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Jenny from the 'bot: Jennifer Lopez fights to survive in teaser to Netflix sci-fi flick 'Atlas'

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Jennifer Lopez heads to space and back in the new sci-fi flick Atlas.

In the official teaser for the futuristic film, Lopez is seen in a spacecraft in distress. Bloodied, she asks repeatedly, "Do you copy?!"

According to a synopsis of the film, the This Is Me… Now star plays Atlas Shepherd, "a brilliant data analyst with a deep distrust of AI" who "finds it may be her only hope when a mission to capture a renegade robot goes awry."

Also featured in the teaser is Academy Award nominee Sterling K. Brown and Barbie actor Simu Liu.

Amid the action of the teaser, including a plummeting spaceship and a midair clash between two robotic suits, one of which is being piloted by Lopez, a title card reads, "The future of humanity is in her hands."

The film was written by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite and directed by Brad Peyton.

Atlas crash-lands on Netflix May 24.

 

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After Oscar win, 'The Boy and the Heron' migrating back to theaters

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After the acclaimed film's Academy Award win for Best Animated Feature, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron is flying back into theaters.

Starting March 22, the new screenings will showcase exclusive bonus content featuring an introduction from the film's Golden Globe-winning composer, Joe Hisaishi, as well as a recorded drawing session with supervising animator Takeshi Honda.

Both the original Japanese version of the animated film and its American-dubbed version will be screened, the latter of which features the voices of Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Florence PughMark Hamill and Robert Pattinson.

The movie centers on a 12-year-old boy, Mahito Maki (Luca Padovan), who is sent by his father (Bale) to live in the country with his aunt after his mother dies. There, he follows a heron into a mysterious tunnel and finds himself in a world shared by both the dead and the living.

Heron marked Miyazaki's second Oscar following 2002's influential Spirited Away earned him his first Academy Award.

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'Stranger Things' star Joseph Quinn to receive "breakthrough" award

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At this year's annual CinemaCon confab in April, Stranger Things' Joseph Quinn will receive 2024's Breakthrough Performer of the Year Award.

The annual convention of the National Association of Theater Owners runs April 8-11 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and on that final day, Quinn will receive his honor.

"With two major tentpoles on the horizon in 2024 alone, with A Quiet Place: Day One and Gladiator 2, Joseph Quinn's star is more on the rise than anyone could have anticipated," said the annual gathering's managing director, Mitch Neuhauser.

He continued, "And, Quinn, who really turned heads with his important role in Stranger Things, is set to become one of The Fantastic Four, it was just announced. ... Certainly, receiving the 2024 Breakthrough Performer of the Year award from CinemaCon is a most timely and well-deserved accolade."

Quinn will be playing Johnny Storm aka The Human Torch in Marvel's 2025 release The Fantastic Four.

Meanwhile, A Quiet Place: Day One, which also stars Lupita Nyong'o, comes to theaters nationwide on June 28.

 

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'Snowpiercer' switches tracks from TNT to AMC, will roll on for season 4

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On Thursday, AMC announced it has acquired Snowpiercer, the post-apocalyptic sci-fi series that had been canceled after three seasons on TNT. 

Its new network will not only air a fourth season of the show, but will add the previous seasons to its AMC+ library later in the year.

Starring Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs and Sean Bean, the small-screen adaptation of Bong Joon Ho's film follows the 1,001-car titular train containing humanity's survivors of a planet-killing event. 

The fourth season of Snowpiercer, which adds former Marvel movie mainstay Clark Gregg and Michael Aronov to the cast, will debut on AMC and AMC+ in early 2025.

In a statement, Ben Davis, executive vice president of original programming for AMC Networks and AMC Studios, said, "Snowpiercer is an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride with a loyal fanbase -- similar to the passionate fandoms we serve across our biggest franchise series," calling the show a "welcome addition" to the network and its sister streamer. 

 

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Emma Stone's next collab with 'Poor Things' director gets June 2025 release date

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After Poor Things took home four Oscars, including a Best Actress trophy for its producer Emma Stone, she's lining up her next projects with director Yorgos Lanthimos.

The pair's next collab, Kinds of Kindness, will hit theaters on June 21, 2025, its distributor Searchlight has announced.

Kinds of Kindness will star Stone, as well as her Poor Things collaborators Margaret Qualley and Willem Dafoe, joined by Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, Hunter Schafer and Joe Alwyn.

