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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer “Saturday Night Live” host Timothée Chalamet took full advantage of his ability to promote his latest movie, the upcoming movie musical, “Wonka,” following the conclusion of the 118-day SAG-AFTRA strike, which had prohibited actors from promoting any work for the studios.

A woman who had her brother's baby said she enjoyed it so much she would do it again for him.

Marta Balaga Academy Award-winning producer of “Moonlight” Adele Romanski teased upcoming projects at Poland’s American Film Festival, including Barry Jenkins’ “Mufasa: The Lion King.” “I think anything new is scary and scary is exciting. I run towards that. What we saw was an opportunity to work with new tools, to explore the inside of a different medium and put our own stamp on it,” she said during a masterclass.

BBC's hit show Strictly Come Dancing has once again captivated the UK as this year’s crop of celebs vie for the coveted Glitterball trophy. However, the allure of the show goes beyond dance steps with the chemistry between the celebrity contestants and their professional partners often kindling genuine romances. From unexpected connections to lasting relationships, here's a glance at the couples who found love beyond the ballroom.

Following today’s vote by the majority of SAG-AFTRA‘s National Board to approve the tentative agreement reached with studio CEOs and the AMPTP earlier this week, the actor’s guild has released more details of the deal.

Zac Efron is mourning the death of his friend, Matthew Perry. While attending the premiere of his new film “The Iron Claw,” Efron addressed the loss of Perry and how he’d love to play him in a biopic if it ever where to be made. Jennifer Aniston is ‘struggling’ with Matthew Perry’s passingZac Efron shocks fans in interview, prompting questions regarding his changed faceEfron and Perry previously played the same character in the film “17 Again.” At the time, Perry said that if there were to make a movie about him, he’d love for Efron to play the role.

Savina Petkova Hollywood might have ground to a halt in recent months during the recent labor strikes, with the role of artificial intelligence in the moviemaking business a key stumbling block between studio bosses and both the writers and actors guilds. But two-time Academy Award winner Alexander Payne (“Sideways”) quipped at the Thessaloniki Film Festival this week that when it comes to AI, he’s all for it. “If AI could write a script for me, I would be so happy,” Payne joked.

Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo have shared an exciting announcement with fans, just six months after they tied the knot in a lavish wedding ceremony. Ahead of their wedding the couple recorded a podcast titled NearlyWeds, which has since been renamed NewlyWeds, which they will be touring around the country next year.

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, to two parents of Greek heritage, two-time Oscar winner Alexander Payne was awarded Greek citizenship last year around the time he was working on his latest feature, The Holdovers. 

Savina Petkova There is an ample tradition of historical dramas set in Interwar Poland, but there’s rarely one made by a woman director. Anna Jadowska wants to fill in this gap with her new project, “Tethys Ocean,” which will be presented at Thessaloniki Film Festival’s Agora Crossroads Co-production Forum next week. The story unfolds in 1938, as seven-year-old Wiktoria is being sent from a village near Kraków to become a servant at the mansion of a wealthy family where her older cousin also works.

Selome Hailu Mike Birbiglia has set his newest comedy special, “The Old Man and the Pool,” at Netflix. The hour-long set debuts on the streamer on Nov.

Weather experts have confirmed that snowfall is on the way for Scotland this week as temperatures begin to drop.

Bing be any more important to “Friends”? “Friends” was the biggest show in the world when it aired from 1994-2004 (and, to this day, it’s still a hit on streaming services). It wouldn’t have been the same without Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), who managed to be the heart, soul and sarcastic funny bone of the show. On Saturday, Perry tragically died at age 54, reportedly by drowning in a hot tub at his California home.

Matthew Perry played a slightly fictionalized version of veteran Hollywood producer Doug Draizin in “Fools Rush In,” Perry’s first big-screen movie.So it was sad that Draizin, who produced the 1997 film with Michael McDonnell — a labor of love that took 10 years — was at the UCLA football game in LA with his son when he heard the news about Perry’s death.“We’re at the football game and my son looks at me and goes, ‘Matt Perry just died,'” Draizin told The Post. “The irony of it is [that] my son is the reason we made ‘Fools Rush In.’ It was about his birth.

“Behind the Table” podcast that she kept a diary and took notes on Rosie O’Donnell’s controversial tenure as her “The View” co-host.O’Donnell, 61, appeared on the show from 2006 to 2007 and has spoken unfavorably about her time on the ABC set. “I know this — it’s not the best use of my talent to get in a show where I have to argue and defend basic principles of humanity and kindness,” O’Donnell said, during an April appearance on Brooke Shields’ podcast, “Now What? With Brooke Shields.”“It was not something I’d ever do again.” At that time, she famously had several tiffs with her fellow co-stars, including a 2007 argument with conservative commentator Elisabeth Hasselbeck, 46. Their dust-up began when they got into a 10-minute shouting match about the Iraq war.

confronted with photos of her estranged husband, Mauricio Umansky, holding hands with his “Dancing with the Stars” partner Emma Slater. “That was very hard to see,” Richards, 54, said during an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.”“Yeah that was, I mean, yes, that hurt my feelings,” she added, confirming to Cohen, 55, that the photos upset her. “I love him very much and we are amicable but that really did hurt me.”The photos, which were published by TMZ on Monday, show Umansky, 53, and Slater, 34, walking in athleisure wear holding hands and laughing before dining together in Beverly Hills.

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Anyone but You may have already had the best press tour outside of the Barbie movie. The so-called rom-com has been on our tongues since stars and sparked while filming in Australia over the summer.For those who don't remember (this year has been rife with and , after all), Powell and Sweeney's undeniable chemistry caused quite the commotion, thanks to some steamy , , and one particular flirty that went viral on Twitter. Rumors were only exacerbated by the fact that Powell’s ex-girlfriend Gigi Paris the Euphoria star on Instagram before from the Top Gun actor in late April.

With temperatures set to plummet across the UK, you could be in for some extra cash depending on temperatures in your area.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director The upcoming release of “The Color Purple” musical film marks a full circle moment for Oprah Winfrey, who is producing the new adaptation 38 years after playing Sofia in Steven Spielberg’s take on Alice Walker’s seminal novel. Oprah earned an Oscar nomination for supporting actress, and now “The Color Purple” musical could earn her another one as a producer if it lands a best picture nomination. Oprah produced the film along with Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones.