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The award for dumbest murderer on Elsbeth goes to Lawrence “Larry” Grey. At least Matthew Broderick is somehow still charming, even as a killer.

Also, is the whole college admissions scam still a thing? And who in their right mind would start when the student is a toddler?

After so many big-name convictions, I would think people wouldn’t still be playing with fire. Then again, I’ve never been rich and powerful.

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As far as Elsbeth episodes, this one hit all the right marks with a bit of drama, a fistful of funny, and a pinch of intrigue right there at the end.

For a show about murder, it sure does manage to deliver a lot of good news and keep things surprisingly upbeat.

Granted, the killers of Elsbeth are not exactly genius masterminds. Still, Larry takes the cake with more rookie mistakes than anyone with...

Sofia Carson in The Life List – Picture: Netflix

In March 2024, Netflix confirmed The Life List, a new romantic comedy starring Sofia Carson. The movie is due out on Netflix soon, so we’re here with everything known about it, including the full cast, production updates, plot details, and more on its release date, which is now set for March 28th.

Adam Brooks is on board to both write and direct the project. The Canadian screenwriter and director is no stranger to the romantic comedy space, having written or directed (or both) titles like Definitely, Maybe, and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, plus the Netflix Original movie Nappily Ever After, released in 2018.

This isn’t the first time The Lift List has been attempted to be brought to the big screen. Ahead of the book’s release in 2013, Fox 2000 optioned the film rights for the novel, with Hutch Parker set to produce.

It looks like Fire Country will be jumping on the campy bandwagon in the next episode.

However, I imagine, given the show’s tone, it will not be acknowledged in the show for its hilarious meta-humor.

If you haven’t seen the promo for “Fare Thee Well,” you’re likely scratching your head and asking what in the world I could be one about. Fair warning: There’s just no other way to say this without it sounding like it sounds.

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On Fire Country Season 3 Episode 11, Bode Leone will slay a dragon. Let that marinate for a minute. I saw it with my own eyes, and I’m still trying to wrap my head around it.

Sure, it’s super gimmicky for an episode, but a little camp humor never hurt anything. Besides, once you see the promo, the image will live rent-free in your mind forever.

A year has gone by since it was announced that special effects legend Greg Nicotero, who is the creative supervisor on the Shudder series inspired by the George A. Romero / Stephen King anthology Creepshow, directed more than forty episodes of The Walking Dead, and is now an executive producer on the Walking Dead spin-off The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, would be executive producing a TV series adaptation of the post-apocalyptic novel Swan Song, written by Robert McCammon. Nicotero will be directing the pilot episode of the series as well. Now, Variety has learned that the series has hired its showrunner.

That showrunner is Russell Rothberg, who will also serve as writer and executive producer on the show. Rothberg has a long list of credits that includes being a writer and executive producer on the upcoming Peacock limited series Long Bright River, being an executive producer on the Paramount+ limited series The Offer,...

General Hospital Spoilers reveal Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) didn’t mince words when she told her mother, Lois Cerullo (Rena Sofer), that she was considering telling Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard) the truth about her past.

There’s just one problem — she immediately realized that would mean she would have to tell Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) the truth, too, and she’s just not ready to do that.

Cody Bell (Josh Kelly) has affirmed that he never shared her secret with anyone — not even Dante — and that means she’s free to rewrite the story however she pleases, right?

This Truly Isn’t About Brook Lynn Quartermaine

While telling Chase the truth would unburden Brook Lynn of the guilt she is feeling over having kept it a secret from him in the first place, that’s not why she wants to tell him.

Rather, she doesn’t want Chase to...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Laid!

Peacock’s dark comedy, Laid, includes a cast of comedians and actors featuring Oscar-nominee Stephanie Hsu. The show follows a 33-year-old woman named Ruby Yao, who discovers that her exes are starting to die. She works alongside her best friend, Aj, and her ex, Richie, to figure out why the characters she slept with are dropping dead in hilarious and absurd ways. At the same time, she tries to navigate her feelings for her new party-planning client, Isaac.

Laid thrives off the fact that the characters, especially Ruby, are deeply flawed and make reckless decisions. This debaucherous show includes a wild and unruly premise through which Ruby can process her past and grow. At the same time, the people around her also become better versions of themselves. Ultimately, the cast of predominantly established actors and comedians does an excellent job getting the audience...

