Music superstar and stage and television actressAriana Grandehas been added to an already impressive cast for NBC’s Hairspray Live, playing the role of Penny Pingleton, Tracy Turnblad’s incorrigible best friend.Grandejoins an announced stellar cast that includesHarvey Fierstein,Jennifer Hudson,Kristin Chenoweth,Martin Short,Derek Houghand exciting newcomerMaddie Baillio. The highly anticipated live musical production, to be telecast Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, will be executive produced byCraig ZadanandNeil Meron. Here’s what NBC chairmanRobert Greenblatthad to say in a statement....

Charlize Theron is aiming to steal the most ass-kicking person of the summer award away from Dwayne Johnson by not only appearing in The Rock’s upcoming sequelThe Fate of the Furious, but by also headlining her own white hot fire of an action flick, Atomic Blonde. Today, we have a sneak peek at this gripping, edge of nowhere thriller. And it doesn’t disappoint! The restricted trailer for Atomic Blonde has just debuted online ahead of its SXSW Film Festival debut this Sunday, March 12....

The stakes were high forAvatar: The Way of Waterwhen it released in December 2022. In the 13 years since theAvatarfranchise debuted in 2009, the filmmaking landscape had changed significantly. Between superheroes dominating theaters and the introduction (and proliferation) of streaming services changing the way people interact with movies — not to mention a global pandemic momentarily prohibiting in-person screenings — audiences do not necessarily “go to the movies” as freely as they used to....

In the 1990s, did anyone scream “the wife has taken the kids, my fortune, and kicked me out of the family home” divorcee more thanMichael Douglas? It is perhaps to do with his down-on-his-luck character, William “D-Fens” Foster in 1993’sFalling Down, who’s characterized by his marital status and relationship with his estranged child. Or maybe that association is very much to do with the fact he was actually a man looking down the barrel of existentialism as the remnants of a midlife crisis crept in, and he began seeking to add further meaning to his life following his well-documented divorce that ended in a settlement of $45 million....

There’s a wide range of philosophies and faiths that people adopt to survive our sometimes difficult lives, but one thing is universally helpful — laughter.Comedyhas forever been humanity’s solace from the storms of suffering as a constant throughout history, but it may have found the perfect medium in cinema (and later television). The combination of acting, dialogue, music, visuals, and especially montage has resulted in the most manipulative art form ever, which is great for comedians, as laughter is essentially birthed from manipulation....

Jennifer Lawrenceis a wonderful anomaly, and her career has been an equally iconoclastic whirlwind. Vacationing in New York (from Indian Hills, Kentucky) at the age of 14, she was spotted by a talent scout on the city streets who later arranged an audition for her with different agents. Within three years, she had dropped out of school and was starring in a generic TBS sitcom (The Bill Engvall Show) before transitioning to dramatic features and receiving her first Oscar nomination by the age of 20....

WhileBetter Call Saulcame up short at the Golden Globe Awards, the team behind the series had some fun by pointing out the irony behind Bob Odenkirk’s loss. At the Golden Globes, the series was up for Best Drama, ultimately losing out to HBO’sGame of Thronesprequel seriesHouse of the Dragon. Odenkirk was also up for Best Actor in a Drama Series, butKevin Costnerwas the one who picked up the win for his role in the Paramount Network seriesYellowstone....

Rejoice,Young Sheldonfans. The show is officially getting more episodes in the 2018-2019 season. SomeBig Bang Theoryfans were worried that CBS couldn’t pull off a sitcom about Dr. Sheldon Cooper’s early years. But the plan paid off. AndYoung Sheldonhas proven to be one of the biggest new shows in years. CBS announced that the sitcom will return for a second season just this morning.Young SheldonSeason 2 is set for the upcoming fall slate, news that was released at the winter TCAs....

It’s official: director Luca Guadagnino is bringing Bob Dylan’sBlood on the Tracksto the big screen. Word first surfaced online earlier this week, thanks to a profile in The New Yorker, that the man behind the upcomingSuspiriaremake and last year’s Oscar-winningCall Me By Your Namewas set to direct a movie inspired by the landmark 1975Bob Dylanalbum. Now that’s been confirmed by RT features, the company behind the project. According to a new report, theBlood on the Tracksmovie is expected to be next forLuca Guadagnino....

Chris Evansis trading in his shield to star in Neill Blomkamp’s next movieGreenland. The movie is about one family’s fight for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster. It looks like this is going to be Evans' first major movie following his likely final turns as Captain America inAvengers: Infinity WarandAvengers 4. For Blomkamp, it’s his first feature since 2014’sChappie, which was something of a disappointment. The news of this project comes out of Cannes, which is currently taking place in France....

It has recently revealed thatDunkirkdirector Christopher Nolan accidentally sank a $500,000 dollar IMAX camera while filming theWorld War II story.Dunkirkhas been a worldwide success with back-to-back number one weekends in the United States and has earned nearly $400 million worldwide. The movie is a visual stunner, especially when seen in the full immersive experience while watching in 70mm, which was the way that Nolan intended forDunkirkto be seen as he shot the majority of the movie on crazy expensive and rare IMAX cameras....

What to do? Just grab onto someDuckTales! San Diego Comic-Con is in full swing right now and Disney XD brought a major dose of nostalgia to the event this weekend. The highly-anticipated reboot ofDuckTalesis coming later this year and they decided to bring a brand new clip from the series, which is everything you would want it to be and then some. Not only that, but it has been confirmed that Darkwing Duck is joining theDuckTales revival....

E3 is taking place this weekend and that means all of this year’s biggest games are out there putting their best foot forward. That being the case, EA and DICE were on hand to present some brand new footage fromStar Wars Battlefront 2. This particular trailer is focused more on the actual multiplayer gameplay, as opposed to the story mode, and it is full of prequel era action. In almost any other context, theStar Wars prequelswould be a negative thing, but in this case, it is absolutely awesome....