir about psychoanalysis and many other things... Now set for US release in theaters starting January 2026 . Renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner ( Jodie Foster in a kinetic performance) is deeply troubled by the sudden death of one of her patients. Convinced that it was murder, she decides to investigate. Along with Jodie Foster who can speak French, this half English/half French film also stars Daniel Auteuil , Virginie Efira , Matthieu Amalric , Vincent Lacoste , & Luana Bajram...

Word of revised bids by the three companies looking to acquire all or part of Warner Bros. Discovery surfaced Monday, the day designated by the media giant as the deadline for the next round of offers. Paramount, which has already had three proposals rejected by the WBD board, is staying in the hunt, as are […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/r46HX8y

EXCLUSIVE: Arty Froushan, who plays Wilson Fisk’s sinister henchman Buck Cashman in Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again, will star as serial killer Patrick Bateman in a revamped revival of the musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s darkly satirical novel American Psycho. The show will begin performances at London’s Almeida Theatre from Jan. 22 through March 14, 2026. […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/zyHdkJQ