When it comes to police procedurals, keeping things fresh and exciting is the key to success. Many shows try numerous tactics, but CBS‘s Elsbeth has created a unique advantage for itself.

As the series comes to the halfway point of its sophomore season, it’s fair to say there are endless guest appearances. Something that has indeed worked in the show’s favor.

Fans of Elsbeth have more than become accustomed to the revolving door of detectives.

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While we will likely still have more new faces down the road, we at least have a core group of investigators.

Now that a good handful of the detectives are buddying up with Elsbeth, it’s about time we get familiar with some of these wildly different but equally entertaining sleuths.

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Plot: Season two finds new parents Ava and Nathan Bartlett three months into parenthood. Focused on taking care of her family, Ava is determined to resist her true crime obsession and return to work as a real estate agent while Nathan trains private tennis clients. But a series of new murders pulls her back in – is Matt behind the slayings? Is Tory, now entangled in a relationship with Matt, in danger? For a while, life is good — Ava’s TikTok habit and her new friend Drew provide a welcome distraction, and Nathan’s all in on reigniting his tennis career as well as his friendship with Matt — until danger comes knocking, literally.

Review: When the first season of Based on a True Story dropped last year on Peacock, I was not impressed with the story of a couple who started their own true-crime podcast with input from a real serial killer.

Exclusive: Department M, the independent studio founded by Mike Larocca and Michael Schaefer, has acquired the film rights to the acclaimed nonfiction book Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War, by Marty Skovlund Jr. and Joe Kent and tapped Jessica Goldberg to adapt the script. Department M will produce the feature adaptation alongside Patrick Newall.

The book follows Shannon Kent’s story, who served as an “operator” in the U.S. Military, which of the 1.3 million active-duty service members in the U.S. military, only a tiny fraction are selected in the role. Kent was one of the first women to serve at this level and was widely recognized as one of the best. She was assigned to a unit so secretive that its name can’t even be printed here, where she worked clandestinely to hunt the most wanted terrorists in the world, and in the end,...

You Can’t Go Home Again.

From Irish filmmaker and actor Tom Archdeacon comes The pATH, now available on VOD via Amazon Prime and other major platforms where you rent/buy your movies.

In the film…

“After the death of her parents, Abigail White returns home to care for her younger sister and the family farm. She soon begins to experience unexplainable and terrifying events. Determined to sell the failing farm, she and her sister slowly discover the dark past linked to their home, and the strange circumstances surrounding their parents’ death.”

The pATH stars Brian McManamon, Alex MacNicoll, Tess Hanna, Taylor Colwell, Tuffy Questell, Andrew Block, and Clifton Dunn.

Here’s the trailer and art.

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Gotham is expanding in “The Penguin” and that means a lot of familiar names, but new faces. In some cases, it means new names too.

Premiering on HBO on Thursday, September 19, “The Penguin” takes place just a few weeks after the events of “The Batman,” but centers on crime boss Oz Cobb — better known as the Penguin. With Gotham effectively in ruins, it’s a race to see who can control the streets, and he thinks his time has come.

That becomes a bit harder, though, when Sofia Falcone, daughter of Carmine Falcone, unexpectedly returns from Arkham Asylum.

We won’t spoil anything, but here are the major players you’ll need to keep up with.

“The Penguin” (Max) Oz Cobb (Colin Farrell)

He makes a total hair and makeup transformation for the role, but yes, that’s Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb, a.k.a The Penguin. The Oscar-nominated...

The Breaking Bad series was an immense hit, establishing a special place in the television world. Due to its success, Aaron Paul’s role as Jesse Pinkman catapulted to fame, opening doors for a successful career going forward.

Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston in AMC series | AMC

However, rather than choosing a typical path to secure leading-man roles in blockbuster movies, he chose a pathway less traveled. He decided to pursue independent filmmaking, showcasing a kind of courage that many would be terrified of.

Aaron Paul Made a Bold Career Confession Post-Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad has been a significant milestone for Aaron Paul‘s career whose portrayal of Jesse Pinkman impressed many, earning him critical acclaim and accolades.

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Exclusive: Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men) and Laura Slade Wiggins (Shameless) have signed on to star alongside Landon Ashworth (Space Force) in Go On, a fantasy drama marking Ashworth’s feature directorial debut, which will enter production in New Mexico in September.