The plot of the already-shot picture is still under wraps, but to the U.K.'s The Guardian late last year, co-writer and director Lanthimos said it's a contemporary film set in the U.S. that tells three different stories, with its cast playing three different parts in each. "It was almost like making three films, really," he revealed.

At the time, he said it is "great" working so frequently with Stone, noting that "apart from her being an incredible actress, it's just being able to communicate with someone without having to explain anything, without having to use too many words. Just getting it."

The pair previously collaborated on Oscar winner The Favourite and a short film called Bleat; according to Variety, they want to re-team for an adaptation of the South Korean fantasy comedy Save the Green Planet.

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Lionsgate drops trailer to reboot of 'The Crow'

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On Thursday, Lionsgate debuted the trailer for its forthcoming reboot of The Crow, starring It's Bill Skarsgård and actress-singer FKA Twigs.

The next big-screen adaptation of James O'Barr's classic graphic novel again centers on Eric Draven, who is murdered along with the love of his life Shelly, only for him to be supernaturally resurrected and set on revenge.

"What's the first thing you liked about me?" Eric asks his love. "I liked that you were brilliantly broken," she says sweetly.

However, romantic scenes early on lead to tragedy, with Shelly admitting she's seen things she shouldn't have — and both of them are brutally killed for it.

Set in part to Post Malone's "Take What You Want," the trailer features a voiceover delivering a line familiar to fans of the series: "When someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes something so bad happens that the soul cannot rest, until you put the wrong things right things right."

To that end, Eric wakes from the dead with "the power of a god" to avenge her death. He's shown taking a shotgun blast to the chest then getting back up and turning the rifle on the gunman.

He also shoots a baddie through his own body after being run through with a katana.

"I'm gonna kill them," Eric vows. "Every single one of them."

As he climbs the criminal chain to get to Danny Huston's big bad, a title card reads, "True love never dies."

The film debuts June 7.

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"Grief is a journey": Regina King speaks out for the first time on son Ian's death

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Oscar-winning actress Regina King is speaking out for the first time about her son's death over two years ago.

King sat down with Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts for an exclusive interview and shared how her late son, Ian Alexander Jr., who died by suicide in January 2022 at the age of 26, is still an influence on her.

When asked what these last two years have been like for her, King said, "Grief is a journey."

"I'm a different person, you know, now than I was Jan. 19," the Academy Award winner told Roberts. "Grief is a journey, you know? I understand that grief is love that has no place to go."

King said her late son struggled with his mental health.

"When it comes to depression, people expect it to look a certain way and they expect it to look heavy," King told Roberts.

She said she respects and understands the choice her son ultimately made. "[H]e didn't wanna be here anymore, that's a hard thing for other people to receive because they did not live our experience, did not live Ian's journey," she explained.

As a mom, King said seeing Ian with his struggles still made her "so angry with God."

"I was so angry with God. You know, why would that weight be given to Ian?" King said.

"With all of the things that we had gone through with the therapy, with psychiatrists and programs and Ian was like, 'I'm tired of talking, Mom,'" she recalled.

Two years after her son's death, King admits she still struggles with acceptance.

"When a parent loses a child, you still wonder, 'What could I have done so that wouldn't have happened?'" she said.

If you are in crisis or know someone in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, by calling 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or by visiting 988lifeline.org. You can also contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741.

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'Frida' director Carla Gutiérrez on her longtime love of the iconic artist

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Carla Gutiérrez loved Frida Kahlo long before she decided to direct a documentary about her life.

That documentary, Frida, arrives Thursday on Prime Video. It features the first Kahlo painting Gutiérrez ever saw – the one that ignited her love for the iconic artist.

Gutiérrez told ABC Audio she was flipping through an art book while she was in college when she suddenly saw her own life experience reflected back on the page. It was a self-portrait of Kahlo, standing between the United States and Mexico.

“I was a new immigrant, and I was just stepping into this new world of the United States, having different opinions about this new world, but really missing home and missing my culture and missing my loved ones,” Gutiérrez said. “I just saw that painting that I really felt like she captured my feelings, and she captured my experience. So, the obsession began there.”

From that moment on, Gutiérrez learned everything about Kahlo that she could, reading every book and studying every painting. She says she knew “all the details of her life as academics knew it.” She didn’t think she could learn more, but, after she started looking at those life details from Kahlo’s point of view while making her film, she made new discoveries.

