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Directors Steven Spielberg and Spike Lee are the latest recipients of the National Medal of Arts, handed out by President Joe Biden on Monday. 

The award is “the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the federal government” and goes to “individuals or groups who are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support, and availability of the arts in the United States.”

The National Medals of Arts were handed out for 2022 and 2023, with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, Idina Menzel, Eva Longoria, Queen Latifah and Missy Elliott also being honored, along with the late Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla.

In addition, actor and literacy advocate LeVar Burton, writer Aaron Sorkin and the late chef Anthony Bourdain were honored with the 2023 National Humanities Medal, which “honors an individual or organization whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the human experience, broadened citizens’ engagement with history or literature, or helped preserve and expand Americans’ access to cultural resources.”

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Harry Potter fans have just gotten an update about Warner Bros.' planned TV series about the boy wizard.

Variety reports that while speaking at Mipcom in Cannes, Warner Bros. TV Group Chairman and CEO Channing Dungey shared some tidbits about what to expect, and it seems the show plans to delve into the Potter world even more than the movies did.

Dungey said that being part of the series is an “unbelievable dream, honestly ... and as somebody who is a huge fan of the books, the opportunity to get to explore them in a little bit more in-depth that you can in just a two-hour film ... that’s the whole reason we’re on this journey.”

As for what stage the project is in, Dungey shared that the “writing staff was in place and they’re doing what they need to do, and casting calls have opened up in the U.K. and Ireland, so the process is moving along.” 

Dungey also offered an update on the future of Ted Lasso, noting, “We are in conversations about season four, and they are very exciting conversations, but it’s still early days.” 

Earlier reports said Warner Bros. TV had picked up the options for series regulars Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein and Jeremy Swift, and it sounds like star Jason Sudeikis could be returning as well in some capacity.

“We had always been clear that we there wasn’t going to be more Ted Lasso if Jason [Sudeikis] and team weren’t feeling excited about it,” Dungey said, “and I can tell you firsthand that he’s in a place where he’s feeling really excited and feels good about it”

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Leslie Uggams was already an entertainment legend before a whole new generation got introduced to her thanks to her role as Deadpool's potty-mouthed roommate and sidekick Blind Al in 2016's Deadpool. 

She reappeared in that blockbuster's hit sequel in 2018 and entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the most recent installment, the smash Deadpool and Wolverine. In between that, she also snagged a co-starring role in the Prime Video series Fallout. 

"It's amazing, isn't it?" she enthused to ABC Audio about her career resurgence.

Uggams took part in an event at New York City Comic Con over the weekend that saw a gaggle of Deadpool costumers board a tour bus and travel through the city. 

"I didn't get to ride with them. But I tell you, it's so comforting to see how many people love Deadpool and are willing to get in those outfits because it ain't easy." 

Between her role in the hit franchise and Fallout, the 81-year-old singer and actress says, "I'm having so much fun. I can't tell you the fun I've been having." 

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Jimmy Fallon has been talking about his new Christmas album for a while, but on Oct. 21 he revealed the track listing and which stars will be joining him for the project.

The album, called Holiday Seasoning, is made up of all original songs. Among the artists joining him are the Jonas Brothers for a track called "Holiday" and Justin Timberlake for a song called "You'll Be There." Also performing with Fallon are "Weird Al" Yankovic and the Tonight Show band The Roots on the song "New Year’s Eve Polka (5-4-3-2-1)." The Roots also join Fallon for the song "Hey Rudy."

Other guests include Will Ferrell on the song "One Glove," Chelsea Handler on the song "Merry Happy Christmas" and model/actress Cara Delevingne on "Hallmark Movie."

Holiday Seasoning also features the previously released single "Wrap Me Up" with Meghan Trainor, which was a radio hit last year. Other previously released tracks include the 2021 track "It Was A ... (Masked Christmas)," which Fallon recorded with Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion, and Fallon's 2022 duet with Dolly Parton, "Almost Too Early for Christmas."

Holiday Seasoning is out Nov. 1.

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Zoe Saldaña has a record-breaking box office track record: Her movies have made more than $14 billion, and she is the only actress to have four movies make more than 2 billion bucks with 2009's Avatar, 2018's Avengers: Infinity War, 2019's Avengers: Endgame and 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water. 