Marking Ashworth’s first produced feature screenplay, the film follows two strangers on a remote mountain, scorched by forest fires, as they help each other process baggage from their previous lives so they can transition to the afterlife. Ashworth crafted the screenplay after losing his very young cousin, Landon Bellm, to suicide.

“Having my feature film directorial debut be my own screenplay which addresses real, meaningful, and relatable issues is an honor,” Ashworth told Deadline. “Also, having the opportunity to work with Vincent is beyond a dream come true. I’ve followed his career for over a decade and knew he needed to play the co-lead of this movie.

A ‘Must See TV’ vet is headed back to NBC.

Maura Tierney has been tapped to join Law & Order in Season 24 as a series regular, sources confirm to TVLine exclusively. Character details are being kept under wraps, but we hear Tierney will be playing a new lieutenant.

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This marks Tierney’s return to NBC’s Thursday lineup following her decade-long stint on ER.

The news comes after Camryn Manheim...

Oscar-winning film producer Jon Landau, renowned for his collaboration with director James Cameron, passed away on Friday, July 5, at the age of 63.

As previously reported on Monsters & Critics, Landau succumbed to cancer.

He is survived by his wife, Julie, and their two sons, Jamie and Jodie, as well as his siblings, Tina, Kathy, and Les Landau.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Landau was instrumental in producing some of the highest-grossing films in cinematic history.

His partnership with James Cameron led to the creation of iconic movies such as Titanic, Avatar, and its 2022 sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water.

Landau also served as the chief operating officer for Cameron’s production company, Lightstorm Entertainment, which produced other notable films, such as Solaris and Alita: Battle Angel.

The duo was actively planning the future of the Avatar franchise at the time of his passing.

Who is Jon Landau’s wife Julie?...

Exclusive: Sarah Jones and Oscar nominee Adriana Barraza are set for series regular roles in Prime Video’s comic book series with the working title El Gato. They join the previously announced leads Diego Boneta and Lorenza Izzo.

Based on the comic series El Gato Negro by Richard Dominguez, El Gato follows Frank Guerrero (Boneta), who returns home to Mexico after the death of his father and finds himself neck-deep in a nest of vipers – his estranged family – who are vying for control of his father’s business empire. But Frank’s grief is interrupted when he learns his only inheritance, a seemingly worthless parcel of land on the border, sits atop the lair of a famous costumed vigilante — his father, “El Gato.” Now, Frank is in the crosshairs. To survive, he’ll have to solve mysteries decades in the...

Law & Order is losing another one of its own.

Camryn Manheim is set to depart the esteemed Dick Wolf procedural at the end of Season 23, currently airing Thursday nights on NBC, Variety reports. Manheim, who joined the revival in Season 21, currently stars as Lt. Kate Dixon.

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Exclusive: Freida Pinto and her Freeboard Films Entertainment label have boarded Kiranmala & the Kingdom Beyond, the animated kids TV show we first told you about earlier this year.

Pinto will voice the Moon Maiden, the biological mother to the lead character, Kiranmala, and will executive produce the series alongside her producing partner Emily Verellen Strom through their Freeboard Films banner.

The story follows a New Jersey 12-year-old girl who discovers she might be a real Indian princess as she is swept into a fantastical world of magic, winged horses, moving maps and annoying, talking birds and forced to fight demons and solve riddle to find her lost parents and save the world.

Published by Scholastic, Kiranmala & The Kingdom Beyond debuted in 2018 with The Serpent’s Secret. It won several book awards, with Kiranmala & The Kingdom Beyond: Game of Stars following in 2019 and entering the New York Times bestseller list. A third book,...

There will be spoilers for "Star Wars: Tales of the Empire" Episode 1 "The Path of Fear," so beware.

"Star Wars: Tales of the Empire" (watch the trailer here) is the follow-up to the animated "Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi" shorts from 2022. The initial series followed Count Dooku and Ahsoka Tano through formative moments and turning points in their lives. This iteration of the show brings us a look at Morgan Elsbeth, a relatively new character introduced in the second season of "The Mandalorian" and Barris Offee, the Jedi Padawan who betrayed Ahsoka Tano on "The Clone Wars" and framed her for murder.