“I was able to really hear the fragility of this person dealing with difficult things in her writings. I was able to also get a true sense of her sense of humor and how sarcastic she was,” Gutiérrez said. “I really got to sense her as a human being in a way that I hadn't been able to with so much intimacy before. And that's what I really wanted to bring into the film – for other people to have that experience as well.”

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Christie Brinkley reveals skin cancer surgery

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Christie Brinkley took to Instagram on Wednesday to share that she had been diagnosed with skin cancer, and had surgery to remove it.

Christie posted a photo of herself in a hospital bed, with a bandage below her hairline on the left side of her face, as well as a series of more graphic photos documenting the procedure.

Brinkley, 70, wrote, "The good news for me is we caught the basal cell Carcinoma early,. And I had great Doctors that removed the cancer and stitched me up to perfection like an haute couture Dior."

" ... I was lucky to find mine, because I was accompanying one of my daughters to HER check up," she goes on to say. " ... I wasn't going to say anything but at the VERY end I asked if he could just look at a little tiny dot I could feel as I applied my foundation . He took a look and knew immediately it needed a biopsy! He did it then and there!"

"The good news for you is that all of this can be avoided by being diligent with your sun protection! I got serious a bit late so now for this ole mermaid/gardener, I'll be slathering on my SPF 30, reapplying as needed, wearing long sleeves and a wide brim hat," explains Brinkley.

She also explained she'll be doing, "doing regular total body check ups..that is a MUST !"

The mom and supermodel advised her followers, "So make your own good luck by making that check up appointment today. And slather up my friends!"

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, and is diagnosed in at least 2 million people each year.

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Michael Douglas champions American Revolution as the Founding Father in 'Franklin' trailer

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Michael Douglas fights for the future of the United States as the Founding Father Ben Franklin in the trailer to Franklin.

Douglas, 79, leads the new series, which is based on the book A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America by Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff.

In the clip, the Academy Award winner is seen portraying Franklin's mission overseas to convince France to underwrite America's experiment in democracy.

Taking place in 1776, Franklin was accompanied by his grandson, Temple Franklin -- played by Noah Jupe -- in his efforts to champion the American Revolution.

"The Congress has sent me here as a representative of the United States to elicit France in our war against England," he says in the trailer. "America requires men, money and arms. Without your aid, the United States will end before it has begun."

His journey is met with challenges from dealing with spies, traitors and affairs as some lives are on the line.

"Diplomacy must never be a siege, but a seduction," Franklin says in the clip.

A press release from the streaming service says the eight episode series will see "Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers and hostile colleagues, all while engineering the Franco-American alliance of 1778 and the final peace treaty with England of 1783."

"The eight-year French mission stands as Franklin's most vital service to his country, without America would not have won the Revolution," the release adds.

Franklin, also starring Jeanne Balibar, Marc Duret, Ludivine Sagnier, John Hollingworth, Thibault de Montalembert, Daniel Mays, Assaad Bouab, Eddie Marsan and Théodore Pellerin, is set to premiere April 12 on AppleTV+.

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In Brief: 'Real Time' renewed by HBO, and more

Busy Phillips is getting another shot at a talk show, Variety reports. The former host of E!'s Busy Tonight will host Busy This Week, which will stream on QVC+. Per the streaming service, “During each half-hour episode, viewers will join Busy on the couch to get an unscripted take on whatever has kept us busy this week," according to Variety. "From celebrity guest interviews and laugh-out-loud moments to personal stories and her favorite curated shopping finds, Busy will give her audience a healthy dose of [retail] therapy.” The show premieres May 8 at 10 p.m. ET ...

Lovecraft Country star Jurnee Smollett has joined the cast of Apple TV+'s Firebug, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The drama series, per the outlet, will follow "an enigmatic arson investigator," played by Taron Egerton, who is "pursuing two serial arsonists in the Pacific Northwest." Smollett will play Michelle, who is also a rising star in her department ...

HBO has renewed Bill Maher's Real Time for two more seasons, the premium cable network announced on Wednesday. The new deal will carry the series through 2026. “Two more years in the dream job of a lifetime, on the network so many dream of being on – I think that’s what we call a no-brainer,” Maher said in a statement on Wednesday. Real Time with Bill Maher is currently in its 22nd season on HBO ...

 

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Melissa Benoist talks female friendship with 'The Girls on the Bus' cast

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Hit the campaign trail with The Girls on the Bus.