That said, she tells Variety that somewhere along the way she lost her "spark" — which she found, along with Oscar buzz, for the musical drama Emilia Pérez. 

She confesses to the trade, "I felt stuck, in the sense that I was taking things for granted too much. I entered this cycle of doing these sequels, and for some reason I became cavalier with them."

She also adds, "I wish I could go back and do a better job for [her Marvel character] Gamora and Uhura [in the Star Trek franchise]," commenting, "I think I did enough, but I could have done more. That's just how I am."

Although her dyslexia and her own "self-sabotage" make auditioning difficult — and she hadn't done so in a while, what with all the sequels — she auditioned for French filmmaker Jacques Audiard for Emilia via Zoom. Twice, in fact.

He tells the trade she "constantly dazzled" him as Rita.

"Rita was supposed to be only 25 years old; however, as soon as I had Zoe in front of me, I realized that I'd been mistaken all along," Audiard says.

The actress now says, "I just have this brand-new little spark. And I feel like Emilia really did that for me."

Emilia Pérez, which is also generating Oscar buzz for Zoe's co-star Selena Gomez, opens in select theaters in November and on Netflix Nov. 13.

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Aldis Hodge plays brilliant criminal psychologist Alex Cross in the forthcoming Prime Video series based on James Patterson's bestselling book series, and at New York Comic Con on Friday he talked about Cross with ABC Audio.

From the drop — a trailer of the show — fans were all in, the actor says. "The fan reaction really blew me away. I kept looking at YouTube, and it said over 14 million views, I'm talking within the first six days, and it kept growing." 

"I've never experienced anything like that," he said.

Hodge continued, "The fan reaction being so strong, it really just validates all the hard work of the entire team ... and it lets me know just how special this is to the audience." 

The series was renewed for a second season before production was even completed on the first, which Hodge said "shows a great deal of faith and belief in us, and gives us all a great deal of confidence." 

He adds, "We came into a second season not comfortable — because we know we set a bar and we have to surpass that bar in the next one. But we know we have real support, and it is at times rare to have that kind of support ... when you put your heart into something." 

Aldis says, "It just elevates things and makes us go harder." 

He adds with a laugh, "We still hopes this first season bangs, now, don't get me wrong! But we want every season to be an elevation of the predecessor." 

Cross debuts Nov. 14 on Prime Video.

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan is no stranger to the Comic Con experience, but it still floors him how fans have reacted to him since he joined The Walking Dead universe as Negan. 

"I mean, I had been in the kind of the comic book world for a little bit. I'd done, you know, Watchmen and The Losers. So I'd done some stuff. But Walking Dead, when I came in in season 6 was a whole 'nother world."

He adds, "I mean ... it was huge. And I don't think there's any way to get to prepare yourself."

He continues, "Yeah, it was nuts."

"It still is!" said Morgan, who was sharing a press conference with his Walking Dead: Dead City co-star Lauren Cohan. "I still, you know, see stuff ... you see people dressed as our characters or any number of toys and action figures, I think that it's always a lot — in a good way."

"Never gets old!" Cohan enthuses. "It's exciting!" he agrees. 

Also at New York Comic Con over the weekend, the pair debuted a teaser to the second season of their hit AMC show Walking Dead: Dead City, which the actors also executive produce. It debuts in the spring of 2025.

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Believe it or not, Eva Mendes says she "never considered herself" beautiful — but it's her longtime partner Ryan Gosling who makes her feel "really f****** sexy."

That's what the actress, mom, author and entrepreneur tells the Times of London in a new interview about her life and career. 

On the latter, she's frank. "I was never in love with acting. I don't mean this in a self-deprecating way, but I wasn't a great actress," Eva says, allowing, "I had my moments when I worked with really great people."

Two of those films are 2013's The Place Beyond the Pines, on which she met her Barbie star beau and the mother of her two children, Esmeralda, 10, and Amada, 8, and 2014's Lost River, the 50-year-old's last film and Ryan's directorial debut. 

"He gets something out of me that's never been accessible before," she says. 

On that note, the actress credits Gosling with something else. 

"I feel really f****** sexy at times," Mendes says. "The way my man looks at me is just ... at times I'm like, 'Oh my God.' That might not sit well with people, but so much of how I feel is a reflection of what he’s giving me."