The very first episode takes us back to "The Clone Wars," in the midst of a battle we've seen before on the planet Dathomir. During "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," the Witches of Dathomir played a vital part, as did Dooku's former Sith assassin, Asajj Ventress. But thanks to revelations in "Ahsoka,...

Exclusive: Paramount Pictures highly-anticipated adaptation of the best-seller Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow is gaining some serious momentum as Oscar winner Siân Heder has been tapped to direct the adaptation which is based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name by Gabrielle Zevin. Mark Bomback wrote the script based off a draft penned by Zevin. Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner will produce. Zevin will executive Produce.

The novel is a modern love story about two friends who meet as children and reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital storytelling that eludes them in their real lives. The relationship explores the intimacy, passion, and heartbreak of creative collaboration, set against the visually groundbreaking worlds brought to life by the rising video game industry of the 1990s-2000s.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow has sold over 2.8 million copies...

Exclusive: There is a change at the helm of Peacock’s Based On a True Story, starring Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina. Physical creator Annie Weisman is joining the upcoming second season of the dark comedy thriller, from Aggregate Films and UCP, as new showrunner. She succeeds series creator Craig Rosenberg who remains an executive producer while pursuing other projects.

Season 2 of Based On a True Story will see Ava (Cuoco) and her husband Nathan (Messina) return for a new true crime adventure. The two stars are executive producing the new installment alongside Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan of Aggregate Films, writer/showrunner Weisman, Alex Buono, Rosenberg and Jaclyn Moore. Roxie Rodriguez of Aggregate Films, Sono Patel and Max Searle co-executive produce. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group , is the studio.

In the well received first season, the lives of a down-on-their-luck couple Ava (Cuoco) and Nathan (Messina) collide...

Peacock’s upcoming limited series adaptation of “Long Bright River” starring Amanda Seyfried has added six to its cast in recurring roles.

Dash Mihok, Britne Oldford, Matthew Del Negro, Harriet Sansom Harris, Patch Darragh, and Perry Mattfeld have all joined the series.

They will appear alongside Seyfried and previously announced cast members Nicholas Pinnock, Ashleigh Cummings, Callum Vinson and John Doman.

Based on the book of the same name by Liz Moore, the series is described as a suspense thriller that tells the story of “Mickey (Seyfried), a police officer who patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood, Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case.”

Mihok will recur as Eddie, while Oldford will play Aura. Del Negro will play Simon, with Sansom Harris as Mrs. Mahon, Darragh as Sergeant Kevin Ahearn, and Mattfield as Paula.

Peacock’s limited suspense thriller Long Bright River, based on the New York Times bestseller by Liz Moore, has added six in recurring roles: Dash Mihok (Ray Donovan), Britne Oldford (Dead Ringers), Matthew Del Negro (City on a Hill), Harriet Sansom Harris (Hacks), Patch Darragh (Succession), and Perry Mattfeld (In the Dark).

Mihok plays Eddie, with Oldford as Aura, Del Negro as Simon, Harris as Mrs. Mahon, Darragh as Sergeant Kevin Ahearn, and Mattfeld as Paula. As previously announced, Amanda Seyfried and Nicholas Pinnock lead a cast, also featuring Ashleigh Cummings, Callum Vinson, and John Doman.

The show follows Seyfried’s police officer, Mickey, as she patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood, Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case.

Nikki Toscano and Liz Moore are writing and exec producing, with Toscano serving as showrunner.

Exclusive: Sofia Carson (Purple Hearts), Kyle Allen (A Haunting in Venice), Sebastian De Souza (Fair Play), and Connie Britton (The White Lotus) have signed on to star in The Life List, a new Netflix rom-com from writer-director Adam Brooks.

Based on the 2013 novel by Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List‘s logline is as follows: When Alex Rose’s (Carson) mother sends her on a quest to complete her childhood bucket list, it takes her on a journey that will make you both laugh and cry as she uncovers family secrets, finds romance, and discovers herself along the way.

Liza Chasin is producing for 3dot Productions. The film falls under Chasin’s first-look deal with the streamer, announced in 2019, which also covers her upcoming Morocco-set love story Lonely Planet starring Laura Dern, Liam Hemsworth, and Diana Silvers. Exec producers of The Life List include Hutch Parker,...

Former Jax Media president Brooke Posch has opened her own shingle, Good&Done, aiming to focus on comedy projects from new and undiscovered voices. As part of the launch, Posch has hired former Broadway Video and Universal TV exec Hannah Kitziger to serve as head of development.

