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Netflix confirmed Francesca Bridgerton and Michaela Stirling as Season 5's lead couple. Showrunner Jess Brownell says the season will focus on yearning and will fully explore a sapphic romance adapted from Julia Quinn's When He Was Wicked with some bold changes.
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HBO dropped the first teaser for its Harry Potter TV series, revealing the new young leads, early looks at Hogwarts, and a confirmed streaming date of Christmas Day 2026. Filming has been underway at Leavesden since July 2025 and the show will adapt each book across a planned 10-year run.
Vince Vaughn says talks about a Wedding Crashers follow-up have happened, but he wants a strong story before suiting up again. He also teased reuniting with the original cast and is promoting his new Hulu movie.
Playing Severus Snape has its perks and hazards. Paapa Essiedu says he fell off a broom during a big Quidditch episode for HBO’s Harry Potter, ending up three meters off the ground and very embarrassed by a room full of straight faces.
Hideo Kojima wrote a viral essay saying he has an extremely sensitive sense of smell. He shared a shirt-toss story from his KOJI10 radio show and suggested he may have hyperosmia, so he favors light fragrances.
Twitch announced new security measures for TwitchCon after several on-site assaults and harassment incidents. Changes include lanyards for people who do not want to be filmed, reserved meet and greets, and more trained security staff.
Peter Jackson and Stephen Colbert are developing a Lord of the Rings sequel titled The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of the Past, which takes place 14 years after Frodo’s death and follows Sam, Merry, and Pippin as they revisit their old journey while Sam’s daughter Elanor uncovers a buried secret.
Episode 1 quietly name-drops Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, and that phone call changes the Attorney General's tune about Kingpin. No full cameo, but the hint is loud.
A Las Vegas storm pushed back filming for Beast Games Season 2. MrBeast says the weather led to roughly $1 million in extra costs each day while production scrambled to move gear and keep the show on schedule.
Paapa Essiedu says his work on Stefan Golaszewski’s BBC drama Babies, a careful look at pregnancy loss, stayed with him long after filming ended. He praised the production’s clarity and safety, and reflected on both intense and joyful scenes.
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously found that Cox Communications cannot be held responsible for users who pirated music, overturning a long-running legal fight over a $1 billion jury award.
Adam Sandler will star in Time Out, a Netflix remake of the French psychological drama L'Emploi Du Temps. Scott Cooper will direct, write and produce, and an all-star supporting cast is on board.