Eric Roberts Reteams With Danny Trejo On ‘Alone Today’; The Boylan Sisters Wrap On ‘Identity Crisis’; Katie Cassidy Gears Up For ‘Daddy ISSUES’; Michelle Yeoh, Jenny Slate Get SFFILM Tributes; More – Film Briefs

Julia Roberts and former co-star Dermot Mulroney connected after all this time. «Dermot and I, anytime it's on TV or the song that plays from when we're on the ferryboat together, we always are calling each other or texting each other,» she told ET of the song «The Way You Look Tonight.» In fact, it's the chemistry seeping through their two characters — food critic Julianne and sportswriter Michael -- that she credits with attracting fans over all these years. «The alchemy of our relationship's really, I think, is what stands the test of time in that movie,» she noted. Now, Roberts is adding yet another standout character to her acting arsenal as Martha Mitchell in Starz's upcoming series, , centered on the Watergate scandal and Martha's role in exposing it. Alongside co-star Sean Penn as husband John N. Mitchell, both world-famous performers fade away into their real-life characters.

Gaslit (women who speak out being told they don't know what they're talking about…tale as old as time!), opened up to about this pivotal parenting moment.“I mean, it makes me a little lightheaded," she admitted, adding, "I'm completely excited for them. It's really thrilling and I wasn't lucky enough to have a college experience.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ has given a formal series green light to The Turkish Detective, an adaptation of Barbara Nadel’s CWA Silver Dagger Award-winning novels featuring Detective Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman. Haluk Biligner (Baba), Ethan Kai and Yasemin Kay Allen (The Usual Suspects) have been tapped to star in the series, set in modern-day Istanbul and produced by Miramax and leading Turkish production company Ay Yapim, in association with VIS, Paramount’s international studio. Filming is set to begin this month in Istanbul. The Turkish Detective is slated to debut globally on Paramount+ in 2023.

The Associated Press reported.Kashoggi was killed in 2018 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where the U.S. resident was picking up documents to marry his Turkish fiancee.

EXCLUSIVE: Cast has been set on Heroes & Villains, the action-comedy written and helmed by filmmaker Savvas D. Michael (Original Gangster).

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThough the onslaught of streaming giants is impacting Turkey’s TV landscape, it’s not as though Turkish shows weren’t doing gangbuster global biz way before Netflix and other platforms arrived on the scene.“Turkish dramas were already reaching audiences all over the world on linear TV,” says Ekin Koyuncu, head of prominent broadcaster Kanal D’s international sales arm. And that is why streamers are now so keen on making Turkish originals.What changes with having Turkish originals streaming on global platforms is that “the age targets are totally different,” she says.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Turkish TV market is being shaken up by the arrival of more U.S. streaming platforms, which are driving up production costs, but also providing a new burst of opportunity for talent, content creators and producers.Netflix, which launched in Turkey in 2016, is the country’s streaming market leader when it comes to subs — said by insiders to be just shy of 7 million — and in terms of its local originals’ output.Disney Plus, which is expected to bow this summer, is busy mounting multiple Turkish productions that are still being kept under wraps, while HBO Max just entered the market and is also active in production.Amazon Prime Video is also expected to start churning out Turkish originals in 2023.

A screaming woman who was kicked off a Jet2 flight from Manchester Airport was flying to Turkey for £3,000 teeth whitening treatment, her friends have revealed. The Manchester Evening News news reported Catherine Bush has now been banned from the airline for life and slapped with a £5,000 fine.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Eric Roberts (The Righteous Gemstones) is reteaming with his Runaway Train co-star Danny Trejo as part of the cast of Alone Today, an upcoming crime drama from director Wendy Wilkins, which will also star Shannon Elizabeth and Frank Whaley.

Manchester United superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes have taken a step closer to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after helping Portugal to a crucial victory over Turkey. Diogo Dalot was also part of the starting line-up during a dramatic 3-1 win at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto.

A plane travelling to Turkey from Manchester Airport had to be diverted to Vienna this morning after a passenger became disruptive and was said to have slapped other passengers during the flight.