“Throughout my career I’ve experienced the incredible rewards of having developed and produced some of the most extraordinary voices in TV and film,” Posch said in a statement. “I’m thrilled to take this next step to launch Good&Done and bring on executive Hannah Kitziger. Unique perspectives are the drivers in breakthrough programming, and we’re excited to shake up the comedy landscape.”

Posch exited Jax Media last year after that company was sold to Imagine Entertainment. She first joined Jax Media in 2019 as president of original programming, launching several series and also setting up an unscripted division, a movie division and Jax UK.

Dr. Sleech and Dr. Klak lead an ensemble cast of talented stars in Amazon's The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy. Stephanie Hsu shines as the cool and confident Dr. Sleech, while Keke Palmer embodies the anxious and reserved Dr. Klak in the animated sci-fi show. Kieran Culkin's Dr. Plowp adds charm as a love interest for Dr. Sleech, while Nurse Tup, played by Natasha Lyonne, brings a disgruntled presence.

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy is Amazon's new animated sci-fi series, which is reminiscent of shows like Rick & Morty and Solar Opposites, just with a medical twist — and its talented cast helps it strike that balance well. The show follows Dr. Sleech and Dr. Klak, two surgeons who work at the second-best hospital in the galaxy. The characters are best friends, and they have a penchant for breaking the rules to get their jobs done. Their...

Law & Order is losing a fan favorite.

Sam Waterston is stepping down as Da Jack McCoy in the flagship Dick Wolf procedural, TVLine has learned. Waterston’s last episode will air on Thursday, Feb. 22.

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Scandal’s Tony Goldwyn has been tapped as his replacement, though details on the new district attorney have not yet been revealed.

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The White Lotus just keeps adding our favorite TV stars to its Season 3 reservation list. (And no, we’re not complaining.)

Emmy nominee Walton Goggins (Justified) is one of five new cast additions to the upcoming third season of HBO’s luxury travelogue dramedy, TVLine has learned. Joining Goggins will be Patrick Schwarzenegger (Gen V), Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education), Sarah Catherine Hook (First Kill) and Sam Nivola (White Noise). As usual, no character details have been released yet.

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Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to the comedy “Laid” with Stephanie Hsu attached to star, Variety has learned.

The series was first reported as being in development in June 2022. It hails from Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna. Based on the Australian series of the same name, the official logline for “Laid” states, “A woman finds out her former lovers are dying in unusual ways and must go back through her sex timeline to confront her past in order to move forward.”

Khan and Bradford McKenna serve as writers and executive producers, with Hsu also executive producing. Khan executive produces along with Jennifer Carreras under their Fierce Baby Productions banner. John Davis and John Fox of Davis Entertainment also executive produce, as do Marieke Hardy, Kirsty Fisher, and Liz Watts for Porchlight Films. All3Media International is also an executive producer. Universal Television is the studio behind the series.

Hsu...

Veep alum Reid Scott is on the case for Law & Order Season 23, premiering Thursday, Jan. 18 at 8/7c on NBC.

TVLine has your exclusive first look at the actor in the upcoming season of the venerated Dick Wolf procedural, which you can check out above. See below for more photos of Scott in character.

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New details reveal that Scott will portray Det.

One month before The White Lotus‘ anticipated third season begins filming, TVLine has learned that six actors — including TV vets Jason Isaacs (Star Trek: Discovery, Awake), Michelle Monaghan (The Path), Parker Posey (Lost in Space) and Leslie Bibb (Popular) — have closed deals to star in the latest installment of HBO’s Emmy-winning series.

Also joining (previously announced) returning cast member Natasha Rothwell in Season 3: Relative newcomers Dom Hetrakul and Tayme Thapthimthong (pictured below alongside Bibb).

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Yoda's mysterious past and journey to becoming a Jedi could make for an interesting storyline in a Star Wars show. Exploring Poe Dameron's origins and rebel background would give fans insight into his character and role in the Resistance. Tala Durith's backstory as an Imperial officer turned rebel could be expanded upon in a Disney+ series, showcasing her development and the establishment of The Path.

