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‘Starting 5’ Follows the NBA’s Biggest Stars Over the Course of a Season
Between training, recovery, travel and family time, how do NBA players get it all done in a day? A new docuseries from Netflix called Starting 5 is taking viewers behind the scenes with five of the best players in the league: LeBron James, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Edwards, Domantas Sabonis and Jayson Tatum.All five are laser-focused on the same goal: winning that year’s NBA championship, though are all at different stages of their lives and careers. Playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, James is focused on staying healthy as he plays his 21st season, while Tatum is angling for the Celtics to bring home a record 18th championship trophy.UNINTERRUPTED is producing Starting 5 in association with Higher Ground Productions and Omaha Productions.Starting 5 will be released as ten 45-minute episodes, ...
Bad Bunny to Star Alongside Zoë Kravitz and Austin Butler in New Darren Aronofsky Film ‘Caught Stealing’
Bad Bunny is officially the latest star to join Darren Aronfsky's upcoming new crime thriller Caught Stealing. Benito joins Zoë Kravitz and Austin Butler in the Sony Pictures film adaptation of Charlie Huston's novel of the same name. So far, production has not confirmed exactly which character Bad Bunny will play but Austin Butler is expected to play Hank Thompson, of which the story follows. According to the film synopsis, the story "follows Hank Thompson (Butler), a burned-out former baseball player, as he's unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of '90s NYC." This is not the first time Bad Bunny has done an acting role. His first role landed him on Narcos: Mexico where he played Arturo "Kitty" Páez in four episodes. He also starred alongs...
Netflix’s ‘Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story’ Teaser Trailer Gives an Eerie Glimpse of What’s To Come
Netflix has dropped a new teaser trailer for its upcoming true crime drama series Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story. Leading up to the official release date in mid-September, Netflix drops the teaser to give audiences a glimpse of what is to come for the second installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's true-crime anthology series starring Javier Bardem as the father José, Chloë Sevigny as mother Kitty, Cooper Koch as Erik and Nicholas Alexander Chavez as Lyle. The series follows the events of real-life brothers Lyle and Eric Menendez who murdered their parents José and Kitty in their homes on August 20, 1989. In the first teaser, the streamer opened with showing the two brothers seemingly driving onto their parents' estate and walking into the house. Two gunshots are then heard...
Ryan Reynolds Reveals New ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Deleted Scene Teasing More of Channing Tatum’s Gambit
Marvel fans are in for another treat with Ryan Reynolds' recent Instagram post. Taking to social media, he debuted a new deleted scene from Deadpool & Wolverine that seemingly confirms the Channing Tatum's Gambit survived the fight sequence in the Void. Not only does he survive, but he is able to make it out of the wasteland through an inter-dimensional portal that has opened and seen in the reflection of Gambit's eyes.Just like how Reynolds captioned the post, these portals are what Deadpool calls "Marvel spark circles" in the film. They allow Marvel characters to hop through the universe and it appears that Tatum's Gambit has found one that has allowed him to return to his home universe or elsewhere in the multiverse. In the past, Tatum has been vocal about wanting to bring Gambit in...
‘Inside Out 2’ Is the First Animated Film To Hit $1 Billion USD at Global Box Office
Disney Pixar's Inside Out 2 has officially crossed the $1 billion USD threshold at the international box office. Becoming one of 12 releases to ever do so, Inside Out 2 has made history as the first animated film to ever surpass the billion dollar mark. According to Variety, 55 films have been able to gross $1 billion USD globally but only 12 have been been able to hit that benchmark from its international market alone. Although Disney's 2019 Lion King hit $1.1 billion USD, it was considered a live-action film rather than a computer animated film. Inside Out 2's global success was evident everywhere. In foreign markets, it hit $60.8 million USD in South Korea, $62.6 million USD in France, $72.7 million USD in the U.K., $80 million USD in Brazil and $102.2 million USD in Mexico. Across the ...
‘Afraid’ of AI: What Happens When Our Smart Devices Get Too Smart?
