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Emily Longeretta Casey is back in Chicago, once again. Jesse Spencer, who left NBC’s “Chicago Fire” in 2021 after 200 episodes, will return for the 18th episode of Season 11, Variety confirms. Details about his storyline are still under wraps. Spencer portrayed Matt Casey on the Dick Wolf drama for the first nine seasons. He left during the the fifth episode of Season 10, as the character moved to Oregon with a three-year commitment to a new job. At the time, he shared that he was walking away from the show since he’d been doing television for 18 years and wanted to take a step back and spend more time with his family. (He previously starred in the Australian soap “Neighbours” and portrayed Dr. Robert Chase on Fox’s “House.”)

Jordan Moreau IllumiNative, a national Native woman-led social justice organization is launching a documentary-style podcast, titled “American Genocide: The Crimes of Native American Boarding Schools,” to uncover a horrifying truth about one of the United States government’s best kept secrets. The podcast examines the atrocities and human rights violations committed against Native children at Native American boarding schools by the U.S. federal government and Catholic Church and follows the ongoing federal investigation into these crimes. In the six-episode series, Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee), founder and executive director of IllumiNative, and Lashay Wesley (Choctaw), director of communications and storytelling at IllumiNative, investigate and search for answers and justice at Red Cloud Indian School, a former boarding school in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

Finally settling in! Fresh off their $1 million win on The Amazing Race, winners Derek Xiao and Claire Rehfuss are revealing the newly furnished apartment they share together in Los Angeles.

Jenna Ortega, Dwayne Johnson, Dove Cameron, Miranda Cosgrove, Olivia Rodrigo and Kelly Rowland are among the star-studded talent confirmed to appear at the 2023 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, TheWrap can exclusively report. The live event, which will air Saturday at 7 p.m.

Roger Waters has released the first snippet of music from his upcoming rework of Pink Floyd‘s seminal album ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, which marked its 50th anniversary on March 1.Waters has shared a 52-second clip on YouTube, showing him listening to the first verse of a reworked ‘Us and Them’ in the studio. Waters accompanied the clip with a lengthy statement in its description, acknowledging, “it’s not a replacement for the original which, obviously, is irreplaceable”.Watch the clip below.He continued: “But it is a way for the seventy nine year old man to look back across the intervening fifty years into the eyes of the twenty nine year old and say, to quote a poem of mine about my Father, “We did our best, we kept his trust, our Dad would have been proud of us”.

Geordie Shore's Chloe Ferry has "gone to the dark side" as she showed off her incredible new hair transformation with her new chocolate brown locks.The 27 year old stunner took to Instagram to show off her new 'do in the new brown shade with hair extensions that tumbled down to her waist.The star shared three snaps, two of which showed her pouting in mirror selfies as she proudly debuted her new look. She rocked a skintight pale green strappy dress which showed off plenty of cleavage while her hair was perfectly styled in loose waves coming from a centre parting.

EXCLUSIVE: Ohio-based indie studio Good Deed Entertainment is teaming up with genre filmmaking team Dana Kippel and Ryan Jack Connell on their upcoming psychological thriller The Pink House.

Pretty Baby, Brooke Shields recounts her career and shares what her life looked like when the cameras stopped rolling. Shields has been in front of the camera since she was 11 months old, and has spent her entire life under watchful eyes. Her career as a supermodel and actress is impressive (add a to the list), but fame took a toll on Shields behind closed doors. In a teaser for the documentary released on March 1, the 57-year-old says, “I spent my life owing people things and doing whatever they wanted, and finally I asked myself, 'Who will I be if I don't allow that anymore?'” Shields landed her breakout role in Pretty Baby, in which she starred as a sex worker's 12-year-old daughter that lost her innocence to the industry.

hottest hip-hop destination in America overnight.Dreamville Fest curator and perennial headliner J. Cole announced that Drake, Usher, Burna Boy, Lil Durk and Ari Lennox will be joining him on April 1-2 for his annual two-day festival at Dorothea Dix Park.Other notable names on the star-studded bill include City Girls, Sean Paul, Summer Walker, GloRilla and Mario.Plus, Wacka Flocka Flame will be there too.Clearly, this is a fest you won’t want to miss.And the good news is you can grab two-day general admission passes to the highly-anticipated festival as early as today.At the time of publication, we found passes going for as low as $316 before fees on Vivid Seats.For those hoping for a more glamorous experience, the “JV,” “Varsity” and “MVP” ticket tiers are a bit more expensive but offer amenities like a dedicated VIP entrance, viewing area, bar, restrooms, laminates as well as hats and bandanas among other perks.If you “started from the bottom” of this story, keep reading.

Drake, Usher, Burna Boy and Sean Paul are among the big names booked for J. Cole‘s Dreamville Festival next month.The event, which is named after Cole’s label, Dreamville Records, returns to Raleigh, North Carolina, US for its third outing on April 1 and 2 at Dorothea Dix Park.