She adds, "There's so many things that can make me feel sexy and I'd say that I feel more sexy than not. I guess because I've never considered myself beautiful, but I’ve always felt very sexy."

For the record, Eva says she was "totally fine" with turning 50, adding, "It's just that number sounds crazy."

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Daredevil: Born Again will premiere March 4, 2025, on Disney+, the streaming service announced at New York Comic Con Saturday, according to Variety. Daredevil: Born Again stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, the blind superhero-lawyer, reprising the role he played for three seasons on the popular Netflix series Daredevil. Vincent D'Onofrio co-stars, along with Jon Bernthal, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson and Wilson Bethel ...

Lost actor Michael Emerson will join the season 2 cast of CBS' Elsbeth in a recurring role, opposite his wife, series star Carrie Preston, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Emerson will play Judge Milton Crawford, "a haughty, soft-spoken and bespectacled man from an old New England family of public servants who sees his place in the nation’s elite as a birthright," per the outlet. The series follows Preston's titular character Elsbeth Tascioni, a role she previously played on The Good Wife and The Good Fight, as she leaves Chicago and heads to New York for a new investigative role ...

Only Murders in the Building's Martin Short has been added to the voice cast of the Fox animated series Grimsburg in a recurring role, according to Variety. He'll will play Otis Volcanowitz — the newest, and youngest, detective at the Grimsburg police department. The series features Jon Hamm as the voice of down-on-his-luck detective Marvin Flute, who "must return to Grimsburg, a town where everyone has a secret or three, and redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow detectives, his ferocious ex-wife and his lovably unstable son." Other guest voices set to appear in season 2 include Tina Fey, J.K. Simmons, Anna Osceola, Joel McHale, Tom Segura and Danny Trejo ...

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Smile 2 opened with an estimated $23 million to top the domestic box office this weekend. The psychological thriller, starring Naomi Scott, did equally well overseas, where it grabbed an estimated $23 million, for a global tally of $46 million.

The Wild Robot took second place, delivering an estimated $10.1 million at the North American box office in its third week of release, for a total of $101.7 million. Overseas, the animated adventure earned an estimated $23 million, for a worldwide tally of $193 million.

Terrifier 3 scared up an estimated $9.3 million, bringing its domestic total to $36.2 million after four weeks. The horror flick added an estimated $3 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $44.8 million.

Fourth place went to Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, collecting an estimated $5 million at the North American box office after seven weeks. Its domestic tally now stands at $284 million. Globally, the sequel has earned $434.5 million to date.

Rounding out the top five was the Florence Pugh/Andrew Garfield-led romantic drama We Live in Time, which added an estimated $4.1 million in its first week of wide release. It's domestic total currently stands at $4.5 million and $4.8 million worldwide.

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Jennifer Lawrence is expecting her second child with husband Cooke Maroney. Her representative confirmed the exciting news to Vogue.

ABC News has reached out to Lawrence's representative for comment.

The couple are already parents to their 2-year-old son, whom they welcomed in February 2022.

During a conversation with Cameron Diaz for Interview magazine last June, the No Hard Feelings star gushed over her art gallery owner husband, calling him "the greatest father in the entire world."

"So when I'm working, I don't have any more guilt than the usual, every-day, all-day parent guilt," she said at the time.

In 2022, Lawrence opened up about her life as a mom to Vogue, sharing that it had been "so scary to talk about motherhood" because it's so different for everyone.

She recalled having girlfriends who were honest about their journeys with her, and how it prepared her to be forgiving.

"I remember walking with one of my best friends at, like, nine months, and being like, 'Everyone keeps saying that I will love my baby more than my cat. But that's not true. Maybe I'll love him as much as my cat?'" she said at the time.

Lawrence has since fallen in love with motherhood, saying that the morning after she gave birth, it felt like her life had started over.

"Now I hear a baby crying in a restaurant and I'm like, 'Awwww, preciousssss,'" she told Vogue. "My heart has stretched to a capacity that I didn't know about."

Lawrence and Maroney got engaged in 2019.

They tied the knot in October later that year at Belcourt of Newport, a museum and historical site in Newport, Rhode Island, before family and a guest list that included famous friends like Diaz, Adele and Emma Stone.