Four women navigate their lives as political reporters in the new series that debuts Thursday on Max. Star and producer Melissa Benoist told ABC Audio while it covers everything from politics to romance, the most important part of the show is the friendship between the women.

“All of their messiness and them making mistakes and pivoting and finding a way to do what they love and love each other,” Benoist said.

Carla Gugino expanded on this, saying the divisive time we’re living in is not conducive to communication or true connection – but that the characters in The Girls on the Bus find it.

“These women come from all different backgrounds and political beliefs,” Gugino said. “They're thrown together and they find not only appreciation in things that are different than themselves, but also they find more of themselves because of that very fact.”

Scott Foley stars as a small-town mayor running for president. The Scandal veteran is no stranger to playing a politician. He says he modeled this one after Pete Buttigieg.

“I spent a lot of time on YouTube looking at Buttigieg ... and how he found a narrative about being a small-town mayor,” Foley said. “He was able to get the media attention that he needed to propel him to ultimately where he went. And look, he's now transportation secretary.”

Gugino hopes if people take anything away from the series, it’s to listen and express fully.

“Actually expressing your truth and hearing someone else's and allowing those differences to exist and actually celebrating them will get us somewhere,” Gugino said. “I love that, in a non-preachy way, this show does that with humor and insight and depth, and it hopefully will allow people to start a conversation.”

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'Saturday Night Live' announces Kristen Wiig, Ryan Gosling will be hosting in April

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On its social media, Saturday Night Live announced that Kristen Wiig will host the first show of April, on April 6, and Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling will take the SNL stage on April 13.

Raye will be the former SNL cast member's musical guest; country superstar Chris Stapleton will perform on Ryan's third stint as host.

Saturday Night Live returns March 30 with stand-up comedian and Poor Things co-star Ramy Youssef hosting for the first time. Travis Scott will return to Studio 8H for a second time as musical guest.

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Catherine O'Hara says 'Beetlejuice' sequel will include callback of famous musical scene

Beetlejuice co-stars Michael Keaton and O'Hara -- Disney/Stewart Cook

Tim Burton's 1988 film Beetlejuice introduced a new audience to Harry Belafonte's Calypso classics, including "Jump in the Line (Shake Señora)" and "Sweetheart from Venezuela," but it's arguably the movie's tribute to "Day-O (Banana Boat Song)" that most fans associate with the film.

On Kelly Ripa's podcast Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa Catherine O'Hara says fans hoping for a callback in the forthcoming sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice are in luck. "'Day-O' is in the movie," she confirms.

The original sequence has two ghosts played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis trying in vain to terrify guests during a dinner party thrown by their former home's new owners, including O'Hara, by possessing guests to perform the song.

O'Hara said Burton "was in that same state of mind" for the sequel. "Real free and fun," she added.

She also teased of her onscreen stepdaughter Lydia, again played by Winona Ryder, "God bless her, looks the same. She looks beautiful, beautiful skin."

And as for Ryder's daughter in the film, Astrid? "Jenna Ortega's great," O'Hara enthused. "Love her. What a cool young woman. Wow."

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice haunts theaters September 6.

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Mother of former 'Star Wars' star Jake Lloyd gives update on mental health battle

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Lisa Lloyd, the mother of Star Wars: Episode I star Jake Lloyd, has shared with Scripps News Service an account of her son's decades-long battle with mental illness.

The former actor, 35, portrayed a 9-year-old Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace, which will turn 25 this May. However, after the film faded from theaters, the former child star of Jingle All the Way faded from the spotlight.

His mother wanted to dispel the rumor that it stemmed from some fans snarking on him and the film. "It didn't have anything to do with Star Wars," she insists. Her getting divorced was "unsettling and rough" and "Jake didn't seem to be having a lot of fun auditioning anymore."

Lisa says as he got into his teens, and later his college years, Jake's mental health started deteriorating. He began to experience hallucinations and was eventually diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic.

However, Lisa says he refused to take his medication, and after the untimely 2018 death at 26 of his younger sister, that got worse.

He had a series of "psychotic breaks," one in 2015 that saw him getting into a car chase with police and eventually behind bars for 10 months.

A "full blown" break while she drove with him on the highway in March 2023 led to an 18-month stay in an in-patient psychiatric facility. Ten of those months have passed.

"He's doing much better than I expected," Lisa now says. "He is relating to people better ... It's kind of like having more of the old Jake back, because he has always been incredibly social until he became schizophrenic."

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