Drake has spoken out about how Lil Wayne got his name wrong when they first met.The pair collaborated on the track ‘Ransom’ in 2008, with the latter rapping about Drake’s email address.“And I think his name was kinda like ‘Drake Drizzy Rogers’ / Or ‘Drizzy Drake Rogers,’ I’m too busy to play father,” Wayne rapped on the song, not realising that Rogers wasn’t actually his last name but his email provider. Drake’s actual name is Aubrey Graham.Speaking in a new interview on the debut episode of Lil Yachty’s A Moody Conversation interview series, Drake explained the the mix up.

The full line-up for J.Cole's Dreamville Festival 2023 has been revealed. Taking place in Raleigh, North Carolina from April 1-2, the event will be headlined by Usher on the first day with J.

Sheryl Lee Ralph is loving every minute of awards season run! ET's Denny Directo caught up with the Emmy winner on the red carpet at the 2023 SAG Awards on Sunday, where she raved about the acclaimed ABC comedy's recent success at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards and more.«I know blessings, and that is one,» she shared of the acclaim.The cast earned two SAG nominations this year, one for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and one for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, for series creator and star Quinta Brunson.However, Ralph recently revealed that the show's success could have looked totally different. The actress shared that she originally wanted to play  self-obsessed principal, Ava — a role that ultimately went to Janelle James.«When I mentioned to Quinta, 'Give me a shot at the principal,' she said, 'Absolutely not.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Less Is More (LIM), a European development scheme for limited-budget feature films has unveiled its selection of 16 projects, four of which are from Ukrainian writers and filmmakers. The initiative is backed by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union. The French national board (CNC) has come on board to support this year’s special spotlight on Ukrainian projects, alongside the banner Terrarium. The programs, which develops first, second and third feature projects, is organized by the Groupe Ouest, a film org created in 2006 in Brittany, in Northwest France, and headed by Antoine Le Bos and Charlotte Le Vallégant.

It’s complicated! Avril Lavigne has endured her fair share of relationship woes over the years, including two divorces.

Drake‘s armed guards allegedly refused a subpoena issued to the rapper in relation to the murder of XXXtentacion.According to the Miami Herald, Mauricio Padilla, lawyer for Dedrick Williams, one of the three men accused of murdering XXXTentacion, issued a motion last week requiring Drake (real name Aubrey Graham) to deliver a deposition later this month.Padilla alleged that when an attempt was made to deliver the subpoena outside Drake’s California home on February 14, guards not only closed the gates in the face of the servers, but also kicked the subpoena down the driveway.The defence lawyer’s filing also included transcribed audio of the conversation said to have taken place between the process servers and Graham’s guards, reports Rolling Stone.According to the audio, security repeatedly allegedly insisted the process servers had to get off Graham’s property and maintained that they were neither expecting any deliveries, nor authorised to accept anything.In trying to plead their case, one of the process server’s allegedly told the guards: “It is only a subpoena for a virtual deposition, it is not even like a lawsuit bro.”After one final attempt to serve Graham, one of the process server’s apparently said: “By the way, I like Drake.” To which the guard replied, “I am not accepting anything.”Along with trying to serve Drake, Padilla claimed a subpoena was also served to his lawyer Bradford Cohen, asking if he would “accept service on behalf of” the rapper which Cohen allegedly refused.In a filing by Cohen yesterday (February 20), he insisted that the subpoena brought to Drake’s house was not properly served in compliance with California law, arguing that not only was he not authorised to accept service, but neither were

Liza Foreman ZDF Studios has signed a deal to distribute the second season of the remake of the iconic Spanish horror series “Stories to Stay Awake” (“Historias Para No Dormir”). The series is a reboot of the classic series created by Spain’s Chicho Ibáñez Serrador in the 1960s which proved a milestone in Spanish horror, introducing Spain to classic tales from Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allen Poe,   The deal sees ZDF Studios taking distribution rights to “Stories” in all territories outside Spain, Portugal, Italy and Latin America, which will be handled by Paramount Global Content Distribution. ZDF operated in the same capacity for the first season.

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear International has closed a raft of international deals on EFM titles Longlegs and Fred & Ginger, we can reveal. The two projects were among the most in-demand with foreign buyers and the deals account for the lion’s share of each film’s budget.

Kellie Pickler’s late husband, Kyle Jacobs, was proud of his career achievements before his tragic death.

Naman Ramachandran U.K.-based MetFilm Sales has acquired worldwide sales rights, excluding the U.S., Germany and France, to Thomas von Steinaecker’s feature documentary “Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer” and is representing the project at Berlin’s European Film Market. With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into the legendary German film director’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-depth interviews with Herzog and his collaborators — including Christian Bale, Nicole Kidman and his wife Lena Herzog — the film provides a glimpse into his work process and his personal life.  The documentary is presented by Emmy-winning film studio Wavelength, produced by Spring Films and 3B-Produktion in association with Hot Docs Partners. It is produced by Andre Singer, Bernhard Von Hulsen and Maria Willer. Executive producers include Jenifer Westphal and Joe Plummer for Wavelength, Figs Jackman and Chris Smith for Spring Films and Vijay Vaidyanathan.