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A new take on Bret Easton Ellis’ 1991 novel American Psycho is in the works, with Variety reporting that Challengers director Luca Guadagnino in talks to helm the project.

The trade notes that the film won’t be a remake of the 2000 dark comedy starring Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman and instead will be a new adaption of the novel. 

“We are thrilled to add another elite filmmaker to our upcoming slate,” Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson said. “Luca is a brilliant artist, and the perfect visionary to create a whole new interpretation of this potent and classic IP.”

American Psycho follows a New York City investment banker who leads a double life as a serial killer. The 2000 film also starred Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto and Chloë Sevigny.

The film's soundtrack was filled with '80s hits from artists like David Bowie, Phil Collins, New Order and more. Huey Lewis and the News' “Hip To Be Square” played a prominent role in the film, but was removed from the soundtrack because it was included without getting the band’s permission.

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The Bear star Jeremy Allen White is set to play Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, and The Boss has shared his thoughts on the actor’s singing voice.

Springsteen appeared on the latest episode of The Graham Norton Show, where he talked about the film. According to People, he said, “It’s a lovely cast and I am involved a little.”

The Boss also acknowledged that portraying him on the big screen could be a challenge for White.

“This is not easy to do because you can’t do an imitation, you have to do a personal interpretation," he said. “It’s difficult but he is a great actor and sings pretty good.”

White previously revealed in an interview with GQ that he’d be doing his own singing in the film.

“I'm really lucky that there's sort of a team of folks now in place to help young actors portray rock stars,” he said. “I've got a really talented group of people helping me train vocally, musically, to get ready for this thing.”

Deliver Me From Nowhere, directed by Scott Cooper, follows Springsteen’s efforts to make his 1982 solo album Nebraska. The film is based on Warren Zanes' book Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska.

In related news … After rumors circulated in May that Succession star Jeremy Strong was in talks to play Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau in the film, the actor has now confirmed his participation.

“It just always spoke to me, there’s a melancholy to it,” he told NME of Nebraska. “I am doing [Deliver Me From Nowhere] but I’d always felt that way about that album. There’s a narrative to it that comes from a very deep place in him and you can feel that.”

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Did Andrew Garfield make a love connection while appearing on Amelia Dimoldenberg's YouTube series, Chicken Shop Date?

The episode was certainly filled with plenty of flirty exchanges, with Amelia joking in the beginning, “Don't, like, bring out a ring or get down on one knee, I'm not in the mood today." 

The pair went viral back in January 2023 because of their flirty chemistry during a red carpet interview at the Golden Globes, and that chemistry was back during the Oct. 18 episode of Amelia’s show.

Garfield admits that their past encounters have “been vibey,” although Amelia shot back “vibey to the point that you’ve been avoiding me for two years because the vibes were too much.”

During a round of "Snog, Marry or Avoid,” Amelia threw herself into the mix, giving Garfield the choices of fellow Spider-Man stars Tom Holland and Tobey Maguire, as well as herself, which put Garfield on the spot.

"This is really unfair, you're turning the screws on me. God, that's hard actually, I don't want to avoid any of you really,” he said, before picking Amelia to avoid. Responding to her shock he added, “This is called flirting, Amelia. … We’ve had two meet-cutes. … This is actually a first date."

Amelia later asked Andrew if he thought that if they weren't linked because of their viral chemistry they'd have met and dated, and he seemed to think they would have.

"I actually believe, maybe, we could've," he says, "without all of this."

Could fans be seeing more of this chemistry? Well, Garfield seems game.

"I feel like this should just be a practice round," he says at the end. "I think we should do it again, actually, and better."

(Video includes uncensored profanity.)

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When it's finally time to watch the last episode of Stranger Things, you may want to have a box of tissues handy.

According to People, David Harbour, who stars as Jim Hopper in the Netflix sci-fi show, revealed during a live taping of the Happy Sad Confused podcast that things got pretty emotional during the table read for the series finale.

"The end of this episode when we were reading it — just us reading it — about halfway through, people started crying," Harbour shared. "Then about the last 20 minutes, it was just uncontrollably crying, waves of different people."

Harbour notes that much of the emotional heaviness comes from the cast's young actors — including Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin and Noah Schnapp — having essentially grown up on the show.