People's biggest fears about AI revolve around losing control over their lives. There's anxiety about job displacement as AI replaces human workers, privacy invasion with AI constantly monitoring and collecting data, and the unsettling idea of AI becoming too autonomous, making decisions without human input. On a personal level, there’s fear that AI could intrude on home life, affecting loved ones and eroding personal connections. The real question is, what happens if these fears are taken to the extreme?In Afraid, directed by Chris Weitz, the fears about AI are fully realized in a terrifying way. Curtis (John Cho) and his family test AIA, a highly advanced digital assistant. AIA quickly learns their routines, handling security, adjusting home settings, and even preparing meals, all while ...
‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 Has Been Confirmed
Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso is officially greenlit for a fourth season. Variety has confirmed the news that Warner Bros. Television has picked up the the show for season four, featuring original cast members including Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein and Jeremy Swift. Sudeikis is said to be involved with the revival as an executive producer.Originally developed by Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Hunt and Joe Kelly, the show is based on the current format and characters from NBC Sports. The hugely popular fourth season of the Apple TV+ comedy saw Warner Bros. TV pick up on the options of the show's three main characters, securing their contracts. The studio is expected to other cast members with SAG-AFTRA contracts that have options that are expiring. It is unclear who the full cast wi...
‘Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom’ to Release in Fall
Bandai Namco Filmworks has shared a new promotional trailer for Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom, an upcoming anime featuring interactive virtual reality technology.The film is co-produced with Atlas V, a French VR production specializing in crafting immersive VR and AR video games, experiences as well as installations. Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom will incorporate MR features, allowing and involving viewers in the events of the film.The premise of the film takes place in U.C. 0096 within the Gundam universe, just three years after the final conflict between the Earth Federation and Neo Zeon. The story follows Argen Keil - an unofficial mercenary organization belonging to neither Zeon nor the Federation - on an assassination mission.Watch the trailer for Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver ...
Justin and Hailey Bieber Welcome First Child
Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber have welcomed their first child, a baby boy.Announced by Justin through an Instagram post, the singer posted a photo depicting Hailey’s hand cradling a baby’s foot. This is accompanied by the caption “WELCOME HOME JACK BLUES BIEBER 🐻” — thus confirming the full name of their first child. While this was posted at nighttime on August 23, the official birthdate for Jack Blues Bieber is yet to be confirmed.The Biebers have been married since 2018 and first confirmed Hailey’s pregnancy back in May 2024. The couple shared on Instagram a series of photographs and footage from their intimate vowel renewal ceremony.Take a look at Justin Bieber’s baby announcement below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber)Click ...
It’s a Boy! Nelly And Ashanti Announce 1st First Child Together
Nelly and Ashanti are sharing that they welcomed their first child together, a baby boy named Kareem Kenkaide Haynes, on July 18. A representative confirmed the birth and the baby’s name with People and added “The proud and happy parents are so in love with KK!” In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Ashanti shares how […] The post It’s a Boy! Nelly And Ashanti Announce 1st First Child Together appeared first on Hip-Hop Wired.
Watch The First Trailer of ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’
The official trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim has finally been released. Two months ago, Warner Bros. Animation shared the first look at the highly-anticipated anime film prequel to J.R.R. Tolkien’s illustrious Lord of the Rings novels.The trailer opens with an ominous narration by Éowyn (voiced by Miranda Otto), setting the tone and premise for the events that are to unfold in the film. Freca, a Dunlending lord storms into the House of Helm Hammerhan with a marriage proposal between his son Wulf and King Hammerhan’s daughter, Hèra. Hammerhan, who understood Freca’s true ill-intentions to take his thrown, then ended up in a violent fist brawl with the Dunlending lord, who ended up accidentally dead in the process. In lamenting his father’s death, Wulf wages war ...
Netflix Drops Chilling Teaser for Ryan Murphy’s True Crime Anthology ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez’ Story
True crime aficionados are soon in for a treat. Netflix, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan have dropped a chilling teaser for the upcoming second season of the true crime anthology series Monsters. As a follow-up to Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the next part of the anthology series titled Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, follows the 1996 conviction of the Menendez brothers who murdered their parents.Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch are set to star as brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez while Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny are set to play José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez. Starring alongside these actors is a cast that consists of Nathan Lane as Dominick Dunne, Ari Graynor as Leslie Abramson, Leslie Grossman as Judalon Smyth, Dallas Roberts as Dr. Jerome Oziel,...