Star Wars has a plethora of interesting characters who haven’t had their time to shine, but there are a select few who deserve their own shows. With the Star Wars galaxy rapidly expanding and more and more interesting stories being told onscreen, some characters are still being left in the dust. Some minor characters, or even main characters, haven’t had their backstories fully flushed out - but their origins are likely compelling, and their stories are worthy of telling.

With media juggernauts...

Netflix has ordered the drama “Ransom Canyon” to series, with Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly set to star.

Netflix has given “Ransom Canyon” a 10-episode order. The series is described as a romance-fueled family drama and contemporary Western. The official logline states that the show “charts the intersecting lives of three ranching families, all set against the rugged expanse of Texas Hill Country.”

Duhamel will star as Staten Kirkland, described as the owner and sole occupant of the sprawling Double K Ranch. He is further described as “Steadfast and stoic, Staten leads the charge to resist outside forces threatening his way of life and the land that he loves.”

Kelly will play Quinn. It is said that the character “has often found herself in the shadow of others, but after a stint in New York pursuing her career as a concert pianist, she has returned to Ransom Canyon to carve...

Bishkek, named after the mythical and legendary Kyrgyz hero who unified the various Kyrgyz tribes, is the capital of Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous Central Asian country of seven million inhabitants, plus a million Kyrgyz citizens working in the Russian Federation.

Kyrgyzstan borders Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China. It is famous for Lake Issyk-Kul, an inland sea, horse riding, national parks and cinema. Director Tolomush Okeev is the leading figure of the Soviet period. For the post-Soviet period, since

Kyrgyzstan gained independence in 1992, Aktan Arym Kubat Abdykalykov, director who won the Silver Leopard at Locarno (Le Fils adoptif- Beshkempir), was twice selected at Cannes and has attended the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas several times, either as President of the International Jury or as guest of honor for a retrospective of his films.

Bishkek, named after the Soviet military commander Frunze during the Soviet period, has grown like a mushroom in 200 years.

Law & Order has added a new cop to its ranks.

Veep alum Reid Scott has joined the flagship NBC procedural as an NYPD detective for Season 23, TVLine has learned.

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The actor, who just came off a well-received stint as the fictional late-night talk show host Gordon Ford for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s final season, will...

Jeffrey Donovan is not returning for season 23 of Law & Order, Deadline has confirmed.

The former Burn Notice star was tapped in 2021 to lead the NBC revival. He played Donovan’s Det. Frank Cosgrove in Dick Wolf’s venerable crime drama during seasons 21 and 22.

He left for creative reasons, according to TVLine, which first reported the news.

Donovan is the latest star to turn in his badge on L&o. In 2022, Anthony Anderson, who reprised his role as Det. Kevin Bernard from the series’ original run, left after Season 21. He was replaced by Mehcad Brooks, who joined the cast in Season 22 as Frank’s new partner Jalen Shaw.

The cast includes Sam Waterston as Da Jack McCoy, Hugh Dancy as senior prosecutorial assistant Nathan Price, and Camryn Manheim (The Practice) as Lt. Kate Dixon.

Law & Order, which is expected to return for an abbreviated season in 2024, is...

Another detective is handing in their Law & Order badge.

Jeffrey Donovan will not be returning for Season 23 of Dick Wolf’s venerable NBC procedural, TVLine has learned exclusively. The search is currently underway for a new series regular to fill the void left by Donovan’s Det. Frank Cosgrove.

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Producer Jonah Swilley and rapper Brandon “Bez” Evans are the two brains behind the hip-hop duo Revival Season. Their debut album, Golden Age of Self Snitching, is out February 23rd via Heavenly Recordings, and they’re previewing it with the lead single “Pump.”

Citing artists like Dungeon Family, OutKast, and Beastie Boys as some of their main inspirations, Revival Season often nod to hip-hop’s roots with their funk-forward approach. The duo formed while Swilley was looking for his next collaborator, and Bez quickly proved to be the man for the job, creating an “instant rapport and creative chemistry.”

“We kinda worked backwards, reverse-engineered a lot of songs,” explains Swilley, who’d make beats out of Bez’s isolated vocals. “I’d build a track around what he was doing vocally, kind of fill it out rhythmically, using his vocal as an instrument, seeing how I could accompany that musically...

Kenneth Branagh is back for this third — and by TheWrap’s account, best — appearance as Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot in “A Haunting in Venice.” He also directs the spooky mystery, which boasts a terrific lineup of murder suspects (and potential victims), including Michelle Yeoh, Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan and Kelly Reilly.