"I think part of that also is the fact that these kids, it was their childhood," Harbour said. "Like, they started the show when they were 11 and 12, and here we are reading [the finale]."

Harbour adds that, while he's "very close to the show" and has "very strong opinions," he firmly believes in the quality of the finale.

"They land the plane," he said. "It is the best episode they've ever done." 

The fifth and final season of Stranger Things is expected to premiere in 2025. The show's first season premiered in 2016.

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Outlander fans, it's time to find your way back to the show.

STARZ has released the trailer for part 2 of season 7 of the fantasy romance series, which premieres on Nov. 22.

The trailer shows off what's next for the Fraser family, including the ongoing American Revolution; Claire, Jamie and young Ian's arrival in Scotland; and brand new enemies Roger and Brianna face across time.

"As loyalties change and painful secrets come to light, Jamie and Claire’s marriage is tested like never before. With their love binding them over oceans and centuries, can the MacKenzies and Frasers find their way back to each other?" the season's official synopsis reads.

New episodes of Outlander will stream Fridays on the STARZ app, streaming and on demand platforms, and air on linear Fridays at 8 p.m.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president, will make his first appearance on Comedy Central's The Daily Show as host Jon Stewart's in-studio guest on Oct. 21, the cable channel has announced. The interview will be available the following morning on Paramount+ and Comedy Central VOD ...

Mitzi Gaynor, the actress and dancer best known for playing Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film version of South Pacific, passed away peacefully on Thursday of natural causes, her management team announced. She was 93. Gaynor went on to become the highest paid female entertainer in Las Vegas, while appearing on a number of variety shows and hosting her own specials throughout the 1970s ...

Stranger Things star Sadie Sink will return to Broadway in the comedy John Proctor Is the Villain, according to Deadline. The play "is set at a high school in rural Georgia where an English class is studying The Crucible," according to Deadline. However, the students are "more preoccupied with navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals,” per the official the synopsis. “As they delve into the American classic, the students begin to question the play’s perspective and the validity of naming John Proctor the show’s hero." Sink made her Broadway debut in a 2012 revival of Annie, followed by 2015’s The Audience. John Proctor Is the Villain is set to open April 14 ...

The Phineas and Ferb voice cast will reunite for the first time in over a decade for the show's highly anticipated 2025 return. The cast includes Vincent Martella and David Errigo Jr. as stepbrothers Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher, respectively, Ashley Tisdale as Candace Flynn and Alyson Stoner as Isabella Garcia-Shapiro. Co-creators and executive producers Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh made the announcement at New York Comic-Con Thursday. As in past seasons, the new cycle will also feature numerous guest appearances ...

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Project Runway is getting a new season and a new home.

The fashion competition series will move to Freeform when it returns for its 21st season in 2025, and stream shortly after on Disney+ and Hulu.

It debuted on Bravo in 2004 before airing on Lifetime from 2009 to 2017 and returning to Bravo in 2019.

"Project Runway is an iconic television juggernaut that perfectly complements the pop-culture spirit at Freeform,” said Simran Sethi, president of scripted programming for Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment. “We are excited to welcome the original series to the Disney family ... giving viewers the chance to once again share in discovering the next generation of exceptionally talented fashion designers.”

Heidi Klum hosted the series for its first 16 seasons, with Tim Gunn serving as the designers’ mentor. Both left in 2018 to lead their own fashion competition show, Making the Cut, on Prime Video. Karlie Kloss took over as host of Project Runway for the next two seasons, with season 4 winner Christian Siriano serving as mentor. Siriano took over as host and mentor for seasons 19 and 20.

A host, judges and premiere date for season 21 have yet to be announced.

Since its debut, Project Runway has launched the careers of several prolific designers, including Siriano, Austin Scarlett, Leanne Marshall, Irina Shabayeva, Michael Costello and Bishme Cromartie.

Freeform, Hulu and Disney+ are owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.

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Millie Bobby Brown is living among robots in a new trailer for The Electric State.

A trailer for the sci-fi movie starring Brown and Chris Pratt arrived on Thursday and features the pair searching for Brown's sibling in the movie.

