EXCLUSIVE: Shooting on Fantastic Friends season two is set to wrap, with more Harry Potter and Game of Thrones alumni featuring. The show from filmmaker Daniel Sharp follows James and Oliver Phelps, aka the Weasley twins from Harry Potter , as they go on adrenaline-fuelled adventures with magical themes, accompanied by famous faces. We’ve got a first look at the season for you here. Season one featured several Harry Potter stars. Famous faces from the franchise popping up the travelog series this time include Mark Williams, who played the twins’ father in the films, Matt Lewis,Alfie Enoch, Nat Tena and Stanislav Yanevski. Alfie Allen will become the second Game of Thrones star to feature after Maisie Williams. Corey Mylechreest ( The Sandman, Mars, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story ) and Genesis Rodriguez ( The Fugitive, Tusk, Man on a Ledge ) will also appear. Producer Dash Pictures has been shooting the show since last year, with London- … [Read more...] about ‘Fantastic Friends’: ‘Harry Potter’ & ‘Game Of Thrones’ Stars Feature In Season 2 Of Weasley Twins Actors’ Travel Series
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Eleven Oscar Noms For ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once:’ It All Started With Admiration For A Dead, Flatulating Harry Potter
Everything Everywhere All At Once announced itself this morning as a serious Oscar threat with 11 nominations , topping off with Best Picture. That includes performing noms for Michelle Yeoh , Jamie Lee Curtis, Stephanie Hsu and Ke Huy Quan . The film also drew noms for Original Screenplay, Costume, Original Score, Original Song, Film Editing and Directing for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The overachieving journey of the film is almost as absurd as its parallel universe storyline. It goes far beyond being the rare film to premiere at the SXSW festival and find its way to Oscar almost a year later. The film began with AGBO partners Joe and Anthony Russo seeing Kwan & Scheinert’s Swiss Army Man , the film that starred Paul Dano as a man stranded on a desert island who befriends a dead body — played with flatulent gusto by Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe — as they join forces to return to civilization. The AGBO partners gave a blind deal to “The Daniels,” as the … [Read more...] about Eleven Oscar Noms For ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once:’ It All Started With Admiration For A Dead, Flatulating Harry Potter
Awards Season Kicks Off Early In Toronto As Harry Styles, Brendan Fraser, Michelle Yeoh Honored
The Toronto Film Festival ushered in the fall awards season Sunday evening with the first in-person edition of its Tribute Awards in three years at the city’s historic Fairmount Royal York Hotel. “More than any other year this festival might be the most special for me, not because it’s TIFF’s 47th edition, not because we’re screening more than 200 films from across the globe, but because we get to welcome the whole film world back to Toronto,” festival CEO Cameron Bailey proclaimed as he kicked off the evening. Toronto Film Festival: Deadline’s Complete Coverage Honorees this year included the ensemble cast of Michael Grandage’s 1950s love triangle My Policeman , spanning Harry Styles , Emma Corrin , Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, and Rupert Everett, who were feted with the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance. A Full Sunday Of Harry Styles At TIFF As ‘My Policeman’ Takes Tribute Award & Notches World Premiere Standing Ovation “We all loved … [Read more...] about Awards Season Kicks Off Early In Toronto As Harry Styles, Brendan Fraser, Michelle Yeoh Honored
‘SNL’ Takes Shot at VP Kamala Harris In Classified Documents Skit
"Saturday Night Live" poked fun at the classified documents scandal engulfing President Biden , but the most biting humor was reserved for his Veep. 'SNL's Mikey Day played Attorney General Merrick Garland , kicking things off with a speech about how former Trump VP Mike Pence found classified docs at his Indiana home. Kenan Thompson , as an FBI agent, followed with a few wisecracks about Pence. Then came the bit about Kamala Harris ...comedian Ego Nwodim , playing an FBI agent, bluntly said: 'Come on now. Joe Biden won't even give this woman a pen. You think she has classified documents? Please, Kamala Harris with classified documents." Ego then walked away as Day returned to the mic, adding..."Well, we had to at least check." Funny skit, but it also had to sting, since it implied Joe didn't trust Kamala enough to share the nation's secrets. Harris, as you know, has been dogged by criticism about her competence in her role as second in … [Read more...] about ‘SNL’ Takes Shot at VP Kamala Harris In Classified Documents Skit
‘American Idol’ CJ Harris Died of Heart Attack, No Autopsy
Getty CJ Harris , the former "American Idol" contestant whose sudden death left family members shocked died from a heart attack ... medical officials have confirmed. The Walker County Coroner tells TMZ -- doctors at the hospital where Harris was rushed have listed his official cause of death as a heart attack -- and therefore, an autopsy is not necessary. Gallery Launch Gallery Getty As we reported ... CJ was taken to a local hospital by ambulance in Jasper, Alabama Sunday night, after suffering what friends and family members believed was a heart attack at the time. Unfortunately, he didn't make it . Fans will remember CJ as a contestant from season 13 of the hit singing competition series ... making it to the top 6 back in 2014. His rendition of Allman Brothers Band's "Soulshine" got him a ton of buzz and attention from the show's judges. Getty After the show, he performed with Darius Rucker at The … [Read more...] about ‘American Idol’ CJ Harris Died of Heart Attack, No Autopsy
Former ‘American Idol’ Contestant CJ Harris Dead at 31