Here’s who plays which character in the film based on Christie’s 1969 novel “Hallowe’en Party” — and where you might have seen the less familiar names before.

“A Haunting in Venice” is now streaming on Disney+.

20th Century Studios.

Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot

British actor Kenneth Branagh reprises his role as the fussy Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, whom he previously played in the recent remakes “Murder on the Orient Express” and “Death on the Nile.” The film begins in 1947 with Poirot retired from sleuthing and leading a quiet life in Venice — until he’s dragged into a new case.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 could introduce Carol Marcus, played by Sarah Jones from For All Mankind. Sarah Jones brings intelligence, charisma, and emotional maturity to her roles, making her an ideal choice to portray the brilliant scientist and conflicted lover, Carol Marcus. Introducing Carol Marcus in Strange New Worlds season 3 would provide insight into her decision to keep Lt. James T. Kirk away from their son, David, and could shed light on her motivations for creating the Genesis Device. Sarah Jones has the qualities to embody this complex character.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 could introduce Carol Marcus, and Apple TV+'s hit sci-fi series, For All Mankind, just had the perfect actress to play the girlfriend of Lt. James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley). In Strange New Worlds' musical episode, Kirk confesses to Lt. LA'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) that he can't act on their mutual attraction because...

Murder mysteries, particularly those of the Agatha Christie variety, tend to be feasts for actors, affording them the chance to play colorful, eccentric, and often more than a little bit sleazy characters who may or may not like to dabble in homicide on the side. Such was the case with director Kenneth Branagh's first two films in his Hercule Poirot cinematic universe, "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Death on the Nile." For his third go at adapting Christie's super-sleuth for the big screen, "A Haunting in Venice," Branagh has once again surrounded himself (and his ginormous curly mustache) as Poirot with a cast that represents the cream of the crop when it comes to character actors working today.

"A Haunting in Venice" (you can read /Film's review here) adapts one of Christie's lesser-known Poirot novels, "Hallowe'en Party," in order to put something of a horror-tinged spin on your average Poirot adventure.

It's fair to say that the world is ready to see more of Stephanie Hsu. Following her success with "Everything Everywhere All at Once", the actor has taken on several new projects, including the Disney+ series "American Born Chinese" and the raunchy comedy "Joy Ride," which she stars in alongside "Emily in Paris" star Ashley Park.

The film, which hit theaters on July 7, centers around a lawyer named Audrey (Park) who travels to China with a group of her closest friends in search of her birth mother. The unapologetic, hilarious nature of the flick gave Hsu a chance to do something outside her normal bubble, which was a thrill to experience, according to the actor. "It felt so exciting to get to do what we never get to do, which is to be completely unhinged, disgusting, grotesque, chaotic, wild, but still so full of heart," she explained in a July 2023 interview with Elle.

Skeletor must be in charge over at Netflix: The streamer is pulling the plug on Masters of the Universe, a planned live-action movie adaptation of the He-Man animated series and toy line, our sister site Variety reports. Toy maker Mattel is shopping the project to other studios.

The decision to scrap the film reportedly came down to “budget concerns,” with Netflix beginning with a production budget over $200 million and then trying unsuccessfully to pare that down to $150 million. Sources tell Variety that more than $30 million had already been spent on the project.

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The Continental: From the World of John Wick introduces several new actors while also bringing back some familiar faces. The prequel miniseries to the John Wick franchise, The Continental: From the World of John Wick tells the story of how Winston Scott came to be the proprietor of the New York campus of The Continental Hotel, the safe zone for assassins. The series takes place in an alternate history during the 1970s and expands the world from the John Wick franchise. The Continental weaves the history of the fictional criminal underworld with real events like the rise of the American mafia.

An important aspect of John Wick, beyond the titular character's hunt for revenge, is the hidden lore within John Wick’s world that is deeper than even any of the films go into. The series is massively successful, and combined, the four films earned over $1 billion at the box...

Fantasy show composers Gustavo Santaolalla (“The Last of Us”), Bear McCreary (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”) and Ramin Djawadi (“House of the Dragon”) knew going in that their respective projects had built-in audiences — and that those fandoms should be kept in mind while creating their scores.