The Netflix film, directed by the Russo Brothers, takes place "in the aftermath of a robot uprising in an alternate version of the '90s," according to a synopsis. The story centers around "an orphaned teenager who ventures across the American West with a cartoon-inspired robot, a smuggler, and his sidekick in search of her younger brother."

The Electric State will premiere on Netflix on March 14, 2025.

"Right now all of us have something in common," Brown's character, Michelle, says in the trailer, which is tracked to a version of the Oasis hit "Champagne Supernova."

"We all lost something in the rebellion," she continues. "Robots lost their freedom, humans lost connection with each other, and I lost everyone I loved — or so I thought."

Pratt, who plays a smuggler, enters the trailer, telling Michelle he will accompany her on a trip to recover her lost brother. The action-packed trailer showed the pair's ensuing adventure, which includes several robot battles.

Along with Pratt and Brown, the film stars Ke Huy Quan, Woody Norman, Giancarlo Esposito, Martin Klebba and Stanley Tucci. A star-studded group including Woody Harrelson, Jason Alexander, Anthony Mackie, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, Hank Azaria, Colman Domingo and Alan Tudyk also star in voice roles.

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The Bruce Springsteen movie Deliver Me From Nowhere has reportedly found its Little Steven.

Deadline reports that actor Johnny Cannizzaro, who starred in Clint Eastwood’s adaptation of the musical Jersey Boys, has been cast to play Springsteen’s longtime friend and E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt in the film, about the making of The Boss' 1982 album Nebraska.

Crazy Heart writer/director Scott Cooper is directing the film, which will star The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen. The cast also includes Odessa Young, Paul Walter Hauser and Harrison Sloan Gilbertson.

The project is an adaptation of Warren Zane’s 2023 book, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska.

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Nobody puts Baby in a corner, but she'll soon be headed to Broadway.

A musical adaptation of the film Dirty Dancing is in the works. The production, simply titled Dirty Dancing: The Musical, is set to premiere in late 2025 with a run through North America.

The classic 1987 film starred Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey as star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of a '60s New York State resort. Original writer Eleanor Bergstein is returning to develop the musical and cast member Lonny Price, who played the character Neil Kellerman, will direct.

"Stay tuned for more updates on this thrilling production and get ready to have the time of your life – all over again," a press release promises.

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Jane Fonda is set to receive the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring the two-time Oscar winner for both her career and humanitarian work. 

Fonda will be the 60th recipient of the award, considered SAG-AFTRA's highest tribute, which is given to an actor who represents the “finest ideals of the acting profession.” 

"Jane Fonda is a trailblazer and an extraordinary talent; a dynamic force who has shaped the landscape of entertainment, advocacy and culture with unwavering passion,” SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher says. “We honor Jane not only for her artistic brilliance but for the profound legacy of activism and empowerment she has created. Her fearless honesty has been an inspiration to me and many others in our industry.”

Fonda shared in a statement that she is "deeply honored and humbled" to be recognized with the award, noting, “I have been working in this industry for almost the entirety of my life and there’s no honor like the one bestowed on you by your peers.”

She adds, “SAG-AFTRA works tirelessly to protect the working actor and to ensure that union members are being treated equitably in all areas, and I am proud to be a member as we continue to work to protect generations of performers to come.” 

Fonda will receive her honor at the 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, streaming live on Netflix Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. ET.

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Apple TV+ has renewed the Jason Segel/Harrison Ford series Shrinking for a third season. The news comes as the first two episodes of season 2 premiered on the streaming service Wednesday.

“I’m so lucky to work on Shrinking with actors, writers and a crew so talented that they all elevate the material,” series co-creator and executive producer Bill Lawrence shares. “I’m even luckier that they are people I’d want to spend time with anyway."

He adds, "So grateful we get to keep making this show. Onward!” 

Shrinking, which debuted in January 2023, stars Segel as a therapist, still grieving after the loss of his wife, who decides to ignore his training and ethics and tell his clients exactly what he thinks they should do.

In addition to Segel and Ford, the series stars Jessica Williams, Christa Miller, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell, Luke Tennie and Ted McGinley, with Ted Lasso star Brett Goldstein making a guest appearance in season 2.

