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ABC News is pivoting its audio podcast strategy, focusing on true crime via its newsmagazine 20/20 as it plans its 2025 programming slate. “True crime resonates, and the audience just seems to have an appetite that knows no ends,” says Liz Alesse, vp of audio for ABC News, in an interview. The new programs include
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(Left) Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield in ‘Stranger Things’. Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022. (Right) Tom Holland in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’. Photo: Marvel Studios. Preview: ‘Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink has joined ‘Spider-Man 4.’ Her role is a mystery for now. Tom Holland is returning to star as the titular web-crawler. While we’ve been waiting for
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[This story contains spoilers from The White Lotus season three, episode five, “Full-Moon Party.”] There ain’t no party like a White Lotus party, and it ain’t a White Lotus party without sex, drugs, and… wait a minute, did he just kiss his brother? If viewers thought the season three premiere’s suggestive scene between brothers Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) and Lochlan (Sam Nivola) was controversial, episode five
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Jack Quaid as “Nate” in ‘Novocaine’ from Paramount Pictures. Photo: Paramount Pictures. ‘Novocaine’ receives 7 out of 10 stars. Opening in theaters on March 14th, ‘Novocaine’ takes the concept of a man who can feel no pain and applies it to ‘John Wick’-style action madness with a healthy dollop of comedy stirred in. Directors Dan
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Orion and the Dark and projects from the Sesame Street universe were among the big winners at the 2025 Children’s and Family Emmy Awards main and creative arts ceremonies on Saturday. Percy Jackson, which scored an early season three renewal on Friday, months before season two premieres on Disney+, won
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Samara Weaving in ‘Borderline’, a Magnet release. Photo courtesy of Magnet Releasing. ‘Borderline’ receives 7 out of 10 stars. Opening in theaters and on digital on March 14th, ‘Borderline’ represents the latest movie to blend comedy and violent chaos, all drawn from the keyboard of writer Jimmy Warden, who last brought us the loosely-based-on-truth madness
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Regarding the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jenna Ortega has actually been there, done that. The Wednesday actress recalled filming a small role in 2013’s Iron Man 3 after Entertainment Tonight told her during a recent interview, “I’m hoping that we can get Jenna Ortega into the Marvel Universe.” “I did it once,” Ortega responded. “It was one of
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Jason Sudeikis in ‘Ted Lasso,’ now streaming on Apple TV+. Preview: Apple TV+ is officially bringing ‘Ted Lasso’ back. Jason Sudeikis returns to star and produce. Juno Temple is also making a deal to come back. It’s time to believe again. Last August, we got the surprise news that despite the third season seemingly wrapping
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(L to R) Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown) , Keats (Chris Pratt) and Dr. Amherst (Ke Huy Quan) in ‘The Electric State’. Photo: Paul Abell, ©2024 Netflix, Inc. ‘The Electric State’ receives 6.5 out of 10 stars. Premiering on Netflix on March 14th, ‘The Electric State’ is the latest big movie from ‘Avengers: Infinity War’/‘Avengers: Endgame’
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Hong Kong is back! OK, that might be a touch too enthusiastic, but the city is starting to finally recover from the lagging effects of one of the harshest COVID-19 lockdowns in the world, that only fully came to an end in January 2023. Incoming tourism numbers are on the up, events and conferences are
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Michael Fassbender stars as George Woodhouse in director Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Claudette Barius/Focus Features © 2025 All Rights Reserved. ‘Black Bag’ receives 9 out of 10 stars. Opening in theaters on March 14th, ‘Black Bag’ feels for all the world like Steven Soderbergh set himself and writer David Koepp the
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Wednesday star Jenna Ortega and Taylor Russell (Bones and All) are in negotiations to star in a remake of Single White Female, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures, which has a deal with Sony, is looking to remake 1992 horror drama that starred Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The feature was directed
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(Left) Michelle Monaghan in ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3. Photo: Fabio Lovino/HBO. (Right) Adam Scott in ‘Severance’, now streaming on Apple TV+. Preview: Michelle Monaghan and Adam Scott are joining crime thriller ‘The Whisper Man.’ Robert De Niro is starring in the movie. James Ashcroft will direct the adaptation of the Alex North novel. Since
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Indie distribution company Entertainment Squad has boarded the feature adaptation of the short Play It Again, marking its first original production under the recently acquired PrideFlix label. The LGBTQ+ romantic comedy, to be directed by Dan Abramovici (Ben’s at Home), will be produced by Stagg Forrest Films’ Kate Forrest and Myrthin Stagg, alongside executive producers
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(L to R) Edie Falco, and Brian Cox in ‘The Parenting’. Photo: Courtesy of Max. ‘The Parenting’ receives 7.5 out of 10 stars. Premiering on Max on March 13th, ‘The Parenting’ is the latest blend of horror and comedy to arrive this year –– and is one of the most successful so far. Humorously blending
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