“The Last of Us” showrunners Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin told Santaolalla that music needed to be “another character” for the HBO series adapted from the video game he previously scored. Rather than create new themes, Santaolalla organically transitioned the music to TV. The South American instrument called “the ronroco,” which he used to write “The Last of Us” theme, was integral in keeping that connectivity for fans who had experienced Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie’s (Bella Ramsay) journey before.

Santaolalla also brought back “All Gone,” “The Path” and other fan-favorite tracks for “The Last of Us” TV series.

Through a new original series, LinkedIn is looking to show how perseverance leads to success. The professional platform has premiered Catalyst, in which business leaders recall the obstacles they had to overcome in order to achieve their career goals.

The first batch of Catalyst episodes will tell the stories of five creators, all of whom are active on LinkedIn. Together, they have encountered a wide variety of hurdles. Some Catalyst subjects, like Soapbox co-founder David Simnick, had to figure out how to turn around failing businesses. Others dealt with personal issues. Fact-checking exec Ken Oliver went to prison before becoming the VP of Checkr.org.

“I had no idea of what life in prison really meant,” Oliver says in the Catalyst trailer. “I knew that I wasn’t going to let the circumstance of what was happening to me define me.”

The first episode of Catalyst focuses on Dr. Sian Proctor,...

Ti West has locked in an all-star cast for his Mia Goth-led A24 horror pic MaXXXine, with Elizabeth Debicki (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3.), Moses Sumney (The Idol), Michelle Monaghan (Nanny), Bobby Cannavale (The Watcher), Lily Collins (Emily in Paris), Halsey (Americana), Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul) and Kevin Bacon (City on a Hill) closing deals for roles.

MaXXXine is the third title in A24‘s first major horror franchise, on the heels of West’s films X and Pearl, both of which were released to much acclaim last year. The ’70s-set X had Goth pulling double duty as Maxine, who sees her pornography-shooting friends violently murdered in Texas, and one of their elderly assailants, Pearl. The latter film, set in 1918, meanwhile, served up an origin story for the latter villain character.

MaXXXine reverses the franchise’s trajectory through time to pick with Maxine after the violent events of X,...

The cast of Breaking Bad is full of acclaimed actors giving fierce performances as a wide range of morally complicated characters. The series revolves around Walter White, a mild-mannered chemistry teacher who “breaks bad” and resorts to cooking meth to pay his medical bills when he’s diagnosed with lung cancer. Breaking Bad immediately set itself apart from the rest of the TV landscape with that premise. Whereas most shows are built around maintaining a status quo for an indefinite number of seasons, the storytelling of Breaking Bad was driven by change as Walt was gradually corrupted by a life of crime and transformed into a monster.

Series creator Vince Gilligan famously set out to tell the story of Mr. Chips turning into Scarface. Breaking Bad is frequently included on lists of the greatest TV shows ever made, and it even set the Guinness World Record for the most highly praised TV series.

Exclusive: Another Good Girls alum has joined NBC’s Jenna Bans/Bill Krebs (fka Murder By The Book) drama pilot. Michael Weaver has been tapped to direct the pilot from Good Girls creator Jenna Bans under her Universal Television-based production banner Minnesota Logging Company. Good Girls executive producer Bill Krebs will pen the script with Bans.

Starring Retta, the story will follow big city Instafamous book reviewer takes a page from the murder mystery books she reviews and becomes an unlikely detective to uncover the shocking truths about an eccentric seaside town.

The project, which had received a put pilot commitment in September, reteams Good Girls alums Retta, Bans, Krebs and Weaver, who served as director and executive producer on all four seasons of NBC’s crime comedy-drama.

Murder by the Book hails from Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, under the Minnesota Logging Co. production banner.

HBO’s latest hit series The Last of Us now officially has a soundtrack for its first season, a massive, 66-song compilation of all the music scoring the post-apocalyptic tale. Check it out below.

After working on the original The Last of Us video game, composer Gustavo Santaolalla returns for the HBO series, joined by fellow artist David Fleming. In an upcoming interview with Consequence, Santaolalla describes his approach to the soundtrack, saying, “The process of adapting, it was more in a way like craftwork than actually a new creation, because the themes were there, those things are there, like the characters, it wasn’t about creating a new job, it wasn’t about finding what is interesting. For example, in seeing how Pascal and Bella, they’re different than the actors that played the voices, but at the same time, they keep the soul of the characters intact.”

While...