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Season 3 of Heartstopper debuted Oct. 3, quickly claiming a spot on Netflix’s top 10 and racking up exceedingly positive reviews. The beloved teen romance, starring Kit Connor and Joe Locke as boyfriends Nick and Charlie, is being praised for its handling of deeper themes including mental health, gender identity, sex and intimacy. 
 
“It was quite scary for us to put it out there because it is an evolution of Heartstopper," series creator Alice Oseman tells ABC Audio of the new episodes. "It's doing a lot of new things that the previous seasons didn't do before and we didn't really know how the fans would react to that. But the response seems to have been really positive, and everyone's been so excited and happy with the story.”
 
Thursday, Oct. 17, is Spirit Day, an anti-bullying movement for LGBTQ youth, and Heartstopper deals with the trauma of bullying in Charlie’s mental health journey this season. The first half focuses on Charlie seeking treatment, while the second half follows Nick and Charlie as they grow closer than ever. Oseman says she wanted to focus on the “very relatable anxieties” teenagers have around having sex for the first time, as well as the importance of communication and consent.

While season 4 has yet to be greenlit by Netflix, Oseman says she feels hopeful about the prospect and that there are lots of people in the process “working really hard to try and make it happen.”
 
In the meantime, there’s still more story to tell when it comes to the graphic novels on which the series is based. Oseman is hard at work on Volume 6 of the series, with new pages posted online on the 1st, 11th and 21st of each month.
 
“Volume 6 is going to be very focused on Nick and Charlie thinking about the future and the fact that Nick is about to go to university and their school life together is coming to an end, and they're both really, really scared about that,” she says. “Everything's going to massively change for them.”
 
“There’s a lot more to come and I’m very excited,” Oseman says.

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Variety reports Seann William Scott, best known for playing Steve Stifler in the American Pie movies, has joined the cast of the upcoming ABC sitcom Shifting Gears, alongside series stars Tim Allen and Kat Dennings. The comedy centers on Matt, “the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop,” played by Allen, according to the official logline. “When Matt’s estranged daughter (Dennings) and her teenage kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.” Scott will play Gabriel, “family friend of Matt & Riley who works in the shop with Matt” ...

One Tree Hill alumna Sophia Bush has been added the cast of ABC's Grey's Anatomy in a major recurring role for the medical drama's 21st season, according to Deadline. Bush will play Dr. Cass Beckman, "an amiable, fun and a little messy around the edges trauma surgeon at Seattle Presbyterian whose husband David Beckman is a cardiothoracic surgeon at Grey Sloan," per the outlet. She joins former Grey’s cast members Scott Speedman, Natalie Morales and the series’ director/executive producer Debbie Allen. Bush will make her first appearance in episode six, airing Nov. 7 ...

Stranger Things alum Mason Dye has been tapped for a guest-starring role in the fifth and final season of the Prime Video series The Boys, according to Variety. He will appear in the role of Bombsight, "a Supe who starred in the early Vought superhero film The Curse of Fu Manchu in the 1950s." Dye joins Hamilton's Daveed Diggs, who will appear in an undisclosed role. The Boys is based on the graphic novel series from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson and follows the eponymous team of vigilantes who set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers. Antony Starr, Karl Urban, Erin Moriarty and Jack Quaid star ...

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Kate Winslet is photographer Elizabeth “Lee” Miller in the new film Lee, in theaters now.

The movie tells the true story of the fashion model-turned-photographer who became an acclaimed war correspondent as she covered World War II for Vogue magazine.

While Winslet was familiar with Miller’s work before joining the film, she did not know all of the details of her life. She told ABC Audio she is happy to share Miller’s story with the world.

“I did not know just how extraordinary what she actually did as a middle-aged woman in going to the front line, and pushing through and into male-dominated spaces where women were not allowed in order to be that visual voice for the victims of the conflict,” Winslet said.

Another thing that attracted Winslet to the project was the idea of reshaping the way Miller had been framed in history.

“She had been, I think, somewhat defined by the male gaze in history,” Winslet said. “She was referred to as the muse of Man Ray, the former lover of X, Y, Z ... this was this chapter of her life, a tiny little chapter in her 20s, but somehow these somewhat infantilizing labels had been stuck on her.”

“She became so much more and way beyond that when she moved into those powerful decades of her life in her 30s and 40s,” Winslet continued.

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