Gallery Launch Gallery Getty CJ Harris , the former "American Idol" contestant who made it to the top 6 in 2014, has died. A family member tells us CJ suffered an apparent heart attack Sunday night in Jasper, Alabama ... he was taken to a local hospital by ambulance, but didn't make it. Fans of the show remember the Jasper native auditioning for the judges back in 2014 in Salt Lake City ... blowing them away with his version of Allman Brothers Band's "Soulshine." Judge Keith Urban told CJ, "You sing 'cause you have to sing, not 'cause you want to sing. And, I mean that in the deepest way. And, that's why it's so believable and real." Getty Following his incredible audition, CJ rocked America with powerful versions of "Too Close," "American Woman," and "Free Fallin'." He was chosen by the judges as a wild card in the semi-finals after not receiving enough votes, getting kept in the competition -- making it all the way to the … [Read more...] about Former ‘American Idol’ Contestant CJ Harris Dead at 31
‘Frasier’: Jack Cutmore-Scott To Play Frasier’s Son Freddy In Sequel For Paramount+
Jack Cutmore-Scott ( Kingsman, Deception ) has been tapped to star opposite Kelsey Grammer in Frasier , Paramount+’s sequel series to the classic NBC sitcom. Cutmore-Scott will play Frasier Crane’s son Freddy. Also cast in the followup as a series regular is British actor Nicholas Lyndhurst who will play Alan Cornwall, a university professor who is an old college friend of Frasier’s. In the new Frasier series, Frasier (Grammer) is off to a different city with new challenges to face, new relationships to forge, and an old dream or two to finally fulfill. Charming and handsome, Frasier’s son Freddy (Cutmore-Scott) is a nuanced combination of his father and grandfather. Years ago, Freddy rejected following in his father’s footsteps—dropping out of college to become a fireman—and he’s never looked back until now, when recent troubles have left him with no one to turn to in his life. If they can overcome past differences, Freddy and Frasier might finally have a chance to repair … [Read more...] about ‘Frasier’: Jack Cutmore-Scott To Play Frasier’s Son Freddy In Sequel For Paramount+
‘Heartstopper’ Actor Sebastian Croft Responds To Backlash Over ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ Game Casting
Sebastian Croft , one of the actors of Heartstopper , is reacting to backlash over recent news he was cast in the Hogwarts Legacy video game. The LGBTQ+ Netflix series has been embraced by the community as it gives representation to the group. Croft plays the role of Ben in the teen drama and when he was announced to be voicing a playable character on the Harry Potter -inspired game, some fans criticized the move. All of the backlash Croft has received stems from author J.K. Rowling expressing opinions that have been deemed transphobic. Fans of the series can’t fathom how Croft could be in a project with Rowling and he responded with a tweet addressing the criticism. “I was cast in this project over 3 years ago, back when all Harry Potter was to me, was the magical world I grew up with,” he explained on Twitter. “This was long before I was aware of JK Rowling’s views. I believe wholeheartedly that trans women are women and trans men are men.” Croft continued, … [Read more...] about ‘Heartstopper’ Actor Sebastian Croft Responds To Backlash Over ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ Game Casting
2023 Oscars: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Earns Nine Nominations
At the start of awards season, Edward Berger ’s All Quiet On The Western Front was a lock for International, but few could have foreseen how much further it would go. Alongside that nomination, the German film is now also in the running for Best Picture, having made the shortlist for Sound, Original Score, Adapted Screenplay, Makeup and Hairstyling, Production Design, Visual Effects and Cinematography. This grand haul follows its performance at the BAFTAs, where it gathered an astonishing 14 nominations in almost all major categories. As a result, the film joins Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2002) in second place to Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1981), which still holds the BAFTA record for nominations with 16. It’s a double-whammy that will surely prompt some second thoughts at Netflix: in a year that the streamer invested in some of cinema’s biggest names, one of its biggest critical hits is a foreign-language remake with no major stars, from a director best … [Read more...] about 2023 Oscars: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Earns Nine Nominations
Italy’s National Cinema Museum On Why They Gave Kevin Spacey His First Public Platform In Five Years
EXCLUSIVE : Italy’s National Cinema Museum in the northern Italian city of Turin is one of the country’s most popular museums welcoming more than 600,000 visitors in 2022. The institution made international headlines this week when it honored Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey with a lifetime achievement award and a masterclass . The event marked Spacey’s first big public appearance since his career was put on ice in 2017 following a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him. Monday’s celebration of the actor raised eyebrows in the U.S. and the U.K., where the Oscar-winner will go on trial in June on 12 sexual assault charges, to which he has pleaded not guilty, but was largely viewed as a success in Italy. Enthusiastic fans flocked to the awards ceremony and masterclass, an accompanying special screening of American Beauty was sold-out, and there was barely a whiff of controversy around the politics of his visit in Italian media. Earlier this week, … [Read more...] about Italy’s National Cinema Museum On Why They Gave Kevin Spacey His First Public Platform In Five Years